Devil Returns To School Days - Chapter 114
22. Yeokjisaji (易地思之) (4)
The time when class is in full swing.
Kim Hyun-seong left behind the teacher, who was explaining things more diligently than usual, and looked down at the cell phone screen under the desk.
[Hyunseong, can you please answer the phone?]
[I still sincerely regret what happened back then. If you give me just one chance, I will apologize properly and reflect on myself.]
[…Actually, when I was first expelled, I felt a lot of resentment. I didn’t understand why I had to experience this, but now that I was the victim at my new school, I understand. How wrong bullying is. Students have the right to enjoy a normal school life, but I had no idea that life without that was so painful. It’s my fault. Please just this once. Please meet me just once.]
I was desperate.
I’ve been getting calls constantly since yesterday, and when I thought I wasn’t answering on purpose, I sent a text message.
As the letters pile up.
Jung Min-ho’s earnestness also increased.
At first he offered a simple apology, but at some point he put everything aside.
[I will be punished. I’ll do whatever you want. If you tell me to go to a juvenile detention center like Park Min-cheol, I will go in. If you tell me not to go to school from now on, I will give up on taking the qualification exam. So just tell me how. What on earth do you think I can do to ease your mind? I don’t mean to ask you to forgive me. Please tell me the punishment that will be enough to ease your mind. I will gladly accept it.]
“Tsk.”
Laughter escaped me without realizing it.
It was funny.
The trash that had a hard time accepting being expelled is the trash that struggled for months saying that he would never quit school at his new school. He said he could go to juvenile detention center now. Jeong Min-ho, who was very frightened by the thought that Kim Hyun-sung’s malicious intent would not end in the future, showed his willingness to sell his soul.
It was fun.
A shiver ran through my whole body.
Even though it was just a text that could not convey emotions properly, Kim Hyun-seong could not hide his laughter.
“Kim Hyun-seong. “What’s so funny?”
“no.”
The teacher’s gaze turned to Kim Hyun-seong.
Hyunseong Kim put down his cell phone.
Then he spoke in an excited voice.
“I will focus on class, teacher.”
I didn’t turn off my cell phone.
throughout the class.
A small light appeared and disappeared in the desk drawer, as if to indicate that a text message had arrived.
Is that why?
Hyunseong Kim thought today’s class was really fun.
* * *
A few days later.
On his way back from class, Kim Hyun-seong met an unexpected person.
“…Hyunseong. “Can I have a moment?”
It was Jung Min-ho.
He had been in contact for several days, and when Kim Hyun-seong never responded, he came to see him in person.
Kim Hyun-seong’s reaction was calm.
As if he had expected it, he took the first step.
“Follow me.”
Startle.
Jung Min-ho hesitated.
When Kim Hyun-seong entered the alley first, he was unable to follow along and showed a hesitant reaction. But he had no other choice. Didn’t he give up everything and come here because he had already fallen into the abyss of despair? I followed him into a shady alley and knelt down as soon as I reached the corner.
widely.
“Hyunseong, I was really wrong.”
I hit my head on the ground.
I shouted in a desperate voice.
“I’ll do anything to ease your mind. So tell me how. “Make me pay.”
Forgiveness too.
I wasn’t even asking you to look at it.
I knew that paying a price meant that the end of this revenge would never be peaceful.
Jung Min-ho hoped for extenuating circumstances.
If he had to be punished anyway, he hoped to lessen the price by confessing.
Hyunseong Kim leaned against the wall.
He looked down at Jung Minho with a crooked face and said.
“Minho. “Would you like me to tell you something interesting?”
“…I’ll listen to anything.”
“As you might have guessed, what happened with Shin Young-min and Park Min-cheol’s gang was not a coincidence. I ordered Shin Young-min to attack Park Min-cheol’s gang, and Park Min-cheol’s gang had no choice but to stab Shin Young-min in order to survive. This means that it was a problem that had to end in catastrophe from the beginning. by the way. Do you think they will be able to live a normal life in the future if they pay for all their sins? never. “That will never happen.”
I laughed.
The laughter that had been suppressed for so long bloomed fiercely on Kim Hyun-seong’s face.
“As time goes by and they pay for their crimes, from then on I will send someone to completely ruin their lives. He had a miserable academic record, being expelled from high school, and had a record of assault. Even if you apply here and there to make a living, no one will accept you, and even if you try to find a part-time job, the same thing will happen to Shin Young-min’s case. The opponents will be diverse. Older men get drunk and act out, or kids younger than us get on our nerves. “Even if you suppress your anger in an unbearable situation, if you come to your senses, you will find yourself at the police station.”
A clear voice penetrated my ears.
That voice, seething with malice, could not be heard word by word.
“And then you’ll end up in jail again. No matter how much you excuse your assault conviction, you will be branded as trash, and if you spend time in prison like that, gray hair will start to grow on your head at some point. It will be such a fun day. I definitely have memories from my high school days, but when I go out, at some point people will call me uncle. “No, should I call you grandfather?”
“…please.”
“I’m sorry. There is no such thing as an appropriate punishment. When you cross a line, someone could die because of your malice. But you lived, right?”
Jung Min-ho opened his eyes wide.
Tears welled up.
I was at a loss.
Rather than thinking about resisting the thought of malice that I could not bear, my body trembled.
Hyunseong Kim said.
“But you said you would come to me and pay for your sins yourself, so I’ll give you one last chance.”
“Just say anything. “I will do it no matter what.”
“okay?”
I smiled brightly.
I wanted this reaction from Jung Minho.
I hoped Jung Min-ho would come visit me in person.
That way, you will be able to get two benefits with perfect revenge.
“Get revenge on Park Min-gu. “If you punish me enough for harassing you, I won’t harass you anymore.”
It’s Park Min.
Minho Jeong.
It’s the same garbage.
This plan will not end with Jung Min-ho alone.
“I’ll promise. So prove your will.”
* * *
Jung Min-ho returned home.
Mother Kim Soon-ja approached her son’s sudden outing and asked with worried eyes.
“Is your son okay?”
“Where have you been?”
“Son, son!”
No matter how many times I called, he didn’t answer.
I just went into the room and locked the door.
dump.
I sat down on the bed.
It was dark.
Kim Hyun-seong told Park Min-gu to take revenge and even kindly explained the method of revenge.
I got scared.
When I went to visit Kim Hyun-seong, I was prepared to do anything, but when I actually heard the plan, I realized that this was not something that could be generally accepted. I felt mentally exhausted. Just thinking about the plan made my mouth go dry and my whole body shake as if I had chills.
“…not this. “It’s something that can’t be done.”
I had to refuse.
I had to give up.
however.
I couldn’t do that.
When I thought of Kim Hyun-seong’s eyes shining with malice, I couldn’t help but know what the price of rejection was.
‘Kim Hyun-seong is not normal. He will destroy me until I die. Even if I re-enter another school, they will find a guy like Park Min-gu and send him there, and when I get older and get a job, they will spread rumors there and turn me into trash. Can I raise a normal family like that? It’s impossible. ‘If any woman knew the truth about me, she would never accept me without a decent job.’
This crossroads was not simple.
Are we going to be destroyed like this, or are we going to take a risky gamble and try to save even the slightest hope?
That was the difference.
I didn’t have the confidence to stand up to Kim Hyun-seong.
This is the guy who defeated Shin Young-min all by himself.
I was not confident that I could mentally win against him, who had sent both Park Min-cheol’s gang and Shin Young-min to juvenile detention.
And after that.
Isn’t there Myeongjin Construction?
I fell behind in every way.
“Hehehehehehe.”
I buried my face between my legs.
I burst out crying.
I was scared.
Hyunseong Kim and this situation.
It was something I couldn’t handle at a young age, so I couldn’t bear it without crying.
A few days passed like that.
My emotions had dried up to the point where there were no more tears to shed, and for several days outside, I could hear my parents’ despairing voices asking me to open the door. Deep darkness settled under my eyes. I couldn’t eat or sleep. I accepted the darkness not simply because of it, but because of the decision made in my head.
I had to do it.
I had to live.
It was impossible to make normal judgments now that my mental strength had been completely eroded.
This seemed like the only way to survive.
Jung Min-ho stumbled out of bed.
Then I sat down in front of the desk.
Okay.
Take out your notebook.
I picked up a pencil.
I started writing something.
I started writing with a frantic look on my face and quickly filled the notebook.
* * *
The school that Jung Min-ho left.
There was nothing special.
Park Min-gu was still a predator, and his notoriety became even stronger after Jung Min-ho dropped out.
“Ah, I’m so bored because the toy I was playing with is gone.”
Squeak.
Squeak, squeal.
I lay down and leaned back on the chair.
The will bounced with both feet as if performing a trick.
‘The Golden Circle’s request is definitely a mess. He earns 6,000 won for harassing idiots like Jung Min-ho, and an additional 10 million won every month. Now that things are like this, should we go on an away trip? ‘If I handle a few more requests with this momentum, I think I’ll be able to raise enough funds to start a business.’
Park Min-gu.
He also had a dream.
Since he was planning to save up money and open a bar in Gangnam, he needed a means to make money.
I put my thoughts aside for a moment.
For now.
It was time to relieve the immediate boredom.
He got up from his chair, walked away, and hit a friend who was studying hard on the back of the head.
Bah!
“Oh fuck!”
My friend turned his head.
When he widened his eyes and made eye contact with Park Min-gu, he looked startled and hurriedly looked down as if he had been struck by lightning.
“Oh fuck? “Would you like to hit me?”
“…Sorry.”
“I’m so sorry. “I know this shit, so I’ll give you a chance to get revenge.”
sat in front
Then he raised his fist in a familiar manner.
“From now on, we will play rock, paper, scissors. The person who wins beats up the person who loses. For your information, I’m a man so I’m planning on making a fist? “If you let me know, I can get revenge for the stab you just gave me.”
He smiled softly.
Whether your friend’s eyes waver or not.
Park Min-gu shouted.
“Rock Paper Scissors! Hahaha, this guy is stupid. “Why do you get angry even when I tell you?”
“…I know.”
The result was Park Min-gu’s victory.
My friend frowned.
It’s not that I doubted the intention.
I knew that even if I won, I would have nothing to gain.
Park Min-gu took a stance.
Just as I was about to hit my friend’s forehead, the classroom door suddenly opened violently.
Grumble.
widely.
Moment.
Everyone’s attention was focused.
It had to be that way.
People storming into the class.
Dressed in police uniforms, they looked around, found Park Min-gu, and walked forward without hesitation.
“Are you Park Min-gu?”
“…Why me?”
“That’s right.”
Disgust flashed through the policeman’s eyes.
He spoke matter-of-factly.
“You know Jung Min-ho, right? He attempted suicide last night. So please follow me obediently.”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“Who cares?”
The police officer chuckled.
“Of course it matters. This bastard is more shameless than I thought. “Your name” was mentioned in Jung Min-ho’s will, so just follow me before I force you to arrest me. Don’t let harsh words come out of my mouth for no reason.”