Devil Returns To School Days - Chapter 169
32. Head-on breakthrough (1)
Yoon Hyun-min’s malice was immediate.
A few days after that.
Kim Hyun-seong went to school as usual and was immediately called by his teacher.
‘police?’
Inside the teacher’s office.
There were police.
Whenever an incident occurred, they watched from afar and smiled strangely when they spotted Kim Hyun-seong.
“A famous person is here.”
“What’s going on?”
The atmosphere was unusual.
The new teacher answered Kim Hyun-seong’s question.
“When you were in Cheonil. What on earth have you done? The police officers said that victims of school violence have filed complaints this time. Looking at the level of diagnosis, it was very harsh. If this turns out to be true, you could face immediate criminal punishment, including a suspension of execution. Do you know what that means?”
A brief moment.
Hyunseong Kim captured some information.
The fussy new teacher was a Golden Circle henchman, and the police officers’ confident attitude proved to be an unavoidable trap. Yoon Hyun-min took power in earnest. Kim Hyun-seong asked with a calm face, without losing his strength in a pointless war of words.
“Who is suing?”
As if he had been waiting.
The police officer answered.
“Park Min-cheol and many others. So follow me. “There’s a lot to investigate from now on.”
* * *
Normally, it was time to take classes.
Hyunseong Kim was in the investigation room.
Kim Hyun-seong looked at the people in front of him with a calm face at this place he had been frequenting since he moved to Gangnam.
police officer.
And one victim.
To prove Kim Hyun-seong’s guilt, police officers conducted a face-to-face investigation.
“Park Min-cheol. “How did Kim Hyun-seong assault you?”
The victim was Park Min-cheol.
Park Min-cheol did not dare to meet Kim Hyun-sung’s eyes.
From the moment he entered the interrogation room, he lowered his gaze and spoke with difficulty in a frightened voice.
“That… So…”
“Speak clearly. “So we won’t punish criminals?”
“Oh, I understand.”
It was not an attitude toward the victim.
Coercive atmosphere.
Park Min-cheol closed his eyes tightly.
“There was a time when we had a fight with Kim Hyun-seong at school, and he assaulted me whenever he got the chance. All records of treatment at the hospital during the time I attended Cheonil are records created from being beaten by Kim Hyun-seong. I don’t think I’m just a victim of injustice. “I definitely bullied and hit other students, but Kim Hyun-seong really bullied me as if I was going to kill him.”
“Kim Hyun-seong. What do you think of the victim’s testimony? “Did you really hit Park Min-cheol?”
Okay.
The gazes of the two people turned towards Kim Hyun-seong.
Hyunseong Kim said.
“I don’t think there’s any need to have a conversation like this. Aren’t you planning to overthrow the suspension of execution and kick me out of school by using the victims who were recruited anyway? Then just stick to the plan. “Stop acting like this.”
The police officer laughed.
As Kim Hyun-seong said.
This was just a formality.
From the moment the victims submitted their complaints, there was no way for Kim Hyun-seong to escape as the perpetrator.
Tuk.
I turned off the recording.
Conversations from now on will not be recorded.
said the police officer.
“You’re so clever. How do such calculations come out right away? Well, I guess that’s why the Golden Circle is making such a fuss to deal with you alone. As you may already know, many victims, including Park Min-cheol, will never withdraw their testimony. Shall I tell you why? They tortured me to death until I brought them to this interrogation room. Park Min-cheol cried and begged that he wouldn’t testify about you until the end, but he couldn’t hold on any longer as they starved him, beat him, and threatened him with a life outside the juvenile detention center. “It means that the fear you imprinted was only that much.”
Park Min-cheol was trembling.
To him, Kim Hyun-seong was like a devil.
While living in a juvenile detention center, he vowed never to step on Kim Hyun-sung’s shadow, but even he couldn’t withstand the threats from the Golden Circle. It was more malicious than that. Park Min-cheol had no choice but to spit out his ‘testimony’ as told by the Golden Circle with his dry lips, like a shrimp with its back burst between two whales.
That’s not all.
Other victims.
It was all the same.
Due to violence and various threats, they simultaneously pointed out Kim Hyun-seong as a heinous perpetrator.
A revelation based on factual truth.
For Kim Hyun-seong, there was no way out.
“If you get kicked out of school like this. If you are no longer an ordinary high school student but become a problem child who was expelled due to a violent record. What will people think of you then? Even if he dies from violence, do we think he is an innocent victim, or do we think it is a natural thing that can happen to a guy with a problem? “Whatever it is.”
The police officer showed hostility.
The blatant attitude proved how rotten the world had become.
“Hold on for a moment. “The world outside of school is probably harsher than you think.”
* * *
That time.
Go Chang-beom was also in a very difficult situation.
Director Kim Cheol-jin said.
“Changbeom. I guess things are going strangely. Even though Myungjin Construction is not an insolvent company, banks have announced that they will not provide loans in the future. They also informed us that existing contracts would not extend the loan. This doesn’t make sense in common sense. We are a company that provides the biggest profits in the construction industry, so it doesn’t make sense to unilaterally cut off the deal like this. I’m just saying this just in case. “Isn’t it related to that kid named Kim Hyun-seong?”
This morning.
Myungjin Construction was turned upside down.
As Director Kim Cheol-jin said, ‘all’ banks doing business with Myungjin Construction notified that they would cut off transactions.
Construction companies and banks.
It is a mutually beneficial relationship.
Just because a construction company borrows money does not mean that it is B’s position, but as a bank, lending money to a healthy construction company is a transaction in which a huge profit is returned. However, the banks said they would cut off business with Myungjin Construction, even giving up those benefits. Existing contracts also require time to return sufficient profits, but the bank itself has given up all of those profits.
Unusual situation.
Kim Cheol-jin had no choice but to suspect a reason that did not make common sense.
‘Damn it.’
Go Chang-beom swallowed his words.
It was certain.
It was clear that Golden Circle was trying to destroy Myungjin Construction on a large scale in return for helping Kim Hyun-seong.
‘Since the tax investigation failed, the intention is probably to kill Myungjin Construction by blocking its financial resources. You mean bastards. You would go to such lengths to deal with just one high school student. ‘Are you even humans?’
This is a situation where we cannot just appeal to emotions.
Ko Chang-beom is the managing director.
As the next successor to lead this company, I had to make a rational decision to overcome the company’s crisis.
“It is true that it is related to Kim Hyun-seong, but I will discuss with my father how to respond to this. And…”
That was then.
Ugh.
Whoosh whoosh.
A cell phone rings loudly.
An ominous feeling arose in Go Chang-beom at the sight of the name “Police Chief” appearing on the screen.
* * *
It was as expected.
When I got up and answered the phone, I heard the police chief’s voice tinged with guilt.
[…I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can stop you anymore. This isn’t just pressure from above. A pressure came down from the sky beyond what a single chief could even dare to look up to.]
The contents were as follows.
People who were involved in violent incidents with Go Chang-beom in the past.
They filed a massive complaint.
My head hurt.
We are in a preoccupied situation with the loan issue, and the lawsuit issue has also taken our breath away.
“If all sins are established. What happens to me?”
[It will probably be difficult to avoid imprisonment. It is clear that heavy punishment will be imposed since each case is being filed differently, and in addition, the women whom the managing director sat down at the bar have also accused him of sexual assault. Of course I know. That I really didn’t. However, if the crimes are tied together and handed over to the court, there is a high probability that the person named Go Chang-beom himself will be identified as a criminal rather than a separate case.] “
…You bastards.”
past past.
Go Chang-beom did not think of himself as clean.
It was clear that he lived a subhuman life, to the extent that dozens of lawsuits were filed against him as he tried to find fault with him.
but.
This was so malicious.
All the fights Go Chang-beom had in his life were two-way, and he was already sufficiently punished at the time the incident occurred. Of course, there were arguments here and there. However, there was no one-sided assault or harassment, and most of the time, he raised his voice with people who were trash like him.
Girl problems?
We met a lot.
However, I wasn’t forced to do anything just because I was a bar girl; all I did was go to karaoke bars and actually date like-minded women. In fact, there was a time when I told my father that I was going to marry a girl from a bar and got beaten up. There was absolutely no force that could be considered sexual assault.
Go Chang-beom said.
“Is there really no way to resolve this within Daesan?”
[For now, yes. I’m sorry, Managing Director.]
Ppa-deuk.
I gritted my teeth.
If you say it this way, there was no need to tear down the relationship.
“no. “I will contact you again later.”
Pop.
* * *
Send Kim Cheol-jin away.
Go Chang-beom was alone in the office.
Malice poured in from all directions.
Loan issue, complaint issue.
No matter how much it was called the Daesan Cartel, once the Golden Circle decided, problems arose that it could not handle.
‘In the end, I guess it means I’m a frog in a well.’
Community.
The closed atmosphere was Go Chang-beom’s weapon, but there was nothing he could do if a huge power like the Golden Circle decided to suppress it. Even the police chief said the same thing. He could be said to be a being who boasted of omnipotent power in Daesan, but there was no way to do anything about the orders from his superiors. In the end, the local police chief was nothing in a police organization that had to follow a hierarchy.
suddenly.
What Hyunseong Kim said came to mind.
“We cannot be reassured that a tax investigation has been prevented. This time, we foiled the opponent’s plan with the intention of dying together, but if the Golden Circle decides to attack us, then there will be nothing we can do with the power of ‘Daesan’. The Golden Circle is that kind of group. A group of people in power in Korea that are intertwined and exert overwhelming influence in the country. Myungjin Construction and the local community. “It would only be a moment to be swept away by the influence of those in power.”
Not once.
The Golden Circle did not go all out.
They were worried that their identities would be revealed, so they were cautious, but they did not dare to estimate the power they possessed.
That is why Kim Hyun-seong made a request.
“If you ever feel like you can’t hold on any longer. If you fall into despair that you cannot handle this enormous power, then please tell me honestly. I won’t hold any grudges. Because it is only natural to kneel before despair. “However, if you tell me in advance so that I can prepare, I can understand whatever choice Go Chang-beom makes.”
that word.
It got stuck in my chest.
I would have felt better if I had just hung on, but Kim Hyun-sung’s calm demeanor always seemed to think of the worst.
“…It really sucks.”
Go Chang-beom too.
Kim Si-woo too.
Everyone who knew Kim Hyun-seong had the same thoughts.
why.
Is Kim Hyun-seong this desperate?
There must be a way to live comfortably if you obey power, but what happened to make you so stubborn?
The reason was unknown.
One thing is certain.
He could only survive if he abandoned Kim Hyun-seong.
If you kneel down to the Golden Circle and tell them that you will reject Kim Hyun-sung even now, they will definitely open a way for you to survive. The reason Golden Circle is attacking Myungjin Construction is not because of malice toward Myungjin. Because they are the forces that support Kim Hyun-sung. All the problems facing us can be solved just by choosing to change our minds.
Past memories flashed through my mind.
Meet Hyunseong Kim.
Until this moment.
I thought about it for a while.
Then.
“I don’t know if it’s right for a bastard like me to run a company.”
I got up.
Then I called someone.
Take off.
“Hyunseong. “What should I do from now on?”
Not being able to give up on people.
As always, Go Chang-beom made a foolish choice.