Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1260

Ko Min-sung quietly lowered his head, staring at his lap.

The blood-stained clothes were dried and stuck to his skin. It was an experience anyone who lived in the harsh world of martial arts would have at least once.

But there was something different…

Until now, the blood that had soaked Ko Min-sung’s clothes had belonged to his enemies, but the blood that was soaking his clothes now was none other than Ko Min-sung’s own.

Ko Min-sung, who had been quietly staring at the blood that had soaked his body, burst into a chuckle.

There was a question.

A question that wouldn’t leave his mind whenever he was conscious.

‘Why did it turn out like this?’

He couldn’t figure it out.

Why was he caught?

He had been so careful.

No, that wasn’t it.

Ko Min-sung chuckled to himself.

‘It was bound to happen someday.’

He didn’t think he could hide it forever. He knew the capabilities of the Assembly [a powerful organization] and the capabilities of Lee Hyun-soo and his people. Even if it wasn’t Lee Hyun-soo, someone like Bang Jin-hoon would have noticed.

In fact, this wasn’t even something that would reach the board of directors. Someone would have noticed it before then.

So, where did it start?

Where did it go wrong?

Clang!

At that moment, the sound of a steel door opening rang out, and the lights turned on.

Ko Min-sung groaned and closed his eyes.

The light that suddenly pierced his eyes was so painful that it felt like they were tearing apart.

As his eyes adjusted to the light, the pain subsided. Ko Min-sung slightly opened his eyes, his face still contorted in a grimace.

A person came into view in his blurry vision. Ko Min-sung’s eyes twitched.

The figure of a man smiling gently came into his sight.

“Min-sung.”

Ko Min-sung bit his lip tightly.

Lee Hyun-soo had somehow brought a chair and was sitting in front of him. Lee Hyun-soo, who was leaning slightly forward and looking at him, looked incredibly sinister.

“Let’s not waste time pointlessly.”

“It seems like you’re not completely brainless. And as you know, I’m not an idiot either. But you want me to believe that you were smuggling drugs?”

Ko Min-sung didn’t answer.

He just glared at Lee Hyun-soo with his mouth tightly shut.

“Okay, let’s see…”

Lee Hyun-soo tapped the documents in his hand.

“After investigating, it turns out that container… came from Mexico. Do you even speak Mexican?”

“Do you even know that they speak Spanish in Mexico?”

“Probably not.”

Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes grew colder and colder.

“A guy who doesn’t even speak Spanish, who doesn’t know how to connect with the cartels there, is smuggling drugs…”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled faintly.

“Ko Min-sung.”

“You’re from the Yeongnam Association, right?”

Ko Min-sung stared blankly at Lee Hyun-soo.

“Then you know what kind of person I am. You know that if I set my mind to it, it’s not that hard for me to open your mouth.”

It was cold.

He wasn’t exactly threatening him. He wasn’t even showing any aggression. He was just stating the facts calmly, like an announcer delivering the news.

But that calm voice was more terrifying than any threat.

As Lee Hyun-soo said, Ko Min-sung knew what kind of person Lee Hyun-soo was. Who in the Yeongnam Association wouldn’t know how cruel and cold he was?

But…

“I’ll ask you one last time.”

Lee Hyun-soo said quietly.

“Who’s behind you?”

Ko Min-sung didn’t answer.

Lee Hyun-soo stared at Ko Min-sung without a word. His cold eyes became more and more emotionless. Soon, Lee Hyun-soo, whose face had become as emotionless as if he were looking at a stone, nodded.

“Okay.”

Lee Hyun-soo slowly got up. Something in his hand shone brightly in the fluorescent light.

Ko Min-sung’s gaze went to what Lee Hyun-soo was holding.

A razor blade.

A razor blade that looked terrifying just by looking at it was in Lee Hyun-soo’s hand.

“Ah, sorry. Not yet.”

Lee Hyun-soo took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

“It might sound strange, but…”

Lee Hyun-soo chuckled.

“I don’t really like seeing blood.”

Click.

Lee Hyun-soo lit the cigarette and put it in Ko Min-sung’s mouth. Ko Min-sung, whose hands were tied, looked at Lee Hyun-soo with a questioning gaze.

“Smoke it.”

“There’s no truth serum or anything, just smoke it. Would that even work on you guys?”

Ko Min-sung slowly inhaled the cigarette smoke.

“Cough! Cough!”

Perhaps because of his injuries, his body couldn’t handle the cigarette smoke.

But Ko Min-sung desperately puffed on the cigarette. This cigarette might be the last one of his life.

“Listen carefully.”

Lee Hyun-soo said in a low voice.

“I’m going to get an answer from you no matter what. As you know, the way I get answers isn’t exactly gentle.”

Ko Min-sung’s gaze fell on the razor blade on the chair.

He knew.

Those who caused trouble or problems, and those who tried to betray the Yeongnam Association. Those who were caught by Lee Hyun-soo never returned. It was obvious what had happened to them.

Ko Min-sung’s fate wouldn’t be much different.

“So, before that, I want to ask you one thing…”

Lee Hyun-soo put the razor blade away and sat back down. Then, he looked at Ko Min-sung quietly before opening his mouth.

“Why did you do it?”

“…What do you mean?”

“I just can’t understand it. Why did you get involved with drugs?”

Lee Hyun-soo was genuinely curious.

The Assembly strictly prohibited drugs. Ko Min-sung knew very well that the Assembly wouldn’t let it slide if anyone got involved with drugs.

So why would he get involved with drugs?

“Why?”

Ko Min-sung chuckled.

“It’s not like you, Chief, to ask such a stupid question. What else could it be? It’s because of money.”

There was a sense of emptiness in Ko Min-sung’s tone as he answered.

“Money?”

Lee Hyun-soo looked at Ko Min-sung as if he couldn’t believe it.

“What’s the point of making money from drugs in Korea, which is controlled by the Assembly? You don’t seem that stupid?”

“You’re the stupid one, Chief. Why live in Korea? If you make enough money to live on for the rest of your life, you can just go abroad. Why? Are you going to chase me all the way to Southeast Asia?”

Lee Hyun-soo’s face hardened slightly.

“So…”

Lee Hyun-soo frowned.

“You did this crazy thing just to make money?”

“Just money?”

Ko Min-sung looked at Lee Hyun-soo with a mocking expression.

“Chief, you must have made a lot of money. To say ‘just money’ like that.”

“I have a question for you.”

“Go ahead.”

“From a normal point of view, do you think I’m the crazy one, or the Assembly guys are the crazy ones?”

Lee Hyun-soo didn’t answer.

“Drugs? ‘Crazy’?”

Ko Min-sung chuckled.

“You guys who think nothing of killing people with knives, don’t look at me like I’m trash just because I distributed some drugs. Did I kill anyone? Or did I concrete a corpse and throw it into the sea?”

Ko Min-sung glared at Lee Hyun-soo with bloodshot eyes.

“Answer me, you great Chief. How many people have you killed in your life?”

“You can’t even count them, right?”

Lee Hyun-soo couldn’t answer. Because Ko Min-sung was right.

Lee Hyun-soo had killed countless people. There were some he didn’t kill on his own will, but most of them he killed on his own will.

From the perspective of general society, Ko Min-sung was just a drug smuggler. He couldn’t even be compared to the murderer Lee Hyun-soo.

And yet, Lee Hyun-soo was accusing Ko Min-sung of a crime?

It was a joke.

Lee Hyun-soo couldn’t find the right words to say because he knew that fact.

“Is it strange to sell drugs for money? Then why do you kill people, Chief? Do you have some great purpose? Are you doing some kind of independence movement?”

“Shut up, you bastard.”

“Shut up? What are you talking about!”

Ko Min-sung’s eyes were bloodshot.

“Do I look crazy? Do I look like I’ve lost it! You bastards! It’s not me who’s crazy, it’s you! Look at the outside world, you bastards! People sell their families for money! It’s not me who’s crazy, it’s you guys! You guys are not in your right mind, living in the mountains for your whole lives, just getting enough money to eat and swinging your swords!”

Lee Hyun-soo frowned at Ko Min-sung’s outburst.

“What’s the point of having power! If I wanted to, the police and everyone else couldn’t catch me, so why should I live like this! If I wanted to, I could make a fortune! With that money, I could live comfortably for the rest of my life! I could buy anything I wanted, and I could have any woman I wanted! So why should I rot in a place like this!”

Ko Min-sung spat as he spoke.

Looking at his trembling body, it was clear how agitated Ko Min-sung was.

“Damn it! Is there anyone who doesn’t know how much money the Assembly makes? Where did all that money go, you bastard! You guys ate it all, didn’t you? You guys make money by running the Assembly! And we have to live in the mountains, eating grass and training for the rest of our lives? Don’t talk such nonsense!”

Ko Min-sung was shouting almost to the point of madness. Lee Hyun-soo stared at Ko Min-sung quietly before chuckling.

“Okay. So you wanted to make money?”

“Why? Is that not allowed?”

Ko Min-sung said with a smirk.

“I’m sorry, Chief. I wasn’t noble enough. And I shouldn’t be laughing like this in front of you, but I can’t help but laugh. So, how many people did you kill this time, Chief?”

“How many Japanese guys who came to Korea this time died? Thousands, right? Isn’t that right? You guys who kill people by the thousands are acting like I’ve committed some heinous crime just because I sold some drugs. It’s so ridiculous that I can’t help but laugh.”

Lee Hyun-soo chuckled and grabbed the razor blade.

“Say whatever you want. It’s okay.”

Lee Hyun-soo tilted his head.

“But, there’s something I want to hear from you, so I’d like you to say that and then keep talking.”

“Do whatever you want! Damn it! I know I’m going to die anyway, do you think I’m going to cooperate with you guys? Are you crazy? You bastards, it was better when Lee Joong-geol was the chairman. At least Lee Joong-geol didn’t push the members into a death trap and only fill their own bellies! Do whatever you want, you bastard! Aaaah!”

Lee Hyun-soo’s face contorted as he watched Ko Min-sung’s outburst. Just as he was about to swing the razor blade and cut Ko Min-sung’s mouth open.

Clang.

The door opened with a metallic sound.

Lee Hyun-soo and Ko Min-sung’s gazes simultaneously turned towards the door.

Step, step.

Kang Jin-ho was walking in slowly with an indifferent expression on his face.

Ko Min-sung’s face turned pale in an instant.

“Ah…”

Kang Jin-ho and Ko Min-sung’s eyes met. Kang Jin-ho curled up the corners of his mouth.

“You were saying some interesting things.”

Step, step.

Slowly but surely.