Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1597

“S-Spare me! I was wrong!”

A man in a tracksuit sighed deeply.

“Seriously, Director. Why can’t you understand? Someone of your stature, how can your comprehension be so lacking?”

“I was wrong! I won’t do it again! Please! Please! Waaah…”

“Ha, this guy.”

The man squatted down, looking at the man kneeling and crying.

“What’s the point of begging for forgiveness now? You shouldn’t have done wrong in the first place. And… this isn’t some children’s court, where we just let you off because you say sorry, is it?”

“Answer me, you bastard!” Slap!

The man swung his hand, striking the middle-aged man’s cheek. His lip split, and a tooth broke, flying out of his mouth.

“C-Chief, the Chairman said not to kill him…”

“He won’t die. He won’t die, you bastards. Do you think he’ll die from my hit? Unlike you guys?”

The man.

Lee Hyun-soo frowned and looked at the middle-aged man again.

“Sir, no, Director. Why did you do that? What was there to touch with those little ones?”

“I-I’m sorry. I must have been out of my mind for a moment! I’ll live my life atoning for it.”

“Ah~ this guy, you talk so easily. Does your atonement erase the scars they received? Hey, you. They have to live with those scars for the rest of their lives. Does your atonement make it go away? Isn’t that right?”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled faintly.

“So, let’s just eat prison food. Where else is there such a simple solution in the world? Just confess everything and pay the price.”

“Yes! Yes! I will!”

“Oh, you will?”

Lee Hyun-soo nodded.

“Then, in the spirit of repentance, you’ll go to prison?”

“Yes!”

“Okay. Then get in there.”

“…Yes?”

The middle-aged man turned his head. His eyes caught sight of a van with its door wide open.

“We’ll take you there.”

“I… I need to tell my family, and there are still things to settle…”

“Ah, we’ll take care of that for you. We’re experts at settling things.”

“Why? Want us to settle you too?”

“I, I…”

Slap!

Lee Hyun-soo slapped him again, grabbed the middle-aged man’s head, slammed it to the ground, and started kicking him mercilessly.

“This bastard, you son of a bitch! I’m trying so hard to hold back, and you’re scratching at me? You’re gonna die today, you hear me!”

The martial artists who were standing by rushed over and pulled Lee Hyun-soo away.

“Let go! Won’t you let go? I’ll…”

“…Please calm down. He said not to kill him.”

“Do you think he’ll die from my kicks?”

“This is really going to kill him. We feel the same way about wanting to tear that bastard apart. But he said not to kill him.”

“Ha… damn it.”

Lee Hyun-soo spat on the ground, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and put it in his mouth.

Click.

Lee Hyun-soo lit the cigarette, squatted down, and sighed.

“Hey, guys.”

“Yes.”

“What do you think about just burying him and taking the blame? The Chairman wouldn’t kill us for not listening to him once, would he?”

“It’s something to think about…”

“Ha~ I’ve never been so frustrated about not being able to kill someone. That bastard… is that even human? Hey, you!”

“Hey, grab him! Grab him!”

“Ah, let go! You bastards, I’m not going to hit him!”

Lee Hyun-soo adjusted his clothes, annoyed.

“Hoo, hoo…”

After taking a short deep breath to regain his composure, Lee Hyun-soo smiled again and approached the director.

“Director.”

“…Yes.”

“Choose. Either die here, or sign this and get in that.”

“…If I get in that, will you spare me?”

“If you sign and get in, I’ll spare you, you bastard! Can’t you even understand such a short sentence? How do you even live?”

“…Okay, I will.”

“Sign it quickly.”

“Yes!”

The middle-aged man signed the paper on the ground and even put his thumbprint on it. Lee Hyun-soo retrieved the document, checked it, and nodded.

“It would have been better for everyone if you had done it sooner. Right?”

“Yes! Yes! I’m sorry.”

“Get in.”

Lee Hyun-soo frowned.

“Director, think carefully. If I wanted to kill you, I would have beaten you to death here, not put you in a car. You son of a bitch, if you stay in front of me for 10 more seconds, I’ll want to cut off your head and shove it up your ass, so get the hell out of here!”

The director, without a word, hurriedly ran to the car. He tripped a couple of times on the way, but Lee Hyun-soo’s lips didn’t move even a bit.

Thud.

A martial artist got into the car, closing the van’s door. The van immediately started and disappeared into the darkness.

“Seriously, there are so many idiots in the world.” Those kinds of people are still breathing. Unbelievable.

Lee Hyun-soo took out his phone, sighed, and made a call.

“Yes, this is Lee Hyun-soo, Chairman. It’s taken care of. Yes? Hey, I didn’t kill him. When have you ever seen me disobey you?”

The faces of those next to him turned slightly awkward.

[So… how did you handle it?]

“I got the documents.”

[What about them?]

“I sent them to the docks.”

[Huh? The docks? Not the police station?]

“What kind of great punishment would they get if they went to the police station? They’d live for about five years and come out. Why should we feed them with our taxes? What a waste of money?”

[I told you not to kill them.]

“I’m not killing them. I’m just sending them to America.”

[America? Why America?]

“If they’re going, they should go to an American prison. I’ll drop them in the middle of America and let them live for a few days, then send them to prison as pedophiles. They really like those kinds of guys in those prisons. They’ll probably be warmly welcomed.”

[Is that possible?]

“Just make a few documents and coordinate with the local police. We can say they were touching kids while sightseeing in America.”

[……]

“Anyway, I’ll take care of that, so don’t worry about it. Am I someone who kills people, or cuts off their limbs? I’m just sending them to an American prison with better facilities than Korea, with their bodies intact. Wow~ I’m an angel, an angel.”

There was no reply.

“Anyway, I’ll take care of this, so don’t worry about it. This is Lee Hyun-soo.”

[…Report in from time to time.]

“Yes!”

Lee Hyun-soo smacked his lips after hanging up.

“Tsk, the Chairman has become too soft these days. To tell me to let those kinds of guys live. If it were the old days, he would have lined them up and cut off their heads with one swing.”

Lee Hyun-soo glanced back.

“Isn’t that right?”

“It seems like you’ve become a bit more extreme than the Chairman, Chief…”

“Me? Man, I’ve become softer too.”

“…Let’s just say that.”

Lee Hyun-soo chuckled and took out his phone again.

“Okay, let’s see, the guys I have to deal with today… there are still two left. Let’s go. It’ll be dawn soon.”

“Yes!”

The guards got into the car, and Lee Hyun-soo threw his cigarette on the ground and stomped it out.

‘Seriously, there are no decent people around.’

Kang Jin-ho, who had hung up the phone, stared blankly at his phone. Jo Gyu-min, who had been listening to the situation on speakerphone, shook his head.

“There’s a demon.”

“…No, it seems like the demon would call him ‘hyung’ [older brother or respected older male].”

“It would be better to just cut off one of their legs.”

“No, that’s a bit…”

Jo Gyu-min was horrified.

Ah, of course, it could be extreme. If people heard that kind of story, they would get angry. Jo Gyu-min himself, after finishing the background check, wanted to jump out of his seat and grind them up with a mixer.

But, what should I say…

“What kind of creative punishment is that?”

Isn’t he saying that he’s going to send them to America, fabricate a case, and bribe the American police?

To go through all that trouble just to punish those guys?

“Should I say he has great initiative, or that he’s unnecessarily passionate…”

“It’s both.”

“…I guess so.”

Jo Gyu-min chuckled.

‘Seriously, they’re amazing people.’

There are people in the world that the law can’t handle. Jo Gyu-min also agreed that those guys wouldn’t get properly punished even if they were caught by the police.

Seeing those guys being swept away as a group, it was actually refreshing.

“Since I’ve received the transfer documents, I’ll talk to the officials and handle it well. But I think the Chairman needs to say something before I visit.”

“Where to?”

“Will the minister know?”

“I don’t think so?”

“…Then, is it possible to have a direct line to the prime minister?”

“Huh? Do I have his phone number?”

Kang Jin-ho frowned.

“We can just have Chief Lee do it.”

Jo Gyu-min felt a sense of generational change.

In the past, this man, who never left his work to others and rode a bicycle even when Hwang Jung-hoo offered him a luxury car with a driver, had grown up with time and was now using his fingers to command people.

‘Of course, I have no complaints.’

Because that person is Lee Hyun-soo.

That hyung needs to suffer a bit more. That’s how he becomes a better person.

“…I didn’t expect it to be handled this quickly.”

“It’s not good to drag things out.” Kang Jin-ho lit a cigarette. If he didn’t know, he wouldn’t know, but he couldn’t be relaxed knowing. You never know what might happen in that short amount of time.

Lee Hyun-soo knew that, so he released all the members he could to take care of it at once.

“Is it okay? They’ll be reported missing starting tomorrow.”

“It’s okay.”

Kang Jin-ho said as if it was nothing.

“He’s an expert in that area, to an excessive degree…”

Jo Gyu-min was once again realizing what kind of person Lee Hyun-soo was.

He had been talking back to such a person, complaining…

‘I need to be careful.’

I should treat him like a hyung when I meet him next time. I should buy him a meal too.

“Anyway, I’ll dismantle that place and bring the children to a new facility.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

“I’m not sure if it’s a good choice yet. These… children with many scars are very wary…”

“It’s not something to worry about.”

Kang Jin-ho exhaled cigarette smoke.

“If we were just going to take in the easy kids and pretend to run an orphanage, we wouldn’t have even started. We have to take them in because they’re having a hard time elsewhere.”

“Yes.”

Jo Gyu-min looked at Kang Jin-ho with a new expression.

Something… um…

Somehow, he felt proud.

Jo Gyu-min had thought that Kang Jin-ho would do great things someday since he was a child, but… he felt that he had become a great person in a slightly different direction than he had imagined.

“Is there any other problem?”

“No. I’ll proceed as much as I can now.”

“Okay.”

Kang Jin-ho put out his cigarette in the ashtray and got up from his seat.

“Then, I have something to do.”

“Yes, Chairman. See you next time. Don’t worry about the work.”

“Okay.”

Kang Jin-ho smiled and headed towards the door.

“Ah!”

“…Yes?”

Kang Jin-ho grabbed the doorknob and turned to look at Jo Gyu-min.

Jo Gyu-min looked at Kang Jin-ho, not knowing what was going on.

“Thank you always.”

Kang Jin-ho opened the door and went outside.

Click.

As the door closed, Jo Gyu-min lowered his head slightly.

‘What a funny and touching thing, fate is…’

If he hadn’t met Kang Jin-ho, his life would have been very different now.

‘I need to work harder.’

I want to be helpful.

To that person.

Jo Gyu-min got up from his seat and headed to the computer. It seems like… he’ll have to work overtime again today.