Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 391

Bang Jin-hoon, who had entered, looked around and nodded.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Bang Jin-hoon from the Korean Martial Arts Federation. You’re the ones who… couldn’t handle those little punks, so you need training, right?”

Han Jin-sung suddenly felt the urge to look in a mirror.

He was so curious about his current complexion. If his guess was right, his face would be as white as a blank sheet of paper right now.

Bang Jin-hoon slowly raised his hand and took off his sunglasses.

‘Just keep them on, please.’

Usually, sunglasses have the effect of emphasizing masculinity when worn by people like him. To put it nicely, it makes their impression stronger, and to put it badly, it makes their impression look terrible.

But Bang Jin-hoon looked much better with his sunglasses on. Covering up those gleaming eyes was a hundred, no, a thousand times better for his image.

When he had his sunglasses on, he looked like he would cheerfully say, ‘If those little punks act up, just smash them with the chair next to you,’ but now that he had taken them off, it looked like he would silently hand you a sashimi knife.

No joke, really.

“Well, okay. Everyone’s posture is correct and good.”

It had to be.

This was probably how a mouse felt in front of a cat.

Han Jin-sung understood why dogs cowered and couldn’t stand up straight when they saw a dog butcher. This guy looked like he had been through this kind of thing quite a lot.

If you put a mixed martial arts fighter and a dog butcher in a fight, it would be abuse for the fighter, but from the dogs’ point of view, it doesn’t matter who is stronger.

“Don’t worry. Fifteen days, just fifteen days is enough. I’ll turn you into human weapons in fifteen days.”

No, we don’t need that much. We don’t want that kind of thing.

“Good, good. Your eyes are full of fighting spirit. Very good.”

And his eyesight is bad too.

There was no hope.

‘Hyung, no, right? Hyung?’

Han Jin-sung looked at him with desperation, but Kang Jin-ho subtly avoided his gaze.

‘This isn’t right, Hyung. This isn’t.’

Even if they couldn’t keep up with Kang Jin-ho’s training, how could he just throw them into the tiger’s den like this?

Han Jin-sung stared intently at Kang Jin-ho with a look of despair and desperation that he couldn’t even put into words.

“Ahem.”

Kang Jin-ho cleared his throat and opened his mouth.

“Then I’ll go out for a bit, so you can discuss your future training with Mr. Bang Jin-hoon.”

Discuss?

Discuss, you say?

That ‘discuss’ means talking to each other and figuring out a direction together, right, Hyung?

You’re telling us to discuss things with that guy, right, Hyung?

Whether Han Jin-sung’s desperate cry reached him or not, Kang Jin-ho turned and went outside. As the door opened, a handsome young man who had been waiting outside bowed deeply to Kang Jin-ho. Kang Jin-ho nodded slightly in acknowledgment and passed by, and the man tilted his head and came inside.

‘Who’s that guy?’

Why does he look so arrogant? Is this some kind of ‘Most Intimidating Face’ contest?

“Now, then, let’s see how far your bodies have been trained.”

Bang Jin-hoon looked at the children with a satisfied smile.

“Don’t worry. I’m an expert. I’m a master at raising people. I’ll train you thoroughly in a different way from that guy, so don’t worry and just listen to me. Now, then.”

Bang Jin-hoon grinned.

“Shall we start with a physical fitness test?” A chill ran down their spines.

“You did well.”

Jo Gyu-min, who had been waiting, greeted Kang Jin-ho with a face full of joy.

“I don’t know if I did well.”

“You did well.”

“Hmm…”

When Kang Jin-ho made a dissatisfied face, Jo Gyu-min grinned and offered him a cigarette. Kang Jin-ho took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, and snapped his fingers to light it.

“I’m still worried…”

“It’s natural to be worried. But not feeling that worry as worry is one of the first things Mr. Kang Jin-ho needs to do.”

Jo Gyu-min said with a firm face.

“Actually, I don’t really agree with other people’s opinions. I don’t think Mr. Kang Jin-ho wouldn’t have properly grasped the children’s limits. I also think that if it were done the way Mr. Kang Jin-ho does it, the children would be able to get stronger the fastest, even if it’s a little hard.”

“Then why did you stop it?”

“Because there’s no need to.”

Having said that, Jo Gyu-min put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it. White smoke billowed from his mouth.

“There’s no need to?”

“Yes.”

Jo Gyu-min explained with a serious face.

“Mr. Kang Jin-ho is completely unaware of his current position.

Do you think Mr. Kang Jin-ho has to do that job himself?”

“…What?”

“If there’s someone who can do it instead, you should leave it to that person.”

“Instead…”

Kang Jin-ho narrowed his brow slightly.

Of course, he didn’t think Bang Jin-hoon would do a better job than him. Kang Jin-ho was confident that he was more knowledgeable about martial arts than anyone else.

But there wasn’t much difference between him and Bang Jin-hoon when it came to teaching those kids who were clueless about martial arts.

“It seems that even Mr. Bang Jin-hoon brought someone with him.”

“Yes.”

Was his name Chun Tae-hoon?

He remembered his face.

“Even Head Bang Jin-hoon thinks that this is something he doesn’t need to do himself. He’ll just give them the basics and then leave it to that person. What that means is…”

Jo Gyu-min sighed softly and said,

“Mr. Kang Jin-ho was doing a job that would be appropriate for Head Bang Jin-hoon’s subordinate to do. This is a serious waste and a very inefficient thing to do. People in charge shouldn’t do things like that.”

“Because it’s something I can do.”

Jo Gyu-min smiled gently.

“You know that our chairman has been through thick and thin, right?”

“Yes, I know.”

“But what would happen if Chairman Hwang Jung-hoo went to the site and acted as a site supervisor, wearing a hard hat and building a building?”

It would be chaos.

Everyone would be in an uproar.

The site supervisors who were supposed to be doing the work would feel like they had a knife to their throats, and those under their command would tremble with the tension that they might get their heads cut off if they made a single mistake. There would also be those who would try to be overly loyal.

No matter how much he thought about it, it was the worst move with nothing to gain and only things to lose.

“It wouldn’t be good.”

“What Mr. Kang Jin-ho is doing now is similar. Mr. Kang Jin-ho is a person in charge. Now you need to be aware of your own position.”

Awareness…

Kang Jin-ho couldn’t help but sigh.

To have to think and worry about things that he didn’t even think about or worry about when he was in a much higher position than now. Even though it was hard, the way of life he had to accept now was so different from the simple life he had back then.

“And one more thing.”

“Yes.”

“You need to learn how to use people now.”

“I’ve told you many times, Mr. Kang Jin-ho, you don’t need to get involved in these things one by one.”

“It’s not ‘these things’.”

Kang Jin-ho said firmly, and Jo Gyu-min sighed.

“Of course, I understand the special feelings Mr. Kang Jin-ho has for the children at the orphanage. However, from the children’s point of view, it doesn’t make much difference whether Mr. Kang Jin-ho trains them directly or other people train them.”

Jo Gyu-min was calmly saying something that Han Jin-sung would have vehemently denied if he had heard it.

“Mr. Kang Jin-ho, you just need to produce results. I don’t think you need to be involved in the process. That’s not for the children, it’s for Mr. Kang Jin-ho’s self-satisfaction.”

Kang Jin-ho’s expression hardened slightly. Self-satisfaction?

“I understand that you’re worried. It’s because you don’t think other people’s work is reliable. But as I said before, if you keep doing this, you won’t have enough bodies even if you had ten. Please trust us this time.”

“Trust…”

“Yes.”

Jo Gyu-min grinned and delivered the final blow.

“Don’t you trust me?”

“I’m Jo Gyu-min.”

“I trust you.”

It ended up being a bit of a revival meeting-like exchange, but Kang Jin-ho really trusted Jo Gyu-min. He thought that Jo Gyu-min was ten times more trustworthy than himself, as long as it wasn’t related to martial arts.

“Okay, okay, let’s have another one.”

When Kang Jin-ho nodded, Jo Gyu-min put a cigarette in Kang Jin-ho’s mouth and lit it.

“By the way, when did you get so close to Choi Yeon-ha? It looked like you were going to eat noodles together.”

“Pffft!”

Kang Jin-ho, who spat out the cigarette like a missile, turned to Jo Gyu-min with wide eyes.

‘Look at this?’

Jo Gyu-min chuckled.

It was a reaction that he never expected from Kang Jin-ho. If it had been the old Kang Jin-ho, he would have ended the situation with a short, ‘It’s not like that.’

But for that kind of person to show such a strong reaction.

Has he become a bit softer, and developed some reactions?

Or is it…?

“Not bad, not bad. She might seem a bit lacking for Mr. Kang Jin-ho, but it’s hard to find someone like her.”

“What are you talking about?”

“After getting some information, her relationships with men are as clean as they can be, and there’s nothing messy about them. She’s one of the few self-made types in the entertainment industry. She’s also persistent, and she has pride and passion for her work, so her reputation is good.”

“Did you do a background check?”

“No.”

Jo Gyu-min said firmly.

“I know that Mr. Kang Jin-ho doesn’t like that kind of thing. So how could I do such a thing? I just saw this.”

“This?”

Jo Gyu-min took out his phone and handed it to Kang Jin-ho.

There was a densely written Word file with information about Choi Yeon-ha.

“What is this?”

“A while ago, Jae-kyung Construction used Choi Yeon-ha as a model. We received the data from them at that time, and this is the data we investigated.”

“Is it okay to do this kind of thing?”

“Of course, it is. Don’t think that billions of won in advertising costs are paid for nothing. If a scandal breaks out after using a model, the resulting damage to the image can’t be compensated for with just damages. It’s natural to do a pre-investigation. They know it too. Since it’s an investigation that both sides know about, it’s not a background check.”

This is subtle, isn’t it?

“However, her personality… well, since a model’s personality isn’t something that’s revealed, it doesn’t matter much, but as Mr. Kang Jin-ho’s girlfriend, it’s important…”

“It’s not like that.”

“Indeed. Now you’re the Mr. Kang Jin-ho I know.”

“But…”

“Yes.”

“Then what should I do?”

Jo Gyu-min chuckled.

“You should do what you do best. I told you, you can leave the things we can do to us. Mr. Kang Jin-ho, you just need to do what Mr. Kang Jin-ho does best.”

“I don’t know what that is?”

“It’s simple.”

Jo Gyu-min snapped his fingers, making a ‘click’ sound, and then grinned.

“Spend money.”

“…Huh?”

Kang Jin-ho’s face went blank.