The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 95

Shin Hae-soo’s sudden action stunned not only the thugs but also the youngest member, the team leader sitting in the corner, and Oh Gyeong, who was listening in.

This was because the plan they had been working on, the disguise of nearly two weeks, was about to fall apart.

Hae-soo took off his sanitary gloves and came out of the kitchen. He immediately saw the child, whose face was pale with fear. Hae-soo gestured to the youngest member to take care of the child and his mother, then approached the thugs.

Even though he was wearing an apron, his muscles were clearly visible, deterring the thugs from rushing him.

“Are you crazy?”

One of the thugs reached out to Hae-soo. Hae-soo grabbed his hand and twisted it sharply.

Crack.

“Ugh!”

“This bastard!”

This was because the plan they had been working on, the disguise of nearly two weeks, was about to fall apart.

Hae-soo took off his sanitary gloves and came out of the kitchen. He immediately saw the child, whose face was pale with fear. Hae-soo gestured to the youngest member to take care of the child and his mother, then approached the thugs.

Even though he was wearing an apron, his muscles were clearly visible, deterring the thugs from rushing him.

“Are you crazy?”

One of the thugs reached out to Hae-soo. Hae-soo grabbed his hand and twisted it sharply.

Crack.

“Ugh!”

“This bastard!”

At that sight, another thug went berserk and charged.

Thwack, crack.

“Kuh-heok!”

The two thugs, their arms twisted in Hae-soo’s hands, let out sharp screams. Hae-soo used their momentum to throw them out through the vinyl door of the food stall.

The remaining one, the boss who had been hit in the face with a rag, was wary and didn’t charge, only growling.

“Do you know who I am?”

Hae-soo immediately grabbed his ear.

Tear-

“Aaaagh!!”

“I don’t care, come out.”

The thug, in the agony of his ear being torn, obediently followed and was thrown onto the porch in front of the food stall.

His ear was indeed partially torn, and blood was flowing.

Hae-soo put his hands on his hips, looked around at the three of them, and said,

“What are you guys? What’s with causing trouble at someone else’s place? I’m already annoyed to death because business is bad.”

“Who, who are you?”

“Where am I from, you ask? I came from home, you bastard.”

“You messed with the wrong person, just you wait…”

“Wait for what? Come here.”

As Hae-soo approached again, the boss swung his fist. Hae-soo slightly tilted his head to avoid it and grabbed the thug’s other ear.

Tear.

“Kkeuaaaagh!”

The thug, in immense pain, couldn’t even think of retaliating and flailed his hands.

Hae-soo brought his mouth close to the thug’s bleeding ear and whispered.

“You have to apologize to that mom and kid before you go, right?”

“D, don’t let go! Hey, you bastards! What are you doing!”

Overwhelmed by Hae-soo’s unapproachable aura and combat power, the subordinates were huddled in the corner, nursing their aching arms.

“I know guys like you well, you only understand when you get hit.”

Hae-soo grabbed the thug’s ear and slapped him.

Smack!!

When he was hit once, he felt dizzy. *This is strange. This shouldn’t be happening.* His teeth are shaking.

Smack!!

When he was hit the second time, he realized. *If he keeps getting hit, he’ll die.* He opened his mouth with all his might.

“S, save me.”

Only then did Hae-soo’s hand stop.

“What?”

“P, please save me. Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older male].”

He clasped his hands together and begged Hae-soo with his swollen face.

“Not to me, you have to go inside and apologize.”

“Y, yes, I will.”

“You guys too, together.”

No matter how much the muscular youngest member tried to comfort them, the mother and child’s fear did not subside. They were just worried about Hae-soo.

But in less than two minutes after leaving the food stall, they came back in and prostrated themselves before the mother and child.

The boss, who had told them to eat the *tteokbokki* [spicy rice cakes] that had been spilled on the floor, bowed his head to the ground and said,

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry for making you uncomfortable. Please forgive me just once.”

“Y, yes, n, no, it’s okay…”

Even though they were groveling and apologizing, she still looked terrified.

Hae-soo knew this and quickly dragged them out.

“Report that you got beat up to the police, definitely.”

“N, no… you son of a bitch!! You better be ready to die!! Wait right here!”

He clutched his swollen face and hurriedly ran away, afraid that Hae-soo would chase after him.

Hae-soo stared at their retreating figures for a moment before going back inside the food stall.

Even though Hae-soo is the target of revenge, the mother and child could be harmed if they catch the thug’s eye.

Hae-soo saw the mother and child off and spoke to them at length.

“If you go there, a man named Oh Gang-seok, who is huge and looks menacing, will give you two smartwatches. Wear them for the time being, and if there is anything dangerous, shake them more than three times, and the police will be dispatched.”

“What? Menacing?”

“…Yes? What do you mean…”

“Oh Gang-seok will explain it well.”

“Ah… I understand. Thank you.”

“Take care.”

*Shin Hae-soo is subtly teasing me.*

A little later, the food stall is empty of customers.

Silence falls. The team leader sighed deeply and opened his mouth.

“What do we do now? If those guys are the ones, it’s over, right? Aish, but I couldn’t just stand by then, good job. Good job, but… things have gotten complicated.”

“Let’s wait and see, we don’t know if those guys are the ones, and even if they are, we don’t know how they’ll come out.”

*

The next day, in the afternoon.

Vroom!

Two black cars approached roughly and stopped right in front of the food stall.

The three who had come yesterday and a man in a neat suit got out of the car.

*I thought they would come in a group, but surprisingly, only one person was added.*

The added man was smaller than the other thugs, but he exuded a sharp aura like a fillet knife.

“Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older male], that’s him!”

The thug with torn ears, with gauze on his ears, pointed at Hae-soo from behind the man.

Hae-soo sighed softly, took off his gloves, and came out of the kitchen.

“What is it again? Did you come here to fight again? To take revenge?”

The team leader thought that if he sat still in this situation, it would be more unnatural, so he pretended to be scared and slipped outside.

At Hae-soo’s words, the man let out a snort and sat down on a chair without taking his hands out of his pockets.

“You’re in good shape, sit down.”

As Hae-soo stood with his arms folded, looking down at him, the man continued.

“I didn’t come here to fight, so don’t worry and sit down.”

“H, hyung-nim [term of respect for an older male]?”

“You shut up, before I tear your mouth apart.”

“Heeup…”

Only then did Hae-soo look around at the other thugs behind him and sat down two spaces away.

The man slowly scanned Hae-soo up and down and asked.

“Where are you from?”

“Is that a popular question these days? I told you, I came from home.”

“I’m asking what family you’re from. Are you a nobody?”

“If you’re asking if I’m a gangster, then no.”

“Really? You’re a living fossil, you’re in good shape and you fight well, you’re still young, but you still don’t have a family [gang affiliation], does business do well here? How much do you earn?”

The man asked Hae-soo trivial things. Hae-soo subtly revealed that he had gambling debts and that business was not doing well, as he had prepared.

The man listened and reached out his hand to Hae-soo.

“Good, want to work with me?”

Hae-soo shook his head without hesitation.

“No thanks, do you think I haven’t been scouted by a family [gang] before? Even though I look like this, I’m a coward and I don’t want to get stabbed, I’ll just make money like this.”

“Hey, who does knife fights these days? Everyone’s doing business, don’t worry, just use that body to intimidate, come on in, we’ll treat you well.”

Hae-soo still stood up from his seat with a stiff face.

“No thanks, I haven’t lived a long life, but from what I’ve seen, there’s no reason for making money. I’ll just live like this and die, so go.”

As Hae-soo was about to go back into the kitchen, the man said.

“Contract fee of 20 million won, 40 million won if that friend comes too.”

Hae-soo’s footsteps stopped. The man smirked and went in for the kill.

“8 million won a month with an incentive system, even this loser makes more than 10 million won a month. We’re fundamentally different from those ignorant gangster bastards, if you don’t want to, then don’t.”

Hae-soo made eye contact with the youngest member and turned his head.

“Give me some time to think about it.”

“Look at how his tone changes right away, this guy’s going to be big, I can’t wait long. Let’s go.”

He left a business card on the table and left the food stall with the thugs.

As they left, Hae-soo and the youngest member looked at each other and remained silent. After a while.

*They’re gone. Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older male], go inside.*

*Okay.*

The team leader quickly came inside the food stall, and the three of them made a fuss.

“Wow! It’s working out like this? Anyway, this Dol-gyeok [Hae-soo’s nickname] is the real deal! He’s the kind of guy who’d break his nose even if he fell backward! Or is that not it.”

“As expected, Sunbae-nim [senior colleague] is the best! You were like a truly desperate, ferocious beast!”

“You can do it too if you work hard.”

“Yes, I will learn diligently!”

Hae-soo patted the youngest member on the shoulder and made eye contact with the team leader.

“Do you think these guys are the ones we’re looking for?”

“Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit], these guys don’t have any creativity, the names are always the same, anyway, we have to hope so, ah, I’m finally going to end this tedious life.”

“When is it good to contact them?”

“Do some method acting, you’re at the end of your rope and you’ve received this offer, a contract fee of 40 million won and 7 million won a month, damn, that’s why people become gangsters, should I become a gangster too.”

*Hyung [older brother/friend] wouldn’t be accepted, maybe me.*

“Yeah, you go in, but you have to know, if you become a gangster, you’ll get beat up by Dol-gyeok [Hae-soo’s nickname].”

*Oh, damn, I shouldn’t. I just got goosebumps, even rolling in dog poop is better than this life.*

Hae-soo pondered over the business card and called that evening. Of course, with a burner phone.

*You called earlier than I thought, well, if you’re going to do it anyway, there’s no charm if you think about it for too long, have you decided?*

“I will do it.”

*You thought well, we don’t treat just anyone like this? We’re taking care of you this much from the start because it’s you, don’t tell the kids who come in later.*

“Yes.”

*Okay, then clean up that tiny food stall and let’s meet there tomorrow morning at ten.*

“I understand.”

*

The next day.

It was past 10:30 when a black car finally arrived late. The driver’s side window slowly rolled down.

Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit] frowned at Hae-soo and the youngest member’s attire.

“Don’t you have a suit?”

“No. These are the cleanest clothes we have.”

“You guys, you’ve lived a hard life, let’s buy clothes first, get in.”

Hae-soo and the youngest member got in the car, and Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit] drove them himself to a local suit store and had them fitted for suits.

Then he gave them two bankbooks and cards as a contract fee.

“I told you I’d give you 20 million won each as a contract fee, right? Your salary will be deposited here from now on, remember, if money goes in here, withdraw it in cash right away, never set up automatic transfers, wear a hat and mask, and use a proxy driver.”

“I understand.”

Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit] stopped the car in front of a warehouse. Then he got out of the car, looked over Hae-soo and the youngest member one more time, and smiled contentedly.

“Much better, you’re both tall and muscular, to be honest, I suspected you were fake because a rare talent suddenly appeared, but I was convinced when I saw you beat that bastard, the boss will be pleased.”

“Thank you.”

Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit] moved his feet and asked.

“How old are you?”

“Thirty-one.”

“I’m a year younger, call me hyung [older brother/friend].”

*This bastard?*

“Yes, hyung [older brother/friend].”

“What about this friend?”

“I’m twenty-seven!”

“Good spirit, okay.”

Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit] nodded casually to the men who were bowing to him and continued.

“Family [gang] life isn’t much, just remember these two things, how many things?”

“Two things.”

As Hae-soo repeated softly, Mal-tong [nickname for the man in the suit] nodded as if he liked it and patted him on the shoulder.

“First, don’t ask questions.”

“Don’t ask questions.”

“Second, do as you’re told.”

“Do as you’re told.”

“Yeah, if you practice these two things, promotion is instantaneous. You have to work hard when you’re young and live comfortably in your old age.”

“Yes.”

*Yeah, I’ll make you do hard labor in prison in your old age.*