Chapter 23.1
The Victor of the Three-Way Fight (1)
“We meet again.”
The woman who suddenly threw herself into my chest began to flirt with me.
-Huh? What’s going on? Why has the screen gone dark?
I didn’t know what was going on, but for now I wrapped my arm around her waist and pushed her against the wall.
Then I turned my body so that my back was facing Ma Eun-Tae.
By broadcasting the signal that I was busy, I was discouraging him from approaching.
Ma Eun-Tae’s feet came to a halt and then took a step back back.
Because he couldn’t interfere with a guest’s entertainment just to satisfy his own curiosity.
-Newbie? Newbie? Can you hear me? This fucking antique. What a piece of junk.
“Do you remember me?”
-Huh. I can hear someone.
I peeled the woman off of me and took a glance at Ma Eun-Tae and Madam Shim.
Ma Eun-Tae had taken Madam Shim’s arm and was now disappearing off to somewhere else.
It looked like the two wanted to have some alone time.
-And the screen’s ba- huh? Who’s this woman?
That was something I wanted to ask.
No matter how I looked, I couldn’t recall having seen her face before.
“Last time we met at Exodus, you were the one who saved me.”
Ahah. So this was the woman who had been assaulted by Moon-Joong.
I could only recall the sight of her back as she collapsed onto the sofa.
The woman smiled at me seductively through half-lidded eyes.
It felt like she was completely drunk. Or else she might be high on drugs.
“I have to thank you for back then. I wanted to greet you earlier, but I was still in recovery so I couldn’t. Ah, my name is Ji-Young.”
-Oh? Fuck!
I suddenly heard Black curse.
There was the sound of something smashing and then the signal was interrupted.
A crackling, static noise broke out that felt like it was going to burst my eardrum.
“What’s happening?”
I was asking Black, but the woman seemed to have misunderstood and thought I was asking her.
“Shall we share a drink together? The room over there is empty.”
-The Forks! The fucking Fork bastards!
So they had finally arrived.
I pushed the woman away and started moving to the elevator.
Although Black would be able to block the first wave, we would have to stop those who broke through and made their way up.
However the woman grabbed onto my arm and refused to let go.
“Where are you going?”
“Please get out of my way.”
“Why? Don’t you find me attractive?”
The woman’s face started to glow with a dark red blush.
Her hands also proved somehow strong enough that they showed no signs of losing their grip as I tried to shake my arm free.
“I’m just busy right now.”
“Even I- even I don’t like to look at myself. I hate coming here and doing things like this- that son of a bitch CEO- a debut- hiccup!”
“Wha- What’s with this all of a sudden.”
Was this a side effect of the drugs?
The woman knelt on the floor and started weeping.
More than embarrassment, I actually felt frightened.
While I sympathized with her garbled complaints, I just didn’t have the time to leisurely sit and listen to her.
I quickly placed her into an empty room and ran towards the entrance.
-They’ve broken through to the normal elevators and the exclusive elevator. They barged their way into the lobby by driving a freaking bus through the back doors. Special Operations Unit Team 1 are on the way. Just hold on! We’ll also be there soon.
Really, a bus. What a dramatic entrance.
If their intention was to attract attention, it had proven effective.
The problem with their plan was that the police were already unexpectedly waiting in ambush.
Ding-Dong
At that moment, the elevator doors opened and a bright light poured out.
The guys from the Fork gang wore fierce expressions on their faces as they slowly pushed the smog while brandishing their improvised weapons.
It seemed that they were all so wasted that they couldn’t even see clearly.
“Wahoo!”
“Bwahahaha!”
But that didn’t stop them from laughing in crazed excitement, even in such a serious situation.
Only Chang-I, and a few others who still had their wits about them, reacted with alarm and tried escaping to the back.
However, that was a poor decision.
The Fork gangsters ignored the people who were still partying and chased after those who were fleeing.
One of them tripped Chang-I with a kick.
“Ah!”
I felt the urge to cry ‘timber’ as he fell.
I jumped in and kicked away the guy from the Fork gang.
Chang-I crawled on the floor, trying to recover his composure.
“Th- Thank you so much.”
“No need for thanks.”
Wham!
I fed Chang-I a fist and knocked him unconscious.
From now on, none of these gangster bastards will be able to leave.
“Hyungnim! It’s over here!”
I heard a cry from inside the fog.
Song Dae-Ak stalked forward triumphantly while being escorted by his subordinates.
There may have been some fighting down below, as his clothes were stained with blood.
The Guma gangsters who had realised what was going on, confronted them while holding empty wine bottles.
Wham!
Clang!
“Fuck off you snot-nosed little bastards!”
“Aaargh!”
However they were no match for the Fork gangsters who were prepared and also high on drugs.