A New Revenge Game for Min-ah

Dohyung knew one thing for certain: the revenge he was carrying out now wasn't the kind of thing you could easily show to ordinary people. Especially not the horrifying sight of a human body covered in wounds. Not many people could watch something like that with a clear mind. For Mina, who lived a life completely removed from ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠such things, it was obvious what would happen if he told her about the revenge he was currently exacting.

In his heart, Dohyung wished Mina could be like him—harboring the same grudge against the four women collapsed before him with forehead wounds, joining him directly in their punishment. He wanted her to step forward alongside him and drag every person connected to the revenge into the same horrific hell. But he knew this was almost impossible, so he didn't hold out any hope.

'After meeting Mina today or tomorrow... I'll have to decide.'

Dohyung recalled the appointment he'd made with Mina. When they met, he would decide whether to tell her indirectly about his current revenge so she wouldn't be too shocked, or to reveal everything in raw detail and show her exactly what kind of revenge he was carrying out. There was one more thing he had to tell her: magic.

He planned to use magic to completely erase the burn scars on Mina's face, arms, and legs. There was no reason for her to live with such hardship just because she'd stepped in for his sake. He would tell her that he was using this magic for revenge and that he would help her with it. He didn't know how she would react, but he believed this much was something he could share with her.

After all... what came after was already decided.

Dohyung snapped his fingers, using magic to once again alter the basement's structure. The four women, still unconscious, didn't notice the change. Their bodies floated into the air before their waists became embedded in the wall, splitting their upper and lower halves across its surface. Their hands were likewise trapped inside the wall, tightly concealed so they couldn't move at all.

"Ugh... mmm..."

In the meantime, Sujin—the first to arrive—began to stir, her eyes twitching as she regained consciousness. When she opened her eyes in a hazy state, the only thing before her was Dohyung smiling down at her.

"You... you're... Ah! You... wait? Why can't I move my arms... What the hell is this?!"

Sujin tried to shout something at Dohyung, but she was shocked to realize her arms wouldn't move at all. She turned her head and was stunned again by the sight of her body trapped inside the wall. No matter how she struggled, her body wedged in the wall refused to budge.

"What... what is this?! You son of a bitch! Let me out of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠this right now!!!"

Sujin screamed at Dohyung in a voice thick with malice, but he ignored her and simply prepared the item he'd been hiding behind his back. Shocked that she was restrained and unable to move freely, Sujin twisted her body this way and that, trying to break free, but her tightly trapped form wouldn't come loose.

Gurgle.

While straining to move, Sujin heard the rumbling from her stomach and began to realize what state her body was in. She hadn't eaten or drunk anything for two days, so the moment she woke up, her body began desperately crying out for food and water.

"Hungry, aren't you?"

Just as Sujin turned her head to assess her condition, she caught the scent of delicious food coming from ahead, accompanied by Dohyung's voice. He slowly approached her and held up the perfectly cooked dish right before her eyes.

"Here, eat. Since you apologized to Mina, I'm giving you this as a special treat."

"Ah..."

Sujin couldn't tear her eyes away from the food in front of her. It was nothing special—just a simple beef soup—but right now it looked like heavenly fare, more appetizing than anything else in the world. Dohyung brought over a small table that matched her eye level and placed the soup he'd made on top of it.

The moment Sujin saw the soup before her, she tried to reach for it with her hands. But using her hands trapped inside the wall was impossible. She was about to yell at Dohyung, asking how she was supposed to eat it, when she realized the bowl was positioned perfectly for her to lap it up with her tongue. She understood his intention.

He wanted her to eat the soup from the bowl like a dog.

She wanted to say something to him right away, but her stomach was too empty and her throat too dry. She couldn't just leave the soup sitting there. So she stretched out her tongue and began lapping at the bowl.

"Wh-what?!"

Starting with Sujin, the three others trapped in the wall beside her woke up one by one, each reacting with shock at the sight of their own bodies. Dohyung placed identical bowls of soup on small tables for all of them. The three who had just woken up wanted to say something to him, but given their abnormal physical state, they first frantically lapped up the soup in front of them.

Dohyung watched the four women, trapped in the wall and licking their bowls like dogs, as he thought about the next game. He was looking forward to seeing what kind of pained expressions they would make.

After devouring the soup in desperate gulps, the four women came back to their senses about their situation and shouted at Dohyung, who had been watching them lick the bowls.

"What the hell is this?! Let us go right now!"

"You've already done that crazy shit! Send us home already!"

"Hic... I'm sorry... I won't tell anyone what happened here, so please send us home..."

"Please, just spare our lives..."

The four women's reactions varied. Some shouted in anger, demanding to be sent home immediately. Others cried and begged for forgiveness. There was even one who simply pleaded for her life. Dohyung smiled contentedly as he watched their entertaining responses.

"Send you home? Why should I?"

The four women were dumbfounded by the sight of Dohyung smiling as he asked why he should release them.

"Th-that iron plate thing... wasn't that supposed to free us if we burned our foreheads on it? We... we apologized!"

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Sujin shouted in anger at Dohyung's behavior, hesitating midway because she couldn't remember whose name she was supposed to have apologized to.

"Did I? Did I ever say I'd send you home if you apologized?"

At Dohyung's words, the four women were momentarily thrown into confusion. They had naturally assumed that enduring such madness would set them free, but when they searched their memories, they realized Dohyung had never once said he would release them.

"You people really are funny. When someone does something wrong, you're supposed to apologize to the person you wronged. That's the right thing to do as a human being. Don't you agree?"

The four women were so shocked by the realization that they couldn't escape this place that they couldn't even respond to Dohyung's words.

"And you know... I was watching you all. Honestly, you didn't apologize properly at all."

"What? After doing all that... what are you talking about?!"

"Sure, you slammed your heads onto a hot iron plate. But did you really do it with the heart to apologize to Mina? If you had even a shred of sincerity, shouldn't you have said you were sorry to her before pressing your heads against the plate?"

The four women had nothing to say. Just as Dohyung said, at that moment they hadn't even thought about Mina—they were only afraid of dying. They had simply endured the pain and slammed their foreheads onto the scorching iron plate to escape the situation.

"Yet you have the nerve to say you apologized? It's ridiculous."

"Th-then... who the hell are you to be doing this on behalf of that bitch—I mean, Mina! Did she put you up to this?"

Dohyung shook his head at Sujin's words.

"That's none of your business. Whether I did this because Mina asked me to or because I chose to on my own, the fact remains that you all deserve to be punished."

It didn't matter to Dohyung whether carrying out revenge for Mina instead of himself was justified. He didn't even want to think about such things. He simply pushed forward with his own belief that these pieces of trash in front of him needed to be dealt with—even if it dirtied his hands—for Mina's happiness. Though in truth, even Dohyung knew the answer to whether the act of revenge itself was justified.

"Hic... I-I didn't! I didn't bully Mina like that! I only did what those girls told me to because I had no choice!"

Ara, who had been quietly sobbing to herself, suddenly cried out loudly.

".... What? What did you just say?"

"Hic... I... I didn't mean to bully her... When I was young, I just got swept up in it without realizing! I'll apologize to Mina! If you let me out right now, I'll find her, kneel down, and apologize! So please... let me out of here... Hic..."

Ara begged Dohyung desperately, tears streaming down her face. Of course, Dohyung used magic to read her mind.

"That's an interesting thing to say. You had no choice?"

It was true that Ara had said she would apologize sincerely, but she didn't actually believe she had done anything wrong. She was only saying it formally—she would meet Mina and apologize—but she felt no real regret for her past actions.

Dohyung shook his head, once again realizing that the women before him were indeed nothing but trash. In fact, he had already read Ara's mind and knew about the scene where she had laughed while watching Mina suffer as threads were arbitrarily sewn into her arms and legs.

"I know every single detail about your pasts. If you try lying, it'll only backfire on you."

Dohyung continued speaking as he scanned the four women's aggrieved expressions.

"But anyway, I should still give you all a chance. You want to get out of here, right?"

"Y-yes!"

The four women answered simultaneously at Dohyung's words.

"Then let's play an interesting game."

"A... a game?"

"The rules are very simple. After I give the starting signal, for exactly one hour, some people behind the wall will torment you however they like. Sexually, that is. Whoever among you doesn't reach climax during that time will be released by me."

The four women wondered if Dohyung had gone insane. They couldn't understand what he was saying after trapping them in the wall like this.

"I'll come back soon to give the starting signal, so just wait a little. I assume none of you are too stupid to understand the rules, right?"

Dohyung hummed a cheerful tune and left the room. The four women, who had wanted to say something to him, could only stare blankly at his retreating back.

Jia, Jiseon, and Eunji waited inside the basement, anxiously anticipating Dohyung's arrival. They were tense, knowing they would have to commit the insane act of piling four-star punishments onto a single person in today's new game.

Dohyung had already explained the game rules in advance. They would follow his guidance to a certain room. Inside, they would find a woman's lower body embedded in the wall. Each of them was to take one and do as they pleased. He had already assigned which person each of them would handle, matching the numbers they had drawn earlier.

As they waited with nervous hearts, the basement door opened and Dohyung stepped inside.

"Alright then. Shall we begin today's new game?"