Gyeonggi Alliance. 2
Gyeonggi Alliance. 2
Lunchtime, and for once, Banya's circle room was packed.
Everyone from 1st to 3rd year had gathered.
28 people.
Kang Ho-cheol, who had arrived first, was leading the delinquents, perhaps because he had experience being a boss before.
The delinquents were also roughly aware of the situation.
They used to puff out their chests as delinquents, but now they were the ones being targeted because of it.
It was obvious that if someone didn't protect them, they would be crushed by the attacks from the four schools in the alliance.
They had nothing to boast about, from skill to numbers.
In this situation, the only one they could trust was Seo Young-jin.
He had been terrifying when he was an enemy, but thinking of him as an ally made him incredibly reassuring.
A moment later, I walked into the circle room with a baseball bat in one hand.
Even the low murmuring vanished.
Everyone was watching me.
Ah. I still can't get used to this.
As expected, I'm not cut out to be a king.
The looks they were giving me were filled with expectation.
Sorry, you bastards, but you've got the wrong address.
"You all heard, right? The Gyeonggi Alliance has declared war on us."
I continued speaking while everyone watched me.
"I heard that their delinquents are ganging up to attack the delinquents here. So."
I could even hear the sound of them swallowing.
"So. Figure it out yourselves."
Their eyes went wide, and they checked with each other to see if they heard correctly.
As the murmuring grew louder, I continued.
"You guys gathered to play bully anyway, didn't you? Then you should take responsibility for it yourselves. Whether you stick together or scatter and run away, figure it out. And to add one more thing."
I paused for a moment before saying the next part.
"If, by any chance, other kids besides the ones here are being bullied, do your best to stop it. That's why you've been extorting money all this time, isn't it? If I hear even a whisper that regular kids are getting hit or having their money stolen."
I glared at everyone in the room, one by one.
I tapped the floor once with the baseball bat.
Thud!
"Everyone here will get beaten by me. It's 10 hits for every person who gets bullied. If you run away, the interest is 10 hits a day. If you're thinking of running, you'd better just not come back."
Kang Ho-cheol, flustered by the situation which was different from his expectations, stepped forward.
"No. Seo Young-jin. What are you talking about right now?"
"What? Just what I said."
"That's not it, is it? We need to find a solution to this..."
"Screw you. Handle your own mess. You bastards act all big and grown up, but when it comes to this, you whine and bitch for help."
With that, I left the circle room.
I've laid out the bait, so the fish will gather on their own.
And all I have to do is catch the school of fish that bites the bait. Hehehehe.
After school, I left the school gate with Lee So-ryeong and her friends, just like any other day.
I walked along the usual path.
However, I could see guys hiding in every corner.
They were all nerds except for me, but since there were so many of them, no one easily rushed at us. There were some guys who were decent in number, but some of them seemed to recognize me and changed direction even as they approached.
Hmm. I guess I'll have to wait until late evening.
No need to go to the gym. Today is real sparring.
A playground cast in shadows.
In the playground located not too far from Yeongheung High, a group of men and women were gathered, smoking.
3 men, 2 women.
Cigarette butts were scattered on the ground.
They didn't care about the quiet atmosphere around them, giggling and laughing, and spitting on the ground.
I saw them playing around.
These bastards look like they need a beating.
I walked slightly past the side where they were gathered. The guys who spotted me lit up.
The men immediately followed behind me.
One guy blocked my path.
The smoke puffed out from his mouth, which held a cigarette, covered my face.
Damn. I told you secondhand smoke is bad.
Then the obvious line followed.
"Hey. You fucker. Hey. You there, Yeongheung High. Where are you going? Huh?"
In the past, I would have acted to catch them off guard, but now I didn't even feel the need to do that.
"Why?"
One guy standing behind me grabbed my shoulder.
"Fuck, hehe. Where does a liberal arts kid..."
When fighting a crowd, it's best to subdue them as quickly as possible. Dragging it out only puts me at a disadvantage.
One shot at a time, with high efficiency.
My waist turned, and the fist at my waist whipped out to strike the back of the opponent's waist.
A liver punch.
It's a technique commonly known as a 'soy sauce punch'.
There are no bones protecting the area behind the waist, below the ribs.
That's why they collapse helplessly even from a small impact.
The guy who got hit in the flank gasped for air and collapsed vertically.
"You fucking bastard."
They were definitely guys who had been in a few fights, seeing as they even came all the way here.
Their reactions were fast.
As expected, one guy rushed at me.
I dodged the incoming fist by stepping back slightly and immediately countered with a left straight.
Pow!
The punch was added to the force of him rushing in, striking his chin.
Another guy's body collapsed vertically.
I immediately dodged to the left. Because of the guy collapsing, the attack route of the guy rushing behind him got tangled.
The opponent, having missed his attack timing, hesitated.
He was already scared.
Then it was time for me to push in.
I stepped and weaved, chasing the guy who was backing away.
And then I lunged out for a moment with a straight. It grazed him, but I could see him staggering.
Since I had caught his fleeing feet, the next prepared combo followed.
A left hook.
Knees turn, waist turns, shoulder, then the fist.
I wasn't fully used to it yet, so my waist turned first, but that was enough.
The guy who got hit in the chin fell backward.
I had energy to spare.
If they fall forward, they can't get up, but a guy who falls backward still has energy.
I jumped down and delivered a pounding to his face.
Pow!
While the guy who got hit was flying backward, I drove a side kick into another guy's stomach.
Pow!
The delinquent girls from behind finally screamed and ran over. But three were already writhing on the ground.
The delinquent girls were just watching, speechless.
"Do you want some too? For your information, I don't go easy on girls."
The two just stood there, scared.
Hehehehe. This is the taste of a private hunting ground.
3 days since the Alliance's declaration of war.
Now even the teachers noticed something was wrong and went into an emergency meeting.
Clashes with students from other schools were occurring one after another around the school.
The fortunate thing was that the kids who got hit were all delinquents.
Of course, the school officially announced that there were no delinquents, but since the teachers had eyes and ears, they roughly knew who was a delinquent and who wasn't.
And it wasn't just our school's students who got hit.
In the 3 days, I had beaten up nearly 20 kids alone.
Thanks to that, my points were full, and I had already finished one level up.
[Status Window : Gangster Minion (LV 8)]
Stamina : 22
Strength : 21
Agility : 20
Grit : 30
Intelligence : 15
Remaining : 0
Level up points : 7/20
[Skill : 2/2]
Shadow Walk. Consumes 3 Intelligence per use. Can only be used where there is a shadow, and can hide the body inside the shadow. Duration is 60 seconds.
[Skill : Submission (SSS-rank)]
Can make a completely subdued opponent a slave.
[Hidden Skill : ####]
Skill not yet unlocked. Sub-skill will be determined based on mission performance.
At Kang Ho-cheol's call, everyone gathered in the circle room once again.
The guys gathered in the circle each had bruises and scars like medals.
What was different from my thoughts was the fact that our delinquents fought better than expected.
These bastards teamed up in groups of three or four when going home, and if they saw delinquents from other schools, they would contact each other and fight in alliance.
It seems the saying "A dog in its own yard is worth 70" didn't come from nowhere.
With everyone gathered, I arrived and Kang Ho-cheol got to the point.
The guy with only one arm working was covered in bruises on his face, as if he had fought quite fiercely.
"We got a call from them."
"What kind of call again?"
"They said let's have a Captain's Match."
"A Captain's Match?"
"If the war of attrition drags on between us, the damage will grow, and adults might get involved. They said let's have a Captain's Match to settle it."
We had taken a lot of hits, but in reality, the opponent's damage was no joke either.
For our side, it was just bruises and at most broken arms or legs, but the damage on the opponent's side was serious.
Especially the guys who got caught by me were beaten until they submitted, so it didn't end with just a month or two of hospitalization.
20 submissions.
If you include the guys who were effectively incapacitated, it was over 30 people.
If it went on like this, the bottom was going to be wiped out.
At first, three or four of them would gather and get hit, so later they increased the number of people per group to 5 to 7.
But the groups with more people were the ones who got hit.
It was because I prioritized efficiency and caught the guys who were gathered in large numbers.
They also knew that I had stepped in.
The guys who got hit must have blabbed, and there was no one else currently who could take out 5~7 people in an instant like me.
In fact, in this situation, the bosses of the 4 schools should have stepped up directly, but those guys were also avoiding conflict with me.
Because if they fought for no reason and got broken, it would just look bad.
Sneaky bastards. All delinquents are like that.
I asked, curious.
"So. How do you do a Captain's Match?"