Han Jiyu
Han Jiyu was so furious after her conversation with Kang Dohyun that she could barely contain herself.
"F-fuck... this is bullshit!"
But she had no outlet for her rage.
She considered going to her sister to tell her everything, but then she thought better of it.
My sister would be devastated to learn her first man is that kind of trash.
She had to find a way to break up her sister with Kang Dohyun, but she couldn't just blurt out the truth like that.
And if she went to Jeong Hangyeol about it—
What would Hangyeol think of me?
She worried. She wanted to be the kind of woman who was impressive and intelligent in Hangyeol's eyes. She didn't want to show him a side of herself that looked like she was tattling over something like this.
She was Han Jiyu, the head of the Gumi Student Front.
I'll handle this myself.
She decided she had to resolve the situation on her own, without involving anyone else.
But the problem was that the Gumi Student Front's northern occupation was deteriorating by the day.
The next morning, incidents began piling up almost immediately.
"Casualties in K Squad!"
"P Squad has made contact with the enemy and is engaging!"
"Fatalities in M Squad!!"
Within just thirty minutes of starting the occupation, they already had dead. And before two hours had passed—
Fourteen casualties...
Two dead was fortunate, but twelve wounded. In the end, Han Jiyu had no choice but to order:
"All units, fall back. Retreat to ZW checkpoint."
She ordered a withdrawal to the same position they'd retreated to the day before. But then—
"Everyone, continue the operation. Ignore Staff Officer Han Jiyu's orders."
Today, Jeong Hangyeol gave a firm countermand. When Han Jiyu tried again—
"All units, fall back."
Hangyeol cut her off.
"No. Continue the operation. As leader of the Gumi Student Front, I order it."
He commanded as the leader. Han Jiyu had nothing more to say.
By the end of that day, the Gumi Student Front had suffered—
Twelve dead, twenty-four wounded.
They had gained only a sliver of additional territory, at the cost of thirty-six casualties.
Kang Dohyun, who had spent the entire day on a date with Han Jia—returning only after making love with her—heard the day's news from someone on duty in the situation room that evening.
Interesting.
Things were escalating faster than he'd expected.
It was nice to have sex with Han Jia during their dates, but—
That Jiyu looks tasty too.
A woman who hated him yet was forced to give herself to him—that kind of situation stirred a different kind of lust in Kang Dohyun.
And that moment was drawing near.
Problems continued the next day as well.
Han Jiyu kept radioing Jeong Hangyeol, begging him to retreat. But Hangyeol pushed the operation forward regardless.
More deaths occurred, and the recent death toll surpassed thirty.
"Hangyeol-ah, please! Please, fall back!"
Today, Han Jiyu was crying over the radio, begging for a retreat. But Jeong Hangyeol refused to withdraw.
For three days straight, only defeat reports echoed through the Gumi Student Front.
That evening, Han Jiyu finally went to Kang Dohyun first.
"We're really desperate. Is there any way you could help us?"
"No, I already told you. I'll help if you have sex with me."
Her face crumpled at his unchanging stance. She pleaded.
"There are lots of pretty prostitutes at our university. I can introduce you to women much prettier than me—so many of them."
"I don't need women like that."
Kang Dohyun answered firmly, staring straight into Han Jiyu's eyes.
"I'm interested in you. In you, Jia's older sister. I like Jia so much that I'm really curious about how you'll be in bed."
Han Jiyu's blood ran cold at his perverted words, but she pressed on.
"Then... if the assassination succeeds, I'll do it with my hands."
"With your hands? Hahaha!"
Kang Dohyun laughed out loud at how ridiculous she was being.
"No, this is a mission to assassinate a high-level warrior. Just with your hands? That's pushing it, isn't it?"
It was a perfectly reasonable objection. At that, Han Jiyu dropped to her knees.
"Please... is there no other condition besides sleeping with you? I... I want to give my first time to someone I love."
The word first—such a provocative word—made Kang Dohyun's dark intentions swell even further.
"Still, no. But since you're a virgin, I'll do the assassination after just one time."
Kang Dohyun's original condition had been one assassination for two times—once as the advance payment, once as the completion fee. Now he was reducing it to just one.
"....."
Even so, Han Jiyu couldn't bring herself to say more.
"Contact me when you've made up your mind."
Kang Dohyun smiled cruelly and left the room first.
The next day, Kang Dohyun spent the morning enjoying another date with Han Jia.
She knew the atmosphere was tense, but when Dohyun said it was fine, they flew around the Gumi area on his drone, enjoying a picnic, and later had passionate sex in an empty house.
After their fun, heated date, they returned to Gumi University in the evening. Kang Dohyun dropped Han Jia off at her place and entered the situation room.
"What are you going to do!"
"We already have eighty casualties! Over forty dead today alone!"
"What the hell is the staff doing!"
"No, we have to retreat now, I'm telling you!"
The Gumi Student Front's officers were screaming at each other, fighting like animals.
Over ten had died that day, pushing the four-day death toll past forty. They were throwing blame at each other in the situation room. Jeong Hangyeol's face was dark with frustration, and Han Jiyu wore an expression of utter defeat.
That evening, Han Jiyu visited Kang Dohyun's room again.
"Have you decided?"
At his words, Han Jiyu spoke through tears.
"If I sleep with you, you'll help us, right?"
"Of course. I keep my promises."
It was almost a done deal. Kang Dohyun approached Han Jiyu, touching her shoulder as he spoke.
"I'll kill the enemy's ace for sure. Want me to wipe out their entire group as a bonus?"
Kang Dohyun's touch crawled over her like a snake, but Han Jiyu answered, trembling.
"I... I'll sleep with you if the assassination succeeds."
"Ah, but I'm upfront about payment."
Kang Dohyun said he needed to do it first. But—
"I can't compromise on that much. If you succeed, I'll sleep with you."
"Hmm... Since you said you're a virgin, I'll make a special concession. If I succeed in the assassination, you sleep with me."
At Kang Dohyun's final proposal, Han Jiyu finally nodded.
After Han Jiyu left his room, Kang Dohyun immediately summoned his drone and flew out.
Where was it again...
Information about this assassination target was quite limited.
The target is Jang Geohyeok, leader of the Jang Geohyeok group. He's staying in a Nonghyup building next to Gumi General Terminal.
The drone arrived at Gumi General Terminal in an instant. It was pitch-black night, but Kang Dohyun had cat's eyes that could see in the dark, so he found the Nonghyup building immediately.
But the building is big.
He knew the Jang Geohyeok group was staying in the Nonghyup building, but when he checked with his sense of presence, there were twenty people inside.
Usually the boss stays separately, right? Not here.
Looking inside, he saw multiple people sleeping together in a large room—men and women tangled up together. Peering through the window, Kang Dohyun could see traces of a group sex session.
I can't tell who's who. Too much trouble... I'll just kill them all.
Kang Dohyun wanted to make sure they were all dealt with. So he decided to kill everyone.
He drew an axe in one hand and a shotgun in the other, then smashed the window with the axe.
CRASH!
Glass shattered, and—
"What the—?"
The people sleeping in the room woke up. But—
CLICK. BOOM!
The shotgun fired, and six people collapsed in a single blast.
"Enemy!"
They tried to respond to the sudden ambush, but Kang Dohyun cleanly slashed their necks with the axe.
SWISH. THWACK! SWISH. SLICE!
He swung his weapons using the darkness, and the enemies, who couldn't see anything in the dark, were helpless. Then—
"Run!"
Someone shouted to flee, and everyone crowded toward the exit at the bottom of the stairs. But—
CLICK. BOOM!
Rather than scattering, they bunched together—and more than ten fell at once to the shotgun blast.
"Ugh... ugh..."
Those still alive lay collapsed on the floor. Kang Dohyun moved around, cutting the necks of everyone—men and women alike—making sure they were all dead.
No more life signs.
There were no living people left in the Nonghyup building.
Satisfied, Kang Dohyun flew back to Gumi University on his drone.
The next morning, Jeong Hangyeol and Han Jiyu were briefed by the intelligence chief as soon as they woke up.
"Yesterday! The Jang Geohyeok group was completely wiped out!"
"!"
At the fresh, hot news, Jeong Hangyeol clenched his fist.
"We'll retake Gumi's northern area today. Notify everyone and have them prepare."
"Yes, sir!"
The intelligence chief left the situation room first to relay the order to the officers. Jeong Hangyeol, remaining in the room, looked at Han Jiyu, pulled her into his arms, and said—
"Jiyu-ya! I knew you could do it! You did great!"
The day before, Han Jiyu had told him she'd try to persuade Kang Dohyun somehow. And the results had come in first thing in the morning.
"You're truly the best friend!"
Watching Jeong Hangyeol embrace her in joy, Han Jiyu answered flatly.
"Yeah... I'm glad you're happy."
She was happy that Hangyeol was pleased, but thinking of Kang Dohyun made her chest tighten with frustration, as if she were going crazy.