The Woman Who Completely Breaks and the Woman Who Finds Hope
“Eh… eh… eh…?”
Lee Ji-yeon stood alone, completely naked, surrounded by six people.
“Miss Lee Ji-yeon, I want you to treat this as a truly important audition. Give it everything you have. I’ll be generous and tell you one thing: this is the last opportunity you will ever receive in what remains of your life.”
Kang Ju-hyeok smiled softly. Lee Ji-yeon still wore an expression of utter incomprehension.
“A… a gorilla… what…? What on earth are you talking about…?”
Kang Ju-hyeok offered no reply. Because he sat in silence, the others remained mute as well. A heavy, solemn quiet filled the entire space. She had understood his words, yet she desperately did not want to understand them. Every syllable Lee Ji-yeon uttered echoed off the walls, but everyone simply stared at her. No one spoke to her.
Kang Ju-hyeok returned to his seat. Then, quite naturally, he gently took Lee Ah-young’s hand. The moment the firm, masculine touch reached her, Ah-young flinched.
‘Ah… ah… this… this devil bastard… why… why is he doing this?’
Ah-young’s gaze shifted toward Kang Ju-hyeok. Lee Ji-yeon’s humiliation and pain slowly drifted away from her attention. Every nerve in Ah-young’s body focused on the warmth of his skin against hers.
“N-no, imitating a gorilla… what exactly… do you mean? Huh? P-please answer me…”
The only sound breaking the silence was Lee Ji-yeon’s voice. Even though she had asked a question, Kang Ju-hyeok merely looked her over and smiled. In the silence, she was to perform alone. Naked and alone, she was to imitate a beast. No further command was issued, yet everyone in the space remained perfectly still, preserving the quiet.
Lee Ji-yeon was naked by herself. On top of that, she was in the miserable state of having something dangling from her clitoris. And in this situation, she was expected to perform? To imitate an animal, no less?
Lee Ji-yeon’s body froze. Her remaining humanity and shame refused to let her move.
“What do you mean, a g-gorilla…? H-how am I supposed to…? At least… clothes… please give me some clothes for a moment…”
Her words scattered uselessly into the air. No one reacted. The basement remained wrapped in silence for several minutes. Within that silence, every gaze stayed fixed on Lee Ji-yeon as her agony stretched on endlessly.
She could not decide what she should do. She remained frozen in place. Receiving that command in this situation felt as though every last trace of her humanity would shatter completely.
And exactly three minutes passed.
“Three minutes have passed. Miss Lee Ji-yeon’s first opportunity is now gone. Very well—next! I shall grant you a second opportunity. This time… hahaha! This time you will imitate a male gorilla in heat! Show us an erection and shake your whole body like a gorilla.”
Kang Ju-hyeok laughed loudly, clearly excited.
“O-opportunity…? What do you… and… in heat…?”
Kang Ju-hyeok glanced at the “young men” leaning against the wall and ordered, “Bring the branding iron. Let’s give our dear Ji-yeon a pretty brand.”
“Yes, sir!”
The young men immediately dashed out of the basement. The moment she heard those words, Lee Ji-yeon’s eyes glazed over as she stared blankly at Kang Ju-hyeok.
“Branding iron…? What do you mean by branding iron…?”
Her expression of despair deepened. Her body trembled violently. She squeezed her eyes shut. The word “branding iron” had forced her into motion. She could no longer stay still. The man before her might actually burn a brand into her flesh.
“Begin, Miss Lee Ji-yeon.”
Lee Ji-yeon rose from her spot. She had no choice but to abandon the last remnants of her shame and humanity.
“Oo… oo…!”
The arms that had been covering her chest dropped. Her bruised breasts were exposed. They were no longer the beautiful breasts that had once drawn admiration; bruises had spread across them, turning them into something truly wretched. Naked, she no longer looked erotic—only pitiful.
Lee Ji-yeon stared at the floor for a moment. Her unfocused pupils quivered. Her mind was painfully clear. To be forced to stand naked and imitate a gorilla—a horny gorilla—with a perfectly sane mind…
As if resolving herself, she suddenly jerked her head up.
“Uwaaaaak!”
Lee Ji-yeon let out a bizarre cry and began pounding her chest with her fists. At the same time she produced an extremely crude animal sound. It might have been meant to resemble a gorilla’s cry.
“Ooh! Oo! Oooo! Oo!”
Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!
Like a gorilla, she raised both hands and struck her chest alternately. Her delicate woman’s fists slammed again and again into breasts already covered in bruises. Because she lacked real strength, the sounds were light slaps against skin. Her breast flesh jiggled, absorbing each small impact.
“Oo! Ooo! Ooo!”
Lee Ji-yeon performed the “gorilla” act with surprising diligence. The sounds were strange and not even funny enough to be called a gag—they were simply miserable howls.
“Oo! Ooooo! Ooooooooo! Oo!”
She thrust her crotch forward and bent at the waist. She seemed to be trying to express the concept of “in heat.”
Clank!
The elongated, dangling clitoris showed no sign of erection. No matter how she jerked her hips, the weight on the chain kept pulling it downward; it would not bounce upward.
“Oo! Oo! Ooo!”
She continued to pound her chest, mouth rounded, producing one vulgar sound after another.
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Jiggle! Jiggle!
Everyone was watching her. She was the only one naked. She was the only one making such crude gestures and sounds.
“Oooooooo! Oo! Oo!”
Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!
Lee Ji-yeon endlessly beat her chest. She raised her arms high, shook them, swung them down. The vulgar animal imitation continued. It was an earnest performance. Yet the harder she tried, the more miserable she became. Rather than resembling a gorilla, she looked like a fool vaguely imitating some primate. Effort was visible, but the pathetic sight only grew worse.
“Three minutes. Performance time is over.”
“Heh… heh…”
The instant she heard Kang Ju-hyeok’s words, Lee Ji-yeon’s “show” stopped. The moment it ended, her face flushed bright red. Tears streamed down. Intense humiliation, shame, and disgrace twisted through her entire body. It had been a command that utterly ignored her humanity. And the fact that she herself had carried out that cruel order made her feel unbearably pathetic.
“Huuuuk… huuu…”
“Pfft!”
Kang Ju-hyeok laughed at her. Being naked and forced into such a wretched state was cruel enough. Being made to perform such vulgar acts was itself an incredibly brutal command. Moreover, even after Lee Ji-yeon’s pathetic “gorilla show,” no one made a sound. Aside from that single mocking laugh, the room remained deathly quiet.
Kang Ju-hyeok’s expressionless face. Lee Ah-young’s expressionless face. The suited men pretended to look elsewhere. This silence tormented Lee Ji-yeon even more. A vulgar performance that received not a single round of applause. She even thought that the shameful performance Lee Ah-young had once given might have been better.
In Lee Ji-yeon’s mind flashed the image of Ah-young spreading her pussy in front of countless people. And that same Lee Ah-young was now sitting in a chair, watching her. Was this karma? Retribution?
“Heek… heek…”
“Terrible. It was nothing like an actual gorilla in heat.”
Lee Ji-yeon’s pupils dilated. A single droplet slid down from her eye.
“I… I… I did it… as hard as I could…”
“No. Not at all. What gorilla is so timid? Does a gorilla feel shame? Does a gorilla become embarrassed about being naked? Your face, Miss Lee Ji-yeon, was filled with reluctance and humiliation. You should have performed with more confidence. Also, the genitals of your ‘in-heat’ gorilla were far too ordinary. You grew that clitoris so beautifully, yet you failed to use it at all.”
“Haa… haa…”
“You will receive no further opportunities.”
“Why… why… I… I…”
She had abandoned all her humanity and imitated a gorilla. Lamenting her own miserable naked body, she had pounded her bare breasts and made beastly noises. It had been so shameful she wanted to die, yet she had still tried her best… and the result was this.
“Today my interest has hit rock bottom. You are not entertaining at all.”
“…Eh… ehh…”
At that moment the two men who had gone for the branding iron returned to the basement.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Metallic scraping sounds came from the iron bucket containing the branding iron.
“Ah, it’s hot… Hey, be careful!”
A large iron bucket emitting thick smoke, clearly scorching hot. The men, wearing thick gloves, carried it inside.
“C-chairman! We’ve brought the branding iron!”
The instant Lee Ji-yeon saw the bucket she collapsed on the spot.
Thud!
“N-no… no! Nooooo!”
Her legs had given out. She sat there helplessly, forced to watch the hot object approach. Whether she refused or denied it made no difference.
Clunk!
The branding iron and its heat source were placed near her.
“Then let’s secure Miss Lee Ji-yeon so her face is turned toward me. I imagine the expression she makes while being branded will be rather entertaining.”
“Yes, sir! Understood!”
Lee Ji-yeon’s collapsed body began crawling in the opposite direction.
“Br-branding iron… a brand…? Th-that’s impossible…”
It looked like an escape attempt—though far too slow.
“Huk… huk… huuuuk… M-mom… Mom…”
Rattle!
“Kkik!”
While crawling in agony, the accessory yanked on her clitoris. The weight dragged across the floor, stretching the clitoris out once more. Lee Ji-yeon reached out and grabbed the chain connected to it, trying to ease the weight with her hand. Without holding it, even walking was torture. She clung to the chain and lay there pathetically. Could she even run away with this thing attached?
“Ji-yeon noona! Come here!”
“Ahk!”
The two men seized her. Lee Ji-yeon screamed.
“Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak! S-save me! Save meeeeeee!”
“Ji-yeon noona! We’ll make you pretty! We’ll take good care of you from now on! Don’t worry! You won’t die!”
The man holding her by the nape tried to comfort her. To Lee Ji-yeon it did not sound like comfort at all.
“N-no! I… I want to go home… no!”
Click! Click!
Lee Ji-yeon’s neck was locked into the iron device. Her face was fixed toward the chairs where Kang Ju-hyeok and Lee Ah-young sat. In front of her eyes appeared the two people holding hands. To her they looked like a genuinely happy couple.
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Before her endlessly crumbling self, the couple that was “watching” her appeared. The disparity was overwhelming. Right in front of her, yet she and the woman called Lee Ah-young existed in completely different worlds. The woman she had once toyed with was no longer someone she could even look down upon.
“Fuuuuuuuck! I… I should have uploaded all those photos of you, Lee Ah-young! You bitch! Fuck!”
Lee Ji-yeon’s sanity was slowly snapping. She seemed to be making a final desperate struggle by cursing, but it held no threat. Her expression was simply too wretched.
Ah-young stared blankly at Lee Ji-yeon’s face, expressionless. Kang Ju-hyeok continued stroking her hand. Ah-young’s entire attention was focused on that touch. She could see Lee Ji-yeon’s miserable state, but… she had already expected it.
Click! Click!
Lee Ji-yeon’s arms and legs were also secured. With her buttocks thrust far back, her body was completely restrained.
“Uwaaaaaaaaa! Aaaaaaaaaak! Huaaaaaang!”
“Should we brand her right away?”
“N-no, branding iron! What is that? What the hell is thaaaaat!”
Lee Ji-yeon’s face was drenched in tears. Tears, snot, and sweat had already ruined her pretty features. It was desperate. It was miserable.
“Miss Lee Ji-yeon, the branding iron is only the beginning. We will also engrave a tattoo. From now on you will be completely cut off from the world.”
“Wh-what?”
“If you’re worried that others might see the tattoo or brand, you need not worry at all! You will never have the chance to show them to anyone. So relax—I’ll give you the prettiest tattoo possible.”
“Ah… ah… Hey! Hey, you! Fuuuuuuuck!”
“Here it comes~”
Sizzle! Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiizle!
“Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!”
The smell of burning squid. The scent of searing flesh filled the air. The branding iron pressed into Lee Ji-yeon’s buttocks, leaving its mark.
Suddenly Ah-young’s body began to tremble. She had experienced this situation before. When she herself had been kidnapped… that man had… like this…?
“Uhehehet!”
The “young man” branding Lee Ji-yeon’s buttocks let out a happy laugh. Had he laughed the same way when Ah-young was branded?
“Haa… haa… haa…”
Ah-young breathed heavily. The memories flooded back, clouding her mind. Lee Ji-yeon’s pain-filled face was right before her eyes. It felt like looking at her own past self. Suddenly both Lee Ji-yeon and her own former self seemed unbearably pitiful.
But then Kang Ju-hyeok tightly grasped Ah-young’s trembling hand.
‘Huh?’
“Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Siiiiiiiiiiiiizle!
Lee Ji-yeon’s buttock flesh continued to cook. Her screams went on and on as she fell into a bottomless swamp of despair.
After a long while the branding iron was finally lifted from her buttocks.
“Heek… heek…”
The screaming stopped. Drenched in sweat, Lee Ji-yeon panted far more heavily than Ah-young. In her vision she could see Kang Ju-hyeok and Lee Ah-young. Kang Ju-hyeok looked at Ah-young with a loving gaze she had never seen from him before.
“Miss Ah-young, would you like to watch a movie with me this week?”
“…Eh? S-suddenly… eh… eh?”
Bewilderment flooded Ah-young’s eyes. Kang Ju-hyeok was acting strangely today. Actually, she had noticed odd signs for some time.
‘Was “I’ll treat you well” not a misunderstanding after all?’
She remembered the moment she had been branded and suffered terribly, yet at a single sentence from this man her heart began to race wildly.
“Uh… eh… y-yes… I… I…”
In contrast to Ah-young’s pounding heart, Lee Ji-yeon’s sorrow only deepened. Tears flowed from her eyes.
“F… fuck… it hurts… it hurts so much…”
Lee Ji-yeon was forced to watch the handsome man and beautiful woman make a date right in front of her. With her buttocks burning in agony, she stared at the couple holding hands.
“Th-that sounds good… let’s… watch a movie together…”
Ah-young smiled. Strangely, unlike her usual forced smiles, this one seemed genuine. Before their fluttering conversation could continue, another despairing voice rang out behind Lee Ji-yeon.
“Ji-yeon noona! We’re doing the tattoo too! It’ll sting a little~”
“Kkuk! Kkeup! Kkeup! Why… why only me…?”
Tears poured endlessly from Lee Ji-yeon’s eyes. The Lee Ah-young before her looked happy while she herself was being endlessly destroyed.
Thud! Thud!
“Kkeuuuuuuuup!”
The sound of the tattoo needle hammering into her burned buttocks echoed. The burning pain was still there, and now needles were driving ink into that same wounded flesh. The physical pain was immense, yet the mental agony was far worse.
“Why… I did make a mistake… but… why go this far…”
Lee Ji-yeon’s pitiful eyes turned to Kang Ju-hyeok—eyes filled with resentment and fear. Kang Ju-hyeok did not answer. He simply stared at her expressionlessly, then suddenly lifted the hand he had been holding—Ah-young’s hand—and brought it to his lips.
Chu.
He placed a light kiss on the back of her hand.
Ah-young’s heart began to race madly. Right before her eyes the same torture she had endured was being repeated on Lee Ji-yeon, and the very man who had committed that cruel crime had just kissed her hand. Her heart was pounding. Was the woman called Lee Ah-young insane? Or had she herself gone mad?
Yet the pounding in her chest refused to stop.
Having left the kiss, Kang Ju-hyeok spoke to Lee Ji-yeon.
“You ruined my plan. And you refused to listen to me. It is not that it is you in particular. Everyone who defies my words ends up like you.”
Kang Ju-hyeok smiled gently.
“Besides, unlike Miss Lee Ah-young, you are not perfect. There is no particular need for you. I will not kill you, so you will live like this for the rest of your life. There will be no release, Miss Lee Ji-yeon.”
Lee Ji-yeon’s expression completely broke. Even though her body had been restored by the stimulant, her mind could no longer endure. Piercing through the drug’s effects, her psyche shattered.
Thud! Thud!
The tattoo needle continued hammering into her buttocks. The pain of the needles and the mental torment completely destroyed what remained of Lee Ji-yeon’s mind.
“Ehehe… ehehe…”
Her foolish laughter began to leak out. It seemed Lee Ji-yeon would not be able to maintain her sanity for much longer.
Creeeeak!
The door to the first-floor lobby opened and people emerged. It was evening; the sun was setting. The darkening sky came into view.
“Then, Chairman! We’ll take our leave! Thank you!”
The two men from the legal team quickly crossed the yard. Beyond the yard lay the exit of the building. Behind them a man carried the limp Lee Ji-yeon on his back, taking her toward the “doghouse” in the yard. Foam covered her face—tears, snot, sweat, and drool mixed together into a filthy mess.
“From now on, the two of you will be responsible for Miss Lee Ji-yeon.”
“Y-yes! Th-thank you!”
“I-I also thank you!”
The man set Lee Ji-yeon down in the yard. Powerlessly, her naked body collapsed onto the bare ground.
Clank!
The weight attached to her clitoris fell to the floor with a metallic sound. Lee Ji-yeon’s consciousness had completely fled.
“Make sure to walk her at least three times a day. Keep both hands permanently bound. The accessory must drag along the ground at all times. Ensure she has no chance of any other luck. If she seems to be in too much pain, inject only half a dose of the aphrodisiac into her clitoris.”
“…Yes! Yes!”
“Once the aphrodisiac takes effect and she becomes aroused, her clitoris will harden and the pain should ease.”
“Yes! Yes! Th-thank you!”
“If you have any questions, ask. I will answer them.”
“Th-thank you! Ah! Um… by any chance… s-sex…”
“Not allowed. Inserting anything into Miss Lee Ji-yeon’s vagina is forbidden.”
At Kang Ju-hyeok’s answer the man looked dejected.
“Y-yes…”
“Insertion into Miss Lee Ji-yeon’s pussy is absolutely not permitted. Do you understand?”
“…Yes! Understood!”
“The anus, however, is allowed.”
“Eh? R-really? Is that true?”
Kang Ju-hyeok did not answer the final question. He simply turned and entered the building. Ah-young, who had been standing blankly, followed him.
Creeeak!
The main door opened and the two stepped inside. Ah-young clasped her hands and followed with short, quick steps, then quietly asked a question. Normally she would never dare question this devil, but at this moment a small spark of confidence rose within her.
“Are we… really going to watch a movie…?”
Kang Ju-hyeok turned to look at her. Then he smiled gently and answered.
“Yes. I do not lie to you, Miss Ah-young.”
Ah-young’s expression changed strangely. Dressed in pretty clothes, she looked incredibly beautiful. It seemed a little more hope was blooming across her face. And a hopeful Lee Ah-young was even more beautiful.
Bang!
The main entrance door closed.
Click!
A dog collar was fastened around Lee Ji-yeon’s neck. The collar was chained to an iron stake driven into the yard. The place where she lay was the “doghouse”—the home where she would live from now on.
“Ji-yeon noona! We’ll raise you nicely and prettily!”
“You’re so pretty, right?”
“Hehe, she’s adorable! Ji-yeon noona!”
The two men grinned from ear to ear. Before them Lee Ji-yeon lay motionless on the bare ground, naked. She was breathing, but her condition was far from normal. The men applied ointment to the branded burn on her buttocks.
“Hehe… so cute…”
“Ji-yeon noona really is the best!”
The pitiful burn mark on her buttocks. It was hard to believe that until recently this woman had worked as a nurse.