Chapter 293: Rage-13 (2)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 293: Rage-13 (2)
Shin Yu-jeong.
Of all the people I know, she was the undisputed champion of getting angry in the most spectacular way.
If I used her as bait, there would be no need for acting.
“So… you want me to just act like myself?”
“Yeah, that’s it exactly.”
If she just acted like her usual self, they’d think, ‘Ah, this girl has a serious temper,’ and come sniffing around on their own.
After working up a sweat with a round of sex, she had showered and was now clumsily putting on her clothes. She looked down at me, lounging on the mattress, and asked.
“And what’s my personality like?”
“…A pain in the ass?”
“Hey.”
Shin Yu-jeong glared at me, her eyebrows raised as high as they could go.
“Yes, that’s the look right there!”
That’s Shin Yu-jeong for you!
Teach her one thing, and she understands ten!
“I’ll get you a table at the club, so just sit there with that exact expression.”
At that, she pouted and grumbled.
“You said this was related to drugs.”
“Yeah, it is.”
“And you want to use a woman as bait for something that dangerous? Your g-girlfriend, no less?”
“…Girlfriend?”
“W-well, since I agreed to the threesome, it’s okay to call me your girlfriend, right?”
“Uh… I guess so?”
Well, she wasn’t wrong.
She’d even agreed to a threesome; the least I could do was let her be my girlfriend.
Of course.
Seeing a flicker of disappointment in her eyes, I offered an excuse.
“Yu-jeong, I’m going to protect you perfectly, so you don’t have to worry about that.”
“…Then what are you worried about?”
“I’m worried that every bastard in the club will be hitting on you. That’s what I’m worried about.”
Shin Yu-jeong tried to suppress a smile at my half-sincere words, struggling to keep her expression neutral.
“You want a threesome, but you don’t want me to mess around with other guys?”
“Yeah, that’s right. I’m a selfish bastard.”
At my bold declaration, she gave me a wry smile and cursed.
“…You’re such a son of a bitch that your shamelessness leaves me speechless.”
Her expression was a mixture of slight disillusionment and deep affection.
“So, you don’t like it?”
At my follow-up question, her face crumpled into a scowl and she yelled.
“The fact that I don’t hate it pisses me off even more, you asshole!”
Wearing only her T-shirt and holding her bra in her hand, Shin Yu-jeong headed for the door.
As she slipped on her sandals and opened the door, she paused, turned her head slightly, and spoke.
“…I’ll be back tomorrow evening, so be ready.”
“Alright.”
Jeez.
She was going to do it anyway, just playing hard to get.
* * *
Kim Do-jin skipped a full day of classes and headed to the Hunter Association.
“Do-jin-ssi!”
Yoon Ji-an, who was waiting for him in front of the information desk in the building’s lobby, waved with a smile.
Looking at her, Kim Do-jin thought.
‘Her expression has softened a lot.’
Her expressions had become incomparably more varied than in the past, when she had been strictly business-like.
And what pleased him even more was that this change only seemed to happen in front of him.
He was tempted.
He wanted to just leave with her, enjoy a nice date, and finish it off at a hotel.
But he couldn’t.
“The department head is waiting for you. Let’s go up together.”
The reason he’d come to the Association today wasn’t for her, but to meet Kim Seong-tae.
“Mmm…”
Inside the elevator heading to the upper floors, they held hands tightly, their fingers intertwined.
“Do-jin-ssi…”
Her face was flushed, pent-up with sexual desire she hadn’t been able to release for a while.
At that point, he let go of her hand.
“Ah…”
As she glanced between her hand and his face with a look of disappointment, Kim Do-jin whispered to her.
“Just wait a little longer. Let’s go on a date soon.”
“…Okay. It’s hard, but I’ll try to be patient.”
Kim Do-jin smiled as he watched Yoon Ji-an take a deep breath to calm her rising emotions.
When they finally reached the office of the Head of General Affairs, she stopped and stepped aside.
“Please, go in. And… I’ll be waiting for your call, as you said…?”
“I’ll call you soon.”
After seeing her off with a smile, he knocked lightly on the closed door.
A voice soon came from within.
“Come in.”
When he opened the door and entered, Kim Seong-tae immediately rose from his seat and welcomed him with open arms.
“Welcome, Kim Do-jin-ssi. I’ve been waiting for you.”
His gaze was filled with affection.
It was only natural.
As Kim Do-jin’s fame skyrocketed, Kim Seong-tae’s own standing grew wider.
“So, what brings you here today?”
Kim Do-jin answered his question.
“I’d like to get a warrant.”
The Hunter Association possessed independent investigative authority, limited to cases involving Awakened Beings or Hunters.
This was also a frequent source of friction with the police high command.
Most recent crimes were committed by Awakened Beings or Villains, and because the Association took the lead in investigating them, the police were always relegated to being sidekicks.
In response, the police high command had formed a dedicated Hunter investigation team, but for now, the Hunter Association still had more clout.
“A warrant… you say?”
A sudden request for a warrant.
Despite how unpleasant or absurd the request might have been, Kim Seong-tae showed no sign of it.
No, he was actually smiling.
He was excited to see what this lucky charm of his would do next to expand his influence.
“I suppose I’ll have to hear the details first.”
“Some guy has appeared at a club, selling a strange drug.”
“A strange drug… what kind?”
“A very powerful narcotic that affects even Awakened Beings. What’s more, it doesn’t show up in conventional drug tests.”
“Is that… true?”
The broad smile on Kim Seong-tae’s face instantly froze.
If what Kim Do-jin said was true, the situation was far more serious than it seemed.
“I’m planning to use bait to catch the guy this time… but as you know, with drug dealers, catching just one lead doesn’t mean it’s over, right?”
“That’s true.”
“That’s why I’m asking. With a warrant, I can freely enter restricted areas.”
He had no intention of stopping after catching just one person.
This was a drug that not only affected Awakened Beings but also caused wild fluctuations in their physical abilities and emotions.
If he didn’t root it out before it spread, there was no telling what chaos would ensue.
“…The matter is quite serious to just hand one over.”
He contemplated.
The emergence of a new drug that was undetectable by tests.
Could he entrust such a dangerous case to Kim Do-jin alone?
Normally, it would be an absurd idea, but Kim Seong-tae knew better.
‘The man named Kim Do-jin is the type to pull off the impossible, after all.’
He knew just how many incredible things Do-jin had accomplished so far.
After much thought, he asked.
“…Can you handle it for certain?”
In response to the question, which was heavy with deep conflict, Kim Do-jin replied with a confident smile.
“You won’t regret it this time, either.”
That was enough.
Enough to reconnect the trust between the two men.
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After finishing a full schedule of classes and an intense workout at the gym, Shin Yu-jeong got into Kim Do-jin’s car.
“Are we going straight to the club?”
Kim Do-jin shook his head at her question.
“Nope. Not looking like that, you can’t.”
“…What’s wrong with how I look?”
Ripped jeans, a white crop top that accentuated her chest, and a thin cardigan.
It was an outfit good enough to be escorted right into a club, but that was entirely thanks to her face and figure.
“That’s all off-brand stuff.”
Shin Yu-jeong didn’t care much for brands.
Her philosophy was that as long as it fit her well and didn’t look ugly, it was good enough.
That was one of the things that made her more attractive, but today was not the day for that.
“Today, you need to wear only expensive things.”
All day, Kim Do-jin had been thinking.
If he were a drug dealer, who would he want to sell to?
‘First, it has to be someone who would take the drug without a second thought.’
People with a screw loose, for example.
Those who were extremely angry, sad, bored with life, or completely drunk—people whose emotions were at an extreme, eroding their reason and preventing normal judgment.
‘And to add one more thing to that…’
A rich guy or girl.
That way, they could afford to buy the expensive drug consistently and in large quantities.
So, how do you judge if someone you’ve just met is rich or not?
The answer is simple.
By the value of what they’re wearing.
“So… we’re going shopping for clothes now?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
At Kim Do-jin’s answer, Shin Yu-jeong tilted her head, as if something wasn’t to her liking.
“Hey… do I really have to buy it if I’m only going to wear it once? Luxury brands are ridiculously expensive.”
At first, Kim Do-jin had thought the same.
He’d even considered borrowing some things from Jo Yun-kyung, since she was the type of woman who went crazy for luxury brands.
‘But that would ruin the style.’
A fucktoy’s things are my own.
But he didn’t want to borrow luxury items for a reason like this.
Besides, once you buy a luxury item, you’ll find occasions to wear it again and again.
“If you buy it now, you can wear it whenever there’s an important occasion.”
“Still…”
“Don’t worry, I make good money.”
“……”
Shin Yu-jeong’s mouth snapped shut at his confident reply, her face turning red.
About a hundred meters down the road, she finally spoke.
“What you just said was fucking sexy…”
“Fallen for me again?”
“Not really, I just feel like having sex again.”
“……”
He led her, who looked ready to demand they go to the nearest motel for a quickie, to a department store.
Leading Shin Yu-jeong, who was awkward in the high-end store, Kim Do-jin did a full lap, decking her out from head to toe in expensive clothes.
Designer shoes and jeans.
A T-shirt with a brand logo emblazoned on the chest.
And to top it off, a pricey luxury bracelet so her wrist wouldn’t look bare.
Armed from head to toe in luxury brands, Shin Yu-jeong sat in the passenger seat of the car and muttered blankly.
“…How much did you just spend in a single hour?”
“About ten million won.”
“I think I’m going to lose my mind.”
“You’d better get used to it.”
If her dream was to become an S-rank Hunter, she would have to get used to this kind of thing.
Eventually, she’d be wearing single dresses that cost tens or even hundreds of millions of won.
Ten million won for a head-to-toe outfit was actually on the modest side.
With her preparations complete, he drove her to the club, ‘Pentakill’.
Before she got out of the car, Kim Do-jin gave her a final reminder.
“Got it? Just act like yourself. Brutally reject any guys who approach you, try not to smile, and keep a straight face. Drink until you’re tipsy.”
“…You’re sure I should just act like myself? If you use that as an excuse to spank my ass again, you’re dead.”
“I got it, I got it.”
“So, I just get out and go in now?”
“Yeah, I already contacted an MD. When a skinny guy shows up, just talk to him and follow him inside.”
“Okay.”
Shin Yu-jeong opened the car door and stepped outside.
Then she turned her head, an anxious look on her face, and said to Kim Do-jin.
“Hey… I’m really counting on you.”
No matter how bold and feisty she was, she was still just a twenty-one-year-old girl.
To give her strength, Kim Do-jin threw out a powerful word of encouragement.
“If anything happens to you, I’ll give up on the threesome.”
“…Deal.”
Those club bastards are all dead.
She tensed the muscles in her back and walked triumphantly toward the club.
Kim Do-jin watched her go, a blank expression on his face, and thought.
“It’s good that she’s confident, but… why is she trying to kill all the men in the club…?”
It seemed she had mistaken who she was supposed to be catching.