Cha Seol-ah's Re-education
With that in mind, I have a question. That bitch over there. What do you think I should do with her?
At my question, Eun Ye-rin's gaze shifted toward Cha Seol-ah, who was still screaming furiously.
"Hey, Eun Ye-rin!"
Cha Seol-ah, who had been huffing in the corner, shrieked in a voice thick with malice.
"Think carefully. Remember how I've taken care of you all this time!"
Even in this situation, Cha Seol-ah instinctively tried to oppress Eun Ye-rin out of habit.
She pointed at the corpses scattered across the floor and screamed.
"If it weren't for me, you would've been gang-raped and killed by those men already! Who do you think protected you from getting fucked? Stop that bastard right now!"
The gaslighting still wasn't over.
"...Ugh."
At Cha Seol-ah's shout, Eun Ye-rin's shoulders flinched inward.
I looked at Ye-rin, whose lips were pressed tightly together.
Deep down, she must already know.
That the reason Cha Seol-ah had kept her intact wasn't out of protection, but for her own desires.
And that only by standing up to her right now would the resolve she'd just shown have any meaning.
But the long-conditioned inertia of oppression still held her in its grip.
"..Ah.. Uh.."
Eun Ye-rin's gaze instinctively dropped downward.
The very person who had driven her into danger, tormented her, and murdered the manager who had been like an older sister to her.
She probably wanted to scream for me to kill her right this instant.
Yet Eun Ye-rin's mouth refused to open easily.
Tremble—
Her two hands only clutched my collar even tighter.
I watched her hesitate and recalled a certain name in my mind.
O Deok-su.
The obsessive idol fan I'd captured on the rest area floor of that building.
Among the information that had spilled from his mouth, there had been quite a lot about Eun Ye-rin's personality and past behavior.
She was the kind of fool who hated conflict and swallowed her resentment, believing that enduring unfair treatment would eventually bring her the spotlight.
She had always gone around saying she was looking for her Prince Charming.
The reason I'd been able to coax her by mentioning a prince was thanks to that very information.
'The method of taming has to differ depending on the target.'
I lightly tapped the handle of my baton while looking at Ye-rin.
With a bitch like Lee Ji-hye, the right approach was to crush her with force and educate her with my cock.
Only after dragging her to rock bottom and filling her with shame would she spread her legs and submit.
But Eun Ye-rin was different. She was the type burdened with a strong sense of moral debt.
If I forced violence on someone like her, she would close her heart forever.
On the other hand, if I cleared away every obstacle for her, she would remain a burden who depended on others for the rest of her life.
The cage would simply change from Cha Seol-ah's to my convenience store.
Therefore, I had to make her break out of the egg herself.
Having finished my thoughts, I opened my mouth.
Prey Search
Ting—.
A translucent holographic map unfolded before my eyes.
I clicked on the red dot floating above Cha Seol-ah's head and brought up her detailed information into the air.
Then I read the text aloud so that everyone in the waiting room could hear.
"Name: Cha Seol-ah. Age: 26. Unique Ability: Charm. Held Ability: Skill Slot."
"Wh-what are you saying?"
The moment her own skill name came out of my mouth, Cha Seol-ah's shoulders jerked.
Eun Ye-rin also lifted her bowed head and stared at me.
I continued reading the text.
"Detailed history and criminal record. Indirectly murdered rival idols by manipulating public opinion and comments. Immediately after the status windows opened, she took advantage of the chaos to stab manager Kim Hyeon-jeong in the back with a shard of glass, killing her."
"N-no...!"
Cha Seol-ah recoiled in horror. I ignored her denial and kept going.
"The purpose was to steal the Skill Slot ability the target had awakened. Afterward, she used fake tears to incite the survivors and seize power."
"It's a lie! That bastard is just spouting nonsense!"
Cha Seol-ah screamed, veins bulging in her neck. But no one left in the waiting room believed her.
The manager, who had been trembling while tied up with rope, raised her head.
"You... you stabbed Hyeon-jeong unnie?"
They had known she was a power-hungry whore who sold her body, but they never imagined she was a devil who had stabbed someone to death in the middle of that hell and even stolen their skill.
Manager Kim Hyeon-jeong had been the one who risked herself the most in the early stages of the outbreak to keep them alive.
The security guard with the broken leg also stared at Cha Seol-ah in disbelief.
"Th-this..."
Receiving their gazes, Cha Seol-ah's lips trembled violently.
And then there was Eun Ye-rin.
"..."
She was staring at me with a dazed expression.
The truth of that day—the truth she had never told anyone, the truth she had only suspected and suffered over in silence.
Because the man who had just smashed down the door had seen straight through the secret no one else had known.
The look in her eyes as she gazed at me sparkled once more. A gaze filled with reverence, now completely free of even the slightest doubt.
And drawing strength from that.
Slide—.
She loosened her grip on my collar.
It sounded as if the chains of fear that had bound her for so long were finally snapping.
Eun Ye-rin turned her gaze toward Cha Seol-ah in the corner of the room.
She took a long, shaky breath, then looked straight up at me again.
The hesitation that had lingered in her eyes was already gone without a trace.
"Si-woo-nim."
Her voice was now filled with even greater resolve.
"Please make sure that unnie... can never torment anyone again."
Eun Ye-rin looked back and forth between Oh Jeong-hyeon's corpse on the floor and Cha Seol-ah biting her lip in the corner as she declared,
"And please... drop her to the very bottom."
"You crazy bitch, how dare you say that to me...!"
Cha Seol-ah screamed while clawing at the floor, but Eun Ye-rin did not avert her eyes.
Prey Search
The girl who had once only looked toward her Prince Charming was gone. In her place stood Ye-rin, who had resolved to become ruthless in order to survive.
I smiled as I looked at the resolute Ye-rin.
"Good."
Then I strode straight up to Cha Seol-ah.
"D-don't come near me! If you touch my body...!"
Cha Seol-ah struggled with her back against the wall, but my fist was faster.
Without hesitation, I drove my fist into her abdomen.
Thud—!
"Kuhuk...!"
Cha Seol-ah's eyes rolled back as she had been screaming arrogantly.
A gasp leaked from between her parted lips. Her breath caught in her throat, and her body bent in the shape of a 'ㄱ'.
Urgh—.
She clutched her stomach and collapsed to the floor. Curled up and retching, Cha Seol-ah vomited gastric fluid.
I ignored her as she writhed on the ground and turned around.
Then I praised Ye-rin for making this decision and for watching without turning away as Cha Seol-ah suffered.
"Well done. You took a step forward on your own."
I erased the cold tone from my voice and whispered to her in the gentle voice I allowed only for her.
"Keep moving forward like that, little by little."
It was a rough but reassuring comfort. The man who had just been mercilessly wielding violence now showed her only sweet warmth. Eun Ye-rin's eyes reddened.
"Y-yes... Yes..."
She burst into the tears she had been holding back and rubbed her cheek against my hand, leaning into me.
The emotions that had been suppressed for so long finally exploded, and she was finding deep relief in me.
It was a touching moment—a girl breaking out of her own shell.
Of course.
Not everyone was moved by the scene.
"...What a load of fucking bullshit."
Lee Ji-hye stood near the shattered entrance of the waiting room, still wearing her torn office outfit.
She bit her lip hard, glaring at us with clear dissatisfaction written across her face.
Her jealousy was on full display.
Her eyes were fixed on Eun Ye-rin, who was clinging to me in nothing but her underwear and crying, and on my hand wrapped around the girl's shoulder.
The same man who had forced her to her knees on the dirty bathroom tile, shoved his cock into her mouth, and humiliated her.
The tyrant who had made her declare herself a meat toilet and a pig, then used her as a human shield while swinging violence around.
Yet that same man was now treating Eun Ye-rin with kindness, patiently waiting for her to break her own shell, and helping her deliver judgment.
The vast difference in treatment was tearing Lee Ji-hye apart inside.
'Would it kill him to treat me that gently too?'
This idiot never even thought about the sins she had committed in the past.
Or perhaps her body, now branded by the Flesh Subjugation skill, was simply jealous that her owner's favor was being taken by another female.
"..."
Seo Ji-soo standing beside her showed no expression, but beneath the cap pulled low over her face, her eyes held a hint of envy.
"Hey."
At my call, Lee Ji-hye's shoulders flinched.
"Wh-what do you want?"
Her trembling figure, terrified she might be punished again for acting like a bitch, was almost funny.
"You stand guard at the entrance."
I pointed at the broken door. The iron door, its hinges completely destroyed, lay in pieces on the floor.
If zombies came swarming after hearing gunshots while I was re-educating Cha Seol-ah, it would be a hassle. So I ordered Ji-hye to keep watch.
"What? You want me to play doorman?"
"Yes. It's an order. Unless you want to be punished again?"
"F-fine! I'll do it!"
My cold voice immediately triggered the Flesh Subjugation skill.
Lee Ji-hye's body moved on its own, walking toward the shattered doorframe.
"Tsk. Always just ordering me around."
Even as she pouted, she took position in front of the broken doorway and prepared to deploy her barrier.
I then gave orders to Seo Ji-soo as well.
"You take care of Ye-rin. Get your wounds treated if possible. And keep an eye on the tied-up guys too."
Seo Ji-soo nodded and walked over to Ye-rin.
After finishing my instructions, I turned back toward Cha Seol-ah.
"D-don't come near me...!"
Cha Seol-ah picked up a shard of glass from the floor and threatened me with it.
But I simply kicked her outstretched wrist, sending the glass flying.
"Aaaagh!"
I roughly grabbed the screaming Cha Seol-ah by the hair.
"Kyaaaaah! Let go! Let go of me!"
The pain felt as if her scalp was being torn off. Cha Seol-ah clawed at my arm with both hands, thrashing wildly.
Still gripping her hair, I headed toward the narrow bedroom attached to the inside of the waiting room.
The very place where she had once rolled around with men to maintain her power.
Bang—
I kicked open the bedroom door and hurled Cha Seol-ah's body onto the mattress.
Thump—
"Ugh!"
Cha Seol-ah curled up after being thrown onto the bed.
She lay there, grinding her teeth. Her murderous glare landed on me.
"..."
She would never emotionally forgive the man who had destroyed the kingdom she had built by selling her body.
But she was a venomous woman who had survived the dirty underbelly of the entertainment industry long before the apocalypse.
Even in the face of suffocating pain, her mind was already racing for a way out.
'I can't let it end like this.'
Cha Seol-ah put strength into the hand braced against the mattress.
Just like she had seduced and controlled Oh Jeong-hyeon and the security team, if she could use her body and Charm skill to bewitch the man in front of her on this bed...
She could flip the board once more.
If she could somehow get the man under her skirt, she could not only survive but rise to rule again. That was her calculation.
In that sense, the Charm skill suited her perfectly.
"Hoo... Hoo..."
Cha Seol-ah took deep breaths to steady herself.
Slide—.
She pulled the long hem of her dress up over her thighs.
Her long, slender legs were exposed to the air.
Pushing her ample cleavage forward through the torn dress, she forced a smile.
A faint glow of the Charm skill flickered in her sweat-drenched eyes.
"L-let's not be like this. Let's settle this nicely, okay?"
She tried to hide her panic as much as possible and spoke in a sticky, seductive voice.
"You came here for Ye-rin, right? I'll give her to you. Of course I'll let you have me too. You get to fuck two idols. So there's no need to use violence, right? Yeah?"
"..."
I silently looked down at Cha Seol-ah, who was still trying to sell her pussy to resolve the situation even now.
She had lost everything, her ugliest secrets laid bare, and now, even while facing the threat of being fucked by a man, she was using her body as a weapon to seduce him.
If Lee Ji-hye was simply a bitch, this woman was a crazy bitch whose thought process had gone completely off the rails.
'Well, a normal person wouldn't have climbed this high by selling her body and gaslighting people.'
Cha Seol-ah's villainous behavior was something an ordinary person could never conceive.
Her Charm skill and my Flesh Subjugation skill.
Let's see who wins today.
Click—.
I closed the bedroom door so no sound would leak out. And then.
Slap—.
I smacked her across the face with my palm.
"Fuck off, you cunt. Bitches like you need to be beaten senseless until your head straightens out."
You don't reason with a sociopath like Cha Seol-ah. She probably needed to be beaten at least once every three days before she'd come to her senses.
Her head whipped around from the slap. It was obvious her cheek was stinging hotly.
When I ignored her offer and slapped her instead, Cha Seol-ah clutched her cheek and revealed her true colors again.
"Y-you fucking bastard! You son of a bitch! Get away! Get away from me!"
Thud, thud—.
Cha Seol-ah thrashed wildly on the bed, trying to keep me away.
But no matter how much a single woman struggled, she couldn't handle me after I'd absorbed Lee Ji-hye's stats.
"That's right. Struggle more. It makes this more fun."
I smiled faintly and climbed onto the bed, planting my knee on the mattress.
With a bitch like this, the more she resisted and flailed, the more satisfying it was to conquer her.
Today I'd beat the shit out of her and pierce her thoroughly with my cock to give her a proper education.
Just as I approached with a sneer on my lips.
Click—.
The firmly closed bedroom door opened.
"Hm?"
Bright light from the waiting room poured into the dark bedroom.
I turned my head. The person standing in the doorway, holding the doorframe, was Eun Ye-rin in her torn training clothes.
Her shoulders were trembling slightly, but the hand gripping the doorknob was filled with firm strength.
The girl I thought would be covering her ears outside had stepped into the bedroom of her own will.
Cha Seol-ah's eyes shook as if an earthquake had struck.
"Hey, hey... What the hell are you doing? Get out! Get out right now!"
Cha Seol-ah shouted in panic.
But Eun Ye-rin did not retreat.
"..."
She took in the ugly sight of Cha Seol-ah on the bed, clothes disheveled and trying to seduce me, with both eyes wide open.
To cut off the fear of the past and to face the villainess's downfall with her own will.
Eun Ye-rin let out a long, trembling breath, then entered the room and closed the door.
Click—.
And with a voice full of resolve, she said,
"I'll watch right here... as unnie falls apart."
Eun Ye-rin gripped the doorframe tightly, fixing her gaze on the bed.
I welcomed her with a smile.
"That's your choice too. Then..."
Rip—.
I tore away the micro-dress Cha Seol-ah was wearing.
"Kyaaah! Fuck! You fucking bitches! Get out! All of you, get the fuck out!"
It was time to give Cha Seol-ah her re-education while Eun Ye-rin watched.