Chapter 100
Chapter 100
Ch. 100 .｡.:✧ A Life-or-Death Game of Push and Pull - 2 ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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I stood on the lane, holding the ball.
The bowling ball, with a weight similar to that of my heart, settled in my hand.
“Boss, fighting!!”
Her voice, loud enough to echo through the bowling alley, drew the attention of the people on the other side.
I wish she would just be quiet.
I couldn’t say anything about her pure intentions of cheering me on, so I silently stared ahead and took my steps.
One step, two steps, three steps.
Lowering my left hand that was supporting the ball, I brought my right hand back.
Then, I moved my right leg behind my left and swung my arm forward.
Thud!
With the sound of the heavy bowling ball hitting the floor, the ball started to roll.
Oh, it’s going straight.
As soon as I thought that, it veered off to the side.
Clang!
As if to save me some face, two pins on the left fell over.
“Haha…”
“You still have one more turn.”
As I returned to my seat, embarrassed by the result compared to Ga-ram’s, Ga-ram sat down, sticking close to my side, and said that.
A machine descended, lifted the pins, and cleared the fallen ones.
In the meantime, the ball I had thrown returned.
“Hoo…”
I stood on the lane again.
I took the same steps as before and threw the ball.
This time was different from before. Because the ball went straight into the gutter.
Tsk…
I clicked my tongue.
“You’ll get a strike next time.”
Watching her, who seemed to care more about my score than I did, I made a strange face.
Unlike her words, as the game progressed, the result became clear.
While she, who threw the ball like a shot put, was getting strikes, I was getting around 2 to 4 pins.
The score gap was widening.
To be honest, there was nothing on the line, but it still felt bad to lose.
“……”
After mechanically high-fiving her for a strike, Ga-ram, seeing me sulking, came and sat next to me.
“Boss. Um… can I help you?”
“Help me? How?”
“Stand up.”
As I went up with the ball, she followed.
“Ga-ram-ssi?”
Wondering what she was doing, I tried to turn my head, but Ga-ram’s hand on the top of my head turned it back forward.
“You have to look ahead.”
I could feel her pressing tightly against my back.
And her hand overlapping mine.
Her firm hand caressed my body, correcting my posture.
“Boss, your steps are fine, but when you release the ball, it’s going behind your back.”
She, who was stuck to my back like a back hug, slowly whispered in my ear.
Ga-ram tapped my waist with her right hand.
“If it’s like this, the ball won’t go down straight. Don’t worry about dropping it, just extend it straight out.”
Her hand held my right hand, guiding its path.
It definitely felt a little different from what I had been doing.
She made me get into a ready stance again and placed her hands on my shoulders.
“You did well. Now try it as I just showed you.”
Pat, pat!
She patted my shoulders and returned to her seat.
Why am I so nervous about this?
I laughed to myself at how much energy was going into just rolling a ball.
I pulled my hand back along the path she showed me, swung it straight, and released the ball.
Thud!
A rumbling sound, and unlike before, the ball went straight.
CRASH!
With a clear sound, the solid wall of pins came crashing down.
And an X mark appeared on the screen.
“Kyaaaaaak! Boss, you’re so cool!”
I was about to give a slightly more enthusiastic high-five, but Ga-ram screamed in a high pitch and hugged me.
Her sudden tackle made me cough.
“G-Ga-ram-ssi. This is a bit much.”
I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away, but her resistance was so strong that I had to use my full strength.
To remember the feeling for the next turn, I was practicing in the air when a big man from the other side came striding over.
“Can’t you bowl a little more quietly? It’s so loud. Did you rent this whole place? A man your age should know better, shouldn’t you?”
A metallic voice echoed loudly.
The man was very agitated, his face was bright red.
It seemed he was one of the club members.
“There are other people here. You have no manners, no manners at all.”
The man huffed and pointed his finger at me.
To be fair, we were a bit loud.
I immediately bowed my head.
“I’m sorry. We’ll be careful.”
“Hmph, yes. Let’s be a little more considerate.”
When I took a submissive stance, the other person seemed embarrassed and didn’t shout anymore, returning to his seat.
“Ga-ram-ssi, we need to be a little quieter.”
I turned my body to Ga-ram, taking my eyes off the man who was walking away.
“…Yes.”
Ga-ram, who seemed to have been looking elsewhere until just now, turned her gaze to me and answered.
It was a bit unfortunate that she was scolded when she was having so much fun, but what could I do? Public etiquette is more important.
We quietly threw the ball for the remaining turns, and as soon as the game was over, we hurriedly left the bowling alley.
As I was leaving, the sound of the club members clicking their tongues followed me.
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In-ho and Ga-ram went down to the underground parking lot.
In-ho’s ears were red, as if the public humiliation still lingered in his mind.
He got into the car and waited for Ga-ram to get in, but Ga-ram didn’t move.
“Ga-ram-ssi, aren’t you getting in?”
In-ho rolled down the window and said to Ga-ram.
“Ah, I have something to do around here. You can go first.”
Ga-ram replied to In-ho, pulling her lips into the widest smile possible.
“Suddenly?”
“Ah! Something suddenly came to mind. I have to take care of something for the remodeling.”
Because I’m clumsy. Ga-ram added.
“Uh… but it’s far from here to your house. If it doesn’t take long, I can wait…”
“Ah, no! It’ll take a long time. A re~ally long time. You should go first, Boss.”
“Yes… well, then… contact me when the remodeling is all ready.”
In-ho rolled up the window and left the parking lot.
“……”
After confirming that In-ho’s car was completely out of sight, Ga-ram went back into the building.
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Go Seung-deok, a regular at the club, stretched his shoulders as he left the gukbap restaurant.
His body was stiff from bowling all day.
After bowling, he had gathered with the members for a bowl of gukbap and a glass of soju.
He was staggering home.
When he saw his lit-up house in the distance, he glanced at the bag of rotisserie chicken for his children and walked down the alley with a smile.
Step!
At the sound of a presence, he tried to look back.
Thump!
A sudden pain in his abdomen made Seung-deok fall forward.
“Ugh!”
He opened his mouth to gasp for air, but he couldn’t breathe properly.
He tried to lift his head to see his attacker, but he could only barely make out the silhouette of the assailant, backlit by a streetlight.
He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and his body was half-lifted and dragged into a dark alley.
Just as he was starting to feel the pain of his scraped knees, he felt something blunt kick his chin, and his consciousness briefly faded.
In the blackness, he opened his eyes to the feeling of someone patting his cheek.
“Wh-who…”
“Be quiet.”
A low, female voice flowed down his spine.
His body froze like a herbivore hearing the growl of a predator.
“P-please, spare me.”
What was she trying to do? His heart constricted with fear, and his body trembled.
“Boss…. You made him uncomfortable.”
The assailant’s hand approached his face. He instinctively closed his eyes.
Fingers pried open his clenched mouth.
A thumb was hooked onto his lower teeth.
Strong pressure was applied to his jaw.
“Ugh… guhguhguh…”
Seung-deok struggled against the diagonal pressure, but his subdued body wouldn’t budge.
Creak, creak!
An ominous sound came from inside his mouth, and he felt the dull sensation he had felt when he had his wisdom teeth pulled spread through his body.
Creak, creak!
The sound of something breaking and tearing grew louder…
CRACK!
“Uwaaaaargh!!!”
As the pressure disappeared, an immense pain washed over him.
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[T/N: o7]
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