Conversation
Conversation
In front of the two pairs of eyes staring at him, Makgapa opened his mouth.
"How about we bury today's incident?"
It meant turning a blind eye to the crime of 'burying' two innocent citizens.
"We're not that stupid. There were so many eyes watching, how could we bury it? And we shouldn't bury it, either."
"Then, is it enough if I just lower the level of punishment?"
"Yes. As long as it's not detention, it's fine."
"Hmm..."
In truth, the severity of the crime was quite high.
Even if they were gang members, a citizen is a citizen.
They had hit and sent away one citizen who hadn't done anything yet with a car, and then proceeded to beat the other one into a pulp.
Then, they didn't even turn themselves in and left for another place.
Since many people had filmed the scene with their phones and uploaded it to social media, there wasn't a single person in this city who didn't know about Nodada.
The reason they weren't caught yesterday was because it was the final moments with less than 20 minutes left in server time, not because the crime was minor.
"Sikmin-ah, how many people are at the station right now?"
"I sent everyone out earlier."
"Good, good. Since there are no eyes around, it'll be easy. I'll block the detention. Just pay a fine."
At Makgapa's assurance, Yulia felt relieved.
"It's a good thing we came as soon as we entered the server. I was worried you might not be here."
"If we aren't here, the police station doesn't run, so we usually come quickly."
Nodada's mouth opened to speak at that, but.
"I'm not being cocky, seriously."
"If only it had been just cockiness..."
At their words, which seemed filled with sincerity, Nodada suppressed the denial that was about to come out.
"Anyway, I can cut the punishment at my level, so don't worry."
"Ooh, a person of power."
"Corrupt police."
"Hey, I'm involved with you guys."
"Ooh, a person of power."
"Corrupt police."
"What am I even supposed to say?"
Letting out a sigh, Makgapa closed the report he was writing and faced the two.
"Anyway, I can resolve this at my level. But can you protect yourselves?"
Before being a police officer, from a gang member's perspective, this was a matter that couldn't just be overlooked.
Because their pride had been damaged, too much.
"Are you asking because of retaliation?"
"Of course. You didn't think there wouldn't be any, did you?"
"That's true."
"Then you must have a countermeasure."
"Yes."
"... Do you really have one?"
"It's already being handled."
Nodada said that and took his eyes off his phone.
"It will probably be handled by the time we leave here. There's no need for unnecessary worry."
At those words, which were hard to tell if they were sharp or confident, Makgapa was momentarily speechless.
In the meantime, Nodada struck back.
"More than that, what do you want from us?"
"Yes. Back then, you just said to help you, right? Could you tell us in detail?"
"Including the benefits for that."
"Should we also get a down payment?"
"We definitely must."
"What should we get... But thinking about a down payment makes it feel like we're buying a house."
"We do need to buy a house, too."
"Gasp...! The pacing is too fast."
[A couple looking into down payments together]
[Why is this real?]
[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[Here they go again]
"What pacing. Ah."
"Even though we're close, living together without discussing it... well, it's not that I hate it, though."
"I hate it."
"Playing hard to get. It's time to be honest with your feelings, you know?"
Makgapa, who had been blankly watching the two suddenly fall into their own world, soon opened his mouth with a small sigh.
"Suddenly, this feels like shit."
It wasn't because they asked for something unreasonable, or because they kept teasing him.
"Some of us are racking our brains, and they're flaunting their romance in front of me..."
"I was thinking the same thing, coincidentally."
The two men felt a deep chill in their sides.
At that time, West of the South.
Kwak Du-pal and Kang Tae-san were shaking their legs in front of a building.
"Whoa, this is intense."
"Why are there so many guys lined up from the entrance? Are they trying to salvage their damaged pride now?"
Even with the two of them talking slyly in front of them, the gang members remained silent.
They were just lined up with the open door in the middle.
"If it wasn't for the boss's orders, I'd want to turn back right now..."
"I'll manage to handle up to 5 people somehow."
At Kwak Du-pal's grumbling, Kang Tae-san lifted his sashimi knife.
The reason he brought Kang Tae-san, who belonged to Sotongbulga, was simple.
"No, let's just go in. We're here to negotiate, after all."
It was good for revealing the relationship with Sotongbulga.
The boss of Negotiation Impossible accompanied by a member of Sotongbulga as an escort.
It wouldn't be easy to prove it more simply than this.
Another reason was the 'Gonggalpo' (bluffing cannon).
Because he was the most notorious figure among Negotiation Impossible and Sotongbulga combined.
"If we were really going to fight, we would have brought everyone."
"Yes, sir."
Entering the hideout, piercing through countless gazes, they saw an open lobby and an elevator.
At first glance, it looked like a hotel.
"This is completely different from our hideout."
"It's different from ours, too."
Having shown their composure through sightseeing and small talk, they immediately took the elevator to the top floor.
As soon as the doors opened, what they saw was a room that looked like a reception room, and three sofas.
And one man standing with his back to all of it.
Under the orange light, which was bright if you called it bright and dark if you called it dark, he greeted them.
"I am Warararai of the Oni-pa."
"Hao."
"What?"
"It means I understand. I am the boss of Negotiation Impossible, Kwak Du-pal."
"Who is behind you?"
"What do you mean who? He's our guy. You didn't think I'd come alone, did you?"
At Kwak Du-pal's introduction, Kang Tae-san grinned and waved his hand.
He was still holding a sashimi knife in one hand.
"I only brought one person. You're not complaining about this too, are you?"
"... You didn't come to apologize, then."
At those words, Kwak Du-pal smiled and said.
"If I were going to do that, I wouldn't have come."
Saying that, Kwak Du-pal paused for a moment and looked at his phone.
"I came to talk. Not to fight."
Kwak Du-pal walked past him, keeping his eyes on his phone.
And he sat on the sofa just like that.
"What are you doing? We need to talk."
Warararai, who had been glaring at the back of Kwak Du-pal's head for a moment, soon turned his body and sat on the sofa.
Still, he had to maintain his pride, so he sat in the seat of honor.
"Apologize."
It was straightforward.
"Otherwise, we don't know what we might do."
Warararai paused after saying that, then continued.
"We are even considering war, so decide quickly."
To that, Kwak Du-pal asked back as if he were dumbfounded.
"War? With us?"
Kwak Du-pal pointed at Kang Tae-san standing behind him.
"I'm telling you this because you don't seem to know, but he's a member of the Sotongbulga gang, okay? And I'm the boss of Negotiation Impossible. Is the rumor mill really slow? You're going to fight us?"
Warararai, who had been silent for a moment at those words that seemed truly incomprehensible, said.
"..."
He remained silent.
Because the rumor mill really was that slow.
He hadn't known they were that close.
The man from the West, who had been busy with internal infighting, didn't know such things.
In fact, Warararai was also a bit dumbfounded.
Since he had left the server early yesterday due to an incident, he was currently trying to handle things without any background knowledge.
Since they were gangs from the West who were busy fighting among themselves, they were ignorant of outside news.
He had just brought them here to get an apology through atmosphere...
Actually, he thought they would just apologize obediently.
No, you guys were the ones who did wrong first.
As he was racking his brain while trying to suppress words he couldn't say as a gang member, Kwak Du-pal opened his mouth first.
"Hey, mister. Let's be honest. You guys don't have the capacity right now, do you? There are over 4 gangs around you, and you're going to come attack us? And cross the continent to do it?"
"..."
"Oh, right. Did you say you would mobilize 3 surrounding gangs? Puhaha, you have to gauge your pride before showing it off. Did you really think we'd fall for that?"
"Haa... you guys..."
"Yeah, I know. At least why you're saying that. You're losing face, right? Since citizens don't know well, you just blurted it out, didn't you."
"Yeah. It's as you say. My pride is hurt. Very properly, at that."
"We can suggest two solutions. First, financial compensation. We'll give you enough so you won't be disappointed. You can use this to regain your pride."
"The problem is the citizens! Who would follow our control!! Two gang members got laid out by mere citizens!"
"I haven't finished speaking yet. If you keep this up, I might get upset and want to start a war."
Let's shut up.
"Let's hear more."
Yes, sir!
The conversation was fast.
From the moment Warararai realized the scale of the opponent was beyond his estimation, he threw away his pride.
To put it bluntly, even if they just threw a jab, they would be in critical condition.
No, to be precise, while blocking that jab, their sides would be ripped open.
And that, from both sides and behind.
How could the world be so unreasonable.
Warararai answered obediently with a voice full of pride.
"Since I came to talk. Hmm."
Kang Tae-san suppressed his laughter at Warararai's way of speaking, which had caught both rabbits.
Kwak Du-pal was the same, but as if to show the spirit of a boss, he managed to endure it and opened his mouth with difficulty.
"Yeah, let's keep listening."
Because if they laughed here, these guys' pride would really die.
Is that why he pulled all his gang members downstairs?
He anticipated that a conversation that would inevitably hurt their pride would take place, huh.
If that's true, he's a guy with a pretty good head...
Kwak Du-pal thought so and suggested.
"So the problem is the label of being a gang that got beaten up by citizens, right? I'll solve that for you."
"Can that be done?"
"Let's make a Fight Club. We'll have you enter it. Wouldn't that work?"
"Fight Club? Hmm..."
"We'll pay for the..."
"In that case, I agree."
So that was the problem after all.
Perhaps noticing that cold gaze, Warararai added a follow-up, albeit late.
"But wouldn't it be a disaster if we set up the stage and then lose?"
"You, losing in a fistfight? Hahahaha!! Don't take that as a joke."
"What if I lose..."
"Even if you pull out a sashimi knife from your chest, you'll win. Don't worry."
"That is..."
"Your guys lost while holding knives right away."
"..."
[That hurts to the bone]
[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[They couldn't even scratch him with knives...]
[Losing to Aniki is nothing to be ashamed of]
[Hold your head up high!]
"But why did you collect money so unreasonably? Didn't you anticipate the backlash?"
"We were in a hurry."
"Aha... Did a rival gang pull out an assault rifle or something?"
"Not an assault rifle. They pulled out an SMG."
"Wow, that's a jackpot. But even so, isn't it just one person?"
Firearms have two conditions.
One is a license.
It is literally the qualification to use a firearm.
Without this, you can't use a gun even if you have one.
It can be obtained through fishing, treasure hunting, and cash payments, and in the former case, the probability is very low, so it was common to find and purchase it from a citizen who had drawn it.
The rest is, of course, the gun.
This isn't a big problem.
Gangs can buy it if they have money.
Of course, it's expensive, but compared to a license, it could be considered an angel.
"No, it's two people."
"Hmm... That is an emergency. Is that why you squeezed them?"
"Yeah. At the very least, we have to give them the best pistol. And put bulletproof vests on them..."
The rapid increase in the firepower of a neighboring gang.
It was enough reason to be in a hurry.
To put it bluntly, they could have declared war even at the moment they were talking like this.
Kwak Du-pal, who stroked his chin for a moment at that, lifted his phone.
For 10 seconds in that state, he decided.
"I'll lend you some money. Interest-free."
"What?"
"Aside from the financial compensation, I'm lending it to you. You can think of it as a meaning of apology. I can lend you enough to put bulletproof vests on all your guys... You don't need more than that, do you?"
Warararai's brain spun violently for a moment.
It didn't take long.
"I will serve you as my boss."
Warararai's waist folded like a sickle.