The Tough Guy Hides the Villainess

020 – Kidnapping, Like a Raging Wave Hitting a Cliff #3

020 – Kidnapping, Like a Raging Wave Hitting a Cliff #3

I bound Seo Ga-eul’s limbs and wrapped his entire body with a blanket.

Seo Ga-eul kimbap complete!

Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle-.

Seo Ga-eul fought fiercely, making the process not easy.

“Mmmph! Mmmph!”

But it was a meaningless resistance.

Seo Ga-eul, weakened under the full moon, couldn’t resist me, an awakened one.

The difference in physical abilities between a non-awakened and an awakened one is like that between an elementary school student and a high school student.

“Seo Ga-eul, the full moon really is your weakness.”

“……!”

Seo Ga-eul, you’re mine!

With Seo Ga-eul kimbap on my back, I jumped off the terrace of the building.

Just before hitting the ground, I luckily activated “Air Leap,” resetting my position and kinetic energy, making the landing surprisingly easy.

All that was left was to disappear into the darkness. As planned, I sprinted to the neighboring house where no one lived!

According to my investigation, the neighboring house had a very sturdy basement, and there was no better place to confine Seo Ga-eul.

After arriving at the basement of the neighboring house, I placed Seo Ga-eul in that old, moldy-smelling place.

“……!”

Under the flickering light, Seo Ga-eul, tightly bound with tape, glared at me with red eyes. If looks could kill, I would have died ten times over.

“Don’t resent me too much. I wanted to act like a gentleman too. But Ga-eul, you didn’t cooperate.”

Capturing and confining Seo Ga-eul in a place no one knows, a place only I know.

It really feels like a dream.

You did it, Hanamjin!

“Autumn, I’ll loosen your mouth for now, so you need to stay quiet. I want to get along with you. If you follow my words well, I’ll be an angel. If you don’t, I’ll be the devil.”

“……”

“If you understand me, nod your head.”

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Nod-nod-.

Good. Is this what it feels like when minds connect?

It truly felt like we were resonating with each other.

*Ziiing-.*

I peeled the tape off Seogaeul’s mouth.

In that moment, Seogaeul suddenly sprang at my ankle like a carp and bit down hard.

*Crunch-!*

“aaaH! YOU b*tchhh!”

It really hurt! I thought my ankle was going to snap!

“Let go! Let go of it!”

*Thwack! Thwack!*

I had no choice but to strike Seogaeul’s head wildly to save my leg. After taking the blows, Seogaeul’s strength seemed to fade, and she collapsed to the floor with a thud.

“You fucking b*stard! Perverted piece of shit! UNLOCK IT NOWWWWWWWW!!!”

Blood dripped from her mouth and nose as she screamed like a madwoman. In that moment, I instinctively realized just how absurd the request Seogaeul had given me truly was.

The kidnapping wasn’t the goal—it was just the process.

What Seogaeul had given me wasn’t a “kidnapping” request, but a “training” one.

In other words, this was only the real beginning.

“aaahhh! HELP ME! SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEEEE!”

Seogaeul, with her bloodied mouth, screamed in all directions.

Loud, so loud. But I knew well enough that no one around here would hear her screams.

“Autumn, it’s pointless to scream for your life. And it’s me who’s going to save you. Later, you’ll thank me.”

# # #

*Didi-dik-.*

The smart watch alarm went off.

7 A.M. It was time to head to school.

I spent the night, from last night until this morning, in the basement of the house next door, where Seo Gaeul is locked up.

I wanted to talk to Seo Gaeul and discuss our future direction, but her attitude was extremely uncooperative.

She screamed for help, but the moment she realized it was pointless, she clamped her mouth shut completely.

It was as if she was expressing, with her whole body, “I won’t speak a word to you.”

Normally, in a kidnapping situation like this, people would be scared and cooperate, but Seo Gaeul didn’t.

Unwavering, proud.

Under her white skin, there’s a feeling like a huge, thick rod of self-respect, something that will never bend?

In this situation, her emotions should be all over the place, and something should be showing up in my 《Emotion Scan》, but there’s nothing.

Just how strong is her mind?

Is she a woman of iron?

It seems like Seo Gaeul’s training will take some time.

Within the approximately one year left until the world’s end, will I be able to complete her training to the satisfaction of my client, Seo Gaeul herself? Will I actually receive the promised reward of ‘softness’?

The future is the key.

*Crackle*—

For now, I tightly wrapped Seo Gaeul’s two fists with black tape.

Thinking back to yesterday in the bathroom, when she showed me her palm and threatened, “If you come closer, I’ll kill you!”, it was clear that her abilities came from her palms, so I had to neutralize them first.

*Rustle*—

I also put shackles and a collar on her arms and legs with iron chains.

This house next door was originally a service dog breeding facility, but it became empty after the government banned eating dogs.

Thanks to that, I was able to obtain excellent chains and a sturdy basement for free.

… …

Throughout all of this, Seo Gaeul didn’t utter a single word.

Tough chick.

“Want to escape? Develop your abilities anew. You’re a multiple ability holder. You’re special, aren’t you? So if you want to escape, you need to train thoroughly. Do some meditation and yoga too.”

Perhaps Seo Gaeul might be the key to stopping the coming ‘destruction.’ At least, Seo Gaeul herself, who commissioned me, thought so.

I should get ready for school quickly though.

With Seo Gaeul’s disappearance last night, school and the world will be in an uproar, right?

If I’m late on a day like this, I might become a suspect.

“I’ll leave this water bottle here. If you’re thirsty, open it and drink it yourself. If you need to use the bathroom, just take care of it. I’ll clean it up. Seo Gaeul, I’m ready to accept everything about you.”

… …

*(Note: All characters are fictional and above the age of 21.)*

With that feeling, I roughly tidied up my appearance and went to school.

I wasn’t late, but it wasn’t early either, so there were already a few students sitting in the classroom, and something immediately caught my eye.

My seatmate, Bbangdaengi.

His hair─.

“Pink?”

How can a person’s hair be pink?

It’s surprising me in many ways from the morning.

“Do… don’t look!”

Bbangdaengi Baek Yeoul covered his head with both hands in response to my reaction.

“Taste?”

“Yaaah!”

He shouted loudly with a booming voice.

Still, seeing Bbangdaengi’s energetic, foolish self made me feel a bit better. Honestly, kidnapping Seo Gaeul was a big gamble for me too, so it was hard to calm my excited mind.

“So, nothing happened yesterday?”

Bbangdaengi asked me.

Nothing happened yesterday?

A lot happened.

“Nothing.”

“Really? I thought Wang Jaehyun’s group would definitely cause trouble. Always be careful. They might pick a fight for no reason. So, um….”

Baek Yeoul hesitated.

“Can I come over to your house today too?”

“Our house?”

“I mentioned it in the group chat yesterday. There will be another practice soon, so we should plan some strategies together─.”

Did he say that in the group chat? I was on an important mission last night, so I didn’t have time to check my phone.

But coming over to our house today?

No way. Because Seo Gaeul is next door.

If Seo Gaeul screams, it might be heard from our house.

“I don’t think today will work.”

“Why?”

Why? Why, you ask? Was Bbangdaengi always this curious and full of questions? It felt like Bbangdaengi’s eyes were piercing through the case like a detective.

“Hey, Baek Yeoul. I heard you caused trouble yesterday?”

A girl with her hair dyed yellow, looking like she knows how to have fun, approached us. She was the one who spilled hot chocolate on me last time.

“And what’s with your hair? Do you have a problem with society?”

Swoosh-.

The delinquent girl reached out towards Baek Yeoul’s strange pink head.

“Don’t touch it!”

Baek Yeoul grew like an angry raccoon. I was surprised by her attitude, and so was the delinquent girl, who took a step back.

Did Baek Yeoul have this kind of courage? But the delinquent girl laughed as if Baek Yeoul’s attitude was ridiculous.

“What are you saying, making such a fuss. What if I touch it?”

“If you touch it… I’ll get mad! You don’t know what will happen if I get mad! Do you want to be unlucky all day? If I write your name with this, this red pen, your luck will be bad all day!”

Swoosh-.

Baek Yeoul threatened the delinquent girl with a red pen.

Everyone’s eyes were on us in various ways.

「Name: Kim Jin

Status: 《Embarrassed and Angry》 – Feels ignored by Baek Yeoul and is angry. Wants to show everyone her dominance and establish the hierarchy among the girls.”

“Go ahead, try it.”

Swoosh swoosh swoosh-.

The delinquent girl messed up Baek Yeoul’s pink hair with her colorful, nail-adorned hand. Baek Yeoul’s hair became a mess in an instant.

The delinquent girl didn’t stop there and even knocked the hand cream and pencil case off Baek Yeoul’s desk.

Thud thud thud-.

“So, what are you going to do?”

“You! Just wait and see!”

Baek Yeoul didn’t back down and wrote Kim Jin’s name with the red pen.

And that was it. Nothing happened.

Where did Baek Yeoul’s sudden confidence come from?

Was her mind contaminated by hair dye?

Crash-!

At that moment, the window shattered, and a baseball flew in from somewhere, hitting Kim Jin on the head.

Thud-!

“Ah!”

Kim Jin, being an Awakened, didn’t suffer much from the impact of the baseball, but when she lost her balance and fell, she stepped on the hand cream that was lying on the floor.

“Whoa!”

Just as she seemed to stagger, the delinquent sister Kim Jin fell flat on her face.

The problem was that the hem of her skirt, pulled up to the limit, had rolled up, fully exposing her white thighs and buttocks.

Her underwear was surprisingly innocent compared to her flashy appearance.

“What, what are you looking at, you b*stards! Can’t you keep your eyes down?”

Kim Jin, started, pulled down her skirt and glared at Baek Yeo-ul as if she wanted to kill her. However, sensing something was off in Baek Yeo-ul’s gaze, she quickly turned her head and left.

“Not fun. Baek Yeo-ul, just you wait!”

Yeah, a mad dog is something to be avoided out of fear.

When the delinquent sister Kim Jin left the classroom with a bright red face, Baek Yeo-ul, who had been growing, looked at me and said,

“Did you see that! Did you see? I was able to apply my concept! My ‘Misfortune’ has become Grade 2! I think I can control my misfortune to some extent now!”

The buttocks applying a concept?

I don’t know what happened yesterday, but it was impressive. Did the experience at the office party bring about a significant change in her mindset?

Creak-.

At that moment, the door opened, and Captain Kang Cheol-min entered the classroom.

“As you all know, there was an incident last night.”

Why is he saying that right after coming in?

He was definitely going to talk about Seo Ga-eul’s kidnapping.

“Han Min-jin, why are you causing trouble outside of school!”

“Who, me?”

“The videos that are up on StarBae. Don’t you know that you students have a duty to maintain decorum? You’re sentenced to 20 hours of community service.”

StarBae?

Ah, it seems he was talking about the incident where I made Sa Ma-jun apologize and got a glimpse of the model’s panties.

Twenty hours of service for something like that.

What bad luck! But at least I wasn’t being blamed for Seo Ga-eul’s kidnapping.

That was the feeling after school.

I was worried about Seo Ga-eul, whom I had left behind, so I was out of sorts all day. I could understand why husbands with newlywed brides wanted to leave work early.

‘It’s too quiet for the daughter of a global conglomerate to be kidnapped.’

It was strange that no one was talking about Seo Ga-eul’s disappearance or kidnapping.

“Nam Jin, is this really you?”

“Isn’t this video amazing!”

Everyone was only interested in the pointless video from the office party.

The day passed as if nothing had happened.

Whatever it was, I wanted to go back to Seo Ga-eul and check on things, but unfortunately, as a punishment for causing trouble, I had to do 20 hours of community service on campus.

Picking up trash on campus.

But unexpectedly, I ran into someone during the service.

“You’re Yoo Bo-reum, right?”

“Yoo Yeoreum.”

“You caused trouble too? “I didn’t know you had to do community service.”

“I’m doing it voluntarily.”

It was Yoo Yeoreum, who had given me tips and played a significant role in the kidnapping of Seo Ga-eul.

The class president of Class F and a genius of the century. Who would have thought I’d meet a benefactor in community service, which was a symbol of misfortune?

Indeed, luck and misfortune were just a paper’s width apart.

Since Yoo Yeoreum was a friend of Seo Ga-eul in Class F, should I ask her?

What happened in Class F today?

“Yeoreum, can I ask you something? How was Seo Ga-eul at school today?”

“Seo Ga-eul? She said she was sick and took a break.”

Sick and took a break?

Not missing?