The Tough Guy Hides the Villainess

053 – Rat Poison That Kills If Ingested #1

053 – Rat Poison That Kills If Ingested #1

“Where… .”

The middle-aged man in a gray suit and glasses trembled.

When the badge on his chest, indicating he was a member of the National Assembly, glittered in the sunlight seeing through the luxurious balcony, the middle-aged man finally couldn’t hold back his irritation.

“Where is this nonsense coming from!”

Flap-!

Assemblyman Yoo Do-gwan threw the newspaper that had stirred up the morning news without hesitation.

The contents of the newspaper, roughly spread out on the table, were clearly sensational at a glance.

「Shock! President in Dealings with Terrorists?”

「Circumstances of Accounts Dealing with Villainers Revealed─.」

“Seo Do-cheol, this b*stard, suddenly does something so outrageous. Everyone who knows already knows, and now he advertises it in the newspaper? “This is poison.”

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“Father, by poison, you mean…” ?”

His son, Yoo Tae-yang, sought his father’s opinion, who was fuming.

Then Assemblyman Yoo Do-gwan raised his voice even more, as if his patience had reached its limit.

“Rat poison! The kind that kills if ingested! But I can’t avoid taking it? As the opposition leader, if I stay silent, that in itself would be strange. Seo Do-cheol, this b*stard, dares to use me like a hunting dog?”

It was an extremely sensitive and delicate matter.

Many things were intricately intertwined with illegal awakeners, regardless of party affiliation.

In other words, they were like conjoined twins forcibly stuck together.

If they rushed the surgery, they might end up hurting themselves, so they were waiting for a better opportunity, but they never expected things to escalate like this.

‘Seo Do-cheol, if you do this, you won’t be safe either. Why? Why did you suddenly do this?’

Yoo Do-gwan wondered what the head of the Seonam Group was thinking. Depending on the situation, he might not be able to play the role of a hunting dog biting the president.

In some ways, Yoo Do-gwan had gained a useful ‘card’.

It was the perfect opportunity to tame the president, who was running wild like a dog off its leash.

“Father, by the way, about what I mentioned last night. You said you’d think about it until this morning. Have you thought about it?”

At Yoo Tae-yang’s question, Yoo Do-gwan fell into brief contemplation.

He couldn’t remember what he had talked about with his son last night.

“What were we talking about?”

“Finding Yeoreum. I know a guy who might be able to help. Honestly, I don’t like him personally, but he seems trustworthy. How about we let him handle it?”

“Right. We did talk about that. Anyway, where is that kid wandering off to at such an important time? We took in that stray cat and raised it, but it still hasn’t shaken off its street habits.”

“Yes, that’s true.”

“This is why a person’s background is important. Education! Bloodline! As I’ve lived, I’ve realized you can’t ignore these things. No matter how well you treat a kid picked up from the streets, they can’t shake off their nature.”

Yutaeyang just nodded, pretending to agree with his father. He knew well that his father, Yudogwan, had no affection for his adopted daughter, Yeoreum.

His attitude towards Yeoreum was more like handling a weapon than a daughter.

He vaguely knew that his father and the researchers were making Yeoreum do ‘excessive tasks’ in the lab.

If her health wasn’t an issue, it might be better for her to leave this house for her own sake.

“Yutaeyang, find your sister. If that lunatic Namtaegun goes crazy and declares martial law, your sister will need to use her power.”

# # #

It was shocking.

I couldn’t believe I didn’t get a single vote in the popularity poll conducted at school.

“How could I not get a single vote? I’m feeling disillusioned with my life.”

Utter despair.

Just as I wanted to lay my head on the desk and cry, Bangdaengi patted my back.

“Hey, Hanamjin! What nonsense are you talking about? It’s the class president election for Class F, your name shouldn’t even be in the running! You’re a student of Class D!”

“Is that so?”

I thought I could influence the Class F president election beyond Class D, but I guess I’m not there yet.

I need to work harder.

Anyway, after Yeoreum and Seogaul went missing, ‘Kim Samsun’ was elected as the class president of Class F.

Kim Samsun.

Honestly, I don’t know who that is.

Are they fit to be president?

Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who thought so, as someone challenged the election results.

It was Wang Jahyun of Class F.

“Why am I not the president? I was the vice president, so I should replace Yeoreum as president, right?”

In other words, he was demanding the impeachment of the Class F president.

However, many students in Class F seemed to think, “Hey! You’re going to have to step down as president soon anyway because of the trouble you caused, so let’s just pick someone who can do the job quietly and steadily!”

With the disappearance of Seo Ga-eul and Yoo Yeoreum, Class F was split in half and in a state of civil war.

So what about our Class D?

Thanks to the new class president, Cheon Yura, things were more peaceful than expected.

Bustling, noisy-.

So why is the atmosphere in Class D so noisy─.

“Is it true that the president made a deal with the Villainers?”

“I heard there’s talk of impeachment.”

“Hey, Mincheol, your father is a congressman, right? Haven’t you heard anything?”

A chaotic day passed like that.

On the way home from school with friends.

Bbangdaengi, who was constantly licking the ice cream bought from the store, got angry.

“It’s really annoying!”

“Why? Because the ice cream keeps getting smaller every time you eat it?”

“That’s not it! But now that I think about it, that also makes me angry! Why does the amount of ice cream decrease the more you eat it? It would be nice if there was ice cream that increased in amount every time you ate it!”

No, no, no-.

Bbangdaengi Baek Yeoul swallowed the ice cream like a crocodile.

He took out a piece of paper from his bag.

“About this midterm exam. They said we would be doing practical training under active awakeners. I ended up working with that Jeon Somi. It’s really annoying.”

Who was Jeon Somi again?

While I was racking my brain, Changsik patted my back.

“You mean that model girl. “The one who was humiliated at Seo Ga-eul’s party.”

Ah, that girl.

So Bbangdaengi ended up doing practical training under her.

It must be about exploring the “Great Labyrinth.”

Even our “No Leftovers Day” group was scattered for the midterm exam.

I was also assigned a training site, and it was quite a headache.

I ended up under that Jjajangmyeon noona.

I must not get caught during the training for kidnapping Seo Ga-eul and Yoo Yeoreum.

“By the way, I haven’t seen Taeseong around lately.”

Changsik looked around.

Our friend, Geum Taeseong, seemed to be very busy these days.

Soon, Bbangdaengi asked in a small voice.

“Taeseong is acting a bit strange. He leaves right after school. Do you think he might have a girlfriend? He’s hiding a girlfriend at home!”

“……!”

Flinch-.

The quiet Deoksun shivered, and Bbangdaengi soon patted Deoksun’s back, saying, “That can’t be!”

But I thought there was some truth to Bbangdaengi’s words.

I also had to hide girls at home, so I usually had to go straight home after school.

I would have to do the same today.

But today, Bbangdaengi invited me to his house.

“Come by my house today! I couldn’t fit my lunch in my bag because there’s more than usual!”

Bbangdaengi’s lunch would be Seo Ga-eul’s daily bread.

I had no choice but to follow Bbangdaengi to his house, but the house we arrived at was very different from what I remembered.

First of all, the neighborhood was different, and the house looked different too.

“We moved. The house was sold at auction.”

It meant they were kicked out of the mansion they used to live in.

The new house wasn’t far from my house.

It was in a rundown area.

“Mom and Dad are out for work, so just come in comfortably!”

The house was as old as the one I was living in.

The old and shabby yard was cluttered with jars of unknown purpose lined up in a row.

But Bbangdaengi didn’t seem embarrassed by the old house. He took off his shoes roughly and gestured for me to come in.

“Hurry up! Hurry!”

What was he urging me for?

Bbangdaengi Baek Yeoul went into his room.

Baek Yeoul even slipped under the blanket on his bed.

He looked like a raccoon digging into a burrow.

“Hanamjin! Come in here! Quickly!”

“What is it?”

I went under the blanket, thinking I might as well.

Something bright and dazzling illuminated my face.

“It’s a glowing spider, Kkeong-kkeongi!”

━Kkeong-kkeong… !

The spider, Kkeong-kkeongi, shone with a blinding luminescent light.

I felt my hair stand on end.

A glowing spider, how amazing!

“How is it? Isn’t it fascinating? It seems like Kkeong-kkeongi understands the concept of ‘luminescence’!”

“I didn’t expect much, but it’s really incredible.”

Even Ying-ying doesn’t have a luminescent feature!

I’m envious.

Anyway, Baek Yeoul was secretly raising a monster from people.

She was a high school girl with a completely strange taste.

“If I clap, it even dances! Watch!”

Doom-chit-doom-chit-.

Watching Kkeong-kkeongi’s peculiar talent, time passed, and it was already four in the afternoon.

Just when I thought it was time to head home, Baek Yeoul spoke.

“We’re supposed to go to the practice site for school starting tomorrow, right?”

As Baek Yeoul said, from tomorrow, due to midterms, we had to go to the practice site instead of regular school. Baek Yeoul was going to explore the Great Labyrinth with the model girl.

A party of second-class explorers.

Heading towards the Great Labyrinth, filled with all sorts of traps and dangerous monsters, Bbangdaengi seemed to have many worries.

“But what exactly is this ‘Great Labyrinth’? It’s strange that it suddenly appeared in the world.”

It is strange.

Even to me, who returned from the future to the past, the identity of the ‘Great Labyrinth’ was hidden like a secret.

“I searched because of the practice, and it turns out this ‘Great Labyrinth’ is part of the palace where the Fairy King lived. The Great Labyrinth is the land of fairies!”

Bbangdaengi’s eyes sparkled like a girl who believes in Santa Claus.

Fairies, huh. It is interesting.

“So, I suddenly thought, could Seo Ga-eul have disappeared into the ‘Great Labyrinth’? Kidnapped to the land of fairies, where no one can find her.”

That was a very interesting hypothesis.

Indeed.

# # #

When I returned to the basement, the two girls were lying down, each facing the wall.

Whenever I came here, things like midterms or impeachment, which were noisily talked about in the outside world, felt irrelevant.

“Did you fight again?”

Both Yeo-reum and Ga-eul had wounds on their faces. It looked like they had scratched each other with their nails, bitten with their teeth, and pulled each other’s hair.

Rustle-.

Yeo-reum got up.

“She ruined my blanket.”

The new blanket I gave her was tattered, as if it had been attacked by a wild beast.

If she couldn’t have it, she would destroy it—this was a clear reflection of Ga-eul’s personality.

“What! So what!”

Ga-eul was already growing, even though I hadn’t said anything.

I spoke to her.

“Ga-eul, we’re going for a walk today.”

Today was a full moon, a day when Ga-eul’s strength was particularly weak.

It was the day marking a month since Ga-eul had been kidnapped.

“…A walk?”

Ga-eul’s eyes widened.

She soon looked at Yeo-reum and twisted her lips into a smirk.

It was as if she was showing off something that others couldn’t have.

In fact, Yeo-reum frowned deeply, as if greatly disturbed by the mention of a ‘walk.’

I took Ga-eul out of the house.

Even though she was held by a leash, Ga-eul laughed as if she was very happy.

“This is the first time in a while I’ve tasted the outside air.”

I took Ga-eul to an abandoned factory.

Ga-eul looked at me with narrow eyes.

“What is this, why did you drag me to such a secluded place? What are you planning to do? Creepy. Pervert.”

Despite her words, her face was full of composition.

It was a look that assured she believed I would never harm her.

I raised my palm and slapped Ga-eul’s cheek.

“…Aagh!”

Even in her state as a kidnapped hostage, Seo Ga-eul, who had always acted arrogantly, screamed in a pitiful manner and collapsed with a thud. It was no surprise that her red eyes immediately flared with rage and hatred as she glared at me.

“Son of a b*tch, what the hell are you doing!!!”

“Seo Ga-eul, I’m not the one looking out for you. “I’m the kidnapper.”

Seo Ga-eul had been too comfortable these days.

She hadn’t shaken off her arrogant attitude, despite having promised to cooperate with the awakening of her sense of reason if I brought Yu Yeoreum.

Did the future Seo Ga-eul wish for this?

No, probably not. That’s why I was more than willing to play the role of the bad guy.

I might be hated by Seo Ga-eul now, but that’s how kidnappers and hostages were meant to be, right?

And personally, there was something else I wanted to do.

“I’m trying to make some rat poison. Poison that’ll kill you the moment you eat it. But you won’t be able to avoid it. “This has to be the photo in tomorrow’s paper, so strike a nice pose for me.”

Ding-!

I lifted my phone and began recording a video.

The venom in Seo Ga-eul’s eyes only intensified.

“Yaaah! Han Nam-jin, you fucking b*stard!!!!”

“Guess I can’t use this audio.”