DRS | Chapter 4 – Return of the Devil (4)

This incident with Park Mincheol.

In his previous life, Kim Hyunsung had been living in hell since this incident.

He was dragged away by Park Mincheol’s gang every day and beaten to a pulp. Even after school, he would be bullied for running errands for them in games, which kept him from being able to sleep. There was no other way to describe his life at that time, other than hell. Kim Hyunsung, who had somehow managed to hold on, made a decision that he couldn’t continue his studies like this.

He went to see his homeroom teacher.

He knew that it wasn’t the best solution, but he thought that right now, he needed the help of an adult.

However.

“So, something like that happened?”

Kim Youngchul’s reaction was indifferent.

He didn’t ask about Kim Hyunsung’s situation in detail, and just let the conversation flow as if he wasn’t interested. If it had ended there, Kim Hyunsung wouldn’t have resented his homeroom teacher. However, in response to Kim Hyunsung, who described his situation in a desperate voice, Kim Youngchul did something he shouldn’t have done if he wanted to solve the problem.

“Hey, Park Mincheol. Is what Hyunsung said true?”

“Come on, teacher. There’s no reason for me to bully a friend like that. I was just playing around, but I guess because I’m a bit bigger, Hyunsung thought of it as bullying.”

“You brat. Whatever it is, don’t bully your friends. There’s no reason for friends to fight with each other. The rest of you, do you understand?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, Sir! I will keep that in mind!”

Kim Youngchul, and the lackeys of Park Mincheol.

Although it was a serious matter that could affect Kim Hyunsung’s life, they laughed and chatted away playfully, wrapping up the issue while excluding the victim. As Kim Hyunsung left the teacher’s office, he couldn’t control his trembling hands. He knew what was going to happen next, and as expected, Park Mincheol showed a menacing expression as soon as he left the teachers’ office.

“Follow me.”

“You idiot. Do you think the problem will be solved if you tell the teacher?”

He was dragged away.

Kim Hyunsung, who was dragged to the incineration site known as the hangout spot for the bullies, was beaten mercilessly that day as punishment for telling on them to the homeroom teacher. Normally, they would have stopped the violence the moment the blood flowed, but even as his nose bled and his face swelled up, they continued to slap his cheeks and trip him to make him fall. As if they weren’t satisfied with that, they stomped on his face with their feet. Kim Hyunsung clenched his teeth, curled up his body, and stubbornly endured it all.

He felt wronged.

He felt resentful.

How did he end up in such a situation?

Since Kim Youngchul was a teacher, wasn’t it his role to truly resolve his students’ difficulties?

Thwack, thwack, thwack.

“I’m going to kill you today.”

That was when.

Kim Hyunsung, who had been struggling to hold on while covering his face, happened to glance at the window of the school building.

Beyond the window.

There was a familiar face.

That person was definitely Kim Youngchul, and the fact that his homeroom teacher had witnessed him being beaten like this made Kim Hyunsung so relieved that he wanted to scream in joy. Now, he wouldn’t brush it off as just a joke among friends. Now that he had witnessed clear evidence, Kim Youngchul, who was usually called the Bulldozer because of his strict mannerism, would definitely impose a strong punishment.

But at that moment.

Swoosh.

Kim Youngchul turned his head.

Even though he clearly witnessed it, Kim Youngchul disappeared into the building as if he had no connection to what was happening.

Kim Hyunsung couldn’t believe it.

He wanted to deny reality.

It was only later that he understood.

Kim Youngchul was a scumbag who took money from parents, and one of Park Mincheol’s gang members, Jung Minho’s parents, were the very source of Kim Youngcheol’s money supply. He had no intention of solving Kim Hyunsung’s problem from the beginning.

* * *

Kim Youngchul’s eyes trembled.

He looked around hurriedly, worried that other teachers might have heard what Kim Hyunsung had revealed.

Fortunately, there were no teachers watching this place.

Kim Youngchul let out a sigh of relief inwardly, and then glared at Kim Hyunsung with a twisted expression, as if he wanted to kill him.

“This brat, where did you get off talking such nonsense….”

“Teacher.”

The words were abruptly cut off.

Kim Hyunsung, who anticipated Kim Youngchul’s reaction, spoke in a calm and composed voice.

“From now on, when you speak to me, think carefully before you say anything. You were introduced to Jung Minho’s parents through a teacher who was your senior in college, right? And so, even before we enrolled in school, you were helping Jung Minho, and received bribes every month as compensation. And I also know that Teacher has been having an affair with the married English teacher, who already has three children. You guys have been using the M Motel as your meeting place often. Should I continue? You’ve really lived a filthy life, Teacher. Even if I’ve only revealed a fraction of your dirty secrets, stirring up all these issues will be enough to make your school life much harder from now on.”

Creek.

He leaned back in the chair.

Spitting out the blood that had pooled in his mouth, he looked up at Kim Youngchul, who wore a shocked expression.

“Don’t think that you can dismiss this as nonsense. Depending on how you react, Teacher, even if it means quitting this school, I can and will ruin your life.”

“……”

Kim Youngchul was at a loss for words.

He couldn’t know.

In his past life.

When Kim Hyunsung was in his senior year of high school, all of Kim Youngchul’s dirty secrets were revealed, and he was slapped across the face by his wife when she came to the school, before ultimately signing the divorce papers. As it turned out, Kim Youngchul’s wife came from a fairly wealthy family. All the assets that could be considered wealth belonged to his wife, so in his previous life, Kim Youngchul was extremely afraid of the truth about his affair being exposed.

Therefore.

This threat had no choice but to work.

His shaking eyes proved it, and after a brief silence, Kim Youngchul opened his mouth with difficulty.

“…What do you want me to do?”

He roughly figured out the situation.

Thinking that if he messed with Kim Hyunsung now, it could lead to serious consequences. Kim Youngchul, the Bulldozer, took a step back.

Kim Hyunsung laughed.

“The solution is simple. If you want to shut my mouth, just keep up the attitude you’ve had until now.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Continue to live like trash. Turn a blind eye to the students’ issues, and bury it even though you know it’s wrong. The only thing is that the target will change. From now on, you just have to do things for me. If you stop this from becoming an incident, regardless of the means and methods, I will never reveal your secrets until the day I graduate.”

Kim Hyunsung leaned.

He spoke to Kim Youngchul, who was worried that the other teachers might hear, in a slightly louder and more certain voice.

“Do you understand what I mean?”

* * *

Kim Hyunsung left the teacher’s office.

As he walked down the hallway, he recalled Kim Youngchul’s last words.

“…I’ll try my best.”

A face full of despair.

A voice forced out through gritted teeth.

Kim Youngchul knelt before reality.

Even though he was being threatened by a student, there was no way for him to resist. Kim Hyunsung had already proved his determination by sending Park Mincheol’s gang to the hospital. Knowing that provoking someone as ruthless as Kim Hyunsung would lead to mutual destruction, Kim Youngchul, who already had a stable reality, could do nothing but feel fear.

In his past life.

After the incident with Kim Youngchul, Kim Hyunsung tried to solve the problem, even if it meant doing so alone.

He confronted Park Mincheol’s gang head-on.

Even though he knew he couldn’t win the fight, he swung his fists and tried to escape the hellish reality.

That day was especially intense.

Kim Hyunsung knocked Park Mincheol down and broke Jung Minho’s nose, but he was thrown onto his back by Gang Changsuk, and ended up being carried to the hospital. It was clearly a two-way fault. Technically, this was an incident where the bullying of Park Mincheol’s gang should have been addressed, but the reality that awaited Kim Hyunsung after that day was incredibly harsh.

“Hyunsung started it first.”

“Does this make sense? My precious child’s nose was broken.”

“This incident cannot be overlooked.”

Park Mincheol’s gang, now claiming to be the victims.

And the involvement of the adults.

The situation completely reversed.

Kim Hyunsung, who had no parents, was in a position where he couldn’t do anything. His grandmother, who was a basic income recipient, couldn’t handle the loud voices of the well-dressed men and women draped in expensive brands. She bowed her head. Faced with the warning to crush Kim Hyunsung’s life, her strong-tempered grandmother had no choice but to lower her head.

The school violence committee was convened.

The result was Kim Hyunsung’s punishment.

While Park Mincheol’s gang continued their school life without any issues, Kim Hyunsung, who had become a shell of himself, reflected on it later.

What if.

If he could turn back time.

He realized that in order to get revenge on Park Mincheol’s gang, mere strength alone wouldn’t be enough.

He understood that only by completely resolving the adults’ interference could he carry out true revenge.

Kim Youngchul.

He was just the first card he had thought of in advance.

Arriving at his destination, Kim Hyunsung pushed aside the thoughts that were clouding his mind for the moment.

Right now, there was something he had to do first.

Creak.

Bang.

The door opened.

As the door to Class 8 swung open with force, the students inside the classroom stared at Kim Hyunsung with surprised eyes.

And among them.

“Jung Minho. Let’s finish what we were doing.”

Jung Minho, who was part of Park Mincheol’s gang, froze with a pale face.

* * *

Kim Hyunsung was called to the teachers’ office, but he is here now.

Jung Minho showed an angry expression, as if he had never been scared before.

“You son of a bitch, you’ve really gone crazy. I was thinking of tearing you to pieces as soon as you come back.”

Baang!

As soon as Kim Hyunsung entered the classroom, he kicked the desk.

His classmates couldn’t dare say anything to Jung Minho, who was expressing his anger.

Jung Minho understood what was going on.

If Kim Youngchul, who had a close relationship with his mother, was involved, he wouldn’t let Kim Hyunsung get away after he had turned his three friends into a bloody mess. At the very least, it would be expulsion. If Kim Hyunsung were expelled from the school, they would never have to meet again, and with that, there would be no reason to worry about dealing with him.

He was truly scared.

The problem was that his friends might have noticed his fear, so Jung Minho lost his temper.

“Ah, shit!”

Bang!

Crash!

He wrecked everything around him in a fit of rage.

With his actions of kicking the desks and overturning the chairs, the classroom, which had been noisy until just a moment ago, became quiet as if cold water had been poured over it. This was the situation Jung Minho was hoping for. He had to be a predator in this school. He absolutely could not tolerate his status falling to rock bottom just because of someone like Kim Hyunsung.

Thud.

He sat down on a chair.

Trying to suppress his anger.

At that time, he truly believed that if he saw Kim Hyunsung again, he could really smash him to pieces.

However.

Thud!

“Ugh.”

His head turned.

At the sight of Kim Hyunsung rushing at him, Jung Minho could not resist and ended up allowing the punches to land. The moment he saw Kim Hyunsung, his body instinctively froze. He was someone who was good at fighting, he should have reacted at least this much. However, when Kim Hyunsung returned after being dragged to the teachers’ office, he looked like the literal devil.

In front of his natural enemy.

He became like a mouse in front of a cat.

Jung Minho, who had fallen over, lifted his head and immediately saw a knee filling his vision.

Smack!

“Ugh.”

His vision spun.

From that point on, he couldn’t regain his senses.

His face helplessly followed as he was being slapped repeatedly on the cheek by Kim Hyunsung, his body helplessly sprawled on the floor.

Slap!

Slap, slap, slap!

Blood spurted out.

His face turned into a mess.

Jung Minho, who had been throwing a tantrum just now, was no longer there. At that moment, all he wanted was to scream for help while being beaten like a dog. Kim Hyunsung was really a crazy bastard. As Jung Minho struggled desperately to survive, he suddenly noticed a familiar face through the classroom window.

‘Bulldozer!’

It was Kim Youngchul.

Hope rose in his face for a moment.

If Kim Youngchul, who was receiving bribes from his mother, saw him getting beaten like this, he wouldn’t just stand by and watch.

However.

“… Damn it.”

Kim Youngchul’s expression twisted.

Even though their eyes met, he avoided looking at Jung Minho, as if he hadn’t seen him at all, and turned away.

At the same time, a despairing voice echoed in his ears.

“Don’t even think about expecting help. No one in this school will ever come to help you.”

Only then did he realize.

Something had gone terribly wrong.

As Kim Hyunsung’s palm filled his vision, Jung Minho squeezed his eyes shut.

Slap-!