Chapter 102 – The Girl in the Basement (2) + Artwork
“How have you been? If you send it somewhere else… ?”
Seeing Buckteeth walking away with a sigh, the man in the hoodie asked.
“Well, I did tell them that it will be sold tomorrow.”
“So what do you say?”
The bucktooth pounced on her mouth. It was a very displeased expression.
“What do you say? There was no response. I thought you would go wild with that temper.”
“Okay?”
Bucktooth shook her head.
“It’s been a year that I can’t understand at all. It makes me want to get something out of my head.”
“…”
“Anyway, I’ll take it tomorrow, so I know that and prepare.”
Having said that, Bucktooth left her seat.
Left alone, Nam let out a quiet sigh of her hood. In the end it happens again Bringing the women to this place was heavy on my heart, but taking them to another place was a formidable task.
And she was even disgusted with herself for being involved in such a thing. She didn’t even have the courage to step out of her now, and she hated herself for not having the courage to quit because she had nowhere to go.
*****
She was lying on her bed, staring at her ceiling with an expressionless face. She couldn’t tell what she was thinking just by looking at her, but there were many thoughts going through her head. I had already made a decision, but when I tried to execute it, I felt some hesitation. It wasn’t because I was afraid. I had a few thoughts that hadn’t been sorted out yet.
Smart.
Then a knock was heard and the iron door opened. She wondered if that madman had come to harass her again, but it was a hooded man who entered her. He put his lunch and a set of clothes on the table next to him.
‘Is it already dinner time…’
It occurred to her that she had been lost in thought for quite some time. She stopped the man in the hoodie who was about to leave without a word as usual.
“Excuse me. Would you like to talk to me for a second?”
“…?”
He turned around with a puzzled face.
“I won’t see you again tomorrow anyway, so let’s talk for a minute.”
He hesitated for a moment, then pulled a chair from the table and sat down next to it. It was embarrassing to talk, but it was also embarrassing not to. But he had the feeling that if he didn’t do it now, he would regret it later.
“What are you talking about?”
She said bluntly.
“I heard that I will be sold tomorrow, is that true? Is it all true that you will be sold to a wealthy family or will live as a sex slave for the rest of your life?”
“…”
It was all true, so I couldn’t answer. She looked at him averting her gaze and not answering, she said.
“Seeing you don’t answer, it looks like it’s real.”
He bowed his head.
“Hey. Why are you always dying like that? I’m the one who got caught. Why are you depressed?”
He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. She had a faint smile. Her tone was not sarcastic or blunt, more like a prank or joke to her friend.
This is the first time I’ve seen her smile. She was always depressed or angry. Other than that, his hat wriggled.
“And that clumsy hoodie and hat are always worn down. You have a handsome face, so why are you covering it up like that? You have to show that kind of face to make women happy.”
He was a little taken aback. Here he did not expect to hear these words. I always heard complaints and cries from women.
She said, lowering her voice slightly.
“And besides me, are there any other women who have been captured like this? There must be quite a few women who have already been sent elsewhere. Considering your scale, I think it will be quite a lot.”
She didn’t answer either, but looking at his expression, she guessed it was true.
“Do you know that I became like this because of you? After the death of my parents, I wanted to die, but somehow I lived like I was stubborn. I can’t even do that anymore.
He bowed his head again. There was no resentment in her tone. But when she saw the way she said those words indifferently, she realized that it rather stabbed her lungs.
“But why are you doing this? I don’t know about the other guys, but you don’t look like the kind of person who would do this.”
“Ha…”
A sigh came out of my mouth. She said, watching his expression.
“You seem to have circumstances, but if you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to.”
“…”
Her words were nonchalant yet thoughtful. In the end, he briefly talked about his circumstances. He realizes that he too has lost his parents. After that, he had no place to go, so he wandered and set foot here. He belatedly found out that it was illegal, but he couldn’t get his feet out of it, so he had no choice but to do this. He confided
I suddenly remembered what happened a year ago. Apparently, around this time last year, I had a similar conversation with a woman named Yumia, and I briefly talked about her circumstances.
How is she doing She was the most harassed woman he had ever seen. And even after she was taken elsewhere, she had heard rumors that she was being abused more severely than anyone else. She’s probably like this woman in front of me too…
It was her voice that awakened his brief thought.
“Yeah, it was too. You seemed to have such a situation.”
Her voice was wet and her eyes were filled with sympathy. For a moment! Do you sympathize with me? He felt an indescribable feeling.
“There must be something you can do more comfortably.”
“…”
Why are you talking like this Hoody Nam was confused. As I continued to talk with this woman, I felt like something was going to explode inside me.
“…I-I’ll go. I’m. Be sure to eat dinner, and I brought new clothes, so change…”
She smiled faintly and nodded her head. He went outside, trying to calm his pounding heart.
*****
She put on a more relaxed expression than before. She had no more distance, no more hesitation.
She went to the bathroom to wash herself and put on a new white dress. Then he climbed onto the bed and sat upright. She looked at the lunch box left behind in the hoodie. She was a little sorry, but she didn’t want to eat.
Still, she was fortunate that at the end she regained her humanity, albeit a little, and was able to talk to a humane person.
She grabbed a knife she had hidden under her pillow.
Hot liquid sprayed out. An unrecognizable picture was drawn on the white wall, as if it had been drawn randomly by a child. Red rose? Spilled wine? Someone I don’t know might have said that.
It was a scene that seemed to suit the expression that it was about to be burned, but on the contrary, the air in the room got colder and colder.
*****
Kudang-dang-dang-tang!
The man in the hoodie turned his head in the direction of the sudden commotion. On the other side of the hallway, I saw Bucktooth tumbling unseemly. But he immediately jumped up and ran again. It was the first time I had ever seen such a bewildered and desperate expression.
“Hey, are you okay? What happen?”
“Move! Don’t tell me!”
He darted to the room where the woman was confined.
‘That’s… Seriously?’
Feeling ominous, the hoodie left chased Bucktooth.
Crunchy!
The iron door opened. The bucktooth didn’t go in, and it froze as it opened the door.
“What’s wrong? What’s going on… Oh?!”
He could see the devastation unfolding over Bucktooth’s shoulder. The walls and white sheets were all stained red. It was immediately clear who the person responsible for the commotion was. The victim’s chest was also stained red. Her chest was still moving faintly up and down.
‘I’m still alive!’
He pushed his bucktooth and ran. And he grabbed her by the shoulder. His hands and arms were also smeared with bright red water, but he didn’t care.
“Okay, are you okay? Hey… ?”
Caught in his arms, she opened her eyes faintly. Her lips quivered. As if you have something to say. He brought it close to his ear. The lips moved with difficulty.
“What the hell is going on?!”
A man in a suit who ran late shouted. Bucktooth stammered.
“That, that, I was watching it through a surveillance camera, but there was no time to stop it…”
The man in the suit clenched his teeth. He tried to look as calm as possible, but his facial muscles couldn’t be stopped.
“What kind of lightning is this… But what is that?”
He found a piece of metal lying under the bed and picked it up. It was a small but sharp object.
“I stabbed myself with this. Damn it Where the hell did you get this from?”
It must have fallen from some structure in the basement. She must have found it by accident and hid it. It was a pity that she hadn’t noticed in advance. It was already spilled water.
Hooded Nam struggled to stop the bleeding somehow, but only his clothes were stained red.
The man in the suit said coldly as he watched her stop moving.
“It’s already too late. Stop now.”
But he didn’t move with his arms wrapped around her shoulders.
