Chapter 147 – Lee Junseo (Son) – I’M Her Master
* Lee Junseo (Son) – I’m Her Master (5)
I never intended to deal with the likes of you from the start.
You useless vermin of society.
Even if this rigged game of Go-Stop lands me in prison.
I can just expose everything according to the scenario I’ve prepared…
‘It’ll be over soon. I’m going to dismantle this village that exploits women and turns them into sex slaves with my own hands. No matter what, they’re still a sex crime group, so after the broadcast, they’ll start pointing fingers at each other. The political landscape of this country tends to be divided by political colors, but it’s obvious that it’ll become even more of a mess than that…’
It wasn’t a losing battle from the start. They hold a tight grip on this country, reaching into the prosecution and the judiciary, but they don’t have complete control. The biggest factor was that they couldn’t forcefully stop the media from broadcasting.
‘I almost died a few times during these two weeks… like when I tried to ram my car into that bastard to kill him… but my survival is my victory…’
I prepared for today by staying in places with as many people as possible, either with the women’s solidarity group, who are completely on my side, or at the hospital. Even then, there were retaliations, just like what I did to Junseo’s father, but most of them failed. I didn’t put in that much effort to get to this point today, so this outcome is somewhat anticlimactic.
‘What are you going to do now? You’re not the only ones watching. Are you going to kill all the women in the gallery here and shut me up? That’s not it, is it? It’s not a realistic solution. From the moment I survived for two weeks and stepped into this courtroom, my victory was confirmed… No matter what the outcome of this trial is, all I have to do is finish it with the live broadcast I prepared in advance…’
I even predicted that I might die here in the worst-case scenario. But if that happens, it’s obvious how the women in the audience here will talk about it outside. It will combine with the outside broadcasting companies and create an unbelievable synergy.
‘If they try to kill me without a cause, that’s the end of it. But they can’t just leave me alone, so they’ll have to do something.’
Joo Yeonmi, not letting her guard down until the very end, wondering what method they’ll use. She’s smiling like a fox, but her insides are burning. She’s been acting out this rigged game of Go-Stop as if she has no intention of letting her guard down until the very last moment.
And, slowly, Junseo stands up.
Their eyes meet.
‘It’s the first time we’ve faced each other directly. He’s the spitting image of his father.’
I thought it would be impossible to have a private conversation. This would be the first and last contact. So, even though the situation was turning bad, I was still relaxed, but surprisingly, the other side had no intention of hiding that this trial was rigged.
“Mr. Lee Junseo.”
“Just a moment.”
“?”
Is he going to do something?
Or is he up to something else?
When Junseo holds up his palm and signals for silence, the lawyer and the court all shut their mouths. Anyone with common sense would understand how unusual and rude this situation is. It’s a rudeness that’s only possible because they’re the ones who prepared this rigged game. The audience on Joo Yeonmi’s side murmurs, but Junseo doesn’t budge.
“Hello, Ms. Joo Yeonmi.”
“Yes, Mr. Lee Junseo.”
Joo Yeonmi, wondering if he was really going to cross the line, filled her smile with tension, but his tone was surprisingly calm.
“Don’t you have anything to say to me?”
“About what?”
“About kidnapping my sister and exposing her tattoos all over the country, or about making me out to be a piece of trash who raped my sister and turned her into a sex slave, or about all the other slanders?”
It was scary that he got straight to the point after a simple greeting, but it wasn’t a problematic statement for me.
Isn’t this a chance?
If I plant the seeds beforehand, I can gain sympathy from the women after the trial and ignite a new spark.
“Oh my, considering what your father did to me, this is nothing.”
“What kind of relationship do you have with that man?”
“It’s a bit hard to explain in detail. Let’s just say I was forced.”
“Ha.”
Whether that scoff was a sneer at his father or a reaction to Joo Yeonmi planting seeds to screw over Junseo and his people even in this situation, he laughs with the same dumbfounded attitude.
“If you hadn’t done all this, I think we could have gotten along well if you had just talked to me normally.”
“No, let’s not talk about that. Isn’t it abnormal to have sex with your own sister and treat her like a sex slave?”
“What do you mean?”
He smirks.
Normally, such a thing, such an argument, could never happen in a place like this.
But since the other side started it, Joo Yeonmi seized this chance and revealed her malicious nature towards Junseo.
“Are you trying to play dumb? You just confessed it yourself.”
“No, I mean, is there even a problem with that?”
“Huh?”
But Joo Yeonmi didn’t know.
What this family-loving madman was thinking.
“I know very well what you want me to say. Then, may I say it as you wish, Ms. Joo Yeonmi?”
‘What is it?’
The atmosphere becomes agitated. It’s going in a bad direction. This wasn’t the reaction the village side wanted either, and someone was about to stand up, but the people around them stopped them, and Junseo happily opens his mouth.
“As you said, Haeun is my woman, my sex slave, and my property.”
The courtroom buzzes.
But Joo Yeonmi initially smiled as if she liked it, but soon her expression soured.
‘Why is he suddenly doing this?’
An unfounded anxiety was fueled, saying that this situation wasn’t good.
“It’s also true that I put my name on the contract on my sister’s back, and we did crazy things together. I made her wear revealing clothes and embarrassed her, and to be blunt, I’ve even used violence a few times. But even then, we were banging each other like dogs because we liked it. My sister likes getting hit.”
“What did you say you did?”
“Like dogs, banging, hitting, and thrusting.”
‘…………’
The courtroom buzzes again at those words. Junseo’s grandmother, Sunok, was in disbelief, unable to stop saying, “What are you saying right now?” Especially the women Joo Yeonmi brought couldn’t understand the current situation. It was as if Junseo was confessing to the current situation, but the root was different.
‘What is this crazy bastard trying to say?!’
It didn’t make sense. This trial would be over soon. I was planning to go outside, announce the results of the trial, expose the village, and passionately explain why I was going to prison to incite the protesters. If I stayed still, everything would flow in my favor, but something was changing.
“Are you admitting that you raped your sister?!”
While Joo Yeonmi was contemplating how to respond to this sudden confession, her lawyer took the bait. They were on the verge of losing points, but the man’s side directly confessed. He couldn’t miss this chance, so he spoke with his eyes rolled back, but Junseo shook his head.
“No, it was consensual, so why would that be rape? Rather, I came out here to ask you about that. I put my name on her back and treated her like an object, used my fists and committed violence, and family members put their dicks in each other’s pussies, but it was all consensual, so I’m curious why you’re all making a fuss. Why did you expose my sister’s back and make her out to be a pitiful woman?”
“Logically, she is a pitiful person. You made that woman pitiful.”
“No, absolutely not.”
Junseo immediately denies it. The court, sensing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, makes eye contact with Madam. The court, having made eye contact with Sunok, was about to end this conversation, but Junseo exploded faster than that.
Thump, thump, thump…
‘…?!’
Joo Yeonmi, who already thought this wasn’t good, was the first to see it.
From his pocket, a clattering sound…
A blunt weapon of a suitable size popped out.
‘Why do you have that?!’
I should have been happy that the thing I was worried about was happening, but the person who was going to use it was different. Junseo, the young master of the village, was holding it, when someone in the audience should have been, so this situation didn’t make sense.
Even though he was the one who started this.
Even though he was the one who touched Junseo’s woman.
Even though he was the one who exposed Haeun’s flaws to the whole country.
I ended up thinking, “Why are you so angry over such a small thing?”
“You shouldn’t be doing this!”
It was a question that Joo Yeonmi, the instigator of this incident, should never have asked. I should have screamed right away, but I was momentarily speechless, and the lawyer seemed to not understand what he had seen, so his reaction was a beat late.
“You’re the one who made our sister pitiful!!!!”
‘I’m screwed.’
When I came to my senses, the man’s weapon was right in front of my eyes.
The men guarding the courtroom rushed over belatedly, but it was already too late.
And I realize what part of my body he’s aiming for.
‘This little bastard isn’t trying to kill me~?!’
The last thing I saw was Junseo’s sneer.
And then my scream.
