Chapter 99 – Senior (Yoo-Dong) – What The Hell Is This Guy Doing?
* Senior (Yoo-dong) – What the hell is this guy doing? (4)
With the jingle of the bell, I poked my head inside the bar, and what I saw was a tanned guy with brown skin standing proudly on the bar’s stage, singing loudly with almost naked women. He had his hand raised high, with his index and pinky fingers extended, shirtless, while the women fawned over him, adding chorus from the side. The atmosphere was completely heated.
“Tears are falling from sorrowwwwww~!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~!”
“It’s cowardlyyyyyyyy~!”
“Cowardly!”
“Don’t curse meeeeeee~!”
“Don’t curse!”
“Even if I wander the dirty back alleys~! You who embraced my wounddddd~! I was happy to have you by my sideeeee~! Like a candlllllleeee~!”
“Like a candle!”
“A short love!”
“A short love!”
“I tried to give my all without holding back~! The moment the sky turned its back on me~!”
“My spring days are goneeeee~!”
I was dumbfounded at the sight of him singing a song that seemed to be from decades ago. Even though he arrived earlier than me, he was already drunk. It was surprising to see him having so much fun, with bar girls on each side of his waist, and getting the old guys hyped up.
“……………”
“Ahem.”
“Shall we go inside…?”
“Yeah…”
While the older, burly men were clapping and singing along, we squeezed through them and went to where we were supposed to go. The women who were next to Yoo-dong, adding chorus, seemed to be in high spirits, and I didn’t feel the need to ruin the mood. We took a few people who greeted us and went to the inner seats. As soon as we sat down, the women working here swarmed around us.
“B-Boss~? You’re here~!”
“……………”
The VIP seats where we sat…
It was just a normal place.
The noisy people were outside, and all we did was go into an inner room. Under the flashy pink lights, there was a karaoke machine. On the long table that could seat dozens of people, there was an ice-filled bucket and expensive-looking liquor, as if they had been prepared in advance. But there was something missing, and I couldn’t shake off the feeling of emptiness. Our bald friend seemed to feel the same, as he showed the same unpleasant expression to the women as before.
“Didn’t I tell you to have everything ready?”
“W-Well…”
“I left it to the new girls… I didn’t expect them to still be like this…”
While listening to their conversation, I casually sat down and looked at the women. They were all trembling in fear of Jang Moon-sang. The clothes they were wearing looked like they were doing cosplay, exactly like what police officers wear. A female police officer among a gang of thugs, what kind of combination was this? But surprisingly, it suited them.
“I told you that an important guest was coming today, so why is there only liquor? Was my word a joke?”
“He, he was already drinking… He was drinking outside, so I thought we wouldn’t use this place…”
Smack!
“Aaaack?!”
In an instant.
I couldn’t believe my eyes.
‘Wow, look at the veins popping out on that bald guy’s forehead… Why is he so angry…’
He smashed a liquor bottle from the ice bucket on the head of the woman who was cosplaying as a police officer. I don’t know how angry he was to resort to violence first, but the women were trembling more than I was, who was taken aback.
“What about the person outside? I clearly told you to tidy up the room. Who’s the idiot who would just leave this place unattended just because the guy outside is drinking outside? Was my word a joke?”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… Please spare me…”
“And the person I was bringing isn’t that guy. The young master here is today’s VIP. I don’t know which crazy bitch left it to the newbies, but bring the idiot who neglected their work and tried to get away with it here right now.”
The atmosphere turned cold at those words. Moon-sang’s underlings, who were belatedly appearing in the room, seemed to have guessed what had happened from the atmosphere, and had faces that said, “Oh, he did it again.” It was as if this happened often, and they weren’t very surprised. If anything, they had a devilish smile.
“I…”
“Bring her.”
“I’ll take care of this… Kyaaak?! Ack! Ack! Aaaaaaaack!!!”
Before she could finish speaking, the next act of violence was unleashed. It was none other than Moon-sang’s underlings who ruthlessly struck the woman’s face hard enough to make a thudding sound. The bald man, with a disgusted look, grabbed my shoulder and led me to the inner seat. Even then, the woman’s screams didn’t stop. I could vividly hear the sound of her tumbling and rolling on the floor.
“Hey, you bitch. You’re embarrassing the boss in front of the young master, you crazy bitch. Hey, hey, hey, are you out of your mind, you bitch?”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!! I’m sorry!!! I’m sorry!!! Please spare me!!!! Aaaaaack!!!! Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!”
“Ugh, you fucking bitch, you’re so annoying. Everyone was having a good time, and you ruined it all at once.”
“Do you want your nose broken again? Lift your face, lift your face, lift your face, you slut. The boss told you to tidy up, but what the hell were you thinking, just leaving it unattended? You’ve been having too much fun lately, haven’t you? Should we take you back to the old days?”
“Hic! Hihic?! Aaaack! Kkeueueueueup?!”
“Oh, you’re bowing your head again? Lift it, you bitch.”
“Hic?!”
Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slaaaap!
“Keup?! Keuk! Ugh! Uheueueuk?! Ugh! Ack!”
The female police officer was slapped and rolled on the floor. One woman was beaten as an example, and the rest of the women remained frozen. They had their teeth clenched and their eyes closed as if they didn’t want to see something scary. Even though they were colleagues at the same workplace, they acted as if they were dealing with strangers. I guess they knew that if they defended their colleagues, they would get beaten too.
“Hmm.”
Jang Moon-sang’s reaction was calm, no matter what he thought of the scene. He poured liquor into a glass and placed it in front of me and himself. He didn’t care that the woman was being beaten, and he was even expressionless, as if it was normal here. I didn’t feel anything either. I didn’t think I needed to interfere in what they were doing, so I kept my mouth shut and drank the liquor that the bald man gave me. The alcohol hit my head as soon as it went down my throat, but it tasted surprisingly good. I felt like I was one of the bad guys in a movie.
“Hey, you punk. Have you forgotten who you are? You’ve been in charge of teaching the new girls for a while, so you’ve forgotten your place, haven’t you? This bitch, I let her live, and now she’s trying to climb on top of me?”
“Ugeuk?!”
While the two of us were enjoying the liquor, the actions over there were getting more violent. The woman rolled on the floor, probably from being kicked in the stomach. Then, they casually stepped on her face, grabbed her hair, and did all sorts of things, revealing their evil deeds.
Was it necessary to go that far?
They could have just let her go.
As a common citizen, I had such thoughts, but I didn’t want to get involved in other people’s business, so I decided to change the subject. I couldn’t just tell them to stop, so…
“Why is she getting beaten like that? Does she owe the bar money or something?”
“I told you that she’s one of the women that the young master’s father… Moon-san, gathered…?”
“Yeah.”
“They’re the women gathered for that purpose.”
How am I supposed to know if you say it like that? I couldn’t help but frown at the short and concise explanation. Then, as if to explain instead of the bald man, the underlings who were surrounding the woman raised their heads and smiled gently as usual. The difference between how they treated me and how they treated the woman was so extreme that I wanted to suspect them of having multiple personalities, but I soon closed my mouth at their explanation.
“These days, there are a lot of women with a strong sense of justice, you see. This place is a bar that was opened by picking out only the women from those kinds of people.”
“Then what about the clothes they’re wearing now?”
“They’re the clothes they wore at their previous jobs. The women wearing bodycon dresses are prostitutes assigned from other places, and the women wearing other clothes brought their clothes from their original jobs and are working here.”
“So… then, that means… the woman they’re beating now is…”
“You can see for yourself, can’t you?”
Are you saying that the woman they’re beating is really a female police officer?
Are the thugs taking female police officers and making them work as prostitutes right now?
Oh my god…
“Aren’t they running away?”
“Running away? Young master, you’re funny.”
“Hahahaha!”
“There’s no way!”
The men laughed and raised their palms.
“Hic!”
Then the female police officer cowered. She was trembling and begging, “Please don’t hit me,” which tickled the men’s sadistic desires. Her face was already dirty from being stepped on several times, and her cheeks were swollen, but she didn’t show any rebellious spirit.
‘What the hell happened…’
I stared blankly at her. As if they noticed my gaze, the underlings grabbed the female police officer’s hair with an energetic atmosphere, like, “We’ll show you something fun!” and put her body on the table. Then, her words and actions that were soon uttered… and on that body…
