Things That Deserve To Die - Chapter 16

TW: Child Trafficking

He followed Kang Seok-joo to a prefabricated building in the middle of Seoul the next day. From the outside, the three-story building appeared to be an ordinary studio, but once inside, it was nothing less of a hideout. If there was anything else, there were glass partitions everywhere, and both men and women entered the partitions wearing only underwear.

He was hoping for a nude show. He remembered the incense burner and crown he saw the other day in Kang Il-hyun’s basement. He stored it in a glass coffin since it was valuable. Champagne and snacks were placed further away from the glass partition, which was rolled over by drugs and syringes.

Most of them seemed to have lost their minds because of alcohol and drugs. With a glass of wine in hand, Kang Seok-joo walked past the barrier and came to a halt in front of a man while chuckling. Kang Seok-Joo extended his forearm toward Ja-kyung after noticing the outline of his genitals protruding above his underpants.

“Yi An. Come here. This bastard is fucking big. Damn, are you sure you’re Korean?”

After becoming drunk and taking drugs, his tongue appeared to be twisted. This time, Kang Seok-joo, who had passed the man, stood in front of a woman. The woman licked the glass with her tongue and pushed her chest on it. Outside the glass, Seok-joo took a cigarette from his mouth and licked the woman’s breasts from outside the glass.

With the glass between them, long tongues extending like snakes scraped against each other. The glass was soaked in saliva after several licks. After that, she inserted her finger into her mouth, moistened it with saliva, tucked it under her lace panties, and rubbed her pussy.

Seeing this, Kang Seok-Joo looked back at Ja-kyung with a recalled face as if he felt that his patience was limited.

“Wow, fuck you. I’m so fucking bummed right now.”

“… ”

“What about you? If you like her, I’ll give her to you. Or three of us can do it.”

“I will decline.”

“Then I’ll be back for a while, so will you wait here?”

Kang Seok-joo immediately turned around and called someone when Ja-kyung nodded. A man approached them from a short distance. It was a man with tattoos all over his face and piercings on his ears and nose, with his hair swept to the side and tied in above.

The glass door opened as soon as Seok-joo whispered to him, and a woman in her lingerie and high heels walked out, crossing Seok-joo’s arms. The man who took the woman out earlier comes in and talked to Ja-kyung as he watched them disappear upstairs.

“I heard you’re Seok-joo’s friend. Don’t you have a girl you like? Don’t worry, the price will be paid by Seok-joo.”

“No… It’s okay.”

“Or is it something different?”

The man pointed his hand at the man in the glass next to him. Muscular man rubbing his nipples with his thumbs and licking his lower lip. Even that was not enough, he even winks at Ja-kyung. Ja-kyung smiled bitterly.

“No.”

“Or a child?”

When he didn’t answer, the man whispered secretly into Ja-kyung’s ear.

“Just say it. There are children who are just over 10 years old.”

Ja-kyung fixed his gaze on the man. The man was hoping for a favorable answer from Ja-kyung. The man’s face went disappointed as Ja-kyung shook his head, and the man then told him to think about it some more before moving on. Drunk folks from all over the place were making their way upstairs, after selecting a partner they liked.

He walked between them, exited, and took a look around. The gate was securely shut, but it was evident that Kang Il-hyun had dispatched a guard outside. Kang Il-hyun asked someone to keep an eye on him to make sure he didn’t go insane after what happened the day before yesterday.

The same car followed Kang Seok-joo the entire trip, but he was completely unaware of it. Either he was unaware or he didn’t care. After a brief moment of thought, Ja-kyung returned inside and took someone’s jacket and baseball cap off the sofa.

Then he turned around the building and went to the back wall. He climbed up the wall about chest height at once and looked around. A narrow lane existed, but no one was passing through or watching. He jumped off the wall and landed.

He lowered his body and walked into the alley, there was a surveillance car a short distance away. He sneaked through the cars and escaped without being spotted by them. Walking down the alley, Ja-kyung bought a mask, put it on, and took a taxi.

Then he handed the taxi driver a note with his address on it. The taxi driver checked the memo and waved his hand as he looked back at Ja-kyung.

“Hey, it’s too far. No. I can’t go.”

Ja-kyung took out several fifty thousand won bills from his wallet. As soon as he held it in his hand, the taxi that said he couldn’t go started the car immediately. The taxi driver kept glancing at Ja-kyung through the rearview mirror. It must have been strange to him that he covered his face and remain silent.

Seoul’s roads were crowded even late at night. After roughly an hour of driving, the car entered a narrow marketplace and went round and round. The neighborhood was densely populated with Chinese, and it was gloomy at night, with people arguing with drunken people around.

“I think it’s around here.”

As soon as the taxi driver finished speaking, an announcement message stating that he had arrived near his destination came out. When the car finally stopped, Ja-kyung exited, and the taxi driver drove away from the narrow marketplace without hesitation.

He used his phone to look up the location. Choi Ki-tae’s car with GPS arrived first at this location. He stayed for about 10 minutes before leaving, and because the alley was so difficult, the precise location was not given, but it was clearly this neighborhood.

Ja-kyung smoked a cigarette and started walking slowly. There were shabby restaurants everywhere. A car drew Ja-kyung’s attention as he walked around the alley. A man in a sleeveless shirt exited the market and walked over to the car, which was parked in front of it.

But the man’s face was familiar. There was nothing more to see. It was the guy who pointed the knife at Ja-kyung side in the alley last time. Ja-kyung tucked his hat into his ear and began following him.

The car stopped in front of the two-story house. Ja-kyung hid himself a little further down the alley. The man with a bald head was the first to enter the house, while the man with the sleeveless shirt remained in the car and was checking his phone.

The door on the second story of the multi-family house opened after a while, and voices could be heard. The kids swore as they down the stairs. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. There were seven children, both boys, and girls, ranging in age from ten to twenty years.

The sound of the cursing to go faster could be heard all the way up to where he was hiding. The sleeveless man who was waiting kicked a little boy who fell over in front of the gate. As the small body flies away from the kick, a girl behind him immediately raises the falling boy and supports him. Judging from her clothes, she appeared to be a child who Ja-kyung had met in the alley the night before.

The kids rushed into the car one by one, and the door abruptly shut behind them. The car began to slowly leave the house. Ja-kyung, who was leaning against the wall, sighed slightly. He tried to get a cigarette out of his pocket, but he gave up and run down the route he had just come.

Since he roughly memorized the road, he was able to predict where the car would go. He ran out onto a slightly broader road with all his might, but a black van appeared in the distance. Ja-kyung staggered in front of it and the car screeched to a halt.

The bald man opened the driver’s window and showed a grim face.

“What the fuck! Move!”

Ja-kyung stumbled over to the back door and pulled it open. The door opened revealing the children’s surprised expressions.

“Mister! Daerim-dong!”

The sleeveless man in the passenger seat flung the door open and got out as Ja-kyung climbed into the back seat with a clicking tongue sound. He reached out to grab Ja-kyung’s leg, and Ja-kyung slammed his foot into the man’s face. Ppak! With the sound of a broken nose, the man screamed and jumped backward.

Sensing the danger, Ja-kyung quickly jumped into the driver’s seat, changed gears, and stepped on the accelerator. The bald man, who was approaching through the back door, hurriedly clings to the door, but his hand slipped and he eventually fell to the ground.

Ja-kyung, who was driving, stopped around 50 meters away. Two men stumbled to their feet and ran after the car while screaming as if they were possessed by evil. Ja-kyung turned to face the kids in the back seat.

“Close the door.”

The kids were apprehensive because they were unsure what to do, but the girl he saw the day before closed the door. Ja-kyung switched to reverse gear. Hold on tight. The men’s distance progressively shrank as they approached. After around 10 meters, Ja-kyung slammed on the accelerator, and the car quickly backed up, slamming into the men who were running with no chance of escaping.

The car was also impacted, and the kids inside screamed. Ja-kyung checked the two men who had flown that far in the room mirror and apologized to the children with a frivolous face.

“I’m sorry. I’m a little bad at driving.”

He heard the car rattling and tearing apart as he reversed again. Both of the men were writhing and gripping their legs as he looked in the rearview mirror.

“The head is still attached.”

He was intending to stomp on it properly this time and crush their head, but people started turning on the lights and looking around. He could hear them shouting as they walked out of the restaurant. Ja-kyung, who was worried, clicked his tongue with a regretful expression. That was all for today. It’s no fun if he finished them from the start.

He drove out of the alley at a high speed after promising them the next time.