Chapter 37 (Please Teach Me Tutor)
Episode 37: You and I should pay separately.
<Kim Si-woo’s POV>
It was an abandoned factory that I had seen countless times in movies.
It was a very cliché place that gangsters frequent.
“I guess I should say it’s an honor to choose a place like this.”
The factory, which once produced goods with passion, seemed to have long since ceased operation due to the Gate incident.
As I opened the iron door, the first thing I saw was a man with a sharp look.
A man in a suit with his hair neatly tied up with pomade greeted me while tidying up his oily hair. He
was neater than I expected.
However, his eyes, slitted like a wild cat, made it seem like he was not a normal businessman.
But except for the one who seemed to be the leader, they looked like typical gangsters: rough-looking, tattooed, muscular men.
‘They’re E-class hunters.’
Those who are not yet awakened and cannot enter dungeons. However, they have greater strength than ordinary people and often end up as back alley thugs.
‘Those kinds of guys would get together and become villains.’
Eight E-class hunters and one D-class hunter.
It must have been a scary opponent for Yu Ah-ra, who was still only a first-year cadet.
After all, Yu Ah-ra was still lacking in actual combat experience.
However, it wasn’t a difficult opponent for me.
The problem is I have a hostage.
I saw Yu Ah-ra tied to a chair.
“Ugh! Ugh!!”
As soon as Yu Ah-ra saw me, she started struggling and screaming. Ignoring her desperate pleas for help, she approached the loan shark.
“What’s your name?”
“It’s Gu Jeong-moo. He’s running a sound financial business in the Pyeongtaek area.”
Gu Jeong-moo took out a business card from his bosom and handed it over.
– Tomorrow’s finances.
– Old government.
As expected, it was a major company.
“What about the results?”
“Well, let me just say that I make enough money to keep my employees from going hungry.”
Gu Jeong-moo, who was looking at me with a big smile, asked.
“But are you really serious?”
“What?”
“This woman. She’s going to be sold to another guild.”
“Are you trying to test me again? You don’t believe me even though you called the buyer youself to confirm it? I don’t think there’s any need to say it out loud anymore.”
“Ahem, sorry about that. This is just a process to build mutual confidence. Let’s get to the point. Business. What exactly is your plan?”
The cat’s eyes shining as it looked at me.
“It’s simple. I train kids who have difficulty performing formally, sell them to famous guilds, and receive a commission for it. The higher the score, the more money I can receive.”
“Hmm, it seems like you’re planning to do it alone, so why did you tell me?”
“Of course, because you guys took my product. I hate it when my products get scratched.”
“Marketability is important.”
“You wouldn’t have done anything useless, right?”
I said as I looked at Yu Ah-ra.
There were tears in her eyes.
Betrayal, anger, despair, emptiness.
A multitude of emotions were contained in those two bright eyes.
“Eeeeek!!!!”
A color came to Gu Jeong-moo’s face when he saw Yu Ah-ra glaring at him with hate. It was because it was pure anger that could not be seen through acting.
“Of course. We are also people who know the law. We have no intention of harming the precious goods. We also have something to gain.”
“That’s right.”
“Yes.”
“Can I check it out first?”
“Yes. Do as you wish.”
Gu Jeong-moo seemed to have dispelled his doubts at Yu Ah-ra’s reaction and obediently gave up his position next to Yu Ah-ra.
“By the way, you’re also quite the devil. If you’re reacting like that, then you must have trusted me quite a bit.”
I listened to what he said with one ear and let it go out the other.
Let’s rub Yu Ah-ra’s body.
“Eungeup!!!”
Yu Ah-ra refused with a frown. It was a different reaction than before. It was the voice of a woman who was overcome with betrayal.
[Yu Ah-ra]
[Status Abnormality: Anger]
There was no mention of any special magic or poisoning.
However, there were blue bruises all over his body, perhaps from being dragged in and beaten.
‘You little shits.’
Yu Ah-ra was a student I had raised with great care. There was no way a teacher would like to see a student like that.
I tried to remain as calm as possible and checked to see if a curse had been placed on her.
‘That’s fortunate.’
Contrary to my worries, Yu Ah-ra’s body was clean.
“It’s definitely clean.”
“Of course. The most important thing in finance is trust. We would never do something as foolish as touching a product.”
“Thank you.”
“Haha, thank you is enough. Let’s have a drink later… What are you doing?”
After confirming Yu Ah-ra’s safety, I knocked down the two large men standing next to Gu Jeongmu.
There were nine of them.
Now that the hostages are safe, all that’s left is to take them down.
“Ugh!”
“Ugh!”
One attack is enough to take down an E-class hunter.
You don’t even need to use mana.
Fight without leaving a trace.
That was the key to this rescue.
Five more E-rank Hunters were taken down with a simple chain attack.
“Ugh.”
The guy in front of me broke his jaw with one punch. He’ll have to give up eating alone for the rest of his life.
“Kwaaaaak!”
Another guy had both shoulders shattered to the bone. I won’t look at anything like that again. Another
guy had his pelvis shattered.
“Ugh, ugh! Hey, stop!!!”
I broke my ankles and wrists and severed my Achilles tendon.
Each and every one of them was thoroughly messed up. They were thoroughly made to prevent anyone from sticking their head out into this industry in the future.
“Hey, this son of bitch! Do you think you’ll get away with messing with us?”
Koo Jeong-moo took a step back in surprise. The typical threatening comment was creepy.
“You chose the wrong opponent.”
He broke the wrists of other terrified E-class hunters.
The party’s only D-class hunter ran away.
“Where are you going?”
“Ugh!”
“That Hunter kid was just throwing punches in the back alley. You should know shame.”
You are guilty of additional offense.
I hit the bastard in the jaw, broke his ankle, and tore the muscle.
“Eww!”
It was such a painful task that a guy who had been knocked unconscious after being hit in the chin woke up screaming.
After clearing out all the hunters, I approached the last remaining Gu Jeong-mu.
“Eek! This, this, this monster…….”
The guy, who had lost all strength in his legs and was sitting on the floor, hurriedly stepped back whenever I approached him.
A stinging smell of stinging blood is looking at me.
Gulp.
He was peeing.
“Aren’t you embarrassed, as a grown man, to pee outside?”
“You, you… You clearly wanted to do business, business together…”
“Yeah. Business. We were going to do it together, but I changed my mind.”
“What?”
“I think it would be better for me to meet Geom-seong alone.”
Sorry, Mr. Black.
Let me tell you my name.
“Lee, dogs, dogs!”
“If you bite one more time in your mouth, I will make it a body that can only be conversed with sign language.”
“…….”
“You said that the money to pay back was 155 million won?”
“…….”
“I thought still. I had the money to calculate separately with you, only you and me.”
“What is that…….”
“Just 30 million won for the prosecutor’s number for a telephone fee of 15 million won, and 2 million won for hitting them.
The price of a black phone number is only 30 million won. It’s almost like a steal. I was thinking of charging more for the phone, but that would be too much of a thief, so I just called it 15 million won.
“Where is that calculation method……”
“Are you dissatisfied?”
I pointed to the fallen hunters over there. Some of them were unconscious and trembling, unable to even scream.
“You don’t want to end up like that, do you?”
“Ugh…….”
I still remember the words that filthy bastard spat out. Those mosquito-like bastards who tried to squeeze out money by making excuses about ridiculous interest rates and service fees.
“If you add and subtract both sides, it’s exactly 50 million won.”
“This dog…”
“Didn’t I tell you? If you play with your mouth wrong, I’ll break it.”
“Ugh!”
He took out ten 50,000 won bills. That was the moment when 15 million won became 500,000 won.
“Take it. And give me the loan receipt.”
“This, this is…….”
“Didn’t you start it first?”
Gu Jeong-moo received 15 million won while shaking. Then he took the loan certificate Si-woo had been holding.
“Isn’t this the original? If you keep pretending to be fake, your business, your house, and your family will all disappear from this world.”
Gu Jeong-mu nodded, admitting defeat. His face turned pale.
Loan amount 50 million won.
Annual interest rate 120% compounded.
“Even though it’s 120% unscrupulous, this kid, he’s charging 45 million in interest for not even a year?”
“I’m sorry.”
Hurrruk!
I burned the loan certificate showing that Yu Ah-ra had borrowed 15 million won.
“Is this all that’s left between you and Ah-ra?”
“Yes, yes……”
“Stop whining about revenge for nothing, Miss Yu Ah-ra will soon be under the protection of the Black Swordsman.”
“……”
The guy clenched his fist.
Black Swordsman.
Master of the Twilight Guild, a mid-sized guild. In terms of sheer brute force, he was one of the top five hunters in the country. He was not someone a small local moneylender could dare to attack.
“Oh, and take it.”
“Huh?”
“It’s a hospital bill.”
I handed a ten-thousand-won note into the bastard’s hand.
“You should pay the price for treating our students like that.”
I twisted the wrist of Gu Jeong-mu, who was looking at me as if he didn’t understand English.
Wood crack!
“Kuaaaaah!!!”
“That won’t get better even with treatment. From now on, whenever you look at it, think back on today and reflect on it. Got it?”
“Ugh, ugh, ugh!!!”
Gu Jeong-mu could not overcome the pain and fainted.
I placed a ten thousand won note on each of the hunters’ chests and approached Yu Ah-ra.
She looked at me with a face that seemed to not understand.
Sizzle!
“Whoa!”
“Did you get caught by these guys without any warning?”
I untied the ropes that bound her entire body.
“Is it really true?”
“What?”
“You’re saying they’re selling me out to the guild.”
I glanced at the fainted Gu Jeong-mu and shook my head.
“Will you sell me?”
“T-then?”
“You are a valuable resource to our guild. I have no intention of handing you over. Unless you finish your contract and leave.”
“But I’m sure that Sword Master…”
“Yes. That old man will protect you. But that’s not because you joined their guild, but because you’re my disciple.”
“That… was it?”
“Yes. I’m sorry. I bluffed a bit because I thought you might have some kind of strange magic.”
I patted Yu Ah-ra’s head.
“Whoaaang!”
Then, Yu Ah-ra suddenly started crying.
“Why are you crying?”
“I, I thought you were really going to sell me out, sob, I misunderstood, hehe, I was really scared, ugh, you know. The only person I could trust was, huh, you were the only one. Aaaah!!!”
I had momentarily forgotten about the storm train-like appearance he showed at the Academy exam, but Yu Ah-ra was only 21 years old, a young adult who had just recently entered society.
She must have been very scared.
She must have been afraid.
“If I, if I don’t come, he’ll take mom and dad hostage. Sob, he said he’ll do something to me if I don’t come, and ugh, so I was caught instead and he sniffled, teacher, even teacher is like that…… sob.”
She cried so sadly that it felt like the world was going away. It was not that I didn’t think about how she felt, but…
“I’m sorry.”
“No. Thank you. Teacher, thanks to you… I survived. And you paid the money back for me. When I get a scholarship later, I’ll pay it all back.”
Yu Ah-ra, who had been crying with tears and snot running down her face, sniffled.
“Let’s talk about that later. First, wipe away your tears with this.”
I handed her a neatly folded handkerchief.
“Oh, thank you. Heh!”
“Are your parents okay?”
“Yes, I was caught under the condition that I wouldn’t touch them.”
“That’s good. Let’s go for now. We’ll talk about the details when we get back.”
“Dude, can’t we hurry up and go?”
“Why?”
Yu Ah-ra, who had been writhing with her legs crossed, bit her lip.
“Oh, I need to pee.”
Did your bladder loosen up because you were so relaxed?
“Why don’t you piss here?”
“Tch, the teacher just said. It’s embarrassing for a grown man to pee outside.”
“You already peed in front of me once…”
“Go, go! Hurry up! I think I’m really going to piss.”
“Okay. Let’s go.”
We returned to Yu Ah-ra’s house, leaving behind a gang of loan sharks who were no better than corpses.
***
“Thank you so much. Oh my gosh……. Thank you so much.”
I told Yu Ah-ra’s parents that I had reached an amicable agreement with the company and would pay off only the principal.
I also added that since I mentioned the name of the Twilight Guild, such a thing would not happen again.
“You can pay me back when you receive the scholarship from Yu Ah-ra.”
“Thank you so much. If only I knew what was really going on…”
“Mom, stop crying. It’s okay. I’m fine.”
Yu Ah-ra comforting her parents with swollen eyes.
It was a heartwarming family scene.
“Then while you’re here, why don’t you eat…?”
“No, it’s fine. I’ve had enough to eat. While I’m here, I’m thinking of giving Ah-ra a quick lesson. Can I use Ah-ra’s room?”
“It’s fine, but….”
“Ara, are you okay? You must have been very busy.”
Her parents asked with worried faces. They must have been worried since she had just been kidnapped.
“It’s okay. I’m ready to listen to your class whenever it’s yours. I got first place thanks to you, Siwoo!”
“So?”
I went up to her room after receiving thanks from Yu Ah-ra’s parents. I locked the door.
“Take off your clothes. I need to check your wounds.”
He gave orders to Yu Ah-ra.