020 – Abduction, Furious Waves Crash Against the Cliff #3
I bound Seugal’s arms and legs and tightly wrapped her whole body in a blanket.
Seugal sushi roll, complete!
Struggle-struggle-struggle.
The process wasn’t easy since Seugal was writhing around violently.
“Ugh! Ugh!”
But it was all in vain.
Because with my strength as an Awakened One, the weakened Seugal had no chance against me.
The physical ability gap between an unawakened person and an Awakened One is like the difference between a elementary school student and a high school student.
“Seugal, so the full moon really is your weakness.”
“…!”
Seugal, you’re mine!
With Seugal bundled up like sushi on my back, I leaped off the terrace of the office building.
Just before hitting the ground, I activated the conveniently acquired「Aerial Leap」, resetting my position and momentum, making the landing surprisingly easy.
The only thing left was to disappear into the darkness. Just as planned, I would sprint at full speed to the abandoned house next door where no one lived!
According to my investigation, there was a quite sturdy basement in the neighboring house, and there would be no better place to keep Seugal.
After arriving at the neighboring house’s basement, I laid Seugal down in that old, musty smelling place.
“…!”
Under the flickering light bulb, Seugal, tightly bound with tape, glared at me with red eyes. If looks could k*ll, I’d have died ten times over by now.
“Don’t hate me too much. I wanted to be gentlemanly too, but Autumn, you wouldn’t cooperate.”
Having captured and confined Seugal in a place no one knows about, a place only I know… It feels like a dream.
I really did it, Hanamjin!
“Autumn, I’ll untie your mouth first, but you have to stay still. I want to be friends with you. If you follow my words well, I’ll be an angel. If you don’t follow, I’ll be a demon.”
“….”
“Signal that you understand by nodding.”
Nod-nod.
Good. Is this what it feels like when hearts connect?
I really felt like we were connecting.
Creak.
I removed the tape from Seugal’s mouth. The moment I did, Seugal, like a carp, sprang up and bit my ankle.
Chomp!
“Aaaaagh! You b*tch!”
It really hurt so much! My ankle might break!
“Let go! Let go!”
Punch! Punch!
To save my leg, I had to hit Seugal’s head repeatedly, and having received the blows, Seugal lost strength and collapsed onto the floor.
“You b*stard! You pervert! Let me gooo!”
Even while bl**d was flowing from her mouth and nose, Seugal screamed like a madwoman the moment she saw me.
At that moment, I realized the absurdity of the request I had received from Seugal.
In fact, abduction was not the goal but the process.
The request Seugal gave me was not ‘abduction’ but ‘subjugation’.
Meaning, this was the real beginning.
“Aaaaaaaaah! Help me! Somebody, help meee!”
Seugal opened her bloodstained mouth and screamed wildly in all directions.
Very, very loudly. But I knew well that no one would hear her screams around here.
“Autumn, screaming ‘save me’ won’t help. And I’m the one saving you. You’ll thank me for it later.”
# # #
Drrrrp.
The alarm on my smartwatch went off.
7 a.m. Time to head to school.
Since the night before, I hadn’t slept at all, staying up in the basement of the neighboring house where I had confined Seugal.
I had tried to have a conversation with Seugal, discussing the future direction, but Seugal’s attitude was extremely uncooperative.
When she realized that screaming for help was useless, she completely shut her mouth, as if declaring, “I won’t say a single word to you.”
Usually, in such an abduction situation, one would cooperate out of fear, but Seugal didn’t.
She remained dignified without any signs of distress.
It felt like there was a giant, thick stick of pride beneath her pale skin that wouldn’t break.
Considering the current situation, her emotions should have been disturbed, showing something in my 《Emotion Sense》, but there was nothing.
What an incredibly resolute heart.
Is she made of iron?
Apparently, it would take some time to subjugate Seugal.
Can I succeed in subjugating Seugal, my client, to her satisfaction within the roughly one year we have until the world’s end? Will I be able to receive the reward of ‘softness’?
The future is the key.
Zzzzzt.
I tightly bound Seugal’s fists with black tape first.
Recalling how she had shown me her open palm in the bathroom yesterday and threatened me with “I’ll k*ll you if you come near!” — clearly, her power emanated from her palms, so I had to neutralize them.
Chaaarrk.
I also attached shackles and collars made of iron chains to her arms and legs.
This neighboring house was originally a livestock breeding facility for edible dogs, but after dog consumption was banned by government law, it had been left vacant.
Thanks to that, I had access to excellent chains and a sturdy basement for free.
“….”
Seugal didn’t utter a single word throughout the entire process.
What a tough girl.
“Do you want to escape? Try cultivating a new ability. Since you possess multiple abilities, you’re special, right? If you want to escape, you should train thoroughly. Try meditation and yoga.”
Perhaps Seugal could be the key to preventing the impending ‘destruction’ in the future. At least, Seugal herself, who entrusted me with the request, seemed to think so.
But anyway, I better hurry and get ready for school.
With Seagal’s disappearance last night, school and the world would surely be in an uproar today, right?
On a day like this, if I were to arrive late, I might end up as a suspect.
“I will leave you a couple of soda bottles. Drink if you’re thirsty. If you need to use the bathroom, manage it yourself somehow. I’ll clean it up later. Seagal, I have the confidence to accept all of you.”
“….”
After tidying up my appearance in this manner, I left for school.
I wasn’t late but also not particularly early, so there were already a few students seated in the classroom, but something immediately caught my eye.
It was my partner-in-crime, Bangdaengi.
Her head…
“Is that pink?”
How could human hair be pink?
You’re giving me quite a surprise this morning.
“Wh-whatever you’re looking at!”
Upon noticing my reaction, Bangdaengi, whose real name is Baek Yeoul, covered her head with both hands.
“What’s it taste like?”
“YAAAAH!”
She made such a loud noise.
Still, seeing Bangdaengi’s cheerful and energetic demeanor improved my mood a little. Honestly, abducting Seugal was a big gamble for me too, and it was hard to calm down from the excitement.
“So, nothing happened yesterday?”
Bangdaengi asked me.
Nothing happened, huh?
There was plenty.
“Nothing.”
“Really? I thought Prince Juhyun’s gang would definitely come bother you. Always be careful. They might unnecessarily provoke you. Speaking of which…”
Pausing hesitantly, Baek Yeoul continued hesitantly.
“Can I come over to your place today?”
“To my place?”
“Didn’t you say that in the group chat yesterday? There will be another practice session soon, so let’s come up with some strategies together…”
Did I say that in the chat yesterday? I was on an important mission last night, so I didn’t have time to check my phone.
Besides, coming over to my place today?
That won’t work. Because Seagal is next door.
If Seagal screams, it might be audible from my place.
“Looks like my place won’t work today.”
“Why?”
Why? Are you really that curious, Bangdaengi? At that moment, her gaze felt like a detective piercing through a case.
“Hey, Baek Yeoul, didn’t you get into an accident yesterday?”
A girl with yellow-dyed hair approached us. It was the same girl who had poured hot chocolate on me the other day.
“What’s with your hair? Are you unhappy with society?”
Sssh.
The upperclassman sister reached towards Baek Yeoul’s peculiar pink bowl cut.
“Don’t touch it!”
A ferocious raccoon-like growl erupted from Baek Yeoul. Surprised at her reaction, even I was taken aback, and the yellow-haired upperclassman took a step back, surprised as well.
Does Baek Yeoul have this much courage? However, the upperclassman simply laughed as if finding Baek Yeoul’s attitude amusing.
“What, where are you getting this attitude from? What happens if I touch?”
“Touch… and I’ll make you angry! Do you want to be unlucky all day? If I write your name with this red pen, your luck will be terrible all day!”
Zzzt.
Baek Yeoul raised a red pen to threaten the upperclassman.
In every way, all eyes were on us now.
「Name: Jin Kim
Condition: 《Anxiety and Anger》 – She feels disrespected by Baek Yeoul and wants to assert her dominance among women publicly.」
“Try me.”
Sshhhh.
The upperclassman roughly messed up Baek Yeoul’s pink bowl cut with her colorful nails. Within seconds, Baek Yeoul’s hairstyle was in shambles.
Not stopping there, the upperclassman even knocked the hand cream and pencil case off Baek Yeoul’s desk onto the floor.
Tink-tink-tink.
“What are you going to do now?”
“You! Just wait!”
Baek Yeoul retaliated by writing the upperclassman’s name with the red pen.
That was it. Nothing happened.
Where did Bangdaengi’s sudden confidence come from?
Had her sanity been contaminated by the hair dye?
Just then, something hit the window like it was breaking, and a baseball flew in, striking Kim Jin on the head.
Blud!
“Ow!”
Even as an Awakened One, Kim Jin didn’t sustain serious injuries from being hit by the baseball, but she lost her balance and stepped on the hand cream dropped on the floor.
“Whoa!”
She wobbled precariously and then fell over with a thud.
The problem was that Kim Jin’s short skirt rode up to reveal her white thighs and backside entirely.
How pure beneath such flashy appearances.
“What, what are you guys looking at?! Eyes down!”
Jin Kim hurriedly pulled down her skirt, glaring deathly at Baek Yeoul. But upon sensing something abnormal in Baek Yeoul’s gaze, she quickly turned her head and left her seat.
“Boring. Baek Yeoul, I’ll settle this with you later!”
That’s right. Even scary dogs should be avoided.
As the flustered Kim Jin with a red face left the classroom, Baek Yeoul, who had been growling ferociously until then, turned to me and said:
“Did you see that? Did you see that? I can apply my concept now! My 「Misfortune」 ability has reached level 2! I think I can somewhat control my misfortune now!”
Can Bangdaengi apply her concept?
I don’t know what happened yesterday, but it was impressive. Did the experience at the office building party cause a significant change in Bangdaengi’s mindset?
Drrrrk.
Just then, the door opened, and Captain Kang Chulmin entered the classroom.
“As you all know, something happened last night.”
Why does he say that as soon as he comes in?
It’s definitely about the Seugal abduction, no doubt.
“Hanamjin, why are you causing trouble outside the school?”
“Who, me?”
“I’m talking about the videos uploaded to Best Star. Don’t you know that students of Yeongsag High have an obligation to maintain decorum? Your punishment is 20 hours of school service.”
Best Star?
Ah, he’s talking about the incident where I had Samajun grab his private part and accidentally saw the model girl’s panties.
20 hours of service for such a minor thing?
This is absurd! Still, it’s fortunate that I wasn’t caught for the Seugal abduction.
With that in mind, after school.
I was worried about the Seugal I had left behind and couldn’t concentrate on anything today. I feel like I understand why newlywed husbands want to leave work early.
‘For a daughter of a world-class conglomerate who’s been abducted, the world sure is quiet.’
No one is talking about Seugal’s disappearance or abduction, which is strange.
“Namjin, is this really you?”
“This video is crazy!”
Everyone is only interested in the trivial videos from the office building party.
The day passed as if nothing had happened.
No matter what, I wanted to check on Seugal first, but unfortunately, I had to serve 20 hours of school service as punishment for causing trouble.
Cleaning school trash.
However, I unexpectedly met someone during the service.
“Isn’t that Bo Reum?”
“Yeorum.”
“Did you also cause trouble? I didn’t know you had to do school service.”
“I’m doing this voluntarily.”
Yu Yeorum, who gave me the golden tip that contributed greatly to Seugal’s abduction.
The class president of Class F and a prodigy of the generation. Meeting a benefactor in the place of misfortune and good fortune is one letter difference.
Let’s ask Yeorum something since she’s in the same F class as Seugal.
What happened in F class today?
“Yeorum, let me ask you one thing. How was Seugal at school today?”
“Seugal? I heard she took a rest because she was sick.”
She took a rest?
Not abducted?
