"Hey, move out of the way!" Seongjin growled, walking down the halls and back out to the oak tree with his buddies, all banged up and angry.
Seongjin himself was seething, jaw clenched, and eyes wide and red. He looked genuinely ticked when his face was mostly covered and bandaged, while still controlling his expression, only showing subtle anger.
"You guys... look for any information about those two yesterday. We need to get even." he muttered low but his friends heard it clear and nodded.
"Damn! You already got beat up... by the Mok-ha Duo?" a voice suddenly interrupted, breaking the serious tension in the air.
Seongjin's gang glared at the person who the voice came from, "Who the fuck are you?" he asked as silently glared and stood face to face with the Kim.
Kim raised a brow and pushed his shades back, coughing a bit. "Oh! sorry for interrupting your... Vibe but I just was surprised by how strong Seongmok and Dongha are together." he says as he backed up a little.
"How'd you get here? You with them, huh?" Seongjin asked as he grabbed Kim by the blazer. Kim smiled awkwardly, raising his arms up trying to be clear that he doesn't want to escalate things "Yo! Calm down, I just accidentally voiced out my thoughts--"
*SWOOSH, POW-- BAM!
In a second, they exchanged attacks; Seongjin tried to throw a punch, but unfortunately he was too predictable for Kim, who easily rolled the punch off with his forearm before hammering his elbow down on Seongjin's arm and headbutt his face.
"Gaghk!..." Seongjin stumbled back to create distance however, Kim had quickly occupied the distance and got really close, ramming into Seongjin's chest hard. *WHAM!
His team followed suit and tried to attack Kim, but before any of their fists could even land, they fell down quickly. Like a wrecking ball, Kim positions himself, jumping a short distance from place to place, delivering blows to their torso.
*BAM! BAM! POW! ×4
Seongjin who was shakily standing up, looked at Kim with anger and confusion, *First it was those two now there's this guy as well, he hits like a fucking rhino! But he's the same size as I am!* with a roar he lunged and managed get his hit through.
Staggering back a little Kim smirked through the pain as he jumped forward and returned the hit with a full force knee kick to Seongjin's face. *FWOOSH-- CRACK!
The blow was brutal since it knocked Seongjin back, making him fall hard on the ground.
"Hah... Yo, Seongjin." he muttered as he crouched and slightly lifts Seongjin by the hair to look at, "You answer to me now." he says but the only reply he got was a bloody spit on the face. "Sigh... You're making this harder for yourself."
*SMACK! ×7
Kim kept slapping him very hard, the sound was the only noise on the rooftop. The rest of the cannon fodders? Discouraged and afraid of moving or even thinking to fight. And Seongjin? His face was all red and bloody, his bandages and patches falling off and painted red.
*That should be enough for them to understand.* "I'm Young-Jae Kim, remember that name. I'll be taking care of things from here on." he spoke with in a confident tone, but now everyone knows that it's not baseless.
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[Kim's Pov]
You might be wondering, what's the plan here? Truthfully, there was barely any.
My goal was to simply announce my presence and become someone infamous in an influential environment, earning a title aside from just being "that guy" from Yongsan.
However, things had changed drastically. The Mok-ha duo had already begun their journey, which was bad news for me since this just messes up with my timeline knowledge.
*I thought that this event occurred after the fall of Manwol Squad 2?! But why is it that Manwol squad 2 is still up and running? Don't tell me that this is an AU! I can't handle thinking about multiple possibilities!*
(A/N: Don't worry, it not.)
My brain was a mush and I need to cool down, luckily I had gone to the cafeteria earlier to buy myself some banana milk. And oh boy, does it taste good! This might be a favorite from now on. Anyways, I'm getting side tracked.
Closing my eyes, I hummed slightly, feeling the breeze through the windows. The classroom was quiet, or more like my classmates didn't want to disturb me, some of them were clearly having cold sweat.
"I understand..." they're probably afraid of getting targeted by new guy running the school. But I will admit that I am not all that interested in ruling, I just wanted to be a known big player in the rankings.
My initial plan was to throw hands against the Seongjin Gang and become a little famous but unfortunately, with the Mok-ha duo already beating them, the only way to get an even better achievement and recognition was to fully conquer the school in just a day, through fear.
A great example was on how I focused on beating the shit out of Seongjin without making my indifferent expression and small smirk falter.
So in short, I went around and beat up the strongest guy from a couple of selected classrooms.
Following the same principles of, "Hey! Which of you losers is the strongest?" if one stood up and glared at me with a cocky or irritated look, I immediately sprint and tackled them on the floor, slamming them down before hammering them with my fists.
Although, there were some that came in groups, I focused on the biggest or meanest looking ones, I simply neutralized the rest from attacking for a short amount of time, which was all I needed to show them what real fear is.
Yes, I still got hit a couple of times but I just acted like it didn't affect me, portraying an image of someone who's strong in a sense of power. *It's like saying, 'You're not worth it'.*
Though I still got injured, maybe a sprained my ankle again, a few more bruises, and also some slightl dislocation of my left arm.
Yes, I have to now wear an arm sling for the day. I know that I had promised myself that I should take a breather from fights but it was necessary for me to fight today.
*I'm laying groundwork for my story. If my reputation was built with just rumors back then, now they'll know I'm of some worth* I chuckled to my self but stopped because it hurts to laugh when you have an aching side.
Which brings me to my next problem my fighting technique. Even though I've managed to win many fights— it doesn't really matter, because I still end up being injured as well and sore.
The amount of patches that I bought for the past few days is sure enough to fill a duffle bag.
So I promted for a four way solution; learning how to bluff, intimidate, make a balance training, and create a way to fight without putting strain on my body too much.
"This is going to suck..."
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[3rd Person's Pov]
2 days later.
Seongmok was sprawled on the ground, unconscious and wheezing to breath through all the blood.
"That's what you get for trying to take us on again, alone." Seongjin huffed as he and his crew left the big guy on the ground. "With you done, all that's left to save my face is to beat Dongha up. Finally I'll go after that person... and take my spot back as the top dog of Doshin Middle School." he paused before the last part, he could still felt pain on his cheek.
After a while, Dongha soon found Seongmok and carried him to the hospital to get helped, "Man, I told you not to go all by yourself. You got your ass handed to you, do you know how hard it was for me to carry you here?" he muttered in irritation as he hands him a can of cola.
Seongmok just looked down at his fists before facing him, "Seongjin mentioned... Someone else that he's after." he murmurs in his ragged voice.
"Eh? Someone else, did he got stomped again?" Dongha asked with a perplexed look on his face, his smirk falling.
Seongmok just responded with a nod and a grunt, he had looked serious for a bit.
Theroom fell silent for a bit before Dongha trembled with a giggle, "Hahaha! That mf got it coming... But how come we've never heard of this person before?" he pondered for a bit, "Looks like I have to beat someone up for some info." he murmured before taking a full gulp of his drink.
"This could lead to something fun! Don't you think?" he exclaims, looking at Seongmok who just sighed and nods slightly.
"Kekekek... This is why we're best pals!" he grins widely. With Dongha's unsettling, big smile and Seongmok's determined face, they decided to see this loose plan through.
Meanwhile, the infamous Demon of Yongsan continues his work as the myth of Yongsan.
*SWOOSH-- BAM! BAM! POW!
*I still think that's still too much effort and strain on my body...* currently he was experimenting while doing his job of guarding the Yongsan from the reach of the grubby hands of small crews who were trying to take a piece for themselves.
Kim just sighed as he saw the last of them standing up and trembling as they raised their fists, "Why?... We... just... wanted a hangout spot!" the guy growled as he ran to tackle him.
"Sorry..." *FWISH-- CHIK! "... But my current boss just wanted his own territory clear of anyone but his friends." he says as he reaches out and pokes the oncoming guy by the eyes.
"AAHH!!" the punk pulls back from his charge, screamed from the pain and reached to cover his eyes.
*POW!
Kim spartan-kicks him, making them fall and grovel on ground in pain, "That's just a sad sight..." he pulls out his phone, took a picture, added a location tag and send it to Phillip,
"... The pay should be... Maybe 150,000 won for these guys." he muttered as he glanced at the amount of guys he beated up, all scattered with groaning in pain, confused, wheezing as they roll around slightly.
He had gotten better, he wasn't even using KFM most of the time, he had opted to use an underhanded method of fast, confusing light hits, surprise attacks, use of enemy blind spots, and utilizing different things to help him with the fight.
*Doing things like this may leave a bad reputation but it sure as hell is very effective. Another thing think about... Phillip has been paying me less and less for keeping other punks from settling in Yongsan, soon he'll try to bait me with money. I have to make it clear that I'm not his personal mutt.*
As he was walking away from the mess he left in the parking, he received a call, so he picked it up.
Phillip: "Yo! Jagka, or should I say Young-Jae."
Kim: "What is it?"
"Always straight to the point, huh? Well I guess it is a part of your profession in this side hustle, Heh. Anyways, are you interested for some quick big cash, of course it requires your skills as an infamous fighter." Just from listening to Phillip's satisfied tone, he knew the intentions.
*This was something he had planned.* but he didn't refuse that he's a little curious, "Maybe... Who's hiring?"
"Keke... I knew you were crazy about money but this is in a whole other level, but seriously speaking the Union— the ground I'm in, is looking for some people to handle something." he heard him pause from the other side of the phone, *This bastard is really taking his time, I'm not just his mutt! But damn it... I can't refuse right now, I need the money!*
After a long moment of scaling pros and cons, he just sighed and answered "What's the job about?"
Phillip: "It's nothing big, just accompany someone to Daehyon, and do your magic of being intimidating and imposing... The big man of the Union says he just needs someone to test out, so he asked me to get one of my connections, luckily the pay is 300,000 won--"
"Tell them I'll do it!"