Chapter 2
He rang the bell, and nothing happened. He waited one minute, but still there was nothing. When he thought that everything was just a bad joke from his friend and he wanted to turn around he heard a voice behind the door. “God damn son of a bitch. Who dares to disturb me? If you are one of Sung-mins members I will personally skin you. I have told you guys already to not disturb me. Fucking shit.”
The door opened, and an old man looked at him. “Who the fuck are you? I have never seen such an ugly pig around my house. Fuck off and let me rest or I crush your tiny little balls which don’t even have hairs on it. Ya hear me?” He had so much fear that he didn’t even dared to reply. Who was that big bald old man who was tattooed all over his body and had some scary scars on every inch of his body? Hiroki you bastard if I die here, I will haunt you for the rest of your life. He gulped once and then stuttered: “S-sorry sir to disturb yo-you, but a bastard called Hiroki ha-ad to-told me to come to th-this place to be-begin a new life.” He sweated, he even wasn’t sure if he had pissed in his pants. He never had felt so much danger from this old man than from any other person. The old man did firstly look uninterested but when he heard the name Hiroki his expression changed.
“You said Hiroki had sent you? Really, you don’t tell me shit right now, do you?” He thought he would collapse anytime soon, but he pulled himself together and replied: “Y-y-yes” “And what is your name kid?” “My name is Min-Soo sir.” Before he could do anything the old man punched him and dragged him inside. The last thing he felt was the pain from the punch, then everything turned black.
When he woke up, he sat on a chair. His hands were bound behind his back. The room he was in was black and dirty and he saw even some blood in one of the corners. There was only one lamp in the middle of the room and when he started to turn his head around, he saw a table and on the right side a steel door. Right when he wanted to cry and curse at the same time, he heard someone coming. He started to sweat rapidly. It must be the old man. Will he kill me or torture me?
The door opened and a man around 20 years old entered the room. Behind him was the old man. “Hello, who do we have here. I’m sorry for our behaviour before, but that were just some measure for safety. Hiroki indeed sent you here. Jin-ho set him free.” The young man called Jin-ho came to him and set him free, then he walked back to the side of the old man. Min-Soo was still unsure if he should be afraid or happy about the change in this situation. “I know you must be quite confused about us and what is happening now. Hiroki told us everything about you Min-Soo. You don’t need to fear us. We will help you to start a new life. You know I still owe this Hiroki a lot. So, why don’t we go upstairs. I have prepared some tea and something to eat for you.” He was relieved that the old man wasn’t angry anymore and now that the old man talked about food, he felt his hunger for the first time in a while. He was quite hungry. So, he nodded and followed him upstairs.
He entered a white and big room with a little table in the middle of it where some sandwiches and tea were prepared. He sat down and got some tea served. The old man nodded to him and said: “Just eat there is no poison in it.” He ate, or to be exact he tried to eat normally but his hunger was to big, so he just shoved the food into his mouth. While eating the old man observed him and then said: “I want to ask you, why do you want to come into this shadow world and what do you hope to find in it?” Min-Soo swallowed a big piece of the sandwich and then answered: “I am a loser and was bullied and beaten up every day. I want to end that life and start a new one. Even my own family had thrown me out. I have nowhere to go and don’t know what I should do now. So please take me in and help me.” The old man looked at him and started to think. “I see your situation and your problem, but if you decide to walk on this path then you can’t return halfway. No, you will walk the path until you are death. If you still want to take this path, then say just yes and I will help you to become another person.” He didn’t even think long and said: “Yes.” The old man started to smile and told him, that he should take a shower after this and then go to bed. Tomorrow would his training start. Jin-ho showed him around and then disappeared. This Jin-ho didn’t talk much and so he felt for the first time in his life lonely. After the shower he went to bed.
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Around 4 a.m. in the morning a sleepy Jin-ho went into Min-Soo’s room. He had bucket full of water with him and throwed it onto Min-Soo. Min-Soo was instantly awake and shocked. He was firstly unaware where he was but rapidly recognized his surroundings. He moaned and asked back: “What are you doing? It’s far too early to wake up!” Jin-ho just stared at him and then whispered: “Go down, to this old bone. Now!” Even tough Jin-ho whispered got Min-Soo chills, so he got up quickly and prepared himself before he went down. There the old man waited for him. He stared at Min-Soo and then said to him. “Sit down boy and listen to me.” He sat down and waited for more.
“First my name. I am called Jin-Tae and until your training isn’t finished you will call me master. Jin-ho is one of you teachers but not the only one. I will teach you about business, Jin-ho will teach you martial arts and later on another man will teach the rest. But up until now it will be just us free. We will train you and you will obey us for this period. Your training will be finished in two years from now and know this when you are finished then you will no longer be the old fragile and fat pig called Min-Soo. No, you will be called a gangster. What kind of gangster you will become, will the future show you?. Now eat up and then we will start our first business round.”
He ate what he could a listened to his master’s words. His master told him, that they worked as freelancers for everyone and they didn’t belong to any group or gang. They were protected by some mafia groups and so they were quite safe, and nobody dared to mess with them. After a while a sleepy Jin-ho joined them. He wanted to ask some questions about this so called “business” but Master said just to wait until the time was good. When he asked about Hiroki, he just got the answer that he was a friend of Master. The time went by and all of them finished eating breakfast. Then Master stood up and went out of the house followed by Min-Soo and Jin-ho. Master told him their destination. It was Cheongnyangni. He didn’t know why his master wanted to go there this early in the morning, but he accepted it. After they walked around the corner of their house was a black Mercedes parked. It was like typical a cliché for gangster to drive such a car. He hid his smile when they drove off with the car. After around 15 minutes they easily reached their destination. The place was like he had thought filled with hookers and their customers. There even some restaurant and bars which were still open. They parked the car in front of an old apartment and then walked the street up. His master turned around: “First rule in business. Money is the most important thing in your career as a gangster. Without money and power, you are just a worthless thug. So now I show you one of the incomes you get as a gangster.” He knocked on the door and waited a short moment. Then a beautiful woman opened the door, topless. For Min-Soo this was the first time for him to see a girl’s tits in real. He had just seen them in tv or in the internet. So, he felt like in heaven. The girl knew who his master was and let them come inside. The house inside was dark and the air was thick. From far away he heard someone fuck and that really turned him on, but his master slapped him hard said he should concentrate. While still rubbing his cheek, he entered a lighted room with and older women who was counting money. She had black skin and curled hair. She looked up and greeted them. “Hello Jin-Tae and Jin-ho and who is that?” Master sat down and replied: “That is Min-Soo my disciple. He will learn the business from me.” She nodded in the direction of Min-Soo and then started to talk to Master. “This night was successful. We have made around 12 million won.” Master nodded and asked back: “Any problems, incidents or other things your boss needs to know?” She hesitated and then replied: “Yes we have this old drunken man with the name Sung-ki. He always refuses to pay the girls and even hits them sometimes. With his actions he disturbs our business and drive our customers away.” Master hesitated and then nodded. He said: “we will handle that problem. We take the money with us and bring it to the boss.” She nodded and then told him the location of this asshole. After they went out of the building and sat back in the car his master said: “Jin-ho you handle this case. Take Min-Soo with you and show him how to handle with such problems. And Jin-ho just us the brass knuckles. No knife, no pistol and no murder you understand?”
Jin-ho looked at his master and then went together with a nervous Min-Soo out of the car. He walked a bit the street up until they stood in front of an old and shabby building. Jin-ho turned around and said: “Now rookie, this is your first time. I will go in and tie him up after that I will whistle, and you come in. Inside you take the brass knuckles from me and handle the job. Got it?” Before he could refuse or reply Jin-ho had already walked inside. After a short while he hears a whistle from the second floor. Then he pulled himself together and went into the building.