Warning!! Chapter is filled with sensitive content (gore).
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Dan-Han was silent for a while. He turned to the girl. âYou must be innocent.â He said and she vigourosly nodded her head, but Dan-Han could see the way her eyes rapidly blinked. Her stiff posture and the involuntary curve of her toes didnât miss his perusing eyes. After several years of training to be the head of the Lee family, and five years of being the leader of PK Corps and chairing countless meetings, he knew when people lied. And she was obviously lying.
His eyes narrowed into slit. He felt more enraged that someone was doing this. Trying to play smart with him.
It was useless asking further questions, because someone made sure they wouldnât answer, and they also wanted him to kill them, and kill, he will.
He took off his jacket and turned to Tae-Ho who pushed a trolley full of different sized knives and other torturous equipment towards them. The manâs countenance briefly shifted but he quickly regained his composure.
Dan-Han rolled up his sleeve and picked a hammer on the second layer of the trolley.
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He gazed at their faces, before his eyes travelled to their legs.
âMy woman, she broke an ankle.â He said as he lifted the hammer and slammed it hard against the manâs knee. Bone crackling noise reverberated in the room, living them in shock.
The man grunted in pain, but he bit his lips to keep it in.
âShe broke one ankle, but Iâll break every joint of yours.â He darkly said as he slammed the hammer against this other knee making the man groan even more. His cries of pain increased when Dan-Han hit his toes and ankles, completely shattering every bone in them. He had heard them clearly shatter.
His eyes darted to the man in front of him who looked like a monster. Dumbed sounds of plea roared out of his mouth but Dan-Han was blinded with rage. All he could see was the state Eun-sun had been. He had seen the fear of death in her eyes as he hugged her. She didnât wail in pain as he was wailing now. Her blood had covered the floor, so would he.
âDo you know where she was stabbed?â Dan-Han asked, and the manâs eyes subconsciously darted towards Dan-Hanâs upper right flank. If Dan-Han had any doubt before, now it was clear he was indeed the culprit. He picked up a knife and drove it in exactly where Eun-sun had been stabbed. The man wailed in pain, and Min-Jung screamed in fear. Her eyes moved from the bleeding man to Dan-Han. She looked at him in horror.
He was a monster.
Just when the man thought it was over, Dan-Han surprised him and picked even bigger knives, pinning him to the chair with them.
Eight knives stuck out of his abdomen and limbs. He realized with every stab Dan-Han evaded his vital organs, so as not to kill him quickly. He was going to give him a slow death.
Just who the hell did he offend?
He lifted his eyes to Dan-Han, but all he could see was a devil. Someone even more cruel than the devil himself.
Dan-Han leaned over him, and the man shuddered at the evil spilling out of him, most especially his dark and frigid eyes.
âYouâll beg me to die.â Dan-Han told him as a matter of factly. He deeply twisted the knife in the manâs thighs and drew it down, tearing his Flesh and exposing his bones. The manâs eyes widened in horror when he saw his bones staring right back at him, blood gushing out of his legs. Dan-Han did the same for his other leg and forearms. Flesh tearing sounds filled the room as well as their cries. The manc razily wailed, while Min-Jung screamed at the top of her lungs like a banshee.
Dan-Han turned to Min-Jung who instantly stilled as she held her breath, and clamped her mouth shut, but er body shivered almost convulsively. Dan-Han could see her desperation to talk, and plead for her life but she couldnât. Tears fell out from her eyes. Pathetic tears, he thought.
âYou must be a mole, right?â He asked.
Min-Jung shook her head in denial, but immediately nodded when she saw his eyes narrow further. Min-Jung tried to beg for her life, but she couldnât. She regretted ever allowing herself to be swayed into hurting Eun-sun. She had only been jealous of the surreptitious special treatment she was receiving, which the others at the department seemed to be or pretending to be clueless about. Had she known the person Eun-sun was with was President Lee, she wouldnât have been talking about her in the office nor would she had been ever rude to her. She didnât know that lady was going to kill her. she had said, she was only going to give her lesson but who knew murder would be involved. She had thought her supposed backer was secretary Chang-wok, but who would have thought it was Lee Dan-Han, and the man was even a monster.
Dan-Han silently stared at her for a while contemplating on what to do to her. He turned to Tae-Ho.
âDrug her.â He said. His lips twitched when he saw the slightly relieved look on her face. She must be relieved she wasnât going to experience that manâs fate.
Dan-Han looked her in the eye, and added, âmake sure she never recovers.â Min-Jungâs eyes widened in horror and she began to shake her head in protest or a plea. Whatever it was. She kept screaming out, but no words came.
Dan-Han returned his attention to the man who was still wailing in pain. He thought hurting them would make him feel better, but it wasnât. Knowing someone else, the real master mind, was still out there made him furious. He turned towards the door, but he stopped and glanced at the man again.
âPull out the knives, let him bleed to his death.â He wickedly said to Tae-Ho before strolling out.
He had only walked a distance when received call from an unknown number. He stared at it for a while before he answered the call.
âI trust you received my present.â A digitally hidden voice spoke through the phone, while Dan-Han remained silent.
The mystery caller laughed. âI know you think Iâm involved in this, because Iâm not. Iâm only trying to be a good Samaritan. Well, now you owe me a favor.â
âYou owe me your life.â Dan-Han snarled while the voice cackled.
âIndeed I do owe you one, but Iâll take care of it for you. Itâs on the house.â The person said, while Dan-Han frowned. It was just as he had suspected. Someone has taken the person responsible for the attack on Eun-sun. Why?
âIâm not your enemy president Lee, am only a a friend of your enemy. And I had my personal present set for you this weekend, but itâs a shame I might have to wait. I want you fully concentrated on the game i want us to play.â The voice laughed again.
âTake good care of the girl, President Lee. Iâll be after you when she wakes up, and Iâll help you to clear off the person youâre looking for. Itâs my small contribution to you.â The person said while Dan-Han attentively listened to the background around him, but there was nothing.
âI hope we can be friends in the future after I win our little game.â
âSure you can, but only after I stand over your grave.â Dan-Han said and ended the call.
Dan-Han finally understood the feeling he has been having since yesterday. People were coming after him, and they knew Eun-sun was his weakest spot. He had to keep her safe.