Park Dong-soo was waiting for Ma Seok-dae inside the car. After a while, Ma Seok-dae and his subordinates arrived. Park Dong-soo recognized Ma Seok-dae's vehicle and got out of his car.
Getting out of his car as well, Ma Seok-dae took a look around at Park Dong-soo and his gang members before sending them a chilling smile.
"Boss Park. You prepared thoroughly."
"Of course. It is the first time working together with the Section Chief, so I cannot embarrass myself in front of Mu-hyeok."
Ma Seok-dae gave a small nod at those words and continued speaking.
"We will be the ones entering the building. You just need to block the perimeter so no one can get in. If you feel like you are being pushed back, abandon the perimeter and come inside the building."
Park Dong-soo nodded and looked at the subordinates standing behind Ma Seok-dae before saying, "Isn't the number of people too small?" Ma Seok-dae laughed at Park Dong-soo's words.
"These are the guys who serve the boss at close quarters. If they cannot even handle this much, they should die."
"Alright, we will block the outside of the building so not even a single ant can pass through, so please take care of the inside."
The two decided on what each had to do and talked a bit more before getting into their respective cars. Section Chief Ma's team moved first, and Park Dong-soo and his gang members followed behind, split among several cars. Eventually, they arrived near Shin Seong-il's office.
The cars carrying Ma Seok-dae and Park Dong-soo's groups split up. Park Dong-soo's car scattered to the surroundings, while Ma Seok-dae and his subordinates got out near the office.
"What is this!"
A subordinate of Shin Seong-il standing in front of the building shouted. However, that sound vanished in vain as a man behind Ma Seok-dae rushed forward. The guard watching the front of the building was dealt with before he could even make a sound.
Ma Seok-dae walked past him and entered the building. As Ma Seok-dae entered the building, Park Dong-soo blocked the entrance and spoke to his subordinates.
"Do not let a single ant pass by. Even if a fight breaks out, absolutely do not pull out your knives. Understood?"
"Yes!"
Park Dong-soo looked at Lee Sang-geun next to him and said with a smile.
"Can you fight without your knife? If it gets dangerous, just pull yours out."
"Understood. Boss."
Park Dong-soo looked up from the building entrance and muttered.
"I guess I will be able to see Section Chief Ma's skills."
Meanwhile, Ma Seok-dae and his subordinates, who had entered the building, climbed the stairs in one go and arrived in front of Shin Seong-il's office. Receiving a look from Ma Seok-dae, a man nodded and opened the door. Shin Seong-il's subordinates who were inside saw Ma Seok-dae and his subordinates entering and jumped up from their seats.
"What the! Who are these bastards?"
The man who said that frowned when he saw Ma Seok-dae coming in last.
"Are you not Section Chief Ma?"
Ma Seok-dae did not answer his words and asked instead.
"Where is Boss Shin?"
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Is he inside?"
"No, Section Chief Ma!"
Ma Seok-dae gave up on conversing and told his subordinates.
"Only Seok-woo and Myeong-geun follow me, the rest of you clean up here."
At Ma Seok-dae's command, everyone except for the two rushed at Shin Seong-il's subordinates all at once. Leaving behind the office that was rapidly turning into a mess, Ma Seok-dae opened the door to Boss Shin Seong-il's room.
Inside, Shin Seong-il and Moon Tae-beom, who had already sensed the commotion outside, had risen from their seats and were looking at the door.
"What is going on!"
Shin Seong-il shouted with a distorted face. But Ma Seok-dae merely wore a brutal smile on his face.
"The Young Master told me to bring you."
"The Young Master? For what reason? No, he could have just called for us quietly... What is this right now!"
Ma Seok-dae did not answer his words. He simply gave an order to the two men standing next to him.
"Subdue them, just do not kill them."
"Okay. Brother."
Moon Tae-beom, who was watching the situation unfold, cursed and pulled out a sashimi knife from his chest pocket.
"Hey, hey. You will get hurt. Put the toy away."
One of Section Chief Ma's subordinates approaching them said playfully.
"Looks like these bastards noticed? Boss Shin! Are you going to get caught just like this?"
Moon Tae-beom, who had been introduced as a junior, was speaking informally to Shin Seong-il. Section Chief Ma just stared at the two of them blankly without any sign of surprise.
"Hah... Damn it."
Shin Seong-il also raised both hands and took a stance. Section Chief Ma's subordinates rushed forward, taking on one each, and the fight began. Moon Tae-beom swung his knife at Section Chief Ma's approaching subordinate.
The man seemed to falter and come to a stop. But that was only for a moment; as if he was not afraid of the knife at all, he charged at him with great speed. Eventually, his arm got cut a few times and bled, but the man did not care and entered his striking range.
A nimbly swung fist mercilessly struck Moon Tae-beom's eye.
Pow!
Moon Tae-beom staggered but swung his sashimi knife without letting go. The man stepped back slightly and dodged, but his clothes over his chest were cut, leaving a shallow wound. Blood quickly soaked his dress shirt.
"Wow, I almost died!"
"Seok-woo. Stop playing around and finish it quickly."
"Ah, Brother~ It has been a while since I had fun. Got it."
The man named Seok-woo casually replied to Ma Seok-dae's words while dodging Moon Tae-beom's knife, then immediately dashed in and grabbed the arm holding the sashimi knife. In the blink of an eye, Moon Tae-beom flew through the air and crashed onto the table. Sprawling limply on the table, he eventually dropped the knife.
The man laughed at him and approached.
"I told you to put the toy away. You will get hurt."
On Shin Seong-il's side, quite a battle of nerves was taking place. Perhaps because he used to do traditional wrestling, the subordinate kept dodging Shin Seong-il's attempts to grab him and threw punches. They were sharp attacks, but Shin Seong-il's endurance was not ordinary either.
In the end, Shin Seong-il succeeded in grabbing his opponent, smiled chillingly, and slammed him down.
"Ugh!"
Ma Seok-dae's gaze shifted from Moon Tae-beom's direction to Shin Seong-il's side.
"What are you doing, Myeong-geun."
"I am sorry."
At Section Chief Ma's words, Myeong-geun immediately stood up even while panting heavily from the impact. Taking a stance like a boxer, he approached Shin Seong-il.
Smack!
He swatted away Shin Seong-il's grabbing hand, dug in, and landed a solid blow to his side. A fist slammed into the jaw of Shin Seong-il, who bent over momentarily from the shock. While he staggered for a second, several rapid punches struck him.
Immediately after, he dashed swiftly toward Shin Seong-il, who was stumbling backward.
Crunch!
The tip of his knee smashed into Shin Seong-il's face. A gruesome sound of the nasal bone collapsing rang out. Ultimately, even the durable Shin Seong-il crumbled to the ground.
Ha Myeong-geun, whose breathing was still rough as if the impact had not completely faded, stared at Shin Seong-il sprawled on the floor. At the same time. Several vans approaching this way caught the eyes of Park Dong-soo, who was keeping watch outside.
Park Dong-soo let out a chuckle.
"Ah... Right, I was wondering why things were going so easily. Everyone, get ready."
At Park Dong-soo's command, his subordinates picked up the iron pipes and baseball bats beside them in unison. Park Dong-soo said to Lee Sang-geun next to him.
"Keep the entrance blocked. Do not let anyone go up no matter what, and if it gets dangerous, use your knife. You guys make sure to protect Sang-geun well too."
"Yes, Elder brother."
Soon after, burly men poured out in droves from the vans that had hastily stopped. Park Dong-soo's subordinates charged at them without giving them a moment's rest. A mass brawl between gangsters had begun right in the middle of Myeon District.
Park Dong-soo spotted a man among them and twitched his eyebrows.
"What is this? What are you doing here?"
"It has been a while, Elder brother Dong-soo."
The man with a shallow knife scar near his eye gave a slight bow with a fishy smile on his face. Park Dong-soo clicked his tongue.
"Hah... This is ruined. Did Elder brother Baek-ho order you to do this?"
"I do not know what you are talking about."
"This bastard, do you have a cast on your neck? Are you crazy to die?"
"Well, it is not like we should be talking about seniority now."
The man smiled nonchalantly at Park Dong-soo, who was furrowing his brows.
"Do not make things complicated and just step aside. We only need to take Boss Shin Seong-il and Mr. Moon Tae-beom with us."
"Cut the crap. I do not know who that is, but I will not let anyone inside that building."
"Whew... You are the one who started it first, Elder brother?"
The man launched a surprise attack on Park Dong-soo. Park Dong-soo, who had not expected him to charge right away, was a bit slow to block the fist.
The power was not that strong because there was some distance, but Park Dong-soo, who got hit square in the nose, stepped back and wiped his nose with the back of his hand. Red blood smeared heavily onto the back of his hand.
"You son of a bitch!"
Park Dong-soo cursed and charged forward. The fight between the two ended much quicker than expected. It was Park Dong-soo who won in the end, but no matter how strong he was, ending a fight without taking any damage was impossible.
'The situation is not good.' They were far too outnumbered. Almost getting surrounded by the man's subordinates, Park Dong-soo wiped the blood splattered on his face and stepped back.
"Hah... This is a mess."
Having eventually been pushed back to the building entrance, Park Dong-soo and his subordinates glared straight ahead. Supported by his subordinates, the man walked over and stopped in front of them.
"The police are not coming. You should step back at this point, Elder brother."
"Stop spouting nonsense and come in."
Frowning, the man shouted furiously.
"Secure the entrance!"
"Yes, Elder brother!"
Just then, Section Chief Ma's subordinates realized the situation and ran out from inside the building. Even though it was just a few people joining in, excluding Ma Seok-dae and the two men upstairs, the balance shifted sharply in Park Dong-soo's favor.
In the end, Park Dong-soo and Ma Seok-dae's subordinates subdued everyone and threw them out in front of the building. It was at that moment that Ma Seok-dae dragged Shin Seong-il and Moon Tae-beom down. Ma Seok-dae frowned upon checking their condition.
"What are these guys again?"
"Just taking this bastard will be enough."
Park Dong-soo pointed to the man who was kneeling and glaring at him. Ma Seok-dae forcefully kicked him in the face. Ma Seok-dae's subordinates grabbed the man, who had collapsed onto the floor, and shoved him into the car.
Looking around at the messy surroundings, Ma Seok-dae let out a sigh.
"This is not at a level where we can just cover it up reasonably. We need to prepare someone to take the fall."
"Hah... Please tell Mu-hyeok to take care of the aftermath."
Ma Seok-dae nodded and left the area. The cars carrying the men poured out of the scene. Left alone, Park Dong-soo looked around at his gang members and sighed.
"What are you doing? Take the boys to the hospital. Do it quickly, will you not do it quickly?"
"Where did you bring that bastard from?"
"Boss Park said taking him would be enough. He seems to be the boss of the gangsters who attacked."
I smiled coldly. Section Chief Ma brought a chair and set it down. As I sat in the chair, the man squirming on the floor raised his head.
"Gangnam bastards came into Myeon District? I do not know what you are thinking, but you are handing over a justification."
"What are you talking about."
"Hey, Oh Gil-seok. It is too late to deny it. Since you guys entered Myeon District first, it is safe to take it as a declaration of war, right?"
"......"
He was the right-hand man of Baek-ho, the boss of the gang currently controlling Gangnam. This bastard is not someone who would move without Baek-ho's orders.
"Did Baek-ho send you? What in the world is Boss Shin to him."
"Will you not shut your mouth? How dare you casually call out our elder brother's name!"
I nodded toward Oh Gil-seok, who was screaming at the top of his lungs.
"The reactions of real gangsters are always the same. Being stupid is also the same. Let's tenderize him a bit before we start. Do not kill him. He is the item we will use to pressure Baek Jeong-gi."
Section Chief Ma grabbed the back of Oh Gil-seok's neck.
"Hey, you son of a bitch! How dare you speak the esteemed name of our elder brother?"
"Why, do you want me to call him a butcher bastard?"
Section Chief Ma's foot struck his face. Oh Gil-seok rolled across the floor. Subordinates who received a glance from Section Chief Ma dragged him into a corner.
I was already getting tired of the familiar sight.
"Let's start with Shin Seong-il."
Section Chief Ma grabbed Shin Seong-il, who was lying on his side, and dragged him in front of me.
"Boss Shin, since when was it?"
Section Chief Ma ripped off the tape stuck to his mouth.
"Young Master, why on earth are you doing this."
"Hah..."
A sigh burst out from annoyance.
"Is that what you have to say after being dragged all the way here? Since we both know everything, stop acting innocent. Moon Tae-beom and Oh Gil-seok. With those two, it is over. No, even if there is no proof, you are dead."
"......Damn it."
Spitting out a curse quietly, Shin Seong-il raised his head and glared at me.
"You were the problem. Boss Cheon was perfect to set up as a puppet. But then you suddenly appeared and ruined everything."
"Did you plant Moon Tae-beom on me to kill me?"
"I do not know."
"Grandfather said he sponsored you since you were young. Since when was it?"
"......"
I grew annoyed again.
"Do not keep your mouth shut for nothing. Let's make it quick, painless, and comfortable. When and from whom did you get the orders?"
"When I quit wrestling and went to see the Chairman, I was already serving someone else. No, it had nothing to do with my will. Since my father's father's time, we had served his ancestors..."
He had seemed completely loyal to Grandfather. When the other bosses acted like bat bastards looking for the advantageous side, Shin Seong-il pretended to be a stalwart man who knew no one but Grandfather.
If I had not recognized Moon Tae-beom, if I had not made a preemptive strike the moment I grew suspicious, he might have tried to stab my heart someday. A chill ran down my spine.
"Damn it, you recognized Moon Tae-beom back then, didn't you? How on earth did you recognize that bastard?"
"Who knows. Just tell me everything you know. Then I will send you off comfortably."
"I do not know. A servant like me knows nothing."
I had expected it, but there was nothing to gain compared to the losses. I clicked my tongue and looked at Section Chief Ma.
"You can kill him. Find out everything he knows."
"Yes, Boss."
Section Chief Ma's subordinates dragged Shin Seong-il away. Now it was Moon Tae-beom. Dragged by the hands of the subordinates, Moon Tae-beom struggled and glared at me.
I wondered whether to call it truly amazing or foolish that he still had the energy to do that. When Section Chief Ma removed the tape from his mouth, Moon Tae-beom spat curses in Japanese.
"Speak in Korean. This is Korea."
< Brawl in Myeon District. > The End.