MVI 56

“I said it’s quite difficult to sit on the throne, but I didn’t say I can’t do it.”

“But doesn’t that mean it’s close to impossible?”

“Well, I don’t know. A lot has happened in the last 10 years. I’ll tell you about it gradually, so let’s rest for now.”

Kwon Rae-i patted Tae-hwon’s waist and glanced down. His ankle, bound by the Ankle shackles, was chafed. In the urgent situation, Tae-hwon instinctively tried to run down to the first floor where he was, so the flesh was torn and blood was forming. Tae-hwon didn’t even know that his ankle was in such a state until now.

“I’ll untie that too. You’re not going anywhere now, are you?”

“…….”

“I need to get treatment too.”

At those words, Tae-hwon let out a big sigh without realizing it.

Who was worried about whose body? Kwon Rae-i was the one who needed to be treated.

“……Then let’s call the doctor. Doryeonim’s feet are all torn up. They’re covered in blood right now. We need to see if there are any glass shards stuck in them.”

“Haha, actually, my feet do hurt. That Kwon Sang-oh bastard was always violent only to me from the past. He couldn’t win against the two hyungs, so he always did that to me.”

Kwon Rae-i chuckled and told on Kwon Sang-oh’s past tyranny. When he heard that he had had four fingernails pulled out and one molar broken, it felt like his blood was rushing backwards. He even felt that Kwon Sang-oh’s death was not worth mourning.

Right. Kwon Sang-oh didn’t deserve to live. He was a bastard who deserved to die.

***

Gyeongjeong Faction Main House.

Click, the phone was disconnected, and Kwon Tae-oh couldn’t hide his rising anger. He called again, but the call didn’t connect.

-The customer’s phone is turned off, so you will be connected to voicemail after the beep. Call charges will apply after connection.

‘Ha.’

Kwon Tae-oh looked at the transmitted photo again. Kwon Sang-oh’s face, bleeding and dead, was clearly visible. He had offered bait, but that bastard had gone to Kwon Rae-i and died.

‘Why of all people…….’

Kwon Tae-oh, enraged, threw his smartphone away. It hit the wall hard as if to break it and fell, shattering the screen. The photo of Kwon Sang-oh’s corpse flickered and then the screen turned black.

Why hide it now?

Kwon Sang-oh was a discardable piece from the start.

If he forcefully ordered him to bring in the traitor Woo Tae-hwon, he calculated that the fiery guy wouldn’t last long due to his personality, and would eventually fall out of exhaustion. If he really found Woo Tae-hwon, that would be a good result, but if he didn’t find him, it was obvious that the guy, whose temper would soon explode, would cling to the second Kwon Hyeon-oh and cause conflict.

‘I was planning to use that as an excuse to corner Hyeon-oh.’

He was thinking of killing Kwon Sang-oh and framing Kwon Hyeon-oh for the crime. Even if it was a false charge, it didn’t matter. The only important thing was the justification. If he, the eldest son, executed the despicable second son who had killed his own brother because he was blinded by the chairman’s position, wouldn’t the elders in the back room be very pleased? It would be easy and convenient to get rid of the troublesome second and third sons.

He judged that there was no easier way. In fact, things were going according to his plan. He was receiving news that Kwon Sang-oh, whose stress had reached its peak, was abusing his subordinates almost every day.

‘But for Kwon Rae-i to interfere here.’

Kwon Rae-i.

Kwon Rae-i…….

A deep furrow formed between Kwon Tae-oh’s eyebrows. A blood vessel throbbed in his neck, and his expression froze severely.

Why Kwon Rae-i of all people. He was the worst opponent. He didn’t even believe it at first when that bastard said he would leave Gyeongjeong on his own, and give up the chairman’s position and inheritance. Among the brothers, he was probably the only one who knew the claws that the bastard was hiding beneath the surface.

It was natural that the stupid and frivolous Kwon Sang-oh didn’t know, and the second Kwon Hyeon-oh probably only had a vague, foggy suspicion. Kwon Tae-oh was the only one who truly guarded against and checked Kwon Rae-i.

‘When I was tipped off by my father that he was the real power of Jeun, it felt like I had been hit on the head.’

In Chairman Kwon Jung-il’s lifetime, he had once secretly summoned Kwon Tae-oh to his office in the main house late at night. Tae-hwon thought that since he was getting older and was about to get married soon, his father would solidify the succession structure for him, so he composed himself and went to the office.

But what was presented to Kwon Tae-oh was a single photograph.

It was a picture of the strikingly white Kwon Rae-i standing side by side with President Hwang of the Jeun Faction. It wasn’t a chance encounter, but a gathering of familiar faces, including President Hwang’s subordinates. Even some members of the Gyeongjeong Faction were in the photo.

That day, Chairman Kwon Jung-il scolded Kwon Tae-oh severely and clicked his tongue.

He was furious that the eldest son was so oblivious that he didn’t even realize a viper was growing in the family. He was told that all the pen-pushing, calculating, and strategizing were useless. Kwon Tae-oh was dumbfounded.

What on earth was Kwon Rae-i’s relationship with the Jeun Faction?

After agonizing for days, Kwon Tae-oh secretly summoned a Gyeongjeong Faction member who had been in the photo and tortured him. This man had been Kwon Tae-oh’s direct subordinate for four years, someone he had trusted and considered reliable.

The man, who had kept his mouth shut even while screaming, finally confessed after several days.

He was actually from the Jeun Faction and had been monitoring Kwon Tae-oh under Kwon Rae-i’s orders.

Damn it, it was earth-shattering.

How could a mere stripling, a lowly son of a concubine who couldn’t even set foot in the main house, become so close to President Hwang of the Jeun Faction that he infiltrated other members into the Gyeongjeong Faction to act as spies? Moreover, Kwon Rae-i was only eighteen years old at the time.

No matter how he thought about it, it didn’t make sense. Kwon Rae-i was a half-brother who lived like a dead man in the Separate House, someone he didn’t even care if he was alive or dead. In fact, he didn’t even consider him a brother. At best, he was Kwon Sang-oh’s punching bag, a toy to vent his anger on.

But in reality, Kwon Rae-i had been secretly visiting the Jeun Faction, plotting to swallow up the Gyeongjeong Faction. President Hwang, who had accepted that, was unusually cunning, and Kwon Rae-i was clearly insane. It was also absurd that his father hadn’t punished his spying son and had left him alone.

Why? Why was his father letting Kwon Rae-i’s spying go unpunished? He even seemed to be evaluating that despicable behavior highly. Kwon Tae-oh, who naturally thought he would be the next Chairman, was at a loss. What could Kwon Rae-i, that pretty boy, possibly do?

He even suspected that he had seduced President Hwang with his face. Had he sucked the old man’s dick a few times, acted like a pet, and wagged his tail to gain his backing? Had he run away to the Jeun Faction because he couldn’t even find his own rice bowl as the son of a concubine in the Gyeongjeong Faction and was constantly beaten by Kwon Sang-oh?

At first, he had naturally suspected that.

What talent did Kwon Rae-i have? What did he possess? He had no ability, just a pretty face, so he couldn’t help but look down on him as a male prostitute. But the more he investigated the Jeun Faction and President Hwang, the stranger things became. Recently, the Jeun Faction had been devouring small organizations, expanding its power, and growing rapidly, and there were suspicious rumors that a mysterious young man with a hidden face was giving instructions in every major incident.

There was even a young man who wore a helmet so deep that not even a strand of hair could be seen, always wearing gloves and clothes that covered his neck even in summer, and who had become a famous figure in the underworld like an urban legend. He suspected that it might be Kwon Rae-i.

Some said he was President Hwang’s hidden son, others said he was the real power behind the Jeun Faction, and still others joked that he was actually the head of Jeun and President Hwang was just a figurehead.

Helmet. The man commonly known as H.

It was naturally Kwon Rae-i.

He had only considered his second brother, Kwon Hyeon-oh, as a rival for the Chairman position, but in reality, Kwon Rae-i was the biggest threat. Kwon Tae-oh was in a position where he had to suppress Kwon Rae-i at all costs. He had to trample on him to become the head of Gyeongjeong. Expelling him was Kwon Tae-oh’s first commandment and greatest task.

But after his father’s death, the guy suddenly came to him saying he would leave this world on his own two feet.

That was what he said when he suddenly came to Kwon Tae-oh.