Vol 4 - 19

Vol 4 - 19

Jeong Taeui glanced at the door, the moment those guys walked in here, it would be a disaster.

Maybe they will come to deliver breakfast, but the question is when exactly will they arrive? No matter what, it seems like they wouldn't bring it in this early in the morning.

I quickly decided to give up on this. As the man said yesterday, "If you leave, you die, if you stay, you live." At times like this, I only think about that. And there are times when I better do something. In the end, I still had no choice and had to face other invisible worries.

"Mr. Jaeui, Mr. Jaeui, please share your luck with me..."

I said to myself as I clamped the two fan wings between two tightly placed wooden planks. I prayed the same things many times but could not reach my brother's ears. I even had no clue where he was. But thinking about my luck when calling my brother's name is also comforting.

But as always, Mr. Jaeui's luck cannot be shared with me at all no matter how much I call his name and miss him.

Getting the wings through the planks glued together was not an easy task. The sound of knocking on wooden planks made a squeaking sound. It took a lot of time just for me to insert the wings into the gap of the planks and squeeze it between the planks. At the same time, the sleeping people also woke up one by one.

The fan wing finally reached near the middle of the board, there was a thread-like crack between the overlapping wooden planks.

I rubbed my scarred fingers clicked my tongue and exclaimed. My hands were covered in cuts and anything I touched was heart-wrenching. I put my finger in my mouth and sighed. The fan core is kept aside and placed between the planks. And as if moving a lever, I accelerated it gently.

The sound of falling wood rang out, and a gap between the long and narrow wooden panels that were tied together appeared. I repeated the movement once or twice, each time swinging my body according to the vibration amplitude, cracks along the wood grain gradually appeared. Soon the plank gradually became loose at the top and bottom, and the middle part also fell off. The space between the planks is just long enough to fit two fingers.

If I pushed just a little bit more this plank would probably fall off, then the rest would be a lot simpler. It will be easier than trying to remove all these tightly packed wooden panels.

This will get a little more difficult.

Jeong Taeui threw the bent propeller aside and stacked the remaining two propellers together again.

I put them into the gap below the plank and did the same actions over and over again. Compared to the first time, this time was much easier.

Finally one of the other planks broke. The other panels were also distorted enough to create gaps so people could see outside.

"....."

Although I had also imagined that scene, this was indeed a forest.

I'm on the second floor of a vacation house in the mountains. Surrounded by birch groves forming a large forest. Behind that forest is a mountain range that even though there are gaps between the planks, it is impossible to see the entire mountain range clearly from such a small angle like this, but this mountain looks quite steep. .

"What is that? Can you see something? Where is this...."

The panel opened, and at first glance one could see the scene outside. The man sitting a bit far away turned his eyes towards me and stood up and approached. But others took turns asking where they were. The man looked outside for a long time, scratching his head and standing next to Jeong Taeui because there was no way to clearly know the geography of this place just from that small hole. He frowned and whispered.

"This place is up in the mountains...it's quite deep."

Not receiving the expected answer, other people came forward one by one and looked out, the man also stepped back. But none of them could recognize where this was.

Even me too, if it wasn't a place I went to every day, even if it was the forest right behind my house, I wouldn't recognize it.

At that moment, Jeong Taeui heard noises outside the room signaling that someone was approaching. I quickly pushed the person standing in front of the window, but the black man looking out the door only turned around and looked at me. His eyes looked at me with confusion and no intention of moving. I clicked my tongue and shouted softly.

"Someone is coming here......"

However, before my words could finish, footsteps approached and before the man in black could even sit down, the door opened wide.

The man in black looked frantically looking around. I clicked my tongue and touched his head.

The person who had just opened the door walked in with a bag of black bread and water in one hand and his eyes widened as he saw the scene unfolding before his eyes. He seemed to have grasped the situation after looking at the cracked plank.

"These bastards...."

He threw the items in his hand and shouted loudly. Hearing the noise, three or four other guys also ran in. His accomplice looked at him with puzzled eyes, but when he saw the scene in the room and his accomplice standing in front of the cracked plank, the other man frowned coldly.

"What the hell are you guys....Did you do it?"

He held the fan wing in his hand, trembling with anger and looked at Jeong Taeui who was glaring at him. Come to think of it, this is the guy I hit with my crutch yesterday.

"You just need to sit quietly and obediently wait, but why are you doing this? Are you thinking of escaping from here just because we didn't teach you properly?"

Jeong Taeui was punched straight in the face by the other man.

The punch was so strong that it caused my back to hit the wooden plank behind me, and the pain suddenly hit me, distorting my facial muscles.

Even though I used to live in environments filled with only men, I still felt tired every time I was beaten.

It hurts terribly. And Jeong Taeui has never been used to being in pain.

I thought to myself, "I have to beat this bastard."

I rubbed my face and glared at that man, but when I noticed that there were three other burly men standing behind him, that thought immediately disappeared. If I don't do well, I may get beaten again. But anyway, that's not important, the important thing is that he can completely kill a hostage.

It's not like I never expected this to happen, but it was unlucky nonetheless. I wondered if it would be better if I just obediently sat there, but it didn't seem like that. It's just bad luck.

I may have fought a few of these guys, but the guy who punched me hit me like he had been beaten to a pulp by me. He landed a few times on my face, and three or four painful punches in my stomach.

Jeong Taeui looks so pitiful.

I moaned softly to relieve a little of that pain and swore to myself. Seriously, if it weren't for the presence of other people here, I'd just want to bite my lip or let my mouth water.

Or, if this was not a life-threatening situation or kidnapping, I would just try to run to the hospital no matter how hard they chased me.

I sighed and endured the beating attacks on my body. I don't know if I became weaker or stronger after being with that crazy guy.

But...it really hurts.

It's clear that this guy doesn't seem to be a novice but a man of martial arts. Even though he looked different from Jeong Taeui, his attitude and atmosphere were like they were forged amidst the rot in the army. It was said that the police and other soldiers would recognize people like this guy even from a hundred meters away, and I knew what that meant.

Furthermore, in the case of countries where joining the army can be through registration, it is easier to tell whether a person is just "joining" (registered) for the army or is actually "a member of the army". . Maybe this guy left the army and joined the rebels or revolutionaries. But he was still essentially a man from the slums, so his fists were even more angular.

For some reason, ever since I ran away from Ilay, my luck has gradually dried up and seems to have given way to bad luck. I gritted my teeth and cursed with all the beautiful words I had accumulated.

As soon as the man finished beating me, he saw me fall to the floor without moving, so he gave me another strong kick and then turned around and shouted threats to the others.

"Stop doing anything stupid and be reasonable! No matter what you hear, it won't be of any use to us. And I can absolutely kill all of you here."

The man went out, his accomplices observed him and then followed.

Finally, he turned back to Jeong Taeui as he was walking out the door and said.

"But anyway, we are different from other bad guys. So if this ends well, we won't touch you guys. And even if you get out of here, It's also very easy to get lost because of the steep mountain slopes here. This is where packs of wolves roam at night. So be obedient and don't think about anything else."

Jeong Taeui lay down with deep eyes looking at the man. The guy left the room. As soon as the door closed, Jeong Taeui immediately stood up and sat down. I was beaten very violently, but I did not suffer serious injuries or broken bones. The guy is truly a professional. He could hit me so brutally but didn't leave any serious injuries.

But that's just a preliminary assessment, on the outside, Taeui still looks very painful.

"Hey, are you okay?"

The man next to me asked me as if pitying me. I frowned and kicked my tongue, because there was no mirror so I couldn't see anything, but it must have looked very unsightly. I swallowed the smell of blood in my mouth and wiped my lips with the back of my hand. There were a few blood stains on the back of my hand, it looked like my lip was torn. However, there was no blood left anywhere else.

I gently ran my hand over my face, but no tears came out. Yet I still feel so much pain that I want to scream every time I touch it, and in just a few hours or even just a few dozen minutes, my entire face will be completely bruised.

I don't want my face to swell like that.

"You okay?"

When I didn't answer, another man continued asking. His expression was also not very good when he saw a person in the same situation being beaten like that right in front of his eyes. Seeing that, no one would be happy.

"No.... it's not okay at all. Aww, I'm dying of pain...."

Jeong Taeui lamented and looked out the window, the wooden planks were still leaving gaps. Looking at the endless forest before me, I thought I couldn't escape from here. Or, as the last man said before leaving this room, I could die in that forest if I tried to escape from here.

Taeui took a deep breath and stood up. Then, I walked to the window, used both hands to tighten the exposed wooden panel and twisted with all my might.

A loud noise rang out.

Every time I tried to stretch my arms out to the sides, the wood would crack and make cracking sounds.

The remaining people rolled their eyes at me and took turns coming forward to intervene, but I still shook my head vigorously.

"Since you've been beaten that much, you should already be aware of it. Besides, it will be difficult to escape from here even if you can open the window, right? I think they're just blocking our vision. Come on, what are you going to do?"

I was beaten, I used all my strength to push the wooden planks as if in desperation.

In the end, the plank could not withstand such a strong impact, so it broke and fell into three or four pieces. My vision gradually became clearer.

"Ah\~ much better.... Well, I can see why they mounted these planks here."

Not only is this the second floor, but right below it is also a valley with a steep slope.

There wasn't any support to hold onto and climb down to get out of here, and they would have no choice but to jump down. As a result, they will break their bones if they stubbornly jump from the second floor like that. Actually, if you can escape, jumping down is worth it, but that deep valley is like a giant mouth ready to swallow anything, so don't think about jumping down easily to that extent. Not simply breaking a bone or two, but they would have to risk their lives in exchange for such a small amount of luck.

It's almost morning, the sun has just risen, dawn is at its peak and a new day really begins. In just a few hours, the heat of a hot summer day will soon hit.

"It's probably around seven o'clock...."

"Six or seven o'clock, right?

I mumbled as if talking to myself, receiving an indifferent question from behind.

Six or seven hours. Looks like those guys haven't contacted Kyle's company yet. No matter how stupid it is, you probably understand that it's still more beneficial to deal with it personally (with Kyle). So they could only call Kyle when he got home, but since he almost always ate dinner at home, the call would probably be around seven or eight o'clock at night.

If they had contacted Kyle, it would have been 12 hours. And maybe overnight, today the negotiations will have results. They won't be able to keep the hostages for long because this is not the type of child kidnapping. These types of criminals with political goals rarely keep their kidnapped subjects for too long. This depends on whether the conditions they propose are accepted or not, and that will affect the decision of whether the hostages will be released or not.

In this case, perhaps the results of the negotiations will be available today, but the hostage detention period may be longer. Only after their demands were met did they release the hostages.

The second case is when the two sides have disagreements, which will require further negotiation or negotiation. This situation also does not take much time. Both sides know that holding hostages for a long time will not bring any benefits, so they will soon come to a common conclusion.

The worst is the third case, when negotiations fail and hostages' lives are threatened. If the other side decides to abandon the hostages, they will only die, but if the other side decides not to comply with the demands given by the kidnappers but still make every effort to find the hostages. ...then they might still die anyway. Because as soon as they receive information from the enemy, the kidnappers will probably kill the hostages immediately.

I wanted to smoke. Out of habit, I turned around to ask the rest, but what caught my eye were withered faces wearing only my underwear. I slowly turned around.

"......"

Instead of letting out cigarette smoke, Taeui could only sigh.

Of course, the first case is the best option, but considering Kyle's way of working, it will probably fall into the second case. How the negotiation goes, I don't know, but I just want to quickly leave here.

If I could happen to see ginseng diggers through those mountains, I would scream for help and ask them for help, but this place is a desolate mountain without a human.

I rested my hand on the window sill and looked out with lifeless eyes. This forest is covered with interwoven white birch branches. The silence here seems to have calmed my mind.

"So what...everything will be fine."

Jeong Taeui smiled faintly and sighed quietly.

This life is not always that bad.

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That thought only lasted in Jeong Taeui's mind for exactly two minutes and was quickly extinguished.

I suddenly felt uncomfortable, I tilted my head. There's something different than before. I feel a strange discomfort creeping in somewhere. I turned my head to look back, the other people were still in the room and talking to each other or thinking about something. Everything still hasn't changed from before.

I once again turned my head to look out the window. Has the scene outside changed? The answer is no. Nothing has changed with the images just a second ago, I'm still staring at them with admiration.

I tilted my head. Something is going on...even though what's in front of me doesn't seem to be any different...

Thinking about it, I realized what the feeling of absurdity really means.

No sound was emitted. Even the birds occasionally chirp and sing in the quiet forest.

Occasionally, the sound of chirping birds comes from the forests in the distance. But suddenly, those songs seemed to be swallowed by something, leaving a dense forest, quiet, terrifyingly silent, as if some terrifying wild beast had just appeared.

The direction where those bird sounds suddenly stopped was not where there was a road leading directly here. The only road the car can access is the right one directly ahead and cannot be seen from this position. Perhaps the kidnappers only paid attention to guarding that side of the road. And the direction the birds just stopped calling came from a dense forest, even if a car or something came by, the birds would stop chirping, but no car could enter that way.

The birds stopped singing almost at the same time as strange feelings appeared in my ears.

A faint sound rang out softly.

At first glance, it sounds like the sound of a cell phone vibrating. But there was no way that thing could appear in this room, and there was no way to hear the phone vibrating from the kidnappers outside.

But there was clearly a slight vibration, and it was getting closer.

The sound that seemed to come from a far away place was gradually getting louder and slowly getting closer.

It comes from where the birds stop singing.

On that narrow mountain road where no vehicle could pass, something was slowly approaching with rumbling noises like the growl of a monster.

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