Chapter 642. Dealt With (2)

Chapter 642. Dealt With (2)

Kang Jin-Ho stared at Choi Yeon-Ha with an expression that said he couldn't understand her decision.

Choi Yeon-Ha was a tough woman. Kang Jin-Ho had ample opportunity to learn that while trapped under all that rubble in the tunnel incident.

However, he didn't expect her to say such things in this situation. If Kang Jin-Ho had been late by only a few minutes, Choi Yeon-Ha would've suffered a terrible fate. Maybe even lose her life, too.

But she... didn't want Kang Jin-Ho to kill this thug?

“But why not?” Kang Jin-Ho quietly asked. He had to, even though he had a pretty good idea what she might say here.

“Mm...” Choi Yeon-Ha sneaked a quick glance at Guo Liqin with her quaking eyes before hurriedly turning her head away. “I... I don't think I can explain myself logically. At least not right now.”

“...”

“That's why... Just... Please. Okay?”

“...Understood.” Kang Jin-Ho nodded slightly. He was confident about refuting whatever Choi Yeon-Ha might say now, but with her in that state... Even he couldn't say anything. Now was the time to do what she asked of him.

“Please, hurry and... Get him away from me. I... I'm... Right now, I...”

“Of course,” Kang Jin-Ho got up, then slowly but imposingly approached the still-frozen Guo Liqin.

“Mister Jin-Ho?”

“Yes?” Kang Jin-Ho quickly turned around when Choi Yeon-Ha called out to him again.

“I... I'm sorry. I really am, but... I know I'm being unreasonable right now... Can you quickly deal with him and come back inside? I'm scared of being alone, you see...”

Kang Jin-Ho tightly clenched his fists. It wasn't just Choi Yeon-Ha's trembling voice, but even her face was pale with genuine fear. She seemed to have regained her composure while Kang Jin-Ho was right next to her, but signs of anxiety quickly returned when he was merely three steps away. Who would dare to plunge that tough woman into this state!

“Of course. I will do that,” Kang Jin-Ho gently smiled back at her, then turned around to face the Chinese martial artist again.

Guo Liqin's irises quaked powerfully after seeing the look on Kang Jin-Ho's face. The eyes of the frozen-stiff man urgently rolled around to scan the surroundings, which was as good an indicator of his mental state as any.

Step, step...

Kang Jin-Ho approached Guo Liqin in what looked like unhurried steps, then leaned close to whisper quietly into the latter's ear. For his part, Guo Liqin desperately tried to avoid locking eyes with Kang Jin-Ho.

“So, you heard everything, right?”

“...!”

“No need to fret. I must humor that lady's request, after all. So, I won't kill you.”

An indescribable relief washed over Guo Liqin when he heard that. Of course, he wasn't a fool, so he knew. Kang Jin-Ho didn't mean he'd let Guo Liqin go unhurt. Either he'd suffer hellish torture or become a cripple. However, that was still better than dying.

Some people might argue that death was preferable to a life filled with untold hardship, but not Guo Liqin. He didn't subscribe to that mentality. Anyone with such a mindset would never survive for long in this corrupt and terrible world.

If he could keep his life, Guo Liqin was prepared to do anything. So, what Kang Jin-Ho said just now was like a ray of radiant hope shining down from the heavens. As long as he could live... As long as he could survive!

That was when a sliver of whisper suddenly entered Guo Liqin's ear. So quiet was this whisper that no one else could've heard it.

“...For today, that is.”

The ray of hope in Guo Liqin's heart was snuffed out instantly. But Kang Jin-Ho didn't seem interested in granting the frozen man the luxury of time to despair. He simply grabbed Guo Liqin's throat and began dragging the latter outside. Still frozen-stiff like a mannequin, Guo Liqin couldn't resist or even lift a finger other than let himself get obediently dragged along.

This man must be a terrifying specter. No, the devil! Liu Wei couldn't think of anything else to refer to this man before his eyes. However, he still knew he had angered a creature that must never be provoked!

“This is your warning,” Kang Jin-Ho quietly muttered in a cold voice. “You better not think about running away. The moment you throw away the only thing keeping you alive and flee, we no longer have any uses for you. Which means I can deal with you without worrying about the fallout. Do you understand what I'm saying to you?”

Liu Wei urgently nodded again.

“I'll be honest. I would love for you to flee. That would make my life a bit easier, you see?”

“Wuu-eeuh...!”

“Remember this,” Kang Jin-Ho muttered, his voice now sounding as creepy and goosebumps-inducing as nails scraping against metal. “You should thank the heavens for letting you breathe for a little while longer. Learn how lucky you actually are. That's because you will gradually die with every passing day. So, enjoy the remainder of your life as much as you can. However, know this. This is not a blessing. Because I'll be thinking about you. I'll be thinking about how to make your death as horrifying and gruesome as possible. And I'll agonize over it right up until the last moment. Even I can't tell you what I'll come up with at the end of all that pondering. That is why I'm telling you to remember this.”

A devil-like smirk creepily formed on Kang Jin-Ho's face.

“Remember that when your time is up, I'll come for you. And we'll have this chat again. Aren't you curious what will happen when we meet again?”

Liu Wei began spasming and convulsing. He was shaking so much that it looked like he was having a seizure!

“Hmm. Maybe it's not a bad idea to let you experience some of it ahead of time...?” Kang Jin-Ho muttered as his eyes became completely crimson. Liu Wei stared into that pair of red eyes, then his own irises grew hazy and distant. But then...

“...! Kkueeeeehk?!”

Liu Wei's body began twisting and writhing violently. Tears and snot gushed out of his eyes and nostrils while drool flooded out of his mouth to soak the front of his clothes.

Kang Jin-Ho wordlessly stared at Liu Wei's complexion going deathly pale before flushing red, then alternating back. This bastard should be experiencing hell by now. Or the most scary type of death that his brain could conjure up.

However, it was all an illusion... at least for now. And it'd no longer be a mere fantasy soon enough!

Kang Jin-Ho pressed the elevator button again to open its doors, then tossed Liu Wei inside. He watched the convulsing figure of Liu Wei between the silently closing elevator doors.

To humor Choi Yeon-Ha's request as much as possible, Kang Jin-Ho had to let that bastard go in one piece. However, this was the limit of his patience.

After the elevator door smoothly slid shut completely, Kang Jin-Ho let out a soft groan. Releasing a man he dearly wanted to tear apart limb from limb was an uncharted territory for him. And it was just as difficult as he had imagined! So much so that he was half-tempted to pat himself on the back for actually doing it!

However, this had an unexpected upside. Kang Jin-Ho's anger didn't have a chance to cool down yet, after all!

“That is why people must have their uses,” Kang Jin-Ho muttered to no one in particular. That man, Liu Wei, managed to eke out a few more days on this planet thanks to his 'abilities'.

“However, what about you?” Kang Jin-Ho slowly raised Guo Liqin, who was still gripped in his right hand. After tightening his grip on the Chinese martial artist's throat until it was at a breaking point, Kang Jin-Ho chuckled eerily as if he was pleased about something. “You don't have any uses, after all!”

“Kuh... Kuuuhuhk...!” Guo Liqin's face was beet red as he struggled for air.

“As promised, I'll keep you alive for today. However, you need to worry about something else. Worry about what you need to do if you wish to live past tomorrow.”

Kang Jin-Ho finished chuckling, then opened the door to the tea room next to the elevator. He threw Guo Liqin inside, then took out his phone to dial a number. When the call went through, he issued a new order in a hushed whisper. “I've left an amusing little thing on the twentieth floor's tea room. Retrieve him and confine him somewhere.”

-Understood!

Kang Jin-Ho ended the call while tightening his fists. His anger didn't want to calm down at all.

He already knew. Killing these two men wouldn't be enough to calm his rage. That was how furious Kang Jin-Ho was right now. No one... Absolutely no one was allowed to harm what was his! His people, his things! No one!

Kang Jin-Ho glared sharply outside the window, his expression extremely cold. He simply had to become stronger. Even stronger than now, to protect what was his, and...!

“Are you not finished yet!” Choi Yeon-Ha yelled from inside her suite.

“I-I'm coming!” Kang Jin-Ho hurriedly rushed back to the suite, all the iciness and venomous determination instantly erased from his expression.

For some reason, his running figure looked a bit... uncool and pitiful.