How far is it? (2)

“Then shouldn’t you come to a place like this?”

At her words, Choi Dong-chul’s expression slowly relaxed.

“Ah, it seems to be fine now.”

“Are you really okay? Aren’t you supposed to go to the hospital?”

Choi Dong-cheol raised his hand and made a gesture that it was okay.

“I am fine now. here···.”

Choi Dong-chul carefully handed out the money.

“Are you really okay?”

Choi Dong-chul politely replied.

“Yeah. It’s gotten really good.”

After receiving the money, she said.

“If you hang your clothes over there…”

“Ugh!”

Choi Dong-chul grabbed his chest again.

“Huh?!”

Choi Dong-chul raised his hand as if he was okay again.

“Fine. I didn’t come here for that. I came because of my bucket list.”

She blinked.

“A bucket list?”

“Yeah. I came because I wanted to talk to a woman.”

“Ah, ah, sit down.”

Choi Dong-cheol sat down on the bed as she said.

After staring at Choi Dong-cheol for a moment, she brought a chair and sat across from him.

He was a bit bulky, but the way he was shrugging his shoulders looked very unnatural.

You look nervous.

“You came here because you wanted to talk to a woman?”

Choi Dong-chul said while rubbing his knees with his hands.

“Yeah. bucket list···.”

she chuckled.

If you’re here, you’re bound to see all the crazy guys…

“Have you ever been in Kamppang?”

“no. The thing I hate the most is slapstick.”

* * *

The team leader, who was wearing an earphone in one ear in the van, closed his eyes.

“I just said go with the Mosol concept, what kind of heart disease are you talking about…”

Park Jong-min also brushed up his shaved head.

“I think it’s because I’m so nervous, look at the trembling in my voice. Because I should have gone.”

Then Choi Dong-cheol’s voice came out again.

– Before I die, I want to try everything I want to do.

– What kind of heart disease do you have…?

– ······, they said that the longest is six months.

– Is there a time limit for heart disease?

– ······, I hate to think about it. I just came to talk to a woman.

– Wanting to talk to a girl is on your bucket list?

– Yes.

The team leader listened to the story and shook his head.

“What is this bastard talking about? Progress is not going, progress.”

Shin Hyuk turned his head and looked at the motorcycle passing by in the alley.

It wasn’t like a delivery motorcycle.

While riding their motorcycles, they stuck to the store like flies, then rode the motorcycles and headed somewhere as if they were flying away.

aka Cardman.

They were the people who took the customer’s card and made cash withdrawals instead.

It is the work of drawing cash for customers to pay to the establishment.

Soo-jeong Lee burst into laughter.

“There are still bastards like that.”

It was only 10 meters from the store to the ATM, but they ran errands like room waiters and got money like tips.

Shin Hyuk stared closely at the cardmen. No, I looked at them as they handed the card to the card man.

Most of them were middle-aged women, but I couldn’t find a smile on their faces every time I handed them a card.

Expressionless, but only one corner of the mouth is raised subtly (contempt), or the chin is slightly raised and the lower eyelid is tense (anger).

In some, the corrugator muscle was raised, the eyebrows were lifted, and the forehead was tense (concern, anxiety, worry.).

According to the fine expressions in Shin Hyuk’s eyes now, all the emotions they felt while looking at Card Man were negative.

– How long have you been working here?

– It’s been 1 year and 2 months.

– Ah, that’s right.

– By the way, the outside looks really healthy.

– Even though I look like this, I’m a weak man at heart…

“What is this kid really saying?”

At the words of the team leader, Sujeong Lee shook her head.

On the other hand, Shin Hyuk listened quietly.

said the woman.

– Where are you came from?

– Where do you think the person is?

– Hmm…, are you from the province? Are there many factories in this area? They say there’s another big one this time.

– I’m from Seoul. I’m just traveling from place to place.

– Oh, from Seoul. I also went to Seoul a lot in the past.

– Where?

– I went to Hongdae and Gangnam a lot. I want to go again.

– You can go play again.

– But how old are you?

– Belly fat. ha ha ha!

Silence came.

Nothing was heard.

The words were cut off.

Park Jong-min tapped his chest as if he was frustrated.

“Because I can’t lead like that, I always get a difference on a blind date! Ehh.”

Sujeong Lee asked.

“Have you ever met?”

“A lot.”

“Did you threaten me?”

“Hey, I was tidy even when we parted. Everyone told me that I think I am a good person and that I should meet a good person.”

“I dated alone and broke up alone.”

said the chief.

“quiet.”

Choi Dong-cheol opened his mouth.

– By any chance, people like gangsters are just involved, and don’t they bully people?

– I do not know. why? Will your brother scold you?

– Of course… I’m non-violent, so I thought I’d report it to the police.

– There’s nothing like that.

– uh? Why are you bruised here?

– I tripped on the threshold and fell.

– Ah…, have you eaten?

– Not yet.

– Oh, Koreans live on rice, but they work after eating.

– This brother is very cute. Can I give you a kiss?

– Ugh!

– oh! Are you okay?

– Ah yes. Fine. When I get excited, my heart tightens.

“Try hard. Aren’t you going to be unable to make eye contact?”

– What do you do when you get out of here? Are you going to sleep?

– Let’s go eat soup…

After 20 minutes, Dongchul Choi returned to the van.

The team leader said without a soul.

“Good work.”

Dongchul Choi replied.

“Did you see it? Conversation continues naturally.”

Sujeong Lee nodded like a mannequin.

“It felt so natural.”

Choi Dong-chul grinned and looked at Shin-hyeok.

“How did you look?”

Shin Hyuk smiled as much as he could.

“You worked hard. How old do you look like?”

“Han…, late 20s?”

“How are your nails?”

Shin Hyuk asked Choi Dong-cheol to observe a few things before entering the store.

“It was neither long nor short. It just looked normal.”

“What about the head?”

“It’s black, it looks like it hasn’t been dyed.”

“You said you had a bruise, where is it?”

“It was on my forearm.”

“What about the accessories?”

“Didn’t you?”

Shin Hyuk nodded slightly.

“I don’t know about the other women, but it seems like the woman from before was locked up.”

The pair’s eyes widened slightly.

“Are you locked up?”

“Yeah. It seems highly likely.”

Shin Hyuk briefly explained the reason.

‘It’s been 1 year and 2 months.’

You know exactly the date you came in.

When asked suddenly, usually people take a short break as if lost in thought.

But nothing like that.

It means that by counting the days, you are aware of how much has passed.

‘They say they got another big one this time.’

I stayed for 1 year and 2 months, but I am not sure about the surrounding environment.

‘I went to Hongdae and Gangnam a lot. I want to go again.’

‘You can go play again.’

Here, senior Choi Dong-cheol asked about freedom.

Freedom to play again.

‘By the way, how old are you?’

But instead of saying that she had plans to go or that she was going, she changed the subject in a hurry.

People have a strong desire to tell others about their enjoyable experiences.

It’s because I want to feel the joy again by thinking about that day.

But she quickly changed the topic without saying anything.

Is it because you know you can’t?

In other words, an unconscious defense mechanism to defend against stress has emerged.

It’s past 8pm again.

‘Not yet.’

I can’t even eat on time.

and a bruise on the forearm.

If you trip over the threshold, you are more likely to bruise your knee or snap your wrist.

If you have a bruise on your forearm, it is most likely caused by an unconscious fall.

Assuming it fell.

No nail art, no hair dye, no accessories.

It was about selling one’s own things, but I couldn’t find any decorations.

Profiling these parts one by one increases the probability that her freedom is suppressed exponentially.

Park Jong-min said admiringly.

“ah···! It could be.”

In fact, people talk about the stories they enjoyed as if they were proud of them.

Is it confinement?

Anyway, it seemed right that freedom was suppressed.

On the contrary, there may be people who came to work on their own feet.

Ichigo also nodded.

Looking back, no matter what kind of opponent, if it was something he liked, he would say that with excitement as if he was happy.

There were also criminals there.

The ones who brag about what they’ve done.

The team leader tapped Shin Hyuk on the shoulder.

“Yeah…, as expected Lee Shin-hyeok! There is no such thing as scientific investigation! uh? This is scientific investigation. is not it? ha ha ha!”

Who, what kind of police would do an investigation like this?

Does it feel like the investigation method has been upgraded?

Shin Hyuk looked at the red neon sign that illuminated the alley.

A drunken person, a slow-moving car going through the alleys, and gestures to entice them.

Employees use pleasure, and customers desire pleasure.

And they use both to satisfy their greed.

“There seems to be something else strange.”

the manager asked.

“In addition? What? What?”

“Cardmen. If you look closely, they only take your card and withdraw money and bring it to you, but you don’t get money like tips.”

“What is the salary system?”

At the words of the team leader, Shin Hyuk nodded.

“It seems so. It’s also the fact that they’re huddled together as if they know each other. Perhaps there is an upper line. If you look, the ATM is also nearby…”

If the amount of money that each business uses the card man, if someone moves the card man like an employee and receives money from the business every month, such an action is possible.

The ATM is not far.

In each establishment, the person in charge can go out and withdraw, but if you look at the use of card man, you can see that there is a strong compulsion.

As proof of that, I don’t like their fine expressions as they hand over the cards to Card Man.

“It is more organized than you think. is this?”

“Yeah. There seems to be a structure that governs brothels.”

Park Jong-min brushed his hair.

“Can I have this for a week?”

Then, I saw someone approaching.

Quite large and with a convex stomach, the cardigan over the top had four lines drawn on its arms, probably from a brand name.

the manager said hastily.

“Hey, lower your head! head! Hurry up, go.”

ugh –

As the party departed, Chanta, who had fixed his eyes on him, soon turned around.

Park Jong-min got out of the road and stopped the vehicle on the shoulder of the road.

The team leader brushed off the conversation.

“Have you been in one place for too long? Didn’t you notice?”

“It looks odd, but just to check… wait a minute.”

Choi Dong-cheol’s gaze quietly sank.

Where his gaze was fixed, there was a man talking on the phone with a cigarette in his mouth on a motorcycle.

It was the card man I saw in the brothel alley.

Choi Dong-cheol smiled incomprehensibly.

“First, let’s shake that bastard first.”

drooling.

Choi Dong-chul went outside .