Goblin Library - Chapter 33

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Chapter 33

Kang Woong approached the flinching school gang members without a word. Then he raised his hand and slapped one of them across the face.
Crack!
“Ugh!”
Without sparing a glance at the school gang member who cried out and collapsed to the side, Kang Woong immediately slapped another one across the cheek.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
In an instant, Kang Woong had slapped four school gang members to the ground and spoke.
“If you don’t get up, you’ll get hit harder.”
At Kang Woong’s words, the school gang members scrambled to their feet. Without giving them a moment to catch their breath, Kang Woong slapped them again.
Crack! Crack!
High school students might have been able to fight back against Kang Woong, but these thugs were only middle schoolers despite their gang status.
With the physical difference between them and an adult, and the terrifying aura Kang Woong emanated, the middle school gang members didn’t even dare to retaliate—they could only take the hits.
Soon all the school gang members were prostrate before Kang Woong.
Kang Woong crouched down and spoke to the one who appeared to be their leader.
“You’re going to bully Sung-sik?”
“N-no, sir.”
“What about the other kids?”
“We… we won’t bully them.”
“Seems like you will, though.”
“No, sir.”
“No. I know everything. You’re definitely going to bully Sung-sik.”
The leader shook his head urgently at Kang Woong, who wouldn’t believe him.
“No, sir.”
“I told you—I know everything. You’re definitely going to bully him because you’ll be embarrassed. And you’re going to try to get revenge on me too. You’ll probably contact some older guys you know, right?”
At Kang Woong’s words, the leader’s mind went blank. He’d been too focused on his fear and the beating to think of that.
But now that he thought about it, the reason they couldn’t fight back properly was because the guy was a high school student, but they had older high school gang members they could call on too.
And they were senior gang members known for being good at fighting.
Sensing the leader’s face flush with anger, Kang Woong raised his hand and struck the back of his head.
Thwack!
“Ugh!”
Watching the leader cry out and collapse forward, Kang Woong spoke.
“Call the older guys you trust.”
“What?”
“My aunt asked me to come, so I came… but I’m not exactly a free man. If you bully my little brother again, I’ll have to come back even if it’s annoying. But since I’m already here, it’s better to handle troublesome things in advance. Call them—the older guys you trust. I need to beat down the kids you know too, so you don’t get any funny ideas.”
“R-really call them?”
“You’re going to get beaten by me all day anyway. So call them. Who knows—maybe the older guy you call will beat me and save you?”
At Kang Woong’s words, the leader hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone and made a call to someone.
“Hey, boss… could you help me out? That thing over there…”
The gang leader hesitated, stealing a glance at Kang Woong. It was shameful to admit in front of him that he’d been beaten by some high school student he didn’t even know.
Seeing the leader’s reluctance, Kang Woong extended his hand and took the phone.
“Yo.”
The moment he spoke casually, the person on the other end fell silent for a moment before their voice cracked with emotion.
[What? Who the hell are you?]
“Does it matter? You’re the one who should be asking.”
Then Kang Woong handed the phone back to the leader. The gang leader’s face went pale as he took it, and shouting and curses erupted from the speaker.
“Here… yes, it’s the Alley in front of our School.”
After giving the location and hanging up, the leader looked at Kang Woong.
“He said to wait.”
Kang Woong nodded and got to his feet.
“What are you doing? Lie down flat.”
At Kang Woong’s command, the leader and the School Gang members lay down. Watching them, Kang Woong sat on the leader’s back.
“Hup!”
Startled by Kang Woong’s sudden action, the leader panicked but quickly tensed his body. He didn’t know why he was sitting, but he understood that if he collapsed, he’d get beaten again.
That much was clear to him.
Kang Woong smacked the back of the leader’s head with his palm and looked at Sung-sik and the others.
“What are you doing? Come over here and sit.”
“Huh?”
“Sit.”
“Ah… that’s okay…”
“Tsk!”
At Kang Woong’s disapproving sound, Sung-sik and the others hurried over. Watching their hesitation, Kang Woong spoke.
“Hey, it’s okay if the kids sit too, right?”
“Y-yes. Yes, it’s fine.”
At the leader’s words, Kang Woong grabbed Sung-sik and seated him beside himself.
“Ugh!”
The leader couldn’t bear the weight of two people and collapsed entirely.
Thud!
Watching the leader sprawled on the ground with his belly pressed against the pavement, Kang Woong said nothing.
Instead…
“Each of you take a spot.”
When the others hesitated at his words, Kang Woong spoke again.
“It’s fine. From now on, you won’t have to worry about these guys bothering you.”
“Huh?”
“If these guys so much as look at you wrong, I’ll come back here. And I’ll beat them again.”
Then Kang Woong grabbed the leader’s hair and lifted his head.
“Are you going to bother the kids?”
“N-no. No, I won’t.”
“Of course I believe what you said. Once I beat up all the kids you called, you won’t even think about breaking your word.”
Kang Woong continued with a smile.
“If these guys bully anyone else besides you later, tell Sung-sik. I’ll call him once a day to check in.”
Then Kang Woong grabbed the leader’s hair and shook it as he spoke.
“By the way, when are those guys coming? I need to get home too.”
“Soon… They should be here soon.”
The leader spoke while lowering his head. And out of Kang Woong’s sight, he bit his lip.
Whether the leader was thinking something like ‘you’re dead when my hyungs arrive’ or not, Kang Woong casually draped an arm around Sung-sik’s shoulder.
“If there were kids like this, you should’ve told me sooner.”
As he spoke, Kang Woong gently patted his shoulder—as if to say don’t be nervous.
“It’s just… a bit embarrassing.”
“Embarrassing? We’re family. That’s not something to worry about.”
As they chatted lightly to calm Sung-sik and the victims, seven high school students came rushing into the Alley.
“Which bastard is it!”
The School Gang member who shouted as he entered was tall with a lean build.
At the sight of the School Gang member, Kang Woong stood up and spoke.
“Get up.”
At Kang Woong’s words, the children sitting on the School Gang members’ backs quickly stood up. And the School Gang members also awkwardly got to their feet.
“Is it you, you bastard.”
When the School Gang member glared at him with a menacing look, Kang Woong glanced at him briefly.
“You ran here?”
“What? Yeah, I ran here. You bastard.”
At the School Gang member’s words, Kang Woong scanned through them and looked behind.
“Does anyone have water?”
At Kang Woong’s words, one of the students quickly pulled a water bottle from his bag and handed it over.
“Here.”
Taking the water bottle, Kang Woong lightly tossed it to the School Gang member.
To the School Gang member who caught the bottle without thinking, Kang Woong spoke.
“Drink. And catch your breath.”
“What?”
“Don’t come running here and then complain about being out of breath. Catch your breath first…”
Kang Woong added with a smile.
“Then get hit.”
At Kang Woong’s words, the School Gang member squinted and hurled the water bottle away.
Thud!
The bottle bounced off the ground and the cap flew off.
Splash!
As water sprayed everywhere, the School Gang member glared.
“Yeah. Come on. Let’s fight.”
The School Gang member rushed forward.
Kang Woong glanced at the School Gang members behind their leader. They remained relaxed, unmoving, trusting in the one who’d gone ahead.
Kang Woong pushed off the ground and charged straight at them.
Whoosh!
The leisurely School Gang members froze. In the blink of an eye, their boss was taking hits from Kang Woong.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
And he kept getting slapped across the face, over and over.

As evening approached 8 PM, more than thirty School Gang members lay sprawled across the Alley.
Kang Woong beat down the newly arrived School Gang members and knocked them out. Then he made them call more.
When he told them to summon the strongest fighter they knew, they each called up the toughest guys they were acquainted with.
Then Kang Woong would beat them again, and the cycle repeated with different School Gang members.
Watching this, the middle school School Gang members trembled uncontrollably, huddled in a corner.
They desperately hoped no more would come. They understood the truth.
The problem wasn’t Kang Woong—it was the senior School Gang members who’d come here and gotten beaten.
Kang Woong wasn’t even from this area; he was Sung-sik’s older cousin.
So if they could just survive today, it would be over. But the School Gang members here were the big names in this district.
And because they’d gotten beaten because of these kids’ calls, once Kang Woong left, they’d take their frustration out on them.
While the middle school School Gang members trembled in fear, Kang Woong was catching his breath.
I muttered to myself, “Man, it’s been a while since I’ve fought. This is exhausting.”
I glanced at the School Gang members lying on the ground. If all of them rushed me at once, I wouldn’t stand a chance.
The fortunate thing was that they’d come in waves, gotten beaten, and grown so frightened that they hadn’t realized that if they all attacked together now, they’d win.
So I grabbed the head of the last School Gang member lying there and pulled him up.
“Hey, call someone stronger than you. Don’t bother me later with talk of revenge or whatever.”
At my words, the School Gang member looked at me with trembling eyes, then glanced at the others lying on the ground.
All the notorious School Gang members in this area were sprawled out, trembling.
Among them were some he couldn’t confidently say he’d beat in a one-on-one fight.
He’d come here angry, but seeing them all down, he wanted to run.
But his pride wouldn’t let him flee, so he’d ended up getting beaten instead.
“No, sir. There’s… no one else left to call.”
“Really? You won’t cause trouble again from now on?”
“Yes…”
At his words, I brushed off my hands and released his head. As I looked down at each School Gang member one by one to confirm there was truly no one else, one of them slowly raised his hand.
Seeing him raise his hand while lying on the ground, I spoke.
“What?”
“Could we… call one more senior, just one last time?”
The School Gang member spoke in casual language, unable to use formal speech because of his pride, and I replied.
“Call him.”
At my words, the School Gang member quickly got up and pulled out his phone.
He called someone, exchanged a few words, and hung up.
“He said he’ll be here soon.”
“Yeah. Get down.”
At Kang Woong’s command, the School Gang member quickly dropped to the ground. Watching him, Kang Woong recalled the middle school gang members.
“You lot, get out of here. And stop bullying kids. Not just these ones—don’t bully anyone else either.”
“Y-yes. Yes.”
At his dismissal, the middle school gang members glanced nervously at the older boys lying prone on the ground. When they saw those older boys glaring at them, they flinched and bolted, running as if their lives depended on it.
After sending them off and waiting, a man in a black suit entered the Alley.
“Bong-ju hyung!”
The School Gang member who had made the call quickly scrambled to his feet and rushed toward the man.
“Hyung, it’s this bastard.”
At the School Gang member’s words, the man called Bong-ju looked at Kang Woong and spoke.
“Two hundred.”
“I’ll definitely get it for you tomorrow.”
“Payment on delivery?”
“Right now… I don’t have it.”
At the School Gang member’s admission, Bong-ju smacked the back of his head once before approaching Kang Woong.
“Kid, this is just business… no hard feelings.”
At Bong-ju’s words, Kang Woong looked at him and spoke.
“Gang member?”
“Why, scared?”
As Bong-ju smiled and stepped closer, Kang Woong raised a finger.
“Hold on. Let me make one call first.”
“What?”
Ignoring Bong-ju’s narrowing eyes, Kang Woong pulled out his phone and dialed someone.
Then he switched it to speaker mode and placed it on his palm.
Beep! Beep!
At the sound from the phone, Bong-ju asked in a menacing voice.
“Don’t tell me you called the cops?”
“I don’t like cops either.”
Then a voice came through the phone.
[What’s going on.]
At the rough voice, Kang Woong glanced at the phone. The person he’d called was the Gang boss that Lim Sung-un controlled.
Just like in Kang Woong’s case, modern School Gang members maintain connections with Gang organizations. That’s why he’d coordinated with the Gang boss in advance, just in case a Gang member showed up.

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