Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Three Birds with One Stone, Thoroughly Cleaning! (1)

Uncle Cheol-gu glared at the house gambling den with a fierce gaze.

“An illegal private gambling board that harms this country! I can’t pretend not to see even if I see it.”

Uncle Cheol-gu is a person who protected the country as a national army officer in his 20s, and in his 30s devoted himself to patriotic defense as a KCIA agent.

“Even if Uncle charges in alone and flips it, if Horse Head runs away in that gap, that’s it. You can’t eliminate the gambling den like that.”

So I said.

“Uncle, listen well. I’ll tell you the secret method of three birds with one stone that can thoroughly clean those guys’ pockets too, thoroughly clean this gambling den too, and thoroughly clean Horse Head’s mentality too.”

I waved the invitation flutteringly.

“My purpose is not simply conveying the invitation. It’s making Horse Head take this side at the year-end night.”

Honestly speaking, I covet the enormous cash that Horse Head holds.

Because of the hole created in Taeseong Construction’s safe, the construction funds to proceed with the subway construction worth as much as 180 billion are very short.

The government won’t give all that much money at once either.

“I’m thinking of thoroughly cleaning here this time and preparing the construction payment, and using that as an excuse to force Horse Head to participate.”

Horse Head has a strong contrarian temperament so he’s not a guy who will listen obediently.

Moreover, he’s not a guy who will actively cooperate with our plan.

Furthermore, he’s not a guy who will freely sponsor enormous cash to our Taeseong.

So for the guy, a whip and leash, and a threat that binds so he can’t move are absolutely necessary.

“Uncle, ear.”

I whispered in Uncle Cheol-gu’s ear.

Uncle Cheol-gu who listened concentrating for a long time laughed heartily.

“Puhahat! Will that work?”

Uncle said the same words even when he was released from the Seobinggo basement and first came to our house?

Remember that even then it ended with ‘this works?’?

“Team Leader Yu, then I’ll request this errand too.”

“Good. I’ll cut it in a 3-minute cut this time too.”

It will be hard.

If Horse Head does Horse Head-like things, it will take much longer than that.

I handed an umbrella to Yu Jong-tae filled with concern.

“As soon as you convey the words of invitation, open this first. If you don’t want to receive a cold water baptism or salt baptism.”

Yu Jong-tae opened and closed the umbrella a couple of times and grinned.

“Then I’ll go!”

Uncle Cheol-gu and I stood side by side and waved our hands.

“Then have a safe trip.”

“Let’s join later.”

“Join?”

Yu Jong-tae tilted his head at the word join and waved his hand while running out.

The invitation that Yu Jong-tae was holding flashed with golden light particularly.

Several times more than the one given to the master!

Somehow I had a pleasant premonition that I could rip grandly.

Or not!

* * *

Even though quite a bit of time had passed since Yu Jong-tae entered through the back door, he didn’t come out at all.

It was clear to the eyes that he was having difficulty with Horse Head’s tricks.

‘I knew it would be like this, but as expected, if you speak nicely, he doesn’t listen. Good! Then I won’t overlook either. This side also has no choice but to exercise power.’

I fiddled with Secretary Kim’s business card.

“I’ll make one call.”

“There it is. Let’s go together.”

The conclusion is one.

‘To catch Horse Head, as expected, I have to clean the business place first.’

I dusted my hands.

‘I have to fill Taeseong’s safe with your money. It’s your money but your sponsorship intention won’t even be important. So you’re forced participation.’

I turned to look at Uncle Cheol-gu.

“Uncle, is the resolve ready?”

“Of course.”

“Good. As promised, you’ll follow my words? Today I’m the money owner.”

I took out a 500-won bill from the coin wallet and grinned.

“Let’s flip the gambling den upside down once today.”

“Will that work with just 500 won?”

“Just watch. I’m quite lucky.”

I winked one eye.

“Let’s challenge how far we can clean these guys’ pockets with this 500 won. How about it?”

“Whatever, even if lost, it’s just 500 won. Good, let’s do as you say, little kid!”

The cheapest white chip one for 500 won.

Perfect!

I absolutely don’t lose in matters involving money usually.

* * *

The inside of the house was hazy with acrid cigarette smoke so it was exactly like a raccoon den.

Even a strong smell of blood pricked the nose.

In this area, cockfighting was in full swing.

“Kill! Break!”

“Don’t overlook and push!”

On the feet of the roosters that went up on the cockfighting board, razors were attached.

Every time brushed by the blade, blood splattered, and every time blood splattered, people went wild.

They deliberately made it like that because the gambling board becomes much more fun when a lot of blood splatters.

Seeing that sight after a long time, I couldn’t help but faintly frown my brow.

‘Certainly, this is not my preference.’

I prefer clean victories and secretly eating.

In the past, when I came on the master’s errand and waited, I participated in the gambling board a few times for pastime and also to cultivate the eye, but it wasn’t fun at all.

Uncle Cheol-gu was also making an expression similar to me.

“These crazy bastards.”

I agreed.

“Really swarming like an ant swarm. Why did these bastards bring kids to the gambling board?”

“To extract tips by putting kids in front.”

“These crazy bastards really······!”

I also agree with this.

But in other guys’ eyes, Uncle Cheol-gu who takes me around would look similar?

······There’s no need to inform that necessarily.

Sometimes not knowing is comfortable for the insides.

“What are those guys again? Why did they take out desks and sit in the gambling board?”

In one corner of the gambling board, there were two people sitting with desks side by side.

Both were wearing white gowns, but the tools placed in front of them were quite different.

“Veterinarian and cook.”

“What? Veterinarian is one thing, what’s the cook again?”

“They catch the chickens that lost in cockfighting and make them into baeksuk on the spot and distribute.”

“Ha······, crazy bastards really do all sorts of things.”

In front of the veterinarian’s desk, there was a first aid kit, and in front of the cook’s desk, a gas burner was up.

If lose, baeksuk fate, if win, hospital fate. If something happens, both become baeksuk.

That’s the fate of the roosters that came out to the cockfighting den.

And people go wild and like it while watching that.

“Anyway, cockfighting gamblers absolutely don’t put baeksuk made from cockfighting in their mouths saying it’s unlucky, but they deliberately show it like that. A kind of showmanship?”

“If it’s freshly caught and made baeksuk on the spot, it would be fresh and chewy and delicious.”

“······.”

No, how is this gentleman’s head made?

While watching this life-and-death cockfighting board that gives off a smell of blood······.

‘Hoho!’

I opened my eyes wide.

‘Golden light is turning from the left rooster!’

Uncle Cheol-gu also looked at the roosters that went up on the cockfighting board and stroked his chin.

“Somehow I think that left guy will win?”

It was the same choice as me.

So I asked.

“Why?”

“Just picked.”

“······.”

“The momentum is good, right? Just looking, that guy is weak, that guy is strong. End!”

The underworld messenger quietly appeared and snapped his fingers.

A Yellow Springs path counter flashed above the head of the unselected right rooster.

[5 minutes]

Flutter! Flutter!

As expected, the match was decided in just 5 minutes.

“Wow! Thunder Black won!”

“Won! Won!”

Cheers and screams rang out as if the cockfighting board would fly away.

In one match, people’s joys and sorrows crossed.

Tap tap.

I pulled Uncle Cheol-gu’s clothes hem.

“Shall we also start slowly?”

“Good.”

There’s Uncle Cheol-gu’s sense, there’s the underworld messenger, and there’s my eyes.

With this, it seems like we can flutter one tip in the gambling board?

Or not!

* * *

Yu Jong-tae who was caught in the gambling board unexpectedly sighed.

Because he couldn’t even see Horse Head, he still couldn’t convey the invitation.

‘It seems they attached the house’s best gamblers to me. Their skill is really good.’

They were clearly experts regarded as the best in this field.

For Yu Jong-tae, it was helpless.

So a bitter smile naturally came out.

He had already grasped their identities skillfully long ago.

‘Anyway, no matter how hard I try here, there’s no answer.’

What’s the use of having fast sense.

Those disgusting humans have faster hands than eyes.

In rigged gostop and poker boards that turn back cards, there was no merchant who wins alone.

‘At this rate, it seems I won’t be able to convey the invitation until the day breaks. What to do? Shall I cause a ruckus recklessly first and see?’

That was the reason Yu Jong-tae was anxiously stomping his feet under the table.

But Yu Jong-tae also had a corner he believed in.

‘Clearly the young master and Hard-headed Lieutenant Colonel said they would join?’

But he couldn’t ask when and how they would join.

Because he was thinking of conveying the invitation within 3 minutes and returning.

He ended up being careless.

“Wow! It’s the gambling god! The gambling god appeared!”

“Crazy! Going around all kinds of items and easily setting consecutive win records!”

“Thanks to that, I also won! Gambling god, long live long live long long live!”

Since earlier, from that gambling den, thunder-like cheers and cheers didn’t stop.

Excited voices were heard ringing here.

“Amazing, it’s unconditional all-in but winning everything!”

“How many consecutive wins already? About 15 consecutive wins?”

“Don’t know! At some moment, cheers were heard so I wondered what this was. Look at those chips! A mountain!”

“That also piled up while changing chip colors like that!”

“At this rate, really this house will close its doors from today?”

Everyone cheered in one voice.

“Victory’s bear!”

“Gambling god! Gambling god!”

“Tip! Tip!”

“Once more! Once more!”

Conversely, this side’s poker board was gradually cooling coldly.

Because the house manager who turned pale ran over and kept conveying whispers.

Yu Jong-tae pretended not to know and perked up his ears.

“A big problem occurred! At this rate, it seems we’ll go bankrupt today!”

“What?”

“For us, it’s absolutely insufficient!”

The gambling den was flipping upside down in real time.

“Because he broke all boards with all-in like a crazy guy and won consecutively, the house’s chips are to the extent of being insufficient.”

The house manager bit his lips tightly.

“Since it’s all-in every board, it seems the problem will be cleanly resolved if we win just one board, but the problem is not being able to win that one board.”

“Hoo······! How did the matter come to this state?”

The young and beautiful female gambler, the madam, nervously rubbed the cigarette she was holding in the ashtray.

“Is he a gambler?”

“Well. Since the items are items, the guy had no gap to use skills at all.”

“Certainly. The items of that house are mostly our dealers playing tricks, and the game participants only put money so there’s not even room to use skills.”

The madam’s expression became serious.

“Then purely luck?”

“Yes, it seemed like the goddess of luck was protecting that guy. The momentum was so great, it feels exactly like being possessed by a ghost.”

“Is that possible?”

“There’s no other explanation. As you know, in this field, guys who hit the jackpot sometimes appear occasionally. However······.”

“The problem is how far that luck goes.”

The madam’s eyes became cold.

“Originally, before the matter grew this much, you guys should have trampled with skill early.”

“······Sorry, Madam.”

“My head is throbbing. It can’t be helped.”

The madam pressed her throbbing temples.

“Bring him this way.”

“Yes, Madam.”

When the madam gestured, the house’s best gamblers flashed their eyes at the same time like hyenas seeing prey.

“It’s been a long time. There aren’t many cases where that guy makes such a fuss like that.”

“What kind of guy is it that that guy turned pale and ran all the way here?”

“Perhaps a national-level flat bookmaker came? Or Jeolla-do devil or Gyeongsang-do one-ear?”

“Whoever it is, since they came as a guest to our gambling den, the decisive battle can’t be avoided. From now on, it’s a real sword match.”

The gamblers bent their necks left and right, and loosened their fingers with a crack.

After firming their resolve in their own ways, they looked at the house manager and slightly nodded.

Only then did the house manager bend at the waist and say politely to Yu Jong-tae.

“Guest, I want to bring one more special guest this way. Is it okay?”

“I don’t mind. Anyway, I was playing for pastime while waiting until the house owner returns. Tell them to join.”

“Then. Knowing that you agreed.”

The house manager placed one more chair at the same table.

Rustle.

There was someone walking over with large strides parting the bead-strung feet.

Yu Jong-tae almost stood up abruptly.

‘Hard-headed Lieutenant Colonel, no, Mr. Park Cheol-gu!’

One more child following in.

‘Young Master!’

The seven-year-old young master walked holding the hand of a man like a bear and winked one eye.

‘As expected, if it’s the young master, somehow join······ wait! Then did you already foresee up to here at that time?’

There was another surprising matter.

Yu Jong-tae opened both eyes wide.

‘Huff!’

On the tray that the house manager was holding, chips were piled like a mountain.

Even colorful and diverse!

It was quite different from the top of Yu Jong-tae’s table where only a few white chips were rolling.

‘How much is all that?’

It couldn’t be gauged at a glance.

I don’t know, but it seemed certain that it was an amount that would make the mouth drop open.