They were a group of people with balloon-like, oversized muscles.
"Oh, yellow monkey. Say that again. Are you saying our casino is doing something illegal now?"
David asked.
He was already caught, and now he couldn't give in. The guy was angry.
At this point, he decided that acting shamelessly would be the best option. Of course, he didn't know who he was dealing with.
And there was one thing Jin-hyuk hated hearing the most.
"Yellow… monkey?"
"Right. You Asians all have the same color. Besides, what's with that little boy's face? You look more like a woman."
And that was it.
"For now, I will hit your face until it turns yellow."
And the next.
"He has completely lost it. Take him to the side so he doesn't bother the other guests."
David waved his hand, and the bodyguards approached him with clenched fists.
"Yes, chief."
"What? Does he have the will to get his body broken?"
"I don't know, man."
"I am looking forward to what he can do."
The bodies of the westerners were typically large, especially these bodyguards.
However, the moment a large hand touched Jin-hyuk on the shoulder—
Kwak!
The eerie sound of bones breaking could be heard.
"M-My hand!"
A scream rang out as the hand was twisted.
The man shouted in pain.
"W-what is that?!"
Everyone was shocked, but no one had the time to understand or respond to the situation.
Because Jin-hyuk, who had dealt with one person, had already moved to the next.
Kwang!
"Kuak!"
Crack!
"Wak!"
Fast and light movements without limit.
"Ugh…"
"S-spare me…"
The men had their arms and legs broken. Their ligaments were completely ruptured, and they would be unlikely to lift even a fork with their own hands for the rest of their lives. ṚÁ𐌽Ó฿Еṧ
Fortunately, the people who injured only their arms were lucky. Some might have to spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs.
Without a single word of mercy, his hands dealt out nothing but cruelty.
"Does this make sense? How can so many people be knocked out?"
"I-It's a player! That person is a combat player!"
"Well, there's no other way to explain it."
Even the people watching were screaming at the acts of cruelty. Now, there was just one person left.
"Kuak!"
The heaviest bodyguard swung his fist. It was an attack aimed precisely at Jin-hyuk's head and seemed well-trained.
Of course, Jin-hyuk avoided the fist by simply moving his head slightly. At the same time, he moved his right hand as fast as lightning.
"Kuak?"
For a moment, the man's breathing stopped. A hand as hard as steel was blocking his neck, leaving him no choice but to freeze in shock.
But the biggest surprise came immediately after.
Kkk!
An Asian man who was just shy of 180 cm tall and weighed only 70 kg was lifting a man over 2 meters tall and weighing 100 kg.
With only one hand.
At this sight, David was finally forced to admit reality.
"T-this makes no sense…"
His judgment had been utterly wrong.
"N-no. Kuak! Kuak! Don't!"
As Jin-hyuk slowly increased the strength in his hand, the man he was lifting groaned. He knew better than anyone what would happen if this continued.
"Don't!"
Crack!
The collarbone shattered.
Even the last remaining bodyguard had fallen. That was it.
Now that the muscle-bound bastards were down, it was time to take care of the dirty mouth.
"Doesn't it seem like you're the one I should be squeezing?"
Jin-hyuk shrugged.
"Y-you will regret it. Our casino has a contract with the Scavengers Guild."
"Scavenger?"
"Right. It isn't too late for you to run away now. Even if you are awakened, the guild won't sit back."
Scavenger. Scavenger.
That felt like a guild he had heard of somewhere.
"Isn't there someone called Milo or something?"
"H-how do you know that?"
How?
Because he had met him in the [Tower of Trials] before.
Jin-hyuk remembered seeing Milo slaughtering newbies in the beginner zone due to his trash movement and mediocre skills.
At the same time, Jin-hyuk recalled that they had argued with him because Jin-hyuk had business there, but he brushed it off as nothing serious.
'There was a time when I conducted an earth science experiment using tides after burying their heads alive in the ground. There were also times when I almost killed them by hitting them with a spoon.'
Come to think of it, the result was the same even when he had no actual weapon.
Well, after Jin-hyuk followed that man around about thirty times and left him half-dead, he didn't see him again.
Probably because his self-esteem was crushed.
And these people believed in that guy?
"It is nothing."
Jin-hyuk smiled.
'What confidence is that?'
David tilted his head at Jin-hyuk's attitude.
Even an awakened player was nothing in front of a guild. No matter how strong he was, he couldn't go against multiple awakened people.
When facing an A-rank guild like Scavenger, the typical reaction for an individual player would be to retreat.
And then—
Jjjkk!
David heard something through his earpiece.
A call from the security room.
"C-Chief, I found what you asked us to search!"
"Asked? Ah! The profile! How is it?"
"T-that is…"
"Damn it! Don't dawdle—say it!"
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"His name is Kang Jin-hyuk, an S-rank in Korea. I checked because of the match video, but he is a total monster. Never. Never fight him."
"S-S-rank?"
David was so startled that he couldn't speak.
Unknowingly, his legs lost their strength.
Tremble.
His heart skipped a beat.
'T-that rank is too high.'
Even in the US, there were fewer than twenty S-ranks, despite being backed by the full power of the nation.
And to deal with—no, to even touch him—a mid-level Scavenger… Even if the entire guild came, they wouldn't stand a chance.
'We've touched a beehive.'
Even David, who knew nothing about the Tower, understood the influence that a high-ranker possessed.
And if that opponent decided to run wild—
Gulp.
Cold sweat poured down his body. Either way, the casino's reputation was ruined.
All he could think about now was surviving.
So he blurted it out.
"I apologize. I am sorry for failing to notice and causing this mess."
He spoke earnestly.
But—
"Why are you suddenly apologizing?"
Jin-hyuk's face twisted, as if he had heard something he didn't want to hear.
"Uh? That… I just heard about Kang Jin-hyuk from security."
He was being asked why his attitude had suddenly changed.
"After hearing my rank, you realized you messed with the wrong person, so you apologized?"
Would he have beaten them up if it were an F-rank or a normal person?
"I-I didn't mean…"
David tried to make excuses, but it was too late.
Puak!
"Ugh!"
A terrible pain exploded in his stomach as a fist dug deep inside.
"It isn't over just because you apologized, right? If you were truly sorry, you shouldn't have done this in the first place."
You wanted to kill someone and then say sorry and forget it all?
Even if you regretted it and cried, the deed was already done.
"R-right. I will never make such a mistake again…"
"Whatever happens in the future, I can't know. Let's just hit you for what you've already done."
He had promised, after all.
He would only hit him until his face turned yellow.
And Jin-hyuk was sincere.
"Wa… ack!"
Kwang!
Kwang!
Jin-hyuk punched the man.
One hit, then another.
As if relieving stress, he kept hitting him with single punches—never too many, never too hard.
When he was about to land the thirtieth hit, David spoke.
"S-spare me… I'll do anything. Just stop…"
Blood dripped from his swollen face, and his nasal bone looked crushed.
Jin-hyuk stopped.
"Anything?"
"Yes! Yes! Anything!"
"Then go stand in front of the mirror and play rock-paper-scissors until you win. If you stop without winning, you'll get hit again."
"Uh? Rock-paper-scissors?"
"You don't know? Then we can continue with this."
"N-No! I'll do my best! Just leave it to me!"
David staggered to his feet and stood in front of a mirror. He began playing rock-paper-scissors as if his life depended on it.
Jin-hyuk sat down, while the dealer across the table wore a confused expression.
"Now, shall we continue?"
"Uh? Y-you… what do you mean, sir?"
"The game we were playing. I didn't win, so we'll continue."
"A-are you serious?"
"I know it sounds like a joke, but I'm serious."
Jin-hyuk smiled.
What a joke.
A skill?
Do whatever you want—if you can.
[If I use my skills again, I'll end up like the manager. That's a no-go. There's no reason to be loyal and get sacrificed.]
The dealer's voice could be heard through Eye of Gluttony.
"I will go all in…"
Jin-hyuk pushed the stacked chips forward, and the game resumed.
Five minutes later—
The Scavengers Guild arrived at the casino.
"Chief David?"
A-rank player John Smith had no idea how to handle the scene.
Bodyguards groaned on the ground with shattered limbs, and David—the one who had called them—was ignoring everything while playing rock-paper-scissors.
"Chief! Get yourself together!"
As Smith shouted, David finally looked away from the mirror.
"Ah…!"
"What happened here? Who did this to the chief and the bodyguards?"
"N-Nothing… nothing happened."
He couldn't say anything else.
But how could anyone believe that after seeing this scene?
John Smith turned his gaze to the table.
More precisely, to Jin-hyuk, who was stacking an absurd amount of chips.
"Him."
No explanation was needed.
He was the only one enjoying himself.
But—
"Wait! Damn it! Ne-never touch that person! We're all fine, so just leave!"
David begged with a pale face.
"C-chief…?"
"Oh. Is it time already? I got too busy."
Jin-hyuk stretched his stiff body, stood up, and handed David a ten-dollar chip.
"Ah, Chief. I had a nice time. It must be cold working here, so on your way off duty, have a hot bowl of soup."
Hot soup was the best thing when one felt lost.
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