Descent of the Demon Master

off the street.
That could mean one of two things—either they didn ’t think much about kidnapping someone, or they were way too experienced in this sort of thing to care.
In addition, what they said also made her shudder.

“W-what about my oppa?”

It made sense if these people were after her.
For one thing, they could demand ransom.
They could also be crazed stalkers.
The situation Kang Eun-Yeong found herself in was certainly despair-inducing, but it still fell within the realm of logically understandable.

However, everything would change if these kidnappers weren ’t after her but Kang Jin-Ho.
Why would they go after her oppa?

Kang Eun-Yeong bit down on her lip hard enough to draw blood and chewed on it.

’Don ’t be scared, Kang Eun-Yeong! ’

It was not hard to guess that these men were not ’normal ’ in the head from how they had rammed a van minding its own business off the road and brazenly kidnapped someone in public.
However, that didn ’t mean she could afford to let them know how scared she was.
In this kind of situation, showing weakness would only make them feel more triumphant, anyway.

’And I hate being in this position, too! ’

Kang Eun-Yeong was short-tempered enough to yell in irritation at a rude character in a movie she was watching.
So, to think she would find herself in this kind of situation…!

“Urgh…” Kang Eun-Yeong ’s manager, who got kidnapped alongside her, finally regained consciousness.

“Oppa, are you okay?” Kang Eun-Yeong urgently asked her manager.

Jeong Seok-Su barely managed to crack open his eyelids, and he scanned his surroundings before his jaw slowly fell.

One of the balaclava-wearing men pointed at the manager.
“Why did you bring that dude with you?”

“Well, I couldn ’t leave him behind.”

“Huh? Why didn ’t you off him, then?”

“Why don ’t you do that, you dumbass? It ’s too freaking annoying…”

“Tsk.”

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The balaclava-wearing men glanced at Kang Eun-Yeong and her manager, but that was all they did for now.
It was as if their role was to keep monitoring her so she wouldn’t escape.

Manager Jeong Seok-Su blinked.
“W-where are we?”

“I think we’re in an abandoned factory,” said Kang Eun-Yeong.

“An… abandoned factory?”

“Yes…”

The manager ’s voice trembled even more.
“W-why did they even kidnap us?”

Kang Eun-Yeong couldn ’t reply to that.

Seemingly trapped inside a dark, dingy factory, surrounded by balaclava-wearing men monitoring their every movement…
These two factors were enough to make Jeong Seok-Su shudder from fright, as his mind couldn’t accept his new reality.
But what he said, despite his crippling fear, far exceeded Kang Eun-Yeong ’s expectations.

“M-Miss Se-Ah, don ’t be afraid.
Everything will be fine.
Since they bothered to kidnap us, they won ’t harm us that easily.
I ’m sure of it.”

“…Got it.”

Those words should mean little, but just hearing them seemed to have a calming effect on Kang Eun-Yeong ’s heart.

The group of men chatted noisily among themselves, but a phone call disrupted them.
After the call came to an end, they started whispering, and one of them walked up to Kang Eun-Yeong with a phone in tow.
“Hey, you…”

Kang Eun-Yeong didn ’t say anything and simply glared back.

“Call your oppa.
Tell him to come here.”

Her eyes quivered powerfully just then.
It seemed these men were really after Kang Jin-Ho rather than her! Kang Eun-Yeong clenched her teeth before growling back at the man.

“Don ’t wanna.”

“Hah?”

“You think I ’m mad? You think I ’ll do as you say?”

The balaclava-wearing man looked at her in dismay.
“Holy cow, this kid’s really a piece of work, ain ’t she?”

One of his colleagues loudly replied, “Yeah.
I thought she was just this naive, pure kid from TV, but it sounds like she ’s got some grit in her now, doesn ’t she?”

The balaclava-wearing man wordlessly walked closer, then used his index finger to poke Kang Eun-Yeong ’s head.
“Listen here, Miss Kang Se-Ah.
Looks like you don ’t understand the situation you ’re in, so let me help you with that.
Do you honestly think you ’re in any position to say no? Do you wanna see how scary we can be?”

“Do what you want.
We ’ll see if I ’ll call my oppa.”

“Did this little bi*ch really lose her mind or something?” The balaclava-wearing man groaned before suddenly slapping Kang Eun-Yeong in the face.

Slap!

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Kang Eun-Yeong ’s lips burst, and blood splattered in the air.
The impact was so sudden, and it caught her off-guard, but Kang Eun-Yeong simply glared right back at her attacker with eyes burning in fury with nary a trace of fear visible on her expression.

The balaclava-wearing man grunted.
“Huh, she ’s tougher than she looks.”

The one to lose his cool first wasn ’t Kang Eun-Yeong but her manager.
“Don ’t hurt Miss Se-Ah, you son of a b*tch!”

“…Gee whiz, are we shooting a movie here or something?” The balaclava-wearing man chuckled in dismay.
“You think we ’re playing around here? Is that it? Should I skin you alive instead? Fine, then! Let ’s see if you ’ll call your oppa or not.
Goddamn it!”

Just before the balaclava-wearing man ’s agitation could get any higher, though, someone ’s voice coming from behind stopped him.
“Hey.
Stop wasting time and take her phone away.
The target ’s number is definitely saved on it.”

“But this b*tch…!”

“If you waste time and mess this task up, the chairman will want to have a private chat with you.”

“M-mm…”

“Besides, Mister Hyeon-Su is also on the way.
Don ’t make things any worse than it is.”

“…Got it.” The balaclava-wearing man groaned, then extended his hand at Kang Eun-Yeong.
“Hand over your phone.”

“My phone?” Kang Eun-Yeong pulled out her smartphone and dangled it in front of her captor.
“You mean this one?”

And then…

Smack!

She slammed her phone as hard as possible on the floor, and then she mercilessly stepped on the device with her high heel.

Crack! Crack!

Her sharp heel dug into the fragile screen, utterly ruining the phone in the process.
Kang Eun-Yeong stared at the phone, which seemed to have been destroyed beyond repair and smirked deeply.
“There.
A present for you.”

The balaclava-wearing man slowly pulled his balaclava up.
And by doing so, he revealed his deeply-contorted face.
“You stinking little b*tch! You think I ’m some kind of a joke?!”

Kang Eun-Yeong shivered from this outpour of anger in her direction, but she remained firm and held on.

’I ’ll be too embarrassed to look at my orabi in the face if I get scared by these losers! ’

No matter what they did to her here, Kang Eun-Yeong swore that no harm would fall upon Kang Jin-Ho—no matter what! Just as she resolved herself and gritted her teeth, the man took his balaclava off and slapped her across her face again.

Slap!

“Aaaahk!”

A scream leaped out of her mouth despite her best efforts.
She fell to the floor, but she still shot a murderous glare at her attacker.
But then…

“W-what the hell?!”

A burst of bright light suddenly came through the building ’s windows from the outside.