Vin Jin was surprised to find Baki there.
"Hyung, what are you doing here?"
Baki flicked him on the forehead. "Kid, I came to save your ass. Everyone's waiting for you at home. Why are you standing out here in the rain?" With that, he dragged Vin Jin away. As they left, he glanced back at Gun Park.
Vin Jin muttered, "Hyung, that's him. He's the one who fought our teacher that night."
Baki smiled. "Is that so? He does seem strong. But let's leave for today—he seems occupied with something else."
Meanwhile, Gun also looked at Baki. "Hmm... Such a strong aura... Who is he...?"
But he quickly refocused on the task at hand. He walked toward the fallen Johan. "Look at you. No one's coming to save you. When I defeated Jake, I took his teeth. What should I take from you?" He moved to burn Johan with his cigarette, but someone suddenly stopped him. It was Zack.
Gun asked, "Who are you?"
Zack replied, "I'm his friend." He took his boxing stance and asked Johan, "Is he bullying you?"
With that, Zack swung a punch at Gun, but Gun leaned back and dodged it. Zack changed the trajectory mid-swing and brought it down toward Gun's face. Gun threw a one-handed handstand kick at Zack's head, but before it could connect, Vasco stopped it with his shoulder.
"Tabasco? Last time I saw him, he only had the hardware. It seems someone has installed the software too."
While Gun was lost in thought, a Brazilian kick came flying his way. He quickly raised his arm in guard. When the attack failed, Daniel followed up with a one-handed handstand kick. Gun was caught off guard and took the hit.
"Huh? This is the attack I just used! I didn't expect there to be another one like Johan."
He asked Daniel,
"Are you interested in making some serious money?"
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On their way back, Vin Jin asked, "Hyung, why didn't we help them?"
Baki laughed. "If I help them, they'll never learn and grow. Don't worry, nothing will happen to them. They're special kids."
Vin Jin nodded. After a moment, he asked, "Then why did you bring me back? Am I not special?"
Baki laughed. "Hahaha! If you'd stayed there, that guy might've gotten too serious. And more importantly, you don't need situations like that to grow stronger yet. Don't forget who your master is."
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A few days later
Vin Jin, Eli, and Duke walked to J High together. Duke was showing his new song to Vin Jin, while Eli felt left out of the conversation since he knew nothing about rap.
As they walked, they noticed a suspicious guy hovering around girls. Eli called out, "Guys, let's wait here for a bit. I've got a bad feeling about that guy."
Vin Jin and Duke stopped. They watched the suspicious man. After a while, they saw a girl wearing a mask hand something to him. It looked sketchy. Vin Jin asked, "Are they selling drugs?"
Before Eli could answer, Duke said, "No. I think it's more like some kind of fetish thing. I've been seeing more and more of these sales lately. Girls sell their worn items, and sometimes even hair and spit."
Eli and Vin Jin were shocked. Vin Jin asked Duke, "Man, how do you even know all this?"
Duke scratched his head. "These sales often happen online. They post them on various social media apps to find buyers. So whenever I go to the internet cafe, I stumble across them."
"Hmm... We should head to school now, or we'll be late," Eli said.
---
After a while, they reached the school. Suddenly, they saw an old man leaving with tears in his eyes. He appeared to be someone's guardian. Since Eli was in the hairstyling department, he went to a different class while Vin Jin and Duke headed to theirs together.
Vin Jin and Duke sat together, talking about random things. Suddenly, they heard a few boys whispering nearby.
"I'm serious! Check this out!"
"God damn... Look at those thighs!"
"Holy... What's her name?"
"It says Sujin."
"She's new to this kind of work, it seems."
Suddenly, they felt a presence behind them. "Sujin?!" Vin Jin looked at the photo in shock. It was a post selling stockings and spit. His face contorted with anger.
A few hours later, Vin Jin rushed out of school as soon as the bell rang. Duke called after him, "Where are you going, dude?"
Vin Jin shouted back, "I'M GOING TO THE POLICE STATION!"
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Sujin was walking home with her friends when a voice called out. "Sujin!"
She looked back and saw Vin Jin running toward them. Her friends teased her:
"What?! I didn't expect you to have a boyfriend!"
"Since when did our school flower have a boyfriend?"
"Is that why you always rejected everyone else?"
Sujin's face turned red from embarrassment, but she also felt strangely happy. Vin Jin stopped in front of her. "Sujin, I need to talk to you about something. Can you come with me?"
Sujin nodded and said goodbye to her friends. Vin Jin took out his phone and showed her a photo—the post from earlier.
Sujin was shocked. "Oppa... I didn't do this. I don't know how they got my photo..."
Vin Jin flicked her forehead. "Did I say you did this? I'm showing you because I want you to come to the cybercrime department. We have to do something about this, or the situation could get serious."
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After a while, they reached the police station and saw a group of students coming out. It was Daniel and the others.
Daniel called out, "Vin Jin, what are you doing here?"
Vin Jin explained everything, then asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
Daniel showed a bitter smile. "We're here for the same case, but the police can't do anything about it. At most, they might be able to freeze the account, but nothing more."
Vin Jin was shocked and disappointed. Daniel continued, "If you want, we can search for a solution together."
Vin Jin nodded and followed them to Zack's boxing club.
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They all sat in a circle in the ring. Jace opened a box filled with stockings and bottles.
Daniel asked, "These items? They're selling these?"
Jace nodded. "Yeah. Since I bought in bulk, I got a discount. But they were still very expensive. I've investigated the sellers. There's one thing they all have in common—they're all from East River. Does that sound familiar?"
Daniel was shocked. "No way!"
Jace's face turned serious. "That's right. It's Hostel."
Hearing Hostel's name, the one most shocked was Vin Jin. "HOSTEL?!"