Solo Resurrection

Chapter 104

Popular Star (2)

“What are you guys doing?”

“What the!?”

A huge silhouette suddenly appeared while they were in the middle of their business.

It was Kang Hyeon.

“I asked what you’re doing.”

“Mind your own business.”

“You’re Choi Yeon-hwa’s friends, right? What are you doing here?”

“Ah, just get lost.”

“What cheeky kids.”

Kang Hyeon looked at them as if he couldn’t believe their audacity.

“Where’s Choi Yeon-hwa?”

“Why are you looking for that bitch here? I said get lost. You think we care if you’re the Badass Guild Master or whatever?”

“So this has nothing to do with Choi Yeon-hwa then.”

“Fuck. I told you to stop bringing up that bitch!”

Finally, Kang Hyeon’s patience reached its limit.

“You little shit, did you put a rag in your mouth? Being nice to you makes you think you can climb all over me.”

“Ha, just because you’re a bit older…”

“I’m not done talking. Didn’t they teach you not to interrupt adults? You punk with no manners whatsoever.”

“So, why should I…”

“This bastard still can’t get it together. Lack of learning ability? Your head is huge but there’s no thought inside. Is that thing on your neck just for decoration?”

“Wh-what!? My head is big?”

“Yeah, you big-headed improper fraction. That cumbersome head on your neck isn’t just there to keep your balance. Use it to think.”

Jeong Dae-han actually had a quite large head compared to his body.

It had been a complex for him since childhood, and Kang Hyeon had hit that spot perfectly.

“Do you really want to die!? Do you know who I am?”

“I don’t know! You bastard!”

With that answer, Kang Hyeon slapped Jeong Dae-han’s cheek.

“Khaak!”

“I hit you lightly. Don’t exaggerate.”

“Are you crazy? Do you want to end up like this assistant here!?”

“What are you doing! Jeong Dae-han, are you okay?!”

Jeong Dae-han’s subordinates and friends shouted, their necks bulging with veins.

“Ah. So noisy.”

Kang Hyeon frowned, rubbed his ears, and then punched the wall.

-Kwagwang!

With that force, the concrete wall shattered instantly with a loud noise.

Jeong Dae-han and his friends instantly became mute as honeycombs.

“You’re the crazy ones. Little brats learning only bad things, what the hell. Who are your parents?”

“…”

“Do I look like I’m joking? I asked who your parents are.”

“W-why should we tell you… That?”

Jeong Dae-han said cautiously, holding his cheek.

“You want to know why?”

“…”

“If I keep hitting you, you’ll understand why.”

“W-wait! No!”

“Yes.”

Kang Hyeon slapped Jeong Dae-han’s cheek again.

With a crisp sound, Jeong Dae-han’s head whipped to the side.

“Khaak!”

Jeong Dae-han spat blood, but Kang Hyeon didn’t even blink as he slapped him again.

“Who are.”

-Slap!

“Your parents?”

-Slap!

“I said who!”

-Slap!

His friends stepped in to protect the half-unconscious Jeong Dae-han.

“Stop it! He’ll die at this rate!”

“Then you take his place.”

-Slap!

The friend who had stepped up to protect Jeong Dae-han fell to the floor powerlessly.

“Kyaaak! Sehui!”

“Did you just hit a girl!? You’re completely insane!”

“You’re the insane ones, you trash punks.”

Kang Hyeon smirked and kicked the friend who had fallen to the floor.

“Wannabe ability users talking about men and women. Is there gender in ability users? If a high-level person stabs you with a knife, you just die whether you’re a man or woman.”

“…”

“And don’t you think that line is a bit cowardly coming from trash punks like you who look hard to even recycle?”

Despite Kang Hyeon’s continued insults, Jeong Dae-han and his friends couldn’t say anything in response.

They were just trembling in fear.

“Anyway, let’s get hit some more. Time for some mental education.”

“Wait! I’ll talk. I’ll talk, so don’t hit us.”

“I don’t want to.”

“Huh…?”

“I knew who all your parents were from the beginning. You wrote it so proudly on the application forms, how could I not know?”

Jeong Dae-han and his friends looked bewildered at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“Then why…”

“Just. Because I was bored. I needed an excuse to hit you.”

“You crazy bastard!”

Only then did Jeong Dae-han and his friends realize they were truly in trouble.

‘This guy is just insane, a real psycho!’

‘It’s impossible to even talk to him.’

If they could just get out of here, they could call their parents.

For that, they needed to persuade Kang Hyeon, but it seemed impossible.

You need to be able to communicate to threaten or persuade someone.

-Thud.

“Kheuk!”

-Crack.

“Kuek!”

-Slap.

“Kyak!”

With each of Kang Hyeon’s hits, there was a crisp impact sound followed by a scream.

“I have a knack for punching, you know. Honestly, I think it might be a talent.”

While talking, Kang Hyeon didn’t stop swinging his hands.

“So who did you say your parents were again?”

After beating them for quite a while, Kang Hyeon suddenly stopped and spoke.

“E-earlier… You said you knew…”

“I forgot. Tell me about it.”

After beating them for over 10 minutes, Kang Hyeon finally seemed ready to talk.

After that, Kang Hyeon heard the full story of the incident.

However, three were already unconscious on the floor, and the remaining two had swollen faces and missing teeth, so it took quite some time to properly convey the information.

“Now I understand.”

“…”

“The assistant here is quite pitiful. He’s a righteous person, you know. Is this how the world is? Shitty things keep happening endlessly. Don’t they?”

Jeong Dae-han nodded painfully at Kang Hyeon’s words.

‘You bastard… Just wait…’

Suddenly, Kang Hyeon looked at Jeong Dae-han and grinned.

“It’s because of trash like you that the world is a harsh place to live. Isn’t that right, everyone?”

“What…?”

“This is a 100% real situation right now. Everything’s being recorded well, right?”

Everyone was bewildered as Kang Hyeon suddenly became excited and started talking to the air.

Jeong Dae-han couldn’t understand what was going on.

“Wow, what’s this? 150,000 viewers? This is amazing. Hahaha!”

***

Ippotranslation

***

Kang Hyeon, who arrived at the Ability Users Cultivation School, turned on his YouTube live broadcast.

“Ah, hello everyone. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

As Kang Hyeon’s Badass TV channel already had over 2 million subscribers, an enormous number of people started connecting as soon as the broadcast began.

-Wow. Kang Hyeon turned on a live broadcast.

-I still can’t get used to his face every time I see it. He looks so scary…

-He looks even scarier up close. Please move back a bit.

“I’m reporting those who are commenting about my face.”

Kang Hyeon and the viewers exchanged light jokes like this.

“As I mentioned last time, I’ve become the head instructor at the Ability Users Cultivation School, Seongnam branch. It feels new to be back after a year.”

-So this is the training center.

-The facilities look nice.

-Kang Hyeon as the head instructor. This batch hit the jackpot.

-Please show us you teaching live!

“You want to see me teaching? There’s nothing special about it… I’ll think about it. For now, let’s just chat for a bit…”

Kang Hyeon, who was speaking, suddenly stopped.

“Everyone. Didn’t you just hear something?”

-I didn’t hear anything.

-I was listening with my earphones at max volume, and there was a very faint sound.

-No fake stuff. It’s not funny.

“No. I really heard something. Just wait a moment.”

Kang Hyeon hurriedly moved towards the direction of the sound.

Gradually, the viewers also started to hear something.

-It sounds like someone’s cursing? Could there be a fight?

-It’s a fight. A fight! Go check it out quickly.

-A fight during Kang Hyeon’s training? They’ve got guts lol

-For real lol

Finally, Kang Hyeon arrived at the bathroom, the source of the sound.

“Shh! I think it’s coming from here.”

Kang Hyeon carefully pushed the camera inside the bathroom.

-Crazy. What is that?

-That’s an assistant instructor’s uniform. Are the trainees beating up an assistant instructor?

-Wow… That’s too much. They look like young kids, but this is going too far.

-Is this staged?

“This is not staged. Everyone, I think it’s time for me to step in. I’ll fix the camera here, so please watch carefully.”

Kang Hyeon carefully fixed the camera in place and entered the bathroom.

“What are you guys doing?”

“What the-!?”

From that moment until the end, the viewers watched every scene live.

Moreover, it was gaining fame in real-time through social media, and the number of viewers was skyrocketing endlessly.

-Wow! Kang Hyeon-style discipline lol This is crazy!

-Now I’m starting to feel sorry for the kids who were doing the beating?

-Is this broadcast rated 19+?

-Whoa, insane… How does a concrete wall shatter with one punch.

After a while of beating scenes, Kang Hyeon finally revealed the identities of Jeong Dae-han and his friends.

“So, this one is the son of Congressman Jeong Dae-seok. This one’s mother is some kind of businesswoman? This one is the daughter of Seong-so University Hospital’s director. This one is the son of Yu-san Corporation’s chairman…”

The viewers were shocked as their identities were continuously revealed.

-This is historic. Insane.

-The top 0.0001% of our country are all gathered here lolololol

-What did that assistant instructor do wrong? I really feel sorry for him.

-Trash bastards. Just kill them now.

-Yeah, if they’re released back into society, they’ll be walking around fine thanks to their parents’ influence. I wish Kang Hyeon would just get rid of them…

Finally, after hearing the whole story, Kang Hyeon smiled and picked up his smartphone.

“Wow. What’s this? 150,000 viewers? This is amazing. Hahaha!”

-Just gained 30,000 subscribers lol Crazy speed.

-Kang Hyeon’s class is on another level.

-Is it okay for this to be broadcasted like this? I’m worried.

“Ah, don’t worry. I don’t care how strong those guys’ backing is. Let them come at me if they dare.”

Kang Hyeon, holding his smartphone, grinned as he checked the viewer count.

“And those oh-so-great parents. They won’t have time to worry about me, right? They should be more concerned about losing their positions right now. Hahaha!”

***

Ippotranslation

***

It was exactly as Kang Hyeon had predicted.

This time, South Korea was truly turned upside down, but for a different reason.

The ruthless violence of children from high-ranking political and business circles.

Bullying the weak using their status.

And the following disciplinary action.

Kang Hyeon’s popularity soared to unimaginable heights.

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. Are you really going to do this?”

While most people were in a festive mood, there was one man who couldn’t help but be full of worry even today.

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know!?”

The situation was so urgent that Shin Tae-gil came to see Kang Hyeon in person.

“I didn’t touch Choi Yeon-hwa. The rest are just trash anyway.”

“They’re not just any trash! They’re the trash that controls South Korea!”

“Is that so…? Haha!”

“Huu…”

Shin Tae-gil let out a deep sigh and rubbed his face.

“But isn’t it pretty good?”

“What’s good about it?”

“My popularity has increased. If we just cut out Choi Yeon-hwa from here and bring her to our side, we can gain everything we want. We can also more actively promote my good relationship with the government. You know what I mean, right?”

“Yes…”

Certainly, Kang Hyeon’s words weren’t wrong.

Although things didn’t go as originally intended, it was a situation that could be turned to their advantage.

Their power might have been strong once, but now it’s on the verge of collapse.

They just need to extract Choi Kang-woo separately and join forces.

And Kang Hyeon, who’s driving the biggest issue in South Korea with his pursuit of justice.

If they move well using him, they might be able to completely turn public opinion in favor of the President.

“I’ll explain this well to the President.”

“Alright.”

“Please, I beg you. Stop causing trouble.”

“What are you saying now after assigning this to me, Mr. Shin Tae-gil? If you didn’t like it, you shouldn’t have suggested we do something together.”

“Haa… These days I’m getting a lot of gray hair, and when I wake up, my hair falls out in clumps.”

Kang Hyeon’s expression darkened at Shin Tae-gil’s sudden confession about hair loss.

“Ah… I’m sorry.”

Kang Hyeon understood his feelings well, as it was a concern he had experienced for a while.

“I have a favor to ask.”

“Yes…”

After a solemn moment passed, Kang Hyeon, coming to his senses, brought up the main point.

“What happened to the guy I handed over then? Was his name Park Song-min?”

It was about the suspicious man who had disguised himself as a trainee on the first day of the Ability Users Cultivation School.

That day, Kang Hyeon had knocked the man unconscious and immediately handed him over to Shin Tae-gil, but he hadn’t heard what happened after that.

“Kim Jun-yong, who was the guild master of the Kangshin Guild. Do you remember?”

“Of course I remember, it was just a few days ago.”

“Park Song-min was also from the Free Ability Users Liberation Alliance, where Kim Jun-yong belonged.”

“We talked about that last time.”

“Ah, did we?”

Embarrassed, Shin Tae-gil scratched his head.

“Never mind the affiliation, so why did he come here? From the situation, it seems he was probably aiming for me.”

“That’s right. He said it was for revenge.”

“Revenge? What revenge?”

At that time, all Kang Hyeon had done was beat up Kim Junyong, who was already nearly dead.

“It seems he thinks you’re the one who foiled the plan to kidnap Chairman An Moo-seok and dealt with the Kangshin Guild.”

“Shit… There are already plenty of people who hate me, and now even foreign bastards are about to jump in.”

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. Be careful. From what we’ve investigated, these aren’t ordinary guys.”

“Of course they’re not ordinary. Would ordinary guys try to kidnap a chairman of a global company in broad daylight?”

“Huu… It’s not just that level. Kim Jun-yong of Kangshin had abnormally strong magical power. When we investigated where he got such power, we got shocking results.”

Shin Tae-gil dragged out the time, trying to add weight to his words.

“Don’t drag it out, just tell me quickly.”

“It seems they forcibly extracted magical power from other people and continuously injected it into Kim Jun-yong.”

“What? Is that possible?”

“We didn’t know such a thing was possible either. It was something we couldn’t even imagine… We don’t know the specific method, but it’s certain that they forcibly took magical power from other people.”

“No wonder… So that’s why the feeling of magical power was so strange.”

Only then did Kang Hyeon realize why he had felt so uncomfortable when he first met the Kangshin Guild.

“Anyway, you need to be careful. Those guys won’t stop here. They say they have very strong pride, so they’ll definitely come back for revenge somehow.”

“Haa, you’ve really become a popular star.”

As Kang Hyeon sighed, Shin Tae-gil chuckled.

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. You really seem to have a natural talent for causing trouble.”

“What? It wasn’t me this time.”

“But it’s related to you, isn’t it?”

He wasn’t wrong.

“Ugh… I can’t even hit him…”

“Excuse me? What did you just say?”

“Nothing.”

“I’m sure I heard you say something about hitting…”

“I said it’s nothing! Do you want me to really hit you?”

Kang Hyeon ran his hand roughly through his hair in irritation.

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. If you keep running your hands through your hair like that, you’ll go bald.”

“Damn…”