Chapter 387 – Part 2 – Customer

Melvin is Christopher’s alias.

He’s also the leader of Wings of Hope.

‘Could it be that Christopher was the one who introduced Park Hui-jun to the human trafficking gang?’

Reading his thoughts confirmed it.

Park Hui-jun had been in contact with Christopher all along.

‘It wouldn’t be official contact.’

Unofficial. In other words, there was a high possibility of collusion.

‘This bastard was Christopher’s spy.’

He probably wasn’t a spy from the beginning.

Park Hui-jun joined Revolution two years ago, and Christopher’s takeover of Wings of Hope was recent.

‘He probably figured out Park Hui-jun’s tendencies and manipulated him.’

Whether he manipulated him with money or prostitution, the details were unclear.

‘What’s certain is that I need to peek into Park Hui-jun’s memories.’

Rather than pointlessly torturing and threatening him, looking at memories would be easier and simpler.

The mind of a spy would contain a lot of helpful information.

“Well, I’ll be going first then. Please enjoy the party.”

Park Hui-jun tried to leave after greeting.

He couldn’t be allowed to leave like this.

“Park Hui-jun.”

“Yes?”

Choi Seong-min looked around and spoke in a subtle voice.

“You were engaging in prostitution at the human trafficking gang, weren’t you?”

“…!”

Park Hui-jun’s eyes widened as if they would pop out.

‘His expression management is terrible.’

That was clearly the expression of someone who’d been caught, wasn’t it?

Not knowing what to say, Park Hui-jun moved his lips several times.

“Don’t be surprised. I’m also the same kind of customer.”

“What?”

“Let’s talk somewhere quiet instead of here. I have something to tell you.”

Choi Seong-min led the way as if telling him to follow, but Park Hui-jun didn’t move.

He was contemplating in that brief moment.

Whether to run away or follow.

Whether to believe Choi Seong-min’s words or not.

“What are you doing? I said I have something to tell you.”

“…”

“It’s a message from Mr. Melvin… Won’t you listen?”

The moment he heard those words, Park Hui-jun’s hesitation disappeared completely.

Not only the human trafficking gang but even Melvin’s name had come up.

‘It’s certain. Hunter Choi Seong-min is also the same kind of customer as me.’

Only then feeling relieved, Park Hui-jun’s feet began to move.

“Ah, yes. I’m coming.”

Not knowing that Choi Seong-min was sneering inwardly.

‘Idiot.’

Looking at Park Hui-jun following with quick steps, Choi Seong-min led the way.

He lured the guy into a secluded, dark alley.

“You said there’s a message from Mr. Melvin?”

“Yes. But first, could you turn around for a moment?”

“Huh? Why should I turn around…”

Just as Park Hui-jun turned his head.

Thud- Thump-!

Choi Seong-min struck his neck and knocked him unconscious.

“Why? Because I need to see your memories.”

Muttering this, Choi Seong-min immediately placed his hand on Park Hui-jun’s head and examined his memories.

Since he had plenty of time anyway, he carefully looked through recent memories first.

‘This bastard. He recently visited the human trafficking gang.’

He could see him visiting the human trafficking gang at dawn, seeing the corpses, and hastily fleeing.

‘I understand running away after seeing my work…’

But visiting the human trafficking gang even after his sister went through such things was incomprehensible.

‘His lower half dominated his brain, huh?’

Looking at subsequent memories, he could also see him making contact with Christopher.

‘In the memories, Park Hui-jun is calling Christopher by the name Melvin.’

The hypothesis about the alias was now confirmed.

Only after seeing a few more memories could Choi Seong-min roughly understand the situation.

‘Christopher approached Park Hui-jun first and leaked information to him. To make him fall into prostitution.’

Christopher had only connected him to the human trafficking gang; falling into temptation was entirely Park Hui-jun’s doing.

‘The reason for the connection is obvious.’

It was probably to hold Park Hui-jun’s weakness and shake him.

‘He probably recorded multiple prostitution scenes.’

In a situation where they even kidnap customers’ families, there’s no way they wouldn’t create weaknesses through hidden cameras.

‘He’s probably planning to betray Park Hui-jun at a crucial moment to damage the organization.’

Organizations tend to be torn apart even by small holes.

Just like tearing by making holes is easier than just tearing.

‘That Christopher bastard used his head in his own way. Creating such a worm in someone else’s organization.’

Park Hui-jun was a worm capable of causing cracks in the organization.

If threatened with spreading prostitution videos, he was the type who would betray the organization.

‘I’ve roughly figured out the plan.’

Choi Seong-min removed his hand from his head.

He had finished understanding what purpose Christopher had in seducing Park Hui-jun.

He had also thought of how to thwart that guy’s plan.

‘Before that guy uses Park Hui-jun…’

Choi Seong-min, who had lifted the dazed Park Hui-jun onto his shoulder, ran somewhere.

‘I’ll make the first move.’

Using stealth, the two figures disappeared.

* * *

“Mmm…”

Park Hui-jun, who opened his eyes, looked around.

It was a somewhat familiar space.

‘Th-this is the meeting room!’

There was no one else in the lit meeting room.

Only Park Hui-jun was sitting alone in a chair.

“Come to think of it, why am I sitting here?”

He tried to remember but couldn’t recall.

He had no idea how he had come here.

“Don’t you remember?”

“Hiik!”

Park Hui-jun was startled by the sudden voice.

Swoosh-

Choi Seong-min released his stealth.

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you.”

“Wh-what! Who are you?”

“Quiet. What if someone hears and comes in?”

“…”

Though he closed his mouth, Park Hui-jun couldn’t understand the current situation.

First of all, Choi Seong-min speaking informally was incomprehensible.

“Why are you speaking informally to me?”

“We’re the same kind of customers.”

At the word “customers,” Park Hui-jun searched his memory.

‘Right. I was following Hunter Choi Seong-min, wasn’t I?’

He vividly remembered following him after he said there was a message from Melvin.

Though he had no memory at all of how he got here.

“Are you really also a customer?”

“Obviously. Still doubting?”

“Well… it’s not like ‘customer’ is written on your forehead…”

“Got it. I’ll prove it conclusively.”

Choi Seong-min looked at something written on his phone and said:

“Three months ago, July 3rd at 12:30 AM. The day you first visited the human trafficking gang, right?”

Park Hui-jun’s eyes widened.

“Th-that’s correct.”

“Then a week later on the 10th, second visit, another week later on the 17th, next month on the 1st around 2 AM…”

Choi Seong-min recited Park Hui-jun’s prostitution records in order.

“The 9th, 14th, 21st, 31st. And until the 8th of this month. You’ve visited the human trafficking gang a total of 12 times so far. Right?”

“That’s exactly right.”

“The purpose of all 12 visits was prostitution. Correct?”

Park Hui-jun nodded.

These were undeniable facts.

“Now do you believe me? I also know well because I’ve used the human trafficking gang like you.”

“But how did you get such information…”

“When I asked Mr. Melvin, he told me. I also learned about the human trafficking gang through Mr. Melvin’s introduction.”

“Ah…”

Park Hui-jun kept nodding.

No trace of suspicion could be found in his eyes anymore.

“I didn’t know Hunter Choi Seong-min was also the same kind of customer as me.”

“I didn’t know either. Not until Mr. Melvin told me.”

“By the way, what about this message from Mr. Melvin?”

“Ah, it’s nothing special. Recently there have been bad incidents at the human trafficking gang, so we might get our tails caught, so he said to refrain from using it for the time being.”

“Ah… Is that so?”

When Park Hui-jun was disappointed by the unexpectedly bland directive, Choi Seong-min ignited the conversation.

“By the way, let’s talk about prostitution at the human trafficking gang. How was it? Was it good?”

“Haha… It must have been good since I did it.”

“Right. Looking at the records, you went almost once a week.”

“It was really ecstatic. Especially doing it by force… Ahem. I didn’t know I liked that sort of thing.”

“Keke, once you get a taste, it’s hard to escape from this scene.”

“That’s right. Hehehe.”

Perhaps because of the common ground of being customers of the same human trafficking gang, the two continued their conversation for nearly 20 minutes.

“We communicate surprisingly well.”

“We do. Is it because we’re talking about lewd things?”

“Ah, talking about lewd things keeps making me think about it. I want to go again.”

“Hold back. Mr. Melvin said to be careful for the time being.”

“I should. Do you happen to know the location of another human trafficking gang? The place I used to go to seems to have collapsed since they won’t answer calls.”

‘Acting like you don’t know when you witnessed it directly.’

Choi Seong-min, who sneered inwardly, said with a smile:

“I know. Should I give you the contact?”

“Ooh, that would be great!”

To Park Hui-jun, who answered with an excited face, Choi Seong-min showed his phone.

“Ah, is this the number?”

Choi Seong-min didn’t answer.

Thud-!

Instead of answering, he just struck his neck to knock him unconscious.

“Phew. Matching this bastard’s rhythm isn’t easy work either.”

He had pretended to have used the human trafficking gang using the information he had gathered…

“You have to be able to have a conversation to act like you’re in cahoots.”

Pretending to be accomplices made him feel nauseous.

“Disgusting bastard.”

Saying that, Choi Seong-min took out a phone hidden among the flower pots.

“Let’s see, was the video recorded well?”

It was recorded well.

Very well, with Park Hui-jun’s appearance clearly visible.

‘Good. Now I just need to erase this guy’s memories…’

Choi Seong-min’s black hand touched Park Hui-jun’s head.

* * *

“Huk!”

Park Hui-jun, who woke up startled from sleep, looked around.

“Wh-where is this…?”

It was none other than inside his own car.

“Ugh…”

A sudden headache rushed in.

His neck also felt stiff for some reason.

‘Why am I here…?’

Like elusive dark clouds, his memory was hazy.

Park Hui-jun endured the headache and tried to recall recent memories.

‘Right. My sister said she was scared to go alone, so I was on my way back after dropping her off at home.’

Had he been in the car ever since then?

Why did it feel like his memory was cut off?

‘It feels like I blacked out.’

He must have dozed off without knowing because he was tired.

Park Hui-jun, who chuckled, shook off his thoughts.

There was no point in trying to remember something that wouldn’t come to mind anyway, it would only give him a headache.

After getting out of the car, he went to the party venue.

“Huh? Is the party already over?”

He thought there would be time left, but somehow they were cleaning up.

“What happened…”

Park Hui-jun’s eyes widened when he belatedly checked the time.

‘It’s already 12 o’clock?’

Two hours had passed before he knew it.

‘Wait, so I was just sleeping in the car for 2 hours?’

It was an absurd amount of time to have wasted just from dozing off.

‘It’s not something like dementia, is it?’

It was an astounding situation, but the next morning.

Park Hui-jun faced an even more astounding situation.

“Hey, Park Hui-jun!”

Because a thunderous rebuke from the leader fell from early morning.