Chapter 47 Part 3: Black Snake

The sergeant who heard me glared at me with his jaw clenched.

“Be careful what you say. This is the military, not the playground you used to play in.”

“Can’t you see his torn arm? You rotten little punk, are your eyes just for decoration? Why are you wearing them? Should I dig them out?”

I ignored my sergeant and looked at the ring.

I saw the soldier who had been fighting Kang-cheol kick Kang-cheol’s shin with his combat boot after hearing my swearing.

Kang-cheol bent down, covering his shin where the combat boot had struck.

“Ugh…”

“Kang-cheol!”

I rushed into the ring and blocked the soldier’s path.

“Hey! Are you okay?”

“I’m okay… I’m okay. Unnie, go down.”

“f*ck. It’s okay, but it’s swollen.”

While I was checking Kang-cheol’s condition, I heard a sarcastic voice.

“Are you filming a melodrama? Why are ordinary people coming up here? Go down and watch.”

I raised my head and looked at the soldier, and I saw his name tag.

Kwak Jun-myeong.

I turned my head to see my superior, and it was Kwak Man-je.

“Ah, now I understand. It was those two idiot rich kids talking nonsense?”

As I helped Kang-cheol out of the ring, I saw three officers looking at me.

“Commander.”

“Yes, Ga-eul.”

“It seems like Cheol is out of favor with that idiot. It seems like that North Korean pig is watching that idiot bullying Cheol. What do you think?”

The regimental commander seemed to be deep in thought and answered slowly, “—That’s right.”

“Anyone can tell that that worm, who doesn’t even hit Cheol with a single punch, is carrying him on his father’s back and talking nonsense?”

“—Yes.”

“It’s not like I’m covering my eyes and pretending not to see, but to me, it looks like those 901st Special Operations Unit guys are licking that North Korean pig’s butthole.”

Leaving the regimental commander alone without answering, I brought the plastic chair next to me and sat Kang-cheol down.

“Sister. I’m fine.”

“Cheol-ah.”

I picked up my cell phone that I had thrown on the floor in surprise and put it in Kang-cheol’s hand.

“Yes, sis.”

I said so that the people in the quiet gym could hear.

“Even a passing ordinary person can see the idiots messing around, so you’re not saying that those guys who live their lives like that don’t know?”

I looked at the soldiers who were staring at me and then finally looked at my sergeant.

“Aren’t you ashamed at your age?”

Since the high-ranking officers, the regimental commander and the sergeant major, kept their mouths shut due to the class-based nature of the military, the other soldiers also became quiet.

“I’m a piece of trash too, so I really enjoy bullying. Why? It’s fun. Isn’t it, Manje?”

The sergeant who heard me only looked at the sergeant major’s expression as he crossed his arms.

“Kang-cheol.”

“Yes, sis.”

“Take a nice picture of me.”

Ignoring Kang-cheol, who was trying to stop me, I climbed onto the ring and motioned for my sergeant to come up.

“Manje, come up quickly. You’re not being teased by a girl, are you?”

The sergeant, who had been constantly watching the warrant officer’s reactions, jumped into the ring when the warrant officer showed no response.

Although he had gained weight now, the sergeant’s body appeared light, proving that his years in the special forces hadn’t gone to waste.

“Put on your headgear.”

“Shut up, you fat pig… Don’t regret it later. This isn’t a place for kids to play.”

“Don’t come crying to me later.”

“That’s my line.”

Ignoring the sergeant’s muttering, I turned to Kang-cheol.

“Red, can I beat this guy to death?”

[Flap!]

[Red Parade donated 1,000,000 won.]

[As long as you don’t kill him, I’ll take care of the aftermath.]

[Crazy girl, just come down.]

[He looks like that, but he’s a muscle pig, so he’s scary. Just come down, bread boss.]

As I was staring at the sergeant who was glaring at me, I heard the warrant officer’s voice from behind.

“Gouging the eyes, slapping, biting, pinching, grabbing hair, and striking the groin and back of the head are prohibited.”

“That’s what they say.”

“Are our bodies fully warmed up?”

My boss, who had been waving his thick arms here and there at my groaning, struck a fighting pose.

At the same time, a loud sound was heard from outside the ring.

Ding!

With the sound of the gong, I calmly and slowly walked to the center of the ring.

Having never fought, let alone sparred, I raised both arms and slightly bent my upper body as if imitating what I saw on TV.

When I looked at my boss, he was lowering his raised arm with a bitter laugh at my sloppy posture.

“Pfft.”

Finally, he couldn’t hold back his laughter, so he snickered and waved at me without moving an inch from the corner.

I got close enough to reach out, but my boss raised his guard and waved his wrist as if telling me to hit him once.

I wanted to hit the guy in the face, so I gathered strength by sending my fist behind my shoulder as if I was hitting a punching machine.

The moment I sent my fist forward, my twisted shoulder and waist straightened, and my fist landed on his bulging stomach instead of his guard.

“Pfft!”

“Kkeuk!”

The sound of flesh clashing resonated throughout the gym.

[What the hell is that drum sound?]

[Did my internal organs burst?]

As I took back my fist, I saw the guy’s face rolling forward with his eyes wide open.

I quickly pulled back my fist and put strength into it, then punched the sergeant in the face again like an uppercut as he was falling.

Bam!

I felt something being crushed in my hand, and the sergeant’s huge body shook and fell backward.

When I looked at the sergeant’s face, which was trembling with its eyes rolled back, I saw that his nose was crushed and his cheekbones were also sunken in.

“Whew! Cut you North Korean pig!”

[You crazy b*tch!!!!]

[Eww, you b*tch, the manager!]

As my voice rang out in the quiet gym, only then did the surrounding soldiers start to murmur and urgently climb onto the ring.

“Supply officer! Supply officer!! Come to your senses!!”

“Call the medic first!!”

I looked at the ring that was spinning urgently, then came down and approached Kang-cheol and the officers.

“Regimental Commander, I think we need to select another supply officer.”

The regimental commander let out a hollow laugh at my words.

“I’m not selecting you, but I should submit a request to my superiors.”

In the midst of all this, the sergeant major, who had his arms crossed and exuded the aura of a veteran, stood without saying a word.

After glancing at the sergeant major, he turned his gaze to Kang-cheol, who was even more swollen than before.

“Cheol-ah. I should put some ice on this.”

“I’m fine.”

“I’m fine.”

At that moment, a military doctor was seen running toward the gym entrance with a medicine box.

“Over here!”

The military doctor who soon ran toward us asked a question as if it was different from what he had heard.

“Is this you?”

“Yes. Our Cheol is sick. Please treat him.”

He looked at Kang-cheol’s legs, who was sitting with his pants rolled up, and took out a cold pack from the medicine box.

“Just add water to this and it will cool down right away. Please apply this to him.”

As he accepted the pack and thanked him, a shout was heard from the side.

“You crazy b*tch. What are you doing! This way, doctor!”

The military doctor, who had finally sensed something strange, climbed onto the ring and examined his sergeant’s condition.

“This isn’t a condition that can be seen here. You need to go to a military hospital. No, a university hospital. Your face is sunken in!”

After watching the military doctor urgently call an ambulance, I told Kang-cheol that I would bring a hot pack filled with water and tried to walk away, but a soldier blocked my way.

“Hey, you son of a b*tch!”

The soldier cursed at me while grumbling.

When I looked at his face, it was the guy who had hit Kang-cheol earlier.

“Why, you idiot. Do I have to dig a grave for you? Be satisfied with what I sent you.”

[This is so refreshing. This is our squad leader.]

The guy who couldn’t contain his anger at my words tried to run at me, but the sergeant stopped him.

“Sergeant Kwak Jun-myeong. If you’re going to fight, do it in the ring.”

“Haven’t you seen what that b*tch did?”

“I saw it. She underestimated me because I was a woman and got beat up.”

Unable to respond to the sergeant’s words, he started to tremble and glare at me.

“What are you looking at, you son of a b*tch? Do you want to be in the coffin with me?”

[Room leader, it’s not our place, speak nicely, you piece of shit.]

[333333 what’s wrong]

[Seriously, it feels so good, kkkk.]

“Then why are you messing with my kid? You idiots can’t mess with anyone but me.”

“It was none of your business.”

“Why is it none of my business? Did your brain dodge? I said he was my kid. Why are you kicking him with your boots? If you hadn’t done that, I would have just put up with it.”

“You crazy b*tch, you’re not even a soldier! This is training!”

The guy who was talking nonsense as if he had lost his mind and was about to rush in was stopped once again by the sergeant.

“Sergeant Kwak Jun-myeong, I told you to fight in the ring.”

The bastard glared at me with his eyes wide open and then threw his finger glove at me.

“Come up…”

Seeing the guy whose face turned red after being blocked by the sergeant, I said while peeking my face out from behind the sergeant, “Come on. Yeah, you piece of shit. Sergeant Grandpa’s shield. You can’t penetrate the invincible shield, right? It’s so tough, right? All you can do is tremble, right? I sent the North Korean pig there, so you’re a military hero, right? I sent it on a Daepodong missile, right? You’re pissed, right? You want to kill it, right? But you can’t kill it? Your parents’ enemy is right in front of you, and you can’t do anything? Incompetent, incompetent. Yeah, Sergeant Grandpa’s shield is too tough.”

[You crazy b*tch, stop provoking me.]

[Oh my god, this is childish.]

[Ah, I’m pissedaaaaa!]