162 Three Ragtag Musketeers (1/2)

Several minutes before Yeong Gi had taken Yeo Ri away, Hyuk was still brooding over his loss for the nth time against In Guk. He kicked the machine rudely, not caring about the damage he might have caused on the old and rare arcade machine.

Then, his phone rang. He ignored the glare from the manager and answered his phone angrily. But before he could say anything, a vaguely familiar male voice started speaking.

”Lee Hyuk, look who we've got? That's right, it's your little sister.” The man on the phone had said.

Hyuk didn't have the time to process the words when a highly familiar voice screamed out, ”O-oppa!”

Yeo Ri sounded frightened, her voice teary. Hyuk's pupils shrunk and his stomach dropped as he realised what was going on.

”Who the f*ck are you?!” Hyuk demanded. They better not have laid their hands on Yeo Ri, or else, all hells may break loose. Hyuk was beginning to grow anxious. Hopefully, Yeo Ri was safe.

”You'll know when you come. Or else, say goodbye to your little sister,” the b*stard said.

”Don't you f*cking d—!” Hyuk roared at the man, but he merely stated the name of the meeting place in an unperturbed manner before hanging up.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The sound of the disconnected call rang in his ears loudly, each beeping sound feeling as if it was squeezing his heart tightly.

Yeo Ri was captured. And if he was not mistaken, it was probably by some gang he had unwittingly offended due to his unstable and violent tendencies. He had no idea how they found out about his little sister, but he was sure as hell that he would not let them get away for it.

Hyuk did not utter any explanations to In Guk or Jin Goo before he started running, heading to the location by foot.

”Hey! Lee Hyuk, where are you going?!” In Guk shouted after the fleeing figure. The two best friends exchanged glances before picking up their things and running after the man. Clearly, something bad had happened.

”Hey! Hyuk!” Jin Goo was the first to reach Hyuk. He forcefully stopped the hasty guy by grabbing his arm. ”What's wrong with you? What happened?” He did not hear anything from the conversation Hyuk had on the phone, but it was easy to tell that the phone call had been the cause of his franticness.

”Let go!” Hyuk pushed Jin Goo away, his eyes red. He could not stop thinking about Yeo Ri who was in grave danger, and it was all because of him. Somebody had nabbed his sister due to his actions. This was karma.

”D*mn it, just tell us what happened!” In Guk followed up, breathing heavily as he caught up with the two.

”Yeo Ri needs me! Move!” He glared at the two and continued running.

”Wait!” The two did not know the gist of what was going on, but it seemed serious so they followed him. In any case, the moment Yeo Ri was mentioned, In Guk had already decided to go along with the worried older brother.

And so, the trio went to go save Yeo Ri.

Reaching at the destination, Hyuk and the two were completely surrounded by thugs. Some of them wielded weapons such as crowbars and baseball bats, eyeing the trio dangerously. Seeing this scene, Hyuk knew he had came to the right place. The mastermind seemed to hold such a large grudge on him, god-knows-why.

”I'm here; let my sister go!” Hyuk yelled as he entered the abandoned building through its doors that was wide open.

In the center of the abandoned building, a group of men was gathered.

There she was, his precious little sister, standing among those b*stards. She looked utterly uncomfortable and scared, her body shrinking away from a man who kept poking her at various points on her body. The man laughed lewdly as she squirmed from his teasing.

”Yeo Ri-ah!” He called out, bringing everyone's attention onto him.

”Oppa!” Yeo Ri looked at him with relief in her eyes. Her shoulders sagged as though she finally had nothing to worry about anymore. Her glassy eyes brightened as his figure was reflected in her gaze.

Yeo Ri tried to run towards her brother who had come to save her, but someone immediately held her back.

Hyuk, seeing her wincing in pain, did not think twice and launched himself between the two, separating her from the d*mned b*tch. Pushing her behind him, he threw a punch at the guy, sending him flying to the ground.

Sensing Hyuk's hostility, the other guys surrounded him and began attacking.

”Be careful, Hyuk!” In a timely manner, In Guk and Jin Goo slammed their bodies against the group, breaking the ring of thugs. With an additional two pairs of fists, going against the large group was not impossible for Hyuk anymore.

”Lee Hyuk, you b*stard, I'll make sure you regret everything today!” Said the leader as he emerged from behind the thugs. He grinned ferociously before aiming a hit at Hyuk.

Hyuk took the punch head-on, then threw out a kick of his own.