Gyun went through the rest of day not paying attention. He was pestered many times by the teachers and principal to join the Kendo team, and at the end of the day signed up for the Kendo team. Gyun was tired by the time he got home, he didn't have any homework to do so he relaxed for a bit. Gyun was trying to figure out an excuse to stay home tomorrow, he had an idea but he would rather do anything but.
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The next morning
Gyun woke up , made a horrible concoction early in the morning and forced himself to drink it and vomit. While unpleasant and extreme it convinced his mom to let him miss his second day of school.
His mom and dad left to go to work shortly after his brother left for school. Gyun left after an hour, he did actual feel sick after vomiting so he needed recovery time. He checked the tray where his mom kept spare money.
He found 35 thousand won, enough for a bus ride to Gangbuk. "I'll pay her back later anyway" he grumbled after hesitating over guilt of stealing from his mother. He threw on a hoodie and walked outside towards the bus stop at the end of the street.
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1 hour later(and 3 bus rides later)
Gyun was mentally exhausted he'd forgotten how loud and annoying Seoul city buses were. -In murim when you were on a horse at least it was quiet but that was horrible-.
Gyun stretched his arms and back, he checked his phone. "According to Map's it should be around the corner" Gyun turned and saw a glimpse of it.
He started waking towards the school but hesitated. "Wait schools still going on, I can't just walk into the school and beat him up. I mean I could but I'd have teachers to deal with not to mention his whole gang."
Grrrrgh
Gyun's stomach grumbled -I guess i can spend the rest of the bus money on some snacks, since that guys probably got some cash on him.- He thought as he walked to head
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2 hours later
Gyun was extremely bored he'd already eaten, did a light workout at the nearby workout and was now waiting at a nearby internet cafe watching random videos out of boredom. He checked his phone -damn there's still almost an hour and half left until schools out, I guess we can start the job-. Gyun thought as he got up from the computer after signing out
During Gyun's boredom he filled the holes in his plan, since he didn't know what Chen Ji looked like besides the basic information Jin sent him. He would go to the school secretary, tell them he was from a nearby high school and had found Chen's phone and used the school id he kept in his phone case to return it to him. The office calls Chen down to the office, Gyun takes a picture of him to identify him when he leaves school.
-It should work, but I wouldn't have to do all this damn work if Jin just would answer my fucking messages- Gyun thought frustrated. Gyun confidently walked into the school and headed to talk to the secretary, after a short bit of conversation they resolved the problem. The secretary was a petite lady in her 50's who seemed drained of all energy, -honestly I feel bad for her, this school looks trashed and I can smell cigarette smoke from the bathrooms, these guys aren't even trying to hide it-.
"Well thank you very much mister Sung to think you would come here all the way from Gangseo, if only our students had half enough dedication to studying as you do to return someones phone. Either way I'll call him here and you can give it to him personally, I'm sure he'll be thankful."
She disappeared for a short while before she returned with some guy who was average height with died bright orange hair, Gyun couldn't get an idea of his physique since he was wearing baggy clothes but he wasn't fat, had a smug look on his face but his eyes said he was confused. So that's Chen Ji, he looks pretty smug,-he reads as a street fighter, theres no gracefulness to the way he moves-
Gyun who was hiding in the distance outside snapped a picture through the window, he turned to leave. Gyun ran at a fast pace just to be safe until he was around the corner. -Now we wait,- he checked his phone -40 minutes until schools out, damn now to burn time-
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35 minutes later
Gyun was now sitting in front of Gangbuk Technical high school, who had been punching nearby tree's out of boredom, obtained a valuable nugget of information. Despite him originally doing it for the fun of it he was able to punch through a tree when he used 90% of his strength. While that was suspected since he was superhumanly strong, he didn't truly grasp how durable his body was. He punched through many tree's in one punch with no damage to his fists or wrists, with only minimal pain.
"This is invaluable, I could probably tank bats and maybe even bladed weapons....would've been useful in murim. Even after body purification it didn't get rid of any of my scars, god they're going to be a pain in the ass to explain".
Gyun was twiddling his thumbs waiting for the school bell to ring, as the time ticked by when a group of street motorcycles pulled in front of the school.
-one, two, three, four, five, six...thirteen! each bike except for 3 have 2 on each so uhhhh 20? Oh these fuckers better not be who I think they are!-.
As the group took off their helmets it turned they were high schoolers, a few turned out be girls who were riding with the boys. -So uhh now more like 14 dudes to fight, plus the other Chen Ji guy....well fuck it I've faced more in murim, this many guys should be easy enough-.
"Though that was with qi" he mumbled to himself, as the bell rang and students began trickling out.
The biker group were waiting as one of the guys got off a red bike and got on a grey bike with another dude. They turned to look to see Chen Ji sauntering out of the school entrance, looking around holding a girl around his shoulder.
"Wait how am I going to keep up with motorcycles, I didn't think he'd be driving a motorcycle at 18, should I beat him up now?" Gyun thought as his hands curled into a fist.
"No this is territory, and Jin said he's got at least 60 crew members that many would be a problem but more then anything there's to many eyes right now. The last thing I want is to spend a few years in Juvie."
-AAAAARGH DAMNIT he's heading towards them! Fuck it plan B! Plan B! We can do plan B!-
Contradicting his internal panic, he got up and hurriedly took a screenshot of the message Jin sent him, using the editing crossed out his name while walking towards Chen Ji who was no getting on a bike with the girl who he'd had his arm around. -Ok here goes plan B-, Gyun took a deep breath as he walked up to him and spoke. "Hey Chen Ji, I have some information that may interest you."