The window creaked non-stop and then popped out, the wind blew the curtains fiercely. In his sleep, Kwon Taek Joo pulled the blanket all the way up his neck, but the cold seemed to penetrate deep into the flesh, making him shiver. If he continued to sleep, he would probably become a frostbite corpse the next morning. Finally despite the discomfort, Kwon Taek Joo wakes up.
His whole body was cold when his legs touched the floor. He thought his body was quite flexible but he was probably wrong. After waking up, his physical strength also decreased and it took quite a long time to recover as before. Kwon Taek Joo walked to the window and folded the two doors completely. Only then did the wind stop blowing, but his shoulders still trembled.
He was half awake and half dreaming of returning to bed. The mattress was too hard and the blanket was too short for him to roll up as much as he could to cover his body. The single room with too poor facilities, if you return home safely, Kwon Taek Joo will definitely calculate the account with the head office.
He sat up and wet his throat and lay down again. Now he just wants to rest without thinking about it. Kwon Taek Joo closed his eyes and tried to sleep and suddenly his hair flew up. It was probably because of the steam coming out of the humidifier but he gradually realised everything from his hair to his hospital gowns, intravenous tubes and blankets began to shake violently.
The window is clearly closed? Kwon Taek Joo rolled his eyes with a puzzled expression.
He was startled to lift up. The window that was already tightly closed suddenly opened again. A silhouette of someone reflected through fluttering curtains. Although he couldn't see his face, Kwon Taek Joo felt like he knew who it was. His heart was pounding. The blood vessels of the whole body also beat violently.
"Is this your cave?"
He grinned and jumped through the window with his long legs. Kwon Taek Joo's ward is on the 4th floor but that doesn't seem to be a problem for him. He lifted the curtain with a frightening signature smile. Kwon Taek Joo instinctively took a step back but soon a cold and hard wall hit him on the back. There is no way back.
"Ah, how... The bastard is here again, keugh...!"
The voice popped out crumbling. Because he suddenly reached out and strangled him. It seems that his body is several times bigger and the power to choke his breath is like a monster. Kwon Taek Joo couldn't stand the pressure, his eyes bulged and his mouth gaped. He struggled to escape his arms, but the bastard did not move. He just whispered in a relaxed tone.
"If you're bored of playing, you have to quit, right? Of course, it should also be handled neatly."
He licked his lips and looked down at Kwon Taek Joo, his eyes glowing like those of a giant reptile. He breathed heavily and could barely open his eyelids trying to close. His eyes lit up red. It is desire, the red colour of desire.
"You've heard enough, now I have to say goodbye, right?"
As soon as Kwon Taek Joo felt the danger, his body was overturned. The hand that was strangling kept pressing hard on his neck. His head was helplessly buried deep in the pillow, the pants had slipped out ever since, something hot and hard touched his tense ass. Kwon Taek Joo struggles in despair.
"Can't you stop? If it's rapeing me, you've done enough, motherfucker!"
He tilted his head to look at Kwon Taek Joo screaming angrily and then full of teasing the hot meat on his hip bone.
"Do you call that r.a.p? You also like it. How many times have you climaxed?"
A terrible pressure pulled on Kwon Taek Joo's spine along with a cold mocking laugh. His lungs and intestines were crushed. He panicked and shouted in extreme pain even though he knew that it would be useless if anyone ran over.
But the higher his voice, the more his voice was buried like he was falling deep into the water or drowning in a dense swamp. No one heard and no one came to help. A feeling of despair struck.
"…Oh my god!"
Kwon Taek Joo took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He could see the familiar ceiling. In the blink of an eye, all the pores opened, the hair of his whole body stood up, his hands tremblingly touching the mattress. Everything was the same, he was still on his hospital bed and the window was still closed.
Just a dream. Kwon Taek Joo lies mesmerisingly groping every corner of his body, there is no special pain except for the uncomfortable feeling of being strangled.
He wiped his sweaty face and sighed. Even if you dream, do you have to dream like that?
It wasn't until after a while that Kwon Taek Joo could sit up. Sweat lingered on his face, his throat dry with hard breaths. Suddenly his mood saged, his head was also heavy. Kwon Taek Joo feels like she has to take a shower.
He was walking out of bed when he suddenly stopped. Something in the blanket is straight up. No way. Kwon Taek Joo quickly lifted the blanket. Sure enough, his front was bulging as if it was about to explode.
Damn it, damn it, damn it.
Kwon Taek Joo jumped out of his seat and went to the bathroom. He didn't undress, but always opened the shower to cool his excited body.
It's crazy. It's crazy. How can you set up in such a nightmare? Nor is it one or two times. If only today, Kwon Taek Joo could have justified that his body was reacting abnormally to fear. But he has no excuse for this repeated phenomenon.
Kwon Taek Joo banged his head in shame. Before he lost consciousness, it was clear that the drug Zhenya injected into him was not a mere sleeping pill, otherwise there was no way that he could have such a natural erection.
Zhenya's face suddenly came to his mind. Kwon Taek Joo's face seen in the dream and a cold smile vividly appeared again. Holding his hand tightly under the cold water.
As Salman said, it is fortunate that he retains his small life. Kwon Taek Joo knows he can't win against Zhenya. Besides wealth and power, he also has an extraordinary physical strength. Although he knew it in advance, Kwon Taek Joo's indignation was still unrestollible. If it were like this, he would die of anger.
Ignoring anger, confronting Zhenya directly in an unrecovered body like now is a reckless act. The hotter his heart, the more Kwon Taek Joo has to keep his head cold. Hasty judgements only spoil things.
Is there a way to take revenge on him? Is there a way to deal a fatal blow to someone who has the power of a monster and a sharp head?
Kwon Taek Joo squeezed his mind. Past memories are reminded of the same deep sense of deja vu.
".... That person is very strong and nothing can kill him."
It's a story he heard recently. Who said that?
"There is a character who always appears in Russian folktales. Koshichei – The immortal."
Is Zhenya. That's definitely the story he told him. Thinking of the narrator and the circumstances in which the story appears, Kwon Taek Joo's face is hot in vivid memories beyond necessity.
He shook his head to shake off his silly thoughts and slowly repeated what he had said.
"Of course Koshichei also has weaknesses. Only Koshichei knows that."
What else did he say.
"He was eventually killed by a hero. If you're just passionate about beauty and don't hesitate to brag about your weaknesses, it's really stupid."
He also added.
"No matter how you look, you're not a beauty, but I'll tell you about Koshichei's weakness."
The weakness of the Immortal.
Kwon Taek Joo goes a little further and considers the circumstances of that topic. Before mentioning Koshichei, Zhenya talked about Russian princess Anastasia.
He had previously told Kwon Taek Joo that the development of the weapon he was looking for 'Anastasia', had failed. Anastasia does not exist, Anna Anderson, the last princess fake and the weakness of Koshichei – the Immortal. Each story seems to have no special connection that begins to link little by little in Kwon Taek Joo's mind.
After the production of 'Anastasia' failed, everyone involved in the development was massacred. However, only the Bogdanov family survived. Why are they not purged? Also, Anastasia is hailed as the first weapon of death, does it really disappear forever without a trace? Or, like the surviving Bogdanov family, does Anastasia also exist somewhere, in some form?
"Anastasia? I don't know why you're looking for me."
When Kwon Taek Joo meets Boris of 'Sonchef', he replies that he doesn't know why. He even glanced at Zhenya with a puzzled smile. There are quite good looks between those two people. What is it? What Kwon Taek Joo himself has missed all the time. It seemed that something was about to come to his mind.
Kwon Taek Joo turned off the shower, memories of the past sprouted like mushrooms after the rain filled his still head.
"Psych Bogdanov. In Russia, he's like a nuclear man."
"It's not natural that the word 'nuclear' is attached to him."
Nuclear.
The nuclear man.
The man is no different from the nuclear.
Kwon Taek Joo tries to develop his thoughts step by step and then blinks. There was something powerful through his mind. Why don't you think of it?
At the foot of the lamp is usually the darkest place. The things you are looking for are usually found right in front of your nose. Perhaps this time that truth will also work for Kwon Taek Joo. He rushed out of the bathroom with crazy thoughts.
The place Kwon Taek Joo visited was a library in Irkutsk. Pityful eyes glanced at a stranger in the patient's clothes. He didn't care. Kwon Taek Joo was worried that the documents in a place with old facilities might be too few or only one part, but beyond the prediction, there were high-quality documents inside.
He uses a desktop computer to patiently access the Internet at turtle speed to retrieve information. The visiting website finally appeared, Kwon Taek Joo clicked on the satellite image. He entered the address 'Bogdanov villa in Moscow' in the search bar at the top.
Wait a little longer, a photo appears. It's a picture of the Bogdanov mansion and the surrounding streets. Kwon Taek Joo pulls the zoom all the way. It is difficult to determine exactly due to the image quality but he can distinguish between the main building, the outer garden, the central garden and the main gate. Kwon Taek Joo muttered to himself pointing at that blurry photo.
"An uninhabited castle, a tree the same age as Koshichei, a jewellery box on the south side and small jewellery boxes inside..."
Kwon Taek Joo's eyes suddenly opened even wider. His heart also beats. It is also possible that it is not. Maybe it's just a coincidence. You should have checked for sure.
Kwon Taek Joo left the computer and went to the bookshelf. He strode past a few bookshelves and stopped at the architecture. He took all the documents related to housing style in recent years. Kwon Taek Joo went through the list of selected books and selected those that mentioned the Bogdanov villa.
In Kwon Taek Joo's hands, there are only five or six books left. He opened the page indicated in the table of contents. Photographs of the Bogdanov residence and detailed depictions of the architectural style used to build the building, the designer and the materials used in the construction appear beautifully.
The image of the villa was taken in various photos. Some are the lush green backdrop of spring, some are winter landscapes with bare branches. There is also a book that posts photos that seem to be taken at night while explaining the local lighting around the building.
"..."
Kwon Taek Joo looked at the photos over and over again and then stopped. He thought it was an illusion but he checked again and it came out clearly. Regardless of the time or angle of the photos taken, there is a room in the countless rooms of the villa that always lights up and the curtains are always open.
Found it. The heart of Koshichei.