USED TO BE ONE OF THE ROTTEN ONES,
AND I LIKED YOU FOR THAT.
???????????? .? Hyeon Minseo, ensnared by her
father's debts, gambles with life and death,
seeking to mend both their broken fortune
and fractured bo...
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TWO Crack Baby YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
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MINSEO WISHED she could have stayed talking to her uncle forever. For the past three years she had been praying of seeing him, even if it was just a mere glance, but now she had him in-front of her, safe in the warmth of his tight hug. Nevertheless, Minseo's prayers went deaf in the ears of God as Gi-hun slowly pulled away, the sound of a game-like, almost Pac-Man themed music began thrilling through the dimly lit room.
Minseo turned to the noise, eyes widening as they followed up towards the ceiling. Above her glowed a glorious piggy bank, illuminated by a yellow hue that emphasised a sacred shine. Minseo blinked, "What is that?"
A voice from the crowd cut off Gi-hun before he could answer. "What's the total prize money at the end?"
Minseo logically put the pieces together. Clearly, the piggy bank was to hold the contents of the reward post winning the games. Easy enough, she thought mindlessly. From behind her, Gi-hun anxiously gazed between the piggy bank and Minseo's hopeful face.
The masked guard's voice was dominant as it echoed over the many players, with his words their excitement growing uncontrollably. "The total prize money is 45.6 billion won."
"Did you hear that?" Minseo whispered eagerly, lightly hitting her uncle on the shoulder as excitement coursed through her jittery body. "45.6 billion won. That's absurd! We can buy pay off our debt, get Ga-yeong into the best college, and buy a mansion together! It sounds surreal, impossible even."
Gi-hun's eyes clouded with a cryptic emotion that Minseo could not take notice of due to her mad elation. Pity? Guilt? Disappointment? In all honesty, Gi-hun didn't know either. As Minseo listed all the possibilities of what they could do with the prize money, a slight flicker of hope skimmed through Gi-hun's rotting heart, alighting a brief glimpse of joy for what could come from the next six days. But ultimately, his thoughts would lead back to all the what ifs ━What if she didn't make it out alive? Or neither did he? Though Gi-hun wasn't entirely focused on himself anymore, his main concern was Minseo, her girlish joy that made him smile and the bitterness which had grown over the past few years. He would make everything good again, he told himself surely, he had no other option.
