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The decision to take care of the robbers was always mine to make.
“Argh… Ugh. You son of a… I was going to let you off easy…”
“So you think you’re the one to decide if you let me go or no—”
“Fuck him up!”
“What…?”
Something had gone wrong.
Before I could even turn around, I sensed two figures swinging clubs at me.
‘Damn it. He wasn’t alone?’
They were too close for me to react in time.
Thwack!
***
When I regained consciousness, it felt as if my head was about to split open. That’s when I realized I was tied up. I was firmly bound to a chair with ropes.
‘Damn it. Maybe I should have just let them rob me… Wait, no. If I’m more than capable of subduing a robber, why would I let them rob me?’
I was sure that the thug had been alone, but it seemed my attention to detail had not been as sharp as I’d thought.
When exactly was it that I was caught from behind? Was it the sound of the rain that had prevented me from sensing any other presence?
It seemed like I was being held captive somewhere inside a building. Faint light streamed in through the closed wooden window, and the interior was too dim for me to make anything out.
“You’re awake.”
From the darkness across from me came the voice of a man, who was sitting on a chair.
Judging by the sound of his voice alone, he didn’t seem to be the thug I’d encountered in the alley just before. He sounded as if he was in his late twenties or early thirties, but I couldn’t be sure.
“…”
“Swinging your fists around thinking you’re tough only leads to situations like this.”
He was right.
I had swung my fist to prevent...
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