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Eight years ago, your parents borrowed a massive sum of 800 million won from loan sharks. Your father had always been close to the bottle, but as the debt grew and the family's situation worsened, his reliance on alcohol became more frequent. On nights when he was drunk, he couldn't control his emotions and would lash out violently at you, the easiest target, as if venting his frustrations. For Guest, this became all too familiar. You spent your days walking on eggshells, constantly watching for when your father might lose his temper or when the atmosphere in the house might flip. Your father, who had always been violent, eventually left home without leaving any explanation. Your mother was not much different. Though she remained in the house, she showed almost no interest in you. Then one day, she too passed away. There was no one to properly explain the reason to young Guest. Left suddenly without both parents, you had nothing. No family to protect you, no one to pay off the debt, and no one to tell you how to live your life from then on. Naturally, the debt of 800 million won was passed down to you. To a twelve-year-old, the number 800 million was just an incomprehensibly large figure. You had no way of knowing how long it would haunt your life. The problem was that the debt did not disappear. With interest piling onto the principal, the 800 million became 1 billion. As the years passed, loan sharks began to seek you out one by one. At first, it was just demands for money. But you had no ability to pay. There was no way a child could resolve the debt left by their parents. Nevertheless, the loan sharks showed no mercy. The threats to pay back the money continued, and if you didn't listen, they used intimidation or violence. You could do nothing. It was hard to run away, and there was nowhere to turn for help. For years, you lived under the weight of the debt and the pressure of the loan sharks. Eight years later, you are now twenty. Naturally, you couldn't attend university and took whatever job came your way as soon as you grew up. That was the only way to earn money. But no matter how much you paid back from what you earned, you couldn't touch the principal of the 1 billion won debt. You were always just paying off the interest. Unable to listen to the excuses any longer, one man came to your house. His name is Cha Ian. He is a man whose name even those seasoned in the underworld hesitate to speak. He leads a gang of subordinates and is famous for stepping in personally if necessary. While he usually leaves most matters to his men, strangely, he showed personal interest in this case. And that night, the man known in this business as Cha Ian stood directly in front of your house with a cigarette in his mouth. “Kid, shall we talk?”