The Manager Is a Gangster - Chapter 126



126 – Public Enemies (12)

1.

March marks the end of the harsh winter and the beginning of spring when new life sprouts.

In the mountains during this chilly season, it is easy to catch a cold if you ignore the afterglow of winter as it is still spring.

“Wow, manager oppa! There must have been a place like this in the city too! Wow, you also have windflowers and hepatica here too! I had everything I could have in City Mountain!”

Me and Jiwoo were out for an outdoor shoot.

It’s a hill near the company that I’ve been waiting to see if I can use it in various places someday.

To me, the mountain was a place with deep meaning in many ways.

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When I was young, it was a field of struggle where I had to train everything I had to the limit to survive, and after I grew up, it was a place of concealment that hid more violence than any other place.

This is a place that was colder, sharper and harsher than any other place.

“Oh! It’s a violet! I saw it first. Yes! I told you that I found violets before the manager oppa! hehehe… Good luck today!”

But now, the mountain that was so cold to me has turned into a harmless, cozy and warm place than any other place in the world.

“Then, since I found violets, shall we go home and buy a lottery ticket later?”

This amazing change was made by just one person. Seeing Jiwoo smiling brightly and cheerfully at a single violet flower, I was able to relax in a space called a mountain for the first time in my life.

Erasing is amazing. Just being together makes me forget all the tension and worries.

“Good.”

“But I left my wallet behind!”

“You are asking me to buy it very brightly. Yes, Jiwoo, if you say something, I won’t listen to you. Instead, if you win the lottery, will you share some?”

“Hamoye! If manager oppa’s funds and my luck are combined, winning the lottery is nothing short of gum!”

“Then I guess I should take care of myself.”

Of course it can’t be.

“If you win the lottery, first of all, change the plastic greenhouse in your hometown field to a cool one… And give our company a big van for celebrities… Manager oppa, secretly give a surprise gift. Do it…”

After exchanging silly jokes with Jiwoo, I calmly asked Jiwoo, who was still delusional about winning the lottery with the camera in hand.

“Then Jiwoo, shall we start filming soon?”

“Oh. Swing! De, come in!”

Then what came back was the same rigid Jiwoo we saw in the Bareungil Entertainment practice room.

I thought that Jiwoo would be able to film in a natural environment that would be familiar to Jiwoo, but if there were more noises, it went in, but nothing got better.

If it’s like this, I can’t capture the charm of Ji-woo that I just felt in the video.

Many people who know Jiwoo would think that her best weapon is her cuteness, but that is actually not an accurate answer.

Of course, it is true that Ji-woo has the best cuteness, to the extent that she has the nickname of ‘Natural Born Cutie Pojjak Girl’ (Nauri’s name).

But if he was just cute, no one else would have looked at Jiwoo and said he was the best idol.

Yes. Although Ji-woo has an infinite amount of cuteness, he does not stop there and sublimates that cuteness into a more lethal weapon!

“······Mae, manager brother. Chi, take a picture. My, I’m ready… Huh? It’s a swallowtail butterfly! See you for the first time in the city! Wow, it’s a butterfly!”

Yes, with the weapon of ‘harmlessness’…!

“There are so many swallowtail butterflies in the urban mountains, yes. Hiyaa… Now, is it hard to fly around? Sit here on my finger! hehehe.”

To be harmless is to remove one’s vigilance.

As proof of that, on Jiwoo’s hand was an insect butterfly that had mastered evasion to the point of being the protagonist of the proverb, ‘Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee.’

There are so many natural enemies in the world, and it is truly astonishing that the butterfly, whose abilities are evaded and vigilant, sits on the index finger without showing any vigilance.

It is a harmless existence that erases enough to be judged safe even for butterflies!

“Manager brother, hello! Aren’t you curious? They think I am a flower!”

The image of Ji-Woo showing off a butterfly perched on his finger was harmless indeed, and I captured it secretly and naturally through the lens so that Ji-Woo couldn’t feel his presence.

Okay. That’s it.

Animals are never wary of harmless beings.

In the entertainment world where first impressions are more important than anything else, especially in the idol world, this advantage of harmlessness is more important than anything else.

Because harmlessness is the instinctive sense of vigilance that people have, and in this term, it is one of the few powers that can break down entry barriers very easily.

And in that respect, Jiwoo is unmatched.

Even the flying butterflies let go of their guard and sit on Jiwoo’s finger to rest, so I’ve said everything.

But isn’t this something that can’t be fully expressed in terms of being unmatched? Even insects that move only by survival instinct have almost superpowers if they are vigilant.

“Mae, manager oppa, hello! Aren’t you curious? They think I am a flower!”

Recalling that Jiwoo’s harmlessness is her psychic level, I answered her sincerely to her one more time that I wondered if I hadn’t heard her.

“Sure. I hope people will be seduced by Ji-woo like that butterfly.”

“Ehehehe…. Just leave it to me. I’ll try to charm you! If I do it again, it will be Yujiu!”

This is the first time I’ve heard of it.

Aside from the pointless jokes. Seeing Jiwoo’s smiling face, I felt my heart swell and captured it on camera.

As expected, Ji-woo is on the small side, so the composition of looking down slightly from above is the prettiest. The wind isn’t blowing right now, but if you look at the air flow, it’s not long before a breeze will blow. Since Ji-woo just came wearing a white dress that fits perfectly, it would be nice to take a good shot in the direction the wind blows.

In the natural shooting atmosphere thanks to the butterflies, I kept imagining how I could capture the image of Ji-woo right in front of me.

“Oh. The sun is warm…”

In the meantime, the sun, which had been hidden by clouds for a while, was revealed and the sun was shining through the leaves, and at the same time, the predicted wind gently blew.

Wheeying.

In accordance with that, Jiwoo’s long hair was blowing in the wind, and the sunlight filtering through the leaves shone on Jiwoo like a spotlight.

Come.

As a cameraman who was able to anticipate and prepare through his developed five senses, this is a shutter chance he should never miss.

I immediately stood slightly to the side of Ji-Woo in front of her, picked up her camera, and took a picture of Ji-Woo in her prettiest composition.

“Huh, the spring breeze feels good. Ehehehehe.”

Jiwoo’s smile bursts out right after the bash.

Click!

I was able to capture a perfect shot in camera that could be considered a godsend.

“·······.”

At the same time, I felt a thick, heavy smell coming from the wind.

This can’t be…

The direction the wind was blowing was to the right, and the strong smell that did not fade away meant that the owner of the smell was nearby.

Until now, the wind hadn’t blown, and because Jiwoo had been affected by the aura of harmlessness that he unknowingly spewed out, he had lost his vigilance, so he didn’t recognize it.

I can’t believe I made such a stupid mistake. Even in the mountains.

“After.”

I let out a short sigh and turned my head in the direction the wind was blowing.

“······Ew? Manager oppa, why are you doing this all of a sudden…”

One of my ability to read the atmosphere in my suddenly changed mood is that Jiwoo, who is number 1 among the members, also turned his head in the same direction as me.

And we could see the same thing at the same time.

“Chwiik! Chwiyiik!”

Body length 200cm, body height 130cm, weight 300kg.

Korean Ecosystem 　 Wild boar, an animal at the top of the food chain.

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To Yu Ji-woo, wild boars were not just beasts 1 common in the countryside.

It would not be an exaggeration to call her the enemy, nemesis, or natural enemy of her life who stole something precious that could not be replaced.

It was the boar that was imprinted on Yoo Ji-woo, a harmless being who was no one else, as a lifelong enemy.

[That, stop it! Can not be done! Do not do that! Please, I’m begging you!]

[Chwiikchwiik.]

[aaa! Stop! No, no!]

[Chwii profit~]

[Huhhhhh. Grandpa ae ae ae…]

Yoo Ji-woo Even now, when he dreams sometimes, the nightmare of that time unfolds before his eyes.

[My Potatoaaa! Poeeeng!!!]

Yes, the sight of the wild boar ravaging the garden she first planted after coercing her grandfather and grandmother.

[I’m going to go to the middle of the day ·······!!]

Yu Ji-wu, who was then her 7-year-old child, had no choice but to look at the horrific scene through her window, so that day was very traumatic for her.

To the point of freezing when looking at a camera lens that is nothing, saying that it resembles the eyes of a wild boar.

“Chuiiik!”

“Hey, hey it…”

And now, in front of the 20-year-old Yoo Ji-woo, the nemesis and nemesis, the adult wild boar, was glaring at him.

Even, run away. I have to run away. Bar, my feet don’t move.

‘We must kill the boar. A wild boar is my enemy.’ Yoo Ji-woo had been saying that since elementary school, but facing an adult wild boar right in front of his eyes, there was no room for such resentment to settle in his head.

The only thing that filled her head right now was a terrible fear.

And in the wild, the feeling of fear was the surest stimulant of all.

“Chwiyiyiik! Chwiyiyi profit!”

Yoo Ji-woo’s unique sense of harmlessness and fear evident from his outward appearance filled his head was too stimulating for wild animals whose instinct is to protect their territory.

Especially for a wild boar who has grown to adulthood and has never met an opponent in his life.

“Chwiyiyiik! Kku-gu-gu-guk!”

“Heee”

So the wild boar stomped her foot to punish the small, harmless creature in sight for those who trespassed on its territory.

Kwagwagwagwagwak!

“Kyaaagh! Oh, it’s coming!”

“How much was the reward for killing the boar? Since March is a time when wild boars have a high birth rate, it must be a reward period.”

Belatedly, I was able to hear the voice of a man standing next to a small, harmless creature that I hadn’t recognized because of its harmlessness enough to unconditionally remove my guard and attract attention.

“Jiwoo, I’m sorry, but hold the camera for a moment.”

“Eh?”

And that was the last sound the boar ever heard.