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Birds sing and fly in the morning, the city called Seoul. A bird's chirp wakes up a man, body filled with scars and one tattoo, on the right side of the neck leading down to his chest. His eyes were more closed than open but you could see the glimpse of his dark brown eyes.
His hair is a mess, and the beard looks like it hasn't been taken care of in a while. He was wearing just his pants from a suit and the shoes. He gets up from the bed.
The bird looks at him, he smiles. He goes to the window, opens it and gives the little bird some seeds.
"Thanks for the wake up alarm." He closed and looked at his room. "My god! Everything is a mess…" He looked at lots of clothing pieces on the floor, the room wasn't clean at all. He scratches his head. "I'll clean up later." He looks for his phone and doesn't find it in his room.
He takes a white shirt, more or less clean and wrinkled and dresses himself with it. He looks in the mirror and sees himself. "Kang Min-jun, you are no man… A gang member my ass, you need to get up from the mood idiot." Min-jun looks at himself in disgust.
He sighs and opens the door outside his room. He hears noise downstairs. He takes his stance and slowly walks down the stairs. The rustle noises are heard from the kitchen. He slowly moves and sees his mother. "Oh, it was you. Morning mom."
He realizes that his mother is in the kitchen. "MOM?" This though she is in his own house wakes him up "What are you doing here?" She turned around and placed food on the table. "Can't I come to my own son's house?"
He gets near the table, his mother makes pancakes, his favorite. "Min-jun, you are 23 years old, and look at you, you have this big house but you don't share it with anyone…" Min-jun made the connection with the pancakes and what she is telling him now.
He sighs, sits on one of the chairs at the table and looks at his mother. "I know what you mean, but I want to meet the perfect woman for me, I want to meet the woman that will make me change. I still haven't found that yet. And I am sorry I am so direct with you mom." He started eating the pancakes, his mother grins. "I can arrange that. Some friend of mine have a daughter, she studies medicine, she is beautiful, she is~"
"Cut the crap, I won't marry any woman as any woman won't marry me, look at me, I do stuff people are afraid to do, and what girl will love a man with tattoos on his neck?" His voice echoed into the walls.
He looked annoyed, he was annoyed with himself. He has the body builder body, but the temperament and past actions of a gangster. His mother places her hand on his back and gets closer to him, slowly hugging him. "I may not know what you do, but can you trust me with this girl?" He gives a shrug. "What do I have to lose?"
His mother let go of him and moved in the chair in front of him. "You know what a blind date is right?" Min-jun nods. "Well this will be a literal blind date, you and her are gonna have your eyes covered and you're gonna talk with each other." He looks at her. "When can it happen?" "Tonight 8:25 pm. At my apartment." He nods again, not knowing what is gonna happen.
He gets up and walks towards the bathroom. He takes off his shirt and prepares to trim his beard. He looks in the mirror with the trimmer in hand, he turns it on slowly and precision cuts the beard excess, the process takes a while, he looks in the mirror satisfied. "Finally I start to look like a gentleman."
He now crabs a comb and starts combing his hair. Slowly the hair starts to have the form he wants his hair to be. He grabs his perfume, and slowly sprays himself with it. "Damn I love this aroma, I nearly used it all, should keep some for tonight." He placed the perfume back and took his shirt back on.
He gets out of the bathroom and heads upstairs, he has work to do today. In his bedroom he grabs a blue jacket the same color as the pants. He plans not to wear a tie today. He rushes on the stairs and moves towards the exit. His mother washing the dishes noticed him. "Where do you go?"
Min-jun stops and looks at his mother. "To work, do you want me to drive you home?" His mother ready herself grabbing her bag and her umbrella and together the get out of the house.
The house from the outside was beautiful, modern. He looks at it and smiles. "It is big isn't it?" He goes to his car and unlocks it. He opens his mother's door. "What a gentleman," She said, smiling at him.
His car was an older model of a Mexus, 2015, 4 seater, model ninja{the sport 4 seat model}
He gets in and closes the door on his end, his mother already did that on her own. Min-jon turns on the engine, he waits a few seconds so the car has its warmup and leaves towards his mother's apartment.
None of them said a word till intrigue got into Min-jun's heart. "So, do I know this girl?" His mother looks at him and smiles. "Yes. I won't tell you her name, it's for you to find out." After that, again, silence.
The only thing loud was the sound of the engine and the Seoul in the morning. After 30 minutes of driving they reached the front of the apartment building. "Need help with what you have?" She shakes her head. and walks out of the car. "Have a good day son!" She closed the door.
A grin appears on Min-jun's face, fate might take a turn for the better. He turns around and goes to his workplace. A nightclub, he parks in front of it, gets out and locks the door. The nightclub wasn't different from any other ones. This one was a popular one, he goes on the alley near it and goes behind the building. 5 people with tattoos look at him. "Black Tiger, boss asked for you, she is in the office."
He gets through the backdoor inside and walks up the stairs, he knows this building is like his own home. For 5 years he worked here and reached the second highest rank in this group. The walls are well maintained, this is a business and a respected one at that. He reaches a door, he knocks and enters.
"Lady Hong, I have arrived" An elderly woman around 65 years old is sitting in a chair looking at some files. "Black Tiger Min-jun Kang. How are you today?" The woman looked happy. "I am more or less happy as you can see yourself."
The woman gets up and looks at him with the same grin on her face. "What you did last night made us double our profit. Used the authorities against our enemy, smart of you Black Tiger." She gets up and looks and moves towards him.
He can see her wearing a modern suit black suit, top to bottom, brand names, he can see she went more formal than usual. She grabs her phone and taps something on it.
"Your 5 million won { 3.777 dollars} has been sent to your account."
"Do you need me for the rest of the day? I have a planned date today and I can't just miss it." She pats him on the shoulders and laughs. "For a second I thought you were gay" She laughed so hard everyone in the club and outside could hear her, mostly employees.
"So who is the girl? Do you know her?"
He shrugs. "If I knew I would've told you. So do I have to do something or not?" She goes to her desk and gets up a paper. She hands it over to Min-jun. "This guy harassed one of our girls, shake him off." He nods. He grabs the paper, on it was the name of the guy, date of birth and workplace, also a picture. He gets out and walks down the stairs.
He exits the building through the backdoor. There he sees one of his friends. "Hello Munseong. I have work to do so I have to go. Have fun with the boss. She is in a good mood because of me" He gives a small laugh. "Well Min-jun, hope everything goes well." Min-jun goes back to his car, he gets in and opens the glovebox.
He grabs a mask of a black tiger and looks at it. "How much can I do this?" He looks at it troubled, he got money for a lifetime, he feels his life misses something. He placed the mask back in the glovebox and closed it. He turns the engine and goes to meet the guy he targets.
He moved towards one of the target's most common locations.
He reaches a street filled with shops and cafes. He opens the glovebox looking at the black tiger mask and grabs it and places it in his pocket. He gets out and looks around for cameras subtly. He goes in an alleyway that opens towards another street. He looks around for cameras and puts the mask on, again.
He walks down the alley, everyone looking at him in fear, they knew black tiger means trouble. He gets in a cafe, he looks around and sees his target on his phone, he is around 18 years old, his hair is dyed red with blonde layers. "Kwon, Ji-hoon?" The man looks out of his phone at Min-jun. "Oh shit!" The man falls down to the ground. "The girl you touched is protected." Min-jun noticed he was being recorded by bystanders.
Min-jun punches the teen, his nose starts bleeding and everyone doesn't intervene. His eyes were blacked out, one tooth on the ground and lots of blood on the ground. "That girl is protected by us." He gets up and looks at the people inside. "If you don't delete the video you're next" He looks at the man who recorded the altercation.
"This also includes everyone here, you forget 1000 things every day, make sure this is one of em." He walks out and casually walks on the street towards an alley. He took his mask off and inserted it in his jacket.
