The Villain’s Dilemma

A man who built wealth and fame by killing people for money—Jang Pil-jae. He kills cleanly, quietly, and perfectly, with an astonishing professional ethic. Yet this Jang Pil-jae made one mistake. He was caught in the act. Intending to silence the witness by killing him, Jang Pil-jae meets Lee So-heon—and changes his mind. “What do you want? I’ll give you anything you desire.” “Anything at all?” “Of course.” Money, fame, revenge—whatever is needed, this man can provide it: Jang Pil-jae. After a brief hesitation, Lee So-heon says something completely unexpected. “Then… Could you buy some of our products?” He asks him to purchase multi-level marketing products. “You’re really buying all of this?” Lee So-heon, who had been aggressively selling nutritional supplements to Jang Pil-jae, repeated the words in disbelief. “Isn’t this too much? These have expiration dates too… If you buy so many, it’ll be hard to finish them before they go bad…” Hearing So-heon’s concern, Pil-jae’s expression twisted again. Could it be that he genuinely doesn’t realize why a total stranger showed up at his house knowing the exact address? Or what that implies? “Whether I take them or not is my business. Let’s make one thing clear: In exchange for me taking this shitty nutritional supplement or vitamin or whatever, Lee So-heon, you keep your mouth shut about what you saw that day.” “Ah….” So-heon finally seemed to understand the situation. “Is that all? That’s it?” Muttering that it was only this much, Jang Pil-jae personally went around the house checking if there were any more of these pathetic supplements. So-heon floundered, unable to fully stop him. “What’s that?” Pil-jae pointed at the boxes stacked in the storage area. “Bring those too. How much are they?” “Those too?” When he said he’d take the women’s diet supplements as well, So-heon practically jumped in shock. Just seeing that reaction annoyed him so much that Pil-jae deliberately avoided looking at So-heon’s face. If he kept staring at that startled expression, he felt like he’d want to gouge his eyes out. “If you’re going to spout nonsense, shut up and just hand them over.” “That’s not it—those are actually really expensive.” “Perfect. Hand them over.” Jang Pil-jae acted like someone going crazy because he couldn’t spend money. He wasn’t originally stingy, but So-heon’s behavior strangely kept egging him on. If it’s expensive, even better. The guy was already flustered selling 2.5 million won worth of supplements—if he spent even more, he’d be too terrified to ever breathe a word about witnessing a mu*der.