Revenge with the Power of the Final Boss-Chapter 117

Baek Seo-jin clenched his fists tightly.

“Hyung…”

He had tried to run from his monstrous sins but had only confirmed that he couldn’t escape. Denying reality wouldn’t change anything.

“I can’t run anymore.”

Even now, he felt the urge to flee, just as he had moments ago. He wanted to escape from the crushing weight of guilt.

But he couldn’t do it anymore.

“I don’t want to commit any more sins.”

He despised himself—his cowardice, his hypocrisy, his arrogance. But most of all, he hated what he had done to his brother, Baek Seo-jun.

"There’s... something I need to tell you all," he said at last, his voice trembling.

He feared how his friends might react. The people who had believed in him, followed him—what would they think after hearing the truth?

But he knew he had to endure it. This was his sin, and he had to face the consequences.

"What do you mean?"

"I’m... I’m completely sane right now. But when I was fifteen, I asked my parents for a procedure. A mental conditioning procedure."

"A... procedure?"

"It was meant to suppress unpleasant memories, to make me believe they were natural, so I wouldn’t feel any discomfort. It also distorted those memories to fit a more convenient narrative."

The procedure had been designed to block out the discrimination and abuse his brother had endured. But it had done far more damage than he had anticipated.

"Wait, what are you saying?"

Bae Ye-rim’s voice was laced with disbelief. Baek Seo-jin couldn’t bring himself to meet her gaze.

"The truth is… everything I’ve said about Kim Ho-jun—my brother, Baek Seo-jun—was a lie," he confessed.

He laid everything bare: the delusions about Seomun Ye-jin, the lies about his brother’s supposed misdeeds, the fabricated narrative that had justified his parents’ actions.

As he spoke, shock spread across the faces of Kim Chul-woo, Park Sun-hoo, and Bae Ye-rim.

"No... that can’t be true. Kim Ho-jun must have done something to you," Kim Chul-woo stammered.

"Yeah! That’s gotta be it. He must have messed with your head somehow," Park Sun-hoo added.

"This is all part of his plan! He’s manipulating you to make you doubt yourself!" Bae Ye-rim exclaimed, her voice rising in desperation.

They couldn’t accept it. They had never seen the real Baek Seo-jin—the one without the conditioning. To them, the self-assured, confident Baek Seo-jin of the past was the "real" one.

The subdued, guilt-ridden man before them didn’t seem like the person they knew.

And more than that, they couldn’t bear to face the implications of his confession. If everything he had said was a delusion, what did that make them? Nothing more than fools who had been swept up in his lies.

"I’m going to reveal the truth," Baek Seo-jin said firmly.

His voice was quiet but resolute.

"I’ll expose everything. The lies, the delusions… all of it."

“Choi Kang-in never named me as his successor, either.”

Looking back now, he couldn’t fathom why he had convinced himself otherwise. Choi Kang-in’s attitude had always been one of skepticism, daring him to prove himself. But he had twisted it into recognition and validation.

Even the mental conditioning seemed terrifying now.

“And…”

Before he could unveil everything, there was one thing he had to address first.

"Seo-jin, you’re not in your right mind right now," Kim Chul-woo said.

"Yeah, let’s get you checked out. We need to make sure Kim Ho-jun didn’t mess with your head," Park Sun-hoo added.

"Don’t worry, we’ll figure this out together," Bae Ye-rim reassured him.

Their words, though well-intentioned, only deepened his sense of despair.

They were reacting the same way he had when faced with the truth about his parents and his brother.

How could he blame them when he had been even worse?

“Will Hyung ever forgive me?”

A heavy weight pressed down on his chest, threatening to crush him.

Regret consumed him.

If he could go back—11 years, five years, even just a few months—he would never have agreed to the procedure.

But it was far too late for regrets.

***

Baek Seo-jin had utterly crumbled.

In the original story, he was meant to grow into a protagonist with a righteous and upright character. However, his choice to turn a blind eye to his parents’ wrongdoing had driven him into this worst-case scenario.

All of it stemmed from his own decision to undergo the procedure. There was no one else he could blame for what had happened.

And so, he could only loathe himself, watching as his life swiftly rotted away, crumbling into nothingness.

For me, it was nothing short of entertainment.

After all, Baek Seo-jin wasn’t the ultimate target of my vengeance.

“Now, let’s begin. Baek Hyung-won, Kim Yoo-jung.”

My parents.

The ones I despise, abhor, and utterly loathe.

The true end of my revenge would lead straight to them.

***

"Baek Seo-jun?"

"He's alive?"

The news hit Baek Hyung-won and Kim Yoo-jung like a bolt from the blue.

Though the details were yet unclear, one undeniable fact had been delivered to them: Baek Seo-jun, their eldest son, was alive.

Baek Seo-jun. Baek Seo-jun!

The son they had cast aside... the one they had sold to SSS-class villain So Kang-seok, fully convinced he must have perished long ago.

And now, to hear that he was alive?

This can’t be happening!

Baek Hyung-won’s first reaction wasn’t concern or guilt but an overwhelming sense of injustice. His mind immediately turned to his second son, Baek Seo-jin, and how this revelation would upend everything.

Baek Seo-jin, who had worked tirelessly as the heir of the Baekho Guild, would now have to give it all up—just because Baek Seo-jun, the eldest by birthright, had returned?

Unacceptable!

Kim Yoo-jung’s thoughts mirrored her husband’s. She wasn’t worried about Baek Seo-jun but about the empire they had built for Baek Seo-jin. The thought of all their careful planning and preparation being snatched away by Baek Seo-jun filled her with rage.

No, it wasn’t just rage—it was pure hatred.

So Kang-seok, that bastard! Why didn’t he finish the job and kill him?!

To them, Baek Seo-jun had always been a liability. Even before they had sold him to So Kang-seok, they had planned to get rid of him one way or another. His death had merely been the most convenient option.

And now, this "disgraceful child" had returned, threatening to take everything from his younger brother?

If he were a real older brother, he’d step aside and let Seo-jin have his rightful place!

Both of them seethed with misplaced fury, convinced that Baek Seo-jun’s very existence was a selfish act meant to harm Baek Seo-jin.

We must get rid of him immediately.

Their plan came together almost instinctively. They would deny Baek Seo-jun’s identity, claiming he was an imposter—a villain impersonating their son.

Even if DNA tests or other evidence came to light, they would dismiss them all.

Just as they were plotting their next moves, additional information reached them.

"Baek Seo-jun is the true identity of Kangin Academy’s headmaster, Kim Ho-jun?"

"And... Seo-jin accused Kim Ho-jun of being behind the recent Kangin Academy attack?"

Baek Hyung-won and Kim Yoo-jung felt a spark of hope, as if they had found an escape route. With this new development, they believed they had the upper hand again.

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Without delay, they rallied the Baekho Guild’s key forces and set out for Kangin Academy, confident that their beloved Seo-jin was already taking care of the "problem."

After all, they thought, Seo-jin was everything his "villainous" older brother could never be.