Revenge with the Power of the Final Boss-Chapter 122

“Don’t even think about such terrible things!” Kim Yoo-jung exclaimed, horrified.

“Exactly. Without you, Seo-jin, how would we have gone on living?” Hyung-won added.

Ignoring their knee-jerk reactions, Seo-jin pressed further. “If I hadn’t been born, how would you have treated Hyung?”

Hyung-won frowned, visibly reluctant to entertain the hypothetical. “…If that had been the case, I suppose we would’ve had no choice but to raise him as the heir. Until you were born, that’s why we kept him alive in the first place.”

That answer hit Seo-jin harder than any insult could have. It wasn’t just favoritism—they had never seen Seo-jun as a person. He hadn’t even been worthy of basic humanity in their eyes.

"How could they think like this?"

The shock was overwhelming, but when Seo-jin thought back to how his father had orchestrated psychological torment against Seomun Ye-jin, it began to make sense.

Hyung-won had planned to use women’s rights groups to isolate Ye-jin, breaking her spirit to the point where she would have no choice but to accept Seo-jin as her master. He was someone who didn’t respect others as human beings.

There were only two people Hyung-won truly cared for: his wife, Kim Yoo-jung, and his second son, Baek Seo-jin.

"Mother’s no different."

The realization struck Seo-jin like a bolt of lightning. His parents didn’t see anyone but themselves—and him—as real people. To them, the world existed only to serve their desires. Any suffering inflicted on others was irrelevant.

Their mindset was indistinguishable from that of villains. The only difference was that they loved each other and their second son.

"They know they’ve done wrong, but they feel no guilt about it."

Seo-jin realized that no words would ever reach them.

Faced with the stark truth of his parents’ nature, Seo-jin felt hollow. How blind he had been to their flaws, willfully ignoring the obvious.

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"How do you reason with people who don’t even see their actions as wrong?"

And yet, he couldn’t bring himself to let them go. Despite everything, he still loved them.

“Father, Mother. If we continue down this path, we’ll all face ruin. You know that, don’t you?”

“Well… there must be a way to avoid that,” Hyung-won muttered, his voice faltering. But even he seemed unable to conjure a solution.

Seo-jin watched his father’s defeated posture, imagining how he might have acted if the mental conditioning hadn’t been removed.

"I probably would’ve convinced myself I was Choi Kang-in’s successor."

He would have deluded himself into believing that Choi Kang-in would solve all his problems, while insisting his every action was justified. Now, looking back on that version of himself, Seo-jin could only laugh bitterly.

“The only way is to release the video ourselves,” Seo-jin said. “We need to confess our wrongdoings, dissolve Baekho Guild, and give away all its assets.”

“Seo-jin! If we do that, there will be nothing left to pass down to you!” Hyung-won exclaimed, horrified.

Even in this dire situation, Hyung-won’s thoughts revolved around preserving something for his son. For a fleeting moment, Seo-jin felt the weight of his father’s twisted love, but it only made him feel more conflicted.

“Seo-jin, you don’t have to sacrifice yourself for us,” Kim Yoo-jung said gently. “If it comes to it, we’ll take full responsibility. We’ll go to prison if we must.”

Her words sounded noble, but Seo-jin knew better. It wasn’t selflessness—it was merely accepting the punishment they deserved while framing it as a grand sacrifice for their son.

Despite their warped reasoning, Seo-jin could feel their affection, and it weighed on him like a stone. Would it have been easier if they were entirely monstrous? No, it wouldn’t have.

"No matter what, they won’t change."

One truth remained immutable: their actions had caused irreparable harm to Baek Seo-jun.

“Sigh… I’m sorry, Seo-jin. I should’ve crushed that wretch the moment you were born. That’s my greatest regret,” Hyung-won muttered.

“…That’s not the answer,” Seo-jin replied, his voice hollow.

By now, he didn’t even have the strength to feel sorrow. He only wished someone would put an end to his torment. Being unable to escape through death, he thought bitterly, would be the cruelest kindness of all.

***

Baek Seo-jin’s story quickly became a wildfire on the internet.

Following an investigation into the corpse of the SSS-Class villain Ham Kang-min by the Kangin Guild, it was revealed that Baek Seo-jin’s attack hadn’t even left a scratch. The true cause of Ham Kang-min’s death was determined to be the mana of Lee Ha-yeon.

Adding fuel to the fire, a video of the scene had somehow surfaced. The footage showed Baek Seo-jin launching a surprise attack on Ham Kang-min, only to be embarrassingly knocked aside.

“LOL, is this real?”“He ambushed him and got knocked flat?”“So he was bragging about taking down Ham Kang-min after that?”“What a joke. This guy’s hilarious. 😂”

The internet was merciless. Public sentiment turned sharply against Baek Seo-jin, with many delighting in his downfall.

Once believed to be a hero, Baek Seo-jin was now exposed as nothing more than a fraud—a man caught stealing someone else’s glory. Furthermore, he publicly admitted that his accusations against Kangin Academy’s headmaster, Kim Ho-jun, were born from delusional jealousy over Seomun Ye-jin, the headmaster’s wife.

The revelation that Kim Ho-jun was, in fact, Baek Seo-jin’s elder brother, Baek Seo-jun, added further intrigue. Meanwhile, the continued silence of Baek Hyung-won and Kim Yoo-jung only fueled conspiracy theories, as people speculated about hidden agendas within the Baekho Guild.

With Baek Seo-jin’s actions dragging the Baekho Guild’s reputation into the mud, wild rumors proliferated. The public eagerly tore apart both the guild and Baek Seo-jin himself.

“Damn it.”

Watching the cascading fallout, Kim Chul-woo, Park Sun-hoo, and Bae Ye-rim found themselves in a state of crisis.

The three of them had pledged loyalty to Baek Seo-jin, believing in his confident promises of a glorious path as heroes. Now, they felt the scrutiny of disapproving stares from others at the academy.

They had believed Seo-jin when he spoke with conviction and charisma, but reality was unraveling before their eyes.

Choi Kang-in had publicly exposed the truth behind Ham Kang-min’s death, dismantling the lie that Seo-jin had been the one to defeat the SSS-Class villain.

“Didn’t Seo-jin say that Choi Kang-in asked him to do this?”

“He also said Choi Kang-in was going to name him as his successor.”

“And that he was going to inherit the Kangin Guild… and that Kim Ho-jun was a villain, while Seomun Ye-jin was forced to marry him but actually loved Seo-jin?”

“What the hell is going on?”

Though they asked these questions aloud, they already knew the answer deep down. But admitting it was unbearable. To accept the truth would be to confront their own foolishness in believing Seo-jin.

They couldn’t help but cling to a faint hope of undoing their mistake, even as it became increasingly clear there was no way to turn back.