(Warning: animal abuse)

A bowl of rice wine cost 10,000 won. The woman, who earned 50,000 won with a bottle of rice wine that cost 1,500 won, ran off somewhere before coming back with another bottle and continuing with her sales.

“Do you want to drink some?” Joongjin asked.

“Even if I do, I don’t want to pay that much. Let’s drink together once the match ends.”

“Not a bad idea.”

The sun started setting. When the shadows on the ground started getting longer, the lights installed around the dogfighting arena started scattering light. People even started some fires in metal barrels as well. Despite the crude facilities, there was most of the necessary stuff: a chair where they could sit down, food and drinks, warm fires. A van slowly approached the dogfighting arena. The owner got out and opened the back door. A reddish-black Pit Bull Terrier agilely jumped off. It looked around without shirking away despite the numerous eyes on it and walked towards the arena with the owner.

That’s ma boi Thunder – said a man drinking carton soju. The dog seemed to be famous in this dogfighting arena.

“Director, I’m asking just in case, but this place is illegal, right?”

“Dogfighting itself isn’t illegal.”

That was something he didn’t know. Dogfighting was actually not illegal.

“But it’s not...