Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant

By evening, the media monitoring continued, and the public’s obsession with the junket room scandal showed no signs of dying down.

• "Hey, they’re saying actress A is really Lee Eun-ah? F*ck."
  └ "Damn, I was really looking forward to her upcoming movie. This is f*cking ridiculous."

• "One of the idols involved is from SuperBoys—it's TenTen."
  └ "What the hell, TenTen? Your comeback is literally around the corner!"

• "It's confirmed—Bang Ja-wook is involved. F*ck, that idiot just ruined his whole season."
  └ "Sh*t, without Bang Ja-wook, who's gonna carry the Blue Dragons? There goes our autumn baseball hopes. ㅠ"

• "Wait, if Hwang Ga-on is out, what happens to Prime Guild’s Hallasan Gate operation?"
  └ "What do you mean? It’s f*cked."
  └ (Insert meme of something crashing and burning.)

• "I always thought Hwang Ga-on had bad energy around him. His face just gave me that vibe."
  └ "Oh great, another one of those face-reading geniuses."
  └ "But for real, sometimes you can just tell. LOL."

Among all the discussions, two topics burned the hottest.

The first was the junket rooms themselves.

• "What the hell is a junket room?"
  └ "Dude, just Google it. Are your fingers just for decoration?"
  └ "It’s basically a VIP gambling den for high-rollers, mostly for overseas gamblers. But now people just use the term for any illegal high-stakes gambling operation."

• "Damn, no matter how f*cked up things get, rich people always find a way to party."
  └ "Yeah, it's always the same—the poor stay poor, the rich keep getting richer."

The second was White Gold and Baekgeum-pa.

• "Apparently this junket room was run by Baekgeum-pa?"@@novelbin@@

• "The place is literally called White Gold. Of course it’s them. No doubt about it."

• "Baekgeum-pa is the biggest gang in Gangnam. How did they let this slip?"
  └ "Maybe they ran out of money."

• "This could be the government distracting us from something bigger. Look at how many people got caught—it’s a whole f*cking parade of celebrities."
  └ "Wait, is there some political scandal going on right now?"

• "Baekgeum-pa is smart with their VIP list. All their clients are filthy rich."
  └ "Yeah, no randoms in that mix. LOL."

Jo Jin-hwi, keeping an eye on the discussions, commented:

• "Holy sh*t! Another one bites the dust!"
• "F*ck! Someone close the bar—I can’t even lift my head in shame!"
• "Is this idiot brain-dead? He literally just held a press conference, and now he’s caught in another scandal?!"
• "Breaking news: The Sword Saint sheds tears of grief."
• "Gyu-min, my guy, you’re not going far. Say your goodbyes now."
• "Honestly, Park Gyu-min has always been trash, but gambling? This is new."
• "What next? Did he do drugs too?"

• [EXCLUSIVE] Junket Room Scandal – Park Gyu-min: "I Was Just Invited for a Night."
• Park Gyu-min Claims: "It Was Just an Invitation from an Acquaintance."
• Park Gyu-min: "This is Unfair. I Was Just There to Hang Out."

• "F*cking liar. At least make your excuses believable."
  └ "Joke’s on you."
  └ "Joke’s on all of us."
  └ "God, this is so not funny."

• "Isn’t White Gold supposed to be ultra-exclusive? You can’t just randomly waltz in there."
• "Even as Vice President, he wouldn’t have had that much pull."
• "Was he blackmailed?"
  └ "Dumbass, you think Baekgeum-pa wastes time on blackmail? If they had leverage on him, they’d just bury him in cement—it’s cheaper."
  └ ???: "Bring the saw. Bring the saw. Vice President-nim, why the hell are you doing things we didn’t ask for?"