Baekgi Hong

Baekgi Hong **(*홍백기 Hong Baek-Gi*)** is a minor character of *Questism*. He is currently the No.14 of West Gangbuk High but prior to joining the West, he was the No.15 of North Gangbuk High and one of North Gangbuk's Central Five.

## Appearance

He has black pupils, black hair in a two block, tan skin, and a fit physique. He wears a sakujan jacket, a dark grey t-shirt, and jeans.

## History

### Past

Prior to joining North Gangbuk High, Baekgi won gold in the Chungcheong Boxing Association Championship. Around 1 year before the events of Questism, he and the other members of the Central Five were brainwashed by Yun Jo and swore fealty to him.

### Current

Baekgi first appears playing golf where he is informed of West Gangbuk's surprise attack on North Gangbuk.

He witnesses Jintae Heo beating Hyeokjae Baek, Minho Jo and Chanho Baek for losing to the West. And moments later he and the other members of the Central Five, Eunhyeong Ji, Taehyeong Lim, and Minu Do watch as Jintae is water tortured by Jeongdu Ma. Jeongdu then threatens them, saying that they will be held accountable if they fail to capture Suhyeon Kim again.

He and the other Central Five then plot an all-out assault on the West starting with their business, the snack bar. In executing the assault, he and Taehyeong go to West Gangbuk to keep the West's main forces occupied while Jintae and Minu attack the snack bar. He stops Suhyeon in his tracks after swinging his gulf club but Gukja Yang steps in, allowing Suhyeon to got to the snack bar.

However, following the success of their assault, the West managed to rescue the hostages taken from the snack bar, Chaerin Baek and Soha Yang, with Cheonhak Yang defeating Taehyeong. As a result, the North began a desperate effort to defeat and capture Suhyeon who was being occupied by one hundred of Eunhyeong's troops at Bar Gangbuk, buying time for Baekgi and the other two remaining members of the Central Five to come and finish him off.

However, like the other two remaining members of the Central Five, Baekgi is intercepted by a West Gangbuk executive, with him facing off against Hajun Gu, No.3 of the West. In their fight, he effortlessly evades Hajun's attacks, hitting him once with his golf club before determining that he needs one more good hit to win. Just as Baekgi expects, Hajun comes closer and backs him into a corner, raising his golf club before delivering the final blow. However, Hajun had actually been aiming to disarm him, grabbing the golf club and throwing it away. Thinking he'd won, Hajun rushes in to beat Baekgi but is caught with a right uppercut, realising that he was a boxer. Baekgi puts Hajun down with a string of blows and begins shadow boxing, bringing up how he hadn't boxed for quite some time before revealing how he'd noticed that Hajun had never properly learnt boxing. Hajun confirms his revelation and taunts him. Baekgi dashes for Hajun but is stopped in his tracks by the effect of The Overlord's Descent. He is helpless and unable to do anything as Hajun approached him, knocking him out with one punch.

After the conclusion of the war between the Central Five and West Gangbuk, Baekgi, along with Eunhyeong, Taehyeong and Minu, are brought before Suhyeon to be recruited and shamed. Suhyeon tries to persuade them to join the West by using the Silver Tongue card, however, it turns out Baekgi and the others had been under the affect of one of Yun Jo's card, Brainwashing Cord. But using his new card, Nullify, Suhyeon releases the Central Five from the card's effect and they join the West.

A while later, after Suhyeon falls unconscious for an unknown reason, North Gangbuk launches another assault, this time sending one man, Taeho Cheon. Baekgi, along with fifty of his men and the West's lower ranking executives confront Taeho, who charges them. After seemingly gaining the upper hand on him, the moment is short-lived as Taeho massacres the West's forces. Baekgi is the last left standing but is shortly dispatched by Taeho who dropkicks him, sending him flying into a wall.

He is later deployed to Area C along with Seok Kang, Cheonhak, Taehyeong, and Minu to deal with Taeho and his counterpart, Seonwoo Ha.

## Fighting Prowess

### Abilities

* Boxing - He properly learned boxing to a high level and, as a showing of his skill, won gold at the Chungcheong Boxing Association Championship.
* Weapon (golf club) - He prefers to fight with a golf club as it deals more damage than a fist.

### Stats

#### Awakened

 Speed
 Potential
 Intelligence
 Endurance

## Trivia

* He resembles Changsung Woo from *Study Group*, both in looks and the way they speak, with both speaking in the Chungcheong dialect.
* Based on how he is often seen playing golf, and using a golf club as a weapon, he appears to enjoy it as a hobby.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Questism, Chapter 107
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Questism, Chapter 105
3. ↑ Questism, Chapter 97
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Questism, Chapter 101
5. ↑ Questism, Chapter 111
6. ↑ Questism, Chapter 114
7. ↑ Questism, Chapter 115
8. ↑ Questism, Chapter 117