Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 117
41. Political Warrior (2)
Leaving behind the strange phenomenon taking place on the Internet, Sang-hyeon’s group arrives at the hospital.
“Call me when you’re done.”
“okay. thanks.”
Sang-hyeon got out of the car and sent Joo-hyuk and Ji-ah away.
The two drove to the park near the river like last time. I guess I’m going on a date.
Sanghyeon headed in the opposite direction, into a familiar white building.
Jiing.
The automatic door opens and a clean lobby and reception desk appear.
Sang-hyeon simply says that he is here because he has a reservation anyway and takes a seat.
While admiring the scenery outside the window, I waited for my name to be called…
Ji-ing.
I encounter a woman in an electric wheelchair.
“Ah… hello.”
Since it was his first time seeing Sang-Hyeon, he gave a nice greeting in his own way.
“….”
But her mood was quite different from usual.
Although he was usually a bit cold, he was quite polite. I didn’t do anything rude at all.
But today it feels different.
A strange feeling of discomfort.
“?”
Sanghyun didn’t know why that was.
Are you angry?
No words were exchanged. quiet. Now that I think about it, strangely enough, the staff at the reception desk were also quiet.
“…yes.”
She barely manages to reply and runs out of the building.
Sanghyeon looked blankly at the door she left through.
‘What’s going on?’
She was on her way out of the doctor’s office. If a problem arises during her treatment, it also applies to Sang-hyeon.
I wanted to ask, but I couldn’t. The only connection between the two is that they share the same illness. There was no relationship whatsoever.
“Mr. Sanghyun. “You can just come in~!”
The voice of the receptionist that rang indifferently made him turn his head again.
“yes. going.”
* * *
A single white building set in a tranquil landscape covered in snow.
The door opens and an electric wheelchair comes out alone.
Jiyiing.
The woman in the wheelchair brushes her long black hair back and sighs.
“…ha.”
I exhale white breath and look at the scenery.
The mountain peaks that extend horizontally have gray hair.
Seeing how long it has been since it snowed and that it has not yet melted makes me realize how rural it is here.
In particular, time passes slowly here.
Nothing has changed.
“Nothing has improved in 10 years.”
They say the rivers and mountains change in 10 years.
There was no change in her body. Just like the scenery here.
He is still in a wheelchair and still lives with a hole in his heart.
At that time, I heard a rumor about popularity.
There is a sound of stepping on grass.
“What is he saying now. “Like they’re all dead.”
He came over and held out a cigarette.
Choi Sarang’s eyes slightly rise.
It’s a familiar face.
“…Why did you come.”
A love that responds coldly but takes away a cigarette. Instead of just taking one cigarette that was sticking out, they took the entire pack.
“I’m not giving you all that.”
The man speaks as if he is dumbfounded.
“That’s terrible. “You don’t smoke this.”
“So is that yours?”
“Just tell me you brought it for me. Like a man.”
Cheeik.
She lit up with an expressionless expression and moved the electric wheelchair again.
Jiing.
After leaving the man out, he turns around and leaves.
“It’s still moving.”
The man grinned and ran after me.
We arrived at a wide field behind the hospital.
This place, now covered in white snow, is Sarang’s favorite space on the hospital grounds.
It is a famous place in its own right, with a moderately strong river flowing through it and a majestic mountain range behind it.
It’s perfect for erasing random thoughts and just being blank.
“ha.”
Love sighed again.
But suddenly a blanket was wrapped around her shoulders.
It’s the guy from earlier.
“Seonghyeon. “Do you remember that?”
He stands sideways, takes out his cigarette, takes a bite, and speaks.
“Jaemin from before.”
“….”
Love didn’t respond and just smoked more cigarettes.
“Commentators say that about her all the time. and. Animal sense! Banana player! “It’s a beast!”
Love is still unresponsive.
The man didn’t care and just chuckled to himself.
“But that bastard was a real animal. Are you saying that he was the only one who truly liked you? We’re all thinking that you might still be a man. He’s the only one saying that he really likes you. He says he doesn’t even know why. “He even doubted his own sexual identity?”
Love still didn’t respond.
However, it would be difficult for even herself to deny that the corners of her mouth began to rise little by little.
“That’s why we always made fun of him and called him ‘Gay Bar Nana.’ “Please call me Nana from the gay bar~!”
Eat.
The sound of wind eventually leaks out of love’s mouth.
“But it’s a big turnaround. You were a woman. Who would have thought that someone would lie about their gender and enter the dorm? Do you know how relieved he was when he found out you were a girl? When you thought you were a man, you brought flowers and threw them away. You bought them again and eventually threw them away, and you were so damned that at that time, there were strangely many flowers in the flower bed of your apartment…”
Ugh.
Love ended up laughing out loud.
Hahaha.
“ah. really. “Don’t make it up.”
“Why are you making this up!” This is a summary! “Jaemin, don’t you know why that bastard went to the American drama gang all the time?”
Love couldn’t hold back her laughter and bowed her head.
“Still, it’s a shame because you’re actually the best in American dramas in the whole world. It’s a hole, but to think that it was like that…”
“It’s better than going to the top gang. “You idiot.”
When you meet an old friend, it is love that brings back your old speaking habits. A side of her that others cannot see.
This man must be familiar with this appearance and doesn’t show any sign of it.
No, it actually seemed more comfortable.
“…under. That’s right. Better than the top. “Rather than the tower.”
Yes.
He is ‘Popcorn’, the top laner who won the World Series with Love.
“Oh, I got caught too quickly because of the banana. When I think of the hard work you put in to fix things… really…”
His efforts bring back fond memories.
“How did you think we wouldn’t find out about that? “What kind of dogs and pigs are you looking at the common people?”
“I thought there was no way I would get caught by kids lower in rank than me.”
“Huh.”
Popcorn laughs in bewilderment.
“When I think about how hard we had to hide it later, why did you put on some weird makeup to look like a man? Why on earth did you try to look like a man?”
“I already told you that.”
“No, even if you listen, you don’t really understand. It would have been much more popular if it had been said that it was a woman. “The face is also… smooth.”
Popcorn slightly looks away, as if he is embarrassed to praise the face of his former colleague.
“Half and half? “It’s appropriately called Gyeonggukjisaek.”
“Is that appropriate?”
Love just laughs it off. It answers Popcorn’s question earlier.
“You just said that. “I think she would be more popular if she were a woman.”
“uh. So, I understand—”
“That’s why I said he was a man.”
“?”
He tilted his head with a huge question mark on his face.
It was not an easy feeling for a man to understand.
“I didn’t even expect it.”
When Sarang sighed and spoke, Popcorn added urgently.
“There is some prejudice. There is no campground either. There must have been a strange post posted on the community. okay. admit.”
After a while.
He adds again, as if he still doesn’t understand.
“But I think it would be better to be popular…”
There was silence after that.
The two people smoked cigarettes, just admiring the unchanging scenery.
Love asked again.
“So why did you come?”
“Why do you keep coming? “You bastard.”
“?”
“Hmm. what is it. I came to see how you were doing. “I also told your butler that I would pick you up today.”
“The timing is amazing.”
“…timing?”
It was from this time.
Love’s voice began to tremble more and more.
“They say I can’t do it.”
“What…”
What? Popcorn was about to ask, but stops.
Because considering where she had just been, I knew right away what was wrong.
“I just have no hope.”
“What does that mean? Is that what the doctor said? What bullshit. that is. “How could you say something like that…”
Just as Popcorn was about to get angry instead.
“But he said he could do it.”
“…what?”
You hear a strange sound.
“There is someone who is sick just like me. “He can do it and I can’t.”
“How can that be?”
“I don’t know!”
Tingling.
Popcorn twitched as if electrified.
Electromagnetic waves have rarely sounded like this.
Especially since she wanted to hide her female voice… she was even more careful.
‘Are you saying that other people can get treatment but you can’t? Damn it.’
Popcorn could fully feel the devastation of electromagnetic waves.
I know better than anyone else the hardships she had to endure because of her legs.
Compared to that hardship, winning the Worlds was only a small worldly reward.
“I really am that person. “I tried hard to make you like it.”
“I like it… want to see it? why?”
“huh. Otherwise, I feel like I’ll be so jealous and angry that I’ll go crazy.”
There was no way I could force myself to do something like that. Just like Jaemin couldn’t stop liking Sarang.
“That person is a good person. He’s cute, handsome, and a little quirky. Pure…”
“Really? Good—”
“But I hate you so much! “I hate it so much!”
gulp.
Popcorn swallowed dry saliva.
I felt that love was falling apart.
“That person is a good person. I hate myself for hating that person! My situation! Why can he do it and I can’t? I went through the same thing. Why is he being treated! me…! Make me a bitch!”
“Seo Seonghyeon. calm down. Truly…”
Sa-Rang eventually burst into tears.
“Here… I came here first too… I worked harder…”
“It’s okay. When I saw it, the doctor was still… Huh? “What do you not know?”
A popcorn that only spits out strange words.
Even though I wanted to comfort him, I couldn’t because I didn’t know what to do.
“Hey… hahaha.”
Love even laughs now.
“You don’t remember me? When I was young, my dream was to become a track and field athlete. But I don’t remember.”
“….”
“Even that all seems like nonsense. I can’t believe it. “I was born an asshole from the beginning, but it’s like I was brainwashed.”
“hey. hey. what’s the matter!? “Please calm down!”
“You are all fooling me. “Dad, uncle, and you too!”
“100 million!”
puck.
Popcorn got hit for no reason.
“Why are you hitting me all of a sudden?”
“you also! you also! “You fooled me too!”
puck. puck. puck.
“Hey hey…! “You’re the one who tricked me!?”
Popcorn has become an object of anger for no reason.
It was absurd, but there was nothing I could do. I couldn’t do anything.
It was my first time seeing an electromagnetic wave cry like this in front of me.
‘You were this weak.’
Her fists were much weaker than she thought.
That guy who looked so big.
It was too small.
* * *
After Sanghyun completed several tests.
Let’s take a look at the play data so far with Song Hana.
“…This is when I played Zombie School… Are you sure?”
“yes.”
This is a question that has been asked several times already.
Sang-hyeon feels something is strange.
“ha.”
Song Hana falls face down on the desk.
Something seems not to be going well.
“What can I do… Mr. Sa Sang-hyeon… I never thought something like this would happen.”
‘Something must be wrong.’
At this time, Sanghyun had an intuition.
That he had had vain hopes again.
“That’s strange. Obviously… I thought it was because the time was exactly right without a single second error…”
She kept looking at the different pieces of paper in turn with eyes that didn’t know what to do.
“Maybe it’s because Sarang didn’t have any influence…”
Song Ha-na is looking through the documents as if she’s a little crazy.
“I may have made a mistake. sorry.”
“….”
Sanghyun couldn’t say anything.
After a while, Song Hana comes to a conclusion.
“…I don’t have anything to say. Mr. Sanghyun. I felt almost certain. But now we’re starting from scratch again.”
From what I heard, it seems like the theory that zombie school prevents arm deterioration has become a failed theory.
Or at least it doesn’t seem to have been a successful theory.
“But please continue to play regularly. “I’m sure you’ll find something.”
“Oh yeah. All right.”
I nodded, but in my mind, I thought this way.
‘Of course it is.’
This isn’t something I’ve experienced once or twice.
Sanghyeon reflexively offered comfort.
‘are you okay.’
Games are therapy.
It was absurd from the beginning.
Yeah, from the beginning…
I didn’t believe it.
* * *
“I’ll see you later then.”
widely.
After the door closed, Sanghyun walked quickly without even looking back.
As I leave the hospital building, I pass by the reception desk.
Sigh!
Something sharp stabbed my heart.
A hot, throbbing sensation was struggling to climb up my throat.
Was Choi Sarang in this state just now?
He finally swallowed and said to himself.
‘It’s the same anyway.’
Regardless of the condition of his arm, he intended to participate in the national competition, and preparations are going smoothly.
There was no need to play to the point of putting too much strain on the body as Rank continued to win consecutively.
Everything was going well.
‘okay. It’s the same. Just do it.’
Just as the ground hardens after the rain, paradoxically, his desire became more solid.
It’s like compensation for losing an arm.
Just like she did in the past.
