Episode 100
‘That face is clearly pitiful.’
No matter how crazy he was, he still had basic sense. Jaeheon Lee was able to notice that all sorts of regrets, including pity, appeared on the baby chick’s face.
To be honest, I don’t know where on earth he felt such sympathy, but the best I can guess is that he said, ‘I don’t want everything to be torn up and thrown away.’ Still, I didn’t quite understand.
‘Are you in a position to feel sorry for me now?’
How long has it been since I joined the company and had a crush? Moreover, it was a very funny story that intern Noh Yeon-seok felt sorry for him, not knowing when and where he might die. That thing doesn’t even know my fraction.
Lee Jae-heon’s expression was about to turn sour. Apart from that, the eyebrows were quite frowned, but since the original impression itself was grim, this was okay. Honestly, it would have been strange to see his face stretched out when he was in such bad shape.
And there was no need to beat up a lesser chick for no reason.
“….”
Lee Jae-heon blinked as he looked at the noisy crowd that included Yeon-hee Kwon and Garam Yoon before he knew it. A man with a cheerful smile came into his field of vision.
Jaeheon Lee, who had confirmed that far, immediately opened his mouth.
“…Yeonseok.”
“Oh yes.”
“Are you feeling okay?”
“The manager said that…?”
“…Why do you look more and more like Assistant Manager Jeong?”
Anyway, even if it wasn’t me, wouldn’t I be the type of person who would get robbed here and there?
‘I don’t think there’s any need to add another hand.’
Even though he was the one with the healthiest mentality out of all of us, it took him a long time just to adapt to this world. There is nothing to scold the bright yellow thing that is finally starting to talk and walk. It just destroys the mentality of a guy who was growing well at best.
To put it bluntly, this kid was lucky enough just to be alive.
“I’m saying that because I’m fine. “I have a lot of experience and age…”
“….”
“But you’re the one who just became an intern. Have you ever traveled abroad anywhere? “Why wouldn’t you have that much time if you weren’t a college student?”
“Oh, that’s because I don’t have money to take a plane.”
“Look, I knew it would be like this. For some reason, he’s so clumsy that he can’t even use a printer well. I don’t even know how to please others. Just by looking at it, you’re a newbie in society?”
“It’s not that you’re wrong, but why is that story being brought up here…”
“Uh huh, are you pouting at what the manager said? Intern? To the manager right above you? huh?”
“Ah no….”
“Ahh, tsk, I’m really into this.”
He giggled as he deliberately teased the intern more obviously.
‘This bastard needs to be aware of the situation and stop him before he goes mental.’
It was right after a series of sudden incidents occurred, so I was dumbfounded and kept quiet, but as time goes by, it will become apparent that this was unreasonable. It meant that I might have nightmares tonight.
It’s not for nothing that some quiet victims start crying only when their families arrive. Even though they understand in their head what has happened, they are nervous because it is not a place where they can relax, and there are many people who start crying only when the tension is relieved.
From Lee Jae-heon’s perspective, Noh Yeon-seok was in a similar situation.
‘It was like that at work too.’
The whole group, including Kang Min-ah, who had barely escaped the spider legs and was just taking a rest, was like that, so didn’t Lee Jae-heon personally step in and relieve them of their troubles? If they were released later, the resentment between them would have only grown.
He blinked his eyes slowly and said.
“The reason I keep getting hurt is just because I’m the best at it. “There is no particular reason.”
“It’s… so strange.”
“What’s strange? In a company, you usually entrust projects to the person who does the best job, right? And if something goes wrong, it’s common for the tallest person among them to get beaten up.”
“…It’s not like that at all….”
“The adult is talking and he’s pouting again.”
He let out a short sigh and continued speaking.
“Anyway, I’m doing it because it’s worth doing. I can solve it, I can handle it, and I can take responsibility, so I can do whatever I want. Our intern still has a long way to go to get there, but….”
“….”
“You were scared when you were on the verge of death.”
It was probably the first time in a chick’s life. That feeling of being bitten by a monster and dying as if your back was broken.
“I’m a little dazed right now, so I don’t know much, but think about it later. Later, when I was lying on the soft bed and giggling while looking at my phone, I turned off the screen and closed my eyes. Will it be okay then?”
“It’ll be okay…”
“Really? “Wouldn’t it come to mind again?”
Interrupt the conversation lightly.
“I would have done that.”
He melted the chick’s uniquely strong pride with sympathetic words and said,
“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about, Yeon-seok. “I can’t help but feel scared… but I will still help you.”
“….”
“I’ll try my best too.”
I used a gentle tone whenever possible.
‘This guy is not a guy who gets through being scolded.’
The meaning of the name is a soft stone. I don’t know what kind of mentality the writer had in creating this chick, but in the end, intern Noh Yeon-seok is the one who can grow the best if he follows the right path. Even this kid’s physical strength is good. He is bigger and stronger than the main character, Jeong In-ho, so how much physical strength can he have?
There was no need to destroy a promising talent in order to win him over.
“So, if you’re sick, say it in a timely manner… Oh, not me, but that disgusting bastard over there. If you feel sick, tell Assistant Manager Jeong. “Because I’m tired.”
“…Boss.”
“…What.”
Noh Yeon-seok, who hesitated, continued speaking.
“You… have the tools to heal…”
“huh.”
“Is that the only way to treat it?”
“….”
“It’s like that… someone has to hurt. So… the manager can’t use things like that? why?”
I don’t know what it was, but it seemed quite unfair.
“…? As I said before, the person who collected it cannot eat it. “Because it’s poison.”
“….”
“Why are you curious about that?”
Could it be that this bastard just overlooked the entire explanation I gave him?
‘Is this embarrassing…? Oh no. ‘No.’
I felt a little irritated, but it calmed down quickly. Well, as Lee Jae-heon said just before, isn’t he the guy who just came back from death? No matter how heavenly the manager’s explanation was, it was possible to hear it with one ear and pass it on with the other.
And Noh Yeon-seok became even more depressed at Lee Jae-heon’s reaction.
“…Hey, what is it? “What’s the problem?”
“No, sorry.”
“Are you sure I’m going crazy right now? “Isn’t it?”
As I was tapping the side of the person with my toe as I couldn’t understand them, someone came sneaking up next to them. This was also the reason why Jaeheon Lee took a step away from the group gathered in a circle.
“Hello citizens!”
“….”
So I became nervous.
“What… what is it?”
This isn’t the kind of liveliness that often comes from the underworld. It was a bit jarring to see a black man come up to me with a bright smile and pretend to be friendly.
The man, not paying attention to the two’s reactions, grinned and added.
“My name is Han Do-yoon.”
Firefighter Han Do-yoon.
‘Second in sunfish ranking.’
For reference, the first place is police officer Kim Yeon-woo. Firefighter Han Do-yoon was at least mentally rotten, but police officer Kim Yeon-woo didn’t even have that, so he had no choice but to cry and die.
Like a crazy person who made people feel uproar just by typing, Han Do-yoon suddenly shouted, pointing at himself with his thumb.
“I’m 27 years old this year! “He’s a firefighter.”
“…Ko○ is a tone….”
“○I am a tone.”
In any case, among the survivors of the underworld, there were no truly sane ones.
“Nice to meet you, teachers…! I’m also making a lot of noise, but Yeonhee over there is so bright. “There was no way for me to intervene, so I sneaked out!”
“Then why did you come out if you were still there?”
“Isn’t it a bit sad to see two gloomy, dark men talking alone? “This public official has come to try to play a trick in order to take responsibility for the happiness of our citizens.”
“Since when do we tolerate civil servants of a certain country making jokes?”
Lee Jae-heon clicked his tongue with a grumpy expression, but did not actively chase away the person in front of him. There were times when intern Noh Yeon-seok seemed a little happy to see me, but that wasn’t everything.
‘This is blatantly absurd.’
Firefighter Do-yoon Han, a typical type of person who pretends to be oblivious, enjoyed going around here and there with his unique smirk and friendliness. I know that he probably has the most friends out of all the survivors gathered right now.
However, he had no particularly bad intentions and was a helpful person. Even if he did it in such a frivolous way, he must have been planning to put the two of us, who are in reality far apart, together with everyone.
And in this case,
‘Then what do you want me to tell you?’
Han Do-yoon would reveal all kinds of information to the other person.
“Of course, I’m not trying to do anything cute after turning 27… It just seems like the atmosphere is tense, so I came here to introduce our team.”
“introduction?”
It was a big one.
‘I stayed away to listen to this.’
Han Do-yoon was a typical insider character who could not bear to see someone in his group become separated. Of course, there is a firm side to not reaching out to the same person more than twice.
Since he was that kind of guy, I thought that if I stayed away enough, he would come to me on his own. However, since neither Lee Jae-heon nor Noh Yeon-seok have a topic to bring up, the most common thing would be to introduce the group.
“Yes, an introduction. First of all, I told you…”
Han Do-yoon’s head pointed into the noisy center.
“Have you already talked to them? Why did that detective and Vivian’s student….”
“Uh… I heard about the person who plays music and the owner of Gukbap.”
“Well, even though you came in together, there’s no way we wouldn’t have introduced each other, I know! “It seems like this person knows police officer Kim Yeon-woo.”
He spoke with a smile on his well-oiled face.
“What exactly was the situation? “I heard the story the other day, and the police officer praised you so much.”
“…Boss…?”
For some reason, intern Noh Yeon-seok looked at Lee Jae-heon with a look of betrayal, so he slightly averted his gaze. To be honest, I don’t know where he would have found something to praise if he had been diagnosed as mentally ill.
Lee Jae-heon, suddenly feeling ominous, glanced at the group of college students.
“….”
“…Ah, those are Korean university students. Everyone says he is 23 years old. They say I’m majoring in art, but I’m not sure about the exact details. “I don’t really talk to people like this.”
“You tell a sad story so casually.”
Jaeheon Lee took a hard sigh.
‘…That was the reason the killer cornered Police Officer Kim.’
I want to create a work of art using the corpse of that sacrificial person.
The killer had little mental influence from the underworld. Therefore, he is much smarter than other survivors and resolves internal confusion with his unique way of speaking. His ultimate goal was the corpse of police officer Kim Yeon-woo.
To him, everything in the world was material. Therefore, when a killer creates a ‘work’, he or she always chooses a theme first and then selects a suitable victim, and it is not surprising that the theme he chose before being eaten by this world was ‘sacrifice’. In his opinion, Constable Kim Yeon-woo was the perfect fit for that material.
In short, the target the killer is looking for now is a ‘sacrificial person.’
“Still, the students were very interested in the teacher. I’m very close with those friends, police officer Kim Yeon-woo. “They say he was a police officer who I occasionally ran into in the neighborhood.”
“Huh….”
That’s wrong.
‘I didn’t know that the loud-mouthed police officer Kim told my story to others.’
I felt like I had to think more about my miscalculation on this part later. I was even more confused because I wasn’t the type of person to talk about a relationship that happened less than a day ago.
However, if the killer’s aggro was focused on Lee Jae-heon rather than Police Officer Kim, it would be much easier to proceed as planned.
If you want to become the ‘strong person you need to be wary of’ as planned earlier, you will have to find the right line.
Yes, that’s true, but…
“….”
I just felt bad.
I like hunting, but I don’t like getting hit.
