Episode 108 Ha
Seong-yoon saw that the dog-shaped monsters were clearly hungry and were attacking the survivors. In this case, the excitement would not subside easily unless the stomach was full, so why did the monsters become quiet again?
What did you eat?
* * *
“Mr. Lee Jae-heon, are you really leaving?”
Police officer Kim Yeon-woo asked with a worried face.
“Honestly, this makes absolutely no sense. Who are you going to find with this seriously injured body? “I think it would be better to rest a little more…”
“Thank you for your concern, but only I know where the rest of the group is. “There’s nothing I can’t explain to the rest of the group, but since I don’t know what might have happened, it would be much better for me to go.”
“No… If ‘something’ happens, isn’t this a body that you should avoid?”
She asked back as if it were absurd, but Lee Jae-heon remained steadfast. It’s not that I don’t understand what you’re saying, but it just makes things too much of a hassle.
‘No matter how good I explain, it’s of no use if those chicks get lost.’
The desire to suck honey from the main character and his party is tempting, but it has to be done while considering the situation. Now that he was enjoying the honey with ease, the group was very delicate and, more than anything else, they were openly relying on him. In short, pretending to be a helper has gone out of fashion.
And since Lee Jae-heon has memories of his past life, he can wander around this lush place as he pleases. No matter how bright the day is, it is easy to get lost. Even if he gave an insanely good explanation, there was a high possibility that he would not be able to reach his intended destination.
An unfamiliar figure approached the two people who were talking like that.
“Are you leaving now?”
“….”
“Oh, that’s right. “Is it rude to say uncle?”
He was a student of quite stature, with long hair pulled into a high bun.
“But we didn’t even make a full statement yesterday. “Right?”
“…I don’t mind if you call me uncle.”
“Then I’m glad.”
The sullen expression and sharp eyes might remind one of a cat, but looking at the long stature and large hands automatically reminded me of a tiger. It was also an extremely large black tiger.
‘Yes, this is also different from the original content.’
This group of college students originally acted separately from the detectives. Originally, it would have taken quite a while for everyone, including the main character, to come together, but for some reason, now that Lee Jae-heon remembered his past life, they had become one team.
She smiled and held out her hand.
“This is Seo Jang-hwa. “It’s the same school as those Bingu bastards.”
Where my eyes landed, I saw Vivian, who had made a loud statement yesterday, and, unusually, a student with short hair. You could roughly guess what type of students they were from the paint-stained aprons draped over their stocky bodies.
“That Potato Head is Vivian. The muscle man next to me is Song In-myeong…”
“What should I do?”
“Look at Malbonsae.”
Seo Jang-hwa frowned at student Song In-myeong’s words, but then straightened up. Rather than being genuinely annoyed or angry, it seemed like it was just a habit separate from the emotion.
“Even though his expression is so rotten, he’s not really an asshole. “I made that up so that he could make a pretty face in his own way. Don’t worry about it.”
“…I don’t care.”
“Yesterday I was tired so I went to sleep right away. That doesn’t mean I’m being mean to you. We’ll see each other often from now on, so let’s get to know each other.”
“It’s not bad.”
“…As expected, you have a good personality.”
“yes?”
As Lee Jae-heon frowned at the absurd remark, student Seo Jang-hwa gave Kim Yeon-woo, who was looking at me with a puzzled expression, an arm around his shoulder and a low chuckle.
“I heard about it because I became friends with the police officer here. “They say you have a great spirit of sacrifice.”
“That’s… everyone does it.”
“But anyway, you have a good personality. “You got hurt that much…”
She looked Lee Jae-heon up and down.
“He is not a common person in today’s world.”
“…do you have a problem?”
“That can’t be right.”
Seo Jang-hwa, who had already moved away from Kim Soon-kyung, continued speaking while gently waving both hands.
“I don’t mean anything bad, even though I don’t like the way I speak. “I just wanted to at least talk to each other before we had to go on the long journey.”
It looked exactly like an elongated tiger joking, so Lee Jae-heon furrowed his eyebrows. I didn’t like the fact that they kept praising his ‘spirit of sacrifice’ from earlier, but it also bothered me that it seemed like they were watching his liver lightly.
Of course, Lee Jae-heon was not one to fall for such a small prank.
“…This is Lee Jae-heon. “I don’t know when we will meet again, but I hope you stay healthy.”
“Thank you for your concern.”
“Be careful what you look like on the road at night.”
“…yes?”
He slightly raised his eyebrows at the question while smiling.
“I said that because I was worried.”
“….”
Seo Jang-hwa grinned and took a step back. As he naturally moved towards where his classmates were gathered, Jaeheon Lee unconsciously remembered a video of a tiger that had been floating around on the Internet. It was a fairly similar gait.
Leaving Officer Kim Yeon-woo, who was embarrassed by the ambiguous conversation, he turned to Detective Hong Gyeong-jun.
“I will move first.”
Hong Gyeong-jun was looking in the direction where the students were gathered.
“…Yes, please do so. We also plan to move as soon as we are ready.”
“Did you say you were looking for a child?”
“If you’re lucky, you’ll find it right away. “They said the last place they were seen was inside the park, so they must have been wandering around there.”
He looked at Lee Jae-heon and continued speaking.
“I hope Jaeheon Lee finds the person he wants.”
“thank you.”
He nodded slightly and looked back at the group who had finished preparing. My condition didn’t look all that good after listening to stories all night, but it didn’t look too bad either.
Lee Jae-heon, who counted the number of people in the group, opened his mouth.
“Let’s move.”
* * *
“…a flower garden…?”
In response to Noh Yeon-seok’s question, CEO Yoon Garam pretended to know.
“Oh, I know. “Wasn’t it on the side road?”
“I don’t know exactly where that side road is… but it’s probably right. “It was almost on the outskirts of the park.”
Of course, Lee Jae-heon knew where the side road was because he had learned the map before coming to the secret world, but he couldn’t pretend to know now. With a vague expression, he continued.
“Probably not in the past, but was there a flower garden at the bottom of the cliff?”
“I…it can’t be right. If there was such a thing, wouldn’t it have become a world-famous tourist destination? “It wasn’t an unusual park other than that it was pretty well built.”
“I don’t know that it’s natural. However, Chief Kang Min-ah almost fell off that cliff.”
Intern Noh Yeon-seok’s shoulders shook at those words, but before he could say anything, In-ho Jeong quietly intervened.
“Kang Min-ah is not a person who is that judgmental.”
“What, I lied?”
“You know that’s not what I’m saying, right?”
Lee Jae-heon clicked his tongue at the sight of the main character rolling his eyes while saying that. I tried not to show it, but perhaps because I was so tired, I couldn’t stop my eyebrows from furrowing briefly.
‘I heard the whole story early in the morning… so now I’m going to tell it in peace.’
Until now, the only people who knew Lee Jae-heon’s background were Doctor Ha Seong-yoon and Assistant Manager Jeong In-ho, but by secretly overhearing the story early in the morning the other day, everyone here learned about his past history. Of course, it wasn’t the actual past and it was just a story I was told to listen to.
But now other people also know his past. The main character was openly asking Lee Jae-heon for information about this world. Therefore, there was a reaction that Lee Jae-heon should have shown at this time.
He narrowed his eyes and glanced at Jeong In-ho.
“…You….”
“….”
“No, no.”
As he said that, his gaze swept over the group that had just gathered. ‘Lee Jae-heon’, who was puzzled about asking questions so openly in the presence of other members of the group, realized that his past history had become known in some way. It was a realization at the level of suspicion, if not certainty.
However, since he couldn’t just openly say, ‘Do you know my past?’, ‘Lee Jae-heon’ continued speaking while wearing the mask of an old manager again.
“Like Deputy Jeong said, Director Kang is not that stupid. “But I did see him running towards the cliff.”
“Then…”
“Something like a hallucination.”
“….”
“Anyway, wouldn’t it be most likely that you saw something in vain?”
He even rushed towards me while calling me ‘Manager’.
However, Jaeheon Lee had no intention of telling her who she had hallucinated. Perhaps the reason Kang Min-ah saw Lee Jae-heon in a hallucination was that he had a great deal of internal importance to him, but it was because he had no intention of saying this out loud and receiving gentle attention once again.
‘I don’t want to be jealous of an intern who has never confessed to me.’
Seeing Lee Jae-heon speaking casually, President Garam Yoon opened his mouth.
“But, Manager, you seem to be quite good at finding your way.”
“Is that so?”
“Maybe it’s because I’ve been here so many times that I feel a bit familiar, but…”
Lee Jae-heon felt cold at those words.
‘Wow, it feels familiar.’
Is this true what is being said in the hidden world where the mind is being torn apart with every breath?
To be honest, he seemed a bit like a psychopath. Looking at Kwon Yeon-hee, who was far away from President Yoon, and her shoulders shaking greatly, I could see that this was not just Lee Jae-heon’s impression.
“Still, there aren’t any signs, but I thought I’d be good at finding the route if I’m going there for the first time.”
“…Thank you for the compliment.”
Lee Jae-heon sublimated Yoon Ga-ram’s doubts into praise and silenced her. No matter how out of her mind she was, there was no way she would troll and say, ‘That wasn’t a compliment, right?’, given her personality of wanting to live a long and slender life.
‘… Well, apart from that…’
Has there been some progress?
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at President Yoon Garam following behind him. Staring at the lush forest with slightly relaxed focus did not seem like a normal person to anyone.
But in some ways, it was good news, at least for Lee Jae-heon.
‘You just have to face the trauma properly.’
What is important in the underworld is mental strength, which is divided into a healthy mind and a broken mind. If we had to divide it, people with a higher proportion of broken minds are particularly susceptible to being preyed upon by the underworld, and among them, the sane and crazy ones survive the longest.
Because those guys usually have trauma. When all healthy minds are consumed and people are filled with only broken minds, survivors who are forced to face their own trauma gain unusual powers.
‘My increased recovery might not have anything to do with it at all.’
It’s been a while since Jaeheon Lee’s spirit reached its limit. I wondered if he, whose previous life itself was a trauma, had revealed some of his previous abilities by facing it.
Kang Min-ah was like that too. Although she doesn’t know what her biggest fear and despair are, Kang Min-ah already knows what she fears the most. There was no noticeable change, perhaps because her despair was small, but her ability to adapt was much better than in reality.
In that sense, President Garam Yoon was a highly anticipated talent.
“Are you okay with the injury you got yesterday? “There was a lot of fire around my hands and around me.”
“I’m always fine.”
“…I think the manager is really amazing.”
“….”
“I was scared.”
A slightly twisted conversation. Slightly blurred focus. The rolling dark green gaze passed by all the plants in the other side of the world. It was a different gaze from the gray eyes before.
When I completely stopped and looked back, I saw Jeong In-ho staring at President Yoon Garam. Kwon Yeon-hee was holding the hem of Jeong In-ho’s clothes and lowering her head, and Noh Yeon-seok was blinking with an embarrassed expression.
I feel the air gradually becoming heavier.
“now.”
Jaeheon Lee asked.
“Are you scared?”
“…no.”
“Fortunately, the.”
“….”
“Maybe Mr. Garam Yoon won’t get lost.”
Then he smiled and said.
“You’re lucky.”
You won’t die.
