Episode 127
In the end, Jung In-ho also did not see Lee Jae-heon as a person.
Yes, that’s right. As he said last night, Jung In-ho may have viewed Lee Jae-heon as a third-rate villain or an extra. But doing it now is blatantly treated as a talisman. I could understand why Lee Jae-heon, who didn’t even like us that much, was trying to stay away from us.
It’s not like I could blame that person for anything.
‘I can’t be a good person after all.’
Even though I now know that I didn’t treat him like a human being, I have no intention of fixing it, so it was inevitable that I couldn’t be a good person.
* * *
It was almost evening when the group returned.
“…What happened?”
To anyone who could see it, it looked like he had been robbed by a monster and barely escaped.
For a moment, I thought, ‘Was there something like this in the original novel?’, but we’ve come too far to discuss such things now. Nothing has happened since the discovery of the body of a child who should never have existed in the first place.
A familiar bloody smell stung my nose. Lee Jae-heon reflexively counted the number of survivors gasping for breath and decided to place significance in the fact that no one was dead.
“…That monster bastard….”
“Student, calm down.”
“Ah huuuk… Shivaal….”
“Oh my.”
I patted Seo Jang-hwa’s shoulder, who was half panicked and unable to come to his senses. Even though the arms and legs were okay, there were no particularly serious wounds on the head or abdomen, but judging from the nausea, it looked like it had probably encountered a stray dog monster.
In fact, even in the story, Seo Jang-hwa seemed particularly unable to keep track of the abandoned monster dog.
‘I think you said you have six dogs at home.’
Actually, if you think about it, it is true that it was much more peaceful than the original novel. If things had gone as planned, more people would have died from the beginning and the level of difficulty in the underworld would have increased further, so it would be more correct to say that the dam that Lee Jae-heon had blocked up until now has only now burst with the child’s corpse.
Lee Jae-heon, who was gently rubbing the back of Seo Jang-hwa, who was retching, froze for a moment.
‘…No, wait a minute.’
Doesn’t the fact that the difficulty level was okay up until the end mean that there should be more survivors than in the original novel?
“….”
“Mr. “I’m okay now, so…”
“I’m glad you’re okay.”
Lee Jae-heon swallowed the sudden feeling of discomfort.
‘I need to take a proper look around the park…’
The description of the main character in the novel was not very kind, and it was unclear exactly how many corpses he had passed over. Only things that died in particularly cruel ways, such as rolling heads or hands, were depicted.
But in the end, that meant that since the only thing found now was the child’s body, I thought that maybe, unlike the original novel, there might be other survivors. It is true that many people flocked to the park, and the level of difficulty was lowered for a moment, so wouldn’t it be a very possible idea?
So there was a separate problem.
‘Then why did the number of people decrease further?’
In the story, a group of college students did not join the detective team as quickly as they did now, and more importantly, there were only four members in total. There was another guy I met in the park and was hanging out with college students.
So, the question is why the current number of survivors has decreased compared to the original number in the novel…
“…So what’s going on?”
What was important right now was to be briefed on the current situation.
‘It’s not that I can’t guess.’
Lee Jae-heon’s gaze passed by Song In-myeong for a moment.
Additionally, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun, who was looking strangely at Lee Jae-heon, who was patting Seo Jang-hwa on the shoulder, adjusted his disheveled clothes and answered his question.
“…The monsters have moved. “I didn’t think they would take such an active approach, and I don’t know exactly what prompted them, but it was quite messy.”
“….”
“The ones I encountered directly were dog-shaped monsters and…”
Hong Gyeong-jun continued as Lee Jae-heon waited with a shocked expression on his face.
“It would have been vines and crows… maybe.”
As he said that, he seemed unconvinced by his words.
“…We’ve seen vines many times, but crows?”
“Yes, but I’m not sure. “The bird’s feathers may have appeared black because of the darkness.”
“Huh.”
Hong Gyeong-jun gave a rare sigh and pressed his shoulder. The fact that none of the survivors were able to return here without being killed must have been due to his contribution, as there were several large claw marks all over his upper body, including his face.
Lee Jae-heon, who was looking at the traces, nodded inwardly.
‘It’s a crow.’
At first glance, the long dents looked like they had been cut by the claws of a wild animal, but the size was different, and those marks were indeed those of a bird. And the only bird-type monster in the park that could inflict as much damage as I did was a crow.
Also, if even the crow monster, which was not the park’s representative monster, was causing such an uproar, it seemed that the child’s death must have great significance in this world. If that thing was stimulated that much, how much the other monsters would freak out.
Lee Jae-heon glanced at Hong Gyeong-jun, who was approaching and talking to Kim Yeon-woo, and then looked at Yoon Gar-ram, who was close to Doctor Ha Seong-yoon, and asked.
“Are you okay?”
“…Ah, Manager.”
As expected, it was President Yoon who answered.
‘I can’t say that this side is also the cause of this situation.’
When you see that there are scorched areas on the clothes of other party members.
Garam Yoon’s constitution-based abilities are quite extreme, so she always burns things around her, not herself. Even if he did not directly control fire, it was a sufficiently threatening ability. If we look at Ha Seong-yoon, whom Garam Yoon cherishes and loves the most.
“What do you do if a doctor hurts his arm?”
“…Would I have wanted to injure my arm while leaving my intact leg…?”
“Oh yeah…”
Lee Jae-heon’s face suddenly fell at the nuance that he would have hurt his leg if he had been able to do it. Chicks obviously have no tolerance for pain, but the thought of that was quite disgusting.
‘…Even though I said this, it’s a big loss that the doctor injured my arm.’
It’s not just a scratch. It was probably something with teeth, like the monster I saw at the flower shop, but it was chewed up very finely and even suffered burns. Even though Ha Seong-yoon was an ambidextrous doctor, losing the use of one arm was never a good situation.
Dr. Ha Seong-yoon was holding his arm and exhaling nervously, as if he knew it. Lee Jae-heon turned to look at Yoon Garam. Fortunately, she was perceptive and noticed Lee Jae-heon’s glance right away.
“….”
“….”
As the doctor took out a small, round fruit from the side that could not be seen, Garam Yoon’s expression turned bizarre. He shook his head as if he had seen something he couldn’t see, but that was none of Lee Jae-heon’s business.
Before Yoon Garam could stop him, he called Ha Seongyoon.
“Doctor.”
“? what.”
Ugh.
He raised his head and threw the fruit into his mouth.
Jaeheon Lee covered his mouth and hit his uvula with his other hand before the doctor regained his composure and realized what was going on. Of course, I hit it gently as it wasn’t my intention to catch anyone, but I had no problem getting the fruit to go down my throat.
Lee Jae-heon, who saw that his throat was sore as if he was coughing reflexively, as if he was coughing, unconsciously grabbed his left forearm. It hurt even more because it was where I was originally injured.
“evil…!”
“Cough ugh… this crazy person is really!”
“Oh, I’m a patient! patient…!”
In the end, Ha Seong-yoon was unable to hit Lee Jae-heon. Another party member, who caught the situation late, stopped Ha Seong-yoon, and Lee Jae-heon, who was already a patient who was about to die, was literally in a state where even flowers could not be beaten.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I just passed over it.
“Are you really kidding me?!”
“Anyway, the actual damage I take is zero….”
“Oh, please stop talking! Yeonhee Kwon!”
“Huh….”
Lee Jae-heon muttered, feeling dumbfounded at the sight of Kwon Yeon-hee clinging to me and whining.
“Bottom line…!”
“I’m going crazy.”
It was clear that eating the fruit would cure all personal problems, but strangely, Ha Seong-yoon’s anger did not seem to have subsided. Well, if you’re upset after treatment, I don’t have anything to say.
He retorted in frustration.
“No matter what, it’s a doctor’s arm, so why don’t you just leave it alone…?!”
“If you want to imitate a doctor, get consent from the patient. “Get consent before doing it, man.”
“Ugh.”
And my mouth was pinched.
It feels like being pinched by an adult man of your own age after you’re over 40. I felt dumbfounded and embarrassed and wanted to rummage around, but I knew that the chicks might be surprised, so I kept my mouth shut. If you help me, you should know that I’m grateful.
He looked at the protagonist who was staring at me quietly, being careful not to focus his attention on his still throbbing arm.
“….”
“…what.”
“No, just.”
It smiled brightly.
“I wonder what the intention behind this is.”
It was a sentence that I had no choice but to understand right away.
‘I guess they’re asking me what I’m doing when there are so many people watching.’
Perhaps because of the uproar, many people are still paying attention.
There was still a distance and it was hard to see because he was covered in bloody clothes, but it didn’t seem like it would take too long to realize that the doctor’s injured arm was completely healed.
The existing group and a few survivors who knew the situation were looking at Jae-heon Lee in confusion, and those who did not know what exactly Jae-heon Lee did were just paying attention to them.
Lee Jae-heon, consciously stroking his left arm, muttered softly.
“What do you think?”
If you’re going to act, you have to do it right.
* * *
This time, Jaeheon Lee decided to become the underdog.
‘If I had to kill a murderer, this would be much more convenient.’
Once he was recognized as a weak person, it would become easier for him to approach the survivors, and he would be even less wary of himself when approaching Song In-myeong, who had a good physique. And even if Lee Jae-heon, a weakling, kills college student Song In-myeong, the first thought that will come to mind is ‘Why?’
Once that question arose, the safety of the group after Lee Jae-heon’s death would be guaranteed. The protagonist and the doctor weren’t the ones who couldn’t handle it, and since both the victim and the perpetrator died anyway, they couldn’t be held responsible.
If the atmosphere had been as good as the original novel, I would have been held responsible, but the atmosphere is pretty good now. Lee Jae-heon was confident that he would be criticized alone.
“…If you eat that, everything will get better?”
Besides, if you’re in debt, there’s nothing more to say.
Just as Lee Jae-heon was about to answer Seo Jang-hwa’s eager question, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun stepped in to block his path. It was clear that he was not happy with this unexpected situation.
“Mr. Lee Jae-heon will feel the pain several times that much. “It is a system in which the person who picks the fruit takes on double the pain.”
“Ah…”
“Jaeheon Lee is already a patient enough. “I don’t think there’s any need for additional injuries.”
It was a very annoying meddling.
“…It doesn’t matter, though.”
And Lee Jae-heon needed to create debt for them.
“yes?”
“There are about four fruits that can be picked at once. “There are still two left.”
“Apart from that, the pain…”
“I don’t think that’s a big problem.”
“….”
Lee Jae-heon laughed inwardly as he saw hope growing in the eyes of some survivors at those words.
Among them, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun’s eyebrows twitched, and considering his personality in the story, I thought it was probably because he did not obey my words. Actually, I thought that this situation might feel quite harsh from the chicks’ perspective, but what can you do?
They say I’m fine.
“If it’s going to hurt, shouldn’t the sick person be sick?”
“….”
“It’s not like I’m going to die from this.”
So, quickly owe me money.
(Continued in the next part)
