Episode 142
Hong Gyeong-jun thinks people should not kill people.
My gunner always had the same reaction after hearing something like that.
‘Oh, that’s right.’
Hong Gyeong-jun couldn’t figure out the senior’s intention when he said that.
Was he mocking himself by saying he was stubborn and uninteresting? Or did he really think that way? I may have thought it was just a habit and responded roughly. The other person was a light and heavy person who couldn’t predict the outcome of his actions, so he couldn’t come up with an answer easily.
Nevertheless, Hong Gyeong-jun always thought of Detective Hong Gyeong-jun.
“….”
People shouldn’t kill people.
“Hey hey. Run away quickly… Argh! Ah huh…!”
“…Kim Ki-jeong.”
“Are you going crazy and giving me a bruise right now? “Monsters are coming now!”
It wasn’t just a story about ethics and morals.
“What if those people are crazy and they’re crazy about you too!”
“Ah…”
Hong Gyeong-jun took a deep breath at Kim Ki-jeong’s words.
The moment I came to my senses, I realized that cold sweat was running down my back. When he woke up from a nightmare when he was very young and his bedding was damp, Hong Gyeong-jun was left speechless by a sensation he had never experienced since he got older.
What unfolded before his eyes was an obvious hell.
“okay.”
It was a world where people killed people and monsters killed monsters.
His gaze, which was shaking a lot, landed on Lee Jae-heon. The man kept his mouth shut, but it seemed as if he could hear a growl, and Hong Gyeong-jun noticed that Lee Jae-heon’s side was gradually turning red. As a detective, he had to stop that innocent citizen from committing murder.
but.
“….”
The hammer tightly held in Lee Jae-heon’s hand comes into view.
“Uh uh…!”
“Get behind me. “It seems impossible to sort out the situation, so I think it would be better to get out of there like you said.”
Of course, Hong Gyeong-jun had no intention of leaving this place alone with Kim Ki-jeong, but he had common sense that an ordinary person with poor mental and physical abilities should be moved to a safe place. No detective would chase a criminal while an ordinary person was in a critical situation.
Yes, the weak had to be protected. A strong person must fulfill his duty as a strong person. Hong Gyeong-jun felt that his beliefs were becoming more and more intense, but he quickly forgot about it. It was a very fleeting moment.
“Now wait a minute! What about Kang Min-ah over there? That Mr. Lee Jae-heon…!”
“Of course, I will take Kang Min-ah with me.”
As Hong Gyeong-jun said that, a trembling woman with her head in her hands came into view. He, who was instinctively drawing a safe route to avoid the charging monster, continued speaking a beat slowly.
“…But in the case of Lee Jae-heon and Song In-myeong, it is difficult to approach them at the moment.”
His eyes landed on Lee Jae-heon, who was swinging the hammer again.
Lee Jae-heon’s face looked very calm or completely emotionless. Even though he had recovered, his still pale face seemed to indicate that he had been a monster from the beginning, perhaps due to the effects of the green algae monster. It looked like there was a wound on his abdomen, but it didn’t seem to be just that.
However, his clearly open eyes and naked gaze, as if he was concentrating on catching that prey, showed that Lee Jae-heon was angry. The person he was swinging the hammer at was Song In-myeong, who killed student Seo Jang-hwa.
It was impossible to tell whether Lee Jae-heon, as Hong Gyeong-jun, had lost his mind or not.
“…Let’s move together. Mr. Kim Ki-jeong, would you please help raise Kang Min-ah?”
“iced coffee…! Oh yes, of course. “You can do that…”
He swatted away the monster running toward us, but Kang Min-ah, who seemed to have lost her mind, couldn’t do that. Even if Hong Gyeong-jun approached quickly, he couldn’t stop the crow monster hovering above her head from a distance. In the end, Kang Min-ah suffered serious wounds on her arms and hands covering her head.
Even when Hong Gyeong-jun supported her as if he was half-hugging her, Kang Min-ah could not come to her senses at all.
“Huh huh…. Please help me. “Please save me…”
“Hey. Kang Min-ah…!”
“Aaaah…! “Please save me, ugh…”
She clung to Hong Gyeong-jun, who reached her, but did not recognize who he was.
He felt that Kim Ki-jeong’s expression was gradually getting worse, perhaps because he saw the other side of the normally calm and quiet person, but Hong Gyeong-jun thought that it would be better if he had the stamina to be so fidgety.
Hong Gyeong-jun, who was fighting off a monster flying at a tree, saw the body of student Seo Jang-hwa being eaten by a dog monster.
“…under.”
Did it come from a corpse or did it shed tears?
I couldn’t tell where the blood flowing from the corner of my half-closed eyes, neither open nor closed, came from. Hong Kyung-jun filled the place of misery that I did not deserve to feel with only disgust and hatred.
“You’re such an asshole.”
If Hong Kyung-Jun’s gunner saw him creating such a situation even with the criminal he was chasing right in front of him, he would probably look down on him with a sneer. I remember looking at it like that dozens and hundreds of times.
Hong Gyeong-jun still couldn’t figure out whether the emotion contained in that gaze was pathetic or pity. Because he was a very friendly person who pretended not to be.
Also, that was why he blamed his own stupidity.
‘I should have come to my senses.’
Because I failed to properly fulfill my role as a detective, innocent citizens died, people who wanted to remain human became monsters, and I made a huge sacrifice by not being able to properly complete the planned exploration. That was truly terrible.
Hong Gyeong-jun scolded him for being complacent. At first, I still seemed to have come to my senses, but as time went by, I may have relaxed as more people gathered around me. I don’t know exactly when it started, but Hong Gyeong-jun was clearly at ease. In this world full of monsters.
I should have played my role as a detective, protecting the weak and putting the strong in front. I should have told you in advance so that everyone could follow the correct rules.
“Please save me…”
“…I will save you.”
People who could have lived died.
‘I’m sure I could have saved that student too.’
What did I think of as I saw the young student dying before my eyes? What did you feel?
Hong Gyeong-jun noticed that the monsters became more excited and ran wild at random moments, and he thought there must be a reason for that. He felt as if his eyes were turning completely white as he saw the criminal giving away the life of a person that he had only vaguely assumed.
Hong Gyeong-jun, who glanced at Lee Jae-heon, who was running wild as if he had lost all emotions, and Song In-myeong, who was swinging a knife at him, handed Kang Min-ah over to Kim Ki-jeong.
“Oh wait…!”
“I will stop the monster in front, so please support Kang Min-ah and follow her. “You may never escape the monsters, but it’s better than being among the murderous people.”
“…That’s right. Yes….”
Kim Ki-jeong’s shoulders trembled at Hong Gyeong-jun’s words and their contents, but he soon followed his words, supported Kang Min-ah and followed Hong Gyeong-jun. Although Kim Ki-jeong felt that something was going wrong, he did not have the courage to say anything.
He folded his body, which was noticeably longer than the others, and supported Kang Min-ah, who was unable to come to his senses. He also couldn’t hide his anxiety as he followed Hong Gyeong-jun, who was swatting away the monster and clearing the path ahead.
Kwasik!
“Ugh…”
He suddenly thought that Hong Gyeong-jun’s grip on the monster had become more merciless.
“What are you doing, Mr. Kim Ki-jeong? Please follow quickly.”
“…is on its way…!”
Without even knowing the topic, he raised his voice out of pride, but Kim Ki-jeong already knew that this had no meaning. Aside from music, he had no special abilities or was not very talented, so all he could do in this situation was listen to Hong Kyung-jun’s instructions.
However, all changes in the world always made people anxious. Kim Ki-jeong couldn’t understand why he felt a strange repulsion from Hong Gyeong-jun more than the monster, but he gritted his teeth and quickly moved to avoid the monster.
The trauma of a stranger I had never seen with an arm wrapped around my shoulder was never pleasant to hear right next to my ear. Kim Ki-jung admitted that he was feeling increasingly uncomfortable. Looking at a person, not an object, he felt that it was dirty…
Ji-ik -.
“…Ugh.”
My shoulders shrank once again as I heard a bursting sound that I didn’t know where it came from.
In a world full of disgusting noises, Kim Ki-jeong felt his weak mediocrity, which he had been suppressing, popping up again. Even though I thought I was overly sensitive, I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.
Just when I was feeling all nauseous, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun stopped walking.
“…Mr. Noh Yeon-seok?”
“Uh uh…”
In front of him was Noh Yeon-seok, looking at us with wide eyes.
“And Ha Seong-yoon.”
“…It’s nice to see you like this.”
“Your condition makes no sense.”
Also, there was Dr. Ha Seong-yoon, who was bleeding profusely from his side. He had one hand on his abdomen.
Noh Yeon-seok looked at them with a shocked face, and Ha Seong-yoon looked at them with a very tired and sensitive expression, probably because he had noticed the condition of Kang Min-ah, who was being supported by Kim Ki-jeong. Although their faces and gazes were different, Kim Ki-jeong and Hong Gyeong-jun hardened their faces as they faced another incident.
Hong Gyeong-jun said, pointing to Ha Seong-yoon’s blood-stained abdomen with his eyes.
“…the sides…let alone.”
The doctor in front of me had eaten fruit by Jaeheon Lee. Also, the blood staining his clothes was spread more widely than he remembered, so no matter how he thought about it, he could tell that the wound on Ha Seong-yoon’s side had not healed even after eating the fruit.
However, what was a little strange was the fact that Ha Seong-yoon did not seem to be in much pain, even though his back injury appeared to be more serious on the outside. And Hong Gyeong-jun instinctively knew what was going on.
‘Did Noh Yeon-seok have any fruit?’
Because he ate the fruit, his back was healed, but for some reason, the injury on his side remained the same. The only area where Ha Seong-yoon expressed pain was his abdomen.
And Lee Jae-heon said that most wounds can be treated with fruit. Neither Lee Jae-heon nor Ha Seong-yoon have ever mentioned a side injury. Yes, ‘tolerable’ injuries. A fact that neither of them revealed or revealed….
Hong Gyeong-jun asked Ha Seong-yoon, who was leaning against a tree, recalling the number of possible situations in his head.
“How did your back get like that?”
“….”
He, whose face was rarely filled with irritation, quickly smiled and answered.
“I guess it’s thanks to the bastard who made you like that, right?”
“I didn’t say anything…”
“So who else would that damn friend kill?”
Ha Seong-yoon seemed angry.
“My poor patients?”
“….”
At those words, Hong Gyeong-jun remembered Lee Jae-heon’s face, which was as expressionless as a machine. Immediately after that, I looked at the crowd of weak people gathered here.
I had to go back.
* * *
When educating new students in the world of past lives, two things are usually taught.
The first is how to deal with humans, and the second is how to deal with monsters. If you don’t have the right ability, you can only learn one side, but this did not apply to Lee Jae-heon, who has the ability to regenerate.
So, why am I bringing this up?…
“Ahhhh…!” “It fucking hurts!”
“….”
“I’m going crazy. It’s a real monster…?!”
Anyway, this means that there was a monster in the world of the past life.
‘It’s not that difficult to imitate those monsters.’
Lee Jae-heon has seen team members who have gone crazy after being possessed by monsters, seen idiots who have been infected and turned into monsters, and has also seen literal monsters on a regular basis and endured them with his whole body. It was his role to hit those bastards in the back one by one.
He deliberately made an expression so mechanical that it seemed alien, and glared at the other person as if all his emotions were filled only inside his eyes. The hammer he swung grazed Song In-myeong’s arm, causing blood to drop.
“Oh shit… I want to kill you even if it means killing me.”
“….”
“Are you out of your mind? I guess I’m speechless now. “Isn’t that a real monster?”
I knew that the words fluttering out of his mouth were a provocation towards Lee Jae-heon.
‘Should I have hit that jodong-ari instead of the body?’
It wouldn’t have been easy since I had to dodge so quickly, but I was disappointed that I only grazed my forearm. In any case, among these bastards who fluttered their mouths, there was no proper one.
Of course, it was a story that included Lee Jae-heon.
“…kill it.”
He muttered as if he had been brainwashed by something, and Song In-myeong, who managed to understand it, burst out into a pleasant laugh.
“You look like an asshole.”
Jaeheon Lee agreed.
‘That’s how you get caught, you idiot.’
In fact, if this topic had not been ‘sacrifice’, Lee Jae-heon would have proceeded with the plan in a different way. Not only did this altruistic image not suit Lee Jae-heon’s tastes, but no matter how good his acting was, being someone’s prey was not a very pleasant experience.
He struck away the knife aimed at his neck with his arm and immediately swung the hammer.
Phew!
“Wow…! “Be dangerous.”
Song In-myeong chuckled and avoided it, but it didn’t seem like he was at all relaxed. It was bound to be difficult for Lee Jae-heon, who had been cautious due to the gazes of others, as he began to imitate a bit of a monster.
However, after confirming that the green algae monster had arrived here, Lee Jae-heon had nothing to worry about. In this place, Song In-myeong could have died or lived. If things had progressed to this point anyway, Song In-myeong’s identity would have been revealed unless the entire gathering team was exterminated.
‘So the important thing is Jeong In-ho.’
Since I know that not only me but also the main character will return with his memories, Lee Jae-heon had to finish his current work well for the next episode. The key is how the detectives and other survivors who will slowly return to this side of time will remember his death.
“Uncle, I’m sorry if I was mistaken. “Didn’t it hurt a lot earlier?”
“….”
“Oh, answer me. huh? “You were just trying to hide that your back hurts…!”
One way or another, once the matter was completed, Song In-myeong’s identity was revealed, and Jeong In-ho, who was under suspicion, was able to calm his mind and body a little. In addition, because Lee Jae-heon also showed kindness, the chicks’ right to speak would be maintained even after his death.
‘Then the protagonist will return after seeing more.’
Then things might get a little easier in the next episode.
“Tell me something, maybe I can help!”
“under.”
By putting the main character in front of him, he could reveal Song In-myeong’s identity, and since he already knew ‘Lee Jae-heon’s’ brainwashing trick, there was no need to inform the other party members, and by making the grown protagonist the focal point, he could escape from the leader’s position.
‘Although keeping a distance has become ambiguous, the position of leader is still very burdensome.’
Also, wouldn’t Jung In-ho, who has learned the ropes in this time slot, be able to escape the suspicions of Detective Hong and Police Officer Kim? Then Jaeheon Lee will be able to build a more proper relationship with the current survivors.
“Man, I really… can kill you in the most wonderful way in the world.”
“….”
“You wanted to die…! Are you saying I can kill you in a really cool way? Really!”
Excited tone. flushed face. My ears are red.
And a jackknife covered in blood in his hand.
“….”
Jaeheon Lee didn’t bother to answer.
‘…This world must have been uncomfortable even for that bastard.’
It is said that in this life, there are criminals who have a taste for murder. It may not be quite the same since it was a concept that rarely existed in my past life, but if I had to find the most similar field, I could think of people who enjoyed torture.
They want great stimulation. They are under the delusion that they are standing over someone’s head and controlling their fate, and like drug addicts who can’t quit drugs, they only think about killing someone. In a world where people cannot easily enjoy their happiness, it is said that enduring one’s desires is a hardship.
So how does this world feel?
‘From the moment I was eaten, my identity was discovered by some ant chick, and I am in a bad mood, with a detective right in front of me.’
I don’t know, but there must have been a lot of complaints. So, even in this situation where Lee Jae-heon easily gets angry at the stimulus he throws at him and monsters attack him from all over, isn’t he aiming his sword only at Lee Jae-heon?
For the sake of probability, Lee Jae-heon also did not bother to kill other monsters, but instead calculated the distance to the survivors who might be heading this way. Of course, most of it was just a feeling.
And….
“…!”
Jaeheon Lee suddenly broke down his posture with a surprised expression on his face due to the pain that was suddenly scratching his leg.
Teacher Yunbyeol Lee finally accepted his gift.
―Phew.
“Huh…!”
At that moment, a knife was stuck in my solar plexus.
“Ugh….”
“Why is it like this all of a sudden?”
I was out of breath.
A calm yet joyful voice that did not seem to be at all surprised reached Lee Jae-heon’s ears, and the owner of the voice pushed Lee Jae-heon against the tree with the knife firmly planted in the solar plexus.
As if I was falling, my back hit a tree and the knife went deep once again.
“Kwaaaak…!”
“It’s strange.”
Song In-myeong blinked several times at the wounds inflicted so easily that it made him embarrassed that he had acted like a monster until now. He continued speaking while gently turning the knife stuck in his solar plexus.
“You just stumbled, didn’t you? So suddenly? “Isn’t it too unexpected?”
“…Hehehehe….”
“Did it hurt a lot because I stabbed you earlier?”
No way.
‘You’re like a child with no sense.’
I was so annoyed that I almost sighed.
Well, I still vividly remember Lee Jae-heon’s reaction when he stabbed him in the side with a knife while they were fighting over the evidence. He looked at his own bloody hands in a state of ecstasy, and it seemed like he wanted to somehow have a big influence on the person named ‘Lee Jae-heon.’
‘That’s the case with all idiots who are overly self-conscious.’
Of course, thanks to that, his side was a little throbbing, but that wasn’t the area where Lee Jae-heon was openly stiff. It seemed like the killer in front of him realized it too late.
“Oh no. Obviously, my legs were stiff, but then…”
At the right time, Lee Jae-heon relaxed his legs, and Song In-myeong, who took a step back, pulled out a jackknife from his solar plexus. Lee Jae-heon, who stumbled a few times as if trying to hold on, slipped while leaning against a tree and eventually collapsed.
Of course, to be honest, it wasn’t so painful that my legs felt weak and I was distracted.
‘But that bastard doesn’t know that.’
It was an unavoidable method for Song In-myeong to plausibly kill ‘Lee Jae-heon’, who had become almost a monster. If Lee Yun-byeol didn’t eat the fruit before Lee Jae-heon died, he would have killed that bastard first, but since he had provided an excuse like this, there was no reason not to use it.
Anyway, the deal is already done.
“…Cough ugh….”
Green lump.
In his field of vision, the green algae monster that had been quietly keeping quiet for a while came into view. Lee Jae-heon had already realized that it was laying a trap around Song In-myeong to prey on him.
A sound like countless snakes crawling reached my ears.
“….”
Well, wasn’t there a saying that you had to kill and offer it up?
“…So is this it? “The fruit that In-ho Jeong ate?”
“Haa….”
“What the fuck. Who else did you give it to? huh? I’ll kill that bastard like you, man. Talk to me… Okay, I understand. Is it a woman or a man? huh? Just tell me that. “It’s lonely if you search alone.”
“….”
“Really wow. It’s so perfect until the end that it’s driving me crazy… I knew it would be like this! Isn’t this why you had back pain earlier? “I’m going around, spreading excuses for my own death here and there…!”
From now on, it didn’t matter when he died.
‘Song In-myeong is also in bad shape.’
The identity of the culprit was revealed. Kang Min-ah also lived. If I die, Jeong In-ho will be fine too….
“….”
Bleep-.
I felt like I heard tinnitus.
‘… That’s a good score.’
This is enough to pass.
He felt Song In-myeong mumbling something slowly as he cut himself, but Lee Jae-heon decided to pay attention. There was no way I could have any regrets about a body that would soon be lost.
It narrowly missed the heart, but it ended up there anyway. Of course, if you change your mind, you can survive even if your heart is ripped out, but Lee Jae-heon was already a person who had decided to leave this time period. There was no need to hold on while new holes were opening in my body.
I quietly closed my heavy eyelids. Suddenly, I woke up to the commotion and saw,
“―…!!”
“…!”
Among the blurry noises, a familiar image of gray-white hair was visible.
It looked like a scalpel being driven into Song In-myeong’s neck.
“….”
Lee Jae-heon thought that Ha Seong-yoon was probably angry.
‘… why?’
Naturally, questions arise.
Has that person also suffered something from Song In-myeong? Or are you angry because you touched me, a patient? It could have been because he was a person with strong pride in his role as a doctor. Even though I don’t know much about Ha Seong-yoon, I know that he doesn’t have the disposition to kill someone carelessly.
However, the things contained in the gaze that suddenly looked at me while throwing away the falling tooth.
“…Jaeheon Lee.”
“….”
No.
‘No, just.’
He hoped that the current chicks would survive as long as possible.
I didn’t want to be abandoned.
