Episode 254
In this world of 19-year-old impoverished survivors, there were a total of three ways to maintain memories before returning.
Like the first Jeong In-ho, completely regressing due to an unknown force. Become a survivor who survived until the end like the second Kang Min-ah and share the memories of that episode. Third, like Ha Seong-yoon’s eyes, provide a means to record and save the time before regression.
Da-hoon Park was the second of these cases.
“die.”
“….”
“Die, die, die.”
Park Da-hoon was speechless as the person with the same face as him choked on his words.
“Please die. To die. “I should have just died.”
“…Uh….”
“Stupid. Did you listen to something? If you had stayed quiet like you said, you wouldn’t have become a burden… You should have died then. “Die, okay?”
“What are you talking about.”
“It’s simple, just die…die, please die.”
They were strangling him, but his hands didn’t have any strength at all, and his face was distorted like mine and tears were dripping down his face. The only curse that came out of his mouth was to die, but even that did not convey any sense of hatred or murderous intent.
There was a person in front of him struggling in sadness that just resembled black.
“Please, I’m begging you like this.”
“why?”
“If you don’t want to be a burden, just die.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“…Because of us….”
‘Park Da-hoon’ answered in despair.
“The man was alive for an hour.”
Lee Jae-heon, who put ‘Park Da-hoon’ in the bathroom and stood in front of him, barely lasted an hour. Thanks to this, ‘Da-hoon Park’ was able to barely leave school after surviving another 8 hours on the first floor, where there were almost no monsters, but Jae-heon Lee’s body could not be taken out, and the survivors outside were nowhere to be seen.
Unable to think of anywhere else to go, he absentmindedly returned to the first floor of the school, sat next to Lee Jae-heon, and faced the approaching death that was the end of ‘Park Da-hoon’. That was the last time ‘Park Da-hoon’ held on.
“This happened because we asked them not to throw it away.”
“…But…”
“Just die. got it? There are things we are good at. “Keep your mouth shut and be quiet.”
“Hey Park Da-hoon.”
“No, I don’t want to be abandoned. I don’t even want to die… I also wanted to be loved. I hope you save it. I’m so scared of dying. I want to be protected and continue to be with that person. This is enough to make you happy. I wonder if that’s okay….”
“….”
“I want to be loved too.”
All the words spoken by ‘Da-hoon Park’, who spent a long time at school and was greatly influenced by the underworld, were raw and sincere without any filtering. Da-hoon Park was afraid of the miserable and naked sight that could become his future, but he pulled down the hand that was holding his neck.
‘Da-Hoon Park’ asked as he obediently released his hand and lowered it.
“You… who are you? Why did you come to me? “How did you get here?”
“…I don’t know either. I just knew this was my last chance. That way, you and you have a higher chance of survival…”
“Surviving until the end. That’s the condition, right? “Then can we meet again?”
“No, I’m dead. All you see is a memory. “You and I are no different, Park Da-hoon.”
“Then I can do the same as you. right? Right? “Am I right?”
Park Da-hoon gritted his teeth and continued.
“I don’t want to be abandoned.”
At those words, the past and future that no longer exist bowed their heads.
“…Me too…”
“I don’t even want to die. I’m not going to die. Why did I continue to stay in that house? I did it so that one day I could find an adult who would accept Park Da-young and me. But now you want me to be abandoned? I do not like it. “I fucking don’t want to do that.”
“….”
“So somehow… I will survive with you.”
Park Da-hoon’s voice was trembling.
“Because you’re kind. You can leave us, but we won’t abandon you, so just stick by our side and that’s it. “You’re so kind that you can’t leave us.”
“that’s right.”
“I know it’s selfish and bad, but I’m going to act weak in front of you. I’m going to keep pretending to be pitiful with Park Da-young. Then how can you leave us? You can’t abandon us? I know that if you pretend to be in pain and have a hard time and cling to it, you won’t be able to shake it off. Yes, it just so happens to be a side world. Painful and difficult situations abound. “Do you think that person will be able to walk forward if he falls down and holds on to his pants?”
“…You’re not a real bastard….”
“You came to me, the past, and I’m going to change the future. When the day comes when I die, I can find another past. If I survive until the end, I will have that opportunity. No, there are already people like that, right? Doctor? Is this Minah’s older sister? Uncle Jeong In-ho was also strange. Everyone knew what it was. Then what is there that I can’t do? Rather, it should be me. That opportunity should come to me. At least it has to be Park Da-young. Oh right. As soon as I wake up from my dream, I have to tell Park Da-young. “That way, if I can’t, Park Da-young will get the chance.”
“From what I can see, he’s a really bad bastard.”
“That way, you can catch him with more information than others.”
Park Da-hoon was not good at making a joke like his older sister, Park Da-young. However, even though Park Da-young begged him not to die and not get sick, Jae-heon Lee ultimately sacrificed himself to protect others, just as he wanted. Even if Park Da-hoon acted foolishly and clung to such a person, it was clear that Lee Jae-heon would one day leave.
So the emotion that Park Da-hoon was feeling right now was joy.
“You can’t be abandoned.”
Because I realized that there is a way to not be abandoned forever.
* * *
The time when the returnees returned this time was right before entering school.
―Mister, please don’t come.
“That’s right.”
“That’s right.”
“…What did I do…?”
It was an embarrassing experience for Lee Jae-heon, who was preparing to go to school. From his point of view, as he had no memories before returning, he was cut right in front of the entrance even though he had prepared himself mentally.
“We need one more person to replace the manager. Mr. Garam Yoon?”
“I prepared a weapon today. “I think I can do well because I have a baseball bat.”
“Then, shall we let me, Detective Garam Yoon, Vivian, and Minah Kang go in?”
“I am okay.”
“me too.”
‘Jae-heon Lee’ was taken aback by the sight of the search team being organized as if they were frying beans in the heat of lightning.
“Really, why am I…? No, I don’t know who else might have been injured inside, so why did you exclude Ha Seong-yoon?”
“Chief, please take off your clothes.”
“….”
As ‘Lee Jae-heon’ closed his mouth, Jeong In-ho looked at Ha Seong-yoon and smiled.
“Please take care of Ha Seong-yoon.”
“…Do not worry.”
Ha Seong-yoon was also smiling in response, but you could tell just by his cool gaze that his laughter wasn’t because he was truly happy. Seeing them like that, ‘Lee Jae-heon’ muttered softly.
“…No way… You just came back…?”
He lowered his voice because few people knew that there was a way to retain pre-reversion memories. In-ho Jeong responded with a rare twitch of his lips as Lee Jae-heon’s face, which had a prickly edge, gradually hardened.
“You have a face that says, ‘How much do you know?’ “I know everything.”
“…No, what did I really do….”
“I can’t shake the thought that the director will definitely die when I enter school. Oh my, why do I have such ominous thoughts? “To allow me to visit the school comfortably, please set up a rest area for me and Ha Seong-yoon.”
“But…”
“Please.”
“…All right.”
As ‘Lee Jae-heon’ slightly averted his gaze, Jeong In-ho and Ha Seong-yoon nodded. The same was true for Kang Min-ah, who had no immediate memory of the last time, but had a vague idea of what the situation was. This time, Hong Gyeong-jun, who was on the search team, was staring at Lee Jae-heon, wondering if he had done something else, even though he didn’t know the full story.
Lee Jae-heon shouted at the gaze of Detective Hong Gyeong-jun.
“I didn’t do anything…! “Why didn’t you stay with me the whole time?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“Then please put away your suspicions, I feel bad. You don’t necessarily treat people as if they are sinners… well, no.”
When Lee Jae-heon, a criminal who actually killed five people, quietly closed his mouth, Hong Gyeong-jun’s face hardened even more. Lee Jae-heon felt a surge of resentment as he realized that he must have caused another accident without his knowledge. Anyway, it’s true that I didn’t do anything this time.
And when the exploration team finally left.
“…Let’s start treatment first, sir.”
“…It was really okay so I left it alone…”
“Is there anything else you want to say?”
Jaeheon Lee thought to himself.
‘I guess I’ll suck some honey this time.’
Yes, I raised chicks for this purpose.
The main character has already memorized almost all of the school’s rules after returning twice, and inside the school is Park Da-hoon, who seems to have been the last survivor from the previous episode. There was no way that the clever Park Da-hoon would not share what he knew with his older sister, so there was no way that he would not succeed in leaving school. Even if I couldn’t do it, if I went back one more time, I would be able to get out without anyone dying.
‘The problem is why Park Da-hoon was the last survivor in the last episode…’
Doesn’t the fact that Park Da-hoon, who rolled over at school, was the last survivor mean that all the survivors outside were exterminated? In the first episode, there were no people in the standby team who could properly protect the survivors, but even so, in the second episode, there was a main character and a doctor. I couldn’t figure out why they all died.
I would like to share the situation at that time…
“Why do you look at it that way?”
“…no.”
Ha Seong-yoon, who could tell that, was angry to the core. If you remind me of the last episode where ‘Lee Jae-heon’ died, you will end up nagging me twice. There didn’t seem to be any need to provoke the other person who was holding back their anger.
Kim Yeon-woo, one of the standby team members, approached and asked.
“Mr. Lee Jae-heon, is there anything that makes you uncomfortable?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“there is.”
“….”
“There is this person.”
At Ha Seong-yoon’s words, Kim Yeon-woo’s calm face became distorted. Her expression was an appropriate mix of ‘I knew that’ and ‘Why is this real?’, but Ha Seong-yoon did not stop talking despite her appearance.
“I heard from Kang Min-ah that the mountain behind the school is the safest place, so I’ll set my destination there, but could you wait for a moment? “I just found out about Mr. Lee Jae-heon’s injury, so I think I need to check his condition.”
“…All right. Of course we can wait for that amount. How much have you two done for us so far? I will pass this on to others as well. “Let’s check slowly and move on.”
“thank you.”
As Lee Jae-heon, who lost the right to speak in an instant, opened his mouth, Ha Seong-yoon looked back at Lee Jae-heon with his signature soft and gentle smile. He shrugged his shoulders at the harsh gaze that reminded him of the doctors who had looked at him in his past life, when he had reached his limit and was suffering while relying only on his regenerative abilities.
Ha Seong-yoon, who saw that, was about to say something but then sighed.
“Ha… I won’t be angry. “It was probably the best thing to do under the circumstances.”
“…I don’t know the situation in the first place, but…”
“I don’t even have the energy to explain. If I remember correctly, the treatment has been roughly completed, so proper treatment will be done after creating a shelter. For now, I will just check the condition of the affected area. “Can I take off your clothes?”
“…It doesn’t matter.”
Jae-heon Lee suddenly realized one thing when he noticed that Ha Seong-yoon’s face had softened strangely as he looked at Jae-heon Lee’s abdomen, which had been roughly treated.
If I act weak, they’ll take care of me, right?
“….”
Hmm.
