Episode 275 Ha
Seong-yoon also knew. What an absurd probability it is that when this many people gather, they are all selfless people. Although it would be difficult to have altruism, especially in such a harsh world, the current personnel somehow managed to maintain their humanity.
But what can you do if Lee Jae-heon, the person who created this situation, makes that kind of expression?
“Teacher, no matter how embarrassed you are, do you still say that in front of the child?”
“…What did I say?”
“You seem tired. Please sleep.”
Park Da-young and Park Da-hoon, who received a glance from Ha Seong-yoon, quickly led Jae-heon Lee into the simple building.
Thinking about it again, Ha Seong-yoon, who couldn’t hide his smile because it was so absurd that Jae-heon Lee said ‘Why…?’, soon turned his attention to patient Hee-chan Kim, who was barely standing with support from his friend.
“It’s always like that.”
“…yes? Ah yes.”
I felt it during the treatment, but because the patient was so gentle, I nodded without saying anything. Even though it was an embarrassed face that clearly showed that he did not understand.
“But… did I do something wrong?”
“This is not the case at all. I don’t know how special it is that you came all this way to say thank you. My legs must be sore. I am also grateful to Seong Ji-ho for helping me.”
“Oh um…”
“…what…”
At Ha Seong-yoon’s words, patient Kim Hee-chan became restless and student Seong Ji-ho slightly averted his gaze. From what I heard, they weren’t really close friends due to the huge difference in their family environments, but it seems like there was some progress in their relationship while the investigation team visited the convenience store and pharmacy.
‘All the kids are good.’
Although their personalities were clearly different, Ha Seong-yoon smiled again at the sight of them becoming quite close.
“It’s not because he’s angry or displeased. “I was very tired from going to the mall, so I guess my words came out in vain, but maybe if we talk again tomorrow, I’ll be fine by then.”
“…Thank you….”
Patient Kim Hee-chan cried again.
“So does the doctor. Really… I thought he was going to die, but the guy with glasses who saved me… I wanted to say hello to him more properly, but he was in so much pain…” “
The patient needs to rest. Besides, there are no adults here who are so mean as to force a student who is only 18 years old to say hello.”
Although it seems like he was by Lee Jae-heon’s side in the past.
“…The manager said that Mr. Lee Jae-heon was very worried about the student. “I was so sorry that I couldn’t save him before he hurt his leg.”
“He didn’t even come to school… why?”
“It’s a very remote area. Originally, we were planning to go into the school together and rescue the students, but we were stopped at the school entrance because we discovered unexpected injuries. He is a person who cares so much about young students…”
Seong Ji-ho, who was supporting Kim Hee-chan, muttered at those words.
“It looks different from what it really looks like.”
“I agree 100%.”
I think they were treated like brats because they did things like throw a newborn baby as bait and run away, or eat human flesh when they were hungry.
“The nonsense came out today because my condition was bad, and if you want to talk more with Jaeheon Lee, tomorrow would be good. Are you okay with your wounds?”
“Ah ah yes yes. yes…! Much better. “It hurts less…”
“Thank goodness. “It’s a medicine from this world, so I had doubts about its effectiveness… Can I take a look?”
“yes yes.”
Seong Ji-ho, who was listening to the conversation between the two, carefully placed Kim Hee-chan on the stump, and although he felt pain from the awkward support, the patient endured it by shaking. Ha Seong-yoon, who was looking at the students, knelt down on one knee and unwrapped the bandage on patient Kim Hee-chan’s leg.
“thank god. “As long as you don’t overdo it, you will get better without any problems.”
It was surgeons like Ha Seong-yoon who suffered when a patient’s bones were shattered. If you do not remove all of the bone fragments that have been thrown out, not only will problems arise during recovery after surgery, but the bone will also recover slowly. If it feels like it’s been cut off like this, it would be better to cut it off…
‘I can’t believe it’s been cleaned up this neatly.’
At that moment, a reddish aura appeared in Ha Seong-yoon’s eyes.
‘What kind of principle is it? ‘Can’t we bring it to reality?’
There are patients who end up amputating one of their limbs while enjoying thrills such as racing on a motorcycle. For the doctors who had to see their miserable faces as they left the hospital, the medicine that completely restored their bones just by drinking it was a more unrealistic and beautiful result than a fairy tale.
“…I’ll disinfect it again, so don’t move. Recovery was quick, perhaps because it wasn’t real, but the initial condition was so serious. “I hope you are careful.”
Ha Seong-yoon smiled softly and continued.
“It’s good to say thank you, but as a doctor, I wish patients would care more about their bodies.”
“Yes, yes….”
“Seong Ji-ho, who is taking on the role of caregiver, must be tired too. There is no shame in entrusting hard work to students. “It would be nice if I could stay with patient Kim Hee-chan all day, but there are other patients…”
Seong Ji-ho responded to his words with an embarrassed expression.
“No, it’s okay. “I’m taking turns with Maeng Na-eun.”
“Please say thank you to Ms. Maeng Na-eun. But wasn’t Maeng Na-eun a third year student? “Have you decided to stop talking?”
“Well, that’s something to consider in a situation like this. Maeng Na-eun didn’t really care either.”
“Well, that’s true too.”
“…that patient.”
The young student asked hesitantly.
“Lee Jae-heon… you’re talking about Mr. “That scary-looking guy.”
“you’re right.”
“How did that guy get hurt?”
“Haha, of course.”
Ha Seong-yoon smiled softly.
“We’re really curious too, how did you get hurt?”
If it hurt that much, it would be tempting to recite it out of resentment, but Lee Jae-heon did not provide any details about the situation, as if he had a zipper attached to his mouth. At best, all I could hear was a meaningless excuse like ‘voices got louder’.
Ha Seong-yoon, who returned the students to the rest area, moved towards where Lee Jae-heon was resting.
“…You’re sleeping like this.”
“As soon as I laid him down, he fell asleep right away.”
“It’s rare.”
Lee Jae-heon hated showing his weakness to weaker opponents. If he can’t even hide his fatigue and falls asleep even with two students around, it means that his recent schedule has really been a big burden for him. The schedule started with real-life injuries, walked from the park to school, and stopped by convenience stores and pharmacies.
Ha Seong-yoon asked as he saw the two students staring at Lee Jae-heon from the side.
“Aren’t you tired? “The teacher can protect me…”
“I’m anxious, so I’m just going to stay by your side.”
“I see. This can be happen.”
Ha Seong-yoon also quietly took his place among them. I wanted to treat him while he was asleep, but I was almost out of antibiotics and disinfectants and I didn’t want to wake up someone who was still asleep, so I just gave up. Since I would have to see the affected area again tomorrow anyway, there was no need to make it complicated already.
If it were real, I would have checked right now, but this was a secret world and it wasn’t a hospital. It was a world where medicine could return to greater comfort for patients than for treatment by doctors.
“…I guess you’re having a bad dream. “I always frown like this when I fall asleep.”
“You sometimes twitch your hands while you sleep. Like someone who just wants to move. “If I just look at it, I get scared that it might run away again like last time.”
“This patient is not healthy anywhere. “You shouldn’t be this big, okay?”
“We are very healthy.”
Dayoung Park grinned and Dahoon Park nodded quietly. Ha Seong-yoon also smiled because he knew from the park that these children were healthy.
“So, as always… thank you.”
Actually, the story would have been different if Lee Jae-heon wasn’t there.
‘If we hadn’t tried to protect people from the beginning, this atmosphere wouldn’t have existed.’
He protects and protects people as much as possible, imparts as much knowledge as possible, and if there is a situation where his life seems to be in danger, he rushes in and blocks their path without thinking twice. Having someone willing to die for us at any time gives even the most selfish person in the world a lot of freedom. We begin to believe that that person will somehow protect us.
“Nothing difficult? “I heard they are reinforcing the walls of the shelter.”
“There is a mud puddle just a little further up the mountain, and we are stacking it with stones to make it more solid. “So you can hide even if a monster comes in.”
“Thank you… but take it easy.”
The survivors gathered now may be kind and altruistic, but that alone would not have been enough to create the current atmosphere. In one corner of Ha Seong-yoon’s eye, records of the disastrous results were piling up, wondering what happens when Lee Jae-heon is away. If just a few of the people disappeared, they could all die. We could fight and slander.
It was not natural for Lee Jae-heon to create such an atmosphere, even though he was an experienced person who had visited the underworld several times.
“Because I don’t want another patient to come out.”
It’s funny. Isn’t it true that the person who created the current sense of calm is not able to adapt to the atmosphere? It meant that even though he had risked his life to save people before, there were no people who respected him like he does now.
After being discouraged by his parents and the police, he was indoctrinated with incorrect common sense, and since he treated the survivors of the underworld according to that common sense, he would have been treated like a brat. In fact, even now, it may have simply been because he has gotten older and has become a grumpy old man, so there is no one to take Lee Jae-heon lightly and harass him.
“The teacher will be out, so please let me know if the manager wakes up. “I thought it would be good to get treatment since I woke up…”
“I’ll let you know right away, don’t worry.”
“But don’t stay asleep even though you’re sleepy.”
Ha Seong-yoon passed by Park Da-hoon, who was still staring at Lee Jae-heon, and came outside the shelter. Hong Gyeong-jun, holding various tree branches in his hands, probably because he had been picking up firewood, approached.
“Jaeheon Lee, are you resting? “What about treatment?”
“I was sleeping so soundly that it was difficult to wake me up. “You must be tired, so let’s leave it alone.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Ha Seong-yoon.”
Ha Seong-yoon smiled softly at those words.
“What do you think?”
“…You are probably referring to Jaeheon Lee’s misconceptions or reactions, right? “I think it might be because of my family environment or bad relationships with previous survivors.”
After hearing Detective Hong Gyeong-jun’s words, Ha Seong-yoon suddenly remembered something.
‘Come to think of it, that snake bastard was also a police officer.’
Since he was wearing a police uniform, he may not have been a detective, but in any case, if he had been by Lee Jae-heon, who lived only in Seoul, he would also have been a police officer in the metropolitan area. It is difficult to guess the age of the police since they are ghosts, but the difference between Hong Gyeong-jun and Lee Jae-heon is…
“….”
Could it be possible that Hong Gyeong-jun and the police knew each other?
“…Ha Seong-yoon?”
“It’s no big deal.”
Ha Seong-yoon rolled his eyes and smiled.
“I have something to think about.”
He gave up asking directly about Hong Kyung-jun’s relationship with the police. If you don’t know, you don’t know, but even if you do know, what can you do? On the contrary, Ha Seong-yoon, who liked Hong Kyung-jun’s current calm and static state, did not want to provoke the other person by poking him for no reason.
If you are an acquaintance, whether you liked it or not, it will be a sensitive topic as it is a dead colleague. Ha Seong-yoon’s senses were screaming at him not to ask this question.
“But… why can’t I see the abandoned monster dog?”
“We went down the mountain about three minutes after the search team left in the morning. “I thought he went to look for Jaeheon Lee, but it seems that wasn’t the case.”
“You might need to be careful.”
This was the guy who came all the way from the park to the school to see Jaeheon Lee. If he had that level of intelligence and obsession, he wouldn’t have left without any intention, but what kind of situation is this?
So when the next day came.
“…Where did you get this?”
Ugh…
“Can you tell me it’s not a corpse?”
Pompitz came with a business card in his mouth.
It was a bloody firefighter business card with Han Do-yoon’s name written in three letters.
