Episode 507
Unlike the previous episode, Lee Jae-heon’s crazy news came suddenly.
“Whoa…”
Jeong In-ho felt dizzy for no reason and touched his forehead. Since I left the group and answered the phone, there were no other people around.
Jeong In-ho, who was looking at the park’s unique dense trees, asked while relieving his frustration.
“…Was the manager crazy even before the return?”
The current Lee Jae-heon was unable to even establish ‘Lee Jae-heon’, let alone the settings he had built up, but fortunately, the fact that he was a regressor was not discovered by the survivors.
-I’m not sure about that.
“Well, it would be even stranger if the detective knew about it.”
The survivors this time were scattered. Because the information was collected and delivered centered around Hong Gyeong-jun, who could receive it, if Hong Gyeong-jun blocked some of the information in the middle, other survivors had no way of knowing.
Suddenly, Jeong In-ho had an idea.
‘…Was this the reason why Hong Gyeong-jun was strangely stuttering in the last episode while conveying the situation at the aquarium over there? ‘Is it because Lee Jae-heon is crazy like this and you’re reluctant to let me know?’
Previously, Hong Gyeong-jun hid the existence of Jeong Eun-woo, Jeong In-ho’s uncle and the party’s chief of staff. Jeong In-ho knew that Hong Gyeong-jun was hiding something, but he didn’t bother to ask because he thought he could go to the aquarium and check.
“….”
―What are you thinking?
“I was thinking about Detective Hong Gyeong-jun’s cooperation.”
-I am very cooperative.
“Isn’t self-objectification also a virtue of a good detective?”
In addition to the great and deep distrust that exists between the two, there were other reasons why the ‘Lee Jae-heon return theory’ did not even appear.
In the last episode, Hong Gyeong-jun did not call Lee Jae-heon often, and because of that, Lee Jae-heon’s team’s information update speed was slow. Naturally, neither Jeong In-ho nor Ha Seong-yoon had heard much information about Lee Jae-heon.
Even Song In-myeong could not meet Lee Jae-heon in the previous episode, so it was difficult for the current returnees to notice Lee Jae-heon’s abnormality.
-Why are you suddenly fighting?
“In the last episode, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun didn’t tell me the news that the manager was crazy. “Is it really right for there to be this much lack of trust between us?”
―…Isn’t there a reason why I didn’t tell you?
“Who on earth did you learn this shamelessness from?”
-There is a ghost that seems to be possessed by Lee Jae-heon.
“Oh please….”
Please don’t do this.
‘Does it make sense to involve a police officer who is already dead in an already troublesome situation?’
I wanted to beg with both hands. I don’t know who he will be pleading to, but Jeong In-ho was heartbroken. I was going to get down on my knees and beg for someone to fix this damn situation.
After all, this incident was really serious.
―Are you okay?
“Are you okay? “I heard you’ve always been an anxious person, but now you have a personality problem?”
-Why are you angry at me?
“I’m sorry about that, but I also have a lot to say.”
I was so upset that I wanted to grab someone and get angry.
Lee Jae-heon, who doesn’t even know who he is, is at a loss, but doesn’t it seem like he has somehow become one with the ghost police officer who always wanders around him?
“How on earth should you have managed the gunners to end up in a situation like this…!”
―Do I manage the gunners…? I am? Me, a junior? That human? The person that even the Commissioner couldn’t stop?
“Ah, you really are a person who gets more frustrated the more you listen to him.”
―Only we can criticize our team’s trash. Jeong In-ho, please shut up.
“Hong Gyeong-jun, would you please just shut up?”
Although not a single tear came out, Jeong In-ho felt like crying a little.
“How on earth do we handle this situation?”
―….
“Just don’t shut up in times like this. No, what is ‘this situation’ in the first place? “We desperately need someone who can present a PPT clearly explaining why this happened.”
―Not all people in the world are as competent as Ohseong employees.
“Not all Ohseong employees are competent, but anyway, don’t you understand what I meant? “Do you have anything to say about how this shitty situation came about?”
―Even if you interrogate me like that, I don’t have anything to say…
“You’re just happy that Master Sasu, who went to heaven, has come back as a show, right?”
―Please don’t make me into such a narrow-minded person.
“Detective, you are the only one who doesn’t know that you are a narrow-minded person.”
-I know.
“That’s more serious.”
It was a childish conversation that didn’t feel like a price for the night, but the two were satisfied in their own way, perhaps because they had so many memories of fighting and holding each other’s hair. Using each other as stress-relieving punching bags was a great help in keeping us sane in the behind-the-scenes world.
“…First of all, we can broadly divide it into two cases.”
-Tell me.
“Are you simply experiencing identity confusion, or have you really merged with your senior? “Anyway, since we don’t know anything about the process, I think it’s right to start understanding from here.”
―Well…
Hong Gyeong-jun, who stretched out his words as if he was thinking of something, brought up an incident from when he was in reality.
―Jaeheon Lee said there were times when he imitated his senior.
Recently, Jaeheon Lee in real life has been strangely relaxed.
Should I say it’s sly? There were times when I would play a prank that didn’t work out and enjoy the other person’s reaction, and it was amazing to think of Lee Jae-heon’s past self.
‘It is said that he imitated the social skills of adults that he knew because he wanted to sincerely accept the survivors who approached him…’ The
problem is that it seemed too natural and suited him well.
Jeong In-ho spoke in a half-resigned tone.
“It seemed like he mostly acted like that without realizing it.”
―Jaeheon Lee is also a very twisted person, as the way he opens his heart to his colleagues is by imitating others. Even if I imitate him, he is that kind of person.
“Aren’t you the detective? Why are you so bitter? “Where did the person who said that he should be the leader of his own team go?”
-I have many shortcomings, but since I am a detective and have a conscience as a person, it would be a bit difficult to defend my senior… “….
”
What kind of person was he when he was alive to say something like this?
Whether it is a simple imitation or a true combination, I know very well that the situation at the aquarium, including Lee Jae-heon, is very bad.
Jeong In-ho, who closed his eyes and took a short deep breath, was soon able to regain his composure.
“…So, I don’t really understand what the manager’s situation is right now. “Is it because he is so focused on imitating that he sometimes acts like that human, or is it the ghost that was hovering near the manager that somehow entered his body?”
Hong Gyeong-jun, who seemed to think for a moment, said.
―…In any case, right now you know that you are Lee Jae-heon, so wouldn’t it be okay?
“Are you sure that’s okay?”
Rather, it was more dangerous.
‘How okay would it be if a guy who knew his name but couldn’t introduce himself was okay?’
Right now, Lee Jae-heon knows that he is ‘Lee Jae-heon’, but he cannot even answer how old he is, where he is right now, or what he was doing.
The first thing that came to mind for Jeong In-ho was Lee Jae-heon, whom we saw at the beginning of the underworld.
He is a person who straddles the line between common sense and non-sense, has an identity somewhere between an old boss and a dying survivor, is difficult to communicate with, and treats his body arbitrarily and harshly.
Moreover, they say the situation is even more serious now than then….
“How can you say that’s okay?”
To be honest, it wasn’t a problem that the Park siblings or the kindergarten students at the aquarium could do anything about. Even the other survivors, who were adults, were embarrassed by Lee Jae-heon in the beginning.
―…Yes, I made a mistake. sorry.
“…I guess you weren’t excited that your now-dead senior came back alive?”
-Why are you saying such cruel things? I can’t believe that.
“….”
As expected, I couldn’t believe it.
‘It was useful in real life, but when you come to the secret world, people are a bit…’
Because I knew Hong Gyeong-jun, who had a few seizures out of nowhere, I couldn’t trust him at all. Hong Gyeong-jun was even more untrustworthy because he had always shown a strange attitude toward the dead gunner, but Jeong In-ho couldn’t say anything right now.
Anyway, it’s not you, right?
“…Anyway, the only thing that is certain right now is that the manager is experiencing confusion of self-identity, so it would be better to go to the aquarium to properly check for the rest.”
―As I said before, Song In-myeong appears to be the final survivor, so please consider that as well.
“Yes, I understand. Detective Hong Gyeong-jun, please tell Ha Seong-yoon to bring the other two survivors to the park. “Please also provide overall information.”
If you block the information in the middle like in the last episode, I won’t let you go.
No matter how you think about it, Kim Ki-jeong, the monster detector, was a much-needed talent, so after discussing it with Hong Gyeong-jun, Jeong In-ho decided to join him on the way to the aquarium.
I had to turn around a bit to join Kim Ki-jeong and Do-yoon Han, but it was better than just waiting for them to come to the park.
“Ha…”
Jeong In-ho muttered as he touched his feverish cell phone.
“…It’s hard to make a living.”
It took exactly 3 seconds to realize that his speaking habits were very similar to Lee Jae-heon.
There was a silent clamor in the park for a while.
* * *
A cafe between the ‘Amazon of the World’ and the ‘Sea Treasure Museum’.
“Tell me honestly.”
Park Da-young, sitting in a chair, asked.
“Who are you. What did you do. “You’re not Song In-myeong.”
“Child, why do you say that? “I am so, so sad.”
“Please don’t do this.”
Park Da-young and Park Da-hoon turned white.
“This is my first time seeing a person so cooperative and scary…”
Just as Park Da-hoon muttered, Song In-myeong was strangely cooperative with the children.
In ‘Friends by the Stream’, he himself took the initiative to move his team members as if it were natural without anyone fussing, in the feeding experience corner, he cleared a path first to avoid attracting the monster’s attention, and in ‘Amazon of the World’, he acted as a guard to prevent other monsters from approaching. took charge of it until
Thanks to this, they were approaching the ‘Sea Treasure Hall’ in less than a few hours.
“Why on earth are you doing this?”
The students thought that it was reasonable for us to be afraid of Song In-myeong at this level.
“Just like a puppy that got into an accident and tails its owner while watching… just like that…”
“Hmm, it’s too much for a provocation? “It’s so gentle, isn’t it?”
“Look at this reaction. “You weren’t this kind of person.”
Song In-myeong, who, no matter how hard I try to be sarcastic, brushes it off as if he’s cute.
At first, she wondered what effect being bitten by the monster living in ‘Friends by the Stream’ had, but now Park Da-young can be sure.
Park Da-young asked, holding tightly the glass of the strange drink that Song In-myeong had received.
“…You regressed?”
“Oh, you shouldn’t ask that. “You must be very tired.”
“….”
“If I didn’t know, you would have made a mistake.”
Dayoung Park was disgusted and bit herself.
“Hmm, fuck…”
It sounded like a threat at first glance, but Park Da-young knew. Now, Song In-myeong was giving advice and kindly informing Park Da-young of her mistake.
What did this bastard do in the last episode to be fawned over like this?
“….”
Damn it’s obvious.
‘They probably noticed the regression and killed us first.’
Dayoung Park asked with dead eyes.
“So… did you let them go without pain?”
“what…? “They are going to search for it and frame me for it?”
“Don’t begrudge me.”
“Wow….”
I had tried blaming others, but it was the first time in my life that I had been framed by someone else. It was not a political accusation, but a false accusation with pure intentions.
It was very impressive.
“This is such an injustice.”
In this way, Song In-myeong accumulated another life experience.
(Continued in the next part)
