Chapter 118
Theatrical Regression Life
Episode 118
Hong Gyeong-junâs intuition was too vivid to be described as a simple feeling.
It whispers in his ear. Doesnât that look suspicious? For some reason, that person resembles the criminal I was thinking of. Itâs clear that the author is the person you were after. I guess it canât be expressed through simple feelings of discomfort or harshness.
Unfortunately, those auditory hallucination-like intuitions got worse after coming to this world. It was shaped even more precisely and made Hong Gyeong-jun obsessive and anxious.
He felt that he wanted to oppress citizens who could walk on two feet and speak freely, following his intuition.
ââ¦.â
Also, wouldnât Detective Hong Gyeong-jun have the right to do that?
âProtect citizens according to the law.â
He had a duty to protect the weak.
Humans without minimum rules are nothing more than beasts.
By establishing a system and forming their own culture, humans have gained authority as human beings, and the law guides them to the minimum ethics they must adhere to. If this breaks down, humans will become like uncontrollable colts.
Therefore, Hong Gyeong-jun wanted to ensure that basic laws and rules were observed, even in a world where there was no system at all. In this lawless state, leaving it to human conscience will only cause chaos.
âSong In-myeong.â
ââ¦why.â
âCan you help me get up, Mr. Kim Ki-jeong?â
Discipline is necessary for everyone.
âOh well⦠itâs not difficult.â
ââ¦.â
âIf you need help.â
Hong Gyeong-jun looked at student Song In-myeong, who was approaching Kim Ki-jeong with a frown. His calm gaze, which was extremely calm, followed him and stayed within the limit that was not unnatural.
In the end, the place where my eyes stopped was a corpse in a gruesome shape.
ââ¦.â
Did you say someone pushed you?
âAlthough we had similar opinions.â
Hong Gyeong-junâs intuition said so. This child was killed by someone, and that culprit was probably a grown man.
Also, his eyes grasped the same context. I couldnât help but think about the angle and width of that wound. So, the most suspicious person would be the adult who was with the child.
Although Hong Gyeong-jun thought about asking the kindergarten teacher about it again, he couldnât help but feel regret.
ââ¦Jaeheon Lee, are you okay?â
It would be better if one of them was killed.
ââ¦itâs okay.â
âIt would be best to go back to the pavilion first. âYour condition looks very bad. I think it would be better for you to go and rest.â
âAll right.â
If one of these crazy people who got on my nerves had killed me, I wouldnât have been able to oppress them as I wanted. Wouldnât it be possible to engrave discipline into the brains of a disorganized crowd?
Hong Gyeong-jun did not even realize that it was a radical delusion.
âIâd better go⦠get some rest.â
âThatâs a great idea.â
Still, the reason Iâm not putting it into practice is because I donât have a reason to do it yet.
This was because the current situation was calmer than expected.
âMr. Jeong In-ho, may I ask you to assist Mr. Lee Jae-heon?â
âOf course. âI tried to do it even if you didnât say so.â
âokay.â
And Hong Gyeong-jun sensed that this unexpected peace probably started with Lee Jae-heon.
That poor guy. unfortunate. Since you spread affection everywhere without even knowing that you were being affectionate, you will definitely be the first to go crazy. Hong Gyeong-jun knew more closely than anyone else the words of the idiot who thought I was the most vicious person in the world. In the current situation, it was just Lee Jae-heon.
So Detective Hong Gyeong-jun had plenty of reasons not to be wary of that unfortunate person. Hong Gyeong-jun did not realize that the process leading to such a conclusion had been significantly omitted.
But even if that person eventually dies, he will be the first to die.
âIs there anything else you want to say?â
ââ¦well.â
âAs you can see, the manager seems to be in bad condition. âI think we should go quickly.â
âI think it should be so.â
Even if it turns into a half-monster with unintentional murderous intent. If you isolate that person, you isolate him. If you tie him up, you tie him up. It seemed like Hong Gyeong-jun would probably never be wary of Lee Jae-heon.
âBecause it looks very difficult.â
âIs that so.â
Hong Gyeong-jun took a step back at the natural answer and round smile. I didnât think there was a need to provoke further since it wasnât clear who was and how harmful the person was. I mean everyone in this room.
He just hoped.
ââ¦Can I move?â
May I not allow anyone to die.
I wish I could just stand hereâ¦.
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It was almost evening when Lee Jae-heon finally came to his senses.
âWhat the fuck.â
It felt like it was the morning after I drank and watched the film. Of course, the film didnât really stop and I was thinking, but it felt like it was literally just a stream of consciousness.
Jaeheon Lee acknowledged the dangers of the underworld.
âI canât believe I became this bastard just because a kid died.â
It was truly something that would have been worthy of being embarrassed to death. I couldnât imagine how much he would make fun of his wife or other colleagues from his previous life if they saw him. I tried to keep my wits about me, but in the end, it ended up like this.
There may be a very complex reason for this, but at this point, Iâm starting to get tired of thinking about it. Anyway, other than the settings made by Dr. Ha Seong-yoon, things happened within the scope of the table, so things should be resolved smoothly. Even if my mentality was right, I didnât do anything more than that.
Lee Jae-heon nodded, sat down against the wall of the pavilion, and muttered softly.
ââ¦Iâm taking a breakâ¦â
No matter how sane he was, he couldnât refuse to take a break at this point.
âThereâs a lot of labor to work with and the chicks are a little bigger, so⦠itâll be okay.â
Besides, this game was a failure anyway. The reason Lee Jae-heon is maintaining his image and refining his plans now is because of the main character who remembers the time before his return, so I was confident that I wouldnât worry too much if anything went wrong here unless it was related to that.
And at Lee Jae-heonâs words, Dr. Ha Seong-yoon suddenly stood up.
âOh my godâ¦! âItâs surprising that Director Lee Jae-heon is taking a break!â
âwhat?â
Another chick suddenly jumped up next to him in confusion.
âThe manager said he would rest with his mouth! He said he would rest with his mouth!â
âWhat are you again?â
Finally, Noh Yeon-seok, with his eyes wide open, intervened.
âUh, manager, are you really taking a break?â
ââ¦.â
âWow, itâs been a long time since I heard that word.â
Lee Jae-heon was at a loss for words due to the incredibly bright and pure admiration.
That guy looks like a gangster, but he has a pretty clean soul. I remember Lee Jae-heon, in his current life, probably got even more excited about that kind of vague nonsense.
In the end, Jaeheon Lee was unable to hide his confusion with his distorted face.
ââ¦What are these baby chicksâ¦.â
ââ¦chicks?â
âOh shit, not this.â
This snout of disaster.
Lee Jae-heon hit his mouth a couple of times with his fist and continued speaking.
âAre you kidding me? âWho are you kidding?â
âIsnât this all karma?â
âNo, Ha Seong-yoon. âHow old are you?â
âFirst of all, you must be over 40, right? Teacher of the chick class?â
âItâs going to be hard to make a living, really.â
Seeing him like that, Ha Seong-yoon smiled and approached Lee Jae-heon. And Lee Jae-heon knew that every time the doctor smiled like that, something bad happened. Eat it up completely.
Ha Seong-yoon, who quietly came to the side and squatted down, swept Lee Jae-heonâs injuries here and there.
âMy shoulder⦠was a lot better than I thought. The scratches are okay. Is it true that you havenât been touching your neck lately? âThe recovery is particularly slow.â
ââ¦Itâs been a while since I got hurt.â
âI donât know if you are aware of the hurt you causedâ¦â
Ha Seong-yoonâs unique soft voice reprimanded Lee Jae-heon.
âMy legs are also feeling pretty good. âYou are recovering very quickly.â
âThe doctor says your side looks perfectly fine.â
âAt least heâs in better shape than you. At least I couldnât see any bones.â
âYou have a knack for leaving me speechless.â
âThatâs right.â
His hand touched Lee Jae-heonâs forearm.
ââ¦Why doesnât this show any signs of recovery?â
ââ¦.â
âAnd your wrist too.â
It was a wound inflicted by Lee Jae-heon himself before entering the secret world.
Ha Seong-yoonâs eyes reflexively scanned the surroundings at his words, but fortunately, the survivors were concentrating on their own tasks and were not looking at Lee Jae-heon. Kwon Yeon-hee and Noh Yeon-seok, who had dared to make fun of him just now, seemed to be busy talking among themselves.
However, Lee Jae-heon, who found it almost impossible to think rationally, could not hide the wariness in his eyes, and the doctor who saw it let out a low laugh, wondering what was so funny.
ââ¦It looks like the wounds are still the same as before entering the other world.â
It seemed both good and bad.
âCan I ask you an impolite question?â
âCome now?â
âHe is like that too.â
His scarred fingers smoothed over the dark red bandages.
âWhy did you do that?â
ââ¦.â
Lee Jae-heon understood those words, but could not answer right away.
Choosing words and wearing a mask was a daily routine for Lee Jae-heon. Nevertheless, he was extremely tired and quickly became exhausted, so he gave up thinking and opened his mouth.
âI needed confirmation.â
âwhich?â
âFor exampleâ¦â
He tilted his head.
âHow great the pain I feel.â
Certainly, my current body had more sensitive sensations than my previous body.
In the past, even if the belly skin was torn and the contents spilled out, it would be okay if I took a deep breath, but now my soft body was crying out for injury several times. I didnât like that recovery was so slow.
Lee Jae-heon answered with his own sincerity and was confident that Ha Seong-yoon would create the setting on his own. Because he had the imagination to pull Lee Jae-heon from his past life out of the quiet man.
âYou donât blame that person?â
More than anything, I had too much strength to think about it any more.
ââ¦Because heâs not even there to blame.â
âWhat is that âspotâ?â
âYou can think whatever you want, that much.â
Ha Seong-yoon smiled and said to him who answered according to the stream of consciousness.
âThen can I ask one more thing?â
He asked without hearing an answer.
âHave you ever had your throat ripped out?â
ââ¦.â
âMy eyes were ripped out by centipede-like teeth. My legs are broken. âMy whole body is on fire and Iâm somewhere between burning and melting and dying⦠like that.â
ââ¦.â
âLike that.â
Laugh.
âHave you ever died?â
The answer was fixed.
ââ¦It looks like you had a nightmare.â
Jaeheon Lee couldnât pretend to know.
That was an unchanging fact.
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I got some strange looks.