Chapter 179
Theatrical Regression Life
Episode 179
âBaby.â
âhuh?â
âI think Iâll try writing a novel, so Iâll use their motif.â
âWhat are you going to write?â
âThatâs popular these days.â
A laughing voice filled the room.
âReincarnation of regression possession.â
ââ¦.â
âI will write you specifically as a reincarnated person.â
âHuh.â
âWhy are you giving me everything?â
* * *
Lee Jae-heon unconsciously wiped his face as he recalled what his wife had said about writing.
âI was wondering why I couldnât even see the reincarnationâs âã â character in the textâ¦â
Honey, people should be creative. If you put everything in just because itâs popular, youâre a failure. They put as many as three settings into one work, making it difficult to choose just one to write about. Being greedy is one of your charms, but why did you bring it all the way here?
Lee Jae-heon, who was trying hard to clear his head, sighed.
ââ¦I roughlyâ¦understood.â
Although it is not yet certain, there is a strong possibility that Choi Min-hongâs guardian was a possessed person. This was a conclusion that could be made because Lee Jae-heon, who was reincarnated in a novel written by his wife, also felt something. Because some unknown system may have decided that people who were not born in this world are not âcharactersâ.
âIf I had to really ask, the idea of a possessed person would be more persuasive than a return or reincarnation.â
Of course, he could be a reincarnation like Lee Jae-heon, or he could be a regressor, or it could be something else that he didnât think of, but the fact that he was just a nobody cannot be explained by the story in the novel that Lee Jae-heon read, considering the testimonies of many survivors and the information gathered so far. There were too many things I didnât do.
In particular, since Song In-myeong is a guy with a strong backing, he would not have given a clue to his identity to such an insignificant guy, so the fact that he knew about it from the beginning of the episode was absurd. Itâs not probable, itâs probable.
âBut if you read the novel like me, it also roughly explains why you knew Song In-myeongâs identityâ¦â I also
understand the situation in the last episode where Lee Jae-heon felt a particularly strong sense of discomfort when only the body disappeared as if it had been erased with an eraser. went and went I donât know if a new monster has appeared, but as far as Lee Jae-heon knows, there has never been a monster that only eats pieces of meat with a lot of blood sprinkled on top. It was even strangely clean. Most of them wanted to leave a trace of cruelty that was hard to see.
âBut if it disappeared so cleanly, it may have something to do with the fact that Choi Min-hongâs guardian was not treated as a character.â
And if that happensâ¦.
âThe question of whether March 1st is a holiday would have been in a similar context.â
Since the public holiday in this world is March 3, I received strange looks, but if the public holiday in my world was originally March 1, it would not have been understandable. Because that was the same in the world of Lee Jae-heonâs past life. I still donât know why the kindergarten teacher treated him like an asshole more than he should have, but he must have been acting like an asshole quite a bit.
In any case, the biggest reason why Lee Jae-heon assumed him to be possessed was, of course, his mana. I said that much. At this point, I thought it was almost like spoon-feeding.
ââ¦If it was someone from the same world, what are the odds that it would be someone I knowâ¦â
Lee Jae-heon, who put aside the thought that suddenly occurred to him, continued speaking naturally.
âIn that case, it would be a good idea to talk to In-ho Jeong or Seong-yoon Ha.â
âBy any chance, both of youâ¦â
âItâs a little different from Kang Min-ah. Ha Seong-yoon got information because of his blue eyes, and Jeong In-ho⦠remembers every episode. As Kang Min-ah said, if you compare it to a novel, you could call it a returner.â
As he muttered in frustration, Kang Min-ah looked at him in surprise.
âUh⦠you know that well.â
âWhat.â
âSomething like a regressor. âDo you read fantasy novels or something?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
ââ¦Itâs not me, is it? âI read what you said, butâ¦â
Lee Jae-heon, who was rambling, answered.
âI learned about it thanks to someone who likes that kind of thing.â
That was just my wife in my past life.
âThanks to our houseâs Mana, what trouble is this?â
Iâm not sure if the possessed character was intentional, but no matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like Lee Jae-heonâs reincarnation, the main characterâs return, etc., the dark side of it all was his wife from his previous life. Somehow, the situations seemed too cliché. Strangely, it revolves around me.
âWell, there was no reason for these guys to care about my well-being like this.â
Thatâs right, I already knew that you liked clichés. But I didnât know it would bother me this muchâ¦
Lee Jae-heon pressed his temple and continued.
âWhat was it like next time?â
âWhatâs next?â
âIâm worried this might be a sensitive question, but Iâm curious about how the person who looked exactly like Kang Min-ah behaved after President Yoonâs death. âCan you please answer?â
âAh⦠yes that. are you okay.â
Kang Min-ah hesitated and answered.
âBecause it doesnât really feel like my job.â
âItâs a blessing in disguise.â
If he had truly experienced death, he might have gone out of his mind like Jeong In-ho.
âOf course, even if thatâs the case, itâs worth praising that itâs in such good condition.â
From Lee Jae-heonâs point of view, he was a talented person with the âpossibility to adapt to the behind-the-scenes worldâ that could be seen as having already been filtered out once. If Kang Min-ah had really been a dull and weak-hearted person like an ordinary resident of this world, she would have died without coming to her senses right after being eaten by the other world.
Kang Min-ah must have noticed Lee Jae-heonâs gaze and said with a shy face.
âItâs a strange thing to say, but it felt like I was watching a vivid horror playâ¦â
âNot a movie, but a play?â
âItâs an audience-participatory play. Sometimes there are events held in Daehakro. Have you been there? âThe quality at Korea University is especially high.â
âI donât really have any hobbies like that.â
âAs you can see, it resonates much better than the movie. If you were to call it a movie, it feels like 4Dâ¦?â
âI understand what you mean.â
It seemed like he himself was frustrated with the gibberish.
ââ¦Iâm sorry. You gave me a lot of time, but I still donât understand exactly what Iâve been through⦠Even though I said I was preparing, my words keep leaking out somewhere else.â
âThatâs possible. itâs okay.â
ââ¦.â
For a moment, Kang Min-ah looked at Lee Jae-heon and made a strange expression. Looking at the muttering of his mouth, it seemed like he was saying, âI wish the company would do this much, too.â To be honest, it was unfair to Lee Jae-heon. If you guys had just handled things the way I wanted, would you have been so angry? Mr. Park, how arrogant are you in front of the manager?
As I was trying to pretend not to notice, Kang Min-ah wiggled her fingers and continued speaking.
âSo⦠Mr. Garam Yoon, um. âAfter he diedâ¦â
Kang Min-ah stared into space as if recalling something far away. The head was facing slightly downward.
âThe green algae monster chased us.â
ââ¦Green algae monster?â
âStudent Vivian was blocking it, but even that has its limits. The good news is that after President Garam Yoon passed away, the lights in the park gradually disappeared. Thanks to that, my body didnât catch fire again, but the problem isâ¦â â
â¦â
âAfter that⦠smoke was pouring out like crazy.â
Kuuk.
The hand holding the hammer went into strength.
âItâs a ridiculous expression, but it felt like a fairy tale.â
Contrary to what the word itself suggests, it did not have a very positive connotation.
âLeaves that had already burned to ashes come back to life, or the bark of trees that have been scorched by fire comes back to life with a glossy shine⦠Plants that seemed to have lost all their moisture become much more vivid than before. âItâs as sparkling as Boss Yoonâs eyes I saw the last timeâ¦â
âHuh.â
âAfter it changed like that, smoke poured out immediately. It comes from above and flows from below, thatâs really it. âReally⦠just like the small lake we saw beforeâ¦â
Kang Min-ah, who pursed her lips a few times, continued.
âI was scared.â
It was a face filled with fear, but not that of someone consumed by despair.
âThatâs why Kang Min-ah thought I should save Teacher Ha Seong-yoon.â
ââ¦.â
âOnly in that way can we all survive, and I think I can endure itâ¦â
I donât know if it was because of her mood, but Kang Min-ahâs eyes seemed to be colored with an alien color for a moment.
ââ¦is it so.â
If I had to be specific, it would be a dark blue, close to black.
âEveryone is quite crazy.â
Even though he knew it wasnât what he wanted to say, Lee Jae-heon was secretly impressed. I didnât particularly want to know the other personâs level of arousal or trigger through a change in eye color, but I couldnât help but be able to see it directly like this.
A strange feeling arose as if I had accidentally looked into my teenage daughterâs room without permission. I knew it, but the secret world was a place where privacy was not protected.
ââ¦.â
Well, itâs a place where survival is not guaranteed, so what about privacy?
âThen what happened to Ha Seong-yoon? âHe said he thought he was dead.â
ââ¦You really know.â
Kang Min-ah answered with an expression between fear, confusion, and joy.
âyes thatâs right. I tried to leave the park right away, but the green algae monster was chasing me and there was a lot of smoke⦠I couldnât breathe and couldnât see. âI thought I knew the way, so I took the lead, but Teacher Ha Seong-yoon couldnât follow.â
âIt looks like that guy is surprisingly lacking in stamina.â
âThatâs not it. No, I donât think soâ¦â
Kang Min-ah, who had returned to her original black eyes, chose her words one by one.
âThere were a lot of injuries and various other things before that. There was constant conflict with Detective Hong Gyeong-junâs team, and I wasnât normal either⦠I know that Ha Seong-yoon and Jeong In-ho had a hard time. âThe high school siblings also seemed anxious.â
wait for a sec.
ââ¦How was Yeon-seok?â
ââ¦.â
âIf Director Kang wasnât in his right mind, our soft rocks wouldnât have stayed still. âI donât know exactly what happened then, but a guy who looked like an intern at Noh Yeon-seokâ¦â
âWe got into a fight.â
Kang Min-ah was unable to raise her head while fiddling with the hammer. The end of his voice was shaking like when he first told Jaeheon Lee about his dream, and his fingertips were pale. He was clearly shocked, but he seemed determined not to make a fool of himself.
After biting her lip for a moment, she raised her face and met Lee Jae-heonâs eyes.
âActually, we didnât fight, it was a little because of me.â
âIt looks like you did something bad.â
ââ¦Itâs because of me. Even though Kang Min-ah was in good spirits at the time, Yeon-seok wouldnât have been that angry, but the manager. âThe image of him dying like that⦠it stayed in my mind.â
âMr. Kang Min-ah.â
âI was acting foolish for no reasonâ¦â
âKang Min.â
Lee Jae-heon carefully grabbed Kang Min-ahâs shoulder and gave a faint squeeze.
âThatâs not you.â
ââ¦Butâ¦â
âWhy are you suddenly absorbed? They said it was all a play. âYou were just a spectator, werenât you?â
ââ¦.â
Kang Min-ah hesitated and nodded.
âsorry.â
A crying voice came out.
âI just hated that the manager died.â
ââ¦Itâs not a big deal that I diedâ¦.â
âEverything else doesnât matter. It really felt like I was watching a play. However, I remember so vividly how the manager died and what his body looked like, that I canât say that it wasnât me. âI donât know why Iâm doing this, butâ¦â
âBreathe.â
âIâm sorry, Manager. really sorry. sorry. I wasnât holding your hand at that time. I should have fallen off the cliff on my own, but I was scared. I was so scared⦠âBecause I donât want to dieâ¦â
âBreath.â
Kuuk.
I gave strength to the hand holding my shoulder.
âRest.â
ââ¦.â
âMinaya.â
After a short silence, she opened her mouth.
ââ¦yes.â
Fortunately, Kang Min-ah was breathing properly again.
ââ¦Iâm sorryâ¦.â
âOh please. âI feel like Iâm going to put a scab on your ear, so stop.â
âI didnât mean to do this.â
After sniffling once, Kang Min-ah struggled to speak.
ââ¦Yeonseok kept fighting with Vivian. âActually, itâs a bit absurd to say we fought, and what can I say?â
âYou can speak slowly.â âYes,
that
â¦.â
His wet eyes rolled and stared into space.
ââ¦I mistreated youâ¦?â
ââ¦mistreatment?â
That guy with a murderous face that looks like a killer, but the air around him is stronger than that of a large dog? What are you doing? Mistreatment? How much does that squishy chick treat someone else? Do we even know the actual meaning of the word âretaliationâ in the first place?
ââ¦? â¦??â
âyes.â
As Lee Jae-heon did not hide his confusion, Kang Min-ah nodded.
âI donât think it suits me either. But at that time, he had a really scary face. He looked at Vivian with a completely expressionless face and clearly recited about 18 reasons why Vivian should be detained⦠I couldnât help but think that he wasnât a Korean university student. âPlease make sure to hire me as a full-time employee in the future.â
âThis is crazy.â
âHe was a friend of Song In-myeong, so the other survivors did not strongly refute him⦠Detective Hong Gyeong-jun actually welcomed him. Kang Min-ah was so distracted at the time that she didnât think much of it, but she remembers Vivian becoming more and more helpless. âI used to be a quiet student.â
âReally crazyâ¦â
I feel sorry for saying this to non-Korean college students, but I couldnât imagine it at all.
âA little later, the two of them started hitting and fighting, and although they didnât touch each other⦠Yeonseokâs expression didnât clear up.â
âAm I the only one who doesnât believe it?â
âIt canât be. So I asked Kang Min-ah too, and she seemed to be aware that she was being grumpy for no reason. âIf you ask me if I regret it, I will say that I do regret it, but I would do the same thing if I went back.â
âYou said that to Kang Min-ah?â
âWell, he was just muttering while he was in my arms.â
ââ¦.â
Thatâs wrong.
âItâs so bad, you little chick.â
If you act like that, will Kang Min-ah see you as a man or a boy? If he was hugged by Chief Kang Min-ah, who is already full of responsibility, and acted foolishly, no one could see that it was the latter. I was starting to start to doubt Noh Yeon-seokâs sincerity, whether he really wanted to date her.
As I was lamenting for no reason, Kang Min-ah wiggled her hands and continued speaking.
âIt would have been nice if the two of them could have had a proper conversation, but the atmosphere was getting worse and worse, and the green algae monster came in⦠Student Vivian stopped the green algae monster as he heard, and Yeon-seok died while holding on to CEO Jeong-man Choi with In-ho Jeong. . âIf you think about it, we havenât been able to identify Jeong In-hoâs body.â
ââ¦So what about Ha Seong-yoon?â
âHe died right in front of the park entrance.â
I repeated it over and over again.
âNot right before the entrance, but right in front.â
âI heard Ha Seong-yoon died before he could escape.â
âNo, of course he lost his mind⦠but he died after leaving the park. âHe chuckled a few times, sat down near the entrance, closed his eyes as if he was falling asleep, and passed away.â
ââ¦I seeâ¦â
Lee Jae-heon sighed in relief at the sight of Kang Min-ah so calmly reciting the words that someone had died. Although progress was slow, it still seemed like it would be possible to escape from being a chick to some extent.
After thinking, Jaeheon Lee asked.
âThen, Kang Min-ah.â
ââ¦Iâ¦â
She blinked and answered.
âHe died at the pharmacy.â
ââ¦pharmacy?â
âYes, and I saw something strangeâ¦â
His voice trembled.
âAre there ghosts here?â
perhaps.
ââ¦.â
ââ¦there might be.â
Even Jaeheon Lee wasnât sure about this.
Because he didnât know how the souls of the dead were used here.