Chapter 433
Theatrical Regression Life
I could understand why the survivors were so worried.
âHe looked like this after going to this party, so you must have thought that he must have suffered a lot from his abusive family. The timing is so messed up.â
But surprisingly, this was really the first time. Itâs like a situation that arose while struggling, unable to overcome a nightmare. When Jaeheon Lee was alone, he lived well on his own.
Itâs just a little dream I had todayâ¦
â⦠Manager, youâre not having strange thoughts again, are you?â
âI will never die.â
âWhy am I so distrustful?â
âAre you going to start a fight?â
While shaking off Jeong In-ho, who was arguing, I blinked at a strange feeling.
âI felt like I was getting something back.â
Things I had to forget. I felt like I had gotten back what I had lost through a dream. It was quite creepy to have emotions and memories that I didnât even know I had come up spontaneously.
It was already known that he had forgotten many things after becoming âLee Jae-heonâ. But how did I kill the person I loved, what did the children look like when they left, and what did the manager do as a result of rebelling against Godâs demands?
âEven the feeling I had of hating God.â
Now I remembered. It occurred to me.
I slowly raised my head and looked at the mirror on the floor.
ââ¦.â
The ghost policeman was nowhere to be seen.
ââ¦I think thereâs a connection.â
I instinctively felt it was related.
The ghost that was always looking at Lee Jae-heon in the mirror was invisible for some reason, and even though I woke up from such a dream, my heart was beating calmly. My mind is cool. I feel like I have a piece that I didnât have before. I had to ask him directly to find out, but I had a feeling that he had taken something from the prototype.
Even if that was the authorâs intention to complete me.
ââ¦Can you see it?â
ââ¦Not now.â
âI donât know if itâs a good thing or not.â
âI see.â
Jeong In-ho looked at the mirror that Lee Jae-heon was looking at with a creepy smile on his face. Even so, In-ho Jeong cannot see the ghost sitting on Jae-heon Leeâs mannequin. Is it because I still donât know what attitude to take towards the ghost police? Jeong In-hoâs gaze when he looked in the mirror was very dark.
I continued my thoughts while looking at that face.
âWhy did I forget this?â
That face. That disgusting face. He was very similar to my junior, who always smiled and rebelled. Even Lee Jae-heon, who had forgotten many things, had a reason to hate it when the main character smiled, thinking it was gross. I donât know how many times Iâve been stabbed in the back by that smile.
Ha Seong-yoon, who had also glanced at the mirror, approached.
âThen, shall we have a little talk? âI think weâll have a lot to talk about, including the fact that I met the managerâs older brother last time.â
âAhâ¦â
âThe kids have all gone to bed.â
A gathering of adults with only minors included. Jaeheon Leeâs expression crumpled.
âI hate it so much.â
âIâll give it back exactly as you said. Do you have any idea how absurd I was when I met the managerâs older brother? âI really hated it.â
âI guess you donât have a lot of personality.â
âWhy would someone with such inhumanity come up to me and start a fight?â
ââ¦I was going to explain, butâ¦â
âThen try it. âEveryone is listening.â
âAm I being interrogated now?â
âAre you going to be angry if we even bring in Detective Hong Gyeong-jun?â
âSo, it happened last time when I had just escaped from the underworldâ¦â
Does it make sense to bring Hong Gyeong-jun, who is busy catching up with the information Lee Jae-heon gave him, to a place like this? How can you call a busy man even if you just leave him alone? Jaeheon Lee quickly resigned himself and began to explain.
âDo you remember? âWhen I came out and killed the green algae monster in the park.â
âYou are talking about an incident where the manager was tattered like a rag after 40 years of use. âI remember.â
âEven if I say it like that⦠Thatâs right, this is the story right after I got tattered and escaped from the other side of the world.â
âRight after the first escape. You worked really diligently. âWithout our knowledge.â
âHonestly, we werenât meant to share even the smallest details.â
âAre you telling me this because youâre in a relationship like that now? âThe managerâs relative is acting like a troll, so I have no choice but to reveal it.â
âWhy is Assistant Manager Jeong talking so much when he asks me to explain?â
âTry it and Iâll listen.â
âHey, you disgusting bastard.â
The sarcasm is doubly hurtful because he is doing that with the face of a junior he remembers.
âI met Detective Hong Gyeong-jun by chance at a real-life park. Of course, I stopped by to check, and Detective Hong Gyeong-jun also came and met me because he was curious about the current status of the survivorsâ¦â
âDid you stop by there again? As soon as you get into that situation at the park? âWhatâs going on, boss?â
âKwon Yeonheeâs small hamster, be quiet. âThe manager is talking right now.â
ââ¦Squeakâ¦.â
âOh, youâre pretty. Anyway, the work started from there.â
Ha Seong-yoon, who was listening while wearing his outerwear, wondering if he should go back to the hospital, covered his eyes with one hand. Seeing him do that without even touching his earlobe, it seems like his head just hurt rather than rolling. Iâm telling you because you asked me to, but why do there seem to be so many complaints?
A body that was thrown away anyway. Jaeheon Lee put everything aside and told the story step by step. Lee Jae-heon suggested that he become a corrupt police officer, and Hong Gyeong-jun nodded to catch Song In-myeong even though it seemed absurd. There is even a hostage named Kim Yeon-woo who will fool the eyes of the high-ranking people who are paying attention to them.
ââ¦No, wait a minute, hostage?â
âBecause Detective Hong Gyeong-jun had to give the bastard named Lee Jae-heon a reason to cooperate.â
âOh yes, I see. âIâll take a moment to sort things out.â
Team leader Woo Soo-young, who was listening with a sour expression on his face, came forward.
âThe reason the manager and the detective joined hands is to eliminate Song In-myeong and the industry. However, the manager is under surveillance at home and suddenly brings the detective to the house, so the party believes that there must be some kind of connection between the two. To make that point more plausible, the detective was made into a corrupt police officer who investigated the background of ordinary citizens, but on the surface, would-be murderer Lee Jae-heon used Hong Gyeong-jun, who was chasing the industry, to meet writer Song In-myeong. The reason Hong Gyeong-jun cooperated in the setting was to monitor Lee Jae-heon and to ensure the safety of Kim Yeon-woo, who became a hostage. And the real purpose was to create an environment so that Hong Gyeong-jun could pursue the industry even in radical ways, while the manager himself tried to become Song In-myeongâs bait.â
ââ¦.â
ââ¦What does this mean?â
Woo Joo-young, who finished speaking as if he was confused even after organizing it himself, looked at Lee Jae-heon. It seemed like the question of what kind of crazy story this was was being asked even without me saying it. Jaeheon Lee smiled kindly at his subordinate who had worked under him for several years.
âAs expected, Team Leader Wooâs ability to organize things is outstanding, isnât it?â
âBoss. Please donât laugh like that when itâs not even your company. âThereâs something similar to trauma about the manager who let me fly without a soul.â
âIs this a rejection of the managerâs love?â
âHonestly, if youâve been rubbing your palms this much for several years, wouldnât it be okay to reject it?â
âI donât know why things are so cocky these days.â
âDonât keep diluting the pointâ¦.â
âWhen do you say I diluted the point?â
They are the ones who started the fight first and they are really funny jjamppong rip-offs. If you do something, donât change your mind. Then you can leave it alone for me to explain.
While muttering that to himself, Jaeheon Lee rubbed the corner of his mouth with a strange sense of discomfort.
âI feel strange.â
For some reason, Iâm not as grumpy as usual.
I feel like the opposite sex has become a little colder.
ââ¦Do I need further explanation here?â
I donât know if itâs the effect of regaining some of his memories, but I feel that his personality is closer to that of his past life than that of the old manager. Even though it is reality, not a hidden world where survival is threatened.
Jaeheon Lee adjusted his expression to be as natural as possible so that the survivors would not notice me.
Jeong In-ho asks if it is effective, only interested in the story he told.
âSo, are you saying that the manager is a would-be murderer who is possessed by Song In-myeongâs work?â
âI guess so?â
âAre we survivors who went in and out of Directorâs house and got close to him the potential victims of âLee Jae-heonâsâ tricks?â
âI know.â
âBuying houses for students would have been treated in the same contextâ¦â
âIs it progressing quickly?â
âLee Jae-hyung approached me, the scapegoat, in order to pick a fight with the manager who touched his prideâ¦? To disturb âLee Jae-heonâsâ enjoyment?â
âthatâs right.â
âBoss.â
Jeong In-ho laughed grimly.
âI donât know what to say now.â
âLetâs just stay still and not know.â
âSo, let me pass the baton to Ha Seong-yoon.â
âHuh, Ha-geuk-sangâ¦.â
âNow is not the time to sound like Ha-geuk-sang.â
Ha Seong-yoon, who was watching the exchange of words between the two, also smiled softly and joined in.
âteacher.â
âyes.â
âYouâre saying that losing your fingernails, getting holes in your stomach and legs, and getting the flu were all things you brought on yourself? I canât say anything about scratching my neck while having nightmares, but donât you think itâs too much? âWhat happens to those of us who deeply care about the manager?â
âShall we kneel and raise our hands?â
âI canât ask that much of a sick person. If it werenât for my patient, I would have slapped him on the back, but you canât do that to someone who is already tired. All I can do is give him a warm lookâ¦â
âI think it would be better to kneel and raise your hand.â
âDo you think I would leave it like that? âHow dare you talk about patients.â
Ha Seong-yoonâs smiling face subtly twisted. It was a smile that seemed evil.
âIt was that kind of situationâ¦â
âYou look like youâre about to kill someone. Please calm down.â
âJust think about the family members who found out that our poor patient came back after being beaten outside.â
âNo, who is whose family?â
âYou probably know that if you step out of here, youâll become an absolute bastard, right?â
âSo are you kneeling?â
âIâll think about it when youâre better, but for now, Boss Yoon.â
Yoon Garam, who was standing next to Ha Seongyoon like a tree, smiled and answered.
âYes, teacher.â
âWould you like me to roll up the blanket for you?â
âThatâs a good idea.â
Lee Jae-heon once again became a blanket thief.
âWhat is this⦠Itâs not even a matâ¦â
âYou have to go to work tomorrow, so you should get a good nightâs sleep.â
âItâs so stuffy, where can you sleep? âIâd rather die than get sick.â
âNo dying.â
âHuh?â
âI said it was prohibited.â
âAre these guys real?â
Jaeheon Lee grumbled, but didnât bother to get out of the blanket. In some cases, the punishment was weaker than expected, and in some cases, consideration was given to survivors who seemed to be suffering greatly. On the topic of chicks, isnât it obvious that if you keep trying to be considerate of other people but still keep going after seeing that, youâll only get criticized?
Lee Jae-heon, whose body was filled with fatigue proportional to his stuffiness, rolled his head.
ââ¦So what should I do?â
Since Lee Dang is somewhat related to the industry and âJae-heon Lee,â who recalled his past life, is a member of the Lee Dang group, I thought it was only natural that there would be a manager in the family. I still think that the probability of that happening is the highest.
âStill, the fact that I couldnât find the manager probably means that there is no manager among the relatives Iâve seen, or that heâs a distant relative. I heard from another affiliate that your brother has not retired yet. Should we look there too?â
No, in fact, it is difficult to ignore the possibility that Lee Jae-heon did not know even though he saw it. I have to wonder if the lady, the old man, the older sister, and the older brother are all managers. The opponent is an expert who freely controls the ability to possess. It is easy to handle a possessed body without any discomfort.
âLee Jae-hyung looks particularly stupid, but he may have been using the concept to catch me off guard. First of all, I smelled a manager in the industry, so if I searched mainly for people with deep ties to that field, I might come across⦠Who is this party that claims to have built up connections?â
And another problem comes to mind.
âAre you sleeping?â
âManager, Iâm not sleeping.â
ââ¦I think itâs my dad.â
âUse it.â
Among the relatives I met this time, there were no mannequins.
Yeah, this part. This part was the problem. This is the part where there was no mannequin even though Jae-heon Lee found it himself. And Jae-heon Lee came to a conclusion immediately after noticing the problem.
So what exactly is that conclusion?
âYou just have to make something that doesnât exist.â
The target is Lee Jae-hee.
The time has come for that man to die.
(Continued in the next part)