95 – If you see this (3)
“Where is Trino?”
He put the handcuffs he had picked up from the nearby police station on Liquid and asked.
Completely broken, he was on his knees in despair.
As he had no left leg, he had to support his body against the wall.
“……”
But whether it’s still not coming to its senses, shock, or rebellion, the answer is delayed.
The dice have already been rolled.
He didn’t hesitate to use his abilities.
The temperature in the room began to drop rapidly.
Frost began to form on the glass windows, and white breath began to come out of the mouths of Liquid and the gang leader.
“Where is Trino?”
After feeling the change through my skin, Liquid slowly responded.
“…to our hideout.”
“What about the Stingshot?”
“…it is the same. I’m on the verge of death after being hit by Trino.”
“What about Liem?”
“Riem will be by Trino’s side too.”
I finally asked the last question. In fact, the previous questions were also a preparation process for this question.
“……Luna?”
Liquid opened her mouth. My heart, which had not been shaken, also beats.
I don’t know why I can’t see Luna as Luna anymore.
When I think of Luna…Song Soo-yeon’s awkward and fresh smile comes to mind.
I remember the time and memories I had with her. My heart is throbbing.
Liquid answered, stuttering at the end.
“……Mo, I don’t know.”
I let out a slow sigh of relief without realizing it.
As for how he viewed that, Liquid added an excuse.
“…Well, really. I haven’t met Luna since you attacked us.”
“…”
the day i was attacked
That day was the day I and Song Soo-yeon broke up.
Was our parting painful for her too?
Wasn’t everything she was looking for crying out for me, acting?
Once fooled, it is very difficult to believe twice.
“What about contact?”
“There is no contact…. He fell asleep.”
The more I ask questions to the villains who worked with her, the more strange things happen that my heart becomes more and more comfortable.
It was the same with Han Yoo-jung, and the same with Liquid.
The fact that Song Soo-yeon acted as a villain did not change, but the sense of betrayal was fading.
And the more I did, the more strongly I remembered the image of me who had left her coldly and the image of Song Soo-yeon who shed bitter tears.
In the silence that arose while I was lost in thought, Liquid moved.
Drops to the ground and starts crawling slowly towards me.
“…”
I just stared at that liquid. I wanted to see what he wanted to do.
“Did you say your name is… Da, Dice?”
“…”
“Dice…I don’t know where you live or who you are…but I’ll help you.”
“…”
“See the money behind you? I’ll give you everything. Oh, I will continue to pay you in the future. Did you say you’re after the Villain Alliance? I’ll lure Trino and Liem too…! Because Luna will find it someday…!”
Liquid bowed under my shoe.
Watching that… I thought of it as expected.
He is a villain who has fallen apart even before returning.
It’s surprising that he has such a notoriety.
Is this also Han Yu-jeong’s work?
As a regressor, it seems that based on my memories, I led my alliance in an advantageous direction…
“…so watch me… save me…!”
I gently stepped on that liquid’s head.
His body began to tingle with bewilderment.
With this little act of mine, I felt like I realized that everything was going wrong.
I recalled old memories.
“……….you.”
“Ugh…! Now, hold on…!”
“Do you remember the day of the Trino and the bombing?”
“Big..! No, let’s talk…!”
No matter how much he moaned, I didn’t move my feet.
This was also a lot to bear with.
“A child must have exploded in front of Solas that day.”
It was also the day Minbom first showed me tears. Since then, we became close friends at a rapid pace. It was also the day I saw the other side of Solas for the first time.
Liquid’s body trembled at my words.
I continued talking.
“And a few months later in Busan, the child was swept into the sea by the torrent you caused. Solas must have seen that too.”
“So… Solas…? You…were you on the hero side…? hehehe, if you’re a hero, you shouldn’t be like this…! My, my legs…aagh!”
At his slight defiance, I pressed my foot down with more force.
The floor tiles also started groaning after him.
Everything except Liquid’s head began to writhe in pain.
Soon after, he couldn’t say anything other than scream.
“Aagh!! aaagh!!”
“If you try to negotiate with me one more time… I will kill you more painfully than this. okay?”
I had no intention of committing murder. But sometimes there are things scarier than dying.
As I slowly imprinted the pain on him, I waited for Liquid’s response.
Even when he screamed, he forced his teeth to clench and swallow the sound.
And in that state, he nodded his immobile head a couple of times.
Then, I took my foot off.
My footprints were stamped on his face like a brand.
****
After confining Liquid to a solitary cell at the base, he moved his body again.
I did not keep Han Yoo-jung and him close.
You never know what plans the two will make.
The next target was towards their hideout.
Han Yoo-jung and Liquid.
When I asked the two about the location of the hideout, they each confided in the same location.
Liquid imprinted fear on the body, so even so… I didn’t think that even Han Yoo-jung would talk so coolly.
At times, she seemed disinterested in the alliance she had founded.
As if it had already achieved its purpose.
.
.
.
I broke through the security devices and doors and entered the hideout.
Inside, the intruder alarm was already sounding loudly… and Liem and Trino disappeared as well.
I was also able to find a fallen Stingshot.
He was severely burned and torn apart by the blast, but… he was alive.
I put handcuffs on him and used my ability to cool myself down for a while.
It wasn’t for him.
It was because of my judgment that living would be more painful for him.
Rotting in prison would be harder.
After waiting a little longer, the alarm goes off.
Ajit becomes quiet.
“…”
I slowly started to look around.
It feels strange to say that this is the hideout of the Villains Union.
It’s all the more to think that Song Soo-yeon tricked me into coming here.
I wonder if this is the place I arrived after saying I was going to take a pictorial.
Was it because I was busy with everything to come here?
In the center of the hideout, the road split into several branches.
At the end of the road, there was one room all placed.
Trino’s room.
Liquid’s room.
Stingshot’s room.
Liam’s room.
Yujeong Han’s room.
After checking all of them one by one, there was only one thing left.
Luna’s room.
A little afraid of what she would check, she entered her room.
“……”
It was an empty room. Unlike the other rooms, there are no traces of decoration.
There was an empty bookshelf, a wooden table, a wooden chair, a closet, and a bed.
I doubted for a moment whether it was Luna’s room… but Luna’s costume in the closet told me everything.
“……?”
A calendar hung inside the closet.
And the moment I checked the calendar, I felt my heart tighten.
Because a red circle was drawn on the calendar.
April 20th.
There was a trace left on my birthday.
At the bottom, in small letters, it is written simply as ‘Uncle’s birthday’.
Why do emotions swell again? Why do I feel like crying again?
It’s been almost a week since I broke up with her.
It seems that I couldn’t get away from the emotions at that time.
I leaned against the closet and sat there.
****
Solas was checking his watch.
11:50 p.m.
In 10 minutes, the restrictions are lifted.
You can step out of the association.
In other words, it meant that it was time to visit Jeong-gyeom.
I have given up contacting by phone.
Neither Song Soo-yeon nor Jeong-gyeom are receiving calls.
Her head was on the verge of bursting with stress.
If I met Jung-gyeom… wouldn’t it be okay to be a little angry?
It’s something I’ve never done before, but this was too much.
As much as I like him, my anger blooms.
Solas started wearing a hero suit.
It’s time to cut off buses and subways, and taxis and private cars are slow.
I was thinking of flying.
that’s the fastest
Solas burned the last cigarette in the dark room.
The only thing that has managed my stress lately has been this cigarette.
If I had only heard Jeong-gyeom’s voice, I wouldn’t have burned it this much.
Solas flushed the cigarette butt down the toilet and put the packet in his pocket.
When I checked the watch, the date was correct.
Solas opened the window and activated her ability.
Eyes and hair begin to glow.
At the same time, with long flashes of light, she soared high into the sky.
****
I also have a hard time understanding my actions now.
After leaving Song Soo-yeon so coldly… why are you doing this again?
He was hanging out near the house with his hat on.
When I came to my senses, I was here.
Of course, he had to visit Song Soo-yeon someday.
Because of me, she became a villain with her legs intact… I am the one who has to solve it.
Just as I’m grabbing the villain alliance one by one, it’s only natural that I’ll grab Luna with my own hands.
However, as much as it was painful, I was subconsciously putting her in the lowest priority.
Maybe it’s because of my contradictory ideas that I don’t want to catch her.
“……”
No, I know.
why am i here
From the moment I saw her calendar.
Or since I heard from Liquid that I couldn’t get in touch with Luna.
No, from the time I thought that Song Soo-yeon would not be a regressor.
From then on, I wondered how she was doing.
Maybe she’s right.
Maybe I’m just a nerd
Even as they struggle with the memory of betrayal… they can’t let go of the happy memories.
It might be better to see her completely unmasked now and laugh at me.
It was all an act, maybe it would have been better if it was a complete betrayal.
If so, it would be easier to hold on to.
I think I can let her go without any regrets.
I don’t know.
The pain of being betrayed and the struggle of being unable to let go of her are wrestling with each other.
If either side was going to suffer, it seemed better for one side to win.
I looked at Song Soo-yeon’s one-room building from a distance.
If I wait, I wonder if I can see her from afar.
He may have already left this place and found a good house.
At that time, a bright flash of light falls like a meteor from the black sky.
look all too familiar. It wasn’t me who wouldn’t recognize her.
Solas.
She headed in the direction of my studio.
“……”
I look around… I get up without noticing Song Soo-yeon.
If she went to my studio, I could go there too.
I haven’t even gotten to say goodbye yet.
I didn’t feel like having to say goodbye to her.
I had to.
I slowly moved towards my studio.
*****
Song Soo-yeon was sitting in Jeong-gyeom’s studio today as well.
It’s been a long time since I lost the sense of time.
I haven’t seen Jeong-gyeom’s face for a very long time now.
I couldn’t even drink enough water, and now I couldn’t even shed tears.
His lips were parched, and his eyes could not have been more dazed.
From that dry mouth, the words that were sung thousands and tens of thousands of times flowed out.
“…that guy… was… wrong…”
She was left alone in the world.
There really was no one.
I realized that fact day by day.
I expected it a few days ago, but the pain increases day by day.
My heart felt like it was festering.
Even so, Jeong-gyeom showed no signs of appearing, so he couldn’t even treat it.
What should I have done?
Solas slowly takes Jeonggyeom away.
It seemed that Jung-gyeom was also falling for it.
What should I have done?
Just because he worked part-time at the distribution center every week, it wasn’t like he could beat Solas with his financial strength.
There was no time to change the entrenched relationship.
There was nothing attractive about him.
Did I have to confess?
There are things you’ve been saying all along, but wouldn’t it have gotten farther away if you had confessed?
Song Soo-yeon did not have the confidence to endure the situation. There was only Jeonggyeom, but I didn’t want to be rejected by him.
“……”
But now I regret it.
It’s a conclusion theory, but it’s nothing different from now.
No, it’s rather like hell now.
Thinking that he must be disgusting with her, Song Soo-yeon’s heart hurts again.
How disgusting it must have been, he never came back to my house.
Was it disgusting enough to throw away the studio and the cell phone?
Was it disgusting enough to start a new life in a completely different area?
Song Su-yeon couldn’t breathe at the thought of being hated that much.
It was heartbreaking enough to tear that the man who had shown that pure smile had his expression distorted with hatred towards him.
He didn’t even seem to hate anyone.
It was so hard that the target was myself.
The first understanding, the first guardian, the first brother, the first friend, and the first love left like this.
I kicked the fortune that rolled in with my foot.
I will never have this kind of luck again.
“…..what?”
At that moment, Song Soo-yeon trembled at the sudden voice.
Turning his stiff neck, Solas was coming in through the broken window.
His eyes were blinded by the bright light she emitted.
Dry eyes couldn’t see anything properly.
But the voice kept ringing.
A voice full of bewilderment or anger.
Solas looked around the messy room and asked again.
“…What happened…?”
In the dark, her eyes glowed coldly.
