216 – Monsters and People (2)
Yun Seol-hwa could not believe her eyes. Helios sighed with a confused look on her face.
“It’s too organized to be a flow created by one individual. “I never thought they would hit the player first before headquarters could respond…”
The video of Han Jae-joong’s transformation was uploaded anonymously around 6 PM on the day Yoon Seol-hwa collapsed.
The video quickly spread among various community sites and social media immediately after being uploaded.
Netizens left various reactions while watching the video.
-[Aren’t you saying there’s been a monster hiding among people until now? Honestly, it’s a bit scary.]
-[Honestly, I don’t believe it. Could it be manipulation? The image quality is strangely high… But the technology these days is so good.]
-[Wouldn’t the magical girls stop everything anyway? Someone like Blue Sirius…]
It was largely similar to the interviews with street citizens shown in the news today.
Those who accept it as fact and those who believe it is a fabrication. Even if it was accepted as fact, there were cases where it was passed over without much of a problem, thinking that the magical girl would solve it anyway.
Some people were seen playing around with concepts that didn’t work, saying, ‘I’m actually a monster!!’
They are not the problem.
-[But why couldn’t the Magical Girl Headquarters identify such a monster…? Did they hide it on purpose?]
People who try to create problems.
These are people who create conspiracy theories regarding monsters that can turn into humans.
Headquarters deliberately concealed its existence. Beyond this, the headquarters artificially created its existence, it is a military weapon secretly developed by the government, etc. Numerous speculations are swirling around.
The most credible speculation is that the Magical Girl Headquarters knew about him but hid him.
Actually, I was planning on keeping it confidential, so it’s not that wrong, but…
It was unfair to be criticized for something that didn’t happen.
“And there is an organized movement to create suspicion… A force trying to gather public opinion around this rumor. It even has a transformation scene. He will probably mention his close relationship with Han Jaejoong and reveal that there was a friendship between the magical girl and the monster. If that happens, it becomes really difficult to explain…”
It is also true that he and the magical girl had a friendly relationship, but…
This too was an unfair and unfair part…!
We developed friendships not between magical girls and monsters, but as people. There were never any impure thoughts.
I am a human lover who likes people! I never have any s*xual desire like that!
Red Vega protested like that while being interrogated by the unicorn.
It is true that in the case of some people, information is intentionally hidden.
I confessed everything I knew in front of the unicorn to ensure smooth information sharing and kissing in the future.
“…What about Ayun?”
“Fortunately, nothing came out. But it’s just not yet, I don’t know what will happen later.”
“Consciousness is….”
“As expected, it seems like my physical functions have almost recovered, but my consciousness has not recovered.”
“….”
Uncomfortable silence filled the hospital room. Yun Seol-hwa lowered her head and bit her lip. The teeth, filled with complex emotions such as anger or guilt, tore the lips and blood dripped.
“Why did Jaejoong… Disappear? Seniors. Same with you, Vega, and even Silver Luna! They were all strong people. But why do things like monsters…!”
“We couldn’t cope either.”
“….”
“It’s not an excuse, it’s an admission. Yeah, we were caught off guard. “I was so caught up in the lion and the child that I forgot that it was Dark Matter.”
Helios shook his head, touching his forehead as if her head hurt.
“Libra’s monster.”
“…!”
“It’s famous in Japan too. Because he is the biggest tycoon in the underworld. Libra, that damn thing.”
When Yun Seol-hwa heard that name, her eyes widened sharply.
“That guy must have kidnapped that boy and is now working to influence public opinion. Are you sure. Because the timing is perfect. “I don’t know what he wants to do, but I can’t make him do what he wants…”
Ddu-duk-duk. Yun Seol-hwa pulled out the IV needle stuck in her wrist. The thin tube pipe, which had lost its support, was scattered on the floor.
He started running across the floor barefoot, without even thinking about putting on the slippers that had been prepared in advance or putting on anything over the hospital uniform.
Helios blocked Yun Seol-hwa’s path.
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing? “I’m going to find it.”
“Stop it. A chase team has already been formed. Orange is on a chase all night long, so we’ll find him soon. “You should rest first…”
“Are you telling me to stay still in this situation?”
The cough continued for a while after shouting, as if his body had not stabilized yet. Yun Seol-hwa continued speaking without even adjusting her breathing.
“I can’t do that.”
Yun Seol-hwa slightly pushed Helios and stepped in front of her, dragging her coughing body.
[Guardian, you need to rest now…]
“I’m sorry, but I can’t listen to that.”
Instead of following her mascot’s advice, she ignored it and cupped the adviser in her palm.
When the mascot, which resembled a Siberian Husky doll, touched the palm of my hand, it instantly took on the shape of a magic wand.
Stay here? This is nonsense.
Yun Seol-hwa was more worried about him than her own life.
You must ask for forgiveness.
I have to say I’m sorry.
Even though her knees are worn out and all the air is gone from her lungs, she must ask for forgiveness for the sins she has committed.
She has to pick up the insults hurled at him.
But now he has been kidnapped by a monster. This is in a state where I have not been able to receive regular treatment. A life-or-death situation.
‘But I also created that wound.’
Huh. A grin escaped from my mouth.
A feeling of shame.
I was so ashamed of myself.
What shame do you have to check his safety? In fact, what Helios meant was not to quietly receive treatment, but to quietly wait for punishment like a criminal.
Helios called to her from behind.
“And look at public opinion now. It’s about to overheat. I need someone like you. To stabilize the citizens….”
“A person like me?”
He swallowed his contempt towards himself and answered with a trembling voice.
“Are you talking about a fool like me who cursed the person he loved?”
“….”
“Then, if it can’t be resolved later…”
“Right now, I can’t even make up for the mistake I made against Jaejoong!”
Her body, which could not yet contain the roar, screamed as she screamed. Yun Seol-hwa squeezed her painful heart and squeezed her words out.
“Public opinion, etc. What do you know…”
Those things that have always been cursed stand in my way once again.
Are you telling me to worry about public opinion now that the hour is urgent?
Ha, Yun Seol-hwa sneered once again.
It was contempt, but it wasn’t directed at her.
“…It’s so disgusting.”
It was contempt for the public.
They say it is not strange if they die at any time and act without morals as if they have no regrets about life, but when the danger of death comes, they cry out for a hero before anyone else.
The mouths that spit out malice before anyone else.
“What if there is such a delay that Jaejoong becomes more critical…? Lord, what if I die…? Yes? Then why do you care about public opinion? Are you crazy? “I might be hated by Jaejoong.”
Yun Seol-hwa suddenly realized something.
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The hatred towards monsters was instilled and passed down to them. It was a feeling created in the name of Han Jaejoong.
It was taking on someone else’s emotions.
It seems like there was something else he wanted to blame.
“Then I’ll just kill them all and kill myself.”
[Dress up your star!]
A strong chill came out along with that voice. Clouds as cold as dry ice smoke filled the hospital room.
“Now, wait a minute, Blue… Baby!”
By the time Helios stirred the smoke to gain visibility, she was already gone.
**
“It will be soon.”
“It’s a plague.”
Han Jaejoong swore harshly at Libra, who was looking at him.
“You’re quite proud. Are you okay with that attitude? “Your life is in my hands now?”
“If you’re going to kill me, I’ve already killed you. “Are you going to let me go?”
I never thought I would be kidnapped by Libra. Tsk. It was reckless.
The ability to trade is quite versatile. A miracle that is closest to golden omnipotence.
If you give the right amount of gold, any miracle can happen.
Forcing Han Jaejoong to teleport would not have been an easy task.
As I was struggling to get my head around the spicy, open-fire grilled food I had tasted for the first time in a long time, a sticky black lump like oil enveloped me.
Afterwards, when the black mass disappeared, Libra’s face was visible as it is now.
“Look forward to it. It only takes a few days. You will become a public evil to society, and no one will pity you. And the coming crisis for magical girls!”
Libra clenched her fists as if excited.
“You will do your duty for them!”
“If I tell you that, will it be a plan?”
“Of course it happens. Because you are that kind of man. “I will jump to my death without caring for my life.”
Tsk tsk tsk tsk. Libra let out a sinister laugh.
“I never imagined that the contradictory guy would even bring in the beasts of the galaxy to interfere, but… well, it’s okay. “Because it’s nothing now.”
Contradiction also used the Miracle of Trade to force movement.
At first, it was thrown to the bottom of the sea, but somehow it escaped within a few minutes and held out a spear to Libra.
‘That crazy guy….’
So I took him on another trip.
In front of none other than the lion.
It’s like being caught in your own trap. You’re probably in the middle of a chase with a lion right now.
“hehehe…..”
Libra smiled as sticky as oil.
“Just wait a moment. The mercenaries I hired will leak your information to the Internet world, and the druggies spread throughout this society will sympathize with that information and influence public opinion. “It’s not even a problem to deliberately bury you.”
“…Um, I see.”
Han Jaejoong frowned. He wasn’t particularly impressed.
It’s a public opinion war and all, but it feels like nothing compared to the crisis that’s facing us right now.
“But I have to do it quickly.”
“…?”
“I have three days left until I die.”
Sky Polaris mentioned so, so it must be true.
The remaining life span is three days. No, quite a bit of time has passed since I came out, so I guess there’s less than two days left.
Maybe the lifespan inside the belt is different from the lifespan in reality…
Anyway, it’s short. That much was certain.
No matter how long it is, it cannot last longer than a week.
“…What?”
“You didn’t know? I’m terminally ill. “Look around now.”
Social death is nothing compared to physical death.
Of course, the trauma still remains. When I stand in front of an unspecified number of people, my heart races and when I look at the Internet screen, I feel sick to my stomach.
But these days, even without trauma, my heart beats quickly, my stomach hurts, and I feel out of breath.
That’s because it’s being searched in real time.
In the meantime, it is too extravagant to worry about social death.
In the first place, it didn’t matter how others knew about his actions, and he had been prepared for a long time to become a bad cop among good cops and bad cops in order to make the magical girl stand out.
So, I’m not particularly impressed.
“Well, what is that….”
“It is a negative effect of the transformation system. “It is a side effect of an ordinary person’s body being overexposed to starlight.”
“…Then.”
Libra knelt down on her knees and muttered vainly.
“Transformation system…? Well, were there any side effects like that? Nonsense. “My information says something like that…”
I guess he really didn’t know, but his voice was quite different from just now. It was very hopeless.
“Your body turned into a rag because of an improvised transformation system?! “That’s a lie!”
Libra grabbed Han Jaejoong by the collar and lifted him up.
Cheolkeong. The chains that were restraining his body made a strong clanging sound.
“Don’t die! Han Jaejoong!”
Suddenly cheering this time.
Han Jaejoong frowned in embarrassment.
“You should be a hero! Sacrifices must be made for the greater good! But you can’t do anything and end up dead… Do you think I can admit to something like that?!”
He grabbed him by the collar and moved him back and forth, and as soon as he finished speaking, he threw him on the floor.
“No, if you keep going like this, I’m really going to fall behind….”
“Thank you for the advice. “Let’s revise the plan and make it move faster.”
Libra stood up and left him behind. It seemed like she was going to instruct her subordinates on a strategy.
When the door to the dark secret room was opened, a faint light seeped in and drew a line.
“But you too will have to stay alive…!”
Boom! The door closed with a heavy sound. Of course, the light disappeared. Libra’s loud voice also disappeared.
“…I’m going to turn.”
What should I do? Jaejoong Han lowered his head in frustration.
To be honest, I can’t think of any way to live right now. It was because I was blocked by more important issues.
Yun Seol-hwa.
How should I explain this to her?
How should I explain to her, who resented monsters more than herself, that I became a monster….
I closed my eyes with such mixed feelings.
In her heart, she wants to break this chain right away and run to her, but it’s not easy. Because there is no belt around.
The ability to wander around with the system has stopped for a while, so the iron ball that is supposed to follow him around all the time is nowhere to be seen.
You can’t even transform like this.
‘What should I do with this…?’
I looked up at the sky dissatisfied. The sky is blocked by the dark ceiling, and not even the sky can be seen. Why can’t that crazy woman be of any help until now?
Kkiik. The sound of the door opening was heard once again. Is it Livline?
When I lowered my head and looked at her, I realized that it wasn’t Li Bra. She has a thin body like a human.
No way….
“Story….”
“I am.”
“f*ck you.”
Tsk. Han Jaejoong clicked his tongue at the answer he received.
The character is far from what was expected.
Contradiction.
It was one of the most hated monsters, with an impressive proportion of colors calculated and divided in precise proportions.
