218 – Monsters and People (4)
The moment Han Jaejoong realized that he had fallen into Libra’s trap was right after he ran away after transformation.
All of the people who came to attack had human appearances, so it was impossible not to know.
Some of the attackers can feel starlight, but what they see is a human figure.
Did he use a disguise?
I looked around. CCTV clearly visible. They’re probably thinking of filming a video of someone being knocked down and distributing it.
It was an obvious thing to do, but it was effective enough.
After realizing his intention, he immediately decided to use Megrez to escape on a bike, but that also quickly fell through.
“Do you think they’ll let me do something like that!”
One of the raiders was Libra.
I didn’t know if she was Libra’s alter ego or if she was herself. That’s not what’s important.
It was important whether he could use the transaction or not.
Libra’s trading can be done with any object as long as you prepare the price.
It is also possible to suppress one of the opponent’s abilities by offering a huge amount of gold.
Clap!
Libra’s scale moved with the activation of the ability. Starlight of a color resembling oily gold spewed out and enveloped Han Jaejoong’s body.
Very quick action.
“It’s been a while.”
The Star of Megrez was sealed with his deal.
The bullsh*t that happened after a long time was still enough to make me angry. The capital was blocked.
“Don’t even think about running away. We took as many hostages as there were people here. If you don’t defeat even one of them… You know what happens next, right? “hehehe.”
In the end, you have to kill them all to get out.
The belt’s timer function was limited with the system down. The point is that you can’t fight while counting down the seconds exactly.
However, I still have experience fighting with the timer function turned on.
I was confident in counting the time almost accurately.
From now on, you have 10 seconds to count.
This early century was not the only experience made with the help of belts.
Combat experience. The skills developed through countless battles remain intact in this body. I now know how to use my body very well without assistance.
I finished calculating in my head how to defeat everyone here within this short period of time.
Boom! The sound of heavy feet resonates in the cavity. The only thing that moved was one step. But progress was only a short while away.
He jumped over the group of Libra’s subordinates surrounding him and came behind them. The first target was that captain.
Libra.
His fists moved at a speed that the eye could not even perceive. Part of Libra’s armor was dented. Shocked, he immediately moved his scales.
“Ugh, huh! This guy has become strong again… Great… Wow!”
It was clear that he had an intention to use his own escape while blocking other people’s escape.
“Now, wait! Can’t you see my escape attempt?! Now you must attack my men…!”
Han Jaejoong struck a few more blows to Libra’s body, where a black mass had begun to form, and gave up hitting her after making a dull sound.
Since he had already run away, he had no choice but to give up.
What remains are a few monsters disguised as people and real people mixed in.
They were small pieces that I was confident I could defeat in less than 10 seconds.
However, he did not have the confidence to fight against them and be considerate so that real people would not be hurt.
That’s why Han Jaejoong gave up.
Puck! He threw his fist at the disguised monster, but an ordinary person flew in and was hit by his fist instead.
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“Crazy guy.”
Han Jaejoong swore at him. What a pitiful sight. Looking at how thin he is, he must be a drug addict. It was truly unpleasant to be addicted to drugs and take orders from a monster.
If you’re born as a human, you’re worse than a monster.
He could not hold back and continued to swing his fist.
As expected, it did not take as much time to ravage these groups.
However, anger built up.
Others live in fear of being attacked by monsters, but you have become the limbs of a monster and are attacking others.
He had no reason to protect these people in the first place.
What he decided to do was to be the guardian of the guardian, not the guardian of these stupid wimps.
Once the current group was defeated, another group appeared.
They were thinner armed than those who are now. Looks like a factory worker somewhere.
The weapons he has are similar weapons, such as iron bars, hammers, and saws. These were weapons that would have appeared in a student gang fight somewhere.
I defeated them too.
I originally planned to run away without dealing with them, but I ended up defeating them too.
The reasons were complex.
It was because they attacked first, because Libra’s threat I mentioned earlier was memorable, and because they ran and insulted the person they loved, and some of them ran with cameras installed on their bodies and laughed.
They were having fun. He was taking pleasure in risking his life and bringing chaos to the world.
People who burn the world because they want to see it burn.
People who create controversy simply because they enjoy seeing someone get criticized.
Those were the people.
This miserable group said that if he does not become a wicked person now, on the contrary, those who came to save him will become wicked people.
Authoritarian hypocrites who hide a monster who poses a threat to the world, block citizens’ right to know, and control freedom of speech.
When I thought about it, it seemed reasonable. If Han Jaejoong didn’t become a clear villain here, it seemed like they would be the ones to be reviled next.
So, even though Han Jaejoong knew about the trick, he let it go.
He deliberately beat up all of them dressed as civilians, making sure they were captured on CCTV. After defeating everyone, CCTV was destroyed to prevent any additional information from being recorded.
All the cameras they had were also destroyed.
The data was probably transmitted in real time, but it would be important not to record it in the future.
Unfortunately, it took over 10 seconds to defeat them all, but fortunately the transformation time was not too hard on the body. Since I wasn’t injured, it was enough to move my body.
My feet were sticky. It was because of their blood. I felt uncomfortable. Before I felt guilty, I felt like I hated the feel of blood.
It was only then that Han Jaejoong realized.
He said he was unable to pity people.
Are you in a physical emergency and have no time to look out for others? No, I had definitely pitied magical girls just now.
I came to think that it was okay to be someone other than a hero.
Han Jaejoong’s death is special. It is a death that includes not only physical death but also personal death.
“It’s going to turn….”
There is no need for Libra to proceed with the plan.
A monster who eliminates people to create a society that does not need heroes.
The monster mentioned by Sky Polaris was steadily becoming a reality.
It meant that he was getting closer to death.
**
Red Vega was embarrassed.
It was not just because Yun Seol-hwa was having ‘abdominal contact’ with Han Jae-joong, which should have been his exclusive privilege.
It was not just because he allowed Yun Seol-hwa to do something that would have been embarrassing for him without any hesitation.
It wasn’t jealousy…!
That was the most important.
For Red Vega, who is crazy about love, something more important than the relationship between Han Jae-joong and another woman has emerged.
She quickly rolled her head as she looked at the scene before her eyes.
“…Why?”
Why are there people here? And collapsed too. Wait a minute, there’s even blood. Considerable slander. No, is it a slander? Maybe he’s dead.
She racked her brain, but in the end there was only one answer.
Han Jaejoong attacked someone.
“Jaejoong…?”
Red Vega’s trembling eyes turned to Han Jaejoong. He too looked embarrassed. But the embarrassment wasn’t in the fact that they were attacking people.
Like Red Vega, who got caught while watching a slightly pornographic video… I was embarrassed by the fact that I had been caught.
It wasn’t a feeling of guilt.
“This is it….”
“Now, wait a minute. Jaejoong, please don’t tell me.”
Let’s be cool. Red Vega scolded himself.
Yes, there is nothing strange about it. She gets embarrassed when she reveals something that everyone wants to hide. The shame of being caught may be greater now than the guilt you should have felt originally.
Furthermore, these are clearly Libra’s subordinates. In a way, they were people who deserved to die because they even cooperated with the monster.
There is nothing strange. Nothing is strange. Even if it were you, you would be shocked if these people rushed to frame you.
“…Jaejoong?”
“Why?”
“Well, it’s really thrilling to hear that troubled voice any time, but I didn’t really want to hear it right now… I just hope you get in trouble because of me…”
The face remains unchanged. I still feel like s*xually harassing her.
The voice remains the same. It’s a voice that wants you to cry happily.
He is no different from the Han Jaejoong that Baek Ah-hee knew.
But for some reason, Baek Ah-hee felt that his appearance had changed slightly.
‘Something… somewhere else…’
While I was reflecting on my thoughts.
Baek Ah-hee remembered one fact.
Han Jaejoong is now terminally ill. And that after his death, he will completely turn into a monster.
Now he is dying.
Then, isn’t it strange that he is in the midst of becoming a monster?
When this thought reached her, Baek Ah-hee’s heart began to beat rapidly.
I remembered my promise.
When he became a monster, I decided to kill him.
When a loved one becomes a monster, he must be killed.
Until now, I was able to ignore it. I only knew implicitly that he was a monster, but it was never confirmed as true.
I found stability in such an ambiguous attitude.
Han Jaejoong is a person who may be a monster, but he was not a real monster. Because the person he loved was a ‘person’.
But now.
It’s different now that his identity has been revealed to the whole world.
I can’t look away.
Can Jaejoong Han, who is becoming a monster, still be considered a person? Should we consider that a ‘person’?
What condition is he in now?
How should I act to be a hero?
“Uh… Um… Uh… Jaejuuung… Mr.?”
-[Has anyone reached Han Jaejoong now?!]
At that time, a communication was heard.
-[A new video has just been uploaded to the Internet. This is a video of Watchers attacking factory workers!]
This is an order from the center. The unicorn, the owner of the voice, seemed quite impatient.
-[I’m sorry, but I need you to arrest him quickly! Right Now! We need to quickly understand the incident and provide an explanation…]
“Ah, ahhh~ I see…?”
Red Vega responded to the message by acting surprised.
“Ugh, hmmm! Jae, Jaejoong…? “I’m so sorry…”
This question must be resolved through dialogue.
“Would you like to be a secret friend with me…? “I know a good secret hideout… hehehe.”
I need to have a proper conversation to find out what kind of condition he is in right now.
Red Vega promised that.
“Well, I’m not a suspicious person at all? Of course, as Jaejoong knows. “I came here now to keep Jaejoong safe…”
“It’s a lie.”
The problem is that Red Vega was not the only person listening to the communication.
“Vega is trying to arrest you now….”
Yoon Seol-hwa glared at Red Vega with wary eyes and grabbed Han Jae-joong’s wrist.
“Oh, you’re arresting me?! This is a humanitarian protection procedure to keep Jaejoong safe at our headquarters… No, sister, this is correct! Jaejoong has just attacked someone! “First of all, let’s listen to the situation…”
“Don’t you know how monsters are treated in society?”
Yun Seol-hwa knows.
He knows very well, because he did it himself.
“Do you think full humane criminal punishment will continue? “The insults and criticism that will come to him, and what it means to have him on a public occasion… I am very conscious of it.”
Yun Seol-hwa pulled Han Jae-joong’s wrist closer and hugged him. She held it tightly so as not to let go.
“Is your sister in a position to say something like that?! Rather, in a situation like now, we need to officially protect Mr. Jaejoong…”
“How many people do you think will be able to stay with us once we get to headquarters? “The government will intervene or various agencies will come together to interrogate him.”
“The one who hated the monster the most was my older sister!”
Red Vega shouted as if it was unfair.
“…That’s right. “I hate monsters.”
It still feels like this even though I know that Han Jaejoong is a monster. Monsters are hateful.
Monsters are a living evil in this society.
“And to be honest, I hate people too.”
People are harmful to me personally. Abominable things that always taunt our tongues without even knowing what they are.
“But I don’t hate Jaejoong.”
It was a very simple conclusion.
It doesn’t matter if you are a human or a monster.
She didn’t love him because he was a person, she loved him because he was him.
“…Are you going to be okay?”
Han Jae-joong looked into Yun Seol-hwa’s eyes and asked.
It was simple to ask what would be okay.
“Of course.”
After hearing that answer, Han Jaejoong wrapped his arm around her waist. Han Jaejoong also hugged her. Firmly, so it doesn’t fall off.
“Well, what are you trying to do…?”
“Of course.”
Whoosh! Blue Sirius swung his rapier. Kugugoogung! A huge wall of ice was created separating Red Vega and himself.
Red Vega, who never thought he would do something like this, opened his eyes wide.
Blue Sirius flew in the sky while holding Han Jaejoong.
“I’m going to run away!”
People and monsters. From all of that.
