I Became a Framed Villain

96 – Runaway (6)

“…Mmm.”

– Rustling, rustling…

“……?”

Early dawn. Kang Ha-neul lays Pandora and the concept of death on his own bed and cot, respectively, and tries to sleep on the floor himself.

‘…What is it?’

He feels a presence around him and lifts his heavy eyelids slightly.

‘An enemy.’

Soon, Kang Ha-neul looked sharply at the black figure staring down at him from right in front.

– Swoop…

Then, the very moment the black figure started reaching out to him.

“Suck.”

“……!?”

Kang Ha-neul took a deep breath and grabbed the arm and pulled it towards himself.

“Who are you?”

– Burr…

“Tell me.”

Soon after, Kang Ha-neul jumped on the other person in an instant and began to whisper while bending his arms.

“If you keep your mouth shut, you might find it difficult to use your arms in the future…”

– Burr… Burr…

“Wait.”

While quietly adding strength to the hand holding his arm, he muttered with a startled look on his face.

“…Pandora?”

It was because Pandora, who was supposed to be lying on the bed, was lying under her in a very insignificant manner.

“”………..””

For a very brief moment, a strange silence begins to flow between the two.

“…Why were you doing this in the middle of the night. I was confused.”

＞ My arm hurts…

“I’m sorry.”

Eventually, when the sky of her river let her go, her Pandora sent her chatting with a tearful expression on her face.

＞ I had a nightmare…

“A nightmare?”

＞ I had a dream of being taken back to the lab and participating in their horrific experiments. So suddenly I got scared…

At those words, Kang Ha-neul’s complexion darkened.

“I didn’t say it for fear of trauma. What the hell is that lab doing?”

＞ I don’t know exactly.

＞ However, it is certain that it is a place where various biological experiments are conducted against various concept owners.

“…Mmm.”

At last, Kang Ha-neul asked with a cold expression on her answer.

“What happened to you there.”

＞ That’s…

Pandora’s pale complexion begins to tremble, unable to type properly.

“Lab, it hurts.”

“…….!”

After looking at her in bewilderment, Kang Ha-neul turned her attention to her voice from the side.

“If they don’t fulfill their set goals, they’ll be abused to the brink of death and restored to normal in seconds. That’s why very few people die.”

“………”

“There were people who were weeded out and discarded.”

The concept of death, lying on a cot, was conveyed in a calm voice.

“If you’re in good shape like me, you’re lucky. Kids who get too many rapid treatments have side effects.”

“Ah…”

“However, half of the abandoned children were caused by mental breakdown, not by side effects like that. I’m not sure what you mean by mental breakdown, but it must be scary…”

After she said that, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and went back to sleep.

“…Pandora.”

Only then did her Pandora understand the extent of her trauma, and her river sky cautiously leaned over her, who was trembling quietly.

– Seruk…

Then, Kang Ha-neul gently held her body in his arms and started stroking her hair.

“…?…..??”

“It’s okay. Now…”

“…….”

Pandora’s flinch as she tilted her head with the hook floating in her face slowly began to subside.

“Pandora.”

A soft proposal from the river sky that still held her tightly.

“…When this is over and my powers return, will I make you forget what happened in the past?”

Pandora, who froze for a moment at her words, begins to stare into her pupils of the river sky.

– Dori Dori…

Then, for some reason, she shakes her head and starts to smile.

＞ Not required.

“…Why?”

＞ People can develop only when they forget the past.

When she reads her reply, her realization flashes through her mind with a strong shock.

＞ Although he himself is honestly a bit insignificant, he is growing little by little.

“………”

＞ The reason is because I remember the past.

Pandora continues to chat with Kang Ha-neul.

“…But, it will be a terrible pain.”

＞ A person becomes more mature only when he overcomes that pain. At least i think so

After she said that, she smiled brightly, and the sky over her river quietly lowered her gaze.

“…You are strong, you are.”

“……?”

“Many times more than those cowardly acts I’ve been doing…”

Pandora tilted her head with a bewildered expression at the words that eventually continued.

＞ Dear.

“… Huh?”

＞ But, the scary thing is the truth.

She brings the message, as she blushes quietly and grabs the sleeve of her river sky.

＞ If I go back to sleep alone in bed like this, I’m sure I’ll be tossing and turning until morning…

“Then…”

＞ So… Chi, as a friend please.

Muttering that, Pandora’s heart began to beat busily again.

＞ Can’t we sleep in our arms like this just for today?

＞ Sasasa, there is no such thing as selfishness.

＞ If you think of it as a substitute for a cat doll that you always want to hold…

In such a situation, she sent her a chat with her face blushing.

– Swoop…

“……!”

The river sky stroked her Pandora’s hair with her blurry smile, and before she finished sending her message, he lay down on her bed holding her in her arms.

“…Like this?”

– Nod, nod…

Before long, as he stared into her eyes and asked, Pandora silently nodded her head with her face blushing even to her ears.

“Good night, Pandora.”

＞ You, sir.

＞ No, just kidding.

＞ That’s just what I said. Therefore…

With her arms wrapped around her own waist, he whispers softly to her and closes her eyes, and she begins to chat with her in bewilderment.

“…Mmm.”

However, Kang Ha-neul seemed to have fallen asleep already and began to exhale quietly.

“…….”

Unmovingly in his arms, Pandora purses her lips and then quietly buries her head into the chest of the river sky.

‘It’s warm…’

The two fell asleep feeling each other’s body temperature with their stomachs facing each other like that.

“…What are you doing?

After a while, the concept of death, which opened its eyes after tossing and turning in its seat, watched it with a bewildered expression, then muttered in a low voice to itself.

“Are you guys mating?”

The moonlight outside the window was getting thicker and thicker.

“I want to join you…”

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– Ikki…

Early morning. The door to Kang Ha-neul’s inn slowly opens, and three figures start to look around.

“…I don’t think there’s anyone in particular.”

“Shh.”

Eventually, as the concept of death murmured in a low voice, Kang Ha-neul hurriedly covered her mouth and placed her hand over her mouth.

‘Don’t use your voice, lip sync.’

‘Lip sync?’

‘Just move your lips like this. Got it?’

The concept of death, which immediately recognized his desperate lip sync, nodded quietly.

‘And you, Pandora…’

＞ Huh?

‘Do you know how to sign language?’

Then, this time, Kang Ha-neul asks Pandora, who was sitting on his back, a question.

＞ No

‘You don’t know? Why?’

＞ I forgot to communicate with my smartphone…

He puts a little bit of chestnut on Pandora’s forehead after making a slightly puzzled look at her answer.

＞ Pain! Why hit?

“I can’t help but whisper in a low voice…”

Then, Kang Ha-neul began whispering in a low voice as he cautiously moved forward.

“We’ll head for the control room as soon as possible.”

“”………””

“To do that, you have to pass through here first.”

He points to the restaurant across the empty hallway and puts on a grim expression.

“Pandora, life response?”

＞ Multiple body temperatures are being captured. Maybe the only passage is over there, so I think everyone is camped there.

“It seems that intelligence remains even after becoming a zombie. Or, the ability control level of the mental ability is excellent.”

＞ Then, isn’t there no chance at all?

At those words, Pandora asked with a worried expression.

“It’s okay.”

The river sky, which tangled her hair with a faint smile, murmured as she moved forward.

“Because there is a way.”

＞ How?

Soon he stops in front of the door and pulls the doorknob. Pandora asks another question with anxious eyes.

“…A disguise.”

To her, her river sky shakes a long wig she took out of her luggage in her room.

“A disguise kit developed by Ira herself, I’ve always had it with me.”

＞ That’s…

“Even with a knife at her throat, she’s never disguised herself as a woman…”

A resigned smile appeared on Kang Ha-neul’s face.

“I have no choice but to protect you.”

A few minutes later, the only man who existed in the hideout of Dominating Hands disappeared.

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Meanwhile, at that time.

“…Yes, with some variables.”

In the control room located deep in the hideout of Dominating Hands, a woman who was watching the CCTV on the side of the accommodation, which was turned off with a black screen, was talking on the phone in a low voice while holding her smartphone.

“For now, things are going according to plan.”

– Jijik… Jijik…

“Anyway, as time goes on, my abilities get stronger. Even if it’s a long-term battle, I’ll have an advantage.”

A fishy smile appeared on the lips of the woman who said that.

“However, perhaps within today’s time we will have conquest, war, and death at the same time…”

The moment she said that, her eyes turned to the restaurant where the women were waiting.

“… Huh?”

Her pupils slowly began to grow.

“”………””

Pandora and the concept of death, and an unknown cute-looking girl were leisurely crossing the restaurant on the screen.

“…It seems that another variable has arisen.”

– Jijik, Jijikjik…

“Don’t rush. I was originally going to step out.”

After muttering that, the woman began to prepare herself to go out quietly.