Chapter 113

Hwang Ye-ri slowly got up from the bed. The blanket that was covering him slipped away and fell.

She turned her head away with glazed eyes. I saw a man lying with his back turned.

She trudged back and looked at the face of the man lying there.

A sharp beard that grew overnight, a face like a dumpling crushed by the bed.

Still, she loved the way he looked.

“Yes… ?”

Then he opened his eyes and smiled at her.

“hehehehe, that’s good.”

“What do you like about such an ugly face?”

“Because I saw my love as soon as I woke up.”

Hwang Ye-ri shuddered.

Her fiancé, Koh Jung-hwan, always said this nonchalantly.

“Don’t talk like that outside.”

“You’re fine now. There are only two of us.”

Ko Jeong-hwan said that and pulled her into a hug. Hwang Ye-ri did not shake him off.

The two men and women lay on top of each other with a soft blanket between them.

“Then why did you suddenly wake up? Is the bed uncomfortable?”

“no.”

Go Jeong-hwan’s worried question, she answered briefly. And buried her face in his chest.

“Jeonghwan-ah.”

“Uh, sister.”

“… That is a foul.”

“But do you like it?”

Go Jung-hwan was younger than her. Hwang Ye-ri asked again with her face buried as it was.

“It’s a nightmare.”

“nightmare? So did you wake up?”

Ko Jeong-hwan gently stroked her back with a surprised voice. Hwang Ye-ri liked that touch.

That made me even more sad.

Instead of answering, Hwang Ye-ri just sobbed quietly.

“sister? what’s the matter?”

“It’s a nightmare… .”

“It’s fine. Everything will be fine.”

Warm, soft, delicate.

That’s why I feel deep love.

That was the problem.

“no… .”

Hwang Ye-ri raised her head.

Now it was just a memory. It was an unforgettable love.

“This is a nightmare.”

Hwang Ye-ri knows that this situation is a dream.

In her nightmares, neither scary monsters nor fearful entities appear.

Even more terrible to be happy, sad to know that you can’t enjoy it again, futile to know that nothing will change in the end.

A nightmare you don’t want to wake up from.

“Why, why such an experiment… !”

Hwang Ye-ri shouted at Go Jung-hwan in her dream. Dozens or hundreds of times I asked him why.

The answer that came back was always the same.

“Because I wanted to protect my sister.”

“… I didn’t want to.”

Exhausted, she buried her head again.

“What I want is… that you are by my side… .”

Uncontrollable sadness comes. But now I will wake up from my dream. It always has been.

But this time it was different.

“It will.”

“… what?”

“You know now?”

Hwang Ye-ri raised her head in surprise.

Instead of Go Jung-hwan’s hair, rosemary flowers were blooming.

she let out a silent scream.

* * *

“Keep it… !”

Hwang Ye-ri let out a short breath and opened her eyes. There were still tears in my eyes.

‘Damn it… .’

She frowned as she recalled the dream. My whole body was covered with sweat and I didn’t feel good. Previously, I was just sad, but this nightmare was different.

‘I’m going crazy, really… .’

When I checked the time, it was early morning.

She closed her eyes and caught her breath. After going to the cemetery, Hwang Ye-ri’s dream became more ferocious.

‘This is nonsense. I saw with my own eyes that he was dead.’

still alive

A simple message deciphered by the code left on the tombstone shook her heart.

“Are you okay?”

A voice was heard outside.

It was today’s duty in charge of the containment room.

“… Never mind.”

She replied curtly and pulled out a new suit. It was late to sleep again, so I was about to take a shower.

‘I’ll have to find out who did that when I get out.’

Hwang Ye-ri was not going to forgive anyone who imitated Ko Jeong-hwan. However, the clearing of the remnants of the Ubermensch was delayed more than expected.

In addition to the Corrupted incident, this time, a certain Russian priest turned out to be a mafia, and an embassy investigation was conducted.

The association was also suffering from a manpower shortage.

‘It might be faster to see Shobu with the general manager again.’

Hwang Ye-ri was about to prepare for the shower while thinking about that.

Suddenly there was a clang from outside and the door opened.

“Oh, what a crazy bastard!”

She cursed and put on her clothes again. No matter how careless, it crossed the line.

Hwang Ye-ri grabbed the toothbrush and opened the door, determined to throw it. With her ability, even a toothbrush became a sufficient weapon.

“Oww, I never thought of a reunion like this.”

It was an association employee who entered the room. He ran her slightly damp clothes up and down and even smiled.

Hwang Ye-ri rolled her eyes at the reaction.

“Is this bastard crazy!”

The toothbrush flew off and bounced off the wall, aiming for the employee’s thigh. I couldn’t kill it, but I thought it would leave an unforgettable lesson.

However, the situation was completely different from expectations.

“Oh man, I’m surprised.”

“… What are you?”

The toothbrush loaded with the aura definitely hit the thigh. Then it was right that the toothbrush got stuck or penetrated.

But his thighs stretched like rubber bands, and he stopped the toothbrush.

“My older sister’s personality is still the same.”

“what… ?”

“Sister, it’s me. Jeonghwan.”

With the answer, his face swelled up and changed shape. It was the look of the lover she remembered.

“This dog-like bastard… .”

However, Hwang Ye-ri’s reaction was extreme. She didn’t hide her rage, and she broke the iron desk leg and used it as a weapon.

“Who dare!”

The broken iron bridge was sharp enough. She immediately charged at her opponent with the intent to kill her.

“No, it’s real! I’m not dead!”

“Then search now!”

Unfortunately, however, melee weapons were not affected by the use of her abilities.

And he, who claimed to be Go Jeong-hwan, had a unique ability.

“profit… !”

His body seemed to be stretching all the way, then it became thin like a bandage and wrapped around her body. I tried to get out, but it was not easy.

In the meantime, the head popped out and said.

“I have one daughter and one son! Their names are Yeojeong and Lihwan! You decided to name each one of us.”

“… what?”

“Your sister doesn’t like fish, it’s because she’s too lazy to apply thorns. He told me to go by my side for the rest of my life.”

Hwang Ye-ri’s eyes shook. Before he could say anything, he poured out information that the real Ko Jeong-hwan knew.

From the secrets between the two of them to the personal secrets of Goh Jung-hwan.

“How… .”

“Ah, because I’m really Jeonghwan… !”

He whispered in frustration and squinted his eyes.

“Sister, I don’t have much time right now. If you want to get out, you have to get out quickly.”

“Are you leaving?”

“I’ll answer any questions you want, so let’s go out, huh? It took a really long time to prepare for this.”

Hwang Ye-ri was confused.

He resembles Go Jeong-hwan even with his whining tone that is not appropriate for his age.

“… okay.”

“Trust me… oh! OK!”

He immediately turned back. Then I looked outside the containment room.

“Noona, if you have something to pack, take it. Well, a picture of me or something.”

Yeri Hwang glanced at her smartphone. It was a smartphone provided by the association.

She took it and left immediately.

* * *

Early in the morning, in the conference room of the association headquarters.

Bae Seung-ju lowered his head with a gloomy expression.

“… Thank you so much for visiting us despite the urgent call.”

This time, the strongest players, excluding Jung Jun-hyeok, gathered. Ju Taiji asked with a puzzled face.

“The courtier disappeared, what is this?”

“I have nothing to say. What I now know… .”

Bae Seung-ju explained the situation with a blushing face. All CCTV records in the headquarters were replaced in an elaborate manner, and even the staff on duty that day did not see the face of the intruder.

The association’s headquarters was completely harmed.

“Fortunately, there are no casualties… .”

“Have you figured out the escape route?”

At Pyo Ji-hun’s question, Bae Seung-ju shook his head again.

“He is also in the middle of the day. It’s just embarrassing.”

“Huh, this is true.”

“Perhaps it would have been better to have it contained in the Underground.”

As Ju Tae-ji sighed, Pyo Ji-hun straightened his beard.

Underground was the name of a camp for villains. As the name suggests, it is located underground.

“You still don’t know if it’s a runaway or a kidnapping, right? They say there are traces of Hwang Ye-ri’s resistance.”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, Bae Seung-joo shook his head with a heavy expression.

“Yes, so I feel more responsible. No matter how much manpower was turned to the outside… That can’t be an excuse.”

There were more important things than monitoring Hwang Ye-ri, who was not even a villain. It was clear that the culprit was aiming for that gap.

“What about the specialist?”

“I checked first. But for the most part, the alibi is clear.”

While Ju Tae-ji and Pyo Ji-hoon actively participated in the conversation, Kang Tae-min frowned.

‘There is no villain capable of saving Hwang Ye-ri.’

I looked back at my memories before returning and looked through the list of people, but I couldn’t come up with the right face.

At that moment, I squeezed my thoughts and heard a voice.

<Mr. Kang, let’s talk for a second.>

It was Johanna.

He glanced around to see her smoking a pipe.

<I controlled the air so that only Mr. Kang could hear it. It’s the same when you talk to me.>

“What is it all of a sudden?”

<… I noticed something strange yesterday.>

Kang Taemin narrowed his eyes at those words. Maybe talking secretly like this is a story about something.

“I’ll listen first.”

<Perhaps it was the fiancé who took the courtier.>

Taemin Kang did not answer right away.

I just calmly waited for the back story.

‘The dead have returned.’

It was absurd to say it without any basis, but if it was Yohanna who brought it up, there must have been a reason.

<The body has changed.>

Johanna explained the circumstances.

It was about digging up a graveyard, finding a different skeleton, and even finishing DNA identification.

<I think the way to get the seed recipe from Nobody is Koh Jung-hwan.>

Taemin Kang frowned.

‘No, it’s definitely through Do Jin-woon… .’

Kang Tae-min’s eyes narrowed at that thought. What if neither he found out nor Johanna’s thoughts were wrong?

‘As No-Name, there’s no reason not to secure a prototype for Seed.’

Wouldn’t it be easier to make if you had a recipe and a sample? No Name should have known that the clinical trial subject was Go Jeong-hwan.

<Perhaps Ko Jeong-hwan is not dead.>

“Are you saying it was he who rescued Hwang Ye-ri? ?”

<Yes. If he’s alive, it means that he succeeded in awakening, and he got the ability.>

A person who has the motivation to save Hwang Ye-ri and possesses unknown abilities. Doesn’t it match the culprit of this incident?

“This is so… Wouldn’t the two of you also give some opinions?”

Ju Taiji sighed and looked back at the two.

“Chief!”

Just then, the door hurriedly opened and an association official entered. Everyone’s eyes turned to it.

“What’s going on?!”

“The smartphone that was given to Hwang Ye-ri turned on.”

At those words, Bae Seung-joo widened his eyes.

“Where is the location?!”

Knowing the approximate location would be the cornerstone of their pursuit. However, the staff told a different story.

“Yeah, but there was something strange.”

“Is it strange?”

“The smartphone’s GPS signal was intermittently acquired.”

“If intermittent… Did you repeat turning it off and on again?”

Pyo Ji-hoon narrowed his eyes.

There is no reason for either to run away or kidnap.

“Yes, so I decided it was meaningful. And as a result of investigation, it turned out to be Morse code. Soon the results will be in the conference room… .”

A sign appeared on the screen before the employee could finish speaking.

[-. — -… —]

Kang Tae-min’s eyes widened.

He had the Morse code code in his head, so he could interpret it as soon as he saw it.

‘This…?’

Another sign soon followed.

[-..-.– .. …]

[….. . .-. .]

Kang Tae-min stood up before the results were even out.

At the same time, text appeared on the screen.

[nobo][dyis][here]

The meaning was clear.

‘Nobody is here.’

It was a message from Hwang Ye-ri.

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