Black Badger - Chapter 384



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384. Diffusion (1)

Scar blinked.

“Do you know this sign?”

yes.

He was Rose’s paper husband, a sexual harasser, and the president of Green Dream Pharmaceuticals.

Actually, I had forgotten that he was the president of a pharmaceutical company.

So many things had happened when I first met him… .

“yes.”

He answered in a trembling manner.

“I met you once before.”

“That’s a good thing.”

The man who was looking at me spat out harsh words.

“I have something to say, so wait outside until the meeting is over.”

“hmm?”

I was a little surprised.

The others seemed even more surprised. Everyone’s eyes, including Scar’s, widened. The shooter’s eyes were the only one that didn’t widen, but even he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Because he gives orders so naturally.

Ami blinked and muttered.

“What’s strange? He used to be such a polite person….”

“I’m sorry, but that employee will be on active duty from now on.”

Scar intervened.

“As I said, we are short on resources right now. If it’s not important, I would like to talk to you over the phone later. If it’s important, how about we talk here now?”

“Then I will do as you wish now.”

You seem upset about something?

I blinked at the growling man.

Why?

Heath clicked his tongue as he stood there in bewilderment, not seeing anything to expect.

The situation has become even more labyrinthine.

Didn’t you bow to me and thank me at the end?

While I was looking back on the past, Heath came up to me and grabbed my shoulder.

I just obediently gave in to his push.

“Why are you doing that?”

A casual question made the other person angry.

“Why are you doing that?”

The opponent’s forehead furrowed.

“Is that what you want to say to me?”

yes?

I can’t even guess why you’re angry, and you just get angry without any explanation…

“I’m sorry, but I have no idea why you’re so angry.”

“I guess so.”

“yes?”

“Come to think of it, I approached it that way back then too.”

Please explain the context properly.

I conveyed my intentions with my eyes. Didn’t we part ways warmly that day? And after that, there was no contact. I didn’t even have Heath’s contact information on my phone.

It’s so organized that I wonder if he took any medicine… .

“My wife.”

Heath said.

Rose?

“Why is your eyes the background on my wife’s phone?”

My jaw dropped.

The eyes of the seniors who were watching the situation also grew wide.

People stopped moving at the same time. The room became paralyzed as if a stop button had been pressed.

A suffocating silence has fallen… .

I barely regained my senses.

“You must be mistaken.”

“I guess you could say that.”

Scar sat back down in his chair.

He sat back in his chair, took out some snacks from somewhere, and started eating them.

Wow!

I didn’t have the energy to protest to my aide, who was in a happy-go-lucky mode.

Rose!

“No, I said it was a misunderstanding! There’s no way I would do that. I told you exactly why I was there!”

“Come to think of it, you came out of the mansion with your wife only after quite some time had passed… I thought it was strange back then, but it was my fault for not asking.”

“I swear we were talking in public then.”

“Who else in this world has golden eyes besides you?”

“Even if my eyes are right, that’s not the kind of relationship we have. I swear.”

“Who puts the eyes of a stranger as their phone background?”

“Me too.”

Behind Heath’s shoulder, Ami was seen reaching out her hand toward the barrier.

I’m in a situation where Heath is grabbing me by the collar right now.

Scar calmly declined Ami’s request.

“You can’t do that because there’s a risk of infection.”

“Huh.”

“Without even knowing that, I greeted you politely….”

“No, seriously, that’s not true! I swear on the World Tree!”

I raised both hands in protest, but then I felt wronged.

Only now?

Why are you treating Lacey Claire like that?

Of course, if you look closely, the victim was Heath Claire. Rose knew she would be treated like a cold rice, so she married Heath on purpose. The cold treatment and the ridicule of the world were what Rose truly wanted. Rose enjoyed playing the timid Lacey Claire.

So I just left it… .

I suddenly felt a little annoyed.

Even if Rose was after it, Rose is my subordinate.

“But why are you doing this now after treating your wife so coldly?”

When I responded bluntly, the onlookers let out a small noise.

Heath’s eyes opened wide as if in shock.

I added rudely.

“I heard you have a boyfriend. And when I was there, you openly insulted my wife in front of me. Don’t you think it’s funny that you treated her so badly and now you’re getting angry about her phone background photo?”

If you refute, he will try to harass you more.

I thought they were already divorced, but I guess not. I vaguely remember Rose saying she was going to file for divorce.

Or maybe he found my phone background while divorce proceedings were in progress and came to me to question me? To prove that the other person was more at fault in the divorce?

If so, then it is really bad….

“I recognize my mistake.”

I was genuinely surprised by the guilt-ridden tone in his voice.

“I’ll take care of that part, so you explain.”

“I explained everything….”

“Do you think that makes sense? How do you explain her being absent so often lately, and visiting Centercore so often?”

“Something must have happened.”

“She was such an innocent woman, it would have been easy to seduce her.”

simplicity….

“But weren’t you guys getting a divorce?”

“I have no intention of doing it.”

“her?”

My eyebrows furrowed.

“You’ve seen all the fun you’ve had with other men, so now you say you can’t divorce me? That’s ridiculous.”

“You were the one who was thinking of seducing me.”

“It was part of the mission.”

“I guess the Black Badger gives the order to use honey traps?”

“I was just thinking about getting permission to tour the Green Dream factory. I know the reason, so why are you doing this?”

“Even using physical contact.”

“That means you sexually harassed me!”

I was so dumbfounded that I raised my voice.

Thinking back, it was even more shocking. I wondered if it was okay to put Rose together with this guy.

We argued for a while. But our bickering didn’t last long. Scar, who had been happily observing the argument, stood up and gave instructions to stop us.

Ricardo, who seemed to be holding back laughter, and Yoon, who was giving us an interested look, approached us and separated us.

“I’m sorry, but we are busy with work~….”

Ricardo smiled slyly at Heath, then gently pushed me out of the conference room.

And as soon as the conference room door closed, he put his hand on my shoulder and started laughing.

The body of the senior shaking in the field.

Yoon came over to the other shoulder and looked into my face.

“Skinship?”

“It was sexual harassment.”

“Beauty trap?”

“Please pretend you didn’t hear me.”

He muttered in a tired voice.

“It wasn’t even my idea in the first place.”

The seniors enjoyed teasing me a little more and then dispersed.

I headed to the underground parking lot, receiving a formal consolation from Kairos, who was also watching the situation with considerable interest. I planned to bring my luggage from home to use while staying at headquarters.

Aside from the fact that Rose was mad at me for making her phone wallpaper, I knew that Heath was going to try to make the potion properly.

I wish antibiotics would come out soon.

With gloomy thoughts, I got into Kairos’ car.

***

I bought a carrier and returned to headquarters with two weeks’ worth of luggage. I spent the next few days assessing the situation.

Fortunately, Ye-Hyeon said that she tested negative. However, she said that she has mild symptoms such as coughing and feeling lethargic. She said that she doesn’t know when she will test positive. So she said that she will settle down in a business hotel near the headquarters and work.

[I will let Yoon use the house.]

“Wouldn’t it be better for you, who has symptoms, to write it?”

[The subordinates need to keep bringing in the materials. For that, it is convenient to be near the headquarters, and if the symptoms worsen, they can go straight to the headquarters quarantine area.]

That’s right.

I had just come back from a tour of the main quarantine area. It was a place that Scar Owen, more relieved than anyone else that Ye-Hyeon had tested negative, had recommended to me.

A huge gymnasium was converted into a makeshift hospital ward.

It was a temporary ward exclusively for Black Badgers, fully equipped with hospital equipment. Those who tested positive, but not in a severely deteriorated condition, were isolated. The main hospital needed to separate patients, as Badgers who were not infected would come and receive treatment when they got injured.

In the temporary ward, there were now 70 Badgers lying, each occupying a bed.

There were also a few badgers I was friendly with. Iho Na Asil, etc.

Fortunately, neither of them had a fever and were unable to exert themselves, but they did not have to wear respirators.

Oh, and there was Rose.

Rose, who came out to do nursing service and patient observation under the guise of Lacey Claire.

‘…Is that your phone background my eyes?’

When I went to the back of the gym and asked quietly, Rose’s pale face turned bright red.

I was speechless at the sight of my subordinate shyly covering his mouth and turning his head away.

She just looked up at me with her eyes wide open.

‘How did you know…?’

‘…your husband….’

I couldn’t stand it anymore and buried my face in my hands.

When I explain with a deep sigh, Rose’s eyes open wide in surprise.

Eyes that appear black due to wearing contact lenses.

“Did Heath say that?” she asked. After thinking for a moment, she answered,

‘You don’t have to worry too much, just say you’re a fan of the captain!’

After putting both hands together and leaning forward, he added with a smile:

‘It’s not like there’s no evidence. All I have to do is present the articles I posted on my fan page as evidence.’

What on earth did you post on your fan page?

I left that question unasked for now, because I didn’t want to know that much. I just asked my spouse to explain the situation to me, and told him that Heath didn’t seem to be thinking about getting a divorce.

I felt a little relieved when I saw Rose mutter, ‘Oh my. I didn’t mean to get this upset.’

It’s clear that the victim is Heath.

Anyway, she said she would be staying in the temporary ward until the epidemic was under control.

‘Call me anytime you need…!’

It wasn’t long after I returned to the break room, parting ways with her, her eyes sparkling brightly, that I got a call from Ye-Hyeon.

After finishing explaining the situation, Ye-Hyeon expressed her deep gratitude to her subordinates for their voluntary help.

You is still analyzing the enemy’s movements on the drone, and Igor is wandering around the center core and slaying monsters after providing them with biometric data.

Deltey came and checked on the patients’ conditions… .

[There’s nothing special I can do for you.]

“I’ll convey your thanks instead.”

[Thank you. And… Since I’m here and Ami is out of town, could you please check on Yoon’s health?]

The child asked cautiously.

It was a request he made to me cautiously, not as the commander-in-chief, but as a long-time friend of Yoon.

[I tend to go to the hospital right away when I have symptoms. But sometimes, when I’m obsessed with something, like a scientist in a science building, I don’t even realize that my body is in bad shape.]

“Why are scientists like that?”

[That’s why.]

“I’ll take good care of it.”

He reassured Ye-Hyeon, who was anxious.

“Don’t worry too much and take care of yourself.”

That’s how the emergency work started.

Those I want to erase are probably noisy too.

It was an opportunity for me to gather information from the elders during the confusion.

I won’t miss this opportunity.

I just hoped those I cared about wouldn’t be swept away by the waves of the plague.

I don’t think anything will happen.

I went to bed praying that things wouldn’t get any worse, and that if they did, a solution would be found.

***

But things didn’t work out as expected.

It had been less than two days since I started working on emergency standby.

Ricardo ran into the headquarters compound carrying a man.

“Rick.”

I just came back from killing a creature near the headquarters and ran towards him.

The senior who was carrying the man who seemed to have sunk deep into the ground looked back at me.

A black protective mask that covers half of the face.

Sweaty hair stuck to his forehead and his brows furrowed.

And then he saw a familiar face on his shoulder, almost losing consciousness.

“Jonathan?”

I lost my senses and ran to the senior who was being carried by Ricardo.

“Senior?”