The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 268
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#Episode 268, Don’t be resentful
On the topic of criticizing Choi Beom-gyun for lifting the block, he is aiming a magic arrow at the superhuman in the state of a hippocampus.
“Same as usual. “If you talk nonsense, I’ll kill you.”
The moment I saw ‘his’ name, it was a reflexive action that came out without my knowledge.
The sound of a rapidly beating pulse completely masks the surrounding noise.
… Because it is an opportunity that cannot be missed.
Seongjun Han… .
The efforts of the past few months to follow his traces passed by like a flash.
“Hello?”
Gu Chang-soo answers the phone,
-grow. Where did you fall asleep and what did you do?
The moment I overheard his voice through the cockpot.
Song Yeon-hee finally exhaled.
It was a relief that it was at least the same voice I remembered.
After the catastrophe,
Song Yeon-hee and Cha Yu-ra, who concluded that Han Seong-jun was suffering from some kind of conditional mania, tried really hard to find him.
Just to help.
It didn’t matter whether Han Seongjun wanted it or not.
Because I thought he wasn’t the type of person who knew how to ask for help in the first place.
So, if you ask why you would go out of your way to help someone who went into hiding on purpose… .
‘… ‘What is it?’
Now that I think about it, it was Song Yeon-hee who didn’t even know her own feelings.
A person who is rude and lacks social skills.
However, it was a motive that seemed quite useful.
A man of the same age.
A name that my snarky father brought up as a fiancé.
Son of General Han Sang-cheol.
Korea’s first hero.
DH Guardians’ master nominee.
… Looking back, that was all I knew about him.
Memories of a special connection,
There isn’t even a single memory between the two of us.
And yet… .
Watching him suddenly leave the academy, suddenly show up with an absurd birthday present, suddenly be appointed as a professor, and then suddenly disappear after saving the world.
I was dissatisfied with it, then I was moved, then I was surprised, then I admired it, and then I was extremely hurt.
A brief relationship in which I lost my temper and fell into a strange illusion.
Even these days, it’s a secret I keep kicking every once in a while.
There was a time when she mistakenly thought that Han Seongjun liked her.
Eat.
Maybe it was an implicit wish.
But now, looking for Han Seongjun,
Also, the reason for trying to help him did not come from such personal feelings.
Carrying the great burden of the world,
Walking alone on a thorny path… ,
It was close to a heart blooming towards a lonely great man.
‘okay… . This is respect.’
Therefore, helping Han Seong-jun is the duty and natural mission of a criminal.
Especially as a friend who cannot be said to have very little connection.
‘… That’s all for now.’
now.
Song Yeon-hee defined her feelings like that on her own without anyone asking.
Then he brought the end of the magic arrow close to Gu Chang-su’s forehead.
“Um, me? I said… .”
Gu Chang-soo, who was rolling his eyes while looking for something to say, winced and hurriedly answered.
“Well, it’s a hotel.”
-hotel? They say you are being chased.
“yes… ?”
Gu Chang-soo, who did not expect that Han Seong-jun would have heard the news, looked at Song Yeon-hee with a puzzled face.
Song Yeon-hee mouthed ‘Tell me I got out well.’
“Ah, haha… I got out safely and can barely catch my breath. So, motel, motel.”
-Why is this guy stuttering like this? What’s wrong with you?
“!”
“Oh, no? What is this… .”
Song Yeon-hee, who was also offended by Han Seong-jun’s reaction, was frowned upon seeing Gu Chang-soo stuttering again.
‘Whew. It’s frustrating, really… .’
Although he was threatening, Gu Chang-soo had no intention of actually throwing a protest at the head of the opponent, who was depleting mana, just because he couldn’t do his job properly.
It seemed like it was only making me more nervous, so I withdrew my bow and let the magical energy fly away.
At the same time, the color returned to Gu Chang-soo’s face.
At that time, an infinitely soft voice came from beyond the cockpot.
-It’s Changsu. It’s Changsu.
“yes?”
-Goo Chang-soo, you bastard.
“yes!”
-If you have done something wrong, be honest. If I tell you now, everything will be forgiven.
Gu Chang-soo’s eyes widened when he heard the words ‘forgive everything’.
Although the situation was different, honestly, I was more afraid of the moment I faced Han Seong-jun again than the current situation.
Gu Chang-soo gave a vague confession.
“… … “I haven’t sold anything yet.”
-Not one?
“yes… .”
-I see. Our Changsu ignored what I was saying and had a great time.
“No, I tried my best too… .”
Gu Chang-soo, who was constantly observing the surroundings while speaking, confirmed that he did not understand the conversation they were having through Song Yeon-hee’s look back at Cha Yu-ra and Cha Yu-ra’s shrug.
‘It clearly means that you don’t know the information about the order form.’
As long as the tower order book was stored in the system inventory, it could not be stolen by non-players.
However, it was necessary to separately check the plans of the monitors.
Meanwhile, Song Yeon-hee learned that there was a ‘goods’ that Goo Chang-soo had to sell – provided or supervised by Han Seong-jun.
Even such trivial information was a clue to the relationship between Han Seong-jun and Gu Chang-soo, so I listened more closely.
-hmm… . So how many kg did you take with you?
‘kilogram… ?’
What items are sold by weight?
While Song Yeon-hee, who was eavesdropping, was assessing the type of object, a question mark was also floating in Gu Chang-soo’s mind.
‘What are you talking about all of a sudden?’
There was no case anywhere in the world where tower orders were measured by weight.
‘Didn’t you understand that I was talking about an order form?’
no… ,
In order to mistake that, there had to have been an item that had been received separately from Han Seongjun in the first place.
‘ah… !’
Gu Chang-soo noticed that Han Seong-jun was speaking some kind of code.
“Uh… It’s 15kg. “It’s worth 30 billion won.”
-I see… . It’s Changsu. Can I help you?
Han Seongjun, or rather Seongjun, must have realized that he was in a situation where he needed help.
Gu Chang-soo felt like he was about to burst into tears at the warm voice of that incredibly warm human.
However, I managed to hold back my tears and answered.
“… … “Can you do that?”
-Then I have to help. He will be my contractor from now on and will be with me forever.
“A contract… ?”
-It’s not a big deal. All you have to do is say yes. try. yes.
Just as the serious faces of Song Yeon-hee’s family were trying to catch up with the phone call, it was difficult for Goo Chang-soo to understand Han Seong-jun’s words.
Anyway, doesn’t that mean you will help?
It may have been a speechless feast, conscious of the eavesdroppers.
-Try it. yes.
Gu Chang-soo suddenly came to his senses and thought that he should roughly match the rhythm.
“… … yes.”
Tiriring.
The moment I answered as I was told, the phone hung up.
‘… … what? Does this mean you are coming to save me now? ‘Do you know where this is?’
Song Yeon-hee, who looked momentarily disappointed at the suddenly disconnected phone call, soon burst out with questions.
“What did you mean just now? “What is the 15kg item, and what is the contract?”
The absurd Gu Chang-soo came to his senses later than Song Yeon-hee, who had many questions.
“Mr. Gu Chang-soo!”
It was the moment when Song Yeon-hee shook Gu Chang-soo and encouraged him.
-With this, you have become a contractor of me, Tarantor.
“… … !”
Obviously the call ended… ,
Gu Chang-su heard Han Seong-jun’s voice.
I suddenly raised my head and looked around, but Han Seongjun was nowhere to be seen.
It seemed like he was the only one who heard the voice.
and… .
‘what? Magical power… .’
I felt it.
Even though there was no way to escape the hippocampal state, the energy that had disappeared from my body returned.
‘This, this…’ !’
It was a power greater than what it originally possessed.
Gu Chang-soo injected magical energy into his sword and extended his arm towards Song Yeon-hee’s collarbone, who was right in front of him.
Click! Kwasik!
The chains surrounding the chair and restraining his upper arms and torso burst apart.
Shoo!
In terms of agility, Koo Chang-soo was better than Choi Beom-gyun.
If it weren’t for the surprise attack that came during the handshake, Cha Yu-ra wouldn’t have suffered any harm.
At close range, it was natural that Song Yeon-hee could not react to Goo Chang-soo’s attack, which she believed was still in a hippocampal state.
Just as Song Yeon-hee’s collarbone was about to be pierced,
-Stop.
As Han Seong-jun’s voice was heard again, Gu Chang-soo’s hand stopped.
“Uh, how… !”
“Huh! “Look at that bastard?”
Keying—!
Song Yeon-hee steps back with a shocked look on her face,
Beomgyun Choi pulled out his sickle.
-Don’t think about fighting, just run away from there.
Pot!
Gu Chang-soo reacted to the voices he heard one after another and shot towards the entrance.
Slurp.
Fit!
The Shinigami scythe that rose up near the door grazed his side.
Quang!
It’s so hard! Quagwang!
The moment he broke through the closed iron door, a strong bundle of brain energy hit Gu Chang-soo’s shadow.
Wedge! Quang!
When I passed between buildings whose structure I didn’t know, a magic bullet containing the energy of violence passed over my shoulder.
Speculation was boiling inside.
I wanted to turn around and fight them.
I just wanted to get back the love I lost while I was unconscious.
However, Han Seongjun’s orders took priority over any other desire.
Gu Chang-soo, who was running like a beam of light, suddenly noticed the black energy still forming on the blade of his hand.
That is Han Seong-jun’s might against the four-armed giant,
It resembled the ominous magic power that had made the tower shudder several times.
‘The contract… Is this what you meant?’
-It’s scary when someone else uses it. Wouldn’t it be great if you used it?
“Hehe… . “It’s not wrong.”
-It’s Changsu. I am always right.
***
‘Whoa…’ . If I hadn’t noticed, I would have been in big trouble.’
I had a strange feeling when he kept stuttering.
Strangely, the delay in answering one by one made me think that someone might be next to me.
After seeing that Gu Chang-soo did not directly mention the top order, the idea to take him out came to mind.
However, it was only when I shared Gu Chang-soo’s eyes that I realized that the force that kidnapped him was Song Yeon-hee’s people.
“Hmm.”
Given the circumstances, it appears that the person behind the hotel stabbing incident has nothing to do with Song Yeon-hee’s family.
‘Then why?’
Why did they target Gu Chang-soo?
Not only were they not the kind of people who would commit robbery, but they also seemed to be unaware of the existence of the order book.
Of course, it could still be a motive for the Ronin hunters who raided the hotel.
‘Anyway, they say Gu Chang-soo is popular… .’
I chose him because he seemed easy-going and not bad by nature, but if he was someone who would constantly cause trouble, I would have to think again.
‘what… , If you meet and ask, you will get the answer.’
As Tagaros said, there was only a difference in origin and motivation between the contractor and the subordinate, but from the owner’s perspective, there was not much difference.
Gu Chang-soo was able to share the scenery he saw and heard in real time,
I could roughly feel the thoughts currently occupying his brain.
After waiting for a while while looking into Gu Chang-soo’s gaze, I was soon able to identify the location with familiar buildings and roads.
“stop. From there, turn right into the alley.』
Gu Chang-soo asked, shaking his body.
-I’ve always wondered, where are you watching me? What did you think of it in the secret room earlier?
『First person, not third person.』
-yes… ? What is that… .
『You’re seeing it through your eyes.』
-iced coffee. omg! Well, then! Can you see me when I take a bath?
『Do you want me to see that? ah. Still, just in case, please refrain from looking in the mirror from now on.』
-no… how… .
『Why is your head full of swear words at this moment?』
-… … !
『Don’t be too upset. Basically, if you gain something, you also lose something.』