The Secret Investment Formula of a Chemical Genius - Chapter 142



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Episode 142 Dream

Seo Du-jin hesitated, seeming surprised by the sudden intrusion.

Hyejin was surprised to find me.

I walked slowly into the science lab where a suffocating silence reigned.

“What are you doing here?”

“that is…….”

She briefly observed Seo Du-jin’s expression, then quickly ran to me.

A faint sigh of relief escaped Hyejin’s mouth, as if she was relieved to see me.

“I was just talking to another teacher for a moment. But Eugene, how are you here?”

“I stopped by briefly to discuss sponsorship, and I happened to see Hyejin.”

“Oh! The principal told me about this. He said that someone recently wanted to donate a large sum of money to our school. Was that person Eugene?”

While talking, Hyejin pressed her body as close to me as possible.

A calm voice as usual.

But he continues the story as if nothing happened.

Her fingertips were trembling.

“Well? I don’t know if that’s me, but we did talk about that a while ago.”

“Another man… … .”

Seo Du-jin’s muttering with his head bowed deeply.

But I didn’t even glance in the direction where he was standing.

“By the way, can we keep talking here? Don’t you have class?”

I glanced at the textbook I was holding in my hand.

“That’s right. I have to go to class… … .”

For a moment, her complexion darkened.

With an expression on his face, wondering if it was right to just leave the science lab like this.

– Tiring, tiring, tiring, tiring, tiring~!

At that moment, the class bell rings through the speaker.

Hyejin’s gaze instinctively turned to Seodujin.

I slowly blocked his path with my body.

“……don’t do it.”

When Hyejin’s gaze unconsciously turned to Seodujin again, I slightly shook my head.

“Please go to the classroom where the students are waiting for Hyejin.”

I gave her a slight push on the back.

“all right.”

The moment she nodded with a firm face, wondering if she had made up her mind.

“… … Don’t touch it!”

Seo Du-jin, who was shaking as if he had a stroke, ran towards us as if possessed by evil spirits and lifted the glass bottle he was holding over his head with all his might.

I kicked the chair I was halfway on with as much force as I could in the direction he was facing.

An obstacle that suddenly appears before your eyes.

Unable to overcome inertia, he lost his balance and fell to the floor, staggering.

Glass shards and clear liquid flying upon strong impact.

I physically blocked Hyejin’s path, who was staring blankly, as if she was shocked by the sudden situation and couldn’t do anything.

“Eww!”

School is leaving.

A scream of pain burst from Seo Du-jin’s mouth.

“… … What, what is this?”

“Hyejin.”

I grabbed her arm as she unconsciously tried to approach Seo Du-jin.

“You must not come near.”

“but…….”

“It’s hydrochloric acid.”

She flinched for a moment and took a step back.

“Please call the other teachers here now.”

“… … .”

“Come on.”

At your repeated urging.

“… … Okay. Be careful, Eugene.”

Hyejin also realized what had almost happened and ran out of the science lab with a stern face.

After making sure she was leaving, he turned his gaze towards Seo Du-jin.

“Eww! My eyes! My eyes!”

He covered his face with his left hand and waved his right hand in the air as if asking for help.

At that moment, the back of my neck started to tingle.

It looks like a few drops splashed a little while ago.

He took a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped the liquid off his neck, then slowly distanced himself from Seo Du-jin.

At the sound of footsteps receding.

“Ahhh! Ahead! Help me! Help me, ugh!”

Despite Seo Du-jin’s urgent cries, I just watched him with an expressionless face.

If he hadn’t stopped in the middle, the person rolling around on the floor right now would have been Hyejin, not Seodujin.

Ordinary people cannot resist a sudden attack.

It’s like when you’re waiting for the subway and you never expect the person behind you to suddenly pull out a knife and stab you.

People unconsciously think that others will not attack them.

Because that’s what I think.

It is our belief that social promises will be properly kept.

But sometimes.

Then, an unexpected monster appears.

Like the Seodujin in front of you.

I went out without saying anything.

At that moment, teachers came running from the hallway far away with thoughtful faces.

“Huh, Han Yu-jin?”

They stopped walking as if they recognized me.

But that wasn’t the important issue right now.

“Did you hear the story from teacher Jeon Hye-jin?”

“Ah… … yes.”

The teachers quickly came to their senses.

A terrible scream.

The insides are a mess from the struggle.

They looked inside through a small glass window in the crack of the classroom door.

“oh my god……!”

“What the hell is going on… … .”

While some people covered their mouths with their hands in surprise, some teachers with impatient personalities tried to open the door and enter the science lab.

That’s when I raised my arm.

“why……?”

“I don’t know how much of this you’ve heard, but this isn’t a simple accident.”

“… … !”

The teacher, who appeared to be the student council president, took a step back from the door with a startled expression on his face.

Hydrochloric acid terrorism.

Even the person who was causing a ruckus and trying to destroy the entire science lab was not the victim, but the perpetrator.

“In the process of stopping a person named Seo Du-jin, the hydrochloric acid on his body may splash on you or you may fall to the floor and get hurt.”

The teachers stepped back with a look of disgust on their faces.

“Still, I won’t stop those who say it doesn’t matter.”

I lowered the arm I was holding.

“… … .”

“… … .”

But none of them tried to enter the science lab.

“Then what should we do?”

The student council president asked cautiously.

“I reported it to 119 and the police. How about the teachers calm the students down?”

Teachers moving together in a group.

A noisy situation.

As if they realized something unusual had happened, the students, unable to control their curiosity even after the bell rang, began to come out of the classroom one by one.

“All right.”

“Hey! Can’t you guys hurry up and get into class? It’s been a while since the bell rang for class.”

“Teacher, what’s going on?”

“I told you it’s nothing, huh! I can’t get in quickly. Huh? There’s a cell phone over there!”

The teachers came out and quickly dispersed the students.

In the meantime.

“Eeeeeeeee!”

Unable to bear the pain, Seo Du-jin made an animal-like noise and clawed at the floor with his fingers.

Until the 119 ambulance arrives at the school.

The situation continued for over 10 minutes.

*

The paramedic who was examining my neck nodded.

“We’ve already administered light first aid. Should I take you to the hospital?”

“I’ll check on you later and make sure you go to the hospital if necessary. Thank you for your hard work.”

“All right.”

The paramedics moved away, and Taekang approached with a very hardened face.

“Are you here?”

“……you.”

“Get in the car first. There are a lot of eyes watching you.”

The guy nodded after shaking his shoulders several times as if trying to calm his emotions.

The two of us didn’t say anything until we got into the car.

“Now tell me.”

“How much did you hear?”

“I was in the science lab with Seodujin, and then you suddenly showed up and Hyejin saved me.”

I nodded.

“That’s pretty much it. What else are you curious about?”

“… … Since when?”

“what?”

“Since when did you know that guy named Seodujin was Hyejin’s stalker?”

“You wouldn’t believe me even if I said I didn’t know, right?”

The guy nodded heavily.

“It’s been a while.”

“So, when exactly is that?”

“About a week.”

“under!”

In an instant, a puff of wind escaped from the guy’s mouth.

“So, you suddenly left all the work to me and said you had important things to do?”

“… … .”

“That’s right. This was it.”

After saying that, Taekang seemed to be lost in deep thought and just stared blankly into space for a while.

“Why didn’t you tell me before?”

“Would you like to talk?”

“what?”

“If I had told you in a hurry, what would you have done?”

As soon as he finished saying those words, the guy’s face changed.

The eyebrows are raised in a reverse slant.

A sinister aura flowing from the eyes.

Lips tightly bitten as if trying to suppress anger.

A completely different expression from the usual playful guy.

I adjusted the direction of the rearview mirror so that the guy could see his face.

“Look. Your expression right now.”

“… … .”

“Do you understand now? Why didn’t I tell you?”

“… … It was too dangerous.”

“know.”

Since it is a physical job, I thought about getting help from the guards.

Considering the usual close relationship between Taekang and the guards.

Just in case the news reached his ears by mistake, he excluded the guards from this incident.

“Relax, it’s all over now. Hyejin is safe and sound.”

“you?”

“What about me?”

The guy sighed deeply and pointed to the back of my neck with his hand.

“Is this nothing?”

“… … .”

“That guy, that guy named Seo Du-jin or something… …!”

A cracking sound of bones came from Taekang’s fist.

After a while.

The guy who had been grumbling for a while lowered his shoulders as if his excitement had subsided.

“Just go. Hyejin wasn’t hurt, but she must have been really surprised.”

“……I get it.”

Just then, the guy who was about to turn around and get out of the car looked back at me in an awkward position.

“why?”

“Thank you….”

A word from a guy who had been hesitating for a while.

“Stop making cringe-worthy remarks and go quickly.”

“Even if you say thank you, what can I say… … .”

I snickered as I watched the guy getting out of the car grumbling.

After confirming that Taekang had moved away from the car.

I picked up my cell phone.

“This is Han Yu-jin.”

– Are you okay, sir?

“Don’t worry about it. What will happen to Seo Du-jin?”

– The evidence has been secured. I think this is enough to convict him of attempted murder.

“That’s fortunate.”

The most serious crime a human can commit against a human is murder.

Murder is also divided into preparatory murder, attempted murder, and murder depending on the process or result.

Preliminary murder is a crime punishable when there is preparation for the crime, but no direct execution.

Seo Du-jin’s act of purchasing hydrochloric acid could also be included in this preparatory act.

but.

The problem was that it was difficult to prove these facts in an actual court of law.

Until just before today’s incident broke out.

Seo Du-jin did not make any direct threats to Hye-jin.

This means that it is virtually impossible to punish Seo Du-jin simply for having ‘hydrochloric acid in his possession.’

But today.

As Seo Du-jin took actual action, it became possible to sufficiently link him to attempted murder.

In addition to that.

“Your eye burn looks severe.”

He kept screaming like a madman, holding his eyes shut, until he was taken away in an ambulance.

– Do you think it will be revealed?

“I’m not a doctor so I can’t give you an exact diagnosis, but I think it would be difficult.”

– Oh, that’s too bad.

Contrary to his words of regret, only relief could be felt in Director Baek Hee-seong’s voice.

– How was your experience of going undercover this time?

“That’s not something a human would do.”

Because I didn’t know when Seo Du-jin would take action, I had to wait in the car with Director Baek Hee-seong all day in a tense state.

Director Baek Hee-seong burst into laughter at my voice saying he was tired of it.

– But if you keep doing this, you’ll get used to it.

“I don’t really want to get used to it. I feel most comfortable when I’m doing research. Thank you for your hard work.”

That’s how I ended my call with Director Baek Hee-seong.

* * *

Dealing with Seo Du-jin did not mean that everything was over.

I voluntarily appeared at the police station and gave a statement about what happened today.

Witnesses and evidence.

Since these two things were so obvious, there wasn’t really anything to worry about.

So, after finishing the investigation as a witness, I headed home.

Before we knew it, time was approaching midnight.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

My mother welcomed me, as if she had been waiting for me without sleeping late at night.

“Without sleeping.”

“You worked so hard, how can I sleep comfortably? Have you eaten?”

“I ate at the police station. Now go inside and get some rest.”

“Okay, you must be tired too. Go inside and rest.”

My mother yawned slightly and went into the bedroom.

I also took a quick shower and headed to my room.

A face that feels hot and flushed for some reason.

I checked my temperature with a thermometer, and I had a slight fever.

Fatigue built up over a long period of time and tension suddenly relieved.

My body was trembling, as if I had a cold.

I didn’t have the strength to think anymore, so I just threw myself on the bed.

A blurry vision.

I closed my eyes quietly.

And that day.

In my dream, I met the man with gray hair again.