This Villain is Soft - Chapter 116



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Episode 116

“Why are you here?”

Haon looked around the meeting room in confusion.

Since there were no other prisoners, it seemed that Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong had come to see me.

‘But how? What did headquarters do?’

Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong smiled faintly and handed over the note.

“The ghost asked me to tell you this.”

“… … !”

Haon was about to take it, but then he looked at the guard. He was standing a few steps away from the table, glaring at him.

Then, Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong handed me a note as if telling me not to worry.

“You can take a look. I already checked it at the checkpoint.”

“Oh, really?”

Only then did Ha-on feel relieved and open the note with a fluttering heart.

“I told you I had someone to introduce you to.”

“… … ?”

Haon remembered Juyeol saying something like that. But now, here?

As he was contemplating with a serious expression, Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong tapped the table.

“Mr. Haon.”

“yes?”

And then Ha-on suddenly raised his head and discovered her face with her hat and mask removed.

“uh.”

Haon thought I said something stupid.

But when I saw her face, my mouth wouldn’t close, and I unconsciously touched my face.

Warm brown hair and brown eyes. Slightly droopy eye tails.

A gentle face and delicate features that make her look younger than her age.

‘why…….’

Haon knew the answer, but couldn’t accept it, so he just wandered around blankly.

Then, Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong nodded.

“That’s right. I am Eunhaon’s mother.”

“… … !”

Haon felt goosebumps all the way to Jeongsu-ri.

I stammered out my words before I could even fully comprehend what the heck was going on.

“I look like my mom.”

At that moment, an indescribable emotion spread throughout my body. My mouth was dry and my throat was hot.

Noh Hye-jeong touched my cheek and smiled awkwardly.

“They look exactly like each other. So much so that I have to cover my face.”

Haon couldn’t take his eyes off her face and muttered in a lost voice.

“Your mother’s name was Noh Hye-jeong… … . To me too… … .”

I had a mother too.

When I saw the director of the daycare center, I thought, ‘Joo-yeol’ will have a face like that when he gets older.’

My aged face, a glimpse of timelessness ahead.

Haon encountered the very face he thought he would never see in his life in another universe.

He also came here as his immediate family.

I felt so strange.

It felt like there was a hole somewhere in my head and information from my optic nerve was leaking out little by little.

Noh Hye-jeong stared at Ha-on’s face for a moment and then took out a photo.

“He’s my husband. His name is Eun Kyung Hwan. He’s also Ha On’s father.”

“… … .”

He was a slender man with an intelligent and bright air.

Compared to Noh Hye-jeong, who is younger than her, she looked younger.

“He’s short like me, but fortunately, he has long arms and legs like his father. His ears are also shaped the same.”

Ha-on touched his ear as if he was possessed by Noh Hye-jeong’s words. There was a dot in the exact same spot.

“I met my husband at headquarters. He was the best codebreaker.”

“Is this person also at headquarters?”

“When my daughter was twelve, she became a hostage to a villain and then… … .”

“ah…….”

That’s why you look young.

Haon was still dazed, but a feeling of regret suddenly welled up in his mind.

And I couldn’t understand ‘Galaxy On’ anymore.

‘I lost my family to villains, but I can still join hands with villains.’

At that time, Noh Hye-jeong slowly grabbed Ha-on’s hand.

“You grew up in an orphanage, right?”

Haon flinched and then carefully grabbed the hand. It was a hand that was slightly larger than his own and warm.

“Did they treat you well there? How did you grow up to be so gentle?”

“Actually… … I got into a lot of trouble when I was young. I would mess up the kitchen, saying I was doing some kind of experiment.”

As he said that, Noh Hye-jeong’s eyes deepened.

“Did I raise ‘Haon’ wrong… … .”

“Wh, why are you saying that… … .”

Haon, who was flustered and trying to avoid it, suddenly realized something.

‘Ah. So that’s why you asked that question.’

“Then what about humans? Do you think that evil people are born evil there? Or is it a problem of environment?”

I wondered why Noh Hye-jeong asked such a sudden question on the day I was making the wiretapping device.

It seems that the engineers at Hero Headquarters have always considered children who are closer to villains than heroes as a burden on their minds.

As a parent of ‘Eunhaon’, there was no way to know what she was like, but at least in Haon’s eyes, Noh Hye-jeong was a good person.

A person who felt uncomfortable with me but couldn’t turn away or take his eyes off me, and eventually slowly approached me.

Only then did I understand why Team Leader Kim Song-mi had encouraged me to work with Noh Hye-jeong, and why Seo Seung-yeon, who had followed Noh Hye-jeong well, had a particular dislike for me.

“Actually, I knew the moment I saw her. Haon is not my daughter.”

“Yes? How?”

“Your eyes are so clear and kind. You have something I couldn’t give you.”

Haon didn’t know what to say, so he just opened his mouth.

“I tried to somehow help ‘Haon-i’ stay away from the villains, but it only got worse. I guess I was lacking.”

“… … .”

“Thank you for growing up to be a good person, Haon.”

Noh Hye-jeong smiled sadly and stroked Ha-on’s cheek.

Ha-on, shaken by her touch, stared at her with trembling eyes.

‘This is what it feels like.’

My toes scraped the floor as I couldn’t stay still because I didn’t know what to do.

The two chatted away in a slightly awkward and excited atmosphere.

Noh Hye-jeong kept stroking Ha-on’s hand, holding it, and comforting him.

It was like that until the guard woke him up and said that visiting time was over.

“I should at least hold a quiet funeral for that child.”

Ha-on suddenly spoke at Noh Hye-jeong’s words as she got up.

“Oh, it was nice to meet you! It was nice meeting you like this… … .”

Then she stopped with a similar expression to Haon and smiled brightly.

“It was nice to meet you too.”

“I’ll just bring you here.”

The guard led Noh Hye-jeong out of the visiting room.

Haondo also looked at her back and then turned around, led by the guard’s hand.

Tears welled up in my eyes belatedly.

The guard seemed to not like something so much and threw Ha-on into the cell.

“Ugh… … !”

Ha-on, who had fallen over with a thud, wiped his eyes on the sleeve of his prison uniform and sat up immediately.

Warm brown eyes took on a determined look and then closed tightly.

Soon, four-dimensional polytopes spread out like a kaleidoscope in Haon’s mind. Slightly different points and lines were drawn on numerous surfaces.

‘Thank you, Joo-yeol.’

It wasn’t just Noh Hye-jeong that Joo-yeol sent here for me.

Ha-on memorized the pattern Noh Hye-jeong had drawn on his palm the whole time she was holding his hand.

Haon has been deciphering the code of Bae An Jae since the moment he was imprisoned here.

Maybe he had guessed that Joo-yeol would do the same, because the day before he was arrested, he sent me the password pattern that I hadn’t yet checked.

His belief that he could get out of here and Juyeol’s belief that he would definitely get him out of here.

‘All the patterns are there. Now it’s time to do what I do best.’

Haon, who decided to repay the trust in himself, quickly became absorbed in deciphering the code.

* * *

That evening.

Arriving near the port, Juyeol hid his bike and checked the time.

It was time for the meeting between Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong and Ha-on to end.

‘I hope the conversation went well.’

He walked along the wall, hiding in the shadows.

I often forgot that Noh Hye-jeong was Eun Ha-on’s biological mother. Other people would have done the same.

Because he went around with his face completely covered, and no one ever brought it up first.

‘I don’t know if it was a good thing that we met like that… … .’

At that moment, Ju-yeol, who sensed a presence inside the alley, muffled his footsteps.

He was investigating the case and asking around in every possible way to legally get Ha-on out of the Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center, but there was no answer in sight.

I held back the urge to just rush in, carrying a bunch of grenades.

‘Let’s check these guys first.’

I heard there’s a villain here who’s been hanging out with the instructors at the Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center recently. Maybe we can hear about Ha-on’s situation through him.

“We should aim for the moment when Dr. Eun is locked up there.”

However, Ju-yeol checked the bastard’s face first, as the words were different from what he had expected.

A familiar face with metal fittings on its nose and chin.

‘checkers?’

It seemed that the Halla Gang had disintegrated and had settled in the port.

“How can the guards keep Dr. Eun from being killed?”

“There is a way to do everything.”

Checker gave a bitter laugh at the other villain’s question.

“The items have already been sent. Dr. Eun’s life will be cut off tomorrow.”

Bang! Taang! Bang! Bang!

“Eww!”

“Huh!”

The villains screamed in pain as their sides were pierced.

As I was falling, I looked around cautiously and took out my gun, but just as I was about to do so, gunshots rang out again.

They again screamed in agony and held their bleeding hands.

I couldn’t hold the gun because the bullet was lodged in my hand or wrist.

“Ugh! What kind of kid is that… …!”

As Checker opened his eyes, Juyeol appeared from the shadows.

“Oh, Ghost?”

He walked over with a cold face and stamped his foot on Checker’s waist.

“Ahhhhhh! You crazy bastard!”

As Checker struggled, Juyeol put more and more weight on his feet.

“Don’t faint. I have a lot to tell you.”

His eyes were cold and frozen with anger.