Villain’s Programming - Chapter 196



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Episode 196: Brother-in-law?

My vision went dark and a message appeared.

Although it was an embarrassing phrase, Dojun was rather relieved.

‘It’s the same as last time. I thought it would change due to link interference or something. Then, we can do the same as last time.’

Dojun read the following message.

Dojun chuckled.

‘Well, there’s no need to force yourself to watch everything.’

Dojun chose number 1. The darkness before my eyes became increasingly clear, and an unfamiliar ceiling appeared.

‘uh? ‘Where am I?’

It wasn’t Sally’s house. It wasn’t even her own home in her lost memories.

I knew where it was right away. It was because of the unique smell.

‘This is a hospital, right? Was I hospitalized in a past life? accident? Or a plague?’

Dojun became increasingly serious. Even though it had been a while since I woke up, the Do-jun in my memory did not move.

‘Aren’t you seriously injured?’

When Dojun thought that, he heard the voices of people around him.

‘It’s Korean, right? Surely here… korea?’

All the people and nurses were Korean.

‘When did I return to Korea?’

The last year Dojun saw in his lost memories was 2028. At that time, the atmosphere of war was growing in Korea.

‘no way? Did you return to Korea because you were worried about your younger siblings? ‘Are you trying to convince me to come to America because there’s going to be a war soon?’

When Dojun was thinking that, someone approached him. He was a nurse.

“Dojun Hwang, are you out of your mind?”

Only then did Dojun turn his head and say.

“… yes. how… Is it done? “Why am I in the hospital?”

“Don’t you remember? “Hold on a minute, I’ll bring the doctor.”

The nurse left for a moment and came back with a male doctor in his early 40s.

“Mr. Hwang Do-jun. “What’s the last thing you remember?”

“at home… I even remember drinking soju. and… “When I opened my eyes, it was now.”

“Fortunately, my memories all seem normal. “He came to our hospital’s emergency room after drinking soju and losing his memory.”

“yes? “Emergency room?”

“yes. “He collapsed and was unconscious.”

The doctor said after looking at the chart for a moment.

“Patient Hwang Do-jun collapsed due to fatigue. He had barely eaten and was in very bad shape. “It’s fortunate that his family found the collapsed Hwang Do-jun and brought him to the emergency room, otherwise he would have been in big trouble.”

“… Family… who?”

“yes. “Oh, there you are.”

When Dojun in his memory turned his head, he saw Mina there with her eyes wide open. Mina walked over quickly and asked the doctor.

“Teacher, are you okay now?”

“I talked to him briefly, and I didn’t see anything unusual. “I will do a detailed examination in the afternoon.”

“thank you. thank you.”

“you’re welcome.”

The doctor gave the nurse a few instructions and then left the room.

Dojun’s head was confused.

‘How did this happen? Did she drink and black out? Did you come back to Korea from America and drink alcohol? No, it’s a little weird. This must be… … .’

The last year of lost memories was 2028. Do-jun naturally thought that it would be after that, but after listening to the conversation, he found out that wasn’t the case.

‘This doesn’t make sense…’ … .’

When Do-jun thought that, Mina stood next to Do-jun in her memory and said with a distorted face.

“brother! Why do you do such a stupid thing! How long has it been since my mom passed away? Why are you like that? Your brother is like this? Who knows how to call your brother a dutiful son?”

Dojun paused at Mina’s words.

‘It’s been a while since your mom passed away?’

Only then did Dojun understand the current situation.

‘It’s not after 2028. My mother, right after my mother passed away. Just when I thought I was dead! ‘That’s the point when I lost my memory!’

Dojun’s heart was pounding like crazy. It was because it was a memory from the time when I wanted to see it so much.

But the Dojun in my memories was different from the Dojun. He turned his back on Mina with an expression of annoyance about everything.

“go!”

“brother!”

“Why did you save me! “Just leave it alone.”

Watching Do-jun in his memories, Do-jun felt frustrated. Because he was himself in his past life, he knew better than anyone else why he was like that.

‘I hated everything in the world. No matter how good the words were, they didn’t listen to me.’

Dojun thought that the Dojun in his memory would no longer react.

But that was then.

“Honey, wait a minute. “You must be tired, let me rest.”

I heard a man’s voice for the first time.

‘Who is it?’

“Why did you come?”

“Why are you coming? “I came because I was curious about how you are.”

“That human, what am I curious about? Do you know what he says as soon as he wakes up and sees me? “Why did you save me?”

Mina said, looking at Dojun’s back in her memory.

“Oppa, I didn’t save you. “The one who saved my brother was not me, but this person.”

At those words, Dojun in the memory turned around. Standing there was a man in his early 40s wearing work clothes.

“Brother, are you out of your mind? “This is Minho, Minho.”

Dojun tilted his head.

‘Minho? It’s a name I feel like I’ve heard before… … .’

After thinking for a moment, Dojun couldn’t remember who it was.

‘Right, that’s Mina’s husband’s name, right?’

Dojun looked at his brother-in-law, Minho. He must have been working as a courier, and he was wearing courier clothes.

“thank you.”

In my memory, Dojun said those words.

“Thank you. Are we strangers?”

After that, Mina and Minho asked a few questions. However, in my memory, Dojun barely answered.

Dojun, who was watching from the side, was so frustrated that he was beating his chest.

“it’s okay. He doesn’t even answer anymore. “You have to go back to work, right?”

“huh.”

“let’s go. “I’m going to make a fuss at home because the kids are hungry.”

“okay. “I’ll tell my brother one thing and then go, so go first.”

When Minho left the hospital room after Minho’s words, Minho approached Dojun and spoke softly.

“While my brother was losing his mind, someone from the company came and went. CTO Yang Ha-seong… … . When he woke up, he made sure to contact me. “But brother, you quit your job?”

When Dojun didn’t answer, Minho spoke.

“Do not worry too much.”

Minho said that and left the hospital room. Only then did Dojun sigh in his memory.

“ha. “I wish I had just died.”

A few days later, Dojun was about to be discharged from the hospital.

“How much is the hospital fee?”

“Ah, all hospital bills have been paid.”

“yes? “Who?”

“It’s your younger brother.”

In the memory, Dojun returned home with his head down. The house was clean. He opened the refrigerator and found it was full of side dishes.

There was a piece of paper lying on the desk.

[Mina made your favorite side dish. You know that I don’t hate Mina even if she says things like that, right? She is always worried.]

[Saejun and Sammy also say they want to see you.]

[Brother, cheer up. I think anyone in the game industry would probably know. I also thought I would die because of what happened at that time. But somehow, I survived. These days are so good. So cheer up.]

In his memory, Dojun silently read the text and placed the paper on the desk.

‘Mina was the same even in her past life. But who are Saejun and Sammy? And why did your brother-in-law want to die?’

I tried to recall the memory, but it didn’t come out well. She once again realized that she didn’t really care about her family.

‘I remember that my brother-in-law was nice. ‘Whenever Mina made her side dishes, she would bring them and even clean up after her.’

Dojun once again realized that there were many people who cared about him like this in his past life.

‘I was the only one who didn’t know. No, he didn’t want to know.’

Dojun wondered how to repay this.

CTO Yang Ha-seong was contacted the next afternoon. Yang Ha-seong asked Do-jun to meet him, but Do-jun in his memory said he would not meet anyone for the time being.

In my memories, Dojun was at home again. The only time I went outside was to go to the supermarket or convenience store.

‘How can this guy never change? Well, this is… ‘It was me.’

It’s a new year. The TV was full of people welcoming 2023. But Dojun just typed on the keyboard in front of the computer.

‘You crazy bastard, but you still code.’

In my memories, coding was the only hobby and thing to do for Do-jun, who had no place to go after quitting his job.

It was after January and early February when Yang Ha-seong contacted me again, when there was not much balance left in my bank account.

– Dojun, won’t you come to Laonzena again?

“Is it Raonje? I won’t go there again. By the way, didn’t the CTO also leave Raonjena?

– I did. But a good offer came to me not long ago. Would you like to go to the US branch?

“US branch?”

– Yes, America. I guess they’ll start a new project there. He told me to take a few people with him, but he thought of you. Wouldn’t it be okay for you to work at the US branch?

The reason Dojun disliked Raonjena was because she did not get along well with people. For Dojun, working at the U.S. branch didn’t seem like a bad choice.

Above all, there wasn’t much money left. Dojun said he would think about it for a few days and hung up. And he contacted me again a week later.

“I’m going, America.”

* * *

“haha.”

Dojun opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

A stewardess who was walking around saw Do-jun’s appearance and asked him if he was okay.

“it’s okay. Can I ask you for a glass of water? Even wet tissues.”

“yes.”

Dojun drank the water the stewardess brought him and looked at his watch.

‘Has it been about 15 minutes?’

Several months passed in the lost memories, but in reality, only 15 minutes passed.

Dojun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a wet tissue.

‘amazing! ‘Some of the things I was most curious about have been answered.’

One of the things Dojun was most curious about was ‘Did he die at that time?’

Looking at my memories of my past life, it seemed like I didn’t die, but I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t die or what would have happened if I hadn’t. But this time, the mystery was solved with the lost memories.

‘I didn’t die at that time, but lost my mind due to overwork and lack of nutrition.’

That wasn’t all.

‘I know why I went to America.’

After resigning from Laonzena, I re-joined Laonzena. However, it seemed like he went to the US branch, not Korea.

The events in my lost memories that I could not understand at all began to connect one by one.

‘Then when did I die? No, when did it regress?’

Instead, another question arose.

‘Eight. If you continue to look at the lost memories, you will find out.’

After eating a few in-flight meals, the flight announcement came on. It was a landing announcement at Incheon Airport.

I went through immigration and came out of the airport.

“uncle!”

The children ran out and hugged the man near Dojun.

‘I guess he’s my nephew? Now that I think about it, I also have nieces and nephews.’

Dojun thought about his past life. His memory was hazy, but something came to mind.

‘My mom said she would come up if I didn’t come, so I went to my hometown after a few years. ‘It was probably Lunar New Year then, right?’

It was then that I met my nephews.

– uncle… are you? Is it real?

– Great uncle? Why haven’t you come before now?

I remembered two little kids who looked like they were in kindergarten looking around at me and asking questions.

‘I was lazy so I gave him the money and he said ‘Thank you!’ And I ran out. ah! Their names were Saejun and Sammy!’

Afterwards, Dojun tried to remember if he had any memories of his nephews, but he could barely remember anything.

‘What was I really like in my past life? ‘I couldn’t play the role of a child, a brother, an uncle, or a brother-in-law.’

Dojun, who was lamenting, vowed not to do that again in this life.

‘Oh, wait. however… Will Mina marry her brother-in-law in this life?

The future has changed a lot. Mina’s life was very different from her previous life, so there was a high possibility that she would not be able to meet her brother-in-law.

‘If you can’t get married, you don’t have any nieces or nephews, right? ‘What should I do with this?’

Dojun remembered his brother-in-law’s face smiling like an idiot. He also remembered the faces of his nephews who bowed their heads to him and said, ‘Thank you!’

‘no! ‘They shouldn’t disappear because of me.’

Dojun walked faster. Dojun went outside the airport and caught a taxi.

‘I have to somehow get Mina to marry my brother-in-law.’

* * *

Mina was laughing while talking with her friends on MSN.

[Yunji: Mina, don’t be late tomorrow!]

For the August vacation, my college classmates decided to go on a trip to Gwangalli Beach in Busan.

[Mina: Haha. Don’t be late either.]

[Yunji: By the way, I bought a bikini? I’ll seduce all men, so if you get in my way, I’ll throw you away?]

Mina made an absurd expression.

[Mina: Bikini? Crazy bitch! Even the man who came will run away if he sees your ass.]

Although she said that, Mina was grateful for her friends. This time she went on a trip together and it was all because of herself.

‘I’m fine now.’

Mina was a CC in college. They dated for three years, but they became estranged from each other over her work life, and she broke up with him some time ago.

‘People forget as people?’

Mina said with a smile.

[Mina: For your information, I also bought a bikini. I will seduce my man, so if a man approaches you, you should stay away?]

Mina chatted with her friends. But at that time, her friend, Mi-sook, who was usually quiet, spoke.

[Misook: Well, you guys haven’t forgotten, have you? Going to watch the Galaxy Craft final league in Gwangalli.]

Mina watched Mi-suk’s chat and typed it.

[Mina: Yes, I didn’t forget. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely go. But you are also very special. I’m not even a celebrity, but I’m active in a professional gamer fan club.]

[Misuk: Haha. You too will fall in love if you see it in Gwangalli.]

[Mina: That’s it. For me, just one person who plays games is enough. By the way, Mi-sook. What did you say the name of the person you were cheating on was?]

Misuk answered Mina’s question.

[Misuk: Jang Min-ho. He’s an awesome oppa.]

* * *

Dojun shouted as soon as he returned home.

“Mina!”

There was no answer. I searched the house and found no one.

‘Where did you go? ‘Did you really go on a date?’

I tried calling Mina, but she didn’t answer. Dojun felt anxious.

‘What do we do? Is there no way to find out if she has a boyfriend?’

At that time, Dojun saw Mina’s room.

‘I shouldn’t do this, but…’ … . Understand. It’s a matter of your future husband and children.’

Dojun entered Mina’s room. I saw a simple room with a woman left unattended.

‘What should I see? ‘I don’t see any pictures of me with my boyfriend.’

Dojun looked around the room and found a laptop on the desk.

‘This is it!’

Dojun turned on his laptop and logged in. Since he used a copycat, it wasn’t difficult to figure out the password.

‘He’s still using XP.’

Although Windows 7 is becoming mainstream, many people are still using XP.

After a while, the computer desktop appeared. And MSN automatically logged in and popped up.

‘bingo!’

Dojun looked at the list of friends that appeared on MSN.

‘huh?’

However, none of my friends’ names were named ‘Minho’.

‘what? Has the future really changed completely? Or are you still dating? Ha, it’s frustrating because I don’t know.’

Dojun looked at the ‘latest conversation’ just in case.

Dojun, who read the conversation halfway, knew where Mina had gone.

‘You went to Gwangalli Beach with your friends. Luckily, it doesn’t look like he’s dating anyone.’

Along with the feeling of relief, I also felt anxious.

In the past life, Mina and Dojun did not live together. Of course, many things had to change.

‘I’ll have to meet my brother-in-law somehow.’

Dojun became frustrated and read the last chat conversation. At that time, I suddenly saw a word that bothered me.

‘Pro gamer Jang Min-ho? It’s the same as my brother-in-law’s name. ‘What was your brother-in-law’s last name?’

I thought about it, but I couldn’t remember my brother-in-law’s last name.

‘Oh, I guess not. Do you think Mina dated a pro gamer? Besides, in her lost memories, her brother-in-law was a delivery driver, right?

I didn’t think so, but I wondered if it was possible.

Dojun turned on Internet Explorer. Then I typed ‘Jang Min-ho’ into the search bar.

Numerous articles and photos appeared.

Dojun opened his eyes wide. The brother-in-law he saw in his lost memories was there.

‘Oh my god, my brother-in-law was a professional gamer? But why is he working as a courier?

At that time, Dojun suddenly remembered the contents of a note written by his brother-in-law in his lost memories.

[Brother, cheer up. I think anyone in the game industry would probably know. I also thought I would die because of what happened at that time. But somehow, I survived. These days are so good. So cheer up.]

Do-jun stared at Jang Min-ho’s face on the laptop monitor.

At that moment, an incident occurred to me. In my previous life, there was a huge incident that shook the e-Sports world.

Dojun jumped up from his chair without realizing it.

‘Could it be that Jang Min-ho?’