Chapter 38 – Episode 38. Song Bo-Yoon Released the Poison (1)
Episode 38 Song Bo-yoon released the poison (1)
“Why didn’t you transform right away?”
Cold words came out of Kang Ga-hyeon’s mouth.
She was the discoverer and person in charge of magical girls, and in private she was like her older sister or mother. She was always a soft-spoken woman, but not these days.
In particular, Jang Hye-ri thought that she was being questioned more and more like she was a spoiled child.
I wonder if Kang Ga-hyun would look like that?
She took care of Jang Hye-ri’s mental health to the point where she worried that she had no other hobbies other than being a magical girl and was only focused on this job.
That made her suffer even more.
She can’t wait to disappoint the man who gave for her.
Unable to control her anger, she activated her star oath as she pleased, and she failed to take care of even one of her female protectors who trusted her and entrusted her, so she was almost taken away.
Hyeri Jang placed her hand on her lower abdomen, as was her habit.
When I made eye contact with her smiling face, I felt so incredibly hot that I even felt like I was hallucinating her.
She didn’t actually feel like there was a slimy liquid flowing between her, but it really felt that way.
She realized that not only her Kang Ga-hyun but also her Mayuri was watching her own hand movements, so she hastily pulled away.
It’s unlikely that anyone will notice that there is a star’s oath engraved underneath it.
It wouldn’t have been detected unless they took off her clothes and checked, but it was something that could be considered suspicious.
If you get caught, you will be punished properly this time.
Aside from the fact that the Star’s Oath had already been applied, it was the shameful crime of keeping this fact a secret for more than a few days.
Jang Hye-ri could not know the effect of the star oath without entering the ‘content’, so she kept her silence in the name of finding out.
But it ended up getting longer.
No, that might not have mattered.
Afraid.
Hye-ri Jang did not like the ominous feeling of the symbol carved over the spot where her own womb was located.
She feels as if she has been corrupted into a demon.
Although I didn’t actually feel like attacking her colleagues or confronting her doctor.
Still, she definitely gets depressed.
Moreover, the reaction I felt when I saw her smiling face.
She was so ashamed of being a woman that she went crazy.
During her first period, she suffered for a long time and finally felt reluctant, just like what she said to Kang Ga-hyeon.
What happens to her now?
“Jang Hye-ri, are you listening?”
Ganga Hyun said, putting her hands on her waist.
When she is really angry, she becomes ‘Jang Hye-ri’ instead of ‘Hye-ri’, and her body movements become much more rigid. Like that.
“It was only when Yuri and Yena arrived in front of you that you activated your shield and became a magical girl. Why did you do that? Why did you do that? You’re not going to answer? This isn’t like you. “If you’ve done something wrong, it’s up to you to admit it.”
“…”
“I am also considering the possibility that you are being mind-controlled. Don’t feel bad. “How can you not be suspicious when you see behavior like this?”
“Bah, doctor!”
Even though I was dizzy, like a symptom of anemia, and the doctor’s voice was shaky, I could hear the words clearly.
“It’s mind manipulation! That-“
“Then explain it to me. Why didn’t you suppress them right away when the brainwashers showed up? If it weren’t for Smile Face, Hyunjeong would have been taken away. “I told you it would never happen.”
“…”
I tried to transform, but it didn’t work.
Jang Hye-ri just pursed her lips.
It made absolutely no sense.
The moment he saw the smiley face, his body became hot, he seemed to have had lewd thoughts, and even when he touched the transformation tool, it didn’t work.
The worst thing is, it actually transformed without it.
Everything about her was a mess.
But mind manipulation.
Brainwashing, something like that?
Are you saying that I am being mentally controlled by Smile Face, that unlucky smiling face?
I feel bad.
It’s disgusting.
But I couldn’t come up with a single excuse.
“If you come out like this, I’ll let you know that being a magical girl is not a position that guarantees her tenure.”
Finally, fearful words came out from Kang Ga-hyeon.
The retirement age of a magical girl is usually up to 24 years old, but in unavoidable circumstances, if a magical girl becomes incapable of combat or has a serious ethical defect, she will have her transformation tool confiscated from B.H.
Any time before her retirement age.
Hye-ri Jang, who is a magical girl, is everything in her life, the foundation that protects her confidence and self-esteem, felt dizzy under her feet.
“I really don’t understand your behavior these days.”
“… Sorry.”
Hye-ri Jang lowered her head again and again.
Joo Yena was looking at her with a pitiful face, and Mayuri was looking at her with an expressionless face.
It hurts her because it hurts her pride.
Joo Yena’s sympathetic gaze was uncomfortable, but I also resented Mayuri, who took away her leadership position.
It’s jealousy that she wouldn’t have done before.
Mayuri is more emotionally stable than her, and her martial arts skills are superior, so she has always been the one to take the lead, and that may be why she is qualified to be her leader.
But in her heart she can’t accept it.
I was crazy, irritated and angry.
Afraid that these feelings would be revealed, I lowered my eyes.
In particular, Mayuri’s deep-set eyes made me uncomfortable.
Now Hye-ri Jang is not the leader of the three magical girls, and even though she is, she is not even an ordinary magical girl.
This is all because of that smiley face guy.
In the end, she kept quiet about her Star Vow until the end.
It is also because Kang Ga-hyeon did not let go of her anger until she turned around and returned to her lab, and if it became known that the star’s oath’s imprinting effect was continuing at this timing, she might be excluded from the scene.
I don’t know what the effect of the unprecedented ‘contentless’ star oath is, and I don’t know what impulse or concentration that is exerted when the target is present may suddenly take off.
… For Kang Ga-hyun, who hates such risk factors, it is already a justification to legally remove Jang Hye-ri, who has been behaving awkwardly recently.
She is kind, but she is like a sword in public affairs.
I knew her and her mountain Hyeri Jang well for over 10 years.
Magical girls are often unstable even with the three-player system, so if Jang Hye-ri is deprived of her transformation tool, it will go straight to another candidate.
It was the worst nightmare she could ever have.
***
Mayuri grew up in a family of martial artists, so she was said to be a genius when it came to fighting, but she actually hated moving and pursued efficiency.
Well, the attitude of trying to eliminate such bravado may have resulted in a simple and destructive technology.
The same goes for human relationships.
If she had something to say to someone, she tended to think about it for a long time, and she also tended to wait patiently for the timing of her words.
For example, even now that she has become the new leader of the three magical girls, she has waited quite a long time to offer words of comfort to Jang Hye-ri, who must have hurt her pride because of her.
It’s been about 10 minutes since Jang Hye-ri went into the bathroom, depressed because of Kang Ga-hyun’s unusual anger.
Mayuri deliberately waited for her.
Although Jang Hye-ri is not the type of person to cry like Joo Yena, she is also proud and has a fiery temperament, so it would not be surprising if she bursts into tears out of anger.
Also, given her personality, she was not someone else, and she would not have wanted to be found out by Mayuri.
Mayuri cautiously stuck her head out.
Since she didn’t see Jang Hye-ri come out, she must still be inside, and if so, she was just going to check to see if she was crying or standing still.
But what caught her eye was Jang Hye-ri, who was muttering something with her hand on her lower abdomen.
“…”
Mayuri focused her attention on her hearing, and soon she caught the murmur of ‘Smiling Face…’.
“…”
Mayuri turned her body and went to Kang Ga-hyun’s laboratory.
She then told everything she saw.
“…Lower belly?”
Kang Ga-hyeon put down her pen.
Concern appeared on her face.
“… What is this uneasy feeling?”
“…”
“… Yuri, what do you think? If it’s the lower abdomen, I can guess it, but it’s Star’s Oath… But it was definitely blocked properly before it was activated.”
“Yes.”
“… If a girl looks in the mirror with a somber face and strokes her lower abdomen… That’s an unwanted pregnancy, which immediately comes to mind, but that’s absolutely ridiculous…”
“…”
“Even if I ask, you won’t answer, right?”
“… I think that’s probably true.”
“… Yuri.”
Kang Ga-hyeon said in a low voice.
“… Hyeri may have approached Smile Face. That kid, she’s a fiery character, and true to her nature, she went out of her way to personally catch him… She might have come into contact with him in some way. And, maybe… Something happened that we don’t know about. For example, if Song Bo-yoon’s ability to suggest brainwashing isn’t a hypothesis… There’s no guarantee that it won’t apply to Hye-ri, too. So… You know what I mean?”
“We will watch.”
“… Thank you. I didn’t know that Hyeri would be such a source of anxiety. Really, Smileface… After this guy shows up, everything goes to shit. Paramas was still easy to deal with. Ha…”
Kang Ga-hyeon put down the glasses she used to read documents and pressed her eyes between them.
“The only one I can trust is you. It’s glass. Yena has a very weak personality, and Hyeri is easily manipulated. Therefore…”
Mayuri nodded her head again at the doctor’s words.
***
Still, there was good news from B.H.
They noticed two abilities of Smile Face, which is presumed to have at least two abilities.
It was thanks to CCTV.
“W-what is this…”
A puffy steam came out of Joo Yena’s ears.
She looked at herself in her CCTV recording, covering her flushed face with her hands.
Smile Face, that astounding pervert man was completely recorded crawling past his magical girl skirt.
Since he was already known to be capable of ‘invisibility’, his form was analyzed using an infrared camera.
Then, suddenly, when I turned the screen at high speed based on the time when he ‘disappeared’, movements that were not clearly visible before were clearly captured.
Mayuri, who found herself cornered in her narrow hallway, used her two skills to escape from her main Yena, and then apparently aimed for her main Yena’s crotch.
It was a ridiculous way to escape.
Excluding Jang Hye-ri, the only ones present at the scene were the two magical girls, Kang Ga-hyun, and Song Bo-yoon.
Jang Hye-ri was intentionally excluded.
That was Kang Ga-hyeon’s intention.
She left the magical girls watching the screen and took Song Bo-yoon, who had surrendered to them, to another conference room.
“Smile Face has three abilities: invisibility, and for convenience… The ability to slow down the surroundings. And… I’m not sure, but the power to control others. That’s right?”
“… Maybe?”
“If you don’t tell me clearly, I’ll be in trouble. Anyway, since you have a record of collaborating with Smile Face, they can legally detain you. So, tell me honestly, and I hope you find freedom.”
“I don’t think so.”
Song Bo-yoon said teasingly.
“I don’t need freedom. I’ve wanted to fight villains for a long time. That’s why I went to Smile Face. So it doesn’t matter if the location changes.”
“… Smile Face ‘nim’…”
“Please let me work at B.H. Then we will cooperate. And just to give you an idea, use me as a double spy. Smile Face may have mind manipulation abilities. I’ll tell you everything I know. However, you have to trust us and hire us.”
Really, he was a reckless guy.
Kang Ga-hyun felt uncomfortable with Song Bo-yoon’s strangely confident attitude and her attitude that, having always been a fanatic, she suddenly decided to play the role of a ‘double spy’, but she had no choice at the moment.
Rather, she only thought that no matter what her intentions were, she would have to use her on this side as well.
So she asked to confirm.
“… It was quite shocking to find a spy among the researchers. Even though it’s Paramas’ side… Smile Face is definitely a ‘force’ no less than that. That’s what we assume. It’s okay if you don’t answer. But if they are that powerful, they must have planted a spy inside B.H., Right? “As an unexpected person.”
What Kang Ga-hyun thought of was Jang Hye-ri.
However, I thought she wouldn’t admit it if I said it out loud, so I covered it up, but Song Bo-yoon said with a chuckle.
“Of course, there is. Spy.”
