Chapter 641 – Living in Two Houses (6)
From the moment J. Coop died, these suspicions were rightfully directed towards me.
If three people fight and two die and only one survives, even more so if that person is still an unknown person.
At first, I thought it was a lie that Yeo Bu and J. Coop fought fiercely and died together, but this was a lie that was quickly revealed.
Because not only traces of a spear remain in J. Coop’s heart, but also traces of a sword.
If we make a mistake, Yeo-po and I can join forces to kill J. Coop, raising suspicions that Yeo-po may also have died in the process.
So I changed my mind.
I decided to start by boldly removing one of the cards that I thought was a trump card.
-“Haha, that’s strange. I heard that Mr. Kim Do-jin killed our friend J. Coop, and now… Am I hearing that correctly?”
Even though I listened carefully, I asked for no reason.
There is a deep sense of embarrassment on his face that is difficult to hide.
Of course it is.
It wasn’t enough that he stabbed an ally in the back, but he proudly revealed it, so how can we not be surprised?
I answered clearly once more.
“You heard correctly. I killed him?”
For an instant, silence falls around.
Han Joo-hee, standing outside of Chris’s field of vision, glares at me with a stern face.
I feel like I’m being scolded and asking why on earth.
But it has to be done.
The perfect lie that deceives the other person is mixing 90% of the truth with 100% of the lies.
He barely held back his anger.
-“First… Can you at least tell me the reason?”
But that face, on the verge of exploding, was telling me that.
A decent excuse would never be able to cover up this moment.
There is no glimpse of camaraderie in that anger.
I’m just upset because the powerful card I was holding in my hand has disappeared.
That kind of anger is better for me.
If you’re angry because you lost a friend, it’s hard to calm down, but if you’re angry because you lost a tile, you can just give that tile back.
“Our goddess told us to do so.”
A small gap opens in the face that had been consumed by anger.
-“Goddess…”
He knows what I mean by the goddess I’m talking about.
“After I killed Lu Bu, some strange energy suddenly came into me?”
-“… No way.”
The guy’s eyes widen slightly.
“Well, it’s just as you expected.”
It seems like he realized what I was trying to say.
“She chose me. And she said that in order to become a true Apostle, she had to kill Jay Coop.”
He asks me in a calmer tone.
-“So you killed your colleague?”
I shook my head.
“If that was all it took, I wouldn’t have killed him. The Power of Rage… I quite covet it, but I don’t have enough power to get it by killing my allies.”
It takes away the misconception that you are a scum who betrays your colleagues for power.
Then he smiled bitterly and continued speaking.
“They attacked first. They realized I had been chosen by the goddess and tried to gain power by killing me.”
Then he casts his gaze on Han Joo-hee.
“Hunter Joohee Han next to me witnessed it herself, so if you don’t believe it, you can ask.”
Her resentful gaze turns towards me.
Why is she dragging herself in?
This is truly a funny story.
Isn’t it natural for people who are stuck together to help each other?
He sheds his anger and becomes expressionless as he opens his mouth.
-“Is it true?”
She enters the screen and answers his question.
“It’s true. Hunter Kim Do-jin went over to help J. Coop, who had fallen, and J. Coop attacked Hunter Kim Do-jin first.”
I didn’t feel any hesitation or remorse.
She knows it too.
Since it has come this far, there is no choice but to help me for sure.
-“There is no lie in that statement… I’m sorry. Of course there is no lie.”
The guy who asked and answered the question alone soon closed his mouth and became lost in thought.
Judging by the way he glances here from time to time, he seems to be thinking about me.
They must be weighing it.
Would it be better to push me away, or would it be better to embrace it like this?
If you think about it simply, the latter would be better, but it would be a bit of a headache for the head of the organization.
Excellent subordinates are always welcomed by a leader, but subordinates who are too excellent can sometimes be a burden.
Who knows.
In the future, that excellent subordinate will push him out and become the leader.
I quietly waited for him to organize his thoughts.
I conveyed my meaning to him through silence.
Whether you accept me like this or reject me is entirely up to your ability, and I will follow suit.
There is a saying that a handshake is at the end of a book.
After thinking about it for quite some time, he soon made a decision.
-“I understand. I don’t think it’s Kim Do-jin’s fault in this matter. I’m sorry for misunderstanding you even for a moment. And there’s one thing I’d like to ask of you.”
After a brief pause, he continues speaking.
-“Would you please fill in J. Coop’s vacancy?”
I am sure.
This move will be the worst move he will regret forever.
Even if it doesn’t happen, I will definitely make it that way.
* * *
I returned to the ward before midnight, encountered a nurse walking around the ward to check on the patient’s health, and immediately called the saint on my smartphone.
-“Mr. Dojin! It’s been a long time since you contacted me.”
A saintess who has a happy voice, but who subtly pressures you with her serious tone of voice.
“Haha…, I’ve been a bit busy with things.”
-“What a busy day…” “Can you please tell me?”
“Of course. That’s why I called.”
When she answered that, her voice coming through the receiver became more subdued.
-“Just…, So you’re calling because you have business?”
“…”
That’s true, but…, A chill suddenly passes through her spine.
This is definitely a sense sensor that I cultivated when I was a married man.
“Just for business…, Of course not.”
-“Then what?”
“Yeah…”
He blocks her microphone, swallows her saliva once, and then spits out the answer that came to her mind.
“I want to hear the saint’s voice?”
-“… Hehe, that’s not a bad answer. “I’ll give you 80 points.”
A very ambiguous score.
However, judging by the sound of laughter, she barely passed the test.
-“Can you tell me now? About what happened so far.”
She told her everything
From working with Hexagram executives and dealing with Lu Bu to holding a position as an executive in the organization.
Of course, he hid the fact that he was also serving as the Apostle of Anger.
This is to keep it as one of her secret tricks, but it can also make her wary if she is not careful.
-“… It’s shocking. It’s been a while since you killed the dragon and returned to Korea, but you’re going through something like that.”
She asks.
-“Are you really okay? If something isn’t right, I…!”
Gu reassures her that he will fly to Korea right away.
“You don’t have to worry. My body is already healed, and I’m just in the hospital for rest.”
-“Well, I see. I’m glad.”
The way she said she was glad was somewhat awkward.
I think it felt like regret… Is it my imagination?
“Anyway… Now that I have become a key executive of the organization, I will be able to steal more important information in the future.”
There is silence for a moment.
Why is there no answer?
While I was thinking so.
-“Infiltrating deeper into the organization means it has become more dangerous.”
“Well… I guess that’s the case…?”
It’s not wrong.
There can be no good ending for a spy whose identity is discovered, but isn’t the weight of being discovered different when you’re a low-ranking official or a key executive?
If you get caught, you probably won’t die easily.
They will go through all kinds of hardships to find out what was stolen and how much they knew.
Of course, this is only when my true identity is discovered.
-“Honestly, I want to make it stop… But Mr. Dojin won’t listen to me.”
I feel sorry for her, but it was natural for her.
How could you miss out on an opportunity?
When a man pulls out a sword, he has to cut the muraya.
But to me, even nothing is satisfying.
The only thing I want to cut is the opponent’s head.
-“Please. If there’s anything you need my help with, please let me know. If Mr. Do-jin wants it… I’ll go, even if it means putting aside 10 days.”
“… Saint.”
It was quite a meaningful statement.
She is the busiest person in the world.
Even though she meets countless people, she never misses time to pray, and whenever she can, she attends charity work at the church and heals the injured and sick.
If she wasn’t an S-class hunter, she would have died from overwork hundreds of times.
It was all for world peace.
To attract support from the rich, to expand the influence of the Orthodox Church, and in the meantime, for those dying in underprivileged areas.
She constantly pushed herself, never missing a single day.
The fact that she put everything aside and came to me means that the influence of me as a person in her heart has grown.
I don’t know why.
On the contrary, she thought that if her explicit relationship with Joo-yeon was discovered, she might become a little distant.
-“And… I also have a name.”
“Do you mean…”
-“When we talk from now on, please call me Sophia, not Saint.”
“Uh, um.”
-“Did I ask you a difficult favor?”
“No, that’s not it.”
On the other hand, why has the distance from her decreased so much?
-“Please sing it once as a test.”
“… Sophia.”
-“Hehe…, It’s nice to be called by my first name after a long time.”
I really don’t know.
