Chapter 737 – Side Story 240) the Chaser (139)
240) The Chaser(139)
An ordinary man with short black hair and a dwarf physique was sitting cross-legged on the floor in a luxurious room. He closed his eyes and slowly, very slowly, took in and out of his breath, repeating.
“…”
Then he slowly opened his eyes.
Eyes that were dyed black, as if they were immersed in deep darkness, appeared. It was black with no white characters present, like an alien being.
Flash-!
When the man blinked, his eyes returned to their normal eyes. With common eyes with black pupils and white spots.
“Mere worms… Would bother me so much.”
The man who opened his eyes muttered to himself. He frowned as if he didn’t like something.
Facial expressions change a person’s mood.
When he was meditating with his eyes closed, the man had a more naive atmosphere than anyone else. However, when he opened his eyes, frowned and muttered to himself, he was ferocious and violent, and contained an atmosphere that should not be approached.
“Lee Soo-yeon, Hong Myeong-gil, Yu Isak, Lee Cheol-jong, Park Hyung-sik.”
The man recited the names of the original owners of the body and soul that constituted him now.
Mere worms with no superpowers or even really insignificant superpowers.
They corroded and wasted the man’s precious time.
The man who succeeded in escaping safely from Steel Armor, who had been chasing him from the Huang family all the way to this far away Red Town, was going to move to run away from Red Town right away.
But there was something the man hadn’t expected: the people he judged to be trash.
Surprisingly, they started to resist the man.
It is unknown whether it is a struggle to regain the life that was taken away, or revenge against the man.
What is certain is that the man did not have perfect control over those who took away his body and soul, and was unable to carry out his next plan due to the resistance of the spirits.
“These damn worms…”
The man was furious with those who dared to rebel against him and prevent him from escaping.
But there was one thing the man didn’t know.
At that time, Steel Armor was monitoring the whole of Red Town through soul detection. Had they not interfered with him, he would have been captured by Steel Armor as soon as he tried to escape Red Town.
In a way, it was as if the souls of the victims had saved the man.
After all, there was no way Steel Armor would kill a man who had killed his friend, not enough to have fucked himself countless times.
“I’ll definitely break the will to resist this time.”
The man, who had no way to know about it, instead of thanking the spirits, he vented his anger, saying that they had disturbed him.
The man who showed such anger and displeasure turned on the TV. What he wanted to see, he constantly turned the channel. When he returned to the very first channel, he turned the TV off.
The next thing the man did was turn on the computer. And he checked the news article.
Soon after, the man found the information he was looking for.
“Damn it… Are you still here?”
The news article the man found was about a terrorist attack at a department store. The important thing here was that it was Steel Armor, known as the Villain, who suppressed the terror.
Deep down, I hoped Steel Armor had left Red Town. That’s because he gave up his soul and his good body to deceive him.
The reason why Steel Armor left Dark City, its home, and came to Red Town, was entirely to capture himself.
The man intended to trick Steel Armor into thinking that he had achieved his goal by giving up his soul and body.
However, the man’s attempt failed spectacularly.
For some reason, Steel Armor hadn’t left Red Town yet. That fact made the man angry.
The man nervously turned off his computer and sat on the sofa.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the steel armor disappeared just because you got angry? If he could, he would be mad, even if he collapsed from high blood pressure.
“He’s still here…”
However, there was no way that would happen, so the man calmed down the anger boiling inside and began to calmly assess the situation.
When a man has a problem, he always assumes the worst and adjusts his plans accordingly. As long as he can avoid the worst situation, he can flexibly deal with the variables that arise after that.
The worst thing for the man right now was that Steel Armor noticed his dummy and stayed in Red Town.
“You don’t have the means to pursue me anymore.”
The man realized that the steel armor couldn’t track him. If he had the ability to track him down, he would have caught him right away.
First of all, it was a boon to the man.
“He’s not after my trail. He’s after my soul.”
The man noticed at once how Steel Armor was after him. Giving most of his soul to the dummy was partly to trick Steel Armor, but also for the reason of wanting to confirm this hypothesis.
Steel Armor arrived several months after the man left Dark City and came to Red Town. It was a time when the man would have disappeared even if he had left a trace.
Still, Steel Armor followed him and came here to Red Town. It didn’t mean that he followed his trail.
The man thought of several hypotheses, and the most powerful among them was the soul.
Steel Armor is an existence comparable to Cthulhu, whom he once served as his master. Since Cthulhu can handle human souls, he thought Steel Armor must have similar abilities.
“Then…”
He knew how Steel Armor was chasing him.
Then it was time to think about how to escape Red Town from his eyes.
“As expected, it’s best to cause chaos.”
Confusion is a man’s favorite and most confident environment. If you throw all of Red Town into chaos, Steel Armor will take care of its own women first. Because he is that kind of guy.
The man continued to mutter to himself, looking for a way to escape from Red Town.
*****
Smart tock-
“Come in.”
When permission was given to come inside, Yunbang Lee, the owner of the family’s small household, went inside.
Within this family, there was only one space that Lee Yun-bang could enter after receiving such permission.
“Have you come?”
“Yes, my lord.”
Lee Sang-gye, the head of the family who was reviewing the documents in his seat, welcomed his son. Yunbang Lee called Lee Sang-gye the head of the household, even though he was his father, probably because he thought it was a public position.
However, Lee Sang-gye shook his head with a hearty smile.
“This time, it’s not a public matter, so you don’t have to call me that.”
“Yes? Ah, yes. I see, Father.”
‘What’s going on?’
When Lee Sang-gye spoke with a soft smile, Lee Yun-bang was a little taken aback. Since his mother died, he hadn’t seen his father smile except on very special occasions.
“Anyway, what did you call me for?”
“There’s someone I want to show you…”
“Yes? Who do you want to show?”
My father, who showed a different side of me than usual, was very unfamiliar these days.
Has your father ever shown such a gentle side? Besides, he’s the kind of person you want to show off? When he introduced an ordinary person, he always sent someone below him to meet him.
Who the hell are you talking directly to show?
“Follow me.”
“Yes… Father? Where are you now… Huh?”
Drooling-!
When I changed the position of several books on the bookshelf, the bookshelf moved sideways. And a secret passage revealed.
“Father? What the hell is this…”
Even his son, Yoon-bang Lee, did not know that there was such a secret space in his father’s office.
“Follow me, what are you doing?”
“Yes? Oh, yes.”
Who the hell is your father trying to introduce you to? Although he had doubts, Yoon-bang Lee followed his father into the aisle.
When I went down the stairs to the basement, a well-organized laboratory appeared as if it had existed for a long time. People in white coats were moving busily, observing people in a huge test tube and recording something.
‘These are the researchers from the Baek family. What the hell are you doing here… Um? Who is the author?’
Lee Yun-bang noticed that the people in the lab were researchers sent from the Baek family. But that didn’t matter.
‘Why is the author there…’
What mattered was the people in the huge test tube. Lee Yun-bang recognized at once who the people who became the test subjects were.
I couldn’t know
‘Isn’t the author [The Witch’s Grandmother], And the author [Grandpa Damon]? And the author…’
The people in the test tube were none other than the famous villains of Red Town, whom Lee Yun-bang personally arrested under his father’s order. I couldn’t tell because they were the ones I caught with my own hands.
While Yoon-Bang Lee was astonished at the villains who became experimental subjects, Lee Sang-gye was having a conversation with Dr. Yoo, the head of the laboratory.
“How is the condition of the insider?”
“You’ve stabilized a lot. Besides, your will to rehabilitate was so strong that you finally succeeded in walking on your own two feet.”
“What? Is that true?”
“Yes, that’s right. Congratulations, Majesty.”
‘Nobody? Could it be that… Is the mother-in-law here?’
After hearing the conversation between the two, Lee Yun-bang thought that Baek Eun-ju was here. But soon he tilted his head inwardly.
‘Since when did your father show this much affection for you? And besides, is it Gamo-sama that he is the one to introduce me to? Then he doesn’t have to introduce himself?’
Yunbang Lee was very curious about who his father was going to show him.
After a short conversation with Dr. Yoo, Sang-gye Lee left the lab with Yoon-bang Lee. The underground space was large enough to accommodate hundreds of people.
“Father. Who the hell are you trying to show me?”
Unable to contain his curiosity, Lee Yun-bang asked Lee Sang-gye. Then, Lee Sang-gye said with a kind smile.
“We’re all here anyway. Come on, go inside.”
“Yes? Oh, yes.”
Following Yi Sang-gye’s words, Lee Yun-bang opened the door in front of him.
A woman was standing there, looking at her window.
Thump- thump- thump- thump-
‘Why is my heart beating so fast?’
Seeing the woman’s back, Yun-Fang Lee’s heart started beating fast. She hadn’t yet identified who the woman was, but her body reacted first to who it was.
“I brought Bangi today, ma’am.”
“… Ma’am?”
Lee Sang-gye does not call his current wife Baek Eun-ju his wife. She just calls me by name He had only had one person in his life whom he called his wife.
Yi Yun-bang’s heart started beating faster. And the woman turned around.
“… Mother?”
“Huh-huh-huh. It’s been a while…”
The woman, Baek Li-hyang, smiled at Lee Yun-bang, who was shocked to see her.
“I really missed you. Lee Yun-bang.”
That smile looked kind of creepy.
