Chapter 87 – 8. Underworld Occupation War (7)
Everything is clear
The drug flowing through the bloodstream is thrilling. I can’t help but thrill and rejoice like this. The drugs Paul Bauer handles are not simple chemicals. It is a drug unique to this world refined through magic and alchemy.
“Ku-k-k-k-k-k-k-k…….”
Laughter comes out of nowhere. I can’t help it. The eyes are bloodshot and the skin is red. The rapid dilation of blood vessels brings about a sense of excitement without a precursor. It must be similar to the medicine that Giselle gave me in her previous life. Sooner or later, happiness will come and reality will collapse.
As expected, my eyes are blurry.
Soon, darkness falls. I see people approaching me soon. Seeing them lined up like this makes me feel like I have left so many people in my mind. Hagi lived a life that could not be called ordinary even with empty words. Even if you get rid of cheap sympathy, you have only walked in love for the rest of your life.
“How are you, old man?”
A giggling voice could be heard in the darkness. It was something different from Julich’s optimism. It was the kind of laugh that only a person who himself has been stricken with the madness of war and has lost all taste can utter. I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that I was a soldier even though I was wearing casual clothes.
“Yeah, I thought it was you first…….”
A captain from Herat, whose name I do not remember. I remember the truth, but I didn’t want to say it. Anyway, what happened that day was a turning point that changed my life forever. Every day when I had a dream, and when I was drunk like this, it always appeared as a fantasy.
“That’s an honor! How is my sergeant doing these days?”
“It’s a cub, a chew.”
“…… Yes?”
“Sometime after I was promoted and discharged, I am still a sergeant. Captain Mul, who has served less than 5 years, still believes in his rank and clings to it.”
The captain, who approached me with a comical expression, was taken aback. He was a guy who always had a tendency to smirk, so his expression was tolerable.
“And why am I a junkie? Bastards who disgrace the country by massacring innocent civilians in the places where troops are dispatched are trash.”
“Wow, has it really changed a lot?”
“The guy who died last night is a hallucination and is still snooping around Gucheon.”
Captain Han was a heinous war criminal. Yes, it is true that it is difficult to go through legal procedures on the battlefield due to such specificity. But he was a madman who shot and killed innocent civilians whenever he felt like it.
“You were a high school student and a jerk who insisted on killing people. What kind of lingering feelings do you still have in front of me?”
“Look, they were enemies. I just wanted to show you the truth that you will die if you don’t kill first.”
Certainly, that was his motive. It was not because of any ill feelings towards me that the lunatic captain forced the murder that day in Herat. It was just an obsession and a blessing from a guy who literally lost his taste.
The captain, like all men of this kind, was faithful to his men. Perhaps the guy wanted to accept me into the circle he made as well as the declaration ceremony at that time.
“So you killed him? None other than you Except for the fake bomb you don’t know where you got it from and the kid you framed with it.”
“Hey, how did you know that?”
“Let’s stop being honest. You are not crazy I wanted to pretend I was crazy because I couldn’t stand the stress of the battlefield.”
“If you hit it like that, so will you.”
“I know, bitch. You don’t really think I did it for justice, do you? I just hate it when you gossip about shooting an unarmed kid in a mean way.”
A sharp conversation took place, and the captain twitched his eyebrows. It was a rather lively reaction for the guilt inside me. But I was no longer bothered by the fact that I had shot him and his comrades. It was because they were too few to dare to call comrades.
“Yes, Seo Jeong-woo.”
“So if you understand, get out of here. It means that you are having fun, but don’t let it upset you and go back to where you ought to go.”
“Ah, I’d be happy to do that. Just ask one more question before that.”
“What?”
“If it was really like that, why did you look after my wife and daughter?”
“…… !”
After saying that, the captain disappeared. War crimes in Herat have not been publicized due to political interests between the two countries. The seven soldiers were secretly disposed of to prevent an autopsy on the body.
In the Armed Forces, the captain and other soldiers were blamed. It was actually their fault, but it was disguised as being killed in the process of leaving the workplace without permission. Thanks to that, their families had to accept the fact without a single protest.
One captain had a wife younger than me and a four-year-old daughter. Both of them were orphans, so they had no other relatives. And in the process of handling the case, I came to know the hardships the captain’s wife was experiencing.
“You said you studied music during the day and did lucrative work at night, right?”
Victoria’s voice came from behind. Startled, I turned around to see her sitting at her table.
“To sponsor them anonymously.”
He was looking forward to a romantic night with the one he loved, as he always did after cecilia was put to sleep.
“You did that to me again. That kind of hypocrisy is very heavy.”
“…… Victoria?”
“You were such a troubled person. But now I feel like I’ve become the perfect villain. Where did the man I loved go?”
“It’s Woomun. I am still here.”
“Is it really so?”
“Yes, so open your eyes and look at me. Look at your husband.”
Victoria Bernhardt, the princess of a ruined country, was always a beautiful woman. The way she looked at me with her black hair hanging down and her sparkling milky white eyes made her heart pound like a boy in love all the time.
But after that incident in Partenope, it was just a look in my eyes that made me suffer. It just felt like it was resenting me. She made me feel guilty like a thief numb my feet.
“I used to be weak. Because I had to watch you and Cecilia die right in front of my eyes.”
Not anymore.
“But a boy who wanted to be loved by his parents, an idiot soldier who only pretended to be strong on the outside, a pianist who couldn’t be first-rate, and a male prostitute who couldn’t refute those words!”
“…….”
“Seo Jeong-woo is no longer as bad as that idiot. The one in front of you now is the Queen’s nemesis. A new challenger to the underworld. A real strong person who will not lose anyone anymore.”
“You are not happy.”
“I don’t think about it, and I don’t need it. Only the people I love need to be happy.”
“I will appear before you again.”
“Of course I hope so too, my love.”
But it won’t be to receive such criticism. It will appear as a compliment for my hard work and challenge. You must make it that way.
Soon after, Victoria disappeared. And as if they had made a promise, countless ties from the past appeared again and harassed me.
“Jungwoo, save me…….”
A friend of mine whom a Syrian beheader sliced to death.
“The guy who killed you must still be suffering from a life more fearful than death.”
I have avenged you in Palmyra. So stop sleeping now.
“Do you still have my work in mind?”
A lost boss in the slums of South America.
“No, Gloria. I did my best. All I did was turn your husband’s attempted suicide into an atrocity.”
I did what I had to do to help her husband, who was a high-ranking official. Everyone who found out what I did pointed at me, but it didn’t matter. I took on the care that would then be poured out on your husband and children.
To them, I was a hero.
“You were a danger.”
“Do you know how troubled we are?”
The upper heads to be sick.
“Make a distinction between when you wear it and when you don’t. Thinking of what the two of you did to my successor, even if I had killed him limb from limb, I wouldn’t have felt any better.”
Those who were loyal to the country were thrown out for the sole reason that they were involved with me. I didn’t show it, but when I heard the news of the explosion, it seemed that the 10-year-old congestion was all over.
“Sergeant…….”
A man who became a stateless terrorist.
“You son of a bitch! Whether I am corrupted or not is none of your business! You even killed innocent people for your revenge! Even then, it wasn’t enough, so I tried to kill more!”
Admit it. You were definitely the successor I cherished at least once. But in the end, he’s also a guy who fell like that captain of Herat. Why, no matter what, you committed a crime. If all the criminals in the world are given an indulgence called a story, there will be no one who is not unfair.
“I have no regrets. Won’t turn around So, if you’re trying to incite clumsy guilt, do whatever you want! I will gladly look into those eyes and tell you! If this is evil, if it is corruption, I will gladly accept it!”
A lion’s roar-like cry cleared the empty darkness. The hallucinations finally began to recede. But even in the midst of that, the country retaliated by sending the last person out, as if humans hadn’t completely shaken off their anguish.
“Then look me in the eyes and tell me, Jungwoo.”
An ugly, grotesque face appeared before my eyes. The only thing that was intact was one eye. The moment I saw it, I couldn’t help but stop. But it wasn’t because it was terrible. Rather, he was still in love.
“Elizabeth…….”
Sorry.
“Come on.”
I was wrong.
“I…….”
Please forgive.
“What do you think I would say if I saw you now?”
If not, I’d rather…….
* * *
I came to my senses.
After waking up from the hallucination given by the drug, something was cluttered. As the pitch-black field of vision brightened, the gray figures were moving in a dizzying manner.
“…… !”
Black hair flutters Milky white eyes stare at me. The red lips are trying hard to say something again. I guess I’m still hallucinating. No matter how long it’s been since they broke up, it seems like he’s always facing Victoria.
“…… !”
It takes a lot of strength in both arms. The figures who used to be hazy like fog and clouds are holding on to my achievements. Trying to take it off It is clear that the field of view is getting sharper with increasing resolution.
But, from what…… ?
Consciousness gradually returns. That is exactly what reason is. Only then did the fuss that I vaguely felt pierced my ears in the form of a complete sound.
“Master!”
This voice is Adele.
“Leader!”
This voice is Julich.
“Your Excellency, wake up!”
This voice is Robert.
Everyone is calling out to me like someone who has gone crazy somewhere. The other shooters were also holding onto my bruised arm. I was trying to get it off somehow.
“Everyone, why…… ?”
Having finally found time to understand the situation, I relaxed. Withdrawal of the strength he had been holding on to, he opened his mouth to calm those who were perplexed.
And then I looked before I could spit out words.
“Your Excellency, please stop.”
The anxious gazes of colleagues.
“Captain, please…….”
The fearful eyes of the members of the Drug Clan.
“It is finished, Master.”
And the opponent who frothed so early that you don’t even know when.
“…… Paul Bauer is already dead.”
An underworld executive who met an unsightly end.
