63 – Haerin Kang (63)
Haerin Kang (63)
Advantages and disadvantages of a single hospital room.
stillness.
On the right, you can see a sofa bed where one person can lie down, and there is a window with the blinds closed.
Leaning back on the pillow and looking to the right, the head of the building forest seemed to be looking this way.
[Writer? Please send me… I fell asleep for a while…]
I heard Ban PD-sama’s voice over the phone.
Looking at the time, it was 9:00 PM.
It was certainly late for a phone call, but it was also early for a normal adult to fall asleep.
Since the number of cases is the number of cases, I dared to excuse myself.
PD-nim Ban Yu-ri also raised the tension by refining his voice, which was initially locked.
[… By the way, what happened? if…]
Udangtang.
This time there was the sound of something rolling down.
“……..”
[Ah, ah… I’m sorry. It fell to the floor… Ugh, ah, anyway, the writer-nim, the reason you called me was that you were going to serialize 『Murder Journal』 again…?]
I took my gaze from the scenery and looked at my reflection on the TV monitor in front of me.
In the black screen, my shape was blurry.
Would Harin feel that way when she sees her?
What does it feel like to think that you are not real, that you came out of someone else’s imagination?
I can’t even imagine
“…PD-sama, that’s not the case.”
[So, then, is this news?]
“……..”
When I didn’t respond, the class PD-nim apologized right away, smiling hehehehe, as if he was embarrassed.
[Sorry, sorry. I keep interrupting…]
“… No, thanks.”
I got straight to the point.
It is certain that there are sites that illegally share novels, but I checked in advance.
“PD-sama, my novel, 『Journal』, has all been taken down from the related platforms anyway?”
[Yes, sure. Author, do you have any problems?]
I said about illegal sharing sites.
Ban PD said in a serious tone.
[Ah… I’m really sorry about that. We are also diligently investigating at the management level, but there are many places where we have servers overseas, and there are many places that are aiming and operating so that investigation cooperation does not go well. Of course, we are looking for help on various platforms…]
There was a lengthy explanation, but in short, it seemed that there was no clear solution to illegal shared novels.
I explained what I was doing at the management level and the case of obtaining settlement money through a complaint, but that was not what I wanted.
I sighed inaudibly and said.
“… okay. All right. You’re doing your best, so I have nothing to say. I would appreciate it if you would pay more attention in the future.”
But, before hanging up, the PD said.
[By the way, writer. I’m having trouble. Really, I would like to help, but the contract with our management has been terminated, so I don’t have permission to investigate the 『Murder Log』-related…]
I thought that the fact that 『Journal』 was being serviced was itself a problem, so I forced myself to take down the work.
In other words, it is realistically difficult to track novels that are not circulated while paying attention to management.
It wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.
However, I couldn’t give up saying that’s right.
I gave up on profit anyway, but the distribution of my work hurts many people.
‘Park Sang-woo.’
The fact that he appeared means that an early villain line leading to Jung Beom-sik or Jang Hye-ok will appear in the future, and if so, concerns increase.
In the 1233 works, the number of villains I dealt with must reach dozens.
When are you going to face them all?
Either one.
Kill all the villains in the novel with your own hands, or prevent the novel from materializing.
Like in 『Journal』, I can’t have Kang Hae-rin kill them, and I can’t kill them either.
It is not a matter of will, but of ability.
How do I catch the characters with fraudulent personalities created to make readers feel suspense in the first place?
I’m just an ordinary writer.
If so, there is one way.
‘Preventing the realization of the novel.’
or-
[Sorry for not being helpful. I will do everything I can. Or, sign a contract with us for a new work, and in that clause, copyright for works that are not in service…]
As if PD-nim wanted to help me, he gave me diligent advice even though he knew it was impossible.
I was moved because I was grateful for that feeling.
After thinking about it, I said.
“…PD-nim, I’m sorry to say this and that, but I’ll just keep writing.”
[… yes?!]
There was another knocking sound on the other side of the phone.
Kkang-!
This time, the sound of something heavy falling.
“……”
[Are you serializing this journal again?]
she shouted in a visibly excited voice.
[I’m fine. Writer, how disappointing it was because it was my first project!]
“…Thank you for saying that.”
“Thank you, I didn’t mean to tell you, but I got scolded by that team leader for that… Oh, I’m sorry. You don’t have to feel guilty. i just…
PD Ban Yu-ri is a precious person to me.
When I first published my work in series and reached about 30 with almost no response, he told me directly over the phone.
‘This is the best work!’
He praised the work, saying that it was the first time he had seen such an exciting and thrilling work that ran contrary to the existing ones.
It was an embarrassingly big cheer for me, who had never heard anything good about it from anyone other than my sister.
Although there were circumstances, it was always trodden in my heart to disappoint such a person.
However, I will not be able to live up to her wishes.
There will be no more thrillers that PD-nim Ban Yu-ri liked, where Kang Hae-rin kills the killers.
“… The work I will write in the future may not be interesting in the eyes of the PD. I’m thinking of changing the background a bit for the strong character. Readers may swear. Still, I’m sorry. I have no choice but to write it like this. Anyway, I want to finish. If possible, in a direction that makes Kang Haerin and the readers happy.”
[… Author.]
Fortunately, the PD didn’t ask.
[Writer, do whatever you want-!]
He didn’t ask me about my recent behavior, he just told me that he was cheering me on.
[I’m on the author’s side-!]
When I hung up the phone, I could feel that my body was under a lot of tension without realizing it.
I relaxed my whole body and lay down on the bed.
Light from outside lit up the asrai ceiling a bit.
If I continue to write the work, the manager will have a justification for continuing to monitor illegal sharing sites.
It won’t be easy, but if we don’t do that, the march of the conscienceless will continue.
It’s not clear yet, but there seems to be a connection between the novel being circulated in that way and its materialization.
If so, that should be stopped.
For that to happen, the power of management is needed.
I don’t know if it’s possible to completely eradicate illegal sharing sites, but I still need their help.
And if you’re going to publish a novel anyway, it’s wise to put an end to the 『Journal』 itself as well.
Haerin Kang, whom I drove into a corner.
The Venus ‘Kang Hae-rin’ of a person named Lee Dong-min, who was born in the bubble of my suffering, should not be recklessly abandoned, but should be finished in happiness.
Even if it means betraying the existing readers.
I fell asleep in my resolve.
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I slept soundly and without any dreams.
The body was also light.
I took my phone out from under the pillow.
[I’ll stop by for lunch tomorrow.]
There was a text message from Harry.
“……”
Looking back on her suspicious behavior over the past few days, Haerin was investigating ‘something’.
According to Park Se-young’s eyewitness account, she was doing a ‘drug deal’ with someone who was obviously Park Sang-woo.
Of course, that’s not what she intends to take.
Kang Hae-rin has a personality that hates losing control of herself, and that is the same in the original work and in real life.
Above all, as a writer, I was able to know.
That Haerin is copying Haerin Kang from 『Journal』.
Kang Hae-rin, the ‘killer’, meets with Park Sang-woo, a drug dealer, in order to count his crimes.
Dealing in drugs confirms his guilt.
Having that meeting in the subway cloakroom also coincided with the scene in the novel.
In other words, he directed the scene itself.
Harin’s judgment itself was not wrong.
Following the scenario in the 『Journal』 exactly as it was written in the novel guarantees victory.
Regarding this, when I had a three-way meeting with my sister in the past, I mentioned that ‘the existence of people who know the contents of the novel’ could cause a surprise.
At least, the fact that Park Sang-woo came out according to the storage room meant that there were no Harrinians around him to be a variable.
If there are no notable abnormalities, they follow the novel.
Then Harin-
“… You’re trying to kill Park Sang-woo, too.”
There is probably guilt behind that psychology.
During the Ban Lee Jae incident, it was my fault for not being able to finish it properly and revealing loopholes.
she was suffering
‘Shaking hands.’
Maybe that’s when I made up my mind.
You shouldn’t leave it to the ‘weak’ me.
I think I did my best, but I couldn’t subdue Ban Yi-jae, who was beyond the level of an ordinary human.
Kang Hae-rin in 『Journal』 pretends to be interested in drug sales, seduces Park Sang-woo into a beauty ring, brings him home, and kills him in the basement.
Drugs are used in the process.
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Just like drug victims did, get them drunk and then kill them with an overdose.
It can be said that it is not a direct murder, but several tortures will be committed in the process, and the situation is no different from murder.
I couldn’t let that go either.
Fortunately, if Haerin follows my scenario, the prediction is simple for me as well.
But dilemmas also exist.
Haerin will try to follow the scenario in 『Journal』, but the fact that I get involved in it means that at the same time, I interfere with the most ‘safe’ scenario.
“…not easy.”
I first washed my hair and brushed my teeth.
Anyway, what I’m going to do is clear.
‘Let’s go to the front.’
It is an attempt to persuade Haerin with words and come up with the most reasonable method.
At the same time, finishing the serialization of 『Journal』 well.
In the meantime, it would be best if the illegal sharing site disappeared and no longer served.
I dried my hair and looked in the mirror.
Bony cheeks and pale face.
red lips.
The eyes are drooping down helplessly.
It’s a depressing impression just by looking at it.
At least I cut my hair and became more tidy, but sometimes I think that this makes my uglier face stand out.
Knowing that looking at an ugly face for no reason only takes away the energy to write, I made an effort to look away from the mirror and went to the hospital hallway.
It was to use the water purifier.
Klopp, Klopp.
“… the guardian is not coming today?”
I turned my head at the sudden voice.
Yesterday, I almost got killed by Haerin overexaggeratedly, but the nurse who is very concerned about my physical condition.
The name tag read ‘Jo Se-jeong’.
He is about the same height as Haerin, his cheeks are a bit chubby, but his expression is quite firm, and he is mature and mature.
The feeling that something is giving a lot of strength to the way I feel, I feel like I’m conscious of my job as a nurse.
But why are you talking to me?
I knew that Harin wouldn’t come until lunch today, but it wasn’t a pleasant scene.
Not to me, but to Nurse Sejeong Jo.
“…Yes, I have work in the morning…”
I awkwardly said goodbye and returned to the hospital room.
Since I’m a nurse, I’m not particularly conscious of being a ‘woman’, but I’m still not comfortable with one-on-one.
I opened my notebook and got ready to write.
Tadat, Tadat.
The first problem I encountered was this.
‘… the latest episode that killed my sister and the kids… what should I do?’
I thought it could be a bigger problem than I thought.
If all 1233 episodes are materialized, of course, the latest episode will also materialize.
I didn’t think that the story of killing the characters who were divided into Nana, Kang Hae-rin, Park Se-young, and Baek Yu-ram in the novel would happen as it was.
Again, I realized that I had to establish an intrinsic coping mechanism.