Episode 41. Recurring Trials (1)
I had the first thought.
‘Did the Ghost finally move?’
Septagram. If they were enough, they could have caused this situation by using all kinds of methods, such as hacking the radio waves.
The timing was also exquisite. Because this happened right after we stepped in and fixed the issue.
Still, guessing was difficult.
‘It’s not like the phone doesn’t work at all. Data is also exploding. If they were going to isolate us, they would certainly have prevented it from happening.’
Seol Chae-hwa asked another acquaintance to find out the situation inside Polaris. However, I can’t just hang around outside until I get a call.
“If you walk about 10 minutes from here, there is a villa in my name. I will stay there tonight.”
“Is there a villa around here?”
“In the first place, this place is famous as a good spot to build a villa. The reason I got to know Seol-ah was when I was in elementary school and we met while visiting a villa during vacation.”
I decided to follow Seol Chae-hwa’s suggestion. It wasn’t that there were other sharp points, and it was because the surroundings had already started to get dark.
‘It’s difficult to get attacked in a place like this where visibility is not good.’
sting. sting.
At some point, the sound of grasshoppers crying filled the surroundings.
While Seol Chae-hwa led the way, I, who followed her, remained alert throughout.
In the meantime.
“Since I live with work all the time, this kind of leisure isn’t bad. If it hadn’t been for the bizarre situation of not receiving phone calls, I would have enjoyed the atmosphere at a leisurely pace.”
Seol Chae-hwa broke the silence with a low voice.
“You also feel that something is strange.”
“yes. It may seem like a fuss, but… . If this is the situation someone intended, I think the other person would also have expected the judgment that I was heading to the villa.”
“But being homeless would be a more dangerous decision.”
“Going back to Seol-ah’s house is even more absurd. If they’re targeting us, we don’t want to get caught up in it.”
In a somewhat subdued atmosphere, we finally reached the front of the villa.
“Is the villa smaller than I thought? Since you belong to the Chilsung family, I thought it would be bigger than Yang’s villa.”
“I like to spend my vacation alone. Even if you build it unnecessarily large, it will only feel empty. I built it small on purpose.”
“I see.”
“Even if you look like that, you know the inside. Everything is there.”
I was able to enter the house only after entering the number first in front of the gate and completing fingerprint and iris recognition at the front door. As she said, the internal stability was certain.
“wait for a sec.”
“yes?”
“what. Why are you so surprised?”
“Ah, that… .”
Seol Chae-hwa took off her shoes without hesitation and stepped inside, so she hurriedly grabbed her wrist. She was looking at the hand I was holding with her eyes wide open.
“Sorry for grabbing you. There is something I want to check before going in.”
“You want to check?”
[Remaining Spirit: 14%]
While I was coming this far, I had a little bit of mental energy.
‘are you okay. It only takes a moment.’
After I took a deep breath. The nature to explore this house was invoked.
[Activates ‘Sense Control’.]
[Enhance hearing.]
[Intensifies the sense of smell.]
[Exit ‘Sense Control’.]
“Turn it off… … .”
“Are you okay?”
“I checked to see if there are any dangers in this house. For now, I can’t feel any popularity except for us.”
“Thank you for looking after me, but you did too much today. Do not work too hard. As for danger detection, I can fly it with a drone and check it.”
Anyway, safety has been secured, so you can safely enter inside.
“… … ?”
“There is a bed over there, so go and rest. I’ll stand the vigil.”
“vigil? Are you sure you’re not going to sleep?”
“Because staying up all night has always been the case. I can survive without sleeping for a day.”
“I’m a bit sorry to fall asleep alone… … .”
“oh. Shall we sleep together in that bed?”
After hearing that, I looked around the other part of the villa. And I realized it belatedly.
“Is there only one room?”
“I told you that it is a villa that you use alone. Of course, the only blanket and pillow are on that bed.”
“for a moment. anyway it is I’m stronger than you, but sleeping comfortably alone… … .”
“That’s why it’s called sleep. You have to recover even a little bit so that you can protect me in a crisis situation.”
Seol Chae-hwa smiled softly and pushed me toward the bed.
“Ugh.”
“Look. You must have been very tired to see him fall down.”
It was only a light push, but my body collapsed on the bed so helplessly.
“Then I’ll close my eyes for a little bit, a little bit. Because it’s 10 PM now… . I’ll get up around 1:00 a.m. Let’s change at that time.”
“Rest well.”
After 3 hours of sleep each other, leave the villa around 5 am and leave for the city center, you will be able to use the first car of any means of transportation. For some reason, I felt that I wouldn’t be able to stay here for long.
“If I can’t wake up, wake me up.”
“Whoops. Okay.”
The moment I set the alarm on my smartphone like that, my brain suddenly cut off the film as if it had waited only for this moment.
***
“… … .”
Kim Do-yoon fell asleep in an instant. Seol Chae-hwa, who was looking at him like that, caressed her wrist for no reason.
‘Why am I like this? I would have graduated from puberty right away.’
Place that hand on your left chest. It is more subdued than the first time, but I can still feel the heart that is working hard to assert itself.
Seol Chae-hwa basically loved talented people. When I met a saint with a unique nature, there were always times when I couldn’t sleep at night with excitement about how to make him my own.
However, that feeling is a snobbish desire. It’s just the feelings of a child whose eyes shine brightly as he stares at the nicely decorated toys on the shelf.
What he wants now is the peak of Chilsung. In the future, he will become the next head of the Chilsung Group.
To this end, it was necessary to attract as many talented people as possible and build connections with influential people to establish a position within Chilseong.
In the process, love feelings are a foolish act of putting on the shackles yourself. Well, the day will come when we will get married in the distant future, but at least not at this time.
‘I have to make sure that I’m at this age when I’m green and my head is spinning.’
Seol Chae-hwa checked her drone. After putting one of them on standby in the room where Doyoon Kim slept, he carefully closed the door and came out toward the living room.
It didn’t end there. By flying drones at key points inside and outside the villa, I paid close attention to securing retreat routes for unexpected enemy surprise attacks and emergencies.
‘I don’t feel well. I can’t help feeling like I’m being targeted by someone.’
If this isn’t their fault, then who the hell is targeting them?
Seol Chae-hwa thought for a moment.
‘As expected, they must be my competitors who are aiming for the position of Chilsung like me.’
There were some relatives who disapproved of Seol Chae-hwa’s actions. You could say they were strong candidates, but she didn’t jump to conclusions.
Now that she has entered Signal due to her national duty, her external activities have become much more difficult than before, and she has come down a lot from the list of candidates for competition.
‘If it was meant to be a check, there are many people who are more threatening than me. Like the first older brother who takes unconventional steps through international activities. Or a second sister comparable to him.’
There is no reason or efficiency to do this to yourself who has restrictions on activities.
If you really want to do this to yourself.
‘Did you find out that I found a move of God?’
If you aim well at the timing, it is a divine move that can boost your position at once. It is right in front of Seolchaehwa, not anywhere else. He was sleeping soundly in that bedroom.
An adult who wields a powerful influence over society based on supernatural powers. Halo, an incurable disease that is their fate and the most difficult ordeal for them.
The only one who can solve it.
Doyoon Kim.
If its existence is known to competitors.
‘no. Then things get even weirder. The fact that Kim Do-yoon has that kind of power is that some of Signal officials and I. And I watched the video of that time with me… ghost… … ?’
Seol Chae-hwa, who had been thinking that far, jumped up from the sofa in the living room where she was sitting.
ghost. Polaris’ first team leader and her loyalist who also holds the position of president.
Seol Chae-hwa’s eyes moved around busily.
‘for a moment. It’s hard to believe, but even if he betrayed me, why is it at this time?’
If you were planning to hit the back, there was a time when it was a better time than this time. And that time has already passed.
Even if he did this now, he had nothing to lose other than being late for the signal tomorrow and getting in trouble with his grades.
‘Even if he intended to assassinate me, there’s no reason to proceed with such a hassle. If that was the intention, I wouldn’t bother aiming for a situation where I’m with Kim Do-yoon, but when I’m alone… … .’
clap. clap. clap.
It was then.
Metallic sounds were heard almost simultaneously from inside the villa.
Seol Chae-hwa’s eyes sharpened.
‘The security device activated on its own.’
The villa can lock or unlock all entrances to the house via remote control. Currently, that function is working.
From the living room, head towards the window leading to the front yard.
I tried pushing it sideways, but it wouldn’t open. It is made of special glass with the principle of manufacturing artifacts, so it is not broken by moderate impact. Even if a dump truck runs into it, it won’t even crack.
‘Why are you locked up? I double-checked that no one was in the house. Wouldn’t anyone be able to come in here? no Otherwise… … . Rather, it prevented them from going out?’
The moment when the situation gradually fell into the labyrinth.
Chi profit.
An unknown gas began to spray inside the villa. Surprised, Seol Chae-hwa hurriedly took out a handkerchief and covered her mouth.
‘I’m scolded. I drank a little… .’
It was too late to hold my breath.
Seol Chae-hwa tried her best to hold on to her increasingly hazy mind.
‘sleeping pills? no. If that was the case, I should have fallen asleep right away. If it was poison gas, I would have coughed or felt pain in some way. So what? What the hell is this gas… … .’
A breath that gets hotter. heart rate accelerating. While the mind becomes more and more dazed, the physical senses become more and more sensitive.
The moment he took a step towards the bedroom, thinking that he should join Kim Do-yoon.
“Ouch!”
A terrifying stimulus as the collar brushed against her skin burned her thought circuit.
That stimulus was none other than pleasure.
“Ah, ah… .”
The reason that is becoming more and more paralyzed. A ray of ego that somehow remained, belatedly realized the truth and warned me to stay away from the bedroom.
that buck that buck
I was a step late.
The body, already dominated by the senses, moved toward the bedroom as if possessed by something. The closer I got to Kim Do-yoon’s room, the more I could smell the unbearable scent of temptation.
‘This, this gas… . why would you do this… .’
The irresistible sticky desire erodes the self that has become irresistible.
Seruk. Squeak.
loss of control.
Standing there was no longer an ambitious, lofty young lady from a conglomerate family.
Swoop. Swoop.
A hungry beast just wandering around in search of prey. There was only one beast there, exhaling heated breath because it had become so sensitive.
clap.
The doorknob is back.
The beast that finally found its prey revealed its fangs.
***
rustle. rustle.
When a person falls asleep in a state of extreme sensitivity. No matter how tired you are, you may not be able to fall asleep and wake up easily.
I did just that.
‘Is it Seolchaehwa?’
Inside the dark room, as soon as I heard a rustling sound, I immediately opened my eyes. The unmistakable silhouette of Seolchaehwa was seen in the adapted darkness.
I was momentarily relieved that I wasn’t a surprise enemy.
“Seolchaehwa?”
“yes.”
Soon I had to raise the tension again.
“Do you have anything to say?”
“I have nothing to say.”
It was an answer that might seem ordinary at first glance.
However.
“Then why are you standing like that?”
He is quietly looking down at me in this dark room. Even the entrance door is firmly closed. Such circumstances made her intuit that Seolchaehwa was not in her usual state.
“I have nothing to say, but there are things I want to do.”
“What… .”
Right after Seol Chae-hwa said that, she got on top of the bed I was lying on. As I freaked out and stepped back, she too approached me like a four-legged animal, using both hands and legs.
‘for a moment. This strange smell from seolchaehwa. Where did you take it?’
I activated Sense Control to be more sure.
And I quickly realized
‘okay. I’ve been told where I’ve been in charge! That’s the smell when I went to the club to meet Aram Kang’s brother!’
Kang A-ram was attacked by Kang Hyuk-woo and injected with medicine. At the time, my sense of smell was sensitive due to sense control, so I could smell a strange smell of medicine from Kang Ah-ram. It smelled just like the one I smelled back then.
“Kim Do-yoon… . i want to have you… … .”
The pronunciation, which was fine at first, turned into a terrifyingly sticky sound as he got closer to me.
“You mean you want to have talented people?”
“I’ve been thinking about it… . If only that person becomes my person, I think my future will be bright and it will be a breeze, right?”
“calm down. You’re not the kind of person who makes judgments hastily. No one knows the future.”
“no. I’m right. Whatever they say, I’m right… . That’s what I thought… … .”
Seolchaehwa’s arms cross each other and hold the ends of both waists. Realizing what she was about to do, I hurriedly grabbed her arm.
“stop. Don’t do anything you’ll regret later.”
“Kim Do-yoon… . Do you want to… ?”
I know the efficacy of that drug well. I felt it through Kang Ah-ram’s actions, and I also found out the exact efficacy by interrogating the Septagram guys who were present at the time.
‘It looks crazy, but later on, he said he remembers everything while he was high on drugs.’
Because of that, even Kang Ah-ram blushed whenever he saw me for a while and begged me to forget about it.
“Doing something like this makes them attack me… . If you make me responsible, you become my own person anyway… … .”
“Do you usually say that in front of yourself?”
“Am I not very s*xy? Doesn’t it look like a woman… ? I’m not attractive because I’m a workaholic woman who only works… … .”
Seol Chae-hwa’s words stopped for a moment.
“Uhhh… . It wasn’t. You are mean. Even if you pretend nothing is wrong, the bottom is so honest… … .”
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
I put my hand on her forehead and stunned her right away. It was the same principle as when I knocked out Kang Ah-ram at the club the other day.
‘You’re going to have a hard time like Kang Ah-ram for the time being. I want you to forget what happened today as hard as you can.’
when you come back to your senses. She rose from her seat, mourning the ordeal that would befall her.
[Remaining Spirit: 52%]
While I was asleep, my mental power was about half full.
I carefully opened the door and checked the condition outside. Using his natural instincts, he thoroughly investigated the inside of the house.
‘It’s like there’s no one in the house. The smell of medicine is strong in the living room. You got hit by that.’
Remnants of Septagram said that the drug, called ‘unplatonic’, had strong libido-boosting and euphoric effects only on women.
A drug that doesn’t work, at least for me. Now that fact was important. At least I don’t have to worry about being incapacitated.
‘I’m sure it’s a surprise attack, but why would you do it this way… ?’
Tiri-ri-ri. Tiri-ri-ri.
Suddenly the phone rang. It was the sound coming from my smartphone in my pocket.
the sender.
‘Something has come.’
Seolchaehwa’s henchman. It was Ghost.