Episode 63. Starry Night (15)
“He is dead.”
It was Kang A-ram’s dry reaction.
“huh. But at the end, my uncle helped me, so I should have died peacefully.”
“This is how everyone in the Septagram ends.”
After that, Eom Na-yeon and Seol Chae-hwa threw a word at a time. Pyo Yu-rim said nothing.
A side that MacLaine hadn’t shown before. It was Cho Kang-min, a researcher who died after reciting ‘I’m a villain, but I had a story’ instead.
Aram Kang looked at me and said.
“Every time I go to the goal of these guys, I really appreciate you. If it wasn’t for you, my brother would have died like this.”
I replied with a weak smile and looked at the pendant Jo Kang-min gave me. It was a framed pendant, and inside the lid was a picture of a three-year-old girl. She was Jo Kang-min’s daughter.
This pendant was used to enter the hidden ending route of Min Seo-eun, one of the main heroines of Psychic Age.
Eom Na-yeon and Seol Chae-hwa’s true ending was a neat happy ending, while Min Seo-eun’s true ending had a rather bitter aftertaste.
‘It was the hidden ending route that made that uncomfortable ending perfectly comfortable.’
The problem is that the main episode is completely unrelated to this story. It is that a hidden episode should be conducted separately only for Min Seo-eun’s happiness.
Do I have to go through all kinds of hardships just for the happiness of one heroine, to put an end to that happiness?
‘Let’s take care of it first.’
I put Jo Kang-min’s pendant in my pocket.
As an aside, most of the words Jo Kang-min left before he died were the same as those he encountered in the original work. In summary, he had a daughter who died, and he joined the Septagram to meet her.
The afterlife that Septagram wanted to create. He hoped that he would be able to meet his daughter through this, but the result was not.
Up to this point, it was the same as the one I knew.
“Why are you procrastinating? Seol Chae-hwa told me to clean up after work. We want to get out quickly.”
Kang Ah-ram stood in front of the stairs going up to the ground and shouted.
“Go first. I will follow you right away.”
The place is still the basement of the central control center. I stared at Jo Kang-min, who had become a cold corpse.
“The afterlife. Let them name them… Project Name Requies. The result was different from what I expected. Ultimately, they achieved what they intended, but it was far from what I hoped for. I wanted my daughter, not a doll that looked like my daughter.”
It is said that the Requies project, the next step after succeeding the satellite project, unfortunately did not proceed in Korea.
It was carried out in Uruguay, on the other side of the world from Korea, far outside the scope of my activities.
‘I even said that the results of the Requies Project had already come out.’
Cho Kang-min called the nature of an adult born from the project.
“Necromancer. Isn’t that a name that really suits that child’s nature?”
I sighed deeply and turned my back on Jo Kang-min.
From the first episode, the ending was different from the original. None other than I made it that way. From that point on, of course, I should have endured that the ending of the second episode would also be different.
‘Necromancer… … . If an incident related to that happens, a completely unknown territory will unfold.’
I shook my head.
Whether it’s Min Seo-eun’s hidden ending route or the completely unknown story of Necromancer.
Whatever.
The second episode ended like this. I put aside my worries about the future for a while, and decided to soak up the sense of accomplishment I had achieved.
“Mr. Kim Do-yoon. So, what do you plan on doing next?”
“kid? what kid?”
It seemed that the sense of achievement should be put on hold for a while.
It was because Pyoyu-rim started talking to him as soon as he came up from the underground.
“The kid who was in Kim Do-yoon’s dormitory. That child was also a child who was experimented on in this lab. Yes?”
Pyo Yu-rim’s question made me sweat.
“That kid. Mmm. that is… … .”
When I looked at Seol Chae-hwa, the person responsible for pushing No.45 into my dormitory, she met my gaze for about a second before turning her head away.
“kid? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
Kang Ah-ram, who had been sitting on a chair nearby as if he was bored, and crossed his legs, approached me.
“don’t mind. It has nothing to do with you.”
“I’m sorry, but when I say that, it’s a style I want to dig deeper into. Um, did you say driftwood? Since I’m Signal senior, can I speak comfortably?”
When Kang A-rim asked, Pyo Yu-rim nodded while being somewhat wary.
“Don’t look at me that way. You interrupted the conversation to help. So what were you talking about?”
“I don’t really need help… … .”
Pyo Yu-rim lost his words in the middle, then shook his head and said.
“Actually, it seems that Mr. Kim Do-yoon saved a child who was locked up in this laboratory before.”
“Hoo. so?”
As I had to keep an eye on Pyo Yu-rim, I had to listen quietly while the story flowed.
and.
“hey. Parasitic long rain.”
“why.”
After hearing the story, Aram Kang looked back at me and frowned.
“The children who were in this institute. I heard that after field training, you are first transferred to a hospital and then sent to a specialized management center after treatment? Shouldn’t that kid go there too?”
“I was originally going to do that. But in the process of saving that child, that child came to like me a little more. They said that because they fell away from me, they had accidents one after another.”
Aram Kang snorted.
“under! Did you rush to take over just for that reason? Are you kidding? I don’t think compassion is the only emotion that decides the critical issues in a child’s life.”
That was right.
It’s just that the timing wasn’t good. Now that this incident has been sorted out to some extent, it is necessary to reestablish the relationship with No.45.
“and. It’s not just the child that determines your life, it’s the same for you.”
“… … .”
“Caring for a child is harder than you think. I must be prepared to give up at least half of my life. can you do that now As for his studies at Signal, I don’t know the details, but he seems to like playing hero quite a bit, so I wonder if he can raise a child there.”
“I had a rough plan.”
This was the first plan proposed by Seol Chae-hwa. After moving to a house near Signal, I thought of Plan A: I would hire a housekeeper to stay with my child and commute to school.
When I told Kang Ah-ram the story, she looked at me with a somewhat disapproving face.
“Right now, even real parents run away because they can’t handle taking care of a child, so many times. Because I am the victim How much more can you take good care of a child without a drop of blood?”
I wondered why Kang Ah-ram was preaching so seriously, but it was because he was not like other people.
When I hesitated to answer, she shook her head and continued.
“The fact that the answer doesn’t come out right away means that you don’t have confidence. They said they hired a housekeeper. Yes, with that said, someone can take care of childcare for you. but. Physical care can be taken care of by others, but I don’t think you should recklessly entrust mental care to others.”
“I guess so.”
“Emotional education so that the baby can live properly. It’s not uncommon to care about that. There’s a bad example right here, right? A b*tch with a personality like me.”
“sister. I think my sister is a good person… … .”
Eom Na-yeon, who was listening to the story nearby, was about to intervene.
“You suck. Otherwise, it stays with this seaweed head, gets stuck in a hole in the wall, and spreads it all over the campus.”
“Kyaaak! sister how do you do that? for a moment. And you didn’t dance like that?! Who the hell told you this? Are you Chaehwa? can you… … . what? Seol Chae-hwa? He must have been here a while ago?”
While Eom Na-yeon went to perform the Seolchaehwa Chuno play with a tear-stained face, Kang A-ram cleared his throat for a while and continued talking again.
“anyway! Amy’s father didn’t give me proper education, so I spent my life as a real dog even when I was in middle school. In the end, thanks to being beaten around the ears and having my hair pulled, I realized it myself, so I managed to change to be able to function as a human being.”
“You have suffered a lot.”
“So, if you don’t want to make that child suffer like I did, make a clear decision. To be able to answer without a second’s hesitation when someone asks the same question as me. Algan?”
Kang Ah-ram said that and looked at the pyoyu-rim. ‘Did I do well?’ It looked like they were looking at each other with the same eyes.
‘Really, why are you doing that? Isn’t Kang Ah-ram the kind of person who pays attention to someone? Didn’t Pyo Yu-rim and Kang A-ram meet for the first time today?’
Why? Was there some kind of connection that I didn’t know about in a place where I wasn’t? I couldn’t figure it out at all.
“ruler. Then, continue the conversation between the two of you. I’ll get out of here.”
After Kang Ah-ram returned to the chair he was sitting on, I had to face Pyo Yu-rim’s uneasy gaze again.
“That, um. So how far have we been talking?”
“The child in the dormitory asked what he was going to do.”
“right. It was. I forgot for a moment because Aram Kang was distracted. If it’s him, he’ll have to ponder what he said. It is certainly not an easy matter to decide.”
“Mr. Kim Do-yoon.”
Pyo Yu-rim asked in a harder voice. Unknowingly, I straightened my back.
“huh.”
“Could it be that child? If it’s okay with Mr. Kim Do-yoon… … .”
Woo woo woo. Woo woo woo.
“sorry. wait for a sec.”
My smartphone in my pocket vibrated. I apologized to Yoo-rim Pyo and took out my smartphone.
[No Caller ID]
A call from an unknown sender that comes in at really unfortunate timing. It was a moment when I was nervous because I had received a phone call like this recently.
After a moment of hesitation, I pressed the call button.
clap clap clap.
Loud applause.
I waited for the other person to speak first without rushing to open my mouth.
“It’s wonderful, Irregular. You did a very nice job.”
familiar voice.
“Glaine… .”
Pyo Yu-rim’s expression, which was puzzled by my chanting, and Kang A-ram’s face, who pretended to have finished his business and secretly kept an eye on me, hardened as well.
“Hey, Sans. Turn up the volume. Let us hear.”
At Aram Kang’s request, I switched to speaker mode.
「Ah~ If you are thinking of using a shallow trick like location tracking, give up. My voice right now is just a replay of a recording. It would be futile to go to the place where the phone call came from.”
You’re very thorough. Did Glene even expect me to take over this laboratory?
「Actually, in my heart, I wanted to wait for you at that laboratory. When I thought about it, I realized that it was frustrating to dance with you in such a cramped place. so… … . I’ve changed my plans a bit.”
and.
The story of the third episode started flowing out of his mouth.
“Before Signal’s summer vacation started. That adult education institutions from countries all over the world gather together to launch a national confrontation for harmony. You should know. We will meet again there. Please, hope that you will be stronger by then. Our expectations for you are getting higher and higher.”
The phone cut off just like that.
Neither I, nor Pyo Yu-rim, nor Kang A-ram said anything.
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Jiying.
At that time, the central control center firewall opened and Seolchaehwa, who had been outside, returned. He looked like he was caressing his reddened cheeks, but next to him was Eom Na-yeon, who was in a lot of pain.
Seol Chae-hwa looked at us and said.
“Suddenly, I will get out of this stuffy laboratory. I’ve backed up all the important evidence, and the Chilsung officials I called and called will come out and organize the rest. Outside, helicopters and cars are already waiting outside on the grounds.”
I asked just in case.
“are you okay? There might be more Septagram spies like Ghost in Chilsung, right? What if they sneak in and destroy the data in the lab?”
“That’s why I said that I backed up all my important data. You showed that you took over this laboratory and rescued the children… … . It may not be completely, but it can be said that the fire that fell on the instep was put out.”
Fortunately, it came out as thoroughly as it did in the original. I wondered if he had become a little lax as he wasn’t in a state full of venom like he was during an affair, but it was also a useless worry.
“So you have a long way to clear your name.”
“People who want to be suspicious somehow force themselves to talk. They might say that I’m trying to pretend I’m not an insider by arguing with people from the research institute. In that sense, Yurim-ah. You said you would help, right?”
Pyo Yu-rim nodded slightly.
“huh. Keep your word.”
“good. It would be of great help if you were by my side.”
I asked Seol Chae-hwa over and over again.
“What’s going on with the Ghost? Wasn’t it the state of being framed and pushing you away and occupying Polaris?”
“This is the information I just received from the Polaris employees, but since we succeeded in occupying the lab, they disappeared like ghosts. I was able to clear most of the false accusations against me by cross-checking the data recorded in this institute. He knew that too and ran away.”
This was also like an affair.
As the way of proceeding has changed a lot from the original, I wondered if there was noise in the ending part, so I asked the old lady, but nothing has changed in this part. If you’re lucky, you’re lucky.
‘If that’s the case, is there anything other than the variable that the Necromancer was born into?’
While we were heading towards the elevator we first boarded, the Chilsung officials who came down from the outside, to be exact, appeared in special forces outfits, saw Seolchaehwa and passed by with a light salute.
Doo doo doo!
As Seol Chae-hwa said, a huge crowd gathered as she came out to the ground through the elevator. That meant that many people were all affiliated with Chilsung.
‘It’s okay. It’s a large company, so it’s worth bringing in this amount of manpower.’
Seeing that the police also came together, it seemed that the investigation was being conducted jointly.
In the original work, after hearing Jo Kang-min’s story, the screen immediately switched to the next day. Because of that, I didn’t know the detailed flow after this scene.
“You can get into that helicopter.”
As we approached the helicopter, Seol Chae-hwa alone did not move.
Nayeon Eom asked.
“Chaehwa, you?”
“I have to stay and clean up the site. It’s my job. Besides, all I did was chat in a safe place. Shouldn’t we clean up after this and go?”
“Why are you talking like that~ Chae-Hwa was really helpful too.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“I would have been more helpful if it hadn’t betrayed me.”
Eom Na-yeon said that and wiggled her index finger with a mischievous expression. Seol Chae-hwa shook her shoulders and wrapped her cheeks that had flared earlier. It looks like it was pinched a lot.
‘for a moment. betrayal?”
After hearing that, I realized that I was not in a position to remain silent.
“hey. seolchaehwa. Come to think of it, didn’t you have something to say to me too?”
“uh… . hmm… … . Did you have a hard time?”
“Come here. I’ll pinch the other cheek.”
“This couldn’t be helped! I really couldn’t help it.
I stretched the ball moderately.
At this time or any other time, I will try pinching seolchaehwa. Because it usually exudes an aura that is difficult to approach with a proud and noble image.
‘for a moment. Still, something is missing. Am I missing something else?’
What was that emptiness?
I was able to notice that fact only after I returned to the dorm after returning to the signal.
If you think about it, I always passed out after going through something big, as was always promised.
It was like that after calming down the wild wild forest, it was like that in the Neverland incident, and it was like that at Seolchaehwa Villa.
This time, it was a bigger incident than that, and even though the mind and body were the most overworked of all the things I had experienced so far, I did not faint unexpectedly.
‘Did my body eventually adapt to this situation after going through such an ordeal?’
Isn’t it said that humans are animals of adaptation? With such a positive mindset, I was able to return to Signal and get a good night’s sleep.
***
As much as I had stayed up all night, it was around noon when I woke up. No.45, who had fallen asleep with me, had disappeared before I knew it.
When I checked my smartphone, there was a messenger saying that Seol Chae-hwa had been taken back. I wondered if No.45 would have used a swarm to keep from falling off me, but it is said that unexpected reinforcements helped.
‘I said that Pyo Yu-rim came and comforted me, so I went back safely. What happened between the two of you while I was gone?’
Whatever.
Thanks to Kang Ah-ram’s stingy advice, I decided to seriously consider how to treat No.45 again.
and.
“Uggeuggeukgeuk!”
I stretched to the fullest and got out of bed. I went through an eventful experience this morning, but I didn’t mean to be lazy.
‘Because Glaine has been making such cheeky provocations again.’
Did you say that you prayed that you would become stronger? It was what I was hoping for. I will repay this humiliation properly by becoming as strong as he wants, or even stronger than he imagined.
Coincidentally, today was also the weekend, so I was able to spend time freely. I simply washed up and headed straight to the Cheonsong training ground.
‘I couldn’t see it properly because I was busy in the lab, but something just appeared on the vital chip status window.’
I don’t know anything else, but that word was definitely left in my mind. I definitely remembered that there was a word called ‘natural eruption’.
On the day of the Neverland Incident, after a fierce battle with Glenn, I obtained ‘Sense Control’ and ‘Overlord’ through the Eruption of Nature.
If so, what kind of new nature has been created this time?
‘I’m curious, should I open the status window and check it now?’
The road from the men’s dormitory to the women’s dormitory. I stopped for a moment and checked the status log.
[As I used ‘Demagog’ repeatedly, I gained realization about its nature.]
[A new nature is differentiated from that nature.]
[‘Pondless pheromone’ has been added to the 2nd stage of nature.]
“… … ?”
It was the first time in my life that even hearing the name was so sinister.
I wanted something, so I opened the details.
＜Fondness pheromone＞
:: The closer the opposite s*x is to you, the longer they stay with you, the more they like you.
:: It is always active nature.
I couldn’t help but doubt my eyes.