11 – Salvation (1)
The hero is justice.
Hero is not justice.
This is a topic of discussion that has been going on for a long time.
If you think of heroes in novels or movies, the former would be correct.
If you see a hero who is active in reality, the latter would be correct.
Not all heroes are good.
Not all villains are bad.
Most heroes are good.
Most villains are bad.
A few heroes are bad.
A few villains are good.
There are many types, and people tend to see different types of heroes and villains.
Then, what did the sisters who became heroes of heroes and heroes of villains see separate and stand on opposite sides?
Perhaps you won’t know.
“Whew… The neighborhood is rough.”
I looked around meticulously as I climbed the steep, unevenly paved road.
Now I am in a certain town.
It was a slum village so remote that you wouldn’t even know it existed.
According to the investigation, the sisters did not return home and wandered here and there, looking for empty houses in slums.
To be precise, I was looking for an abandoned house and staying there.
It makes no sense, but… It was possible because it was a slum.
Because this place has always been a place where numerous stories and incidents take place.
As a result, there are bound to be one or two empty houses.
It was a place that became the only resting place for sisters who could not return home.
The last place they were spotted was this neighborhood, so I was looking around.
‘What do you plan to do? Is there any way?’
‘Once… I’m thinking of finding a sister. We’ve met once, so we’re going to keep talking.’
‘Conversation… It’s a good way, but it won’t come easily. Of course I don’t know because I haven’t seen it… Because it must have many scars.’
‘You’re right. But I’ve learned a little bit about the sisters.’
‘Did you find out?’
At Kim Ho-yeon’s questionable expression, Lee Seo-jin put on a slightly confident smile.
‘They ate really well.’
“Very gluttonous…”
Because I ate a family size pizza and two chickens in an instant.
Seeing the results of the investigation, she was half mad, so she couldn’t stay sane.
She calmed down and kept her composure.
She has already asked for help several times, but she has never been helped.
She always suffers from her malice and misfortune, and in what way should she help her sister who had to suffer.
Is there any other answer besides talking?
Approaching little by little, gaining trust slowly and reaching out a helping hand at the end.
That was the best way I could think of, and when I told the two of them, they seemed to understand it to some extent.
‘But the sisters may not want to talk at all.’
‘Why?’
‘Usually, when I go through this kind of experience, I notice a lot of other people. I don’t want to bother you at all. Especially if that was the only good person who helped them.’
‘Why?’
‘They’re worried that this good person might leave because of them.’
That was correct.
It may be different now because it is in the past, but when I saw the hero in her previous life, she tried very hard not to ask for help or cause trouble to others.
Why are you behaving like that? To the point of questioning it.
Maybe because I went through such a childhood, my personality didn’t change even after I grew up.
“…Let’s find it quickly.”
The two of them said they would come together to find it, but this was my problem and I wanted to solve it, so I declined.
Instead, he showed strong confidence to tell me if there is any help at any time.
… Really. I was so blessed in the past, but why didn’t I notice?
With a resolution to never let this time go in vain, I took a step forward and turned around to check the path I had taken so far.
“Whew… It seems to have risen quite high.”
The place I am now is a village mixed with mountains and plains.
If you want to find someone in a place like this, the first priority is to go to the top and figure out the overall terrain.
If you’re lucky, you might find what you’re looking for while figuring it out.
Of course, it would be difficult for an ordinary person to find it.
If I became a hero, my physical abilities would greatly improve, and I had no difficulty finding my abilities because they were related to my physical abilities.
Actually, I was looking at the overall scenery of the village now, but it wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t figure it out except for the distance that was too far.
“No… no… neither this… nor that… no. Then…”
I inspected each one carefully and confirmed it with my own eyes.
It was a shabby slum, but surprisingly there seemed to be a lot of people living there.
However, very few people came out, so most of them were found to be inside the house.
Is the sister also in the house? If so, it seemed pretty difficult to find.
While he was looking around, hoping that he would show up at least a little bit.
In the distance, I could see the back of me with very small, familiar hair flying around.
“Huh?”
Frozen his eyes, he concentrated the superman’s unique power, ‘mana’, into his field of vision.
Then, as if you were narrowing down the magnification with a telescope, the field of view was enlarged and you could see what kind of situation it was.
“…What the f*ck.”
The moment I confirmed it, I stopped looking and started running, predicting the direction.
I was lucky enough to see my sister.
But the problem was that the sisters were being chased.
By a man.
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Many people live in slums.
Among them, vicious people like villains are bound to live.
Now the sisters were running away from such a person.
If you look back for a moment to see why this happened…
This time, her sister also wanted to stay in an empty house that had become completely abandoned.
But if there was one problem, there was a man who was targeting the sisters, and he planned to kidnap them while they were taking a nap and sell them to brothels.
Fortunately, when the man attacked you, you were able to get out of your seat and run away.
They were sisters who became mentally more mature after facing the warm light.
“Ha ha… Ha ha… Are you okay, Seo Eun-ah?”
“Haa… uhm. I’m a little tired, but it’s okay. Sister?”
“I’m fine. Take a break and come back…”
After taking a break around her alley, Soo-ah Yoo saw the way back.
Fortunately, the man was nowhere to be seen, and Yoo Seo-eun looked very tired, so she thought of taking a break.
But at that moment.
“Got it. You rats.”
A sinister-looking man appeared from behind and grabbed his sister.
Grasping his head, covering his mouth, and treating him harshly as if he were handling an animal.
She laughed in disgust at the thought of making her own money by selling it off as well.
However, even though she was so exhausted, the sisters had no intention of taking it lightly.
“Leave it! You pig!”
“Let go!!”
“Oops!”
As if they had promised, the sisters moved at the same time.
My brother kicked the man in the shin.
My sister… I kicked the man right in the middle.
Apart from the shin, no man could walk around intact even after being hit in the middle, so he complained of pain while holding him with his hand.
“Ahhhhh!
When they had time to escape, the sisters hurriedly ran out of the alley.
But after a while, I stopped walking.
Because I couldn’t escape.
No. There was no reason to run away.
Because I had a reliable ally in front of me.
As soon as the pain subsided, the man hurriedly ran out of the alley to chase after his sister.
However, the moment he came out, the man’s throat was grabbed by someone’s hand.
“Wow!!”
“What are you? Why are you chasing them?”
“What. What! You!”
“… Ha.”
Lee Seo-jin, who grabbed the man by the neck and glared at him as if to kill him, let out a short sigh.
Then, holding her neck with one hand, she lifted it up and pushed it as if it were driven into the wall next to it.
“I don’t ask you three times. What are you? You bastard.”
Intense murder shimmered in the eyes hidden by the shaggy hair.
Even an ordinary person could feel it enough, so the man replied terrified.
“Keuk kuk! I am their father! My daughters suddenly ran outside…”
“Escape…? Dad…?”
An answer given to somehow make up for the situation.
That was enough of an answer to bring even more anger.
Lee Seo-jin lifted the man who had been pushed against the side wall and then slammed him down on the floor.
“Yeah. You’re the father… That’s great. I was going to go find him and kill half of him.”
Thump!
Lee Seo-jin hit the floor right next to the man’s face with his fist.
Then it dented in the form of his fist, and as he watched the solid stone floor shatter, the man panicked and begged his forgiveness.
“I’m sorry! I actually have nothing to do with it! My life please!”
“I knew. Not a bastard like you.”
“That. Then!”
“Shut up and answer me. Why did you go after these guys?
“That… That’s actually because they looked pitiful, so I approached them to ask why, but they suddenly ran away…”
Shivering, as the man continued to make excuses, Yoo Seo-eun shouted.
“It’s a lie! He kidnapped us and tried to sell us somewhere!!”
“…That’s right.”
Lee Seo-jin closed his eyes, slightly raised his head, and let out a deep sigh.
The man, who was even more frightened by such an act, summoned fear and shook his head in denial.
“No. No! Never—”
She hurriedly tried to make up for the situation by making excuses.
f*ck—!!
A dull sound echoed and Lee Seo-jin’s fist hit the man’s face, and the man slumped and passed out.
“Whew…”
Lee Seo-jin brushed off her hand and threw the limp man to one side of the wall like a garbage dump, then approached her sister.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“It’s okay.”
“Yes. But mister… How the heck is this place…?”
When Yoo Soo-ah expressed her doubts, Lee Seo-jin felt her heart melt a little.
She hurriedly thought of what to say, then answered in a hurry, as if making an excuse.
“Ah. Ah~! I was on my way back from work and I saw you guys being seriously pursued. So I ran all of a sudden!”
“…Was there a villain in this slum again?”
“Uh. Yes! Of course. Don’t you believe me, mister?”
Lee Seo-jin was nervous with an awkward smile.
Yoo Soo-ah seemed to know something, but when she remembered that she had lied, which she didn’t want to say, she didn’t ask any more.
She smiled brightly and she just said thank you.
“…Thank you, mister.”
“Thank you!”
“…No. What?”
After shyly brushing her nose, Lee Seo-jin looked at her sister.
Maybe it was because she used a lot of her strength while moving around.
Growl—
Just like the first time they met, a sound echoed from her sister’s belly this time.
“Oooooh…”
“…Ugh.”
“…Puhuh.”
“…Don’t laugh.”
“Yes. Okay. Fu. Fu…”
“Ah. Don’t laugh!!”
“Right. Don’t laugh. You stupid man!”
The situation came to an end as she heard her sister scream.
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After the commotion, I called the police…
No. Made a personal report and decided to have lunch with her sister.
The menu is a Chinese restaurant. When I asked what she wanted to eat, she gave a straightforward answer this time.
Unlike the first time, maybe it was because we met several times.
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But that did not solve the fundamental problem.
“Mister, what are you thinking?”
“Huh?”
Looking at her sister, I thought about how to talk to her and how to lead the situation.
I wonder if that’s why I was left blank.
Yoo Seo-eun tilted her head and asked.
“Ah. Ahahahaha… It’s nothing special. Just my personal thoughts.”
“Really? I had an insidious thought about you again.”
“What. Why?”
“You look like a pervert just by looking at them? Cut your beard!”
“Ugh!”
Although time has passed, I haven’t dressed up my face.
Since I saw the sisters with such a shaggy look, I was afraid that if I showed them a different look, I would feel rejected.
If I had to dress up, I would at least do it after saving my sister… It hurts me.
“Kuhmm. Well, let’s cut that later… I have something more to say than that.”
“What to say?”
“Do you have something to say?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry, but just once… can you listen?”
As she cautiously handed over her request, her sister exchanged glances, then smiled and nodded her head.
Feeling relieved at that sight, I began to speak slowly.
The situation the sisters are in, how they live now, what they will be like in the future, etc… I spoke carefully.
In conclusion, I made a proposal to help the sisters by preparing a place in the facility so that they could live comfortably in the future.
In such a well-verified and nationally recognized facility.
Of course, I didn’t say a word about the deep parts such as childhood stories or parents.
I can’t tell you about that part yet.
After that, when all the stories were over, I thought the sisters would definitely like it.
What was the reaction of the sisters after hearing the story?
“…Mister is annoying.”
“…I don’t like it. I’m sorry. I’ll decline.”
It was a refusal to stand up and spit out cold anger with a cold gaze.