97 – everything is fine now
“… .?”
She opened her eyes slowly.
What I saw immediately after that was the first ceiling I had ever seen.
‘… I… live… I have?..’
My whole body was heavy like lead, and I still feel like my head is pounding.
However, at least through these senses, she could clearly recognize that she was not dead.
‘But… where is this place? And.. what the hell..’
Feeling so suspicious, she struggles to get up from her seat.
Right after that, what she sees is…
“… uh?”
A person lying at his bedside.
A person with tanned brown skin dyed in a yellow color.. or a color that can be called gold.
Although the impression itself had completely changed, she recognized at once who it was.
“Guo… Soon-ah Kwon?”
“..Yes… ”
She wiggles her body as if responding to a voice calling her.
Then she slowly opened her eyes…
“… uh?”
“… .”
Right after that, she sees the person in front of her eyes.
Although the color of his skin and hair were completely reversed, he recognized that the person he could never recognize had come to his senses.
and..
“So..Sonbin… ah..”
“Kwon Soon-ah.. How can I… Ugh!”
The next moment, Kwon Soon begins to shed tears while holding her body as it is.
As a result, she too felt a surge of emotion and began to shed tears.
“aaa!!! Uhhhh! uhhhh!!!”
“Huh… Uhhhh!”
I wanted to see you all the time.
But… a person I thought I would never see again.
Regarding this, the two couldn’t do anything other than shed tears for a while as if the world was leaving.
*
After the tearful reunion of the two, which lasted almost all day, was over.
I had a personal meeting with Kwon Soon, who was showing off a feeling of being more relaxed than before.
However, this was not simply to ask about her emotional state or impressions.
In fact, the most important parts of this moment in relation to ‘her’.
Whether she’s really a perfectly human being, whether there’s something out of place, whether it’s okay to keep her like this…
It was to hear the answers to the parts that could be called businesslike, but should never be overlooked.
“Yeah.. First of all, I also did some research on this and that, just in case. It’s not just about getting carried away by emotions. That guy… is definitely the Choi Sonbin I know… Choi Sonbin, a former A-class hunter.”
“If that’s the case, I’m glad… But just in case, I ask you to be careful for at least a while. It’s an issue I’ve been asked several times while bringing her to the Dreamers headquarters here. If there is a problem because of her, we will take full responsibility for it.”
“I know. The fact that if this incident is misrepresented, it could end us all… and the fact that Jinhyeon granted my wish even after taking that into account.”
While saying that, Kwon Soon slightly averted her gaze from me.
Regarding her appearance, I continued to ask the following question, accepting that she felt responsible for this in her own way.
“All right. Then.. the other part.. that.. No, what about the memories of Mr. Choi Sonbin being captured by the Abyss or the part about the battle?”
“About that part…he said he couldn’t remember clearly either. However, even so, some fragmentary memories remain.”
With those words, Kwon Soon looks serious on her face.
Then she looked at my face again and started talking about the conversation she had with Sonbin Choi.
*
Although it is being used as a ward. In a place like a solitary cell where monitoring is conducted in real time, Kwon Soon and Son Bin continued to talk.
“So… until that dragon head was cut off, we couldn’t see clearly, right?”
“Yeah, to be precise, it’s like a foggy feeling? Still, for a moment, I think I saw someone similar to you. The fact that he attacked you at the end is most likely driven by that. At that time, all I could choose was how to attack the target that was set as the target according to the order.”
“Command?”
“Yeah, even though there were ups and downs.. Should I call it an overall course of action?.. It felt like something like an irreversible flow was constantly ringing in my head. Like marching south… or annihilating everything in sight. Although I was given some degree of autonomy about the details. Remember, you couldn’t go against the basic order no matter what.”
Until the two dragon heads completely fell off, the ‘command’ that resonated endlessly in her head, although it was unknown what the source of it was. Circumstantial, it was highly likely that the Abyss were something that was in control.
Although the dragon heads, which now served as a kind of receiver and control device, were completely removed and could not be heard anymore,
At the time, the painful sensation that seemed to pierce the brain was enough to make Sonbin shudder just thinking about it.
“In a way, it’s similar to high-ranking people forcing a course of action. And while forcibly exercising control…”
Kwon Soon speaks with some discomfort at Son Bin’s words.
A slight smile appeared on Sonbin’s lips as he watched his friend become a bit more cynical than before.
“I certainly expected it from the first time I saw you. Our Kwon Soonie.. has changed a lot as well.”
“Because I realized how pitiful the world is. Oh, and from now on, call me Joggs instead of Yu Kwon-soon, because after that incident, I decided not to use names like patriotism or anything again.”
“Really?.. Well… that’s enough. It’s the same as if I ended up like this because of that bastard’s patriotism…”
The appearance of Sonbin who sympathizes with his words without filtering.
Looking at her like this from the past, Kwon Soon was able to reconfirm the fact that the girl in front of him was indeed his friend Son Bin.
“By the way… that’s fine… it’s joggs… should I try making one too?”
“yes? What do you mean?”
“No.. Anyway, I’m in a position where I have to hide my identity as much as possible, right? In some cases, I thought I might change the name. If necessary, the face can also be modified a little.”
“Ummm… definitely not. If you go around the city in this state, there is a high possibility that there will be an uproar in many ways.”
Although there was no official article on the humanoid Abyss yet, there was a high possibility that many annoying things would happen if the results of the battle were soon reported and disclosed to the media.
Fortunately, technology has improved these days, so it is no longer a matter of fixing the face just by applying cosmetic packs at home, so there is no concern about that part.
So, while deciding to think about that part slowly, Kwon Soon carefully held the hand of her friend in front of her eyes.
“now… Are you all right?”
It was a hand that had been crushed to such an extent that it was difficult to recognize its shape just three days ago.
In general, an injury that requires extensive surgery or replacement with a prosthetic arm.
However, at this moment, Son Bin’s hands were restored to the extent that they were not much different from those of ordinary humans, and not even a scar remained.
In addition, the section where the dragon head part was cut off from the waist also disappeared neatly like a lie.
Regarding this, Sonbin slightly wiggled his hands and said with a strange bitterness.
“..yes. Even though it’s not to super regeneration, it still seems to have some Abyss characteristics left. To be honest, I don’t really like it.”
A little bit of anxiety and anxiety in it.
Recognizing this… Kwon Soon hugged her friend once again.
“..Kwon Soon..Ah?”
“It’s okay.. now I don’t have to worry about that anymore. Anyway, because you came back like this.. Because my friend Sonbin is alive like this.. that’s what happened. with that…”
“… ”
The words of a friend who comforts himself with such a warm voice.
In response, Sonbin felt that the feelings of anxiety that had risen in his heart were subsiding, and he began to smile with relief at the corners of his mouth.