Chapter 5 – Regressor Baeksan
One
A man I met for the first time in the hospital room.
With a somewhat tired face, he gently ran his hand across his forehead.
“Don’t try to call people. I can’t see it to other guys anyway. You’re the only one crazy.”
Saying so, he stretched out his hand to the bedsheet as proof.
Then his hand went straight through the bed like a ghost.
As I looked at him with amazement, Baeksan immediately clicked his tongue.
“Who am I? I don’t want you to suddenly show up and tell me.”
I nodded my head quietly, as the feeling from the man was not unusual.
Seeing me like that, the man patted his cheek, as if contemplating where to begin.
Then he opened his mouth as if he had made a decision.
“First of all, introduce yourself. I am Baeksan. A returnee.”
Is this a self-introduction?
I was stunned when I heard that he was a regressor who came out with his name.
Even in a world where returnees are rampant, they are returnees.
It just wasn’t easy to accept.
But seeing him levitating in the air like a ghost and looking at him half-transparent gave me a strange goosebumps.
Maybe I’m possessed by a ghost.
“Don’t think you’re possessed. Because I helped you save your life. If it weren’t for me, you would be dead.”
As soon as I heard that, I flinched.
Again, the memories of that time were not fake.
“Then I am.”
“Yeah, it was about to die. That was also the condition for me to appear in you.”
Condition.
This is the condition right before I die.
It was full of stories that I still didn’t quite understand.
“don’t worry. I will do everything I can tell you slowly. The question is, how far will it go? First of all, Can you hear me?”
Suddenly, his mouth twisted, and a voice mixed with noise echoed in his head.
what this
“Uh, yes?”
“Yeah, I can’t hear you here.”
As I blinked my eyes, Baeksan crossed his arms as expected.
He seemed to be contemplating on what was going to be talked about.
Then he nodded his head as if it was okay.
“First of all, you will die in the year you turn 30, four years later.”
The death sentence was dropped.
Died at the age of 30?
I could feel the sharp guillotine hung around my neck.
I looked at him saying I was saying such an ominous thing, but Baeksan’s expression didn’t change.
“And as a trader, that was when I originally appeared in your body.”
“However.”
“Yeah, you’re dead much sooner than the future I know.”
I don’t trust everything he said, but I listened quietly.
This is because the reaction that Shiho and Baek Seolhyang showed is now in my mind.
‘The word that Ms. Shiho said is back.’
I was obviously burned by the electric current, but my body was fine and the memories disappeared.
In addition, several facts overlapped and made me listen to the men.
Even though I couldn’t believe it until the return, I could only believe that he saved my body.
‘It is possible that an electric current passed through the brain and an intracerebral delusion was created.’
Because my life is too unhappy to think about it.
First, I decided to put my doubts aside.
“Is the future changed?”
“It will be so. … … I expected it, but it sucks.”
Apparently he had a rough mouth.
He was constantly sweeping his forehead like a habit, but he stopped before all his hair fell out.
“The future is probably because of my intervention. A few events that occurred while I was returning may have had an impact. The problem is, I don’t know how far that has changed.”
Baeksan tapped her index finger with her arms crossed with a slightly impatient look.
Why did he return?
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No, why did he appear in front of me in the first place?You could just go directly to his body.
“You wonder why I returned?”
“Ah yes.”
Then, just in time, he spoke as if he had noticed my question.
As he pondered what to say, he raised the corners of his mouth as if he had thought of something good.
“Have you ever played a novel or a game?”
That’s what I do every day.
I was going to go home and do it when I get discharged tomorrow.
“Then it’s simple.”
He smiled as if frustrated.
It’s like putting everything down.
And as soon as I saw that reaction, a thought crossed my mind.
Why are so many regressors in the novel turning back time and returning to the past?
The answer is simple, not clear.
“The f*cking world will perish.”
Just as Baeksan, the regressor, directly said.
For a moment, my mouth was stuffy.
It was the expected answer, but I don’t know what to say about this.
This is because it felt like a story from a different world from the perspective of a small citizen.
It was just like watching a person flirting with a prophecy that the earth would be destroyed in 2032.
“Then, did Baeksan come to stop that?”
“Just call me Baeksan. Respect is also annoying. You and I are the same age as you.”
“Uh, what about San?”
Reminds me of a rapper I like to listen to.
“… … Make it a white mountain.”
As if he knew best, he ordered them to be called by surname as well.
“Then Baeksan, why did you come to me?”
Having said that, I decided to ask a question a little more comfortably.
He said he would answer everything he could answer, and that’s why I decided to ask all my questions.
Hearing my question, Baeksan casually spit out a sound like a blue sky.
“Because you are the starting point of destruction.”
“… … Wait a minute.”
Suddenly my head started to hurt.
What kind of bullshit is this?
I.
I?
how?
“Am I going to turn black and become a great villain? Do you have any special abilities?”
“Don’t worry. Because you were normal without any abilities until the time you turned around.”
That’s a sad story.
Baeksan told the truth while I laughed bitterly, who had nothing to be proud of other than the Lord of Academy Topre Grand Master.
“You are not the problem. Instead, the people around you are the problem.”
“People around you? Let’s just say it’s people around me.”
I thought deeply about the people around me.
One, two, three, four returnees… … .
One hunter, two, … … three?
Something seems to be starting to get worse in my personal relationship.
Is it an illusion?
“I don’t know how many people have gathered around you right now, but your relationship is abnormal. Even if there are many people with special powers, such as returnees and hunters, there are too many.”
Then he lowered his eyelids as if he was tired just thinking about it.
“And they all focus on you, Ha-chan Kang. The general public is at the center of so many returnees and hunters. Do you know what that means?”
“I think the people around me are going crazy.”
“Yeah, shit! Very accurate!”
He said, ‘That’s right. Ha-chan Kang!’ and applauded with high tension.
It seemed that he had gone crazy when he returned.
“At the same time, what would happen if you, who was targeted from all over the world, were killed?”
“revenge? No, but even so, for me.”
“What if the angel is killed?”
“I’m going to kill him.”
“Two heads, it’s simple, isn’t it?”
After all, he is a regressor, so he can speak well in an easy-to-understand manner.
Because it was clear that the moment I harmed the people around me, I would follow to the end of hell to take revenge.
If other people are like me.
‘Even if not until destruction.’
It looked like it was going to be a bit messy.
I folded my arms along Mt. Baeksan and groaned.
First of all, I understood what he was saying.
If that was the case, my personal life could be in danger even in my opinion.
But there was still something I didn’t understand.
“Can’t you just come in your body and come to protect me?”
“Hey, that’s going to be great. Do you think I can stick with you for 24 hours?”
“Oh, no.”
I absolutely hate it when a black man watches 24 hours a day.
“It’s as you say. No matter how much I try to prevent your death by regressing, if something happens and you die, it will be over.”
What kind of sunfish do you treat people like?
“But it will be a different story if I possess you directly.”
“Can I save you from the danger of death like this one?”
“But that is often impossible. Your current body can’t stand my possession over and over again. It is correct to hold it for at least a month, at least three months or more. That’s why I purposely set the condition of my possession right before your death, so I’ll help you in another way.”
I understood why he came to me, but I immediately looked up at him.
“Are you okay with that?”
“what.”
“Is your life okay with that?”
This is the life he came back to.
The reason for the return and the world that was supposed to be destroyed, if you believed it, you could believe it, if you understood it, you could understand it.
But what about the rest of the life of Baeksan, who returned and became like the wealthy spirit next to me?
what did that mean
If you return to your own body, you will be able to prevent destruction with your own hands and spend the rest of your life in your own body.
Of course, once you return, you will be able to do much better than before.
He gave up on all that and returned to me for the sole reason that he wanted to save me and prevent destruction.
I couldn’t imagine how he would feel when he made such a choice.
Hearing my question, Baeksan loosened his arms and started to let out a small laugh.
Then, as if reminiscent of a vague past, he looked at me softly.
“Yeah, you were like that. That’s why they hung up on you.”
Baeksan, who had seen through the eyes of a terrible emotion that I could not comprehend, quickly erased the emotion.
“I do not care. After all, before I returned, I was on the verge of death. It is enough for me to keep you alive and prevent your destruction.”
I wanted to say something, but I didn’t speak.
It was because it seemed that whatever he said would weigh on his firm determination.
“And I’m the smartest kid in the world. Eat well and do well on your own without anyone’s help. So I don’t really need any recollection.”
Arrogant words flowed naturally.
He showed firm confidence, as if he had no doubts about that fact.
“Anyway, the problem is you. As long as the future has changed, you never know at what point you will die. Originally, she should have stayed with you until 30, but you can’t even see why.”
“Are you that woman?”
“I’m talking about your sister, Kang Marie.”
uh?
“My sister?!”
My face brightened in an instant.
It was because he never thought that his sister’s name would come out of his mouth.
Seeing my reaction, he showed a trembling look, and then immediately tilted his head.
“What. Do you not know where Kang-mari has gone?”
“… … I don’t know. Because it disappeared after a dimension shift when I was eight.”
“What is that, it can’t be.”
In the future of Baeksan, he looked very embarrassed.
Could it be that the older sister does not disappear from his world?
“Damn, what the hell is going on?”
He ruffled his head and looked out the window to see if something came to mind.
“… … Maybe the tower has misinterpreted the prophecy.”
“What do you mean?”
“I sent a prophecy from the future to the past to Mari Kang. to protect you.”
Does that mean the Tower of the Apocalypse distorted it?
Then why did the sister disappear?
“… … dog, I’m sorry The reason your sister disappeared is probably because of me.”
He bowed his head and apologized to me with a dark look.
As I stared at it, my head was pounding for a while, but soon after, I sighed and shook it off.
It reminded me of the past when I had to grow up alone for a moment, but it wasn’t Baeksan’s fault.
If everything he said was true, it meant that he was trying to protect me.
At that time, I don’t know
I wasn’t even young enough to be angry about it.
So I changed the subject before his countenance got any worse.
“Was the Tower of the Apocalypse even capable of such a thing?”
“Time interference has a huge impact. The fact that most of the prophecies spread around the world are all messed up is all the work of the Tower of Apocalypse. So I even wrote a forbidden book on purpose. Even that would be perverted.”
He had a complicated expression on his face as if he had a lot to think about.
From what I’ve heard, it’s only natural for my head to be complicated since I was originally scheduled to appear just before I died when I turned 30.
“done. I should focus on now. What has changed because of me is enough if I bring it back.”
He said that and sat down on my bed.
“So, Ha-chan Kang, let’s train to become stronger with me.”
That’s how I got to take a special class for a regressor.