55 – The Living Suit (3)
After that, the dragon’s life lamented.
I said I would try my best, but in the end I got accepted to a university with a lower level than me.
So at first, my self-esteem was hurt a lot.
However, living in a large place like a university, I gradually realized some things.
His face softened as he felt more relaxed and realized what an immature act he had done.
I wanted to take on the challenge of being a hero, but even that didn’t work out because of the incident I committed in elementary school.
It was only then that I realized how cruel and difficult this society is.
When he started to see the wrinkles on his parents’ faces, he looked back on his own life.
Maybe that’s why his desire for a hero has faded, but he says he met that man.
“Do you remember anything?”
“I don’t know. I think I asked if I wanted to be a hero when I brought up your name, but I think I said I was a hero because I was emotionally moved without knowing it.”
It seems that her man even prepared a hero suit and weapons for Yong-soo.
Yongsoo began repeating the story of how he had been completely intoxicated by a bottle of alcohol.
Every man dreams of becoming a hero at least once in his childhood.
I wanted to be drawn because the heroes on TV are flashy, cool, and reliable.
I just woke up to my psychic powers and wanted to show off to my friends.
Among them, I wanted to look a little better to the girls who usually caught my eye.
Then I had an accident.
That’s why he started to be afraid of himself.
On the contrary, there was a person to whom he gave attention.
“That was me?”
“Yes. You, you are this baby… ha….”
Yongsoo has been crooked little by little since then.
He said from the beginning that he had done something wrong and wanted to put the blame on someone else.
But I still couldn’t keep up.
“You were good at everything…. I work hard to do what I can’t do, and in the end I do it.”
As Yongsu went to elementary, middle and high school together, he knew me as well as I did.
I also remembered being teased for not being able to play the recorder and being a bit tone deaf.
ㅡ Surprisingly. Was it tone deaf?
I’m better now.
“At that time, you stayed in school and kept blowing the recorder and singing. Do you remember?”
“Naji. So I fixed it.”
“That’s true… I didn’t think so at the time.”
It’s strange that all parts of the eyes are sore.
So I ended up saying that.
“That… I got angry when the guy I thought of as a close friend brought up about you.”
ㅡ Isn’t his ability a bit like a preservative?
He said that.
From there, it is said that things started to get twisted.
That friend used the expression Yong-soo used as a preservative in front of others.
From then on, the news that Yongsu called me an antiseptic spread.
“Oh, is that why?”
“Uh. I know it’s an excuse, but at first I really wanted to be sorry. I was wondering if I should apologize… I was a bit immature back then….”
Yongsoo gradually lowered his body and blurted out his words.
I went to the same school as Yongsu through elementary, middle and high school.
It was because the schools were located close to each other, and it can be said that all of my friends whose homes were close to the school took the same train.
As a result, I had no choice but to have close friends since elementary school, and there were many more friendly friends than Yong-soo, who had an accident in elementary school.
There was no way those friends would easily overlook Yongsu’s preservative remarks.
I wanted to get rid of Yongsoo at first, but he had already become irreversible.
As the atmosphere in the class deteriorated, the spring water also became more distorted.
Confessions mixed with such excuses, apologies, regrets, and a little anger followed.
“This time… You guys, I heard you met and had a drink? I am… I haven’t been contacted.”
Hearing that, I felt a bit sorry.
“My life was wasted. Because that’s how I feel… Same with the hero….”
It was a complaint that started again after that.
A sense of gap between the dreamed ideal and the reality.
Heroes belonging to the same Hero Office are smiling, but their expressions are getting more and more grim.
In that situation, I saw myself on the Internet as never before.
“You, you, even wearing a hero suit… was it the same? Helping people and splitting the room… If I see someone like you… Me, huh?”
Since I realized that being a hero isn’t right for me, I’m quitting.
Yong-soo, who was talking about that, ran to the bathroom.
Perhaps he is regurgitating.
After a short while, Yongsu, whose red face turned white, returned.
“Hey, Yongsu.”
“Why?”
“Yes, let’s look at that hero suit.”
“Now?”
“Yes, now.”
It has to be now.
The suit prepared by the man who declared war on me… Suspicious
ㅡ It might be a monster.
Yes, it might be.
Yong-soo looked at me with a puzzled expression, then smiled and started tapping my shoulder.
“Damn it, it’s the same, it’s the same…. Are you afraid I’ll get drunk and sleep on the street? No, man… !”
“No, I want to see a real hero suit.”
That’s more important now.
I was able to somehow convince Yongsu, who kept shaking his head saying that it was okay, to go to the house where Yongsu was staying.
“Because there is a guy like you… I can’t be a hero….”
Yong-soo clicked his tongue as he watched me pay the taxi fare himself.
I responded appropriately to Yongsu’s words and hurriedly headed for Yongsu’s room.
Yongsu called me at 7:00 PM, a little past dinner time.
The current time is 9:00 PM, and the surroundings are strangely dark.
“Come on, open up!”
Yong-soo said that and began to unlock the door with difficulty.
I took out the luggage I was carrying next to Yongsu.
“Uh uh… What are you doing?”
“Just in case.”
When Grid met Yongsu, he said to be prepared to fight, so he brought a hero suit.
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I already know that the guy is involved, but going out naked is dangerous.
In an instant, I donned the hero suit and stood behind the dragon.
“Uh… You’re not doing this to soak me in, are you?”
“It’s already been filmed on CCTV, isn’t it?”
“It is!”
Yong-soo, feeling quite refreshed, perhaps because of the alcohol, opened the door wide and showed the inside.
I felt that the room Yongsu lived in was just a man’s room.
There are dumbbells, a drying rack to dry clothes, a hanger to hang clothes on, a table that looks like it could be used as a dining table, a computer and a desk, and so on.
I looked around and found a hero suit.
“Where is the hero suit?”
“I kept it because it was valuable.”
After saying that, Yongsoo took out the suitcase that was standing next to the desk and put it on the table.
The zipper opened, and the contents inside came into view.
The hero suit Yongsu wore is correct.
That’s right….
That was the moment when I thought something was strange.
ㅡ Be careful!
Grid shouted in an urgent voice as if he felt something, and I rolled on the floor holding on to the water.
Then I saw the suit, which had just been quietly stored in the suitcase, jump towards where we were.
The suit that missed us jumped into the water again, and the action was so fast that we couldn’t bear to deal with it.
“Ugh, uh huh? E-what is this?!”
Yongsu started to struggle in panic, and the suit was trying to change its shape as it clung to such a body.
I hurriedly tried to tear off the suit clinging to the dragon’s body.
Then the beast’s fist struck me in the stomach.
“Ugh!”
For a moment, I let go of the hand holding the water.
“Oh no! What I was trying to do… Whoops!”
Yong-soo’s urgent expression was covered by the superhero snake suit.
The snake suit that attacked the water continued to stretch its fist toward me.
I immediately took a stance and slashed the dragon’s hand, launching a counterattack.
But the moment I was about to attack, the monster made a strange move.
“Ugh, ugh!”
The face of Yong-soo, which had been covered by a mask until just now, was exposed.
Just the moment I was about to swing my fist, it was a movement as if the dragon’s face was thrust into it.
I had no choice but to retract my fists straight away.
ㅡ Fool!
My body moved on its own.
The fist that had been stretched out toward Yongsu’s face just now was pulled back at a strange speed and took a guard stance.
Tung!
With a very short distance, the plainclothes sword wielded by Yongsu touched the shoulder girdle of my right arm.
“….”
If it was a bit late, the plain sword would have been swung straight toward my body.
Even if he wasn’t cut by his body hardening ability, there was a risk of being restrained enough.
The monster imitated in the form of this hero suit is clever.
I know how to use even more lethal and effective methods than the monsters that imitate humans that I saw last time.
The monster aimed at my neck and swung his plain clothes sword several times, but soon realized that the room was unfavorable to him, and jumped out through his glass window.
Citizens heading to a nearby convenience store started screaming as the sound of breaking glass echoed.
Stopping at the sound, Snake stared at me and then raised the corner of his mouth.
Then he took a posture to swing the plain sword sideways.
There was a citizen who just screamed as if it was natural.
That son of a b*tch!
I hurriedly spurred the floor and wrapped my back around the citizen who was sitting on the floor, covering his head.
At that moment, Snake’s plain clothes sword started pounding on my back.
Catch up!
The sound of metal colliding with each other was heard, and the heavy impact was transmitted through the whole body.
Snake… No, as if the monster knew that I couldn’t move, he swung his plaintive sword at my back.
It was so powerful that it couldn’t absorb all the shock even though it was wearing a suit using psychic powers.
ㅡ Hero Emergency Call!
Grid must have decided that the situation was going against him and he shouted to call another hero.
Following Grid’s words, I hurriedly manipulated the hero suit.
Weiying.
The badge linked to the hero suit and the smartphone vibrated, and soon there was a beep indicating that a hero emergency call had been sent.
When I sent an emergency call to the hero, the monster’s attacks subsided.
Then he stared at me with a mocking expression and started running down the street at night.
“Aren’t you hurt?”
“Yes, yes!”
Luckily, the woman under me didn’t seem to be hurt.
“Just in case you don’t know, make sure to stop by the hospital and get a checkup!”
I shouted and turned my body in the direction the monster ran out.
ㅡ It’s time to hunt monsters.
Grid said that and showed an excited expression.
Yes, monster hunting.
Instead, you have to be careful not to hurt the water inside.
ㅡ Isn’t that self-defense?
Yongsu didn’t have a good relationship with me.
There was a lot of friction going to elementary, middle and high school together, and the nicknames such as preservatives and formalin gave me a big shock at the time.
However, the current Yong-su has become a different person from the former Yong-su.
He admitted his mistake, asked for my forgiveness, and said he would try to live a different life than before.
ㅡ It may be acting.
No, I will believe it.
The face of Yongsu just before it was covered by the suit continued to flicker in front of his eyes.
That expression reminded me of In-su, who ran away from the heroes around him and screamed at the building under construction.
Because I couldn’t believe that the bewildered look on his face desperately begging for someone’s help was acting.