Chapter 132 – Parasite (8)

Parasite (8)

“… I’m not sure how many minutes passed, maybe even hours. I just cried for a while, so the door quietly opened.”

Lee Hye-ji’s confession that continues faithfully even while thinking of a new type of treasure.

I put my hand away from Lee Hye-ji’s cheek, who seemed to have calmed down quite a bit, and lifted her paper again.

This was the highlight.

It was also the reason she listened to Lee Hye-ji’s life, which she did not want to know in detail, as if examining her life.

“It was a man in a black suit. He closed the door and turned on the light. A pale orange light that isn’t too bright… I walked into the light and stood there quietly for a long time.”

Employees in black suits that Hyeji Lee would have seen in her auditorium.

An angel who seemed to have descended from heaven has descended not to the auditorium but to a mysterious place.

A completely different face and a completely different behavior than in the auditorium.

“I was so scared that I kept crying and begging. Did it wrong Whatever happened, I was wrong. Don’t do this because it’s too scary. I think I kept begging that everything was wrong. Still, he didn’t say a word. It just — it just kept looking down at me silently.”

Then he suddenly said to me.

I looked down at Lee Hye-ji from the same spot as Baeksan Man that day.

The voice of the day flows very clearly through her lips.

‘How are you feeling right now?’

“I said it was scary. I kept repeating that I was scared. It’s scary, and it’s too creepy and cramped and scary to ask such a thing in this situation. I cried and screamed. I was irritated and screamed out loud.”

It’s scary.

“But instead of answering my words, he just shook his head. Then he said it again.”

‘Wrong.’

Baeksan Man said to Lee Hye-ji as if he was passing a sentence.

‘All you have to say to me right now is cool.’

… It’s cool.

It’s an absurd statement that doesn’t suit such a heavy situation at all.

But on the contrary, it was such a clear clue and evidence.

“After saying that, he asked me again.”

‘How are you feeling right now?’

Ability.

This was definitely a clue to the ability related to Yeon Siwoo or Baeksan.

“From that day on, I had to answer all the questions he asked. Even if I answered that I was cool to the question over and over again, nothing changed. It seemed like they were constantly taking steps, as if they were conducting an experiment.”

Cool.

I stared intently at the paper Hyeji wrote on and scratched her chin with her free hand.

Cool.

He kidnaps it and forces it on Lee Hye-ji, who is imprisoned…

“I had to say it was cool even though the room was getting really hot. Also, if you don’t say cool, the spoon that feeds you will suddenly stop. The spoon moved when I said cool while eating.”

Forcibly imprisoning someone and subjecting them to constant brainwashing.

In my opinion, the act of running to the extreme of this inefficiency was a kind of trigger.

It’s a switch that someone in Baeksan has to go through every time they use this ability.

First of all, we can guess that it is an ability related to cold.

If you compare ‘coolness’ to an ability, the first thing that comes to mind is an ability related to cold.

“… Continued— continued— tortured me into telling me I was cool. It’s not enough to eat, so now you hit me, me…”

Lee Hye-ji’s voice trembles relentlessly as she recalls that day.

I continued to guess as I looked down at Lee Hye-ji’s face, who had returned to her goat voice.

Baeksan wanted the word ‘cool’ to come out of Lee Hyeji’s mouth.

They say that the word cool comes out mechanically from Hyeji Lee’s mouth, not from them…

… For what?

… For what ability?

“… I don’t know where, but it seemed like I wasn’t the only one trapped there. I heard it for a while when he opened and closed the door, but somewhere else he was crying and shouting for ice cream.”

Cool and ice cream.

Baeksan’s real appearance becomes more bizarre than funny as more and more guesses are made.

I thought of all the superpowers I could imagine, from the cold to the ability to grant wishes.

From this ability that strengthens one’s own power whenever the opponent speaks a word related to cold, to the ‘lamp fairy’ that grants the other person’s wish.

One by one these abilities I could imagine rolled his head, brooding.

No matter how arrogant and disliked he was, Yeon Si-woo was also a winner in the tutorial.

The only real person who organized all the newly born competitors in Baeksan Town.

Obviously, Yeon Si-woo must be reigning as a king with ridiculous powers.

That was the problem.

The problem was that all the guesses made sense when the magic word “This ability” Was entered.

I know that Lee Hye-ji’s statement is a clear clue about this ability, but it was annoying that it wasn’t a clear enough clue to confirm this ability.

“… I don’t know how much time passed in that dark room. Just really out of the blue, that person came in with someone else. He was a man in the same black suit, who seemed to be higher than the man who came in every day and tortured me. Because he kept bending over…”

“I whispered for a few minutes in that dim light with me in front of me. After whispering to each other and exchanging inaudible words several times, a man who appeared to be a superior approached me.”

Finally, Lee Hye-ji’s long statement was coming to an end.

As I reached the end of the paragraph, I alternately looked at the paper and Lee Hye-ji’s face, watching her lips.

“He was a man with a strange light on his body. A light so bright that the inside of that dark room glows blue…”

Like-

“… Like now.”

Her unfocused eyes contained me.

It wasn’t exactly me, but it was full of the golden light I was radiating.

Her pupils are the same as the blue light of the day, but shining in a different color.

Lee Hye-ji moved her parched lips and continued her words.

“Her hand, bathed in that blue light, slowly rose above my head. And-“

After her hand containing this ability was placed on Lee Hye-ji’s head.

“… I don’t remember. Oh, I think I must have slept… When I woke up after that, I was in the classroom again.”

… With my male classmates, with Da-jung and Seul-ah.

“Jee, now that I think about it, it’s strange, but no one thought it was strange. Just like before I was kidnapped by Baeksan, I was hiding in the room, and then a loud noise rang again.”

Like that-

“… The president has come to see you.”

From the time of the zombie apocalypse until now.

It was the story of the survivors of Seodaemun-gu, not Eunpyeong-gu.

“… It’s over, President.”

It was the story of a survivor who was a student at Yonsei University and a member of a camp in Baeksan.

Drip-!

The table, which had been leaning against it for quite some time, was pushed back with a vibrating sound.

As I got up from the table, I put the paper I was holding down on the table, ignoring Lee Hye-ji, who flinched.

Thud- thud-

The sound of footsteps echoing quietly in the nursery.

Lee Hye-ji’s eyes widened as if they were tearing as she watched my next move.

Lee Hye-ji’s body trembled like an aspen tree as she looked at me as I approached.

Lee Hye-ji’s body trembled violently enough to make her vibrate out with just her trembling.

Without saying a word, I moved behind Hyeji Lee.

Took-!

With her fingers, she lightly broke the cable ties that bound her hands.

Took-! Took-!

I moved forward and cut off the cable tie tied to the leg of the chair, then returned to the table I was leaning on.

───────.

Lee Hye-ji, who suddenly became free, and the children’s lounge stained with her silence.

Even after the restraints of her limbs were gone, Lee Hye-ji remained firmly attached to her chair.

Perhaps she was afraid that I would misunderstand her, and she was still holding her body motionless.

“… It’s the first time.”

I looked down at Hyeji Lee and smiled.

Took-!

Reaching her hand behind her, she tapped the paper on the table and continued.

“This is the first time I’ve said it right without making a single mistake, Hyeji.”
“…”

Rather than answering me right away, she chose a safer move.

Lee Hye-ji watches my dynamics with eyes that are still wet with anxiety.

“So I should give you a prize.”

I put her in front of her and held out her hand.

A bottle of mineral water magically appeared in an empty space where there was nothing.

“… Ah-.”

A low exclamation was heard over the bottled water freshly taken from the inventory.

Lee Hye-ji is looking at the bottled water quietly but earnestly.

With her dry lips in her eyes again, she opened the lid and slightly tilted the bottled water.

“… Ah-.”

The water dripping down to the floor.

Lee Hye-ji’s body trembled several times as she stared at the water.

It looks like it’s about to lie down on the floor and lick up the water.

But there was one reason why she couldn’t.

Still, rather than desire, the fear after fulfilling that desire is more frightening.

So, there was only one thing she had to do.

“…”

Quietly, very quietly, Hyeji Lee looked up at me.

She stared very intently at me as I sat in the unrestrained chair and stopped spilling the bottled water for a moment.

He was earnestly begging me, looking at the plastic bottle that still contained a lot of bottled water.

I quietly whispered to her.

“… You said it was a prize.”
“…”
“Drink.”

Awesome profit!

Once again, a rumbling sound of bottled water flowing down and a crackling sound hit the children’s lounge.

As soon as my permission was given, Lee Hye-ji got out of her chair and crawled straight to her floor.

Like a dog

Lee Hye-ji puts her head on the floor already covered with water.

Desperately, she stuck out her tongue and began licking at her fading water.

She doesn’t think at all about how she looks or what she does –

A primal instinct to act only in order to live.

Took-!

I quietly put my foot on Hyeji Lee’s dynamically moving head.

“… Uh-oh!”

A strange moan escaped Lee Hye-ji’s mouth as the pressure lightly stepped on her head.

All the while, she continued to move her feet, looking down at Hyeji Lee, who stuck out her tongue and licked her water.

“… Ugh— the extreme— the extreme—!”

He stroked her head with his foot, not her hand, and whispered.

“Delicious?”

Shiver-

The stream of water flowing down in front of her again.

Lee Hye-ji, who hurriedly sticks her tongue out toward the stream of water, answered my question.

“Yes. Shit, it’s cool It’s cool, President.”

Her most familiar words were muttered incessantly.

***

Shinchon Hyundai Department Store, 11th floor.

Tumble- Tumble- Tumble-

The sound of footsteps echoing across the top floor of the department store stopped the murmur at once.

The survivors of Seodaemun-gu are huddled near the window that lets in the light.

Koh Koo Hoon faithfully carried out my orders today as well.

With the exception of Hyeji Lee, all members of the group were gathered in front of the escalator on the 11th floor.

Koh Jang-hoon, who was controlling the camp members in front of me on behalf of me, and the 1 trillion members of the search team surrounding the camp members in a circle.

In it, she exudes a girl crush like a Nordic goddess, and the female camp members clinging to her like ants.

I passed them all and stood with my back to the sunlight-permeable glass window.

“…”

Goh Goh returned to his seat after a polite nod, and the terrible silence was heard as he exhaled.

I felt a very clear and pointed gaze in it.

Blue eyes glaring at me blatantly, as if begging me to notice.

After unilaterally ignoring her opinion without any agreement, Linnea continued to protest me with such a stinging gaze.

And there was another look that was not as good as Linnea’s, but full of anger and resentment.

Eyelids with multiple black bruises, and a thin layer of blood still remaining on the philtrum.

A tear duct with a clear path between the swollen lips and the soup.

Male students from Yonsei University, the model of Seodaemun-gu, were glaring at me with clear emotions.

“…”

I turned my gaze away from Linnea and stared at them.

The male students hurriedly averted their gaze at my nod.

However, even in the sideways eyes, the aftermath of the emotions she vomited out to me remained strong.

Took-!

Kim Woo-jung, noticing my gaze, patted one of the male students on the back.

“… Straighten your back, you bastard.”

I lean down slightly and whisper into the boy’s ear, and the boy’s back straightens.

Then, where did those rebellious eyes from earlier go?

A male student who shakes his body just because Kim Woo-jung is by her side.

I smiled happily at the performance that was clearly visible in my eyes.

It was pretty damn fucked up to dare to open your eyes to the person who feeds and puts you to sleep in this fucking world, but looking at Kim Woo-jung’s behavior just now, it was enough to get over it.

This was also the training of the 1st Search Team, which had to take over the control and management on my behalf.

Coo-!

An iron pipe that appears out of nowhere and strikes the floor lightly.

After focusing everyone’s attention, I spoke calmly.

“It’s been quite a while.”

The days of picking up Yonsei University students, who were the first camp members, to camp members presumed to be bait that Baeksan dropped.

Those days were already over a week later.

“During that long period of time, you guys—”

Male students with ugly faces and female camp members huddled around Linnea.

I swung them around and continued with the following words.

For that long time-

“He ate a lot, drank a lot, and ate a lot.”

They just took what I gave them for almost nothing in return.

The management was so compassionate that the camp members in the early days of the library would have been horrified at the nonsense they heard.

“But even if you bowed in thanks, you cursed at me, mocked the search team that protected you safely, and even then, you clung like a cockroach to Linnea, a member of our search team, and did a kind of splitting.”

Very what-

“If you put it this way, there are no real bastards.”
“…”

The longer I open my mouth, the more rapidly the atmosphere cools.

The search team, who had been listening to my story, quietly took a step forward.

The search team 1 narrows the circle surrounding the camp members by fidgeting with the blunt weapons in their hands.

“Such assholes must be properly punished.”

The eyes of the camp members looking at Group 1 shook mercilessly.

The female camp members who stick to Linnea more desperately, and the male camp members who approach Linnea by dragging their butts no less than the female camp members.

And even Linnea with a bewildered look.

They all stared at me at the end.

It was very sweet- she was staring at my lips with her eyes closed.

“Still, looking at it, it doesn’t seem like there was anything wrong with me.”

It was a word that didn’t suit at all in an atmosphere that was on the verge of bursting at any moment.

“I came from the rock, I came from the rock – even if I kept saying it, it would be hard for you to believe it because there is no clear evidence.”

“And in this situation, there’s no way it would make sense to come all the way here from Eunpyeong-gu. Is not it? You don’t come here by subway, and you think it makes no sense.”

Therefore.

“Believe only Linnea, whose face is the endorsement check. I, the camp leader, and our search team, who are working very hard for you, don’t even want to believe it. Since such good words and actions do not come, we have no choice but to use our hands and feet.”

The vicious cycle repeats itself.

Booung-! Booung-!

In front of the campers, the iron pipe meant to rotate and went round and round.

Even with a light gesture, the camp members flinched as they sat in front of the steel pipe that emitted bloody wind pressure.

“Anyway, we need to come up with a solution soon. No matter how fucked up you are, you are the ones who are placed under my protection.”

Eating the food I gave, drinking the water I gave—

“You are a proud member of the Rock and a family. Since we became a family like that, of course you guys should have a bed in the corner of the house.”

Hyeji Lee, San Baek.

Another supernatural ability presumed to be Yeon Siwoo’s ability to erase clues and memories.

And like the pieces of bread that Hansel and Gretel spilled, the pieces of bread named Camp One lined up in front of me.

No, I got-

Flyers at your disposal.

“Hey.”

I pointed one of them to the iron pipe.

“You.”

The example of Seodaemun-gu, who gave me a very rebellious look.

A guy with an ugly swollen face stupidly points his finger at me when I point.

I smiled lightly at that and nodded his head.

It’s a situation where you can’t be completely sure of anything.

No, it’s a situation where you can’t be completely sure.

But even at this moment, one thing is clear.

Yeon Si-woo’s ability and Baek-san’s next plan after spilling a piece of bread are all unclear, but one thing is certain.

They say they don’t know what my special ability is.

Baeksan was completely unaware that my partial incompetence had nullified the prank placed on Lee Hyeji.

Those in front of me are flyers.

Baeksan very politely bowed to me and held out a leaflet.

I read the opponent’s number with my ability.

Of course-

“From you, I will go to the rock tomorrow.”

You should use that number.

Helminth.