chapter 29
29 episodes
It’s a mystery why he’s still alive. Full recovery was definitely used, and after that, it broke my heart one more time.
Was it possible to fully recover twice? However, the complete recovery I obtained was only once.
“How did you survive?”
“I don’t know the details either.”
Full recovery is a one-time gift and disappears when used.
“As your hand pierced my heart and was dying, a change took place in the complete recovery that had vanished within me. Gift extinction stopped, reconstructed and restored. Then it started up again and disappeared. That’s all I know.”
“·················ogue.”
I organized my thoughts for a moment.
In the meantime, I thought that blood eating was taking away the gift. Stealing here meant the death of the opponent.
But after listening to Berserker, I realized that it might not be. What if blood feeding was a copy, not a robbery? What if the other party’s gift still exists in the process of reading information for copying?
In the case of Berserker, it is a one-time gift, so it cannot be read properly when it is destroyed, so it seems to have been copied by forcibly restoring it.
So, did the headache get worse? I didn’t think I was crazy, but because I was sane, I thought it hurt more.
The enemies I’ve faced so far have died, but the Berserker is fully healed and comes back to life.
I see. I understood everything. It is a life force like a leech.
Still, one question about blood intake was removed. I’ll let you go without pain this time.
“Then let’s die again.”
“Wait, I want to live.”
“Has your personality changed? He’s not a character who begs for his life.”
“After I died twice, I changed my mind. Death itself isn’t scary, but it reminded me of what I wanted to do. More than anything.”
Berserker looked at me.
“I saw the way through your strength. I want to hone my skills once again.”
If I save you.
“Refine yourself in the underworld.”
“…how can I save you?”
“Well. I have no reason to save you.”
“I will fully cooperate in what you do in the future.”
“Are you going to quit being a villain?”
Berserker shook his head.
“Even if I repent and go back, the world will not accept me. This world is loaded with restrictions to control the Awakened and to give the public peace of mind. In it, I am a different kind. There’s nothing I can do. You are stronger and smarter than me, so you have a good position, but you will be similar. I can understand you.”
“·················ogue.”
To be honest, this resonated a bit with me.
That’s why I think like this.
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Maybe the world is weird? Maybe I’m normal but the world is weird and I don’t understand.
In that respect, Berserker and I had a similar point of view. But do I have to keep that madman alive to have a secret friend?
“It’s also fun to tap. In fact, it was the first time I ever used a smartphone. If you spare me, I will become your hands and feet on the outskirts. I want to live.”
The guy on his knees bowed his head.
Looking at it, I remembered myself as a blood clot.
At that time, I prayed earnestly that somehow only one opportunity would come.
What would have happened if someone around me had helped me at that time?
····May not have changed at all.
Anyway, seeing his will for life, I decided to give him a chance.
Anyway, I got a full recovery anyway, and if you don’t listen to me saying you’ll be my limbs and run wild, then I’ll just kill you.
“Only the villains from now on.”
“Are you going to save me?”
“Oh, and if you know anything about the league, tell me more.”
“I know it as a group of strong villains.”
I waited for him to say something, but Berserker looked at me with puzzled eyes.
“It’s over.”
“…is this the end?”
“What else?”
I asked the crazy guy, and I’m the crazy guy.
“done. And since you joined the league, don’t jump.”
“After seeing you, I lost interest in the league. Don’t worry.”
“great. Then I’ll give you the first task. Kill all the people involved in the League who came to meet you.”
“I do.”
“Tick when you’re done.”
I let Berserker go.
* * *
When I returned to Seoul and returned to the National Guard Bureau, I got a call from Berserker.
The Berserker-League remnant forces were annihilated. I will send the neck if necessary.
I-only send pictures.
Berserker – Got it.
Berserker-[Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo] [Attach photo]
Crazy man, I filmed every scene and sent it. For a moment I thought this guy might be normal, this guy was just crazy.
I went inside, greeted Dahyun Jeong and colleagues first, and then knocked on the door of the director’s office.
Jung Joo-ho, who was at work, looked at me with a look of great anticipation.
“Berserker?”
“I didn’t kill him.”
“…it must not have been easy since he was a level 8 superman. I’m glad you came back safely. But I didn’t kill him, didn’t he?”
“Berserker expressed his intention to cooperate and asked for his life.”
“A Berserker? Did that madman ask you to live?”
“Yes. But can I recycle Berserkers?”
Jung Joo-ho’s head nodded at 3x speed.
“Are you saying that now? Of course not! Don’t be!”
“But he’s a villain…”
“Nope! Berserker’s mind fluctuates, but his standards are clear. The hunters who were killed by him were also filthy bastards. I can mobilize a level 8 superman, but that’s not a problem. If you have any complaints, go to Berserker and ask them.”
I think it’s a little different from the first Berserker rating I’ve heard.
“And you don’t have to disclose it to the outside. I have that kind of autonomy. Doesn’t that mean that Berserker wants to quit being a villain and return to the city to live as a normal person?”
“It is not.”
“Okay then. Let’s use it as a special agent like Blink.”
“I couldn’t kill the Berserker, but there is a small achievement in return.”
I showed Jung Joo-ho a picture of the Berserkers devastating the league forces that had landed in Korea.
“… Boy, won’t you listen to me?”
“Would you like to see me?”
“No, I don’t think he will listen to me. It smells oddly similar to you.”
“·················ogue.”
“Don’t be offended because that guy is more crazy than you. haha!”
I don’t know why the standard of comparison is Berserker.
But does that mean I’m crazy too?
* * *
I headed to my parents’ house in Cheongju with Yoon-hee, who was discharged from the hospital after taking a vacation before the level 8 measurement. The guy has been interfering in every case from the side to see if he has gotten healthier by eating special meals at the hospital.
“The car is too cold. Can’t you change it a little?”
“I have no money. If you are dissatisfied, you buy it.”
“I don’t even have a license, what kind of car is it?”
“He asked me to buy you something to drive.”
“·················ogue.”
I succeeded in closing Yoon-hee’s mouth, and I concentrated on driving. He pouted his mouth and showed his dissatisfaction, but if he eats his mother’s food, he will be relieved soon.
Upon arriving at her hometown in Cheongju, Yoon-hee rushed out of the door and charged her parents in front of the house.
“Mom! Dad!”
“Yunhee! how have you been doing?”
“It’s nice to see you are doing well.”
“Okay, you’ve been fine.”
I’m glad I didn’t talk about being hospitalized. Had I done that, I would have been nagging. You roll your head pretty well.
“Is Junho here too? I had a hard time driving.”
“Good job.”
“Yes.”
I said goodbye to my parents and headed home. Looking at the pest control device caught in the orchard, it seemed that the effect was still there. I don’t know when the effect will go down, so I’ll have to catch another wild boar before going up.
It was fun to spend time with the whole family. My parents were really happy that Yoon-hee joined the Holy Guild after I became a civil servant hunter.
Yoon-hee took this opportunity to tell her parents that she would come to Seoul, but was rejected.
“We are too young to still be able to work and live by our children. Think about it when you are fully established.”
“It would take a while.”
“Then why don’t you bring a good man and get married!”
“Aren’t you crazy about staying in the guild? And Choi Jun-ho, that person is wide-eyed, wouldn’t it be easy to meet a man?”
“What are you to my brother? And why Junho? Jun-ho, do you really interfere with meeting Yoon-hee’s man?”
“I never interfered.”
“Is that not a hindrance?”
Yoon-hee’s expression turned into an exasperated expression. Rather, it was me who was frustrated.
I didn’t do anything. I just thought that this would be good enough to date Yoon-hee.
“Ask your brother first, not me! Maybe I’ll be able to meet a girl soon?”
At Yoon-hee’s words, her parents laughed. It was a laugh.
“Junho with a woman?”
“Yoon-hee, put a woman who is still in good condition into a pitiful situation.”
“Because it’s not! How great are the women who have contacts with you.”
Yoon-hee struggled to turn the arrow towards me.
Then, the topic of conversation shifted to our Seoul life. Yoon-hee explained the process of adapting to the Holy Guild and diligently explained how Lee Se-hee and I met, but my parents did not believe me at all. Rather, he advised me to watch the drama in moderation. Yoon-hee, she should cut the drama a bit.
In the end, Yoon-hee, who gave up trying to convince him, explained the privileges given to him by the Holy Guild, and his parents showed great interest. The use of Shinsung Hospital was the field that my parents’ generation would be most interested in.
“Is Junho adjusting well?”
“Yes. They helped me a lot, so I got used to it.”
“Ah, and my brother’s shooter is Jeong Da-hyun, who is famous for being a genius…”
I keep forcing it. It is best to meet people of the opposite s*x naturally, but he artificially weaves them.
“·················ogue.”
I watched the scene quietly. I heard nagging with my younger brother and my parents, but I didn’t hate it. This time was what I was trying to protect. It was my goal to keep this time in the future.
In order to do that, you will have to climb higher and acquire many rights.
“Oh, and I’m planning on taking a level 8 measurement in a week.”
“What······?”
“Level 8. Didn’t you tell me?”
“·················ogue.”
“Why are you saying that now?”
Didn’t I even tell Yoon-hee?
After a while, astonishment erupted from the parents as well.
* * *
The government was turned upside down by the presence of Choi Jun-ho, who appeared like a comet. Even so, a level 8 measurement challenger appeared in an unexpected place.
Level 8 can never appear below the surface. Through systematic education and accumulated experience by gathering talents called geniuses from childhood, countless candidates are created, and one of them rises to level 8.
However, Jun-ho Choi’s existence was an unusual existence that suddenly emerged from the ground one day.
He did not stand out as a child and became a civil servant hunter in only six months. In particular, it is rumored that the Blue House was shocked to hear that he was a 9th grader.
The emergence of Level 8 was a savior from the government’s point of view, but it was also a cause for concern. The verification of Choi Jun-ho was insufficient. In particular, the performance shown for six months was great, but the tendency was very dangerous.
The secretary dispatched from the Awakening Security Office, which oversees the Awakened, held onto this part and stretched.
The Secretariat of the Blue House is a first-class civil servant.
Although he was in a higher rank than himself, Joo-ho Jeong’s attitude toward the secretary was stiff.
“So you’re saying it’s my fault now?”
“It’s not that, but I’m curious as to why you didn’t share the information.”
“How could I have known he was a level 8 talent? I came in as a freshman and thought that my skills would be great, so all I did was nurture them.”
“Still, I should have shared it with the top…”
“Would you have believed it was right if you shared it? 25 years old, level 8?”
“At least you wouldn’t have been treated like an idiot who didn’t know anything.”
In the end, it was a face issue. Jung Joo-ho burst into laughter.
“So what’s above?”
“I tell you to catch it by any means you can.”
“So how?”
“As a public servant hunter, of course, you are not greedy for public office. Focusing on that part…”
“I don’t think that’s what I’m really saying.”
The secretary nodded.
“Once we confirm that Level 8 is correct, we will come up with a specific negotiation plan. The manager is preparing himself. Aside from that, it’s hard to believe that you’re level 8 in your 20s. Right now, both us and the world we accept.”
“It would be level 8.”
It’s also at a very mature level. But he didn’t say it there.
Rigid government gangs have to eat shit or miso before they come to their senses.
Fortunately, the director of the Awakening Security Office, who came this time, is resourceful, but it is impossible for him to change the bureaucracy alone.
If it turns out that Junho Choi is level 8, an expensive premium will be added. To catch it, you have to pay the full price. The director of the Awakening Security Office will also have a lot of trouble.
Still, because we were in the same family, he gave me a piece of advice.
“We will have to look at the Choi Jun-ho report and take measures.”
“I read it.”
The secretary, who said so, asked cautiously.
“But was the report real?”
“The expression has been greatly refined.”
“…it looks like a hard road.”
“You have to prepare your heart. That way you can catch it.”
“I will report it to you. There is nothing I can say for sure as the head of the department will be directly involved in the negotiation. Fortunately, the manager is resourceful, so there will be no worries.”
“Good luck.”
In the end, the secretary only got some information about Choi Jun-ho and went back without much income. Jung Joo-ho only reaffirmed the government’s somewhat complacency, but he thought it would be a little better if the head of the Awakening Security Office stepped in.
I laughed out loud at the thought of one of the highest-ranking Korean Awakened people talking directly with Choi Jun-ho.
“I’ll take some blood.”
To be honest, I was curious to see how humans would react when their madness went to the government.
Because Choi Jun-ho will be a prankster for them too.
It was revenge for the hair that had fallen in vain because of him.
“I can’t taste Choi Jun-ho alone. Let’s taste it together.”
This taste was too special to be seen alone.