The Returner
Eight (21) The Returner
5. Who cares whether you die or not (1)
“What are we going to do? ”
Choi Jung-hoon shrugged.
“I don't know.”
The zombie apocalypse is almost resolved.
Although it still seems to take some time, more than half the people have been cleansed without a big problem.
Now we're getting the hang of it, and we're getting faster than ever.
In the past, it took me a long time to clean up the uncommon zombies, but now I'm so bored that I'm about to drag them out and catch them.
Of course, Roavelle had a seizure in the middle, but that was a minor side effect.
The problem occurred elsewhere.
“Training, that's easy. ”
Seo Ah-young shook her head.
Zombie crisis has not yet been resolved, but the United States has demanded reinforcement of its capabilities through Lee Hyuk.
But how easy can it be?
First, it was not usually a concern from persuading Lee Hyuk to take the job.
Even though I thought I had to convince someone who didn't know where to splash, my stomach ached.
It was also a matter of persuading Lee Hyuk somehow.
“Are you sure we should do this again? ”
“… No way. ”
The method Lee Hyuk has used to train them so far is simple.
Release it in this system.
“You can't do that. ”
It is true that they have become stronger through it. I didn't intend to deny it.
But that was something I shouldn't have done.
In the first half of life, thanks to the therapist Gitmura Ren, there were no casualties due to an exquisite balance.
If the balance had been broken, it would have been wiped out in an instant.
The second time I went to this world... I hate to admit it, but I could only revive everyone because Lee Hyuk ran so fast.
And you do that to foreigners?
“We're all going to die. ”
I never imagined that Lee Hyuk would care as much about American abilities as NDF people.
“Then... ”
Seo Ah-young frowned.
I thought I had only been harassed, but when I think about it, I realize that the human has been paying attention to the NDF.
‘Not good. ’
I never thought I'd feel like this.
I thought I had just dealt with them so far, but I also felt affection when I approached foreign powers. With Lee Hyuk's predisposition, it is likely that he will not give attention to the abilities of other countries whether they die or not.
“Who is this Christophage Stoppage guy who has the guts to leave Lee Hyuk with talents like gold chips? ”
“I see. ”
You know what kind of man Lee Hyuk is.
If you still trust Lee Hyuk that much, Christopher is also very judgmental.
“No, on the contrary.... ”
There's not a lot of strange things about Lee Hyuk from his point of view.
Lee Hyuk is the only one who can complain with his mouth, but he solved all the big cases on the American side.
“You don't think Lee Hyuk is a good person, do you? ”
“Absolutely not. ”
Choi Jung-hoon shakes his head resolutely.
Anyone who had been through Lee Hyuk for a while could not think like that.
Never! Never!
Ordinary people, Christopher was a lifelong skillful man at the intelligence agency. He couldn't have understood his personality even after going through Lee Hyuk that much.
No matter how much Lee Hyuk helped the United States, he could not have known that his achievements and personality were to be evaluated separately.
“Then why are you doing this? ”
“Mmmm... ”
Choi Jung-hoon seemed to be a little worried, but he opened his mouth.
“I may know what kind of man Lee Hyuk is, but I think I still need him. ”
“Why?”
“There's nothing you can do. ”
“Yes?”
Choi Jung-hoon cleared his mind for a moment and opened his mouth.
“The only thing the United States has done in a series of recent events is hold back or hit a barricade to stop it. I didn't even have an active attack on monsters. ”
“Well……. ”
“If you think about it, it's the first time since Black Monday that the United States has been so prevalent. ”
“That's right. ”
“Besides, we don't know what's coming out of the gate, so we may not think so." It might be better to take some sacrifices and level-up the whole thing for the future. ”
“That's a cold choice. ”
Cold...
Is this supposed to be cold?
Choi Jung-hoon didn't think so.
If the level of the gate goes up without doing anything, the United States will eventually lose the ability to solve the gate itself.
It has historically proven what the end of countries who rely on their defenses has been.
So they chose to go out and fight rather than sit and die.
It's smarter than being cold…….
‘Why Yi Hyuk? ’
I admit that there is no other way, but if Choi Jeong-hoon was the same, he would have tried to find another way.
“Anyway, let's call Ji-hyuk. ”
“He's not going to work? ”
“When I say don't go to work, I go to work at my own pace, and I don't come out today because I have to. ”
“Should I thank you for contacting me? ”
“… my mother called me. ”
Seo Ah-young wrapped her face around me.
How old are you when your mom calls you at work and says, "My son can't come to work today?"
“I'm not in high school! ”
“No, well, let's just say... ”
He disappeared when he was in high school and returned after 5 years, so he could still be considered a high school student.
Even so, it is still strange.
“I'll call Haemin and ask her to bring it back. ”
“I understand.”
How do I say this?
Thinking about persuading Lee Hyuk, my head was already sticky.
― Quadrakill!
Lee Hyuk smiled delightfully as he heard the sound from the speakers.
Yeah, this is it!
This is what you do!
“You must have ignored me! ”
Lee Hyuk gladly smiles at the opposing team.
There is only one reason why he has not been able to use my skills in the game.
Because I forgot that this is a team game.
Since I was too used to drumming, playing dress-up, ditching and catching crayfish in Beraf, I didn't trust my allies at all, and after everything I did on my own, my skills didn't come out right.
Now that I trust my teammates and play, the odds are rising vertically.
Lee Hyuk chatted without overcoming the rising excitement.
- This is the class!
As I looked at the screen with pride, a deteriorating reaction appeared.
- Classes? You?
Is that a mouth-breathing thing? Old school, really.
― Professional passenger class bosso. Geography.
- What did you do? You don't seem to have a real conscience.
Lee Hyuk gladly laughed as he watched the heated team chat.
The loser usually talks a lot.
However, the reaction of the allies was not good either.
― If it wasn't for, it would have ended 10 minutes ago.
- I'm so sick, I'm so sick.
- How am I supposed to reverse carry-on this hard? If I'd just stuck my wad in the well, it would've been over 10 minutes ago, man.
Oh, yeah?
Why are you reacting like this?
I... I thought it was pretty good, right?
“Ji Hyuk. ”
At that moment, you hear a cold voice next to you.
Cold!
Since about six hundred years ago, I've never heard the voice of an appendage.
“Huh?"
“Don't chat if you can. ”
“… Yes. ”
“And in the future, when you start playing, don't try to do anything while you're in the corner. ”
“Uh-huh.”
Lee Hyuk frowned and bowed his head.
Afeldrich looked at Lee Hyuk with a slightly sad face.
When the whole continent rushed in, die, and die, Lee Hyuk kept his mouth shut.
I can't believe Yi Hyuk just died because of the game!
‘This can't be happening. ’
No, it shouldn't have happened.
It should not have been for Lee Hyuk, but it should not have been for the honor of Beraf who was crushed by Lee Hyuk.
“W-we 're expanding. ”
“Really?"
Lee Hyuk looked pale.
Yeah, it's growing.
... my frustration and stress are increasing.
The tail of the appendage trembles.
When the Demon King arrived in Beraph, the calm of the Appelldrice, who had been reported as a natural face, was only being broken by the game.
‘I'm not lying. It's growing.’
Lee Hyuk knows that Apeldris doesn't lie.
That's why he likes it.
All you have to do is say that the 'stretching' is as big as the eye of an ant.
Because not telling the truth is not a lie!
The appendage tried to calm the parched facial muscles. This is why the human body is uncomfortable. Emotions show up right on your face.
It was hard to express emotions when it was the body of a dragon, but it was hard for the human body to hide them.
“It's growing. ”
The problem was that other people also excelled.
Games are content that users develop together. When the game is serviced, it increases the skills of its users as well.
If you are slowing down compared to the average merit increase, you will be judged as having regressed.
Do you feel that your grades go up in absolute evaluation, but they go down in relative ratings?
‘So I'm not lying. ’
The appendage raises its jaw forcefully.
“So one day you'll be great. ”
“Yes!”
Lee Hyuk smiled brightly.
What is it?
This unknown guilt...
The appendage trembled with an unfamiliar feeling that had never been felt in a lifetime, not in a lifetime.
‘This world is a strange place. ’
Beraf is a static place.
It's a world where big things happen, but nothing else really changes.
But this was different.
It was dense enough to feel that time flows differently.
‘It must have been hard.’
The millennium of Beraf and the millennium here will be completely different.
There's so much going on on on Earth in 10 days that a month goes by.
Then the time that Lee Hyuk actually felt would have been slower.
I knew now why Lee Hyuk thought of Beraf so horribly.
The relative time axis is different, not physical time.
Is he happy? ’
Lee Hyuk gave the keyboard again and was speechless.
It's too spectacular for Beraf to be left to perish, but why does it look more natural?
“Ji Hyuk. ”
“Huh?"
“Are you happy to come into this world? ”
Lee Hyuk suddenly lost his words and stared at the appendage.