The Returner

5. Can you give me one phone number? (2)

“It's no big deal. ”

“It wasn't always a big deal. ”

“It's no big deal. ”

“It's no big deal, but I don't know why you're talking to me. Goodbye.”

“Ehey, why are you doing this? ”

Choi Jung-hoon froze in front of Lee Hyuk with a glaring smile.

“Why!”

“Hahaha, it's really no big deal. ”

Lee Hyuk's eyes narrow.

“I think it was always a hassle when the novel was this long.... ”

“No way. ”

“Speak anyway. We have to decide what to do after we hear it. ”

Choi Jung-hoon nodded and said.

“I... I mean, it happens a lot. ”

“Yes.”

“Was the gate not opened on our side this time? ”

“That's right.”

“As you know, this gate was a very difficult case. I don't know what would have happened if Lee Hyuk hadn't been right next to him. ”

“That's right.”

“So what happened to foreign countries? ”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk clapped his hands.

“We're screwed.”

“Hahaha, exactly. Japan, in particular, has been hit continuously, and is about to collapse. I heard that the gate is open in Tokyo again. ”

“Oh!”

Lee Hyuk nodded.

The neighborhood is in a bad place.

Do you feel like you've been hit by an earthquake, you've been hit by Hale, you've been hit by a hurricane, and you've always stayed passive?

“What kind of horse is in that town? ”

Looks like the zombie dragon showed up in Tokyo, too, this time in Tokyo.

“So what happened? ”

“Hahaha……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled brightly and said.

“Well, what happened? It's falling apart. ”

“No answer.”

Lee Hyuk shook his head.

“So you asked for help? ”

“That's right.”

“So we said we'd help? ”

“To say the least.”

Lee Hyuk smiled brightly and shouldered to Jung-hoon Choi.

Jung-hoon Choi said, "What's wrong with this human? ’I looked at Lee Hyuk.

“Jung-hoon Choi. ”

“Yes?”

“You seem to have lost your senses lately. ”

“What are you talking about……. ”

“You said there was almost a fucking game. ”

“That's right.”

“But what do you have to do to get there and help? Well, we don't do business for free. You need something to eat to help you or not. Isn't that right?”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled.

“Of course I have something to get. ”

“Hoho?”

Lee Hyuk glared.

Yes, that's how Jung-hoon does it.

Does it make sense that Choi Jung-hoon only gives like a faggot?

A man you recognize.

“What I'm about to receive is something I can't afford. ”

“Oh!”

Lee Hyuk's eyes became dazzling.

“What, what? ”

“Don't be surprised. It's a cultural treasure.”

“Cultural treasure?”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled happily and nodded his head.

“Yes. I've decided to return all of our cultural treasures, which were smuggled away during our daily strengths, whether they were in a hurry. Several times more than we were able to figure out. There are a lot of national supplies.If I can get this, I'll have diplomatic pleasures that will last forever... ”

“Yes, I'm not going. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled and went out again.

“Lee, Lee Hyuk! ”

Choi Jung-hoon hurriedly chased after Lee Hyuk.

Lee Hyuk took out a cigarette and asked.

“Cultural treasures will freeze to death. ”

If you can't eat it, why do you have to go after it to get it back?

I couldn't even sell the cultural treasure, but I couldn't understand why I had to suffer for the good of the country.

“Lee Hyuk! ”

Choi Jung-hoon came to Lee Hyuk and lighted the door cigarette on his mouth.

Bang.

As the lighter ignited, the cigarette tip of Lee Hyuk began to burn.

“Ha……. ”

Lee Hyuk smoked for a long time and looked at Jung-hoon Choi.

“I'm not going. ”

“Don't do that.... ”

Heh heh, it feels subtle to see Choi Jung-hoon smile.

“Isn't there anything that actually helps? Is it money?"

"The value of assets is enormous," he said. Getting that kind of money is almost impossible. It's a great advantage. "

“I don't give a fuck. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

For Lee Hyuk, who had seen many countries annihilate, the artifacts of the past were merely a device to bring back memories. Why is it so important to study how you lived in the past?

How you live now is important.

In peaceful times, the cultural treasures may be of value, but we may perish tomorrow. What is the need for such cultural treasures?

There won't be time to study.

“Aren't you tired? ”

“Yes?”

“Aren't you tired of running all over town? Wherever we go, Choi Jeong-hoon is going with us. We are strong and recover quickly because we are capable, but Choi Jeong-hoon is an ordinary person. If it were up to me, I'd be down already. ”

“I manage.”

“Does that mean it manages? ”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head and Choi Jung-hoon smiled bitterly.

Even at the price of the nutritional supplement he pours into his body, the salary of a decent workplace will easily exceed.

However, I am losing weight and suffering from chronic fatigue.

“I don't know why you work so hard. Isn't Choi Jung-hoon already on the promotion rail? I think I have an easy way to get to the top just to hang in there, but I can't wait to get to work. ”

“What can I do if I'm a natural? ”

“I'm not working to climb. We climb to get better. Isn't that right?”

“… of course. ”

Choi Jung-hoon nodded unknowingly.

This man sometimes sticks to the core.

In retrospect, he has recently been obliged to work, not with a purpose.

I thought that I had to accumulate achievements and climb again and again, and I didn't think about why I had to climb to the top.

“Life passes faster than I thought. When I didn't think about what I wanted to do, at the end, I always regretted it. ”

“Is this a review?”

“It's not my experience. ”

Lee Hyuk pulled the cigarette.

Choi Jung-hoon stared at Lee Hyuk with his sunken eyes.

If you think about it, this person must have lived with many humans.

So your insights into life will be infinitely deeper than others.

although it's ironic to live here based on that insight.

“Live it up. because if you can't do what you want to do and just work and live, you'll have time to mourn why you lived there in the future. I have to get married.”

“Married.... ”

Then I was too busy to get through the cloudiness.

“But……. ”

“Yes?”

“I was just wondering, have you ever been married to Lee Hyuk? ”

Lee Hyuk clammed his mouth and felt like he was thinking something, then he looked back at Choi Jung-hoon with his eyes flashing.

“I made a mistake. ”

“Yes?”

“Don't marry. ”

“ ……. ”

What's wrong with him?

“Never! Never! I'm not getting married. The worst institution ever created by mankind is marriage. It's abandoning me, giving up my dignity as a human being. Never get married! ”

“Oh, yes……. ”

What is this?

I think he's telling the truth.

“You tried.”

“ ……. ”

I knew it!

Just now it was words and authenticity that couldn't come out without experience.

“That's not what I do... …. ”

“For your information.”

Choi Jung-hoon nodded heavily.

“Anyway, you have to decide what to do with the request from Japan. ”

“You talk as if you have to go. ”

“We have to. ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled bitterly.

“Looks like someone's still picking on Mr. Choi Jung-hoon. ”

“I'm a government official. And I've never forgotten that I'm a government official. ”

“He acted like a very powerful man. ”

“Concept, concept. ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled brightly.

“I'm not a competent person. I'm not a necessary person. There are plenty of people who can replace me. I've never forgotten that. They think they can always be cut off. ”

“Replace?”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

There's someone who can replace this guy?

Occasionally, there are people who I don't know the most.

There are people who don't fully understand their values.

I thought Choi Jung-hoon wasn't like that....

“If you're too modest, that doesn't look good either. ”

“It's not humility, it's true. If I hadn't met Lee Hyuk, I wouldn't be living like this. My ability has already surpassed the normal route a lot. So keep your head down. ”

I don't think that's wrong...

“Those who are important to our superiors are people like Lee Hyuk and Seo Ah Young. And the reason I get it is because I can be the bridge between them and you. I've never forgotten that that's my value. But a bridge is always a new one. You can't change Gangnam just because you don't like the way Gangnam is going, but you can always set a new bridge. ”

A new leg...

Lee Hyuk smiled.

Anyone who does that is crazy.

“So who's putting pressure on it? ”

“Who do you think? ”

“I don't know. I'll ask. ”

“I don't know exactly. I'm always in a position to be told by my line manager. But I have a guess. Wouldn't you put pressure on the side that could make this work fatal? ”

“Hmm……. ”

Lee Hyuk scratched his cheek.

There's only one of us left.

“The old man was only in there, and you don't seem to know the world's waters. Those days of showing off like that are behind us. ”

“It's a glowing apricot in the current situation. ”

“Well, I don't know if you don't understand, but I don't think there's a reason I have to go to all that trouble to put another line in his résumé. ”

“… I thought you might. ”

“Well, well, well. Yes, but.... ”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head as if he was a little worried and looked at Jung-hoon Choi.

“You don't want me to just say no, do you? ”

“Should I be in trouble? What would you say if you said you didn't do it? I'm just gonna nag you a little bit. ”

“Blabbering.... ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

“Well, I don't want you to hear that nagging. ”

“Yes?”

Anxiety settled on Choi Jung-hoon's face.

Every time Lee Hyuk made that face, there was an accident.

I don't think this is a bad accident. ’

I'll try to fix it if Jung-hoon can handle it, but I don't know where Lee Hyuk is doing what he can handle.

“Can you get me a phone number? ”

“Me, a phone number? ”

I was suspicious of Choi Jung-hoon's face.

Phone number?

What's your phone number?