The Returner

4. Come to your senses (1)

“Wow!"

If the Grim Reaper is here, I think he's very rash. That's what I've been trying to say.

Pupperfoot!

The thunderclap sounds a little later, so he's not the Grim Reaper. But nothing would have changed. Soon, with terrible pain....

“Huh?"

You don't feel any pain, do you?

Ri Jincheol immediately wondered whether there was no pain, vomiting blood rising out of his throat.

“Uweeeeeek!”

Looks like he's not dead.

But it's kind of sad to realize that you're not dead.

Ri Jin-chul opened his eyes, groaning in pain that he felt in his whole body.

“Look. This guy's got balls. ”

“I'd love to, but I think I'm gonna die soon. ”

“Then let's keep her alive. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled and turned his head.

Lee Hyuk, who looked at the left and right, looked at Choi Jung-hoon with a beautiful face and said.

“Aren't you here? ”

“If it was Apeldice... I haven't seen him today. ”

“Hmm?"

Lee Hyuk scratched his cheek and said as if he felt sorry for Ri Jincheol.

“Well, I'm sorry. I'm here to save you. What's left to say?"

“Not yet... dead... Cough! ”

I wanted to tell you that I thought I was going to die looking at you, but I couldn't because of the backflow of blood.

“Oh, look at the color of the blood. It's black, black! I've never seen a dead man like this before. ”

Even the one who was still alive was dangerous enough to be killed by the vase.

“Then I'll really die. ”

However, Choi Jung-hoon was his own man, so he couldn't see Lee Jin-hyuk mocking the dying Ri Jin Cheol.

“Wow, look at that guy? You said you hated this guy. ”

“I hate it, but even if I hate it, it's fundamental human nature to mock a dying person. ”

“My personality is rubbish? ”

“Well, not necessarily... if that's what it sounds like. Thieves don't bother me, do they? ”

“Wow, look at this guy? ”

After watching what the two of them were doing, Ri Jincheol vomited blood with her mouth and opened her mouth.

“I'd rather... kill you, you bastards. ”

“Ehey, I saved your life and it's not worth it. ”

Lee Hyuk patted her head and smiled.

“I'll save your life in a minute, so just wait a little longer. Problem is, I haven't been able to get in touch with Apeldiche... Well, it's not just Apeldiche who can use healing magic. You're dying of healing magic or surgery, so I'm bringing you a special treat. ”

Should I say thank you or curse?

It was Ri Jincheol who was deeply troubled, but Lee Hyuk seemed to have no interest in his psychological condition.

“What are you? ”

When Lee Hyuk, who was chasing after Ri Jincheol, suddenly appeared, panicked and shouted.

In this situation, they would tear up everything that appeared before their eyes without question or question, but they also had eyes, after they saw that Lee Hyuk appeared and destroyed the flying ethers at the same time.

They were also capable, and they were able to understand the enormous miracles that Lee Hyuk had done.

“Huh?"

Lee Hyuk tilted his head to look at those who were looking at him.

“You haven't left yet? ”

“ ……. ”

“Strange? If I had a head, I'd have to run away by now, but not running away means I don't have a head.... ”

Lee Hyuk kicked his tongue and asked Jung-hoon Choi.

“Can I kill him? ”

“Why are you asking me? ”

“Usually you don't ask questions, you solve annoying problems, and then you get a little sensitive! I need to talk to the governor and educate him. You'd make a good politician. ”

“Hnng.”

It was the most profound and colorful lesson I could think of.

What do you want to do?

It was Choi Jung-hoon who was a little worried.

Ordinarily, he would have been frantic about why he killed people, but if we send them back now, Lee Hyuk... To be precise, it would be confirmed that the other side stole Ri Jincheol.

Even if we don't go to war like you said, we can't stop the cooling of our relations with the South.

“Well, can we just lock these guys up in the right place?" ”

“The right place? ”

“Somewhere far away is fine, and anywhere that just can't communicate with people. ”

“Oh, there's a good place. ”

Lee Hyuk shakes one hand appropriately and two gates appear in the air.

“Why two gaps? ”

“One hole to put the kids in. ”

“One?”

“Well, if I put it in my hand, it's not very efficient. Well, I'm not particularly strong... I'm surprisingly very magical to catch them and push them in. It's easier to kill. ”

“Then?”

“Someone will come for you. ”

“Who?”

“I don't know... ”

Along with him, Choi Jung-hoon's anticipated presence was revealed within the gate.

Red eyes.

A mane that flies like Sarah.

Sharp claws.

A little puppy who really looks like a beast...

“…… This is a mistake. ”

“Yes.”

A noodle comes out of the gate, finds Lee Hyuk, and rushes to rub his cheeks on his legs.

“Let's work, work. ”

Knng!

Lee Hyuk pointed to those around him.

“Take them down and put them in there. Don't kill me.”

Knng!

Lee Hyuk chuckled his tongue once, and put a tentacle in the back of his mouth as if he wanted something.

“You can just do it in that form. ”

Of course, since you don't have a hand, you'll have to bite your arm or leg off, so you won't want that either.

When the magic ingredient grew fast, I quickly regained my true form.

“What the hell! ”

“Why are monsters suddenly! ”

“Don't panic! There's one!”

I'm sure there's one.

Choi Jung-hoon looked at them with sad eyes.

There is definitely one. But isn't it because the average person doesn't use a single dragon or a phoenix or something because they can't handle any of it, that revenge doesn't mean anything?

Misdemeanor was already like that.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The gazelle lunges at the powers, grabbing and throwing people into the gate with his left hand intact.

“Oh!”

I applauded Lee Hyuk as he watched the people who were being sucked into the gate.

“Khh, this is amazing. ”

“What's that? ”

“How do you get in there so precisely when you throw it like that? I'm supposed to be playing basketball with him. ”

“ ……. ”

If you play basketball with people, Shakyl O'Neil will have to be carried away in a shoulder bag.

But that's cheating.

“Ahhhh!”

The noodles that were thrown in until the last person shrugged their shoulders and approached Lee Hyuk.

“Come.”

As soon as he tried to retrieve the Mana he injected into Ojik, Ojik grabbed and lifted up the Ri Jin-chul next to Lee Hyuk.

“I don't think so, missy. ”

Glug?

“That's defeat. Put it down.”

Ojik calmly put Ri Jincheol back to his original position.

Then Lee Hyuk put a tentacle in and retrieved Mana. He yawns with his narrow mouth, then lies on his back without rounding.

Just like I told you to take me when you're done.

How much intelligence is he? ’

Maybe he's smarter than people.

It was one of the topics I thought about every time, but it was Choi Jung-hoon who became increasingly suspicious.

What you're doing is like a dog, but it feels too smart to be a dog.

“But where did they send you? Is this another one?”

“Aigoo, if you try to send a lot of kids to a different world, it's hard for me too. If it had been that easy, the Berafs would have gotten over it by now. ”

“Well, I guess so. Then where did you send him? ”

“Equatorial.”

“Equatorial, Equatorial.... ”

What's on the equator?

Choi Jung-hoon, who was thinking about the equator related to Lee Hyuk, smiled.

“...... You can't be there, right? ”

“It's the only place I know. ”

“Hahahaha.”

Crazy bastard!

You want me to quarantine them? You want me to drop a man on monster island?

Isn't that the most dangerous place on Earth?

Choi Jung-hoon, who thought of Lee Hyuk's Monster Repository, full of monsters, shook his head.

I'd rather die here than fall into it.

Cho Jeong-hoon felt guilty because he didn't mean to, but thought he did something he shouldn't have done. However, Lee Hyuk, who had nothing to do with the word guilt, had already lost interest and was tapping Ri Jincheol's cheek.

“Come on, let's get a grip, okay? ”

“ ……. ”

“Is he dead?”

“Sa, alive! You maniac!”

“Oh, you see what he's saying? ”

Lee Hyuk lowered his head with a hurt face. I can't help but be hurt if I hear that from the person who saved my life, but that human is a little different.

“Last time I saved you! That's why you said you don't harvest black-headed beasts! ”

“ ……. ”

“If you want to save it, get it nicely! ”

“What else haven't I made smooth? I didn't blow up the whole neighborhood. ”

“Rotten.”

Ri Jincheol spits blood on the floor.

In fact, I was very grateful for saving her, but when I looked at Lee Ji-hyuk, I couldn't say anything nicely.

Maybe this man is responsible for the old age he's been through.

And I felt strongly that I shouldn't bow my head to Lee Hyuk. I had a feeling that if I bowed my head to this human once, I wouldn't be able to turn back from that time.

“That's why I told you not to save me. ”

“… you don't save people, you get information. ”

“Hmm, yes. ”

Lee Hyuk said, kicking Ri Jincheol with his feet.

“Talk to me before you die. Why did you run away? ”

“Ganna bastard……. ”

Ri Jincheol no longer had the strength to protest.

Earlier, the pain began to fade, and my eyes began to blur. There is a sense that death is coming.

“I think he's dying. ”

“You'll see. ”

Lee Hyuk replied blankly.

“Then let's keep her alive. ”

“A thousand Jinsaeng people.... To live and to die depends on the sky. ”

“That's not how it's written. ”

Choi Jung-hoon shook his head and said.

“If this man dies like this, he didn't come all this way for nothing. Let's get him to South Korea before they get here. ”

Lee Hyuk also opened the gate to see if he didn't want to be bothered anymore.

“Let's go.”

Ri Jincheol seems to be trying to rebel against something, but all she does is show a faint reaction to whether her body is powerless.

Lee Hyuk kicked Ri Jincheol's name once and threw his rebellion neatly into the gate.

Then I entered the gate with Jung-hoon Choi.

As soon as Lee Hyuk and Choi Jeong-hoon entered, the gate slowly closed, and only the sound of the weevils resounded in the quiet void.