The Returner

“Insane inspirations. ”

Choi Jung-hoon left the Chungwa University in reverse.

Chug, chug, chug!

I turned on the lighter several times, but strangely, it didn't catch fire. Choi Jung-hoon threw the lighter out of an open car window and hit the handle.

“Aaahhhh!”

I felt relieved when I shouted alongside Clarkson's voice.

When I was angry, I couldn't stand the thought of Christopher or Song Song Soo talking nonsense, and the most unforgivable thing was that they were seduced by nonsense.

Were you flirting?

No, I don't.

To be honest, I'm still tempted.

I cannot forgive myself for being so quick to do the math in my head under the mistaken aegis of humanity.

‘People can't do this. ’

Nevertheless, Choi Jung-hoon himself was not a human being, seeing that he could not give up the sense of what he could not do. Or more human than anything else.

Choi Jung-hoon smiled alone.

Seeing me calculating the situation that is best for me and my savior in this situation, I felt like a human being. Grateful and selfish.

Choi Jung-hoon parked his car on the side of the road.

Then, he bites the cigarette, which could not be lit, and leans his head back. I felt like I was going to have an accident driving like this. The city's vehicle flow rate was dramatically reduced, but I wasn't confident that I could do something as simple as follow the lane.

“I'm trash, too. ”

I closed my eyes and heard a strange sound in Choi Jung-hoon's ear.

Bang.

The sound of turning on the lighter.

Choi Jung-hoon, who instinctively pulled a cigarette, slowly opened his eyes as he felt the smoke coming into his lungs.

Then it solidified.

Someone set the cigarette on fire. I didn't think he was a passerby. I thought it must be someone with a face.

Choi Jung-hoon's expectations were exactly right.

The person who was smiling at him with the lighter was definitely someone who knew him.

But why the hell is he here now?

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Choi. Mind if I join you? ”

Can I get in?

Choi Jung-hoon nodded, smiling helplessly.

Choi Jung-hoon had no choice but to meet interest on this street. Even if he refused, he could always sit in the jewelry.

“... Have you been sitting in Korea lately? You see it a lot.”

“Well, business, isn't it? ”

He opened the jewelry door a couple of times and knocked on the glass as it was locked.

Choi Jung-hoon sighed and opened the door. He opens the door and gets in the car, pulls a cigarette out of his pocket, bites it in his mouth and lights it up.

“It's not polite to smoke in someone else's car, but I lent you a light. ”

“You've become very fluent in Korean. ”

“I think Korea is the country I'm most interested in right now. I studied a little bit for a smooth conversation. ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled.

I can't get used to seeing four years old. I couldn't get used to the fact that the guy with the good face was the world's worst criminal.

“So what's it to me, Alpha? ”

Alpha glances at Choi Jung-hoon with a big smile.

“By the river... Interesting place. ”

“... Well, this is a place where ordinary people can't come in right now. We can talk as much as we want. ”

Choi Jung-hoon glanced around. Even if he raised his spear, there is more than half a chance that he found out from the top that he met Alpha.

Even if you don't know it right now, there's a chance you'll find out later.

I knew the risk of being discovered, but I brought the Alpha here for two reasons.

One is that we don't have a choice.

After facing the Alpha from this close, it was as if his life had already been pledged to the Alpha. And the other one was the desire to find out why the Alpha came looking for him.

“Let's cut to the chase, shall we? ”

“Oh, but first... a gift. ”

“Gift?”

Alpha took out a small handkerchief in his arms and gave it to Choi Jung-hoon.

A handkerchief?

I didn't exactly give him a handkerchief, but there was something in the handkerchief that was left to dry. Choi Jung-hoon shook his head and took a handkerchief from Alpha.

“Oh, you crazy bastard! ”

Jung-hoon, who saw what was in the handkerchief, was frightened and shouted.

“Ehey, don't get excited. ”

However, Alpha laughs as if Choi Jung-hoon's reaction was funny.

Inside the handkerchief was a human finger.

Five fingers that look like they've just been cut.

Choi Jung-hoon couldn't throw his finger and wrapped his handkerchief again.

“... Can I put this back on? ”

“It wouldn't mean much to me to give it to a dead hand. ”

“Killed him?”

“Yes.”

Choi Jung-hoon stared at the Alpha with a blank face. Alpha, who guessed what Choi Jung-hoon's gaze meant, laughed.

“Don't look at me like that. I didn't think Choi Jeong-hoon would be happy if he took the dead man's finger. It's not necrophilia, it's the fingers of those who followed Choi Jung-hoon. Talents from the U.S. Intelligence Agency. ”

“The United States intelligence agency? ”

“Yeah. Well, it's not a long story, is it? ”

Choi Jung-hoon opened his handkerchief again quietly. It was definitely not an Eastern finger. There won't be only Westerners in the US intelligence agency…….

“… Is that Christopher? ”

“Bingo.”

Alpha claps. Choi Jung-hoon, who thought it looked like he was teasing himself, opened the window without saying a word and threw his finger out of the handkerchief.

“Huh? Isn't that a cadaver organism? ”

“The police are gone, but they'll freeze to death. ”

“You certainly have a hot side. ”

Choi Jung-hoon sighed and opened his mouth.

“Enough jokes. I've had enough of your sudden presence here. Why don't we just cut to the chase? ”

“Well, yes. Well, you and I don't have a lot of time. ”

“... I'm sorry, but I'm running out of time. ”

“… As a matter of fact, so am I. I don't have anything to do. ”

There was a strange sympathetic conversation.

“Just a quick matter. I learned it in this country. which I don't particularly like for a chatterbox like me. ”

“I wasn't really into that sort of thing either, but I think you'll do just fine. So?”

“Well, it's simple. Hangouts are supposed to play with Hangouts. I want to talk to Lee Ji-hyuk. ”

“Huh?"

What nonsense is this?

“With Lee Hyuk? ”

“Yes, I called and you didn't answer. I texted him, but he hasn't called. ”

I looked back at alpha with the eyes that Choi Jung-hoon was crazy.

“Did you call? ”

“I've been a civilized man ever since. I'll call you anytime. ”

“What about the phone number……. ”

Jung-hoon stopped trying to talk. There's no way a great alpha couldn't figure out a phone number.

“Knng.”

How do we take Alpha's intention to approach us casually and connect with Lee Hyuk?

“… just kill it. ”

“Whoa, calm down, Mr. Choi. I am not a violent person. ”

“No?”

Choi Jung-hoon's eyes filled with life.

“Do you know how many people have died because of you? Because you opened the gates of the castle, humanity is still running into destruction like a runaway train. What's that about? ”

Alpha giggles.

“So if I hadn't done that, would humanity have prospered without any problems by now? ”

“ ……. ”

“You know I'm not, right? I don't know how long it's going to take, but the door to the magic system is going to open anyway. It may have lasted a little longer if you consumed Lee Hyuk vigorously, but the results will not change. Have you ever thanked me for opening the door when you were a little more awake? ”

“I heard some pretty shitty logic. ”

“You're welcome."

Choi Jeong-hoon asked me about cigarettes. By the time he realized there was no lighter, Alpha had lighted his cigarette casually.

It makes me feel dirty.

‘You fuck me in pairs. ’

It feels similar to what Song Jung-soo and Christopher did. It sounds like shit, but when I think about it, it's not so wrong.

If the Alpha hadn't done what he did, the door would have opened one day. A little more time would not have made a difference in the current situation. It's just a little bit older.

“What the hell do you want? ”

“Yes? What are you talking about? ”

“You're human. ”

“… Well, yes. ”

“I know your fucking logic. Given what you've been through, it's not like compassion won't go away. But you're still human. Because the world sucks, I'm not even going to give it to a midget baby. ”

“Every time I tell you, I'm a humanitarian. It's a humanitarian character. ”

“What are you talking about? ”

Choi Jung-hoon wrapped his head around it.

You feel pathetic enough to have a conversation with this madman. You can't just step on Excel and run away.Why did you put him in the car?

“Don't think so. I'm a human being, just like that. Did you do that because you wanted humanity to be destroyed? I just took a chance. ”

“Opportunity?"

“Yes, a chance for a one-way reversal. Apart from Lee Hyuk, I would have been the first to know about the Horsemen and the Horsemen. So it's just a precaution. ”

“You opened the door? ”

“I can't tell you everything, but I want you to believe that it was all necessary. ”

The Alpha giggles. Like you're crazy, too.

“I believe you.”

“Wow, I didn't expect you to believe so easily.... I didn't trust any of my men. ”

“Yes. I'll believe you. Go to work. I won't take you to Lee Hyuk even if you die. ”

“Why? Do you think I'll kill Lee Hyuk? ”

“ ……. ”

Alpha immediately said to Choi Jung-hoon with a distorted face as if the person had changed.

“I don't care about Lee Ji-hyuk who lost his strength. It's not worth killing. If I decide to kill him, he'll regain his strength. Do you understand what I'm saying? ”

“When Lee Hyuk regains his strength, do you think he will dare to fight you? ”

“Oh, that's right. ”

Alpha leans on the sheet with his face full of sage time.

“So connect me. This is about saving humanity. ”

“... I don't want to do it anymore because I'm such an idiot. ”

“Let's do this, then. ”

“Hmm?"

“Even if you don't answer my calls, you won't get a call from Choi Jung-hoon. So Choi Jung-hoon called and asked if he could take me with him. It's a great idea, right?”

“Lee Hyuk is crazy.... ”

“You have to speak carefully. I bet he'd ask you to do that, wouldn't he? Chuckle.”

At that moment, Choi Jung-hoon felt the urge to stick his fist in Alpha's mouth, smiling.