The Returner

Lee Hyuk turns his head to look at the Alpha that occupied Barbados's body.

‘Hmph.'

Life is always a series of choices.

I've never felt that way before. It's all over, but we still have one last choice.

“I'm glad we still have a choice. ”

When I was taken to Beraf before, it was a choice and nothing. That's enough experience for you to wield your own destiny with the will of someone other than your own.

“Lee Hyuk! ”

Choi Jung-hoon grabbed Lee Hyuk's arm.

“Oh, I don't have any hobbies! ”

“Lee Hyuk! ”

Choi Jung-hoon looked at Lee Ji-hyuk with a face that looked like she was going to cry soon. Lee Hyuk turned his head away from Choi Jung-hoon's eyes.

“God, I hate this stuff. ”

“Is there no other way? ”

“There could be. ”

“ ……. ”

“I just can't think of a way to relax right now. Maybe in about three days. ‘Oh, if I had done this then, I would have died peacefully by now, like an idiot……’ But what can I do? This is all I can think about right now. ”

“That's too……. ”

Cruel.

It's too harsh.

It is Lee Hyuk who has been going through hell and is finally going to rest. And you want him to go through the same thing again?

I'd rather see the world fall apart.

But I could never put that thought in my mouth. No one will be able to put it up.

All Jung-hoon could do was quietly look at Lee Hyuk's back walking again.

As I have so far.

‘It never gets narrower. ’

This furthest gap.

At the end, we have to rely on Lee Hyuk. I was angry and so sorry that Choi Jung-hoon finally shed tears.

“What is it? Is it a portrait? ”

Lee Hyuk filled his tongue with those who couldn't even look at him.

“Let's not make things dark for no reason. Well, I don't think this is such a bad ending. Anyway, it's not just the sad-end that I can choose to move on. ”

“That's what I'm saying right now! ”

Lee Hyuk reached out his hand and put his hand on Jung-min's head as if he was vomiting blood.

“Don't cry. ”

“Ugh…. ”

“It's not that great. It's just that no one ever disappeared again. ”

“You idiot. ”

“Phew... ”

Lee Hyuk shook his head.

“Maybe that son of a bitch can transform quickly and keep him distracted. Why are you giving me so much time to make people feel awkward? Anyway, it's not helping. ”

Kim Da-som grabbed Lee Hyuk's hand.

“Really... Is this really the only way? ”

Lee Hyuk didn't answer. You were right not to say anything exactly. I felt like something was going to burst out of my mouth. Kim Da-Som, not him.

Lee Hyuk, who seemed a little hesitant, smiled and said.

“It's better than death, isn't it? ”

“… but……. ”

“My brother is suffering because of Punsu. You're gonna have to take good care of her. ”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk tapped Kim Da-som's shoulder and passed her without even giving her a look. We know it's poisoning her to buy more time.

He once again looked at Lee Hyuk as surprised to see the person who blocked his way.

“I don't think we're supposed to be saying goodbye to emotions. ”

“I agree. But I'm a fighter. ”

“Brothers... ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

I liked it just that much.

Brothers.

There can be no better way to express Seo Ah-young's relationship with him.

“... I have a favor to ask you..." ”

“What is it?”

“Can't you just give Ye-won a concession once? ”

“In return for what you do? ”

“Even if you think like that, it's no big deal. ”

“We would rather perish. ”

“I knew it. ”

Lee Hyuk tapped Seo Ah-young's shoulder and even passed her by. Seo Ah-young bit her lips as if she had something to say and shouted against Lee Hyuk's back.

“You're not going to die together like an idiot, are you? ”

“… really understanding. You can't die if you want to. ”

Lee Hyuk did not look back and said.

“You're only going to die if you stay like this. It's a slow place to go this time, so think about it slowly. ”

“If I die, I'll kill you. ”

“... I'm worried about Choi Jung-hoon who will take you. ”

Lee Hyuk waved his hand.

The last ones who crossed his path were Apeldice and Herkana.

“Well……. ”

Lee Hyuk was about to say something and sighed.

“Get out of my way, will you? ”

“No, get out of my way. But you don't want to leave us alone. ”

“My people are dead anyway, but we have to follow Darling. I don't want to stay here. ”

“Does it make any sense? ”

“Nothing.”

“Nothing.”

“Yes, of course. ”

No matter how hard you try to take it off, it will not fall. Like a leech.

It may be more severe for them to be left alone in this world without Lee Hyuk, just as the fate given to Lee Hyuk is harsh now.

“Regret is useless. ”

“Only when you're dead. ”

“I agree.”

“... I don't have an answer, really. ”

Lee Hyuk looked back, feeling the pain that tightened his body.

Jeong-hoon Choi, Ah-young Seo, Jeong-min Jung, Kim Da-som, Do Ga-yoon who hasn't woken up yet. And even the NDFs who insisted on Kim Da Hyun and Park Sung Chan… everyone was watching him and closing their mouths.

The Veravs' gaze, led by Diolet 12, gathered, and all mankind on Earth looked at Lee Hyuk.

Diolet XII closed her eyes.

God has left him. But there was a human will here.

‘You told me to live willingly. ’

Lee Hyuk was demonstrating his will. He was Latrell's greatest enemy.

“Well, let's get this over with. ”

Lee Hyuk died.

“I wish I could say good-bye, but then I'm a little grouchy. At this end, the protagonist disappears beautifully. Okay, so... ”

Lee Hyuk shut up for a while.

Choi Jung-hoon could see it. His eyes are shaking. As soon as I saw his insides, no matter how bold he was, I wanted to sit down.

“Lee Hyuk……. ”

“The last one is like a movie. ”

Lee Hyuk turned around.

“Now, wait a minute! ”

Choi Jung-hoon shouted.

“Mother... Mother... What? ”

Lee Hyuk sighed deeply.

‘Mother...' ’

I think of Mother in front of my eyes.

When he was taken to Beraph in the past, what he regretted most was that he had not said anything to Mother at the end.

Should it be different this time?

‘No.'

I am not sure that I will ever see her again, but I cannot show her how I walk into hell on my own feet.

‘In the end, nothing has changed. ’

Lee Hyuk smiled bitterly and said.

“I'll eat well the next time I come back, so tell him to keep his cooking up. ”

“I'll pass it on.”

“Well……. ”

Lee Hyuk raised his head.

Barbache, no, the Alpha mutation, was almost over. There was no time.

“Well, this is goodbye, people. ”

Lee Hyuk's body came up into the air.

Apeldice and Hercanada follow him up into the sky.

“Lee, Lee Hyuk! ”

Choi Jung-hoon's crying voice dug into Lee Hyuk's ears.

“I'll wait. I'll make you a place, where you'll return!" ”

“Oh, they're poor kids, too... Don't be so hard on them. If Choi Jung-hoon cares a little, it will be easier to adapt to the world. ”

“… Yes. ”

“It'll come in handy. Sure."

Lee Hyuk flew over Barbados' body.

“Are you really coming? ”

“Do I have to answer that? ”

“It's more fun to follow Darling. ”

Lee Hyuk sighed and looked at them.

‘After all, it's back to the beginning. ’

Thinking about it, it was the same in Beraf. These were the only two who stood by him in a world that no one could relate to. Things are a little worse than they were then.

“I think I need to say one last thing……. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled, looking at those who looked up at him.

“It would be nice to disappear without saying a word. ”

“Darling, that's good for handsome kids. ”

“There's a bit of a problem with looking good like that. ”

“... You guys, go. ”

There was really no time.

Lee Hyuk slowly looked around.

Like I'm going to keep every speck of dirt in this world in his eyes. His eyes start in the sky and slowly descend toward those who look up at him from below.

‘It was fun.'

Yeah, it was fun.

Hard work, a lot of annoying things, but it was really fun. It's time to stay in this world for a while. The memory of this world will become a beam of light for him to live a long and long life that he must now undergo.

“I'm asking you, Jung-hoon Choi. ”

“… Yes. ”

“I'm trusting you. We're friends.”

Choi Jung-hoon bit his lip tightly.

‘Stop crying. ’

Let's not show them crying.

Then it really feels like goodbye forever.

This is just a temporary breakup. Until he comes back.

“I don't say hello! ”

“Of course.”

Lee Hyuk smiled joyfully.

Choi Jung-hoon was the coolest smile Lee Lee Hyuk had ever seen.

“Farewell! ”

The black gate that was covering Lee Hyuk's head slowly descended.

Slowly, very slowly.

Choi Jung-hoon bit his lips to bleed.

Let's keep that in mind.

Don't forget.

Don't ever forget that last look for a while.

The moment the gate came down just above Lee Hyuk's head!

Flash!

Barbache, no, Alpha, has opened his eyes.

“Ease?”

His flesh, which was not immediately able to understand the situation, was enveloped by the blood spurted from the hands of Lee Hyuk. Above all, he restrained Alpha whose blood cells had not yet completely adapted to the flesh.

“Holy shit! What the hell are you doing!”

“Don't be so angry. Maybe from now on, you and I will have an endless fight. I've had to suffer for such a long time, but I don't want you to get angry already. ”

“Let go of me, you maniac! ”

“Chuckle, that sounds good, that. ”

Lee Hyuk sighed, noticing the gate coming down rapidly.

This was the end of the short trip.

Fate did not allow him to rest. It was his destiny to come back and fight and suffer even after he died.

Nevertheless...

“It's okay.”

There's hope.

Someday...

Someday...

Lee Hyuk closed his eyes quietly, feeling the warmth of the two people hugging him.

Then, the heartless gate swallowed him and the appendage, Erna and Alpha altogether.

Whoo-hoo.

The gate's black mouth slowly closes.

And extinction.

The sky that disappeared was as clear as a lie.

“… Lee Ji-hyuk.

Vainglory mumbling.

Lee Hyuk threw himself into hell in exchange for saving the world. In the process, nothing helped Choi Jung-hoon.

“Get up.”

“ ……. ”

“Get up. You don't have time to sit down. Like you said, the world he's coming back to. ”

Choi Jung-hoon nodded his head because his lips were clenched.

“I hope so.”

The crisis of destruction has eluded them.

That doesn't mean that everything is over. Survivors have the work of survivors.

It was left to those who had to rebuild the fallen world and make it better than before.

“I'm going to take a little break. But in the end, they're going to get up and walk again. Just like he did. ”

The clear sunlight slowly came down on Choi Jung-hoon looking at the place where Lee Hyuk disappeared.