Episode 6
The reason he drew the protagonist’s attention was to destroy the justice of ‘Chief Lee Jae-heon’.
Surprisingly, people don’t care about other people.
In fiction, it seems natural to feel sorry or care when you find out that someone has a painful past, but in reality, they are just troublesome people who can’t escape their past.
This is especially true among coworkers. Unless you are quite close with someone, you don’t want to know the intimate details of the employees working in the same company.
How uncomfortable and irritating would it be if a person sitting right next to me was constantly self-harming, hallucinating, and screaming?
If you’re going to have such a hard time, you should just go to the hospital. People will just ask you why you came to work.
They don’t want to be a nuisance to others, and at the same time, they don’t want to be a nuisance to others.
Although you can sympathize with how much pain and suffering the other person is going through, it doesn’t have any value beyond that.
Vice President Lee Jae-heon was also in the same position.
‘Should I say it’s even worse?’
He was clearly my superior in the same department, but nothing more.
If someone you already dislike had a past or had a medical condition, you could just clap your hands and say, “Good for you,” and there was little room for sympathy.
However, the protagonist of this novel was not particularly sane; he was a good person, but not ordinary.
He had strange beliefs about good and evil and defined everyone in the world according to them.
I think that ‘Chief Lee Jae-heon’ is probably somewhere between a criminal and a simple evil person.
And because he is that kind of protagonist, Lee Jae-heon was able to figure out how to become someone the protagonist can trust.
At least I knew how to create that opportunity.
All you have to do is challenge his ‘justice’.
“hey.”
Crunch!
The pitch-black pupils looking at me dilate.
“Fly.”
Kagagagagagagak!
Lee Jae-heon moved his legs as he said that, and countless spider legs that had been pouring down towards him got stuck in the corner of the hallway.
A bloody cracking sound breaks through the cement wall, preparing for the next attack.
Fortunately, the group quickly came to their senses and ran away with pale faces, and at the very front was intern Noh Yeon-seok, who had been working out.
It seems that he remembered what Jaeheon Lee had told him when he left the office and did as he was told. It was quite a special attitude.
He swallowed a sigh as he watched Manager Kang Min-ah running while holding the hand of a same-sex employee she had just met.
‘This is much more efficient.’
In the novel, Chief Kang is bleeding from the attack he had earlier.
Naturally, she has no tolerance for pain whatsoever, so she loses her judgment due to fear and dies separated from her group without even being able to check her immediate surroundings.
Even though he doesn’t die right away, he suffers even more and dies, so I won’t bother to describe it.
In contrast, Lee Jae-heon had a high tolerance for pain, to the point of overflowing with it.
The protagonist, who had met him over the weekend, probably knew this too, which is why he had tried to get the protagonist’s attention before being attacked.
Even if efficiency was secondary, I had to act according to the settings I made last night.
The meaning of the gaze that Lee Jae-heon gave the protagonist just now was, ‘I will go in first and check if there is a trap.’
Kkwaduk!
“…f*ck.”
Lee Jae-heon frowned as he broke the spider’s legs that he didn’t know where they were crawling from.
“You little monster…!”
You’re your shoulder because of this dog’s baby.
Lee Jae-heon stood at the very back of the fleeing group and worked hard to slap spider legs away.
I didn’t know that the pipes I pulled out from the office could be put to such good use.
Thanks to these guys, my shoulder, which had been properly pierced once, felt like it was on fire, and to be honest, my senses were starting to dull.
My old personality was slowly creeping back into me, feeling like my survival was being threatened and that dirty feeling I had felt so much in my past life.
Maybe it was because he was in charge of the rear, but I felt that Manager Jeong was looking in my direction.
“Father, blind man! It’s okay…!”
“Don’t you see ahead?! It’s okay, I’ll just fall behind you, so just run!”
Of course, there was no time to have a proper conversation.
How dare you chat when you literally have to run like a dog? If this continues and even one person dies, who will be blamed?
The current protagonist and the other party members did not have the mental capacity to objectively deal with someone’s death.
Of course, your mental health will suffer, and you will instinctively look for someone to blame.
I had sacrificed my shoulders, so I had no intention of letting that kind of atmosphere ruin my plans.
Since the protagonist has excellent insight, if he had time, he would immediately realize the meaning of the gaze that Jaeheon Lee sent just now.
Whether it’s overflowing with affection or melting with warmth, peaceful conversation can be had then, so in this urgent situation where you don’t know when or how someone might die, isn’t there a need to listen to useless words?
Lee Jae-heon tried not to make his movements look too out of place, and only swatted away the spider legs that came too close to him.
‘Of course, by then, my definition of myself will have changed quite a bit.’
It was a shoulder that was sacrificed for that in the first place.
At that time, Lee Jae-heon only felt something strange, but he didn’t know what was on the side where the wind sound was coming from.
However, I went in first to check because I was good at sensing the discomfort in the setting.
Of course, Lee Jae-heon is used to pain. He is the best at judging situations and doesn’t place much value on his own health.
However, Lee Jae-heon guessed that if there really was a trap ahead, the atmosphere would become tense, and that was why he caught the protagonist’s attention.
If Lee Jae-heon were to get seriously injured in that trap, or even die, the main character with the highest mental strength would have to take responsibility for the rest of the group.
Lee Jae-heon, who thought so, deliberately made eye contact with Manager Jeong In-ho.
To be more precise, this means that the protagonist, who has since regained his composure, will make that judgment.
“… … .”
Of course, I still felt bad thinking that way.
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‘f*ck, I’m getting sleepy because I lost so much blood.’
It was a shame to throw my shoulder into a gamble like this, where I didn’t know if I could buy even a shred of trust or the protagonist’s favor.
There are still a lot of things to deal with in the future, so why should I be tired already?
But there was still more blood to be shed.
“Kangmin, Manager Kang Min-ah! Hey!”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
“You f*cking come to your senses! Is this the time to run happily, holding hands? Are you crazy?!”
“Ah, uh, sorry…!”
Only then did Chief Kang realize that he was holding Officer Kwon’s hand, and he let go of it in surprise.
Perhaps the words ‘I’m sorry’ were meant for Kwon, the employee, and not for the old-fashioned manager.
In this situation, it made no sense to hold hands and run together.
Even if mobility is secondary, what if one of the two’s lives is in danger?
as soon as,
“Hey, you…!”
It’s like this.
Lee Jae-heon grabbed Chief Kang by the collar as he fell halfway over the railing while trying to avoid the spider legs.
One of the spider legs that had been chasing her from behind pierced her right leg, and Jae-heon Lee took advantage of the gap left by the predator that had caught its prey and dragged her back into the hallway.
Lee Jae-heon, who confirmed that the river was far from the railing, immediately struck down the one that had pierced his leg.
The spider’s legs, unable to withstand the force of the pipe, broke into pieces and scattered, and he didn’t bother to remove the remaining pieces that were stuck in his legs.
It would have been much less bleedable if it had been left in place.
Jae-heon Lee grabbed Chief Kang’s arm, who was hesitating due to the influence he had received from the other world and the immediate fear, and started running again.
“You crazy. You, f*ck.”
“… Huh, euuh, ah… !”
“Run like a punk. Run, just run after those bastards!”
He pushed Chief Kang forward and took charge of the situation.
The protagonist, who quickly sensed a series of events, was running ahead with the rest of the group, and Lee Jae-heon was very pleased with Jeong In-ho’s cool-headed judgment.
Since there was no one who could help anyway, it would have been much more efficient to just run away first.
Of course, not all people’s minds are like the mentally ill Jaeheon Lee, so if I had some free time, I had to sort that out too.
In some ways, it could feel like he abandoned Jae-heon Lee and Chief Kang because he didn’t want to die together.
Lee Jae-heon looked at Chief Kang, who was running desperately while shedding tears.
“Ugh, uh, euuh… .”
“… … .”
Well, actually, it was right to throw it away.
* * *
The spider legs that had been running madly disappeared as if it were a lie as soon as they entered an empty office.
To be exact, it would be correct to say that the guys who had broken through the wall went back into the wall.
And once a certain level of safety was ensured, Lee Jae-heon sat down on the guest sofa and pulled out the shrapnel embedded in his leg.
“… … .”
I’m going to fall asleep in pain.
‘f*ck, this is so unfair.’
Everyone who ran away ran away together, but only Lee Jae-heon saw blood. It was a miracle if it was a miracle, and it was expected that this would happen, but it doesn’t seem to make it any less frustrating.
He opened his mouth, looking around at the group who seemed to have lost their minds.
“The one with the half-moon charm.”
“…yes yes?”
“That’s not possible.”
Jaeheon Lee sighed and got up from the sofa.
Although this company is in shambles now, around last month, instructions were given to keep a first aid kit in each office.
To be honest, I don’t remember if they had a first aid kit or not, since it’s none of my business, but that’s how it was described in the novel.
And if his memory serves him right, there’s probably a first aid kit in this office too.
In the novel, it was said that ‘since it had not been long since it was built, the composition was pretty good’, so I think it would be natural for there to be at least bandages.
Lee Jae-heon, limping and searching around, soon found the first aid kit and checked its contents one by one.
‘Disinfectants, painkillers, bandages… oh, and there’s also gauze.’
Most of the space was taken up by pills like cold medicine and painkillers, but there were still bandages and gauze.
Although the amount was not generous, I think the company thought it would be faster to just go to a nearby hospital rather than taking action while using this.
In fact, it was already a waste to use bandages or gauze.
Since Lee Jae-heon’s very existence is a variable, the content of the novel can change at any time, which means that it is impossible to know what kind of injury he might suffer in the future.
If there was a large wound in the abdomen, a bandage this small would barely be enough to stop the bleeding.
So, if possible, I hope someone has a sewing machine.
If you put cotton or gauze inside and sew it up, of course there is a high risk of infection and it is not a very effective method, but anyway, you would not have wasted the bandage in the first place.
Jaeheon Lee looked at the stapler on the desk for a moment, but then noticed the pitch-black eyes staring at him and turned his gaze away again.
“… … .”
There’s no need to show off your mental illness just yet.
He put gauze into the punctured wound and applied pressure with a minimal bandage.
Since he had already lost a lot of blood while running with his limbs stretched out while injured, they decided that this level of treatment was necessary.
Among those who were watching Lee Jae-heon’s actions, Chief Kang opened his mouth.
“… Over there, manager.”
“What is it?”
“thank you.”
“… … .”
Lee Jae-heon, who was momentarily wondering ‘what are you talking about’ at such an unexpected statement, quickly remembered that ordinary people have a sense of shame.
They were still chicks who had not yet lost their human nature.
Lee Jae-heon, who had thought that far, nodded his head to appear as natural as possible.
“No problem.”
Well, it was something worth being thankful for.
‘Because I saved several people from dying.’
He recalled Chief Kang’s death in the novel.
Since he was the first person to die in the story, I could recall his end quite clearly.
In the novel, Chief Kang falls behind a railing that has become lower due to the influence of the other world, and Staff Member Kwon, who was holding his hand, is startled, lets go of his hand, and runs away.
I don’t think it was just because I was surprised.
Afterwards, Chief Kang fell over the railing and suffered a completely broken leg and arm, and his head was badly injured and was bleeding.
It wasn’t properly explained in the novel, but I think the concussion might have been minor.
And then, without even being able to put up much of a fight against the spider legs that were coming towards me, I was slowly skewered and died.
And of course, the group’s mental strength is shattered and they sink.
“Hey, how are you feeling…?”
“… … .”
Lee Jae-heon blinked his eyes slowly at the cautious question from intern Noh Yeon-seok.
‘Isn’t it time to worry yet?’
Judging from the fact that he even asked how I was doing, it seemed like I was still mentally sound. If I was really mentally unstable, I wouldn’t be able to ask such a question.
I have a hard time making a living myself, so how could I possibly have the capacity to take care of someone else?
Lee Jae-heon, who had been thinking for a moment, answered.
“I bet you’re going to be in pain.”
You were probably expecting something like, ‘It’s okay,’ but unfortunately, you had to know.
No matter how much Lee Jae-heon recalls his past life, there is a limit to how much he can cover for this many people.
“I’m not blaming you, so open your ears and listen carefully.”
“… … .”
“I have a penetrating wound to my left shoulder and right calf. Up until just now, I was running without even realizing the pain because my life was in danger, but as time goes by, my mobility will decrease.”
Lee Jae-heon continued speaking, meeting the protagonist’s gaze.
“Do you understand?”
In short, it meant, ‘If I fall behind, just leave me behind like before.’
‘I don’t know about other guys, but that kid must have figured it out.’
In fact, eternal death had no great meaning to Lee Jae-heon.
Right now, I am cooperating because I don’t know if I will be resurrected like in my previous life, but if there is a situation where I will definitely die and my death is necessary, I don’t think I would bother saving my life.
So in the same context, pain and wounds have no meaning to him, and the protagonist must have realized that through last weekend.
If the other party members were hesitant, Deputy Jeong In-ho, who was good at objective judgment, would have foolishly figured out how to lead them.
If they don’t want to die, they’ll behave themselves.
Of course, unless it was absolutely necessary, Lee Jae-heon was going to provide some level of cover until then.
Didn’t you sacrifice your shoulder to gain at least a minimum of trust in the first place?
‘If it’s to cling to the main character, this is about it.’
widely,
He continued, closing the first aid kit.
“I’m so tired I’m on the verge of going crazy, so let’s take a quick break. Everyone’s muscles must have been shocked from all the sudden running, so at least relax them. I don’t know what else will come out, but if I can run fast, it won’t be bad…”
“… … .”
“I have limits too.”
It was because he was so used to it, but Jaeheon Lee was also being influenced by the other world.
