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A belated memory struck my mind.

Why didn’t I notice it sooner? Perhaps because it was a game I only played in passing a few months ago, it took me a long time to find the details myself.

Or maybe I was just letting my guard down. First of all, in conclusion, it was not an incident that showed much of a connection to Lee Ji-woon.

Park Ha-eun. The main heroine in the work, and at the same time, the female lead with the greatest likes and dislikes.

The reason gamers have likes and dislikes is, as explained earlier, because of their obsession with Lee Ji-woon due to memories of the past.

From the perspective of playing the main character, I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable that the heroine, who would have been unpleasant to look at only to me, was interested in Geum Taeyang. (Even though it may not be love or affection)

However, even those people did not personally dislike the character Park Ha-eun. No, it might be more correct to say that I couldn’t do it.

Because today is March 11th. Park Ha-eun, who was returning home from school, was hit by a truck while crossing a crosswalk with a green light on.

It’s not over yet. Park Ha-eun, who became the victim of such a serious traffic accident, misses her golden hour as the driver of the truck runs away.

Of course, she did not die as much as the main heroine, but unfortunately, she will live with the permanent disability of paralysis from the waist down for the rest of her life. When Park Ha-eun returned to school a few months later, she was in a miserable state, sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket over her legs.

Of course, the driver of the truck was caught and punished by the law, but that did not mean that Park Ha-eun’s injured body and mind returned. After spending several days in a daze, locked in the hospital, she is able to come out into the world again when the main character, Dong-gun Yoon, extends his hand.

The main character who was always by her side, inspiring hope, and always showing up and giving strength when Park Ha-eun cried out for giving up. It wasn’t that difficult for the feelings that remained as just friends to develop into affection.

Currently, Park Ha-eun does not have any feelings for the protagonist beyond being a friend, but after that incident, she begins to harbor feelings for him, who treats her sincerely and comforts her. This is her story. In other words, the trigger for the development of the relationship with the protagonist occurs here.

In this way, since the first incident in the work was the ‘heroine’s wheelchair conversion,’ it was easy to see that public opinion was so affected without even looking for it. Since this was an incident that happened within an hour of starting the game, it also served as an excuse to provide an infinite refund rush.

It almost made me want to rip the producer’s head out to see what he was thinking when he added this development, but since it wasn’t my profit anyway and he was responsible for it, I didn’t really care. Of course, I also had to refund it then. Then I wouldn’t have been possessed by a game like this. Damn it.

Anyway, I became Lee Ji-woon and could no longer open the head of the producer, and now I was a person who was obsessed with protecting my own ass. I would probably be in about ten times more pain mentally than the person who suffered internal injuries from the heroine’s wheelchair transformation.

Even though I remembered the story late, what I did didn’t change at all.

Lee Ji-woon’s actions later in the story are none other than mocking Park Ha-eun. He ridicules her for going through a difficult situation and gradually completes the build-up that directly causes friction with Yoon Dong-gun.

For example, it is said that it is the first step towards juvenile detention center. In fact, it was the same as teabagging in front of a serious crime victim, so it was a cheap deal even if it was opened by black criminals. But it turns really smoothly. So much so that I wanted to destroy Lee Ji-woon inside the monitor.

First of all, the answer was very simple. I won’t do anything today, tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow. Furthermore, no matter how much time passes, Park Ha-eun will not say a single word about what she experienced.

Anyway, Park Ha-eun is able to stand up again thanks to Yoon Dong-gun’s consolation. Even though the scars that remain after the wound has healed cannot be erased, so what? To be honest, isn’t it just a character in a game and a database made up of 0s and 1s?

So think calmly, Lee Ji-woon. I never have to move. All I have to do is remain silent and do my best.

Yeah, that would work…

“Why does one part of my heart feel like this?”

Even though I was sprayed with water, my mind did not calm down. Even though I turned the handle and changed it to cold water, the core still did not go away and was constricting me. Like a person who continues to endure something.

Even though I tried to reassure myself that it was just a game world, the bitterness in my heart did not go away easily. Did something change after possessing Lee Ji-woon’s body? No, even if Lee Ji-woon had known this in advance, he wouldn’t have been the one to help.

My head became confused. My mood went up and down at will. All you have to do is just stay still. There is nothing good to be gained from doing things for no reason.

“….haa.”

I pressed the handle firmly and turned off the water in the shower. As the steam slowly disappeared, I saw myself overlap with Lee Ji-woon’s image in the mirror. This was me. Not Lee Ji-woon, but myself.

Somehow I ended up becoming a resident of the database. And soon this virtual world became reality, my pitiful self.

“Yes. You can just go, fuck it.”

I am an ordinary human being. Even though he may be a character seen through a monitor, he is an ordinary human being who does not want to encounter any hardships.

At least as a normal person, I don’t just sit by and watch someone I know fall victim to a crime. Unless that person is some kind of enemy of Cheolcheon, wouldn’t he be able to at least contact me even if he doesn’t sacrifice my body to save me?

The best thing would have been to call him first and ask him out for dinner, using what he said in the morning as an excuse. Even if I told you everything the truth, there was no way you would believe me, so this line is probably the most appropriate.

By changing Park Ha-eun’s route home, the incident is prevented in advance. I wasn’t happy about being involved with Park Ha-eun, but it was still a cheap way to get involved.

Anyway, there are plenty of cases that will involve Park Ha-eun and Yoon Dong-gan. Even if this one thing had gone differently, nothing would have changed.

“…But the phone is turned off?”

I came out of the bathroom naked and immediately called Park Ha-eun, but unexpectedly, Park Ha-eun’s smartphone was turned off. why? No battery? Or is it a malfunction?

So… what if?

“For the sake of probability, what if Park Ha-eun’s phone became uncommunicative at the time of the accident?”

It made sense. If the smartphone’s radio waves are not working, it will be difficult to ask someone else for help.

I felt like I wanted to smash the head of the creator who had given an accurate probability only in this place. Are you saying you can’t give up on this? Such a hipster bastard. When I leave this world, I will definitely have to go there and take the time to split the head in half and take a close look at what’s inside.

“…I have to hurry.”

Before I knew it, the sun was setting and darkness was coming to the streets.

The night shadows that fall particularly quickly felt particularly dark and damp today.

* * *

“I’ll go, Ha-eun! Be careful going in!”

“Okay, see you tomorrow~”

night.

Passing on the street, which was darker than usual, was a high school girl who was quite out of the ordinary.

Although she had a shorter-than-average physique, her body highlighted her femininity and was likely to captivate many men. In fact, since there was a steady stream of male students expressing interest in him since elementary school, this was almost a fact that everyone except him knew.

“…It’s unusually darker today.”

The reason for the dark shadow at night was none other than the streetlights.

The streetlights, which were installed at certain distances and were supposed to banish darkness, were currently unable to fulfill their duties due to an unknown reason.

It seemed as if someone had intervened and prepared the appropriate equipment for an event that was about to occur.

In reality, Park Ha-eun was standing in front of the crosswalk and could not see the truck speeding towards it at high speed.

“Hmm~ Hmm~”

Of course, the truck’s exhaust sound was very heavy to hear at night. However, the Bluetooth earphones are currently emitting a beautiful melody to Park Ha-eun’s ears.

This situation, which was just adding insult to injury, might have been close to the messenger’s gesture telling Park Ha-eun to accept her fate.

“Why am I falling asleep like this… so quickly…”

The truck driver was already tired from the work that started last weekend.

Although he was in a state where he absolutely should not have been behind the wheel, he still managed to drive cargo into the night.

If you postpone delivery of items that need to be delivered today, you will hear complaints from customers and nagging from managers at the same time. For him, who already had several wins, today was like the final Maginot Line.

In that way, the tragedy took root completely in the work. Truck driver with his eyes closed. A speeding vehicle. The melody of Bluetooth earphones that cannot even penetrate the loud exhaust sound. Park Ha-eun is concentrating on that. Even the streets are unusually deserted today.

Pot-

As soon as the blue light turned on, Park Ha-eun took a step onto the crosswalk. Without even knowing what kind of impact it would have on him.

With this, the misfortune that everything was thoroughly calculated was about to come to an end and take away Park Ha-eun’s leg. She takes two steps. As she took three more steps, the Shinigami’s blade was placed on her thigh, ready to take half of her life.

and.

“….Ah.”

By the time Park Ha-eun turned her head when she belatedly detected the truck’s headlights, the truck driver had still not woken up.

Reality was cold. The short overture took place without any time for surprise, so much so that it did not even give Park Ha-eun time to prepare her mind.

5m.

3m.

1m. The distance that had narrowed in such a short period of time that even blinking an eye was a luxury would have presented Park Ha-eun with a tragedy that could no longer be undone.

Yes, it definitely had to be that way.

“Urrrraaa!!!!!”

At the same time as someone’s loud shout, Park Ha-eun’s body rose into the air.

The person who held Park Ha-eun’s body with strong hands was none other than a strange man wearing a bread bag.

The man’s hands, which covered most of his body as if trying to hide his identity, were strangely darkly tanned.