episode_0034

#5

The family structure I remember was very different from that of a normal family.

No. At first, my brother and I didn’t seem to be much different from other families.

But, when I was very young… after my parents passed away, the structure of our family changed a little bit… no, maybe a lot.

But, my older sister was a good person.

In place of me, who was physically weak, he entered society from the time he was in middle school and tried to somehow make it so that our family could live a normal life.

Of course, I can’t completely understand all the pain my sister went through.

My older sister… just said that she hoped I would grow up healthy.

That older sister says she’s sick.

My guardian… my parents, and my only family, Yeon Soo-jin.

She… .

He says he is so sick that he might die.

They said that in order to save my sister, she would need to undergo a very major surgery, but there was no way we had the money for that.

I called them, who were so disgusting that I could not even call them my relatives, the ones who had taken away all of my siblings’ inheritance, and begged them to help me save my sister, but all I got in return was a cruel and dirty yelling along with a message telling me to block them.

Only then did I realize.

ah.

The world is so absurd.

#6

After learning about the Happy Virus, I came into direct contact with an infected person.

Although my older sister, Winter, was worried that I might be infected with the monster, she tried to dissuade me, but she reluctantly gave me a seat at my firm request.

In a clean, sterile room where I had to wear a hazmat suit, I approached people who were receiving IV drips while my whole body was tied up.

They were lying in bed, not moving an inch, just laughing.

“Hehehehe, hehehehe!”

“Hahahahahahaha!”

“Hahahahahaha!”

It was a bizarre sight to see people of all ages, men and women, lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling and laughing.

Even Sister Winter, who had seen all sorts of monsters as a hunter, said it was creepy.

Of course, as a witch hunter, I was able to see the phenomenon from a slightly different perspective than them.

‘I can definitely feel the monster.’

The monster is basically a twist.

The providence and principles that form the foundation of the world. Distorting them and causing a sense of disharmony.

That was the monster.

The teacher said that among the monsters, there are those that are used as material for impersonation in order to appear in reality, like folk tales, legends, or ghost stories that circulate among the people.

That’s what the hunters call a hack.

When I tracked Suho, I took out the compass I had used once again.

However, in the case of Suho, there was a clear physical indicator of existence in the form of hair, but in this case, since he had to chase after a monster whose true identity was unclear, the Happy Virus, some supplementation was needed.

Last time, we tracked a narrow range with relatively high precision.

This time, let’s modify it so that it becomes a compass that tracks mysteries with the same waveform.

After making a decision, I asked for Sister Winter’s understanding and borrowed an empty room for a while, then started modifying the compass using the pension tools I had brought.

The fine filtration filter for precise detection was removed and replaced with a machined metal coated with an amplifying powder for wide-range detection.

After going through several more processes and completing the compass for tracking monsters, I headed back to the intensive care unit where patients infected with the happy virus were being isolated.

During the process, Winter Unnie asked about the progress with a worried look on her face.

“Heaven. How is it…? Do you think you can find it?”

“Yes, maybe.”

“If you need anything else, just let me know. I’ll help you right away.”

“Yes.”

After putting on the hazmat suit again and disinfecting my entire body, I went through an air shower and entered the sterile room.

Before I opened the compass and set the target, I extracted the mysteries from the patients who were consumed by the monster and used them as raw materials to make the target of the compass.

Now all I had to do was to move in the direction the compass pin was pointing and look for any oddities that had similar waveforms.

‘When tracking something like this, moving is the most difficult and cumbersome part… .’

When you think of a witch’s symbol, isn’t it a broom?

I need to make a lot of money and once I have some spare money, I’m definitely going to make a broom that can fly.

No. Wouldn’t a broom be a little uncomfortable? I have to fly while leaning my body on that narrow pole… .

I think it might be better to make a flying magic carpet.

But then it wouldn’t be witch-like. It wouldn’t be cool… .

Let’s think about this later. It’s not like we’re going to make it right now.

“Winter Sister. Are you free?”

“Of course I’m busy. Because of that happy virus. Why? Is there something I can help you with?”

“Um… . Yes. I need someone to drive.”

“Okay. I’ll help you. Anyway, you’ll need my strength to subdue them, right?”

“If my sister helps me, I’ll be happy.”

I have no experience personally destroying a first-class monster and extracting its mysteries, and to be honest, I didn’t think I could defeat the Happy Virus head-on.

If Winter, a special hunter, helps me, when I find the core, she will personally subdue it, so I will not be in a situation where I would be defeated, and you will also be able to build up your own achievements and reputation. In many ways, it was a win-win situation for both of us.

“Let’s go by car first. Sister.”

“Yeah. Since you said that, I guess you really found a clue.”

“Maybe. Of course, I’m not sure. I told you how I found Suho last time, right?”

“Uh… Didn’t you say you found it with some weird compass thing?”

“Yes. I’m going to try using it this time too.”

“Wasn’t that something only people could find?”

“I tried to supplement it so that I could find the monster.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean you can find any monster without any restrictions.

After all, it was possible because the Happy Virus had already started to spread its ‘phenomenon’ throughout the Korean peninsula, and because people who were affected by the phenomenon appeared, and because it was possible to extract the mystery from those people.

Since there are many necessary conditions attached, the performance is expected to be quite excellent.

Because I’m a genius pretty witch!

Instead of bringing an expensive sedan from a foreign luxury brand like last time, Winter Unnie chose a national SUV from a domestic brand.

Certainly, in situations where you don’t know where or how far you’ll go, a versatile SUV would be better in many ways.

Winter, who was driving, smiled at me in the passenger seat and said.

“Okay. From now on, I’ll just drive as you say.”

“Then first, go north… so, go straight ahead.”

“Okay!”

Roll!

The SUV began to race down the street, the heavy torque sound characteristic of a diesel engine ringing out.

It was a narrow alley that was impossible to enter by car. My sister Gyul and I got out of the car together.

The direction the compass was pointing to was where the Happy Virus existed, and it was clear that at least ahead of us was the monster called the Happy Virus.

… and it was a place where various forms of misfortune were depicted.

Sick people.

People who are poor both in spirit and in property.

And so on. The dark side of society, full of various forms of misfortune.

For Han Gyul, a special hunter and one of the wealthiest people in the peninsula, it came as a great shock, and she walked through the dark and gloomy gray slum with a stiff face, but her hands trembled as she continued walking.

“So close to Seoul…, there was a place like this.”

“Is this your first time here, Sister?”

“Yeah… I was a strong hunter from the beginning… People like me have to deal with high-level monsters. Villains who disrupt the peace are not my job.”

surely.

Those who fought against the villains were not top-level hunters like Unnie Winter, but rather hunters of lower to upper-middle level.

Rather, if you are a hunter, you might be familiar with this kind of slum scenery.

Someone was lying on the dirty road covered with garbage and mold, wearing a piece of cloth that was so torn and flapping that it could hardly be called a rag.

He was smiling broadly, looking at the half-sky hidden by the leaning building.

That wasn’t all.

Many people were lying on the streets like corpses, laughing without a care in the world.

In this way, people who were neglected by society were addicted to the deadly poison called the happy virus, isolated themselves from the world, locked themselves in their own country called happiness, and were constantly being sucked into a deeper and deeper place.

It was my duty as Winter to bring them back to the top of the world, but neither she nor I could discern whether it was truly right to confine them back in the narrow confines of the slums, and we just looked at each other.

Yeah. Maybe… Happy Virus is the happiest representation of hell.

That thought occurred to me.