episode_0077
by fnovelpiaThe day has arrived before we know it.
“… … .”
After quickly getting ready with a slightly nervous mind, I took out an old glove that had been lying dormant in the storage room.
Combat gloves from a small brand that has now disappeared.
Among the equipment released at the time, it was the best model, and it was a glove made of materials from A-class monsters… .
It looked quite worn because it had been used so harshly that it was worn in places.
‘It’s already been 10 years.’
These are the gloves that Seol Joo-hee first saved up and gave as a gift a long time ago.
Sigh-
I quietly adjusted my gloves and slowly recalled old memories.
I remember the day before the academy exam when Seol Joo-hee, who was particularly ticklish, suddenly presented me with a gift.
Perhaps because it was a small brand, I remember complaining that it wasn’t very comfortable to wear.
I remember winning in sparring wearing these gloves.
I ended up achieving second place overall at the Academy Awards, and I remember taking a picture alongside Seol Joo-hee, who took first place.
and… .
Even the terrible memory of having an unexpected accident during training.
Looking back, it contained quite a few memories.
“… I used it for a long time.”
I guess the reason I couldn’t throw away these old gloves until now was some sort of regret.
In the end, it is a pitiful regret that a supporting role cannot become the main character.
Even though I’ve moved several times so far, it’s clear that I haven’t been able to let go of my lingering feelings, seeing as I’ve given it all kinds of meaning and taken care of it on a regular basis.
“… Now is the time to throw it away.”
But now it’s different.
No, it has to change.
If you can’t be the main character, just become a supporting character who shines more than anyone else.
So you didn’t accept Baek Yu-jin’s suggestion?
‘… ‘I have to go soon.’
I stood up, folding my gloves neatly, and headed to the entrance with my luggage.
Then he stood in front of the trash can near the front door… .
Tuk-
I threw away my old gloves.
To be honest, there are a lot of memories attached to the gloves themselves, so it is true that I have some regrets… .
My future is too bright to be held back by regrets.
*
“Aren’t you nervous?”
“I’m really shaking right now, but it’s not noticeable?”
“Oh my, really?”
Unfortunately, no traces of aliens were found in Baekil Pharmaceutical’s laboratory, which was rumored to be torturing aliens.
Instead, I was able to indirectly get a sense of how strange new drugs were developed by seeing so many expensive equipment and squinty-eyed researchers with unknown purposes.
“This is Team Leader Gong, who oversaw the development of this new drug.”
“Nice to meet you. This is Gong Hyeon-sik.”
“This is Do Ji-hyuk. Please take care of me today.”
With his neatly slicked-back hair and thick glasses, he was a man who seemed quite dignified compared to his appearance… .
It turned out that he was a middle-aged man in his 50s, which was quite a surprise.
‘Is this the power of medicine…? ?’
This procedure was led by the person in charge, Gong Hyeon-sik.
“This new drug was inspired by a monster called ‘Limitless’ discovered at the Gate. Limitless is a monster that rarely mutates… .”
After hearing a brief explanation about the medicine at a place set up on one side of the laboratory.
… …
[ 3. Have you taken any medications recently? Yes ( ) No (*) ]
[ 4. Have you had a sleepover recently? Yes (*) No( ) ]
… …
Create a slightly more detailed checklist.
“I would like to proceed now, is it okay with you?”
“Let’s proceed right away.”
“Then, first, we will help you with the application of the inducer.”
After changing into the prepared clothes, he sat on a unique chair in a booth and applied a sticky white drug to his entire left leg.
According to the explanation, it is said to be a medicine that corresponds to the outer shell of a pupa.
“When you are ready, you can consume it right away.”
Eventually the capsule pills were delivered.
It is said that when you take this medicine, it reacts with the medicine applied to your leg and the leg itself is reorganized.
To be honest, it was hard to believe it when I first heard it… .
Anyway, it was a proven medicine, so I had no choice but to trust it.
gulp-
Immediately after swallowing the medicine with water.
“I will give you anesthesia.”
An anesthetic that is injected immediately.
As soon as the injection was completed, soft machines secured the entire body for safety.
Clap-clap-clack-
As I stared at the white ceiling while waiting for the anesthesia to take effect, all sorts of thoughts began to come to mind.
‘What is Arin doing?’ .’
‘Are the kids resting well? ?’
How long has it been since I thought of so many thoughts and soothed my dull mind?
‘What about the lecture materials…? … .’
For a moment, I lost consciousness.
*
A small villa somewhere in Seoul.
In a small room about 5 pyeong (approximately 5 square meters), Hong Yu-ra was looking at the tablet with a serious expression on her face.
“… … .”
And sitting across from her was a small woman… .
“You know I did this special for you because I’m a fan, right? The rule is not to touch companies that are big in this industry.”
She, who had colored her hair and hoodie in purple, began to flaunt the small skewer she was using to stab and eat tteokbokki.
“Anyway… . Even large corporations like Chunhwa Group are ultimately just bad guys, right? So, hurry up and get out of that place… .”
Right then.
“Over there.”
Hong Yu-ra, who couldn’t hear, slightly raised her head and covered her mouth.
“I’m sorry, could you please be quiet?”
“Ah, yes.”
Hong Yu-ra looks away again and looks at the tablet carefully.
As she was digging into the background of Cheonhwa Group and Gookil, she sensed that something was unusual.
‘… Something’s strange… .’
The material that Noah Kim, the woman plastered in purple, came to is definitely real.
It was no exaggeration to say that she was a genius hacker who hacked the Pentagon.
but.
Therefore, Hong Yu-ra had no choice but to question the vast amount of data spread out before her eyes.
The data she was looking at was about the key executives who run the Cheonhwa Guild and Cheonhwa Group.
It contained not only the minor corruptions they had committed, but also all the data recorded on the computer.
Circumstances were discovered in which executives continued to remit a certain portion of the money they had raised through direct efforts or through secret corruption to an ‘unidentified person’… .
The problem was that the instructions given by the unidentified person were all suspicious.
… …
[Rethinking the direction of Team Queens]
[Team Queens’ producer replacement plan]
… …
I don’t know if there is any kind of unfairness, but they have only continuously emphasized the content related to Queens.
‘… What the hell is this… .’
The unidentified person provided groundbreaking information to executives while steadily ordering ‘work’ to get Do Ji-hyuk out of Queens.
Whether it was negative or positive content, it felt as if Do Ji-hyuk wanted to distance himself from Queens itself.
‘What are your intentions by pushing Do Ji-hyuk away?’
Hong Yu-ra thought about it carefully, focusing on the ‘benefits’ that the unidentified person could gain.
If Do Ji-hyuk leaves the team, the team’s performance is bound to drop in the short term.
When a team’s performance drops, sales drop, and when sales drop, it is a loss for the team’s management.
This was very far from an absolute benefit.
‘If Do Ji-hyuk leaves the team and becomes a good person… . There are only other guilds.’
Hong Yu-ra slightly changed her mind.
Who would benefit if Queens’ performance declines and talented producer Do Ji-hyuk is released?
Since Se-jin benefited greatly by swallowing Do Ji-hyuk, there was a possibility that an unidentified person was related to Se-jin.
‘Does it mean we just need to get rid of Do Ji-hyuk? ?’
Hong Yu-ra, who continued to speculate while pointing out Se-jin as the suspect, soon shook her head.
Among the information provided by the unidentified person, there was a lot of information that was surprisingly useful.
Even if it was not just Sejin, the possibility that it was another organization was bound to be drastically reduced.
‘Then who is it…? ?’
The unidentified person is a person who benefits himself from the benefit of Cheonhwa.
In other words, there was a high probability that he was related to Cheonhwa.
‘Are you trying to sway us?’
Hong Yu-ra once thought about the people who had harsh feelings toward them.
This is because Do Ji-hyuk has a history of secretly blocking numerous men who approached her to go on a date.
however.
‘… no… .’
This time too, I quickly gave up my guess.
No matter how much you think about it, the financial calculations are not right, and there are many ways to overcome Do Ji-hyuk and approach him.
Isn’t it possible to access messages on SNS right now?
‘then… .’
At a time like this, Hong Yu-ra was in the thick of reasoning.
“Uh, what is it.”
Noah Kim, who was quietly looking through the materials, spoke up.
“Is this person dead?”
“… Who is it?”
“A person named Park Jeong-seok. He died a few years ago?”
“Park Jeong-seok… ?”
Hong Yu-ra remembered him clearly.
No, I had no choice but to remember.
Park Jeong-seok was a person who particularly regarded the guild’s operation as trivial and interfered with various things.
Because of his personality, there was a time when Do Ji-hyuk and I got into a big argument, and I was tired of being caught in the middle… .
He died suddenly of an acute heart attack just a few days later.
“Why that person?”
Park Jeong-seok was also one of the executives who received instructions from an unidentified person.
Hong Yu-ra quietly asked a question about his unexpected comment.
Noah Kim answered by clicking the mouse indifferently.
“No, there is data showing that that person and Lim A-rin met. But it was a dead person… .”
That moment.
“… What?”
Hong Yu-ra could not believe her ears.
“Arin… . Let’s meet Park Jeong-seok?”
“Yes. Would you like me to show you?”
Noah Kim moved the mouse quickly, excited that people showed interest in his story.
“Look at this! Are you Arin Lim?”
A blurry CCTV scene appears on the monitor.
The CCTV footage, which seemed to have been taken with a cell phone, showed the hallway leading to Park Jeong-seok’s office.
In a corner of the screen, a woman with mysterious silver hair was captured.
“This is a photo taken with Park Jeong-seok’s cell phone, and it was saved in the cloud!”
Anyone could see that it was Lim A-rin.
*
Same time.
Baek Yu-jin looked at Do Ji-hyuk, who was slowly opening his eyes, and spoke softly.
“Are you coming to your senses?”
“Ugh… .”
Do Ji-hyuk covered the light with his hand as if he was dazzled, and answered while frowning.
“Is it already over?”
“Seeing as you don’t know anything, it seems like the anesthesia went well.”
After hearing that it was over, Do Ji-hyuk lifted his head and looked at his legs.
Baek Yu-jin, who burst out laughing at the cute sight of him quietly wiggling his toes, asked a question along with the news that the procedure had been successfully completed.
“How do you feel? Do you feel like you were born again?”
OK.
Do Ji-hyuk slowly turned his head to look at her, then raised the corners of his mouth and answered.
“It’s the best.”
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