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What Couldn’t Be Done (5) – Hanmaeum Salvation Church Daehan Branch Basement Faith Recovery Room

“Whew—!”

I take a deep breath before I even realize I’m awake.

“Heo-eok—! Huh! Huh-!”

Seo Jae-hoon greedily sucked in air and rolled his eyes.

Bleep-

Tinnitus ringing loudly in my ears and still feeling oppressive.

I felt like I was lying on the floor while restrained, and every time I moved my head a little, I could feel the cold floor on my cheeks.

“Heo-eok—! Fuck-! Huh! Huh-!”

Before I knew it, the piece of cloth that had been blocking my vision disappeared and I could finally see ahead.

Of course, even if the piece of cloth disappeared, the room without any light was still dark, but that was not the important thing.

“Heo-eok—! Fuck-! Fuck—!”

… … lived

Seo Jae-hoon uttered a swear word with quite a lot of meaning and repeated countless times the only good thing among misfortunes.

‘Was it a dream? ‘Was I dreaming?’

It was such a sweet assumption, but it couldn’t be true.

If this shitty situation were a dream, the space where he would open his eyes would have been a soft bed by now.

“Haa― Haa― Haa―”

As my breathing calmed down a bit, I again felt the tight restraints on my wrists and ankles.

He was still trapped in an unknown place.

But even that wasn’t important to Seo Jae-hoon right now.

Click- Click- Click- Click-

As soon as he caught his breath, he forcibly twisted his body and pressed his cheek against his right shoulder.

Regardless of whether the chair that restrained him and his skin screamed, he continued to repeat the same actions.

Click- Click- Click-

The neck flesh folds together in the shape of attaching the face to the shoulder.

The skin on my neck felt like nothing more than my own skin.

‘Keeek—!’

Strange crying and breathing that could never be a dream.

Crackle!

As if the bizarre fear of dying while your own life is forcibly chewed by something is a dream-

What Seo Jae-hoon felt was neither blood nor bite wounds, but only his own scratchy skin.

‘… … zombie.’

I didn’t even have time to think when I was bitten and dying, but now I know.

What is the entity that bit into one’s raw flesh?

‘Keeek—!’

In the first place, the only beings in today’s world that could make such bizarre cries were ‘zombies’.

The monster that we sometimes see on screen in the religious leader’s sermons and on ‘broadcasts’.

A monster he had never seen with the naked eye had bitten off his neck.

But why is he still alive even though he was bitten by that thing?

Every single person bitten by this thing would have to become a zombie.

Even as he asked such questions in his mind, he was aware of cause and effect.

‘… … Salvation cult leader.’

Because the zombies in the sermon also came back to life like him.

I have seen countless times where the leader of the One Mind Salvation Church becomes human again the moment he feeds him liquid from a white water bottle.

“… … .”

Before I knew it, my breathing was even and my jaw, which had been blocked by something, turned again.

‘I was bitten by a zombie, turned into a zombie, and then became human again.’

Like those who appeared on sermon broadcasts.

Perhaps, as Kang Soo-yeon said, it could be seen as a rebirth.

but-

“Haa― Haak― Haak―”

The breath increases again with an ominous premonition.

Even though he was reborn as they wanted, he was still tied to the chair.

Even though he did the repentance they were hoping for, they did not release him.

There was only one thing that could be known from that.

‘Whatever the reason, this fucking hell isn’t over yet.’

“… … Fuck.”

Seo Jae-hoon stared ahead, repeating the curse words that came out spontaneously.

Light flowing in minutely in a blurred perspective.

The dust fluttering in the space visible through the door gap was particularly clear.

A fear that feels as if the door will open at any moment with the sound of high heels.

As my senses became more and more intense, I began to hear noises that I had missed until now.

“Black BlackBlack― Mom― Mom~”

“Wrong― Ugh― Wrong―!”

The cries of people in the same situation as him were flowing through the cracks in the door.

The more I listened to their voices, the tighter my tension eased, and a feeling of helplessness came over me.

Naturally, the cold feeling felt as he laid his head on the floor.

Seo Jae-hoon gritted his teeth and held back his tears as he realized that he was in a completely different situation from yesterday.

“Please let me out now― Jebaaal―”

“I did everything wrong. There, there’s no one there―”

I quietly closed my eyes, listening to their voices that somehow seemed to be getting further and further away.

───────.

Good!

“… … .”

The sound of the door was clearly audible even in my dazed mind.

Togak- Togak- Togak-

Seo Jae-hoon frowned as soon as he opened his eyes to the sound of high heels getting closer and closer to him.

“Good morning, Brother Seo Jae-hoon.”

The unfamiliar light coming through the open door actually hindered my vision.

In my blurry vision, a half-turned white high heel stopped in front of my face.

“Oh my god. Did you lie down like that all night?”

Let’s go!

With Kang Soo-yeon’s question, which seemed as if she was surprised, her half-turned vision returned.

Seo Jae-hoon, who has finally returned to his normal gaze, looks at Kang Soo-yeon, who is smiling warmly.

“Phew~”

Kang Soo-yeon let out a long sigh, perhaps because it was difficult to lift the man tied to the chair alone, and returned to the chair prepared across from her.

Then, he took out what appeared to be a rice ball from inside his Shinto uniform and took a big bite.

“Hehe― I couldn’t eat breakfast because I was in a hurry to go to work.”

Kang Soo-yeon, feeling Seo Jae-hoon’s gaze, smiled awkwardly and made an excuse, but Seo Jae-hoon’s gaze did not leave the rice ball she was holding.

Colorful vegetables clinging to fluffy white rice.

Among them, there was a lot of brown meat that looked savory just by looking at it.

Salivary glands secrete automatically and a stomach that feels empty.

Now that I think about it, I realize how long it has been since I last had a meal.

However, the fear of yesterday was too vivid to blindly complain to her that I was hungry.

“So, how does it feel to be reborn, brother?”

“Joe, great! It’s really, really good!”

Seo Jae-hoon hurriedly answered her question like a dog whose soles were on fire.

Kang Soo-yeon nodded with a satisfied smile as her eyes were filled with water with sincerity, not acting.

“I am actually grateful that you said that.”

“No! This all happened because I wasn’t good enough! Now I really, really mean it! I’m really, really, truly reflecting on what I’ve done!”

“Hmm― Is that so?”

gulp-

Due to the tension, the saliva that was overflowing in my mouth automatically went down my uvula.

Seo Jae-hoon nodded his head vertically as quickly as the wind blew.

“Your eyes have become kind again. You have shed the devil’s shell.”

“That’s right! I realized what a devilish life I had lived during that time! Cult leader, Seo Jae-hoon, who was practicing false beliefs toward you, is dead!”

“… … You were born again. He repented.”

“Yes, yes sister! Yesterday I thought a lot and repented! This is all thanks to you sisters!”

Kang Soo-yeon slowly approached with an impressed expression as he shouted desperately.

With a wet face, I slowly touched Seo Jae-hoon’s arm.

“No. Everything is arranged by the religious leader.”

‘You must not let down your guard. ‘You must not let down your guard.’

Even the soft touch and warm eyes could be a trap like yesterday.

Until the end, you must never lose sight of the tension.

Seo Jae-hoon really, really wanted to go home now.

Now I had the confidence to live like a rat and not do anything really foolish.

“That’s right, it’s the leader’s arrangement! Now I realize it! The sinner finally realized it too late! Salvation, salvation! Long live the King of kings, the leader!”

“Thank you for your hard work, brother. You held up really well!”

Even Kang Su-yeon’s brightly smiling face was quite different from how she felt yesterday.

Now it didn’t matter whether it was B- or B+.

I just wanted to sleep comfortably, eat comfortably, and live comfortably.

“But you know that the most important thing remains. As a Salvationist, things like this should no longer happen in the future.”

“That’s right, you are right and right, sister!”

Seo Jae-hoon did not avoid Kang Soo-yeon’s gaze, which was quietly looking down at him.

As if to show that he is no longer acting or evil, but is truly reflecting on himself.

“As soon as I leave, I will apologize to all the sisters whose hearts I deceived and hurt with my false beliefs! I will gladly accept any treatment and atone for the rest of my life!”

“… … As expected.”

Togak- Togak- Togak-

Kang Soo-yeon suddenly hardens her expression and moves away from her.

‘… … uh?’