Chapter 115

Episode 115

The first thing I wanted was, ‘He wasn’t that bad of a guy!’

Now, he has become a crazy person who has suffered mental problems due to repeated visits to the other side of the world, but has hidden it skillfully and is gradually revealing his true nature thanks to his excellent sacrificial spirit.

For your information, there were small settings in the middle, including ‘a survivor of an ordinary underworld’, ‘a serial killer suspect’, and ‘a monster candidate who has become menacing under the influence of a green algae monster’, but life does not always go as planned, and they all failed. Even if the settings themselves remain, the desired results are not achieved.

At the very least, Lee Jae-heon could not help but lament the current reality in which his past life had been dragged into the setting of his current life. What on earth did I do so wrong, you chicks?

And the thought that came to mind the moment I saw the corpse of a child that looked somehow familiar.

“Chief, that kid. The person who saved me from the road at that time....”

“....”

“...Chief?”

Okay, let’s change it.

It’s time to reset.

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Lee Jae-heon, who had been happily spending three days with the green algae monster in his dreams, could not bear the warmth and tried to talk to him, and the green algae monster happily responded to his crazy behavior. Of course, I don’t know why Lee Jae-heon, who is just a human being, was able to communicate with that person.

Anyway, the conclusion was simple. Lee Jae-heon wanted to be free, even in his dreams, and the green algae monster wanted only one thing in exchange for guaranteeing it.

I want you to hunt down a human for me to eat.

“....”

“....”

“...if that’s okay.”

It was just a transaction.

There were still many questionable parts.

I didn’t know if the green algae monster in my dream and the green algae monster in the other world were the exact same being, and I couldn’t believe that the only price that guaranteed freedom was a human being. If this was going to be the case, why did they bother Lee Jae-heon so much?

But surprisingly, things turned out right. In order to widen the distance from his companions, Lee Jae-heon had to instill caution or fear from them, and in any case, it was true that the green algae monster was punishing him, whether in his dream or outside. Jaeheon Lee decided to imitate a zombie, just like the cocky employee Kwon said.

However, the chicks were more attached to him than he could have imagined, and Lee Jae-heon could not escape from that. Now the only viable plan left to him was a deal with the green algae monster.

And the prey had already been decided.

‘Serial killer.’

A common subject that appears at least once in most novels that involve even the slightest crime. He was suffering from a ‘disease that causes him to have murderous intent towards humans’, so he was the perfect person to pretend to be crazy and kill him.

Therefore, Jaeheon Lee had two options. Should I kill this crazy person in front of others or should I kill him secretly in a remote place far away? Although it is said to be a limited space, the park in the other world was extremely large and dangerous. Lee Jae-heon, who even had memories of his past life, could do anything.

However, Jaeheon Lee decided to kill him so that others would notice.

‘Because that was the plan.’

The reason he went so far as to create an image by associating himself with the green algae monster was partly because of the deal he made with him, but more importantly, because he wanted to keep his distance. Just enough trust to not be abandoned by the main character and his companions was more than enough.

In any case, he wanted to run away from their worried gaze, and now he had failed.

‘The deal was a bonus in the first place.’

Nevertheless, Jaeheon Lee decided to keep the plan. The reason he started the fuss in the middle of the night instead of him from the beginning was to prevent the group from being too shocked by Lee Jae-heon’s sudden murder. It was in the same context that it gradually created a sense of discomfort and caused a rift among the group.

To be honest, Jaeheon Lee has done enough. I don’t know if you developed antibodies, but didn’t you complete the second dose of the vaccine? I don’t know if this was Lee Jae-heon’s crazy stubbornness or an objective judgment, but he wanted to finish the plan he had carefully made.

Just one thing was added.

“...Jaeheon Lee.”

“....”

“Do you know this child?”

I should just go out and search.

‘No matter how much I think about it, this life is ruined.’

Even if things go wrong, how can they go wrong like this? I really didn’t want to feel the convenience of a reset, but this time I had no choice. When I saw the corpse of the little boy lying around, I got the feeling.

“Yes, I saw it. “I saw it.”

And it didn’t necessarily have to boast of 100% purity.

The most effective lie in the world is mixing lies and truth, and Jaeheon Lee was confused enough right now. He instinctively revealed his anger within the line that best fit the plan.

“...I heard your name. “It’s probably Minhong.”

I felt nauseous, like someone who hadn’t slept in three days.

However, in the meantime, Lee Jae-heon blinked several times, exerted strength, and tried to display his usual attitude. If he lived up to the image he has shown so far, he should not have collapsed already.

“Minhong. “You don’t know my last name?”

“I don’t know. “When I first encountered him, I just... I just left.”

“...Gone?”

At the same time, I highlight the good things I have done.

Hong Gyeong-jun looked at Lee Jae-heon’s words with a skeptical eye, but he actually liked them. If favorability goes down due to the words, ‘I left my child behind,’ and eventually goes up again, the backlash will be even greater.

“I didn’t want to have too much conversation.”

That’s because ‘Lee Jae-heon’ is a mentally ill person who knows how to show respect for the elderly and the weak. He did what he could to save a child who was hit by a car and almost died, but afterwards he felt burdened and left the scene. Or even if it is for other reasons, he is someone who can show that level of humility.

However, Hong Gyeong-jun’s expression became even more ambiguous due to Lee Jae-heon’s words without context.

Still, whatever.

“...If I had known it would be like this...”

“...Yes?”

“....”

Anyway, the main character will come soon and explain.

‘When a minus becomes a plus, the effect is greater.’

After thinking lightly, he focused his gaze on the child’s corpse without even nodding. It was to let people know that he had suffered a great blow upon seeing that child’s corpse, and it seems that Detective Hong Gyeong-jun was impressed by that.

At this point, I revealed my confusion without any addition or subtraction.

“...If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have saved him.”

This was the best.

‘Because I am a survivor of the underworld.’

I was out of my mind.

Why did this child appear in front of me? Clearly, a child like this did not exist in the original novel. No, it existed, but the body should not have been left here in this form. It was very different from what he remembered from the novel.

I did that much work. I did save this kid. But that couldn’t be the reason for the current situation. The area where Lee Jae-heon saved this was even quite far from this park. But why on earth did this kid who looked like a kindergartener die here?

Dead....

“....”

“...Mr. Lee Jae-heon?”

...?

why?

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“....”

In fact, he could have held on longer.

That wasn’t formidable. In his previous life, Lee Jae-heon had seen people die and come back to life several times and was fully accustomed to his own pain and suffering. Even though it was a hidden world, he had lived a pretty difficult life to be able to lose his mind just because he saw the dead body of a child.

However, one of the many facts that Lee Jae-heon missed was that humanity in this world exists in the present-day ‘Lee Jae-heon’. Even if it is shallow and hypocritical, it is sympathy and respect for the immature.

And death in the other world had a knack for driving people crazy.

“...Why did it become like this?”

Even people who have already gone crazy.