Chapter 73 Part 1: Role Play
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“I was…?”
A memory that Lee Eun-Woo doesn’t recognize…
And it’s also a memory of me?
No way.
The memory I saw was about a turning point in my life.
It was the beginning of my transformation from an ordinary student to a hunter.
It was such an important memory for me, but Lee Eun-Woo actually saw a memory he didn’t even recognize?
“Is it because you’ve forgotten it?”
It’s possible that there are gaps in his memory.
It’s not uncommon for people who learnt something so shocking, that they can’t remember what it was.
“My memory is fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“I thought I had a gap in my memory at first, too. I doubted it, of course, but you acted like you were seeing me for the first time, so it’s not just me that doesn’t remember, it’s you.”
I had an ominous premonition, because contrary to Lee Eun-Woo’s expectations, I had quite a few memories that he didn’t know about.
‘Are these Pre-regression memories..?’
But the odds were against it.
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So far, I haven’t met a single person who acted like they remembered their life before the regression occurred.
Not Pyo Hye-Won, not even Pyo Yeon-Won, who had been with me for more than a decade before I regressed back to the beginning.
‘But how could Lee Eun-Woo remember? Is that even possible?’
At first, I had forgotten about it for a while since there were a lot of things happening.
But I had a feeling that my presence here, and the whole regression, might not be a mere natural phenomenon.
“What’s wrong?”
“Huh? Nothing… It’s just.. It seems like a strange thing.. I mean, it’s kind of weird that you actually saw me in that dream.”
“Whatever. Anyways, the reason I approached you at first was to see if you were pretending not to know me, and then I also wanted to use your abilities, that’s all. I still don’t know what’s going on with me, so I’m thinking I’ll just have to watch as things unfold from the sidelines.”
Lee Eun-Woo was being uncharacteristically honest.
In most cases, it’s like he’s giving more details to something so I can understand things clearly.
‘Is he hiding something more important?’
I could understand why Lee Eun-Woo had approached me artificially at first, but there was one more question I wanted to ask.
“What were the memories you saw?”
Lee Eun-Woo was silent for a moment.
He then smiled.
It was a very ominous smile.
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Whenever he smiled like that, terrible things would happen.
“It wasn’t much. It was just a memory of us clearing the gate together.”
‘It’s a lie.’
It’s definitely a lie.
He knows I’ve seen through his lie, but he’s still pretending.
It was an evasive way of him saying don’t ask.
“… Yeah. Whatever, I guess.”
“So. What do you think about going to the gate with me this time?”
“I’m sorry, but no. I almost died of suffocation trying to get through the gate clearing with the Blue Serpents last time. They’re too ‘Hospitable’ to their guests.”
“I heard the twins were whining about missing you.”
“…I can’t. At least for now, I’m still taking care of the people around me.”
Not only is Pyo Yeon-Won suffering from trauma, but Hye-Won is also having a hard time worrying about her brother.
Hye-Won’s worries have also taken a huge toll on Jo Yeon-Ho.
“If that’s what you want, then I can’t help it. Call me if you change your mind anytime.”
“Okay. Just be safe. Can’t wait to hear from you.”
With that, the conversation ended smoothly.
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When I’m finally alone, I was suddenly reminded that I actually had a lot to think about…
It’s things that had been temporarily forgotten because of the events that happened after that.
‘Why did I regress, and what was involved in the process?’
This is strange, that’s because… I’ve never heard of anyone going back in time before.
‘No one else had ever remembered the time before the regression, so why was Lee Eun-Woo the only one who remembered it?’
I couldn’t come up with an answer.
I had too little information.
Just then, my cell phone suddenly rang out.
I looked at the screen and saw a name I hadn’t seen in a long time.
‘Baek Mok-Ryeon.’
“I need to talk to you about Hunter disappearances. Meet me next Wednesday, 10 a.m., at our usual meeting place.”
The message was short and straight to the point.
Ah right.
We still haven’t figured out what’s going on with that one.
⚘
“I haven’t seen you in a while.”
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“Yeah, well, I’ve been busy for a while, so I don’t have a lot of time to talk. Let’s just cut to the chase.”
I guess so.
Baek Mok-Ryeon’s eyes were puffy, probably from the lack of sleep.
She wasn’t dressed in her usual sophisticated attire, she was dressed comfortably this time, with a coat draping over her arm.
“I tracked the disappearance on my own after our last conversation, because I had access to the national data, and look at this.”
She pulled out a document and handed it over to me.
I quickly skimmed through it, and… It was more shocking than I expected.
“The One-Eyed Cult?”
“Yep. When I tracked down the whereabouts of one of the missing Hunters, we found evidence of their connection.”
I was stunned.
The One-Eyed Cult?
‘The world is about to end!’
『The otherworldly invasion is about to begin! Earth is about to be destroyed!』
I suddenly remembered what I had seen and heard before.
The voice shouting with conviction that the world was going to end, and the words on the pamphlet that seemed to allude to Toluk…
“It’s just a cult, but… How could they have that much power? Do they have some sort of connection to the political parties?”
Chapter 73 Part 1: Role Play
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“I was…?”
A memory that Lee Eun-Woo doesn’t recognize…
And it’s also a memory of me?
No way.
The memory I saw was about a turning point in my life.
It was the beginning of my transformation from an ordinary student to a hunter.
It was such an important memory for me, but Lee Eun-Woo actually saw a memory he didn’t even recognize?
“Is it because you’ve forgotten it?”
It’s possible that there are gaps in his memory.
It’s not uncommon for people who learnt something so shocking, that they can’t remember what it was.
“My memory is fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“I thought I had a gap in my memory at first, too. I doubted it, of course, but you acted like you were seeing me for the first time, so it’s not just me that doesn’t remember, it’s you.”
I had an ominous premonition, because contrary to Lee Eun-Woo’s expectations, I had quite a few memories that he didn’t know about.
‘Are these Pre-regression memories..?’
But the odds were against it.
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So far, I haven’t met a single person who acted like they remembered their life before the regression occurred.
Not Pyo Hye-Won, not even Pyo Yeon-Won, who had been with me for more than a decade before I regressed back to the beginning.
‘But how could Lee Eun-Woo remember? Is that even possible?’
At first, I had forgotten about it for a while since there were a lot of things happening.
But I had a feeling that my presence here, and the whole regression, might not be a mere natural phenomenon.
“What’s wrong?”
“Huh? Nothing… It’s just.. It seems like a strange thing.. I mean, it’s kind of weird that you actually saw me in that dream.”
“Whatever. Anyways, the reason I approached you at first was to see if you were pretending not to know me, and then I also wanted to use your abilities, that’s all. I still don’t know what’s going on with me, so I’m thinking I’ll just have to watch as things unfold from the sidelines.”
Lee Eun-Woo was being uncharacteristically honest.
In most cases, it’s like he’s giving more details to something so I can understand things clearly.
‘Is he hiding something more important?’
I could understand why Lee Eun-Woo had approached me artificially at first, but there was one more question I wanted to ask.
“What were the memories you saw?”
Lee Eun-Woo was silent for a moment.
He then smiled.
It was a very ominous smile.
Sponsored Content
Whenever he smiled like that, terrible things would happen.
“It wasn’t much. It was just a memory of us clearing the gate together.”
‘It’s a lie.’
It’s definitely a lie.
He knows I’ve seen through his lie, but he’s still pretending.
It was an evasive way of him saying don’t ask.
“… Yeah. Whatever, I guess.”
“So. What do you think about going to the gate with me this time?”
“I’m sorry, but no. I almost died of suffocation trying to get through the gate clearing with the Blue Serpents last time. They’re too ‘Hospitable’ to their guests.”
“I heard the twins were whining about missing you.”
“…I can’t. At least for now, I’m still taking care of the people around me.”
Not only is Pyo Yeon-Won suffering from trauma, but Hye-Won is also having a hard time worrying about her brother.
Hye-Won’s worries have also taken a huge toll on Jo Yeon-Ho.
“If that’s what you want, then I can’t help it. Call me if you change your mind anytime.”
“Okay. Just be safe. Can’t wait to hear from you.”
With that, the conversation ended smoothly.
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When I’m finally alone, I was suddenly reminded that I actually had a lot to think about…
It’s things that had been temporarily forgotten because of the events that happened after that.
‘Why did I regress, and what was involved in the process?’
This is strange, that’s because… I’ve never heard of anyone going back in time before.
‘No one else had ever remembered the time before the regression, so why was Lee Eun-Woo the only one who remembered it?’
I couldn’t come up with an answer.
I had too little information.
Just then, my cell phone suddenly rang out.
I looked at the screen and saw a name I hadn’t seen in a long time.
‘Baek Mok-Ryeon.’
“I need to talk to you about Hunter disappearances. Meet me next Wednesday, 10 a.m., at our usual meeting place.”
The message was short and straight to the point.
Ah right.
We still haven’t figured out what’s going on with that one.
⚘
“I haven’t seen you in a while.”
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“Yeah, well, I’ve been busy for a while, so I don’t have a lot of time to talk. Let’s just cut to the chase.”
I guess so.
Baek Mok-Ryeon’s eyes were puffy, probably from the lack of sleep.
She wasn’t dressed in her usual sophisticated attire, she was dressed comfortably this time, with a coat draping over her arm.
“I tracked the disappearance on my own after our last conversation, because I had access to the national data, and look at this.”
She pulled out a document and handed it over to me.
I quickly skimmed through it, and… It was more shocking than I expected.
“The One-Eyed Cult?”
“Yep. When I tracked down the whereabouts of one of the missing Hunters, we found evidence of their connection.”
I was stunned.
The One-Eyed Cult?
‘The world is about to end!’
『The otherworldly invasion is about to begin! Earth is about to be destroyed!』
I suddenly remembered what I had seen and heard before.
The voice shouting with conviction that the world was going to end, and the words on the pamphlet that seemed to allude to Toluk…
“It’s just a cult, but… How could they have that much power? Do they have some sort of connection to the political parties?”
