Chapter 440: Lily of the Valley (15)
After stopping the attack on the station, we’re back to our normal routine, with only the tantalizing knowledge that the HanEun Group is up to sothing.
It’s going to be a while before we can utilize all of Korea’s advanced GPS capabilities to locate the group’s ho base.
Of course, in the anti, my broadcast and the new superhumans of the HanEun Group have been in the news, but the flas haven’t spread too far.
I think it’s because they were defeated so easily two tis in a row that people were gradually getting into the mindset of, “Eh? HanEun Group, they’re not that big of a deal, are they?”
And actually, that’s what we were hoping for. It’s probably safer for the public not to pay much attention to them now that they’re up to sothing.
If there are other issues.
A few days after the station attack, Seo-Eun has been quieter than usual, seemingly contemplating sothing in silence for a while.
One night….Finally, she approached and said,
“Da-in… I have a confession to make.”
“Yes, Seo-Eun, what is it?”
Seo-Eun hesitated before telling , but then she managed to get the words out.
The electricity ability of the HanEun Group that she had seen on the station was also sothing she knew about.
“…Technically, it was my sister’s ability, who was the sa test subject as …”
“Da-in. You know that I was experinted on by the HanEun Group…An experint to create artificial superpowers.”
“In that experint, there were three other test subjects besides …”
Seo-Eun said.
She painstakingly told the story of her ti in the HanEun Group, a story she had never told before.
There were a total of four abilities that the group was researching at the ti.
A fire ability that allows you to shoot fire from your hands.
An electrical ability that allows one to run as fast as lightning.
Body strengthening that makes the body as hard as a rock.
Super intelligence, which gives you the mind of a genius.
Four children were chosen as guinea pigs to be implanted with each of these abilities.
And Seo-eun, of course, was one of the children with super intelligence.
“…So. I’m guessing that the other one is probably a physical enhancer.”
If the experint was indeed a success.
In a dark living room at night, on the couch by the faint glow of the living room lamp, with her knees drawn together, Seo-Eun whispered to and I nodded my head in affirmation.
“…Okay. Seo-eun, thanks for telling .”
Actually, I already knew about Seo-Eun’s past through the original story.
It was only briefly recalled from the perspective of the villain, the White Witch, so it was new to hear it directly from Seo-eun’s mouth.
Before I could say anything else Seo-eun first made a sad face and said.
“Da-in… You didn’t ask what happened to the other test subjects.”
“….”
“That’s right. They all died. We all…tried to escape but they were all caught at the end and…”
“If it wasn’t for them…I could never have survived that ti…”
Seo-eun, who spoke in such a sobbing manner, did not cry.
Rather than crying, she had a pained expression as if she was having a hard ti just getting this out of her mouth, that’s why I didn’t ask for more details.
Instead, she spoke to , her voice now slightly hushed.
“So…Da-in. I have a favor to ask you.”
“…Yes, Seo-eun, what is it?”
“Dr. Kim Sun-woo of HanEun Group… the one who led the whole thing, I want to kill him with my own hands.”
She says that to with reddened eyes, her face buried in her lap, looking up.
It’s been six years since Han Seo-Eun escaped from the HanEun Group but her nightmare is still not over.
Hearing that, I thought briefly.
In fact, it’s quite dangerous to give Seo-Eun a chance to kill him.
It’s always more efficient to catch an enemy off guard and kill them all at once.
But
‘…..’
This is for Seo-Eun, after all.
And I, in the end, do everything for her.
“Okay.”
I nodded, thinking that I should be more thorough behind the scenes.
“…Thank you, Da-in.”
For the first ti all day, Seo-Eun smiled at with red eyes.
If only for that one smile, my resolve was worth it.
That’s how the station case ended and as I said before, we went back to our daily lives.
“Co on, Seo-eun, dodge!”
“Yeah…! Ha!”
Of course, even as we returned to our daily routine, Seo-Eun and I continued to train for the next battle. You never know when a fight might happen again.
Besides that, we also prepared for various other things.
“Seo-eun, just in case, let’s get a dating app.”
“Yeah…? De, de, de, dating app…?”
“I heard that dating apps can track each other’s location, so let’s install it just in case sothing happens.”
“…..”
Seo-eun paused for a mont with a red face at my words, but then her face turned white again and she glared at fiercely.
“Haa…Da-in. If that’s the case, there’s a better way than installing an app…Leave it to .”
‘…I already know where you are anyway……’
I scratched my cheek as I looked at Seo-Eun who mumbled sothing and started making sothing.
I was just trying to tease her a bit, but I didn’t expect such a reaction.
Anyway, the days passed like this and before I knew it, it was fall.
“Da-in. I’m going to school~”
“Okay. Goodbye.”
Just like that, Seo-eun went back to school, and I saw her off.
And until then, I didn’t know what would happen today.
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School.
“No, so Han Seo-eun, tell ! What happened while you weren’t at school? Were you sick? Did you get cancer or sothing?”
“Stop it, Yeon-ji. Seo-eun said she has sothing she can’t tell us.”
“…..”
“Of course, I don’t know how unspeakable it is that she can’t tell us, but I don’t know if she can tell us either. I guess we weren’t Seo-eun’s true friends.”
“Hah! You an that’s true? Oh, Do-yeon, we must have wasted our lives. Let’s die, let’s die…”
“…Oh, really!”
After a few days of her friends asking her why she hadn’t been to school for weeks, Seo-Eun got annoyed….because she didn’t really have anything to say.
Actually, Da-in is Egostic, and I couldn’t co to school because I was wearing a suit and fighting alongside him. There was no way she could say that…
She blurted out a vague answer.
“…Ha ha. It’s just, I had a little trouble with Da-in, that’s all.”
That’s what she said to her friends who kept asking.
They gulped and exchanged glances with each other.
“…With Da-in… What… work?”
“Seo-eun, did you finally confess to him?”
“Oh, no. Of course, you’re an adult, Seo-eun, but…”
“No!! What are you guys imagining…!”
…In the end, her words only caused more misunderstandings.
Anyway, the school day went by like this and on the way ho.
“Goodbye, Seo-eun. See you tomorrow~”
“Have a good ti with Da-in, huhu.”
She waved goodbye to her friends, who weren’t sure if they were greeting her or teasing her.
Han Seo-eun stumbled down the alleyway.
“….haa.”
It was an ordinary alleyway on her way ho from school.
From that day on, whenever she passed this alley, only one mory would co to mind.
‘Let’s go like this. The umbrella is small and if I’m separated from Da-in my shoulders will get wet.’
She rembered the last ti she walked with Da-in, holding hands and using an umbrella.
Just walking down this alley automatically made her feel better.
‘Even at this point in ti, when I’m having a hard ti with the HanEun Group, I feel good just thinking about Da-in…’
With such complicated thoughts in her mind, she started walking, when suddenly she felt a chill as if the temperature around her had dropped.
“…What.”
The strange sensation made Seo-eun turn her head back.
“Ugh…!”
A white cloth suddenly appeared, covering her face.
Before she could take out the defense device she had prepared, she was suddenly attacked by a mysterious helted figure.
‘Oh… ugh…’
Han Seo-Eun said.
She muttered the last word, and then fell unconscious.
“This is the Han-eun Team. Target capture is complete. We will return to the branch base imdiately.”
With that, they picked up Han Seo-Eun and disappeared into thin air.
“……”
Sitting in front of the living room table at ho, I looked at the clock and muttered quietly.
“Seo-Eun is late.”
Yes. Seo-eun is late.
She’s never been late in all the years she’s been in school.
Whenever she went out with her friends, she always called hours in advance.
Now she’s late without calling.
“…..”
With that, I looked at the clock again and quietly got up from my seat.
Once I realized the situation, I had to act.
“And…”
I’ll make you pay.
As I muttered that, my reflection in the glass was as cold as ever.
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