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Join the Server“What did you say? You can see over there?”
To the Demon God’s top-tier eyesight, it was visible.
An abandoned housing complex, often seen in rural areas.
The children weren’t going inside the houses but were playing in one of the courtyards.
“Car 2 has arrived next to us. Let’s get out and take a look for now.”
They parked Car 1 and Car 2 at the entrance of the complex and went inside together.
For the sake of the shoot, the Demon God and Yoon-seo stood at the very front as they headed in.
“Children.”
““…….””
The children, startled by the sudden appearance of so many people, were even more startled by the strange person standing at the very front.
“Could it be that a group is currently attacking a single person? A strategically excellent choice.”
“Sun-woo Hyung! What are you talking about!”
“However, that is not allowed among children. That is a universal law in any world.”
The Demon God sternly proclaimed the law of the universe.
The children, shocked by the Demon God, whispered among themselves.
“What is that Hyung saying?”
“I don’t know.”
“I guess he’s not good at speaking.”
“…….”
The children did not hide their thoughts.
“Sun-woo Hyung, I don’t think that’s it. Look at what the little kid is holding.”
Yoon-seo approached with a small smile.
Contrary to his concern, the little kid in the center was feeding grass to a rabbit. The older children were merely watching the sight.
The older kids seemed to be around ten years old, and the smaller child looked even younger.
“It’s a wild rabbit, but it came down and snuggled into his arms.”
“He’s feeding it grass.”
“Fascinating, isn’t it? Animals living in the mountain keep coming to him.”
While the Demon God and Yoon-seo were talking with the children, Chief Woo approached and spoke.
“Hyun-seo, did another wild animal come and snuggle you? It might have parasites, you know.”
It seemed the smallest kid was Hyun-seo, the grandmother’s grandson.
He appeared to be quite popular with animals.
“Your grandmother is waiting for you with something delicious. You should go home.”
However, it wasn’t Hyun-seo, but the other kids who objected.
“Aww, we want to play with Hyun-seo more.”
“No! We want to play together more!”
Hyun-seo, who didn’t speak much, seemed to be quite popular among the children.
The children were reluctant to let Hyun-seo go.
“Me too.”
Hyun-seo also answered quietly, seeming to want to play more.
“Hmm, then should you not play?”
Unexpectedly, the Demon God brought this up.
“Sun-woo Hyung?”
“Must one not play diligently to grow? I am sure that is common to any species?”
That was the Demon God’s common sense.
He didn’t think it would be any different just because they were humans.
“This Hyung—”
The children looked up anew at the Demon God who was taking their side.
“He’s handsome.”
“Whoa….”
As expected, children do not filter their words.
They purely expressed their admiration for the Demon God’s visuals.
“Hmph.”
The Demon God smiled slightly and looked at Hyun-seo.
The little kid also stared blankly up at the Demon God before uttering his pure impression.
“You look weird.”
“Hmm?”
Swish—
Hyun-seo even held out the grass he had been feeding the wild rabbit to the Demon God.
“Eat a wot.”
“?”
The Demon God was momentarily engulfed in confusion before realizing something.
“Is it an offering?”
That couldn’t be.
The Demon God entertained a vain thought for a moment, but soon shook his head vigorously.
Wasn’t the meaning of that action far too clear?
“Little kid?”
“…….”
“I am not an animal.”
I am just not human either.
The little kid listened to the Demon God’s words, looked at him as if he were strange, and then—
“But you look weird.”
He gave an answer that perfectly matched his gaze.
“Kyahahaha! Really? Sun-woo Hyung looks weird?”
Yoon-seo, standing next to him, burst into laughter.
“Yoon-seo?”
“Kyahahah!”
“Are you not enjoying this far too much?”
Hyun-seo spoke to Yoon-seo rather than the Demon God.
“Is he not an animal?”
“Ahahat! He’s not an animal, what should we do?”
“Then is he an alien?”
“Kyahaha!”
However, in this moment.
The Demon God realized what Hyun-seo’s reaction meant.
‘This little kid, is his spiritual sensitivity exceptionally high even among humans?’
The composer Lucio Moreira was such a person.
With specially developed spiritual sensitivity, he felt things that others could not.
‘Hmm, and furthermore, even animals follow him? He might be beyond Lucio.’
The Demon God observed the little kid carefully.
The adults, including Yoon-seo, were simply brushing it off as the Demon God’s appearance giving the little kid an unusual impression.
“Sun-woo Hyung’s atmosphere is definitely different from an ordinary person’s. Even though I live with him, I still get startled sometimes.”
Going further, Yoon-seo patted the little kid’s head.
The little kid didn’t seem to mind the touch; he smiled softly, wiggled around, and held something out.
“Chocolate? Are you giving this to me?”
“Yeah.”
In the little kid’s eyes, Yoon-seo seemed to be someone worthy of receiving his precious chocolate.
The Demon God, suddenly curious, reached his hand out toward the little kid.
It was an attempt to pat his head.
“…….”
Shuffle, shuffle— The child stepped back and held out the grass again.
Flutter, flutter—
“Eat.”
Why am I getting grass and not chocolate?
“Kyahahaha!”
“How insolent…. Human child.”
Yoon-seo’s roaring laughter intersected with the Demon God’s trembling.
“Hyung! What do you mean, ‘human child’? Your name is Hyun-seo, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Are you a boy or a girl?”
“Hyun-seo is a boy. Not a baby, a big bwother.”
“Ah, you’re a big brother?”
Yoon-seo and Hyun-seo were communicating well.
“What an insolent little kid who doesn’t know his place.”
The Demon God shook his head from behind.
Hyun-seo stared at the Demon God and then tugged on Yoon-seo’s hand.
Understanding what he meant, Yoon-seo knelt down to match Hyun-seo’s height, and Hyun-seo whispered in his ear.
Of course, the Demon God’s hearing picked even that up.
– Why is that big bwother here?
The Demon God flinched.
His intuition was definitely good.
The little kid was wondering what a non-human being was doing here.
‘Though it seems he cannot yet feel my standing.’
Meanwhile.
“Umm…, the reason he’s here is….”
Yoon-seo pondered for a moment before whispering just as Hyun-seo had done.
– That Hyung likes making people happy.
It was something that didn’t even need to be whispered.
Still, he lowered his voice to match Hyun-seo.
Hyun-seo stared at the Demon God again, then nodded and said to Yoon-seo.
– I don’t fink so. That big bwother doesn’t wike stuff wike that.
It seemed he didn’t look like a being who would make people happy.
The Demon God couldn’t help but admire the little kid’s accurate eye.
– It’s true.
– Weawwy?
– Because you see. That Hyung is—
Yoon-seo whispered to Hyun-seo as if telling a great secret.
– A born idol.
The misunderstanding will not be cleared, Yoon-seo.
I am not born for this, I am undergoing a punishment.
Regardless of the Demon God’s inner thoughts, Hyun-seo tilted his head.
He didn’t seem to understand the word ‘idol.’
But perhaps because of the atmosphere in which Yoon-seo conveyed the words, Hyun-seo finally nodded.
And then he stepped away from Yoon-seo and approached the Demon God.
Since the Demon God had also crouched down to match Hyun-seo’s height.
Hyun-seo whispered softly into the Demon God’s ear.
“It’s otay even if you wook weird.”
“…….”
A sincere favor shyly conveyed by a human little kid.
The Demon God was at a loss for how to respond.
And this entire scene was being captured on camera.
“This is good? The conversation is completely missing each other, but the atmosphere is great.”
“Right? It’s strangely heartwarming, isn’t it?”
PD Jang Jun-sung and Writer Go Seon-young agreed.
Sun-woo, who exuded a demonic nature, was grumbling at the child, while that child stuck close to Yoon-seo.
“We came to a neighborhood without incidents or accidents because we cast a hot idol, you see.”
“And you were worried we wouldn’t get any usable footage. We can just go with this atmosphere.”
“Right. Therefore—”
PD Jang chose his words and continued.
“Service, and healing.”
It was the moment an editing direction was established that would leave the Demon God in shock if he knew.
Afterward, they escorted Hyun-seo, who had decided to go home, and drove the decibel officer back to the substation.
“No! This is not it!”
“Gah! Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
Chief Woo asked, startled.
“An active performance! I need an active performance! Conflict! Antagonism! Clashes! We have not achieved any of that!”
The reason the Demon God came here.
A massive active performance capable of erasing his dark history.
From the Demon God’s perspective, stopping a fight between grandmothers and taking a little kid home was far, far from enough.
“But this is a truly peaceful place.”
Chief Woo shook his head.
“Ah….”
The Demon God fiddled with the Shadow he had placed in his pocket.
He wondered if he should give it form right now and command it to commit a small crime.
In this moment when a conspiracy was sprouting in the darkness.
Beep—
A radio transmission came in.
[Chief, a report has come in that intoxicated individuals are singing loudly near the intersection at the pub ‘Snail Gentleman.’]
“Really?”
“!”
The Demon God raised his head with expectation.
“If they’re intoxicated, is it Mister Jang?”
Chief Woo casually mentioned a resident.
Just a light, everyday drinking habit—the Demon God’s expectation began to fade.
[It seems not. It appears they are contractors who came from a construction site in Dui-myeon.]
“Contractors from there?”
Chief Woo’s voice grew a bit serious, and the Demon God’s expectation revived a little.
“Understood. I suppose I should go.”
The Chief finished the transmission and opened his mouth.
“They say a resort is coming to Dui-myeon, and the contractors tangled up in it are a bit rough.”
“Oh.”
“There was a lot of talk from the very beginning when they were building the resort….”
“Oho.”
“Anyway, I don’t know if they’re getting drunk and causing a ruckus.”
“Ooooh!”
He was explaining it unusually thoroughly to an idol much younger than himself.
‘Wait, what am I saying to this young friend?’
To the Demon God’s unknowable atmosphere, the words slipped out as if he were giving a report. The Chief realized this belatedly and felt awkward.
“Ahem, hmm. Do not worry. If I, the Chief, personally step forward and stop them, they will listen. Sun-woo and Yoon-seo, watch from behind and come forward when the time is right.”
“I see. When the time is right.”
Of course, Chief Woo didn’t know that the ‘right time’ he envisioned and the ‘right time’ the Demon God envisioned were vastly different.
The right time Chief Woo envisioned was this:
Arrive at the scene 2. The Chief calms the construction contractors 3. Around the time they call a designated driver and leave 4. The Chief gives a signal, and they step forward.
The right time the Demon God envisioned was this:
Arrive at the scene.
“Now is the time!”
“Sun-woo!”
As soon as they arrived, the Demon God kicked open the patrol car door and dashed out.
“Intoxicated individuals! Are you there!”
“Wh-what is this!”
“Who is that!”
The construction contractors shouted in shock.
Using their drunkenness as an excuse, they were shouting and singing loudly, enjoying the mood.
But then two patrol cars and some kind of broadcasting vehicle appeared, and people poured out of them. Cameras followed close behind.
Furthermore, the police officer standing at the very front gave them an ominous and terrifying feeling for some reason, and above all, his eyes were rolling wildly.
“Conflict! Antagonism! Clashes!”
The construction contractors were dumbfounded.
“Do crazy bastards become cops these days?”
“Hey, there’s a camera over there too.”
“Shit, we messed with the wrong ones. We have work tonight anyway, let’s back off.”
The construction contractors instantly decided to return home safely.
“That’s a relief. They are cooperating well.”
Chief Woo smiled in relief.
They were usually tough guys, but given the situation, it seemed they were backing down obediently—
“No!”
“?”
There was one being who opposed an easy resolution.
“Do not leave! Cause a ruckus!”
However, the contractors had no intention of causing a ruckus in front of the cameras.
“Do you have no spirit! What are you so afraid of!”
The Demon God’s scolding continued.
“What the hell is that? He’s wearing a police uniform, but.”
“Isn’t it some kind of broadcast? He must be acting up because he trusts the camera.”
While the contractors were drawing incorrect conclusions among themselves.
“How about this?”
The Demon God pointed to the firewood stacked in front of the brick oven pizza place.
“If you even kick something like this—”
He intended to throw them a reason to cause a ruckus, but he inadvertently kicked it himself.
And the firewood, struck by the Demon God’s powerful kick, burst instantly.
It didn’t break or split; it shattered as if exploding.
“Uh, we’ll be taking our leave.”
“That sobered me right up.”
“D-do not leave!”
The Demon God shouted, but there was no way they would stop.
“Ah, my chance for an active performance?”
It was over.
It was completely over.
The only people capable of causing a disturbance in this peaceful village had scurried away in a panic.
“Sun-woo Hyung, it’s nothing to be disappointed about. And the dark history video isn’t as much of a dark history as you think.”
“Is that so?”
“Of course. The fans love it.”
At Yoon-seo’s consolation, the Demon God stood up shakily.
“Yes, I suppose so. Let us return.”
“Hyung, lean on me.”
Of course, the Chief and the production team could hardly grasp exactly what point the Demon God was frustrated about.
“He’s entertaining, but strange just as they said.”
“Indeed.”
The writer and director were realizing what the words they had heard meant.
“Now, now! Anyway, thanks to Sun-woo, the intoxicated individuals issue has been resolved! Let’s really go now. We haven’t been able to go into the substation since you arrived today.”
Chief Woo pulled himself together and organized the atmosphere.
As he said, they were neighborhood guards but hadn’t even visited the substation.
Everyone got into the vehicles.
The Demon God rode in Patrol Car 1 with Chief Woo again this time.
“Haha, Sun-woo. I don’t know what you’re so disappointed about, but you did well.”
“No…. I should have instilled the courage to cause a ruckus in those intoxicated individuals….”
Chief Woo simply let out a laugh at the expectedly incomprehensible words.
“Haha, now we just need to go to the substation, rest for a bit, and do the night shift.”
And then.
He said words that should never be spoken.
“In movies or novels, something happens one more time in moments like this, right? But reality isn’t like that. Hahaha.”
“Chief, why did you say such a thing?”
Beep—
A radio transmission came in.
“…….”
“Let us answer it.”
Chief Woo, engulfed in an ominous feeling, picked up the radio.
[Chief, they say Hyun-seo has disappeared.]
“What?”
The Demon God pricked up his ears.
“I clearly sent him inside earlier?”
[They say he went back out with the rabbit. Toward Myeongyeon Mountain.]
The wild rabbit that had been eating grass hadn’t run away but stayed in Hyun-seo’s arms, going home with him.
“He’s a child who knows he shouldn’t go to the mountain at this hour. For now, Car 2 and I will patrol in that direction.”
The Chief ended the transmission.
“Chief? Is this a dangerous situation? What is this talk about the mountain?”
The Demon God’s atmosphere completely changed.
The unknowable presence that had made him report earlier pressed down on Chief Woo again.
“There’s a mountain nearby called Myeongyeon Mountain. Recently, strange noises have been heard from the mountain, so we’ve prohibited entry, and even if we hadn’t, the neighborhood kids don’t go to the mountain late at night.”
The Chief thought for a moment before continuing.
“Hyun-seo occasionally plays with animals near the mountain. That’s probably what it is.”
However, the Demon God did not miss the sliver of anxiety felt in the Chief’s words.
“Did the radio not come in because he does not usually go out at this hour? Then this must be a special situation, right?”
At the Demon God’s sharp question, the Chief nodded slowly.
“That is true.”
Car 1 and Car 2 moved from Hyun-seo’s house toward Myeongyeon Mountain. They moved while stopping by everywhere the child usually played without missing a single spot, but—
At a certain point, Chief Woo’s hands on the steering wheel hesitated.
“What is wrong?”
“We’ve now stopped by everywhere Hyun-seo could be. But…”
The child was nowhere to be seen.
The reason his hands hesitated was because he was agonizing over where to go next.
Beep—
A radio transmission came in from Car 2.
[Chief, where should we go?]
They were also confused about the destination.
“Wait a moment, I’m thinking.”
At Chief Woo’s words, the Demon God thought as well.
They had come from the house to the vicinity of the mountain.
Then there were two paths.
One was going back and checking again.
The other was—
“The mountain.”
“Pardon?”
“Is there anywhere else but the mountain?”
And in that moment.
– Gweeeeeeee!!!!
A bizarre noise cutting through the air was heard.
A bizarre noise that was clearly not made by a beast or a human.
It was in the direction of Myeongyeon Mountain.
“Is that the noise you said is heard from the mountain?”
“Yes, it is.”
Now there was no reason to delay the judgment.
That noise.
It was not human, not an animal, and absolutely not a natural sound as the investigation results claimed.
“Chief. I shall be getting out.”
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