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Taejonbirok Volume 17, Episode 14
Chapter 95: Confronting the Lazy (4)
“I’m gone now. You can come out.”
Wooil couldn't help but worry.
'Do I really have to go out?'
Wouldn't it be better to just bite the bullet here?
Wooil eventually went out.
I don't want to die.
Yeah, he didn't want to die yet. He had work to do.
Wi Yeon-ho pointed to the dining table as he watched Woo-il crawl out from under the bed with a nervous expression.
“Let’s eat.”
“……Me too?”
“Yes. I ate everything last time, but today it’s a bit much for one person.”
Do you eat a lot by yourself?
Is that something you can say after seeing that table?
Wooil couldn't help but blink his eyes.
A literal feast was laid out before him.
'Can ten people eat it?'
Wi Yeon-ho smiled bashfully, realizing what Woo-il's questioning gaze meant.
“I usually eat a lot at a time. That way, I don’t get hungry while I sleep.”
“……I guess so.”
It made sense right away.
He's a guy who sleeps for ten hours straight, so if he eats like other people, he'll wake up hungry. Come to think of it, wasn't the reason this crazy guy woke up because he was hungry?
That makes sense… … .
“Shall we eat together?”
“It seems like I’m still hungry. Aren’t you hungry?”
If you were in this situation, would you be hungry?
Even if you eat the kind of food that the emperor eats, it would feel like chewing sand, so how could you possibly have an appetite?
“I’m fine.”
“Hey, let’s eat together anyway. The meal tastes better when we eat together.”
“…….”
Wooil realized anew that he was not in a position to refuse.
The power over his life and death now rested entirely with Wei Yanho. So, there was no point in rejecting something so trivial.
“I will eat.”
“I thought about it carefully. They say that ghosts that have eaten and died are also pretty.”
“…….”
No, do I really have to say that now?
What does that mean, now?
Are you saying you'll kill me after I eat it?
But you want me to eat a lot now?
Is he thoughtless or just has a dirty personality?
Just when he was thinking that they were both the same, Wei Yanho tore off the duck leg and handed it to Wooil.
“Please eat.”
Wooil looked at the duck leg with trembling eyes. Then he reached out hesitantly and took the duck leg offered by Wi Yeon-ho.
“Let’s eat first and then think about it. It’s easier to think when you’re full.”
I don't think that's possible, but what can I do if he says so himself?
"then……."
Wi Yeon-ho started to eat food by moving both hands.
'Have you been starving for ten days?'
No, even if you starve for ten days, you wouldn't be able to eat at that rate. A human being, anyway.
“Oh, what is it?”
“Well, I’ll eat.”
Wooil carefully turned his head. Turning his head so that Wi Yeonho wouldn't see him, he gently lifted his mask and began to sway his duck legs.
“Isn’t it uncomfortable?”
"……it's okay."
He answered without looking back.
“Just take it off and eat it.”
“No.”
"You won't be particularly uncomfortable showing your face to me anyway. I don't leave my room much. Besides, I'm not going to be walking around with my face out on the street, right?"
When I heard it, it was true.
But Wooil couldn't take off his mask. Taking it off would mean giving up everything. What value could an informant have if he exposed his face to a target of surveillance?
"it's okay."
“Well, whatever you want.”
Wi Yeon-ho also did not recommend it any further.
Wi Yeon-ho, who had been stuffing food into his mouth as if he didn't particularly care about Woo-il in front of him, patted his stomach and leaned his back against the wall.
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“Ah, I’m full.”
“…….”
Wooil looked at Wi Yeon-ho with a gaze that seemed to be looking at something other than a human.
'Did you eat all of that?'
That's not a person.
This wasn't just a feeling, it was reality. The food laid out there was so much that even ten people couldn't finish it. And yet, he emptied it all. How could anyone possibly eat that much?
It's not like a hibernating bear is storing food.
Wooil looked at Wei Yanho's swollen belly as if he was sick of it.
'Can I move?'
My body has become like a well-puffed dumpling?
The more I looked at him, the more incomprehensible he seemed.
“Okay, I’ve eaten, now I have to decide what to do….”
Wi Yeon-ho sat up unsteadily and looked at Woo-il quietly.
“What would you like?”
“…….”
Wooil couldn't say anything. And he didn't need to. Wi Yeon-ho spoke first.
“Whenever I have something to worry about, I think about what my master said.”
"yes?"
"What should I say about that gentleman… I feel like he just babbled on and on about nothing, but looking back, he did tell me all sorts of things. After all, after five years of being together every day, it's even stranger if I learned nothing."
What on earth is this interest talking about?
Wooil now felt he wanted to reach some sort of conclusion. It seemed better to be handed over to the party and tortured than to deal with this guy.
“Among the things that the gentleman said, there was this one thing he said.”
“……What do you mean?”
"If you're hesitating whether to kill or not, don't hesitate. If you're hesitating to kill, saving them won't bring you any positive results."
Goosebumps ran down Wooil's body.
different.
The voice and the atmosphere are different.
He wasn't a clumsy young man who seemed to be missing something. Wi Yeon-ho's cold, sunken eyes, staring at him, made it clear why Lee Ja was now world-renowned.
knife.
It felt like a sharp sword was right in front of me.
Wooil's body froze like a rat that met a hungry cat.
The slightest movement felt like the sword known as Wei Yan Ho would instantly slice through his body. His body froze, and his mind went numb.
It was a moment when the fame of Wei Yanhu, which had been in my head and the person called Wei Yanhu before my eyes, became one.
"I think that's true. No one would hide in someone else's ceiling with good intentions. Besides, this isn't even ours, it's someone else's. If we just let them go like this, it'll just cause unnecessary trouble."
The atmosphere in Wei Yanhu suddenly returned to normal.
Just by briefly considering whether or not I should really kill him, I was able to release this much momentum in an instant.
Wooil, freed from the pressure that had been holding him back, began to sweat all over his body. His clothes were soaked with sweat.
He came to his senses. No, not just a conscious return. His mind suddenly became clear.
He realized that he was now at a crossroads between life and death.
There was no time to panic.
“But um…….”
Wi Yeon-ho scratched the back of his head as if he was very frustrated.
"I've killed people who rushed at me to fight, but I've never killed someone who didn't fight back, so it's a bit awkward. But I can't ignore Master's words… It'd be a terrible feeling if I ignored him and later realized he was right."
“Cow, cow.”
Wooil opened his mouth with a trembling voice.
“Please save me.”
“Huh?”
Wi Yeon-ho looked at Woo-il with a bewildered expression.
“You said you were going to kill me earlier?”
“I, I want to live.”
Wi Yeon-ho scratched the ball.
"Yes. Well, I guess everyone wants to live the same way. Everyone wants to live. So just tell me. Who sent you?"
"that……."
Wi Yeon-ho's face suddenly became distorted.
“So, I can’t tell you who sent it, and I can’t answer, but I want to live, so please let me go without asking any questions?”
“…….”
Wooil shut his mouth.
Wooil knew full well how absurd his demands were. But wasn't this his only option?
"that's right?"
"……sorry."
“Hmm, well, it’s a bit shameless, but…….”
Wi Yeon-ho shrugged.
“Then do that.”
“So-hyeop, save me… yes?”
“I told you to go.”
"yes?"
Wei Yanho's face distorted.
“You said to go. You asked me to spare your life?”
“Huh? Are you just going to let me live like that?”
“Then what should I do?”
Wei Yanho said with a sullen face.
“I feel uneasy about letting him live, but I also don’t think it’s human to kill him… If I’m going to regret it anyway, I might as well do something good and then regret it later.”
Wooil looked at Wi Yeonho with a blank expression.
'What on earth is this guy?'
I can't get a handle on it.
He'd met many people while working as an informant, but he'd never encountered someone as unpredictable as this. He didn't even know how to react. Should he just bow his head in gratitude?
“Hmm…….”
Wi Yeon-ho said with a slightly uneasy tone.
"Master's words are important, but so is Father's. Whichever seems less bothersome would be better. Let's go. I won't hold you back."
“……Can I really go?”
"I think it'd be best to go before I change my mind. I'm a bit fickle."
Wooil stared blankly at Wi Yeon-ho.
'If I turn around, you won't try to kill me, right?'
That's impossible.
The difference between Wei Yanhu and him is so vast.
If Wei Yanhu wanted to, he could send Wuil to the underworld with just a single finger. So why bother setting up such a trap?
“Are you really sending it?”
“What a strange person.”
Wi Yeon-ho said with a snicker.
“They said they would spare my life because I asked for it, so what’s the problem? Should I kill them then?”
“Oh, no. Thank you, Sohyeop!”
Wooil lowered his head.
This wasn't just a superficial gesture. He was genuinely grateful to Wei Yanhu.
I have never heard of an informant being caught by a surveillance target and then released unharmed.
Even if they managed to survive, countless cases were left horribly deformed or rendered incapacitated by torture. Surviving even that way was considered a stroke of luck, a life lived by informants.
I begged to be spared.
But that didn't mean he wanted to let me go like this. He just wanted me to live, no matter what happened to me…
"but……."
Wi Yeon-ho opened his mouth in a low voice.
"I'll only spare you this once. I have to keep my master's word. If you ever catch my eye again, I'll cut off your head without hesitation."
"yes."
"Go tell the person who sent you. If there's anything you want to know, come see me. Oh, and tell them not to come while I'm sleeping. I hate being woken up the most."
“…….”
Doesn't that mean you don't want to meet?
There must be a time when you are awake, so come at that time.
“Then go ahead.”
“……I really will go out.”
“Yes. Bye.”
Wi Yeon-ho smiled broadly and waved his hand.
Woo-il, with a bewildered expression, left Wi Yeon-ho's room and hid himself silently on the eaves, quietly looking up at the sky.
I came out alive.
In this absurd situation.
'He's a really strange person.'
Wooil's heart was fluttering strangely.