The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 220

Episode 220. The Final Chapter (7)

Kang Jun-ho squatted down and smoked a cigarette to collect his emotions.

Kang Si-on and Jin Jae-hee were sitting side by side a little distance away from him. Jin Jae-hee looked at Jun-ho and said.

“If you look at him standing there like that, he’s definitely that kid.”

At Jin Jae-hee's words, Kang Si-on snickered and recalled the past.

“He was always like that. One time, he came home and didn’t wash up and went to bed, so I scolded him harshly. He just sat in the corner of the room with his back turned and cried all day.”

Junho spat out phlegm. Jin Jaehee frowned.

“It’s completely different now. The Kang Jun-ho in your memories seems cute.”

“He was really cute. He was handsome. He was popular in elementary school. There were kids who would chase him around and come to our house. He has the genes. He could be a celebrity.”

Jaehee was indifferent to Zion's younger brother's praise.

“Yeah… … ? I think you’re better.”

“Candy-coated words.”

Zion ended up laughing. Jaehee thought it was natural for him to let it go since he was just passing it off like that.

Jin Jae-hee, who was sitting next to him, smiled slightly and said.

“Now I’ve really met you. My little brother.”

"huh."

“Happy?”

It was a strange question. Nevertheless, Zion answered.

“Happy.”

"hmm."

Jin Jae-hee took his gaze away from Zion and looked beyond the horizon.

This is a space of silence.

Although it was a space clearly separate from reality, natural phenomena were occurring.

Jin Jae-hee's clear eyes captured a magnificent scenery.

Buildings and debris were scattered everywhere, making for a mess.

Even the concrete buildings that were barely holding on were tilting and on the verge of collapse. The streetlights were bent and hanging precariously, and inside the bonnet of the scrap car, lush green leaves were sprouting from the engine room.

The city that was once filled with neon signs is now ruined and destroyed.

But the beauty of nature stretching across the horizon was eternal.

The spectrum of light and the eerie atmosphere, the sunset that filled the sky, illuminated the collapsed city center.

A man and a woman were sitting on the trailer of a truck where the sunset light was gathering. This place could be called the end of the apocalypse.

Jin Jae-hee asked.

“What’s next?”

When asked what was next, Zion was unable to answer.

There is no next time for the two.

Then they just went their separate ways. Zion answered with a pleasant smile and asked.

“If you go back, do you want to go back with your memories, or do you want to go back without them?”

Zion looked at Jaehee's profile. Her appearance, bathed in the sunset light, was shining brilliantly. Her lips pout slightly and she began to think. Then she soon spoke.

“Well, if possible, I think it would be better to lose our memories. What we’ve been through… …is more like trauma than memory.”

Zion nodded at Jin Jae-hee's answer. We've all had bad experiences here, whether they were few or many.

That couldn't be called a memory.

It's just a memory I want to forget.

If Kang Shi-on had not been the one who approached the 'Door of Truth' right away, he would have lost his memories and chosen to go back.

That's the right answer. I don't want to keep this kind of memory.

But Kang Shi-on's world did not allow that. Kang Shi-on had no choice but to remember, and he did not want to share this pain with Jin Jae-hee.

This is our farewell.

Kang Shi-on stopped frowning and smiled. He frowned even while smiling.

Are you happy? Or are you sad?

Jin Jae-hee looked at him in surprise.

“What happened earlier? Right?”

Kang Shi-on didn't answer. He couldn't answer.

At that time, Kang Si-on placed his hand on Jin Jae-hee’s right shoulder.

Jin Jae-hee looked at him on his right.

But Zion didn't show her his expression.

“… … I will always support you.”

"……huh?"

“When I heard your song, I really liked it. Even though I had no interest in singing at all. You know what? If someone who has no interest at all likes it, then you’re really talented. Your voice is good. It’s a voice that anyone would like. So don’t give up on music. You can definitely do it. The Jin Jae-hee I know is like that.”

Jaehee smiled faintly at Zion's sincere encouragement.

“Yeah. You promised. You were going to come see my show, remember?”

“If you become famous enough to perform, I will definitely go.”

“Of course. You’ll become so famous that you’ll naturally know about it. Then you’ll become friends with a really famous singer, right?”

“Do you have a favorite singer?”

“Yes. There are a lot. There are singers I admire, and there are people I really want to meet.”

“If you become too famous, won’t you abandon me? Well, you know, when you become really famous and rich, you start to reject your friends.”

“Even if the sky is split in two, that won’t happen. I will never abandon my friends. Especially my best friends. I will even buy them a house later.”

“That’s easy to say. How much does it cost to live in Seoul? Do singers make a lot of money?”

“I’ll buy you a car too.”

“Okay~ Why do you keep asking for things like buying me things? Give me free concert tickets or something.”

“Of course, the concert tickets.”

Zion and Jaehee laughed for a while.

Jaehee was the only person Zion could openly talk to.

Of course, the same was true for Jaehee.

We talked for a while.

Zion calmed his mind and said.

“You… … you were the first friend I ever made. So I hope that every single day of yours, from the time you wake up in the morning until you go to bed, is always happy. I will support you whenever and wherever. Even if you forget me.”

“You talk like you’re about to leave.”

Jaehee said with a snicker. But Zion only smiled slightly and did not answer. Then Jin Jaehee's expression suddenly distorted.

“You really aren’t.”

Zion realized that his time was up. He looked at the quartz reflecting the ruined city center for a moment, then looked back at Jaehee.

“… … Let’s go home now.”

"for a moment……."

Jin Jae-hee tried to reach out and grab him. But.

His appearance disappeared like a mirage.

At the same time, Jin Jae-hee also realized that he was in a different place.

* * *

The Absolute One, left alone at the gate of truth, sat at the bottom of the white jade stairs and thought.

It was the first time.

Those who have earned the qualifications of a puzzle but do not open the door to truth are such pitiful puzzles.

If he had opened this door, he might have gained knowledge of higher value.

But that didn't happen, and no puzzle was created in this league. The Absolute took off his mask and took a deep breath.

“Poor thing… … does that mean?”

The Absolute read the last thoughts left by Kang Shi-on. Why do you feel pitiful even though you are in the highest position in the universe?

Of course, it was more valuable because Kang Shi-on didn't open this door.

It's simple logic.

A person is given a choice between a wad of 100 million won and no compensation.

Of course, opening the door to truth cannot be measured in money, but if we really had to, it cannot be expressed in units of numbers used by humans.

Going back to our example, almost everyone would choose 100 million won.

But Kang Shi-on chose to have nothing.

It was a choice that no one had ever made before.

'A strange and amazing person… … .'

While she was lost in her own thoughts, a path opened up in another space.

The one who came out of that space was 102 with Kang Shi-on's face. He hummed.

“Disruption. Disruption~ Is this the end?”

102 was named so because it opened the door to truth in the 102nd universe.

The man who met Zion in the light was also 102.

We are currently traveling through the 65,282,636,518th universe.

102 approached the Absolute and tilted his head.

“What? What about Kang Shi-on?”

"doesn't exist."

The Absolute answered while wearing a black mask. 102 was startled by the Absolute's words and shouted.

“What?! No. Does that make sense? I worked so hard to make that puzzle!”

“What a struggle.”

The Absolute glared at 102.

102 was able to retrieve the completed puzzle, Kang Shion, from the light, but somehow he found the situation amusing and let him do as he planned.

The butterfly effect continued here. 102 said as if it was unfair.

“You said it too! I want to watch it once. That plan.”

Kang Shion's unfinished plan.

That was to stop the league.

The plan is simple.

Make Man-gyeong the most powerful force in the Korean peninsula, with the strongest defense and marketability. And fortify the city centered around Seoul.

In that way, Man-gyeong is dedicated to protecting the dragon.

Conquest War. Stops all rounds at once.

What is its effect?

That would make it boring for the 'beings' who watch this league.

A show that the audience doesn't find entertaining is bound to end.

In fact, Kang Shi-on's plan worked. Even though Man-gyeong became the most powerful force on the Korean peninsula, he did not catch the dragon.

So their league stopped.

Even the absolute being and 102 were amazed.

I would have thought that a lowly human being would think that far. But it was different from the perspective of the Absolute.

“It was a meaningless thing.”

“But it was fun, wasn’t it?”

"ha-."

The Absolute stood up from his seat.

Then 102 became very nervous.

The Absolute One said, raising his finger.

“You go back in now.”

At that moment, numerous glass chambers began to appear in the area. Inside these glass chambers were numerous puzzles.

The Absolute brought a glass tube with the number '102' written on it.

The glass case was empty.

102 said in surprise.

“Oh! No! I’ve only been playing for 1000 years.”

“Then I will wake you up again in 1000 years.”

“Ah-! Jaehee! Wait!”

“I told you not to call me by that name.”

The Absolute opened the glass case and threw 102 inside.

102 hit the glass tube several times and demanded that it be taken out, but the Absolute would not listen.

102 fell asleep again.

The Absolute looked around at the puzzle that would help the next league, and one number caught her eye.

1.

In fact, all the puzzles that make up this place revolve around 1.

The Absolute brought 1 closer.

This is the first league, Big Bang.

And the absolute one is the one who won the first league.

The person inside Glass Room 1 was Kang Shi-on. Of course, it was Kang Shi-on in the universe of the Absolute.

The Absolute slowly touched the glass tube and muttered to himself.

“Yeah… … . Actually, not knowing might be the best choice.”

The absolute being had one goal.

The goal is to piece together the puzzle to uncover the truth.

Puzzles are caused by some phenomenon in the league.

No, actually, the puzzle can be seen as this universe.

What the Absolute has recently discovered is that this universe is made up of a square puzzle.

I felt like I would be able to figure it out if I put those puzzles together.

The one who 'created' this league, without even knowing it.

The Absolute was also the first puzzle of the League.

But even if you collect and collect like that for hundreds of millions of years, you still won't know.

About those beings truly hidden behind the puzzle.

'Who could it be?'

Who the hell is that?

What kind of people do they do and where do they live?

Now, Kang Shi-on, who was going back, was extremely envious of the absolute being.

In the end, that was the right answer.

Even if you become a higher-dimensional being, you will still end up wondering about something higher.

Human greed is endless, which is unfortunate.

Lately, I've been wondering about the Absolute again.

Especially, this curiosity has been further amplified through this league.

-Am I really alive? Am I a self-conscious being? Or am I just living according to what others have instilled in me?

… … I don’t know. What am I?

The Absolute is trembling with curiosity and in pain, but in the end, he will hold a new league to solve this curiosity.

The Absolute brought the Earth into the primordial universe.

And then copied it and opened a new league again.

The Absolute holds the league again.

Created 'existence' and created 'manager'.

The eyes of the absolute being were turned towards a shopping mall.

The newly created Kang Shi-on was being handed a furis by the clerk.

'Until my curiosity is satisfied… … I will do this forever. Sorry, but I have to put the puzzle together.'

The Absolute smiled slightly.

This time it's reincarnation. No, should I do it with possession? What kind of situation should I create?

And after taking a deep breath, the league was held.

“With this.”

This is the 65,282,636,519th league event.

In this eternal pit of knowledge, the Absolute will experience a life that will never end, and so will be forgotten. An eternal life without end.

The way to eternal life.

(Continued in the next episode)