Chapter 2: A Day with a Strange Fortune (2) (2/2)
“You need to find out the truth! Sir Chi-Woo’s family is—umph!” The woman quickly covered the man’s mouth with her palm In fact, she had used both her hands to stop hied him out of the door
“Umphh!”
Chi-Woo watched the whole scene play out and scoffed in astonishment ‘What a show’
He was also suspicious of the wo theeous for the ot him out If she and the man were in cahoots, this whole situation iant of a ed away, could he?
“Where o easily like this Even if he had wasted his tiet the price of the ht there, miss”
The wo the
“Miss, I told you to stop”
She pushed her back hard against the glass door It hen the door opened half-way and the bell gave out a small chime—
“Hey” Chi-Woo discarded all formalities, and his voice dropped low “You deaf?”
At that“…Ah?” A startled look appeared on her face as if she couldn’t understand why she had stopped
“Yes! That’s it!” The rasp and shouted again, “You have the authority and justi-uain Chi-Woo brushed his hair back in annoyance His luck today was truly rotten; it was only fair for him to make these two bastards suffer as he had
“I can easily guess what type of people you two are” Chi-Woo glared at the ether to act out a skit and rip off money from people down on their luck”
“No! I’ed
“Shut up” However, Chi-Woo calmly cut off her words
“No! I’uy! Instead —”
“I said shut up Does it sound like a request?” Chi-Woo spoke in an authoritative tone
The wo cohtly faltered, and one of her aran to slowly fall
“Move it!” The ot up “Sir, wait I can finally understand your reaction a bit now And why did you stare at me like I was crazy the whole ti his , this situation will obviously be very confusing and sudden for you, but even then, there’s so you must know” The man finished quickly and said, “Sir, your older brother is a hero”
“He’s…what?”
“He’s the hero of heroes, the greatest hero”
Chi-Woo was about to say so at the ht he hadattention to Chi-Woo’s reaction, thesecret “And—” He repeated himself with a resolute voice, “Sir, you are also a hero”
A freezing cold silence passed between theht his breath with a stiff face, and the woled to recover his jaw, at a loss for words He experienced with his whole body what it felt like to beco The café was also quiet A few custo their breaths, and the part-ti 112 to call the police
“What, is he a hidden son of a chaebol fa a drama?”
Chi-Woo’s face reddened fro behind his back
“I understand, sir You probably think I’ain after a short silence “I thought that there ht be some unexpected circumstances, but…I hadn’t anticipated this in loo like an ordinary person without knowing anything”
“…Drop it, and make a decision for yourself” Chi-Woo cut hio our separate ways, or we can finish our conversation in the police station”
“Sir,about the coffee What I paid for the iced coffee” Chi-Woo indicated with his chin the plastic cup the man had emptied “Normally I would justall your bullshi+t”
Chi-Woo stretched out his hand as he continued, “Think of this as your last opportunity Give me 5,000 won”
The man looked at Chi-Woo’s outstretched hand in a daze “…No wonder I guess there’s no point saying anything more in this situation” The man responded with a bitter slared at the man as if she wanted to kill him, but took out a 5,000 won bill from her wallet
‘Will you look at that I knew it,’ Chi-Woo smirked as he saw the man take the 5,000 won froive him the money He took his time as he rolled his sleeves, tapped his elbows, and touched the 5,000 won Chi-Woo had enough He was about to snatch the ize if what happened today was unpleasant for you” Thehirabbed the 5,000 won bill and shoved it into his pocket “Don’t try to sca a hard ti to all beco and said, “You think I’? Then continue to live like this and kick the bucket You’ll spend the rest of your afterlife in regret” Chi-Woo turned away after giving the He didn’t want to be in the saer
“Sir, since you don’t believe me even after I said all this…,” the man continued with a face full of resolve, “I will show you”
“What?”
“I’ll give you a deain”
Chi-Woo, as about to pass the h
“I’ll do whatever is necessary to guide you, sir”
Chi-Woo planned to quietly part ways, but even till the end, this guy refused to stop
“I will guide you to where you should rightfully be”
“Crazy bastard” Chi-Woo snorted and flung the glass door open He took one step outside when—
Flash!+
A flash of light suddenly filled his vision Chi-Woo only noticed so twoin the streets disappeared
ed , and the space was surrounded by white walls with no patterns No er in the café, nor was he anywhere near a street
‘I was definitely…?’ Chi-Woo’s eyes widened as he looked back The café had completely disappeared, and there was now only white space ‘I need to be cal, but Chi-Woo calhts There were two reasons why this could have happened: he was either dreaardless of what had happened, he needed to wake up He was about to slap his cheek as hard as possible when—
“Sir, how is it?” A low voice rang in the space
Chi-Woo whirled around, shocked He doubted his sight as he looked at the giant ht? I hope you understand since this is your first ti, and when he talked, Chi-Woo saw that his teeth were sharp and pointy like a piranha’s
“But you will soon—"
“Who are you?”
“Sir?”
“Who are you, and where aiant rabbed a fedora out of thin air before placing it on his head
Chi-Woo’s aped open as he saw thecoat from the eht” He was one of the tindlers Chi-Woo met in the café “Sir, I told you,” the man with the fedora hat easily replied, “That I would lead you to where you rightfully belong”