Chapter 94 (2/2)
While he was filh a different exit Then I took off the mic on my shi+rt and called 112{1}
“I want to report a drunken driver It was a water bottle truck and the driver seeht now because of an event and soet hurt”
I constantly thought about it on my way here
Why did the truck charge into a vehicle-prohibited area?
I came up with three hypotheses
The truck was broken and couldn’t stop Though, if this was the case, then the question hy the driver drove into a crowd of people instead of turning towards the trees on the side of the street or so
My second hypothesis was that the driver was drunk and wasn’t in his right ht be a crazy person with a lot of dissatisfaction towards the world trying to commit an unspeakable crime
Which hy I reported him as a drunk driver Other reasons were that it looked like drunk driving, and it was the e
Soon, I was told that it had been reported to the police They said they would dispatch officers right away
I stood in the middle of the street and recalled the place of the incident
That time, I was in the middle of Yonsei Street, and the commotion was in the front, not too far away There was quite a distance between ed through the traffic circle, then the coer
Then there was a bigger chance that it came out from an alley in between
When I arrived, there was a pathway for cars to pass between the left and right alleys like a crosswalk for cars While there were traffic cones and poles set up so that cars wouldn’t drive out of the pathhen I touched theth At least there was a rectangular bar that seely filled with sand, but it felt like cars could still charge through it
I clicked ot a call from the producer
-Mr Sunhere are you? The cameraman says he can’t find you?
I thought about it for a second before saying,
“Producer, I saw a drunken driver up the street The driver seemed to be in a really bad condition”
-Pardon? What did you say?
“Worried that therearound for the car Err, just in case, could you gather the civilians’ attention? Maybe encourage a cheer?”
-Err… Mr Sunwoo, are you serious right now? It’s not a part of your concept?
He sounded flustered I would be the same if I was in his position
After I told him that I had reported it to the police, dazed, Producer Bae said he understood Not long after, I heard cheers behind me
While waiting for the police, I checked to see if there was a water bottle truck in either of the two alleys The alleys were complex like a maze While I did see a few cars, none were the one from my memory
During this tihed and chatted as they passed me I informed the civilians At first, when I told them about the drunk driver, their expressions asked, ‘So what?’, but when I told them about celebrities, they were instantly enthralled
Well, who could iine an incident that they had only ever seen on the nehere a car charged down the street into people? Even I, who personally saw it, wondered if it was real in that moment
Ti My chest felt stiff from nervousness
“Mr Sunwoo! I’ve been looking everywhere for you What was that about?”
The ca his camera
The h sound of an engine, a truck came out from the alley on the other side and crashed into the traffic cones It was an old truck ater bottles loaded on its trunk It was the truck I had seen
The people around itated bull, the truck crashed into the traffic cones and the delineator posts The powerless traffic cones flew out in various directions, and I saw those hit by the
“Wha-what the heck? What’s wrong with that truck?”
“fuck, that scarednuts?”
“Is that driver crazy? Hey, hey, reported him to the police!”
I still didn’t see the police and the water bottle truck was going nuts, going around in circles, before stoppinginto the traffic cones and the heavy rectangular bar Relief crossed people’s expressions
However, the real coun
da in at full speed
I didn’t knohat I was doing I had never rushed into or even thought about rushi+ng into a situation like this
But, when I thought about how the car would charge towards people once it started s as I recalled the last moment I had seen
I instantly approached the side of the truck When I grabbed the door handle and pulled it open, I was overwheledwheel Looking at his eyes, he didn’t seeht mind
Without the tied him out of the driver’s seat
“… So we’re going to stop the recording for a bit The recording isn’t the proble is a proble you that a big accident could have happened here! It’s crazy, police cars and-!”
When I turned back after finishi+ng my conversation with the officers, who arrived a little late, Producer Bae Junghas talking gibberish into his phone The other staffat me with expressions of ‘Just what happened?’
The Neptune girls were anxious and rushed towards ht faces were as white as paper
“O-oppa, oppa, are you okay? We felt like our hearts were about to drop!”
“Just what is going on… Are-are you hurt anywhere?”
“Stop standing there stupidly and turn around so that we can see if you’re alright!”
Iathered around ha was a few steps away fro, as she stared at h she was stricken with fear
To be honest, I was partly out of it, but because the girls’ reactions were so intense,the them, the mood relaxed a little
Hwang Jaehyun and the other celebrities cairls
“I heard you blocked a drunken driver charging into the streets with your body Is that true?”
“I heard you stopped a truck and fought with the driver Is that true?”
“… No If I had that sort of talent, I would have become a national athlete”
I said while exhaling the breath I had been holding in Mingling in their noisy conversation, I finally felt like the incident was over Only after I relaxed my shoulders did I realize how tense I was
Producer Bae hung up his phone and was about to approach me
“Excusethe cultureevent today They apparently have so to say to you…”
The floor director brought over the people from the event and an employee from the district office The o lowered his head to Producer Bae and requested,
“The mood is a bit uneasy because people are shocked by the incident just now If it’s not too much trouble, could the celebrities tell them that it’s fine and to relax?”
“Us?”
At Hwang Jaehyun’s question, the event organizer looked at the celebrities and me and continued,
“Since the person who personally resolved the incident is here and because you are all fa, then I think the mood will quickly calm down Would you consider it?”
“Well, saying so isn’t difficult…”
“If the et theto arrive soon and begin their performance”
An indie band A perforht of so
The reason why I decided to appear on this entertainotten due to the incident
I looked at the surrounding ca their surprised hearts Then I approached the event organizer and Producer Bae, ere talking with each other, and said,
“If we’re going to do it, how about Neptune perfor as well?”
The staff wereequipe as he ended his call Then he gestured to Jung Sunwoo and his cameraman, ere nearby
“We need to check the tape If you filmed the scene, they want us to send it to the newsroom”
When she heard this, Writer Song Yujin’s eyes widened
“The newsroom? It’ll be on the news?”
“Since there aren’t any severely injured people or anything, we don’t know if it’ll be as neorthy, but if we have the scene, then it’s an exclusive for us They’ll check the recording and deter in a news brief”
Producer Bae said with a still dazed expression
“The news is the news, but how are we supposed to edit this…”
Stopping in thought, he pointed to the cameraman and asked,
“You followed Mr Sunwoo in the end, right? Mr Sunwoo rushi+ng into the scene, how et?”
The cameraman handed him his 6mm camera and replied,
“All of it”