Chapter 113
Chapter 113
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 113
Chapter Title: Blood Demon Garfield
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“That’s…… really true?”
Song Seung-hun, who had been sobbing, stopped his tears and asked Hae-jin.
Whether he could really cure his mother.
From Hae-jin’s perspective, there was no reason to lie.
“Yes, it’s possible.”
“Re…… really?”
Song Seung-hun’s eyes, as if he’d never cried, cleared of tears.
A new expression took hold on his face once more, now that the tears were gone.
The ‘hope’ he had lost.
Hae-jin spoke to Song Seung-hun, who had regained his hope.
“Yes, I can cure her right now.”
“Right…… now……”
When Hae-jin said he could heal his mother’s cancer immediately, Song Seung-hun looked at him like a devotee who had witnessed a miracle.
Hae-jin told him they should go see his mother right away.
“Roughly mark the location where your mother is. And Team Leader Park Jong-pal.”
After telling Song Seung-hun to mark the coordinates of where his mother was, Hae-jin called for Park Jong-pal.
Park Jong-pal responded to his call.
“Yes, Leader.”
“I’ll handle Seung-hun’s case myself, so you can head home.”
He had sold information for money because of his mother.
What was there to say when it was for his mother?
Hae-jin just hoped Park Jong-pal would stop scolding Song Seung-hun.
Since Leader Hae-jin, who had provided the information, was taking charge of Song Seung-hun, Park Jong-pal didn’t make an issue of it anymore.
“Hmm, understood. Then I’ll leave Seung-hun entirely to the Leader.”
Hae-jin spoke to Park Jong-pal, who was entrusting Song Seung-hun to him.
“Well, you’ve already given him an earful before I got here, haven’t you?”
“Well……”
It seemed he had already chewed him out.
So what was the point of Park Jong-pal scolding Song Seung-hun further?
Thus, Hae-jin spoke as if to say there was no need for more scolding over Song Seung-hun.
“That’s enough, then. See you later.”
“Understood, Leader.”
After finishing his conversation with Park Jong-pal, Hae-jin looked back at Song Seung-hun.
“Seung-hun, have you marked where your mother is?”
“Yes, here.”
At Hae-jin’s question, Song Seung-hun showed him the address of the house where his mother was staying.
Confirming the location, Hae-jin marked the coordinates in his mind.
That way, he could teleport right there.
“Got it.”
“Yes.”
“Then let’s go.”
After saying they should go, Hae-jin placed his hand on Song Seung-hun’s shoulder and activated Shadow Blink.
Srrrrk-!
Hae-jin and Song Seung-hun vanished into the shadows.
Seeing this, Park Jong-pal remarked.
“Heh heh, it’s an amazing ability every time I see it. And to think you can even cure cancer, Leader. You’re truly remarkable.”
Jeong Soo-jung responded to Park Jong-pal’s words.
“Yeah, that’s why he’s so reliable.”
“He is reliable. It’s a blessing for our country to have a heroic figure like the Leader.”
Park Jong-pal called Hae-jin a hero.
It was inevitable.
Nor was Park Jong-pal the only one who felt that way.
Ever since forming the Villain Crime Task Force, Hae-jin had subdued crime across the entire world.
Already, countless people no longer called Hae-jin the ‘Massacre’.
There was only one name they used for him.
‘Hero.’
Srrrrk-.
The shadow of a tree in front of an apartment building surged up.
From there, Hae-jin and Song Seung-hun emerged.
Hae-jin, who had teleported with Song Seung-hun using Shadow Blink, said.
“Please lead the way to the house.”
“Understood, Leader.”
Guided by Song Seung-hun, Hae-jin headed to his house.
Upon arriving at Song Seung-hun’s house, a woman stepped out.
“Seung-hun, is that you?”
The woman asking Song Seung-hun if he had come.
She looked to be over seventy.
She was Song Seung-hun’s mother.
When his mother asked if he had come, Song Seung-hun replied.
“Yes, Mother. I’m here.”
“Who’s that with you?”
“Oh, this is my boss from work.”
“Oh, really? Goodness! Hello, I’m Seung-hun’s mother.”
Song Seung-hun’s mother approached Hae-jin.
Extending both hands, she grasped Hae-jin’s hand in greeting.
Hae-jin greeted her back, clasping both her hands.
“Yes, nice to meet you. I’m Park Hae-jin, Seung-hun’s boss.”
“How’s our Seung-hun doing at work?”
“Oh, he’s excellent.”
“Really?”
Song Seung-hun’s mother beamed, her deeply wrinkled face lighting up at the praise for her late-born son.
Her expression was so bright it was hard to believe she was ill.
Praise makes even a whale dance, but boasting about one’s child is an even greater delight for parents.
How could her face not brighten?
In any case, Hae-jin held onto the hands Song Seung-hun’s mother had grasped and silently activated his skills.
‘Perfect Heal, Perfect Cure, Bless.’
[Skill: ‘Perfect Heal’ activated.]
[Skill: ‘Perfect Cure’ activated.]
[Skill: ‘Bless’ activated.]
Perfect Heal to restore all damage and fatigue, Perfect Cure to heal all status ailments and diseases, and Bless to temporarily enhance vitality so her body could withstand the sudden changes.
Since Song Seung-hun’s mother was an ordinary person who might get startled by effects, Hae-jin used the skills so subtly that no visible effects appeared—no one would notice.
After casting the three skills on Song Seung-hun’s mother, Hae-jin felt relieved.
‘That should do it.’
There were no visual effects, but the target herself would still feel the changes.
Sure enough.
Song Seung-hun’s mother reacted.
“Hmm?”
Even without effects, she couldn’t miss the transformation in her own body.
Song Seung-hun asked at his suddenly puzzled mother.
“Mother, what’s wrong?”
“Oh, nothing. I just suddenly feel refreshed.”
“Really?”
When his mother said she suddenly felt better, Song Seung-hun glanced at Hae-jin.
Hae-jin just smiled faintly.
Seeing the two exchange looks, Song Seung-hun’s mother realized.
“Oh! I’ve kept my guest standing. Come in for a moment. I should at least get you a drink.”
“Oh, no need, ma’am. I just came to talk with Seung-hun briefly.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Hae-jin said there was no need for a drink.
He was just there to have a quick word with Song Seung-hun.
But a mother’s—and an elder’s—sense of propriety doesn’t vanish so easily.
Song Seung-hun’s mother said she’d be quick but insisted on getting Hae-jin a drink.
“Aigoo, even so, I can’t send you off without a drink. Wait just a moment.”
“Hmm, it’s fine……”
“It’s not fine for me.”
“Then I’ll gratefully accept.”
“Good.”
Soon after, Song Seung-hun’s mother brought Hae-jin a cup of honey water and told him to drink it. Hae-jin took it and suggested stepping out to talk with Song Seung-hun.
Once outside, Song Seung-hun called to Hae-jin.
“Leader.”
“Yes?”
“Did you just…… on my mother……”
“Yes, go to the hospital tomorrow for another checkup. It should be gone.”
“You…… mean it?”
“If you don’t believe me, get it checked at the hospital.”
“Ah…… no, how could I doubt the Leader?”
Song Seung-hun waved his hands dismissively.
Yet his eyes reddened again.
When Hae-jin said he had cured his mother’s cancer—something he thought hopeless—how could emotions not well up?
Tears began flowing from Song Seung-hun’s eyes once more.
“Thank you, Leader. Truly, thank you.”
Song Seung-hun bowed deeply in gratitude repeatedly.
Seeing him, Hae-jin chuckled.
“What’s with the thanks? And just one bow is enough. Goodness, a second one? Planning to send me off to the afterlife?”
Normally, two bows were for funeral rites, but at Hae-jin’s words, Song Seung-hun bowed once more.
“Ah…… no. Please accept one more, Leader.”
“Come on, it’s fine.”
“No, truly thank you. I sold the information you gave me for money…… I’ll gladly accept any punishment.”
“Punishment? I don’t have family, so I can’t fully understand, but if it was the only way to save your mother, I’d have done the same.”
“Thank you, Leader……”
Rather than reacting to the mention of no family, Song Seung-hun just bowed his head in thanks.
Hae-jin spoke to him.
“Anyway, that’s settled. Can I get that guy’s address from earlier?”
“Who?”
“Garfield.”
“Garfield’s address?”
“Yes, I want to pay him a visit since he’s so insolent.”
“Ah……”
Garfield was insolent.
Song Seung-hun knew what Hae-jin meant.
In a way, he himself had nearly been scammed by Garfield.
A Player committing fraud.
A Player committing a crime.
And society called crime-committing Players ‘villains’.
Who was Hae-jin?
The Leader of the ‘Villain Crime Task Force’.
Villains had quieted down for a while, but now that Hae-jin had directly spotted one, he seemed intent on capturing Garfield.
To such a Hae-jin, Song Seung-hun sent the address from Garfield’s SNS account that he had.
“I’ve sent Garfield’s address.”
“Got it. Then Seung-hun, treat your mother to something delicious today, and definitely get that checkup at the hospital tomorrow. Cancer patients have to be careful with food and can’t eat much good stuff, right?”
“Yeah……”
After learning his mother had cancer, Song Seung-hun had researched everything.
Beyond treatment, families of cancer patients desperately sought ways to keep them healthy even without hope.
In doing so, they learned cancer patients truly had little they could eat.
This wasn’t Hae-jin’s knowledge—it was inherited from Joo-hyuk’s accumulated experiences from countless regressions, meeting all sorts of people.
At Hae-jin’s words, Song Seung-hun offered one more thanks.
“Truly, thank you, Leader.”
“Sigh, enough already. Anyway, I’ll be off.”
“Yes, take care! Leader!”
“Will do.”
Hae-jin accepted Song Seung-hun’s farewell with a chuckle and activated Shadow Blink.
Srrrrk-!
Hae-jin teleported to the address Song Seung-hun had just sent—Garfield’s place.
Marking the coordinates for Garfield’s address and using Shadow Blink, Hae-jin arrived.
What he saw was a place filled with countless graves.
Amid them stood a single house with a chilling aura.
Hae-jin clicked his tongue at the sight.
“To think a guy living in a house like that offers cures. As if.”
Muttering that, Hae-jin recalled info on Garfield.
‘Blood Demon Garfield.’
Garfield was originally a Player skilled in poisons and antidotes.
But after entering a Murim-themed Trials’ Arena, he sprouted wings and soared.
Not in a good way, however.
He first learned the martial arts and poison crafting of the Sacheon Tang Clan, then joined the Blood Cult—a group with infamy rivaling the Demonic Cult in Murim—and rose to the position of Blood Demon.
That’s why Hae-jin had recognized Garfield’s name the moment Song Seung-hun mentioned it.
Sure, he was a guy who died midway through the Trials’ Arena due to too many enemies despite growing strong as the Blood Demon, but from Hae-jin’s perspective, a thought suddenly struck him.
‘If I keep Garfield, who becomes the Blood Demon, under me and use him well, he could be pretty useful, no?’