An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 294

294. #53 – Misunderstandings Lead to More Misunderstandings (3)

Hwang Han-beom was a large man, easily exceeding 220 pounds [approximately 100kg].

Using his considerable weight, he forcefully shoved Jin Hee-sung, who was caught off guard, causing him to tumble off his chair.

Hwang Han-beom then clambered on top of Jin Hee-sung.

“Die! Just die!”

He began stabbing at Jin Hee-sung’s stomach with the knife.

“Ahhh!”

The fans screamed, shocked by the horrifying scene unfolding on the stage.

The fan meeting descended into chaos.

The bodyguards, having received a signal from Team Leader Kim, were already moving to intercept Hwang Han-beom.

The moment Jin Hee-sung fell, the bodyguards swiftly converged on Hwang Han-beom and began to subdue him.

Thud-

“Argh… Let go of me!”

The knife was still plunged into Jin Hee-sung’s stomach.

He tried to stab again as he yanked the knife free.

But the bodyguards restrained Hwang Han-beom, who thrashed and shouted, the knife still in his hand.

“I have to kill Jin Hee-sung… Let go of me, you bastards!”

Whack-

Thwack-

The bodyguards used all their strength to pin his arms.

Thud-

Eventually, Hwang Han-beom was pinned to the floor, completely immobilized.

There was nothing more he could do.

With his face pressed against the floor, Hwang Han-beom glared up at Jin Hee-sung.

Their eyes met for a fleeting moment.

Hwang Han-beom smirked, one corner of his mouth twisting into an evil grin.

Jin Hee-sung, maintaining eye contact with Hwang Han-beom, clenched his teeth in anger and pain.

“Hee-sung!”

Team Leader Kim rushed to Jin Hee-sung, who had collapsed on the stage, shouting his name.

“Hee-sung, Hee-sung. Can you hear me?”

He frantically checked Jin Hee-sung’s body for injuries.

Jin Hee-sung clutched his stomach, his lips twitching in agony.

“Hyung… stomach…”

“Stomach?”

At his words, Team Leader Kim looked down at Jin Hee-sung’s abdomen.

The area of Jin Hee-sung’s shirt around his stomach was rapidly turning red with blood.

“No… Hee-sung, can you breathe?”

Team Leader Kim desperately tried to keep Jin Hee-sung conscious by talking to him.

The stage was in utter chaos.

The audience was in complete pandemonium as well.

To try and regain control of the situation, Park Se-hyun, her hands trembling, began coordinating with the staff.

“Oppa.”

“No… Oppa!”

“Hee-sung oppa, are you okay?”

The fans sobbed as they watched Jin Hee-sung collapse on the stage.

Some fans cried hysterically, their voices hoarse from shouting.

Others began snapping pictures of Hwang Han-beom with their phones.

“Crazy bastard.”

“Hey, you son of a bitch!”

A torrent of curses was hurled at Hwang Han-beom.

Even amidst the chaos, Team Leader Kim remained focused on protecting Jin Hee-sung, cradling him close.

The staff also surrounded the fallen Jin Hee-sung to shield him from the intrusive gaze of the crowd.

“Hee-sung, can you hear my voice?”

At Team Leader Kim’s question, Jin Hee-sung’s pupils dilated, and he slowly blinked.

“Ugh… Uh-huh, Hyung… my stomach is burning…”

The shirt was soaked with blood.

With each blink, Jin Hee-sung’s vision grew increasingly blurred.

“Haa… Hyung…”

Jin Hee-sung’s mind began to fade.

Soon, his eyes closed.

“Hee-sung, Hee-sung!”

Team Leader Kim shouted, holding Jin Hee-sung tightly in his arms.

“Open your eyes, Hee-sung. Jin Hee-sung!”

A moment later.

Police cars and ambulances arrived at the stage.

The police rushed to Hwang Han-beom, who was still being restrained by the bodyguards.

The paramedics quickly loaded Jin Hee-sung into the ambulance.

Soon, the ambulance was speeding towards the hospital, sirens wailing.

Team Leader Kim stayed by Jin Hee-sung’s side, tears welling up in his eyes.

“Hee-sung… No. Hee-sung…”

Jin Hee-sung’s strength had completely drained away, and his arm fell limp. Seeing that arm.

Team Leader Kim couldn’t hold back the tears any longer.

* * *

“Hee-sung… Hee-sung…”

“Are you regaining consciousness?”

“Jin Hee-sung, can you hear me?”

In the pitch-black darkness.

A voice that seemed to be coming from far, far away.

Who it was, how many people there were, where they were speaking from, I couldn’t discern anything.

“Hee…sung…”

The voice grew fainter and fainter.

And the deep darkness also began to blur.

Ugh….

Damn it.

Although I couldn’t see or hear anything, I felt an insane pain in my abdomen.

Am I going to die like this?

Is this how I’m going to end my life….

Thud-

“No… I can’t die…”

I remember hugging the woman I loved most in the world, crying and shouting.

“No…!”

Whether it was because of this cruel world.

Or because of a harsh punishment from God.

I had to writhe in the pain of losing the person I loved.

What did I do so wrong to God?

How painful of a punishment did God want to give me?

Now, I just wanted to return to nothingness.

Death….

A life that others can only live once.

That’s why life is even more precious.

But if I just wait 10 years, I’ll be born again into someone else’s life.

And even in that life, I’ll only be able to live for 10 years.

I had to repeat this life a thousand times before I could leave this wretched world.

A thousand births and a thousand deaths.

Only after that would I finally be able to escape from birth and death.

If I am given another chance to choose after 10,000 years?

Without a moment’s hesitation, ‘death’.

I would choose not to live.

Because there is no reason to live.

There is no loved one.

There was no reason to struggle through this hellish world.

I have no desire to live.

Thud-

“How can you act like that? Did you even practice?”

“Are you even an actor?”

“You might as well just quit acting!”

Harsh voices directed at me.

At their words, my body and mind were shrinking more and more.

The reason I started acting.

No, why did Jin Hee-sung start acting?

It didn’t matter what the reason was.

I was living in Jin Hee-sung’s body now, and what I wanted.

What I desperately wanted to do was act.

And I wanted to succeed in this industry no matter what.

Thud-

“Ugh….”

I couldn’t move, kneeling before God.

Because I couldn’t overcome his immense power.

“Will you really choose reincarnation?”

God asked me the same question again.

Even after living for 10,000 years.

Even after receiving such a tremendous punishment, choosing reincarnation instead of nothingness.

It seemed to be a surprising choice even for God.

“10,000 years of hellish life… yet you will choose reincarnation…”

“Foolish one. Experience firsthand how painful the choice you have made will be, how you will live in hell.”

Thud-!

A fading mind.

What is it… am I dreaming?

For a brief moment, I rapidly relived the memories of the past and hell.

The nightmarish events flashing through my mind were so painful.

Ugh….

I writhed in pain and squeezed my eyes shut.

Wait a minute.

A memory flashed through my mind.

‘Reincarnation’.

10,000 years of life.

After that long period, I chose reincarnation.

So, I decided to live another 10,000 years.

10,000 years of repeating 10-year cycles.

During that time, I would live through infinite reincarnation, living for 10,000 years.

I am currently in Jin Hee-sung’s body.

But this time in Jin Hee-sung’s body was not included in the 10,000 years.

The moment I die in this body.

If Jin Hee-sung dies now… if I end my life like this.

From then on, my infinite reincarnation would begin.

The reason I couldn’t break the hellish 10,000-year loop and chose reincarnation.

Was to see the person I love, Song Yu-na.

So, I couldn’t die like this.

I couldn’t disappear from Jin Hee-sung’s body like this.

I chose this life, willing to pay any price….

I couldn’t face death in an instant like this.

Am I going to end my life stabbed by a knife like this?

Why me….

* * *

[‘Jin Hee-sung’ Stabbed at Fan Meeting… Taken to Hospital….]

[‘Jin Hee-sung’ Stabbed by Fan at Fan Meeting, Unconscious….]

[‘Jin Hee-sung’ Whose Fan Meeting Was It For? Fan Meeting Drenched in Blood.]

[Jin Hee-sung, Stabbed in the Abdomen… Taken to Hospital…. Police Investigation Launched.]

[‘Jin Hee-sung’ Fan Meeting Turns to Tears. Perpetrator an Anti-fan Disguised as a Fan?]

The internet was buzzing with stories about Jin Hee-sung.

It was shocking enough that a celebrity was threatened with knives and weapons.

But because it happened at a fan meeting.

The public’s attention was bound to explode even more.

The hospital where Jin Hee-sung was rushed.

It was surrounded by reporters and Jin Hee-sung’s fans.

Every time the hospital door opened and a hospital official came out, the reporters swarmed them.

“Please say something about Jin Hee-sung’s condition.”

“Has Jin Hee-sung woken up?”

“Regarding the patient’s current condition….”

Despite their questions, the hospital officials remained silent.

The reason they didn’t say anything.

The reason they didn’t even open their mouths about Jin Hee-sung.

Was because he hadn’t woken up yet.

Since the surgery wasn’t even finished, they couldn’t easily open their mouths.

The hospital, the reporters, and the fans were all waiting for Team Leader Kim to speak.

Meanwhile, in front of the operating room.

Team Leader Kim was trembling, his hands clasped together.

While waiting for Jin Hee-sung to come out of surgery safely.

“Team Leader Kim!”

Song Yu-na found Team Leader Kim in front of the operating room and rushed over.

“Yu-na.”

She didn’t seem to care at all about the reporters waiting outside.

She ran over without a hat or covering her face at all.

She probably didn’t have time to worry about that.

Song Yu-na asked Team Leader Kim with swollen eyes, as if she had been crying a lot.

“What is going on? What is it… why….”

“As I contacted you, at the fan meeting….”

Team Leader Kim had informed Hee-sung’s girlfriend, Song Yu-na.

And Song Yu-na had rushed over, abandoning her filming schedule.

“So, how could he be stabbed with a knife at a fan meeting? It’s a fan meeting… so they must be Hee-sung’s fans.”

She asked Team Leader Kim as if she couldn’t understand at all.

He sighed and lowered his head.

He seemed to have a hard time easily saying that the perpetrator was Song Yu-na’s fan.

But Song Yu-na, who had no way of knowing this, asked Team Leader Kim, pressing him for information.

“I heard the police investigation details. Why did he do that? What happened?”

Team Leader Kim hesitated, biting his lip.

But it wasn’t something he could hide forever.

Even if Team Leader Kim didn’t say it, everyone would know once the article was released.

“That’s….”

As he opened his mouth, Song Yu-na frowned and focused intently on him.

“That bastard… said he was Yu-na’s fan. But not just a fan, a fanatic… a crazy person. He was obsessed with Yu-na and Hee-sung’s relationship…”

Team Leader Kim briefly explained Hwang Han-beom’s statement from the police investigation.

And Song Yu-na’s face gradually contorted in disbelief and horror as she listened to the story.

“So… he stabbed someone just because of that?”

Song Yu-na barely managed to ask, stammering.

Team Leader Kim lowered his head and replied.

“Yes.”

“Haa… that’s absurd.”

Song Yu-na burst into tears.

Team Leader Kim simply handed her a tissue and tried to comfort her as she trembled and sobbed.

After crying for a long time, Song Yu-na leaned against the wall with a tired face and murmured.

“Oppa is like that because of me, isn’t he?”