Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 109

< 109. The Superior's Purpose >

“Usually, you don’t think about it? Why?”

– Well, it’s because everyone has it. There might be cases where someone doesn’t have it due to circumstances, but you wouldn’t necessarily think about whether someone has it or not when you look at them, right?

“I judge people based on that first thing I see.”

– …Did you do that when you looked at me too?

“You don’t have it, Shin Jo-woon.”

– I do! I definitely have it!

“If you believe that, you’re mistaken.”

– !

“I’m the only one in this world who truly has it.”

Shin Jo-woon chuckled. There’s a limit to how much confidence you can have.

– Where does that confidence come from? Seriously, I’m giving you serious answers because you’re being serious, but it’s better not to ask other people that question. Oh, and don’t put it in your self-cam [self-recorded video]!

“How could I put such a sensitive issue in a self-cam?”

– I’m glad you know it’s a sensitive issue, but why are you suddenly asking that question?

“I’m going to meet my hyung’s [older brother or close male friend] boss, and I don’t want to get on their good side.”

– Is your hyung’s boss a woman?

“I don’t know, I haven’t met them.”

– Are they offering to be a sponsor?

“Excuse me?”

– Don’t do that. You shouldn’t do that.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Shin Jo-woon.”

– I don’t know what you’re talking about either. What are you up to?

***

After experiencing some confusion, Shin Jo-woon hung up the phone and clicked his tongue.

“He’s a bit kind, but also very crazy, a little cute, but very strange.”

The secretary laughed from the side.

“Was that a call with Woo Yeon-woo?”

Holding the phone, Shin Jo-woon asked awkwardly.

“Oh, yeah. Could you hear it?”

“You have a unique expression when you talk to Woo Yeon-woo.”

“A pissed-off expression?”

“Something more ambiguous…”

“Adopting a pet pig is this difficult. Sigh.”

The secretary burst out laughing at Shin Jo-woon’s joking words.

“Still, it’s good that you’re enjoying it.”

“That’s true. It’s good that I’m enjoying it too.”

Shin Jo-woon readily agreed and unfolded the documents.

“More importantly, are you sure the person who was attacked was Nakru?”

***

The next day was originally scheduled for filming, but it was postponed due to yesterday’s incident.

“Why are they postponing it? It’s not like it’s related to the production team.”

Rembrary couldn’t understand why the schedule was delayed just because someone was injured near the filming location, but Jong-woo replied sullenly.

“Someone died at the filming site. There will be talk if we just proceed.”

“They didn’t die.”

“Oh, they didn’t die? That’s a relief. But how do you know that?”

“I heard it through the grapevine.”

“No, which neighbor tells you something like that? I want to know where that house is.”

“Then when will filming resume?”

“I have to keep checking the schedule on the cafe [online bulletin board].”

Behind the two people talking, Tae-in yawned and staggered towards the bathroom.

Jong-woo clapped his hands in the air, urging the members.

“Okay, you guys hurry up and wash up. Don’t laze around just because there’s no schedule.”

Anyway, for this reason, filming was pushed back, and instead, Rembrary participated in the new song concept meeting.

It was said that filming a variety show right after a bad incident could cause controversy, so they asked for understanding and postponed the filming scheduled for the night.

As a result, the members who had other schedules such as practice gathered together to discuss the album concept.

However, because it was a changed schedule, the staff couldn’t take time off all at once, so the members had some free time while the staff coordinated their schedules.

Other members spent that time sleeping more, practicing, or running errands.

Rembrary decided to spend that time wandering around the hallway alone.

He wanted to seriously think about Woo Sung-woo, the man with the spear, and the man with the spear’s superior.

Woo Sung-woo said that the man with the spear’s superior wanted to see Rembrary. He hung up the phone as soon as he heard those words…

Rembrary didn’t think that the matter was resolved by hanging up the phone.

Perhaps the man with the spear’s superior would come looking for him…

The man with the spear had only met him once, but he came to Wild Animal’s dorm to find Rembrary, and when he ignored him, he came to the event venue on his own.

If the man with the spear was like that, his superior would definitely be even better at finding him.

‘Is Woo Sung-woo really Nakru?’

After pondering for a while, Rembrary frowned. He had so much to think about that his head hurt.

Thanks to his divine power, he couldn’t actually have a headache, so it was probably mental fatigue.

The only way to relieve this fatigue was to eliminate the source of the stress. But this was just the beginning…

Rembrary sighed and pressed his temples, suddenly remembering the cigarettes that CEO Lim used to smoke whenever he was distressed.

***

CEO’s office.

CEO Lim was sitting at his desk, reviewing the self-analyzed evaluation report of LLL Entertainment for the first half of the year.

Contrary to the sophisticated atmosphere inside the CEO’s office, a newly released cheerful song was playing on repeat from the audio connected to the computer.

CEO Lim flipped through the papers, and occasionally when a good song came on, he checked the song title and artist name and marked it, then focused on the documents again.

How long had he been doing that?

There was a knock on the door.

“Yeah.”

CEO Lim answered casually.

“It’s me, CEO.”

The reply was also casual.

CEO Lim widened his eyes and quickly turned off the music. What kind of answer did he just hear?

Soon, he frowned. There was only one person in this company who used that kind of tone. Of course, there would only be one person who used that kind of tone in any agency.

Anyway, CEO Lim frowned but told him to come in and closed the documents.

Then the door opened immediately, and Rembrary poked his head in.

“Hey CEO. Are you busy?”

“No, I was about to take a break anyway.”

“I have something to talk about.”

“That’s why you came, right? Come in.”

When CEO Lim allowed it, Rembrary quickly approached and sat on the sofa in the middle of the room.

CEO Lim sat on the opposite sofa with a half-resigned feeling and asked.

“Okay, what’s the matter?”

While asking the question, he was dumbfounded, thinking, ‘Which celebrity would come to their agency CEO’s office so casually when they’re not even close?’ but he didn’t show it.

In the first place, the reason he didn’t have a secretary in between and allowed him to come directly to him was to allow his subordinates to freely express their opinions without impairing their creativity.

In reality, no one followed that, but it was strange to argue just because one person was acting somewhat similarly.

Thinking that way, he could understand Woo Yeon-woo’s actions to some extent, so CEO Lim smiled gently.

“Give me a cigarette.”

The smile disappeared at Woo Yeon-woo’s words.

“A cigarette?”

CEO Lim opened his mouth and looked at Woo Yeon-woo.

He eliminated the secretary’s office to create an atmosphere where opinions could be freely exchanged, not to freely smoke together.

But what is this…

As he stared in disbelief, Rembrary wiggled his fingers and demanded again.

“Cigarette, cigarette.”

“…”

***

As soon as Jong-woo found a scenario that would suit Jung-seo, he quickly checked the audition schedule and called the production company to see if there was an internal candidate. This was perfect for Jung-seo. He was anxious.

At that time, CEO Lim was seen approaching quickly.

Oh, why does he have to come now? Jong-woo thought to himself, “Yes. Then at that time…” and cut off the words appropriately.

Then he couldn’t continue the rest of the words and opened his mouth.

Rembrary was being grabbed by the back of the neck by CEO Lim.

Seeing that both of them had very sullen expressions, it seemed like there was some kind of trouble,

“Yes, thank you,” Jong-woo hurriedly hung up the phone and called out in surprise, “CEO?”

“Jong-woo.”

CEO Lim came to Jong-woo and handed Rembrary over to Jong-woo like a piece of luggage.

“Yes, yes.”

Jong-woo received Rembrary in a daze.

Rembrary was handed over to Jong-woo with a sullen expression, then slipped away and stepped back three steps from the two.

CEO Lim looked at Rembrary, sighed, and said heavily.

“It seems like we need to have that class too.”

“That?”

“Common sense, etiquette.”

“Ah.”

Something must have happened. Jong-woo immediately understood half of the situation.

CEO Lim raised his voice and spoke not only to Jong-woo but also to the other team leaders sitting nearby.

“Everyone, find a good teacher. I want to educate not only Yeon-woo but also everyone overall.”

Meanwhile, Jong-woo questioned Rembrary in a small voice.

“Did you make a mistake? Why are you being caught directly by the CEO?”

“Not really, I just asked for a cigarette.”

“Do you smoke?”

“No, that’s not it.”

“Then why a cigarette?”

“I had something to think about. I was just going to keep it for a while.”

“You idiot! Why ask for a cigarette if you don’t even smoke?”

“Isn’t that the same for CEO Lim?”

“The CEO is quitting smoking! How can you go and ask for a cigarette!”

“That’s what I’m saying. CEO Lim has a lot of cigarettes that he doesn’t even smoke.”

Jong-woo sighed, holding the back of his neck at Rembrary’s assertion, which had its own clear logic.

“Hoo…”

On the other hand, Rembrary closed his mouth with a sullen expression.

In his world, there was no rule that a priest couldn’t smoke. There was no story that you shouldn’t get a cigarette from your boss.

But CEO Lim has a lot of cigarettes, and he doesn’t even smoke them. Is it such a big deal to get one cigarette from the pile of cigarettes he doesn’t smoke?

It’s not like he threatened to give it to him, he just asked? If he doesn’t give it, he doesn’t give it, but did he have to grab the back of his neck and drag people away?

Rembrary repeatedly thought that the common sense of this world was a bit strange.

Jong-woo thought that Rembrary’s common sense was very strange.

It was then. Rembrary’s phone started vibrating.

Rembrary stopped expressing the values of a person from a hierarchical other world and picked up his phone to check who was calling.

The person on the screen was Woo Sung-woo. Rembrary’s brow furrowed reflexively.

“Who is it? Someone you don’t want to answer?”

“Hyung? Ah… that hyung with the secret of birth?”

“Annoying.”

“No, well, it’s not that annoying.”

Jong-woo was about to appease Rembrary, but he remembered that Rembrary’s hyung had left Rembrary, who had lost his memory, and interrogated him, saying he wasn’t his brother, and nodded.

Well, even if the secret of birth is like that, a hyung who asks his memory-lost brother who he is definitely seemed strange.

“That’s right. Annoying.”

As Jong-woo agreed, Rembrary said that’s right and immediately hung up the phone.

“No, you just hang up.”

“It’s okay.”

However, the ringtone rang again in less than 30 seconds. When he checked, it was Woo Sung-woo again.

Rembrary tried not to answer this time as well, but Jong-woo subtly gave him a look that it would be better to answer.

Jong-woo had seen celebrities go through trouble with family issues several times. Moreover, if there was a rift between family members, people often cursed at the celebrity, no matter who was at fault. Even if the family made a mistake, they clicked their tongues, saying that they were being heartless to their family anyway.

He had heard these stories often, so he was advising Rembrary to answer the phone.

Rembrary eventually answered the phone and said sullenly.

“Why are you doing this?”

– Hello.

But the voice coming from the receiver was unfamiliar.

– Are you Yeon-woo?

Moreover, the soft voice mixed with laughter was a woman’s. It was definitely not Woo Sung-woo.

“Who are you?”

As Rembrary asked sullenly, the woman chuckled softly.

– Didn’t Sung-woo tell you about me?

“?”

– I wanted to meet you once.

Rembrary was startled. The only person who conveyed the intention to meet through Woo Sung-woo was the superior of the man with the spear. Is it that superior?

Flustered, Rembrary quickly pretended to be busy.

“I’m a bit busy.”

As he had told Woo Sung-woo, he didn’t want to meet people from the man with the spear’s side as much as possible.

However, the voice coming from the receiver quickly blocked Rembrary’s refusal.

– Wouldn’t it be annoying if your phone call history was revealed?

Rembrary recalled the man with the spear’s phone that the black hat had picked up. So Nakru had recovered it!

– If you’re busy, let’s just talk on the phone for 5 minutes. That’s okay too.

While Rembrary was momentarily stunned, the woman on the other side of the phone suggested again.

Rembrary looked around.

Jong-woo was watching with concern. Seeing that Rembrary’s expression didn’t look good, he asked with his lips, ‘Why?’ when their eyes met.

Rembrary shook his head, put the phone to his ear, went outside, and stopped in a deserted place.

“Why did you want to see me?”