Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 257

257. K-Healer

‘My memory cut off again.’

Rembrary stood blankly, rubbing his forehead. He was diligently patting his purple hair when suddenly, his head throbbed and he felt dizzy. He remembered frowning. When he came to his senses, the purple-haired man had already fled, and he was standing there alone.

‘This has become troublesome.’

Rembrary clicked his tongue. The purple-haired man was belligerent and a complete villain. It was obvious that he would cause more harm to people in the future, but he had let him get away like this. He was more worried about what would happen next.

‘Still, now that I know what he looks like, he’ll be caught soon. There are other Hunters, too.’

Rembrary tried to think positively as he put on one of the shoes he was holding, then found the other shoe he had thrown and put it back on. It bounced off the knife, but fortunately, the shoes were fine.

However, another crisis soon arrived.

‘Where is this?’

The taxi driver had run away, and he didn’t know where he was, where his house was, or where the filming location was. And the cameraman…

‘Ah, right. He fainted.’

Belatedly remembering the cameraman, Rembrary quickly dragged him out of the taxi and slapped him awake. If he woke this guy up, he could get to the filming location or the accommodation.

“Hello. Wake up. Hello. Wake up.”

However, despite there being no visible injuries, the cameraman wouldn’t wake up no matter how much Rembrary tapped him.

In the end, Rembrary left the cameraman behind and tried to call Shin Jo-woon and Jong-woo this time, but perhaps because he had used his phone too much while waiting earlier, the battery was already dead and the phone was completely turned off. He found the cameraman’s phone, but it was password-locked, so he couldn’t use it to make a call.

‘Seriously, everything is going wrong…’

With no other choice, Rembrary dragged the cameraman out of the taxi, carried him on his back, and walked aimlessly in the direction the taxi had been going before the incident.

—Woo Yeon-woo, where are you going?

—Woo Yeon-woo, please take the camera with you!

—Take us with you!!!

The viewers left in the camera shouted desperately as they watched his receding figure, but the voices in the camera were naturally not heard by Rembrary.

Completely forgetting about the camera he had thrown, Rembrary only focused on the cameraman and walked diligently.

* * *

“Hello. Could I ask for directions?”

The place he eventually found was a police station. The police officers kindly answered “Yes” without even looking at who had come in, but were surprised when they finally saw Rembrary.

‘It’s Woo Yeon-woo.’

‘It’s Woo Yeon-woo?’

Moreover, some of them were watching the Rembrary channel of in real-time. Of course, they had seen Rembrary leaving the camera behind and disappearing with only the cameraman on his back, and they had been excitedly guessing with others in the chat room until just before, asking ‘Where on earth did Woo Yeon-woo go?’ So they were even more surprised that he appeared here. No, more than that, the fact that he walked here meant he had fought somewhere around here?

However, Rembrary, unaware of what the officers were thinking, only readjusted the cameraman who was slipping down his back and asked.

“Do you know where the Wild Animal dorm is? It’s where I live.”

The police officers, who were marveling, ‘It’s Woo Yeon-woo, it’s Woo Yeon-woo,’ were taken aback by Rembrary’s question and asked back.

“Yes? Where is it?”

Rembrary interpreted that question as ‘Ah, I guess Wild Animal isn’t a famous enough group yet for them to know,’ and racked his brains to add an explanation.

“It’s next to Oh Jung-shin’s house.”

“Yes?”

* * *

Title: Woo Yeon-woo just visited our police station

Woo Yeon-woo sighting [썰] (Sseol) [a story or anecdote] ㅋㅋㅋ [Kekeke, Korean equivalent of ‘lol’]

I originally watched Hunter Survival, but I didn’t go into Woo Yeon-woo’s channel often, but this time, it was a big deal that he awakened as a Healer, so I was watching from the middle.

Since there’s no one who doesn’t know, I’ll skip the part where Woo Yeon-woo fought the purple-haired monster and left without taking the camera.

Anyway, Woo Yeon-woo disappeared from the camera [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] (kekekeke) [laughing sounds] I was wondering what to do, and about 15 minutes passed.

Woo Yeon-woo came here [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] (kekekeke) [laughing sounds] to ask for directions [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] (kekekeke) [laughing sounds]

Conclusion 1. Woo Yeon-woo is so handsome but so dumb

Conclusion 2. Surprisingly, he’s strong. The cameraman is big, but he carried him lightly on his back

Conclusion 3. He said he was hungry, so we ate jajangmyeon [black bean noodles] together [ㅋㅋ] (kk) [laughing sounds]. We also took a picture

—Conscientiously, write in the conclusion whether Woo Yeon-woo found his way home;;;

—Did Woo Yeon-woo return to the filming location? How did he go?

—Did they take him in a police car?

—(Writer) I contacted the manager, and the manager came to pick him up.

* * *

Rembrary, who barely met Jong-woo and returned to the accommodation, decided to take a bubble bath as soon as he got home and stick to the bed for at least twelve hours. In a comfortable and cozy atmosphere.

However, as soon as he opened the front door and entered, the cold atmosphere inside the house made him frown involuntarily. It wasn’t cold because there were no people. Everyone was there…

“Why do you all have such expressions?”

It was the atmosphere created by the members staring at Rembrary strangely from a distance. As Rembrary took off his shoes and entered, the members stared intently at Rembrary’s shoes, which were causing a stir on the internet, without even realizing it.

Jong-woo grumbled as he closed the door.

“They’re watching your broadcast, that’s why.”

“My broadcast?”

“You chased away the monster with a back smackdown.”

“You saw that?”

“Didn’t you know?”

“I threw the camera away? How did you see it?”

“I didn’t know. Somehow, the camera’s direction went towards you, so we could see it.”

“Ah.”

So that’s why the police officers had those expressions when he entered the police station. Rembrary belatedly realized the truth and nodded.

“Then what about the camera? Should I have picked it up?”

He belatedly realized his mistake, but it was already too late to retrieve it.

“The production team probably picked it up. Or a thief.”

Rembrary nodded, but he still didn’t understand why the members were keeping their distance, so he asked again.

“But what does it matter to them that I chased away the monster? Why are those children acting like that?”

The answer came from the veranda.

“It’s probably because you suddenly became a huge celebrity.”

It was Jung-seo. He was holding a cell phone in his hand, as if he had been on a call.

At Jung-seo’s words, Hye-gyeol nodded and gave a thumbs up.

“I just thought you were a weirdo. I’m so surprised right now. Awesome. Really awesome.”

Keshie also grumbled as he cautiously approached, feeling like he had overreacted, since Jung-seo and Jong-woo were answering Rembrary normally.

“You haven’t checked yet, have you? The internet is going crazy right now. Not just here. The ‘Korean Healer’ is in the real-time search rankings on foreign SNS [Social Networking Services].”

“Who is the Korean Healer?”

“You. Some countries have even issued breaking news that a K-POP idol has awakened as the world’s first Healer.”

Hye-gyeol chuckled and found something on his phone to show Rembrary.

“Look at this. They made a GIF of you dealing with the purple-haired monster.”

Rembrary was horrified to see his own back view, patting the monster’s back. If he had known this would be on camera, he would have fought more 멋지게! [meotjige – stylishly/coolly] Was he too practical in his approach?

People were having fun, saying ‘K-Healer style!’, but Rembrary felt a little gloomy because he didn’t think a funny image suited him.

Only in the evening did the members seem to realize that ‘Woo Yeon-woo, the world’s first Healer’ was the same person as ‘Woo Yeon-woo, the member who speaks like a king,’ and they treated Rembrary as before.

Then, perhaps ashamed that they had momentarily hesitated at Rembrary’s fame, they would put down their spoons and feel embarrassed from time to time while eating dinner.

“How strange. I was already famous before.”

“You were famous before because you were an aggro [aggravation] master.”

“Yeah, but now you’ve suddenly become a global hero, the hope of the world, something like that.”

Rembrary found it even stranger that the members were acting like that, but after the members explained it to him in turn, he finally understood the difference a little.

Then, as they were finishing their meal, Keshie clasped his hands together and muttered hopefully.

“If a lot of Hunters like you come out, will the world go back to normal?”

“Even if a lot of Hunters who are half as good as me come out, it will take at least 10 years, I think.”

* * *

Around the time they finished their meal. As the other members all left to take care of their own business, Jong-woo asked Rembrary seriously.

“Are you really going to keep filming Survival?”

“I have to film to make money. I need money to buy food.”

“You can make money just by healing, can’t you?”

“How can I heal people for money?”

“!”

Jong-woo was startled by Rembrary’s statement. After Rembrary said that he would continue to appear on Hunter Survival to make money, and this statement was broadcast in real-time, people were fiercely divided between the opinion that ‘Woo Yeon-woo is not going to use his Healer ability for money’ and the opinion that ‘Woo Yeon-woo is too dumb to even think that far.’

Jong-woo was clearly convinced of the latter. But it was the former. It was hard to believe even after hearing it from his own mouth.

“You’re so kind in such strange ways.”

“That’s why I have become a huge divine… no, a holy tool.”

“Hey, you’re an idol, what!”

“I’m a Healer now, aren’t I?”

“What does that have to do with it? Don’t say things like that even if you’re a Healer!”

“It’s true.”

“Even if it’s true, just think it in your head!”

“…….”

Does no one want to know how big my divine power is? Rembrary became gloomy, but

Jong-woo pressed his temples.

From now on, not only idol fans but also the general public who are not interested in idols—no, literally everyone, not only in our country but also in other countries—will pay attention to that kid. At least until another Healer comes out.

But if he goes around saying things like that, the country’s image… If I don’t control that mouth somehow…

In the meantime, Sa Gam-jae, who had made a phone call during the meal earlier, arrived, opening the front door.

Jong-woo was once again disturbed in a different sense when he saw the junior manager whose truancy had become a habit.

Recently, there were rumors circulating within the company that Sa Gam-jae was the hidden son of CEO Lim. At this time when the work of all entertainment agencies was paralyzed and LLL also had a rapidly decreasing amount of work, even talks of personnel reduction were coming out, but Sa Gam-jae was still going around playing hooky [skipping work/school].

“Hello.”

However, unlike Jong-woo’s frustrated heart, Sa Gam-jae greeted him calmly as before.

“I have something I want to talk about with Woo Yeon-woo alone. Could you give us some space?”

At the request that followed, Jong-woo involuntarily let out an [아이구] (Aigu) [expression of frustration/annoyance] sound. But he didn’t have the energy to say anything, so he just rubbed his head and left the spot.

However, it was fortunate that Jong-woo left the spot. Because as soon as only Sa Gam-jae and Rembrary were left, the atmosphere instantly turned ice-cold.

“What is it you wish to say?”