Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 259

259. A Break

Rembrary scrutinized the pigeon he received from Sagamjae. At first glance, it looked like an ordinary pigeon, but the more he looked at it, the more it seemed like a truly white pigeon.

‘What should I do?’

Should I try pouring divine power into it as if healing it? I turned a person who had turned into something like vinyl back to normal, so maybe this will work too? It seems like it might work if I think about it one way. But on the other hand, the purple-haired monster and Redrin have completely different power attributes and abilities, so it might not work.

“……”

“……”

But I promised, so let’s give it a try. While Rembrary poured divine power into the pigeon, Sagamjae watched the scene without saying a word.

About 30 seconds later. Rembrary was thinking, ‘Is this too difficult?’ when the pigeon gradually grew larger and transformed into a human shape about the size of Sagamjae.

“Oops.”

Rembrary was so surprised that he pulled his hand away, causing the figure to fall to the floor with a thud. But it was definitely a grim reaper, with his jet-black clothes and pale skin.

The grim reaper shook his head and staggered to his feet, leaning against the wall.

“Are you okay?”

Sagamjae asked, bending his knees. The grim reaper waved a hand to signal that he was okay. But he seemed very dizzy, blinking a few times before belatedly looking at Rembrary.

Rembrary reflexively smiled warmly, and the grim reaper awkwardly smiled back before offering his thanks.

“Thank you for saving me.”

Almost simultaneously with the greeting, a voice came from the living room, “Woo Yeon-woo? Did you fall?”

“No.”

While Rembrary answered loudly, the grim reaper mouthed ‘Thank you so much’ to Rembrary once more before disappearing in the blink of an eye. He had returned directly to the underworld.

“Are you really okay?”

Rembrary told the voice from the living room that he was fine, then asked Sagamjae.

“Is your business finished?”

But for some reason, Sagamjae was in a much calmer mood than before, but his gaze towards Rembrary had become even more subtle. Not hostile, not friendly, just a truly ambiguous gaze.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Rembrary asked, finding it strange. Sagamjae rubbed his chin awkwardly and muttered.

“You seem a bit different from your god. …I didn’t think you would come.”

“You were quite confident in asking, considering.”

“It doesn’t hurt to ask. …Thank you. For helping.”

“I was merely doing what is natural for a high priest.”

“!”

“But just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s not great.”

Sagamjae was surprised by Rembrary’s humility, but immediately after, the usual arrogant remark came out. But Sagamjae now found even that endearing, so he let it pass instead of arguing.

“There are more than one or two colleagues who have turned into birds. If I find them again, will you help me?”

“Do so. I am fine with it.”

Rembrary readily answered again, and Sagamjae really began to get confused about what kind of person this otherworld saint was. The god he serves has invaded another world, and a war between gods is imminent, but he still acts like a saint….

“But do you have a way to distinguish your colleagues? I can’t tell them apart at all.”

“They are a bit gentler than other animals. They also approach us first when they find us.”

“All animals are gentle to me and approach me first.”

“My colleagues will hate you, so you can think of it the other way around. An animal that is hostile to you is probably a colleague.”

This time, Rembrary nodded without showing any displeasure.

“If I find such animals, I will heal them.”

* * *

From the next day, Rembrary became very busy.

First of all, because the number of victims was large, he changed the premise of only being able to treat two people a day to five, after gauging the situation. Treating two people at a time seemed too slow.

He had already found a suitable excuse for it. He thought two people would be the limit, but after facing the monster, he thought five would be okay.

Fortunately, people believed Rembrary’s words, so Rembrary began to go around treating five people at a time.

And it wasn’t just Rembrary who became busy. People who had dyed their hair purple during the previous trend also hurriedly started going to hair salons to dye it another color.

Because purple hair and purple eyes began to be identified as the culprit’s characteristics everywhere. Even if they didn’t watch the news, the story spread quickly, and these days everyone was avoiding purple hair on their own. Even similar shades.

While everyone was bustling like that, Rembrary went out to eat with Shin Jo-woon and Jang Tae-ri for the first time in a while.

“So, are you really going to keep appearing on Hunter Survival?”

“I don’t know why everyone keeps asking me that. I intend to keep appearing for now.”

“Isn’t it dangerous? Now Yeon-woo doesn’t have to keep appearing on such shows, there will be many other offers, right?”

Throughout the meal, the three mainly discussed whether or not Rembrary should continue filming Hunter Survival.

But since it was a difficult topic to answer in the first place, the three eventually finished their meal without coming to any particular conclusion.

“Can’t we hang out a little longer before parting?”

Even after finishing the meal, Rembrary wanted to hang out a little longer with the three of them, but Jang Tae-ri said that Rembrary had to heal more people after sighing, so they parted early.

As Jang Tae-ri drove away, Rembrary had no choice but to get into Shin Jo-woon’s car to return. How long had they been moving like that.

“I couldn’t bring it up earlier because Jang Tae-ri was there.”

Rembrary opened his mouth while staring blankly out the window.

“I’m one thing. But why is Shin Jo-woon appearing on Hunter Survival? I still don’t know the reason.”

Shin Jo-woon turned the steering wheel and glanced at Rembrary. However, Rembrary, after throwing out a sharp remark, was already dozing off with his forehead against the window.

“Just out of interest.”

Shin Jo-woon answered without bothering to wake Rembrary. And after dropping Rembrary off in front of the accommodation. Shin Jo-woon got back in the car, but did not return to the restaurant or his house. The place he headed to was just an ordinary-looking building.

There seemed to be nothing special about it, but this was Shin Jo-woon’s destination. Shin Jo-woon parked the car in front of the building and looked up at it.

‘What should I do.’

The car was a perfectly static space without even a slight noise. Inside, Shin Jo-woon repeatedly touched and released the steering wheel with his fingers, seriously contemplating.

‘Should I go in now and create a new dog? Or should I just watch for a while until the world stabilizes, given the situation?’

* * *

Without knowing who was worrying outside, Nakru checked the list of awakened people drawn in through Hunter Survival and discussed their abilities and future training schedules.

At this time. Nakru’s B team leader, who had been moving his lips as if he had something to say, quickly interjected when he thought the meeting on the training process was over.

“Just a moment, one more thing.”

As the other team leaders stared, the B team leader opened his mouth with a serious face.

“Aegis was sighted in my area. I didn’t see it myself, but.”

“Aegis?”

“Weren’t they disbanded?”

At the sound of Aegis, the team leaders whispered among themselves. Aegis is an organization that protects the saint, but as the number of saints decreased, their reason for existence naturally decreased, and now it has become hazy whether they even exist here.

But in this situation, with monsters appearing all over the world and no intention of driving the saint into a corner, Aegis appears….

“There must be a newly awakened saint in that area?”

* * *

Meanwhile, while Rembrary was taking a break and leisurely healing people. The escaped ‘purple-haired monster’ was even more focused on gaining strength. And as soon as he gained confidence that he had become much stronger than before, he went around looking for the one who had cornered him.

‘He will be an obstacle to our work.’

However, it was not easy for him, who was not familiar with this world, to find one person, so in the end, the purple-haired monster grabbed a passerby and asked in a threatening tone.

“How do I convey a message to many people?”

The person who was grabbed initially tried not to answer.

“What is this, are you crazy? Who are you to do this?”

However, when the purple-haired monster turned the person’s cell phone into something like fluttering vinyl, the person belatedly panicked and trembled, asking without confidence.

“W-Well, wouldn’t you use social media?”

“Social media?”

“Yes, if you stir up aggro [provocation] there, people will flock to it….”

The purple-haired monster frowned. What is aggro again? What is social media? The purple-haired monster, who had difficulty understanding, decided to choose the simplest method.

“Among the people who use that social media, who is the best at stirring up aggro?”

“Huh?”

* * *

The purple-haired monster, who had heard about ‘the YouTuber who is best at stirring up aggro’ through threats, went to the place where the YouTuber often appeared.

―I don’t know exactly which house he lives in, but he definitely lives in that neighborhood. He appears frequently, so if you wait there, you might meet him…….

The purple-haired monster quietly waited and waited, recalling the face of the ‘person who is good at stirring up aggro’ that the person who gave him this information showed him through a small, strange object.

After several days of doing so. Finally, the purple-haired monster found the target and approached it.

* * *

―Listen, Mint Sparkling. If you want to save this aggro, come here two days later when the clock hands overlap.

A strange video was uploaded to the channel of a YouTuber famous for talking nonsense. It was a video of a foreign-looking handsome man grabbing the YouTuber’s neck and reciting a warning.

Since the video was uploaded to his channel, people initially tried to dismiss it as ‘that guy is stirring up aggro again.’

However, as it became known that the man threatening the YouTuber resembled the monster that was causing a stir these days, the atmosphere soon changed completely.

The police station was the same.

“Check the address! That location, address! Where is that YouTuber’s address?”

“Yes, I will check.”

Detective Kim raised his voice so loudly that the veins in his neck stood out, then cursed inwardly. Damn it. I was looking mainly for purple hair, but why did that monster suddenly change his hair color again.

Moreover, that wasn’t the only thing that was making him angry. Detective Kim replayed the video one more time to give the next instruction, and muttered in even more anger.

“Who is Mint again? Is he a celebrity?”

When a team member heard that and replied, “As far as I know, there is no such celebrity,” Detective Kim huffed and gave instructions.

“Find him! Check the list of foreigners who have entered Korea right now!”

At that time. The youngest member, who was watching the situation, cautiously raised his hand and timidly offered his opinion.

“Um… Chief. Isn’t that a drink name?”

“What?”

“I pity you for not knowing the taste of mint, I will change your sense of taste for a limited time this season!”

“Crazy bastard, what are you saying?”

“No, that’s the Mint Sparkling ad slogan…….”

As the youngest member stammered, Detective Kim shouted.

“Would a monster be crazy enough to threaten a drink with murder? Is that drink’s crime that he’s going to pop the lid off? No, there must be someone using that name!”