Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 275

275. What Can I Do If I’m Interested?

Despite it being dawn, Rembrary was already awake, surveying his surroundings. He’d been told to stay inside for 24 hours, so he wouldn’t venture completely outdoors, but he stuck to the windows near the perimeter as much as possible to observe the situation.

But the first person he ran into in the lobby was Woo Yeon-woo.

Rembrary’s initial thought upon seeing Woo Yeon-woo was, ‘How fascinating.’ He was used to seeing Woo Yeon-woo’s face every day, but only through TV appearances, pictorials, news photos, and reflections. He’d never actually seen him in person.

He had seen an advertisement featuring Woo Yeon-woo here once, but that was also on an electronic display, so aside from the settlement money [compensation for the body swap], he hadn’t felt much. But seeing the body he had inhabited with his own eyes like this felt strange.

“Why are you here?”

Woo Yeon-woo seemed to feel the same way, staring blankly for a moment before barely managing to ask the question, his voice trembling.

“Not the Demon King. So you’re Woo Yeon-woo.”

Rembrary said with a smile, and Woo Yeon-woo turned even paler.

“I asked why you’re here?”

“……”

That reaction confirmed one thing for Rembrary.

“So it was you.”

“What is.”

“The one who entered my body.”

Rembrary had seen Woo Yeon-woo’s appearance, but Woo Yeon-woo had no chance to see Rembrary’s. But the fact that he spoke as if he knew who he was as soon as he saw him meant that he had also seen Rembrary’s appearance.

As Rembrary guessed, Woo Yeon-woo immediately retorted coldly upon hearing those words.

“Why are you talking like you’ve caught a criminal? Who do you think made me go into your body? Isn’t it because you took over my body?”

Rembrary raised an eyebrow, sensing the hostility radiating from Woo Yeon-woo.

“Why are you raising your voice like that? I just said ‘So it was you’.”

When Rembrary was inside Woo Yeon-woo’s body, he felt sorry for the ‘real Woo Yeon-woo.’ It wasn’t his intention, but he felt a bit bad when he saw Woo Yeon-woo’s mother as well.

But that was only if Rembrary had unilaterally entered Woo Yeon-woo’s body. Woo Yeon-woo had also entered his body and done all sorts of strange things, so it seemed like they were even. He didn’t understand why Woo Yeon-woo was acting like that.

“Why am I raising my voice, you ask?”

However, Woo Yeon-woo looked at Rembrary as if he couldn’t believe Rembrary didn’t know, then looked around. Then, once he confirmed that no one was nearby, he strode over, grabbed Rembrary by the collar, and lowered his voice to snap.

“Have you already forgotten that you took my body? Or are you so shameless that you don’t feel sorry even knowing? Why do you think I’m raising my voice?”

“You also entered my body, didn’t you?”

“That’s different! I went there because you took over my body! Besides.”

Woo Yeon-woo’s voice became even more vicious.

“I heard you talking to King Yama [the ruler of the underworld in East Asian mythology] before, didn’t I? You said our world got worse because of you.”

“……”

“Isn’t it because of you that my world is in this state now? But am I supposed to laugh and greet you like, ‘Oh, hi, nice to see you in our original bodies for the first time’?”

Rembrary was genuinely impressed.

“You’re unexpectedly ill-tempered.”

When Rembrary was living in Woo Yeon-woo’s body, he tried to investigate the ‘real Woo Yeon-woo,’ but he didn’t have much success. But there was an anecdote about him being threatened by a member, so he imagined him to be a bit docile. But listening to him talk, it was completely unexpected.

Woo Yeon-woo gritted his teeth and released Rembrary’s collar. He had seen people get caught up in his way of speaking and become confused when he was in Rembrary’s body, so he knew that he would only lose out if he argued with Rembrary for too long.

Instead of being swayed by Rembrary’s words, Woo Yeon-woo only said what he had to say.

“I don’t know why you’re here. Just stay quiet.”

“What if I don’t want to?”

“I’ll tell everyone that you might be the cause of this situation.”

“Go ahead and try.”

“!”

* * *

‘That bastard, he definitely knows.’

As Rembrary spoke casually and walked away, Woo Yeon-woo was left alone, clenching his fists and seething. He hadn’t explained in detail, but the reason Rembrary was so arrogant was definitely because he knew it would be difficult for him to talk about it.

As Woo Yeon-woo had said to Rembrary, he hated him. He had taken over his body and lived as an idol, receiving love, and took all the glory of being a star that he should have received. During that time, Woo Yeon-woo only watched Rembrary receive people’s cheers and suffered the Demon King’s torment.

And what about after entering Rembrary’s body? How scary was the light green-haired woman who was Rembrary’s subordinate? What about Rembrary’s other subordinates? Moreover, that woman treated him, the victim, as if he were the one who had kidnapped Rembrary.

Demons? There’s no need to even talk about those guys. Those guys were really…….

Woo Yeon-woo went through all sorts of hardships while Rembrary was having a good time. Then, he returned to his original world and was relieved, but the whole world was in this state. Still, with the help of his brother and the Demon King, he was finally managing to live well. But as soon as that source of all evil appeared, Woo Yeon-woo couldn’t possibly like Rembrary.

Still, he was a modern person and had learned enough morality, so he warned him to stay quiet.

‘He definitely knows.’

The tightly clenched fist trembled.

As soon as he saw Rembrary, Woo Yeon-woo became afraid. Afraid that Rembrary would take back his place. Afraid of how people would react if it became known that Rembrary had been active in his body and had been loved by people during that time.

Rembrary definitely knew that. That’s why he was acting so confidently. Woo Yeon-woo couldn’t help but think so.

“Woo Yeon-woo-nim?” [nim is an honorific suffix in Korean]

As Woo Yeon-woo just stood in the lobby, a hunter from the training center, who had forced himself to rub his sleepy eyes after hearing the news of his arrival, called him with a puzzled voice.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes. I was just thinking about something.”

Woo Yeon-woo quickly managed his expression, smiled, and asked.

“Come this way. It’s too late now, so rest in the room I’ll guide you to, and then have breakfast with the director.”

“I’m sorry for the late hour.”

“No, it can happen when you’re traveling. You never know when something might fall from the sky…….”

As the hunter guided Woo Yeon-woo to the guest room and left, Woo Yeon-woo sat on the bed and fidgeted anxiously. In fact, he was afraid not only of people’s reactions when he revealed Rembrary’s identity. He was also afraid of people’s reactions when he didn’t reveal Rembrary’s identity.

Woo Yeon-woo knew that Rembrary was a very strong person, even though he acted crazy. And that face… Woo Yeon-woo was sure that his popularity would skyrocket among people in a short period of time, and he would establish himself as a famous hunter.

If his healing ability was revealed, he would become the world’s only healer, so it would be even more so. Whether he revealed the truth or not, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before Rembrary took this place, and he was afraid. He absolutely didn’t want to lose it to Rembrary, at least.

‘What should I do?’

Woo Yeon-woo thought carefully and made a decision. First, he would bring him to Nakru [presumably a hunter company], keep him under his command, and bury him so that people wouldn’t pay attention.

The fact that he came here meant that he was going to join a hunter company. Aside from hating him, he was a guy who would soar no matter where he went. So, he had no choice but to keep him under his command and thoroughly block that.

* * *

While Woo Yeon-woo was troubled by the unexpected encounter with Rembrary, Shin Joong-woon went out of the medical room and checked the test footage of the new recruits of this class. But…….

‘Nothing special.’

That trainee named Rembrary… He was a bit concerned because he used abilities similar to those used by ‘Woo Yeon-woo before he lost his memory.’ But surprisingly, there was nothing special in the test footage.

He understood why everyone was saying that he was a unique new recruit. As soon as the test started, he didn’t move a finger, and the opponent was afraid and gave up first.

But even that happened in such a short moment that it was difficult to judge anything, even though his ability seemed amazing. In this video, he didn’t even seem to have similar abilities to Woo Yeon-woo.

Shin Joong-woon was rather more curious about the second interview item.

‘Is his personality a bit similar too?’

The point that his words and thoughts exactly match, or his unfounded arrogance, is familiar. But…… that’s all. The unsettling feeling that he couldn’t identify was not resolved, so Shin Joong-woon turned off the video.

Still, just in case, he sent the video to Jang Tae-ri as well, but…….

[OMG, this is crazy. What’s his name?]

The quick reply that Jang Tae-ri sent was not very helpful.

* * *

The next morning, Woo Yeon-woo had breakfast with the training center director.

Normally, the director would not have breakfast with a guest who came in the early morning. No, if the other person wasn’t Woo Yeon-woo, he would have woken him up and scolded his subordinate as soon as he said, ‘Um, so-and-so has visited.’

But the person sitting in front of him was Woo Yeon-woo. He had awakened as the only healer and tried to save many people, but lost that great power, and then awakened as another hunter with destructive power. Moreover, he was a famous idol and the brother of Woo Sung-woo, who was no different from a first-generation hero.

Because of these various points, Woo Yeon-woo was currently one of the most famous hunters. Face, story, popularity, public appeal, skill, and background – Woo Yeon-woo had everything. Including the personality to take care of his former group, Wild Animal, even in this situation.

For these reasons, the director smiled so hard that his facial muscles cramped to maintain a good relationship with Woo Yeon-woo. In fact, he was thinking, ‘Let’s hear what’s so urgent that he came in the early morning,’ but…

Woo Yeon-woo also knew the director’s inner thoughts – that he had committed a discourtesy. But he couldn’t help it. He had seen someone who shouldn’t be there in the photo that his brother sent him in a text message, saying, ‘How about this guy? A new recruit who just entered.’ That’s why he came here right after finishing the commercial shoot.

“I looked at the new hunters you sent me in the mail.”

As Woo Yeon-woo opened his mouth, the director smiled and cursed inwardly. He came in the early morning. Was it just for that?

“As you know, Nakru is short on people right now. Could you send about three people with excellent grades to Nakru when they graduate?”

Did he really come just for that? The director cursed once more inwardly. Moreover, the new recruits still had two years left until they graduated?

For this reason, the director deliberately said words that he could have just passed over with lip service, saying, ‘Of course.’

“Well, I don’t know if it will work out. The best new recruit right now is a trainee named Rembrary, and CEO Shin Joong-woon also wants to take him to Worldboom.”

“!”

“Do you know CEO Jang Tae-ri? She contacted me this morning. She decided to sponsor a completely new face among the new recruits, and it seems like he’s a perfect fit.”

Shin Joong-woon. Jang Tae-ri. Hearing the familiar names, Woo Yeon-woo clenched his fist tightly and retorted.

“They’re not hunters yet until they leave the training center. I know that sponsors only sponsor existing hunters. An article a week ago said that trainees have too many variables, so they don’t sponsor them.”

“That’s right. It’s a new system that was created around five o’clock this morning, they say.”