Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 295

295. Suddenly Famous

The staff stared at Youngju with frightened faces. What was going on? No one understood. Youngju suddenly bleeding from his eyes and mouth?

“Rembrary! Those red eyes! What have you done to me!”

As Youngju staggered backward, shouting, the reporters finally began to grasp the situation and exchanged glances. Rembrary! That trainee must have done something!

In any case, this was a golden opportunity. Lingering here any longer would be foolish. The reporters made their decision and quickly pushed each other out of the mansion, hurrying onto the bus.

“Oh? Are you here already?”

The driver, unaware of what had happened inside, was nonchalant. The main PD [Production Director], seeing people getting on, tapped the driver’s back as he leisurely took out a cigarette, tapping his foot impatiently.

“Let’s go! Quickly! Let’s go!”

When the PD even snatched away his cigarette, the driver started the engine without knowing what was happening.

“Youngju-nim, the reporters are escaping.”

Seeing this through the window, Youngju’s subordinate quickly ran to the puppet Youngju to inform him.

However, Youngju only cursed, wiping blood from his face, and didn’t answer. He was completely consumed by anger, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

Knowing that there were some Hunters among the reporters, Youngju’s subordinate didn’t bother chasing after them without Youngju’s orders. Instead, he offered Youngju a new handkerchief.

“Please use this to wipe yourself.”

Meanwhile, the reporters, having safely escaped the vicinity of the mansion, were in an uproar on the bus.

“Crazy. Seriously. We called him a psycho, but he’s a real psycho, isn’t he?”

“Didn’t we already know he was a psycho? We were stupid to let our guard down.”

“Right. We fell for his nice treatment…”

The reporters blamed themselves for lowering their guard because of the puppet Youngju’s hospitality, even though they had heard he was crazy, and they cursed the Youngju who only had a presentable face.

After a while, once the bus had left the ‘Singing Forest’ territory and they felt they had cursed Youngju enough, the topic naturally shifted to the person Youngju had been angrily cursing.

“That Youngju, he definitely said Rembrary something, right?”

“If it’s Red-Eyed Rembrary, it seems like it’s that rookie we were trying to cover?”

“Did that rookie put some kind of curse on Youngju…?”

“Right? It seems like a curse. Blood suddenly flowed even though he wasn’t even there. It seemed like Youngju himself didn’t expect it either.”

Once their initial shock had subsided, the reporters began to excitedly discuss Rembrary.

The puppet Youngju had been scary, so Rembrary’s name, which suddenly popped up in that situation, had a strong impact.

Rembrary might not have known about the situation and cursed Youngju, but to them, Rembrary was like a benefactor. Of course, they wouldn’t have gone there if they weren’t trying to cover Rembrary in the first place.

“Jungseo-ssi, is your neck okay? That Youngju earlier…”

Among all this, only one FD [Floor Director] was worriedly asking Jungseo.

“Yes, I’m fine.”

But Jungseo understood that people were excited, so she calmly answered, covering her neck with her hand without showing any resentment.

“I see.”

However, the tips of her fingers were trembling as she answered, making the FD feel unnecessarily sorry. It seemed like their lack of preparation had caused this to happen on her first shoot.

But Jungseo’s trembling hand was just a natural reaction. She was really okay.

No, rather than the earlier incident, Jungseo was thinking about the Hunter named Rembrary, whom Youngju had cursed while bleeding.

However, unlike the production team, Jungseo had one more person in her mind besides Rembrary.

‘Woo Yeonwoo. Rembrary.’

When Jungseo told Woo Yeonwoo about Rembrary this morning, it was just a casual action. There was really no other reason; she just thought that Woo Yeonwoo from when he had lost his memory and that Hunter Rembrary had some similarities.

But Woo Yeonwoo’s reaction when she told him that story was not normal.

‘He didn’t need to get that angry.’

Does someone usually get so upset and go into their room just because someone said they resemble someone else?

Woo Yeonwoo usually acted like he had some trauma about the incidents or events that happened when he lost his memory, but otherwise, he acted normally.

He wasn’t very kind, but he wasn’t that sensitive every day either. But this morning….

‘He acted like he had trauma. Why?’

Just then.

“Isn’t that right, Jungseo-ssi?”

The main PD called Jungseo with sparkling eyes.

“Yes?”

Jungseo, who had been lost in thought, was startled and asked back. Before she knew it, the main PD was right in front of her.

“That video from earlier.”

“I’m sorry. I was thinking about something else.”

When Jungseo apologized for not understanding what the PD was saying, the main PD gestured to the person holding the camera.

Then the cameraman quickly came over with the camera and showed the recorded video on the small screen.

“This one.”

“Yes.”

The video showed the scene where the puppet Youngju was choking Jungseo and then suddenly bleeding from his eyes and mouth while cursing Rembrary.

‘Why are they showing me this?’

“This part. What do you think about using it as a teaser video?”

Jungseo stared intently at the puppet Youngju’s expression, that look of anguish and disbelief, before looking up in surprise.

“Yes?”

* * *

Redrin-nim. Have you been well? I am doing well.

Shin Joowoon took my consent form as if he would get all the signatures within a day, but I still haven’t heard anything.

Still, my body is comfortable, the water is warm, and the food is delicious.

This comfort is engulfing me. These days, I think, oh, but do I really need to become a Hunter?

When I think about it, I don’t. If I stay here, I might be able to talk to Redrin later.

So, I asked Shin Joowoon, “How many early discharge signatures have you gotten?” and when he said he was still contacting acquaintances, I made a proposal.

“If you provide me with the same level of room and board for the rest of my life, you don’t have to get the signatures!”

Of course, I didn’t offer it for free.

“If you feed me, I will sing for you for 30 minutes a day.”

Redrin-nim, you know? My songs have divine power, so just listening to them is a great help. If you do dangerous things like Hunters, my songs will be even more helpful.

If it were the world I lived in, even the emperor would be so surprised to hear my proposal that he would run out without putting on his shoes.

But this arrogant shrimp twitched its tail and said something strange about not confusing him, then turned away.

How dare he! So these days, I am urging Shin Joowoon to hand over the consent form quickly again.

* * *

Redrin-nim. Out of nowhere, Jang Taeri-ssi came to me and asked, “You’re not going to join Worldboom, are you?”

I don’t know where she suddenly came from. She seemed to have heard something from Shin Joowoon.

Anyway, after telling Jang Taeri-ssi no, I told her the same proposal I had made to Shin Joowoon.

Then, when I said I would make the same offer if she was interested, Jang Taeri-ssi hesitated and asked.

“Sing a song first. I’ll listen and evaluate.”

When I was about to sing after hearing those words, I suddenly remembered that Taeri-ssi was a fan of mine when I was in ‘Woo Yeonwoo’s’ body.

That means she liked my songs, and if she liked my songs, it means that if I sing, she might ask, ‘Your singing is like Woo Yeonwoo! Are you Yeonwoo?’

In fact, I was almost suspected by Shin Joowoon a few days ago because of the swimsuit story at Sagamjae. But I can’t be suspected by Taeri-ssi too.

If people find out that I was occupying Woo Yeonwoo’s body, they might see me as a monster, so I have to be careful no matter what.

So, after hesitating, I decided to rap. When I asked if it was okay, Taeri-ssi answered very happily.

“It’s okay. I like rap too.”

Relieved by those words, I let her listen to my rap, but Taeri-ssi smiled brightly and rejected my offer… I’m feeling a bit depressed now.

Redrin-nim. Please judge objectively. Is my rap that bad?

* * *

‘What is he doing?’

Shin Joowoon came to Rembrary’s room because he had something to say, but he stopped abruptly at the strange sound coming from beyond the door.

“…….”

He hesitated and opened the door very slightly without making a sound. Then he saw Rembrary rapping enthusiastically towards the sky.

“Rembrary dances, Rembrary raps, Rembrary sings, birds gather, all kinds of birds gather! Chirp chirp chirp chirp! Birds also dance, dance, Redrin-nim dances the shoulder dance!”

‘Rap? No, a bird song? Is he singing a bird song now?’

Shin Joowoon was confused about what he was seeing for a moment, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again. Rembrary was still doing something enthusiastically towards the sky.

He tapped his ears and listened again, but it still sounded like a bird song.

‘Why is he singing a bird song here?’

Moreover, he seemed to be very excited alone, even dancing with his shoulders.

‘You’re the one dancing the shoulder dance.’

Shin Joowoon bit his lip tightly as he watched the scene.

‘What is he doing?’

Even Redrin. Isn’t Redrin that pseudo-religious Hunter group?

He said he wanted to join there. Shin Joowoon thought, ‘It seems like it’s not a complete lie.’

But even so, what is that… Shin Joowoon closed the door again, leaned against the wall, bit his lip, and muffled his voice.

“Oh? President?”

One of the employees, who was running up the stairs, found Shin Joowoon like that and stopped.

“What are you doing?”

Shin Joowoon, who was usually always relaxed, was clinging to the wall, biting his lip, and shaking, making the person watching feel embarrassed.

Moreover, the strange sound coming from inside the room was also strange.

“What is that sound? Is Rembrary-ssi rapping right now?”

“Does that sound like rap to you?”

“Yes? Well… it doesn’t sound like a song.”

It’s amazing that it sounds like rap to you. Shin Joowoon chuckled and asked.

“What brings you here? Did you come to see trainee Rembrary?”

When he heard the question, the employee quickly remembered his purpose and answered.

“Yes? Ah, yes. There’s a big fuss about Rembrary-ssi right now. I thought I should tell Rembrary-ssi… Of course, he might already know.”

“A big fuss?”

“Ah, President. Is Rembrary-ssi perhaps a curse awakener?”

“A curse?”

“Take a look at this.”

The employee took out his phone and played the video he had prepared in advance.

“You know the program that films promising Hunters, right? They say they uploaded it as a surprise teaser.”

Shin Joowoon, who watched the video, recalled Rembrary putting his thumb in Youngju’s mouth and muttering strange words alone. Really strange words that even Youngju, who was right in front of him, couldn’t understand.

“Was that a curse?”

“Yes?”

“No. It’s nothing.”

Shin Joowoon shook his head and pointed the direction of the stairs to the employee with his palm.

“I’ll tell him about this instead, so go. Anyway, I have something else to talk to trainee Rembrary about.”