Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 316

316. I’m Leaving Here

“Rembrary. What was that just now?”

As soon as they returned to Worldboom after several warps, the Lion Lord released Rembrary and asked.

“What are you talking about? Gamjae [Grim Reaper], or the pale person next to Gamjae, or Daeju [High Priest]?”

“There was one more.”

“Ah, right. The pigeon.”

“No, there was another person.”

“Really?”

“Why, the purple hair you called Kkokko…….”

“Ah, right. He has so little presence that I keep forgetting about him. So, which one are you asking about?”

‘That purple hair has no presence?’ The Lion Lord tilted his head for a moment. ‘No way. It was a face hard to forget for anyone.’ But since this wasn’t the important issue, the Lion Lord decided to just move on.

What he was most curious about right now wasn’t the presence of that purple hair… but after much deliberation, the Lion Lord eventually just shook his head.

“I won’t ask.”

There were many things he was curious about. So many that he didn’t even know what to ask. Besides, he just thought the whole situation was strange. When asked to pinpoint what he was curious about, it was hard to pick just one. Moreover, what was important to the Lion Lord right now wasn’t those strangers.

“Thanks to you, I didn’t have to fight the Rotten Eyes anymore, Rembrary. Thank you.”

“Who’s Rotten Eyes?”

“CEO Shin Jo-woon.”

“Why are his eyes rotten? His eyes are so pretty.”

“Not at all.”

“He has nothing else to see, but his eyes are the only pretty thing about him.”

“Not at all.”

“Well. There’s a lot to see elsewhere too. He’s a sardine, but he’s handsome.”

It seemed like he and CEO Shin bickered every time they met, but he still took his side when he wasn’t around. The Lion Lord admired inwardly, then wondered if Rembrary would be like that even when he wasn’t there.

If he was curious, he should ask. As Rembrary strode towards his room, the Lion Lord followed him, asking.

“Rembrary. What would you do if someone spoke ill of me when I wasn’t around?”

“It depends on what kind of slander it is.”

“What if someone said my eyes were rotten?”

“Isn’t that true?”

“!”

The Lion Lord stopped in shock and betrayal, but Rembrary went into his room alone and closed the door.

* * *

Meanwhile. Shin Jo-woon was deep in thought alone. Rembrary urgently called the Lion Lord, so he ended the intruder situation with PD Gu, but he still felt uneasy.

The Lion Lord thought this was the end of spying on Shin Jo-woon’s secrets, but in Shin Jo-woon’s head, it was still ongoing. Should he silence the Lion Lord, or should he trust him and leave him alone?

While he was deep in thought. The secretary knocked on the door, came in, and told him a strange story.

“CEO. Someone from the Official Hunter Research Institute is here.”

“From the Research Institute?”

Shin Jo-woon frowned. The Official Hunter Research Institute was a truly official hunter research institute supported by the government.

It was a place that researched the suddenly appearing Awakened [people with supernatural abilities], whether there were side effects to their powers, whether there was a way to control Awakened criminals, whether there was a way to completely neutralize them, what monsters were, and what the difference was between human-shaped monsters and Awakened.

“Why are they here?”

“They say they want to investigate something related to Rembrary.”

“Rembrary?”

“Yes. On the broadcast this time, there was an opinion that Rembrary might be a dual-ability user. They say they became curious after seeing this. And this wasn’t said directly… but in my opinion, they seemed to want to ask something about the Healer Hunter.”

Shin Jo-woon answered immediately as if there was nothing to think about.

“Tell them no. Rembrary is just good at using his powers, he’s a normal Awakened.”

“Yes.”

As the secretary left, Shin Jo-woon stopped thinking about the research institute and began to worry about what to do with the Lion Lord.

But a few hours later. The Lion Lord was completely forgotten in his head.

* * *

As a man entered the Worldboom office building, the people in the lobby widened their eyes in surprise.

‘It’s a cult!’

‘Isn’t that a cult?’

‘Isn’t that the cult leader?’

It was because the person who appeared was ‘Daeju’ [High Priest] of the hunter company that was talked about in various ways in Korea.

There weren’t no religious hunter companies at all. Moreover, although they were a minority compared to general hunter companies, many of those few religious hunter companies were respected by people.

For example, in Korea, the monk hunter company ‘Hoguk Buddhism,’ to which monks were members, was very popular for shouting “May you achieve enlightenment!” when exterminating monsters, and the global Catholic hunter company ‘Vatican Exorcist,’ consisting of priests and nuns, was also very popular because the sight of them making the sign of the cross before exterminating monsters was like a scene from a movie.

On the other hand, Redrine’s image was that of a cult no matter how you looked at it, but it was also not an object of hatred, so it was very ambiguous.

When the religious hunter company Redrine first came out, people thought of Redrine as one of those cults. However, Redrine, which had never even been heard of, surprisingly had very good performance among hunter companies. Even though the number of hunters enrolled in the company was not large.

Not only that. The face of the president, that is, Daeju, looked like he would easily win a spot on something like the ‘List of the Most Handsome Men of the Century.’ He even does a lot of volunteer work on his own.

In addition, since Daeju’s ability was a unique one called ‘Miracle,’ it was enough to arouse people’s curiosity.

However, that curiosity was also a step back and was at the level of ‘Wow, look at those people. It’s amazing.’ When Daeju, the person of that curiosity, appeared at the Worldboom office building, everyone couldn’t help but whisper.

“Excuse me. What brings you here?”

Still, since he had to do his job, the guard approached Daeju, who was looking around the lobby entrance, and asked.

“I have an appointment.”

“Who do you have an appointment with?”

“It’s with Rembrary.”

The guard was about to take out the walkie-talkie, but flinched at the mention that Daeju’s appointment was with Rembrary.

‘A cult came to meet a cult!’

“Just a moment… please wait.”

The guard was momentarily flustered, but soon spoke calmly and quickly ran away, pressing the button on the walkie-talkie.

However, before he could even mention that Redrine’s Daeju had come to find Rembrary, Rembrary came out of the elevator first, shouting, “Daeju!” as if he knew.

At that welcoming voice, everyone in the lobby stopped what they were doing and focused on one direction.

‘Do they know each other?’

‘Looks like it.’

But whether others looked at them or not, Rembrary and Daeju just looked at each other and were happy to see each other.

Sagamjae [Grim Reaper] belatedly followed into the office building, and upon discovering the two, sneered in a stiff voice.

“Why are you so happy to see each other when you just met earlier?”

“Gamjae, you came?”

“I also met you earlier.”

“Let’s see our pigeon once.”

Two cults gathered and were happy to see each other after a long time. When someone who looked like a vampire, though no one knew who he was, approached them and held out a cage with a pigeon, the Worldboom employees who were watching became even more confused.

‘What are those three doing?’

* * *

Rembrary first took Sagamjae, who was holding the cage, into the room, and then returned Sagamjae’s colleague, who had become a pigeon, to his original form.

“Saint of another world, thank you.”

After the Grim Reaper thanked Rembrary and quickly disappeared into the underworld, Sagamjae said he would come again next time and went outside with the empty cage.

“Where did the pigeon go and you’re coming out alone?”

Daeju, who was waiting his turn in front of the door, asked, but Sagamjae ignored Daeju’s question and left. He was still annoyed with Daeju, though he had been lenient because of Rembrary.

Although it was embarrassing, it wasn’t something he couldn’t understand, so Daeju shrugged indifferently and entered Rembrary’s room.

Rembrary was looking around the room, checking if there were any of his belongings to take.

“What are you doing, High Priest?”

“You came to take me to Redrine, right?”

“Yes.”

“So. I have to move. I was seeing what I should pack.”

“Everything seems important? Take it all.”

“They were all originally here.”

“Ah. Then the High Priest’s belongings are……”

“This?”

When Rembrary took out his cell phone from his pocket, Daeju made an awkward sound, “Ah.”

“Actually, this was also received from the training center.”

When Rembrary added one more thing, Daeju made another awkward sound, “Ah, ah.”

“The High Priest has no greed for possessions.”

“I have a lot of greed for possessions. I just don’t have the money to satisfy it.”

“I see. The High Priest has no money.”

Rembrary recalled his enormous wealth in his original world and felt sad for no reason. If he had known this would happen, he should have brought some items that he could sell. He thought he could sell precious metals here too.

“Then you can just go with your body? Now?”

“Yes. I’ll just go say goodbye to Sardine, no. There’s one more thing to take.”

“What is it? I’ll carry it.”

“You can’t carry it. It’s a person.”

“!”

“It’s a lion. You saw it too, right? The one who was briefly there with me…… on the road.”

“The one with the mask?”

“Yes. That guy.”

Rembrary smiled contentedly, thinking of the Lion Lord, who had quickly warped him several times even though he was just standing still.

‘I must take the lion because he’s useful.’

And what else was there? As he was thinking for a moment, he belatedly remembered another item to take.

“Ah. The agreement!”

* * *

What to do with the Lion Lord, where to release PD Gu, who was currently frozen. Shin Jo-woon had many things to worry about, so he was playing Go [a strategy board game] alone to clear his mind.

“CEO. Rembrary says he wants to see you.”

As he was doing that, the secretary came in and informed him that Rembrary had come to see him.

“Tell him to come in.”

When Shin Jo-woon allowed it, the secretary left and Rembrary came in a moment later.

“What’s wrong?”

Rembrary came in, but Shin Jo-woon didn’t even look up and asked casually while only moving the black stone. He must have come to ask for grilled meat again. It was obvious without looking, so his voice was a bit indifferent.

In Shin Jo-woon’s view, Rembrary didn’t eat enough vegetables. He wasn’t going to grill meat until he had eaten all the paprika he had bought in a box.

However, what Rembrary said was a farewell notice that Shin Jo-woon had never expected.

“I’m leaving Worldboom. Give me my agreement.”

“!”

The Go stone that slid down the wooden battlefield stopped abruptly in the wrong place. Shin Jo-woon lifted his head with his finger fixed on the Go stone.

“You’re leaving?”