Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 618

◈ 618. Somehow, Simultaneously

Rembrary reluctantly got into the car and said,

“Since it has turned out like this, it’s too late to chase after him. Let’s go to Jo-un.”

Secretary Yoon, getting into the driver’s seat, looked puzzled.

“Huh? To the CEO? Not following Hunter Gi?”

Rembrary pointed to Gi Seong-hyun’s car, which was rapidly speeding away. It was disappearing from sight almost at racing speed.

Secretary Yoon nodded in understanding.

* * *

As soon as Rembrary entered with Secretary Yoon, Shin Jo-un quickly put something into a drawer and closed it.

Rembrary walked in without a second thought and quickly approached him.

“Hiding food?”

Shin Jo-un, holding the drawer shut, asked back in disbelief, “Do you think I’m the kind of person who would hide food?”

Secretary Yoon, who had brought Rembrary, stood awkwardly by the door, watching Rembrary try to open the drawer and Shin Jo-un block him with his hand.

It felt like a subordinate caught in a workplace superior’s hangout with a friend. Which, in fact, it was.

“Should I leave, CEO?” Secretary Yoon asked, unable to watch any longer. Shin Jo-un, without taking his hand off the drawer, said,

“You have to report before you go.”

“I’ll do it.” Rembrary quickly stepped forward, but Shin Jo-un didn’t answer, looking unconvinced.

Secretary Yoon became even more awkward. *What is it? Does he want me to leave or not?*

Meanwhile, Shin Jo-un, realizing Rembrary was stronger than he thought, ended up freezing the drawer shut with ice and then let go.

Rembrary stared at Shin Jo-un with his mouth open.

“Aren’t you overusing your powers for personal matters, Sardine?”

“Isn’t it quite effective? And what does it matter if I use them personally?”

“Don’t you have any shame?”

“I don’t think so. More importantly, what brings you here so suddenly?”

Rembrary tried to open the frozen drawer a few times.

When the drawer didn’t budge, Rembrary reluctantly went to the sofa and sat down, saying, “I came to thank you for the Gi Seong-hyun matter.”

“What’s this?”

“And Gi Seong-hyun was talking about a Vice Minister named Morso.”

*Of course, there’s another reason.* Shin Jo-un chuckled and muttered, “Morso, as in the Vice Minister of the Hunter Management Bureau? Why that person?”

Rembrary looked at Shin Jo-un in surprise.

“Huh? You know him?”

Shin Jo-un’s chin lifted slightly, and a conceited smile appeared on his lips.

“I’m good at remembering people.”

“That’s unexpected. You didn’t seem very interested in people.”

“If you work at a Hunter company, you naturally have to know the relevant officials.”

Rembrary looked at Secretary Yoon, who didn’t know about Morso.

‘*Secretary Yoon didn’t know.*’

Secretary Yoon also felt unnecessarily gloomy. *What am I supposed to be if the CEO says that?*

But it wasn’t really a position to complain about. Secretary Yoon became depressed, took a step back, and greeted, “I’ll get going then, CEO. I think Mr. Rembrary will explain it well, but I’ll also prepare a separate report.”

“Okay. Thank you for your hard work today.”

As Secretary Yoon left, Shin Jo-un gestured for Rembrary to speak comfortably.

“Tell me in detail. Why did Gi Seong-hyun tell you about the Vice Minister?”

“Gi Seong-hyun may know this much, but Morso is a High Priest of the North.”

“High Priest? Redrin?”

“Not him. A High Priest of another god. I heard he was kidnapped. I don’t know why he’s working as a civil servant here.”

This time, Shin Jo-un looked a little surprised.

“Civil servant?”

“Gi Seong-hyun told me that Morso holds a grudge against me.”

“What grudge?”

“I don’t know. I can’t even guess.”

“90% chance it’s a grudge your mouth created.”

“I think Morso is just sulking alone. But since there’s a prophecy, I’m a little worried.”

“Prophecy?”

“Morso has orange hair. Although it’s a bit more reddish than orange.”

Rembrary, who was explaining, suddenly paused, tilted his head, and looked at Shin Jo-un.

“But Sardine, you knew Morso’s name, so why didn’t you say anything when the orange hair story came up?”

Shin Jo-un shrugged.

“You’re not officially a Hunter yet, are you?”

“Whose fault is that?”

“So, I didn’t think you and the Vice Minister would be related at all. And I’ve only seen him a couple of times. He wasn’t someone I’d immediately remember.”

“…….”

“What’s with that look? Didn’t you fail to recall anyone when you heard the orange hair story too?”

“I haven’t met the other High Priests often either. I communicated with them a lot, but Kkokko met Lumena-nim [referring to a divine being] a bit because Lumena-nim is close to Redrin-nim. I’ve only seen the other High Priests a handful of times. I’ve only seen the High Priest of the Central Continent once.”

“Why are you suddenly talking about the High Priest of the Central Continent?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Rembrary suddenly took out his phone. Shin Jo-un wondered what it was, and Rembrary showed Shin Jo-un the photo that Secretary Yoon had sent earlier.

“The orange hair is Morso, and the gray hair is the High Priest of the Central Continent.”

Shin Jo-un wasn’t so much surprised as dumbfounded and asked back.

“Did all the High Priests come here?”

“Investigate Morso and this gray hair a bit.”

Shin Jo-un sent the photo from Rembrary’s phone to his own and asked,

“To Gi Seong-hyun? Did you ask him directly?”

“I asked him. I even talked to Morso on the phone. But he wouldn’t tell me why he was angry until the end.”

“Why don’t you apologize and say, ‘That wasn’t what I meant’? That would probably work.”

Rembrary snatched the phone from Shin Jo-un’s hand and stood up.

“I’m going to Tae-ri. You can play with the ice by yourself, Pig.”

“Okay. I won’t stop you.”

“You won’t stop me?”

“I guess I’ll have to eat the meat alone.”

Rembrary thought for a moment and then sat back down in his chair.

“Don’t misunderstand, I didn’t sit down because of the meat.”

Shin Jo-un chuckled in disbelief.

“Really. I remembered one more thing I wanted to say.”

“Sure, you did.”

Still, Shin Jo-un didn’t believe him.

Rembrary was a bit taken aback, but instead of protesting, he said what he was going to say.

“Redrin-nim talked to Lumena-nim, Sardine.”

“Lumena? How?”

“Redrin-nim is great. After hearing the story of the Mirage, Lumena-nim said it was okay to use Lumena-nim’s name when persuading them.”

Shin Jo-un showed interest in the word ‘persuading,’ leaned forward, and clasped his hands together.

“That sounds fun. It’s okay to use the name?”

No matter what he was imagining, there was more vitality in his eyes than usual.

However, instead of explaining further, Rembrary quickly stood up and said,

“No.”

“What do you mean, no?” Shin Jo-un asked, puzzled by the sudden change of heart. Rembrary’s eyes curved into a smile.

“Seeing how much you’re enjoying it, I should get Dae-ju to do it.”

“What?”

Shin Jo-un stared in disbelief, but Rembrary had already left and closed the door.

Shin Jo-un stared at the closed door in bewilderment, but eventually couldn’t stand it and followed.

Secretary Yoon, who had just seen Rembrary off and was closing the door, widened his eyes and said, “CEO?”

Shin Jo-un signaled that he didn’t need to follow and went out of the secretary’s office.

He saw Rembrary’s back as he slowly walked down the hallway.

Shin Jo-un followed him and protested.

“Mr. Pig. Don’t you know that Worldboom and Redrin are in a cooperative relationship even without you? Why do you keep doing things your way in the middle?”

“Remember what you said first. Don’t you know that you get back what you give?”

“Pig.”

“What?”

“Be. Be a pig.”

“You’re telling me to be a pig!”

“……No, that’s not wrong either, but.”

* * *

At that time, as Rembrary was arguing with Shin Jo-un about his pig remarks.

Unlike these two who were half-jokingly fighting, Gi Seong-hyun was really getting chewed out by Morso.

“Hunter Gi must have the nickname ‘Bat’ among his friends. Isn’t that right?”

“……No, I don’t.”

“You shouldn’t spread stories about others, even among friends. But what are we?”

“……”

“Answer.”

“Superior and subordinate.”

“Wrong! A senior superior and a junior subordinate.”

“…….”

“And yet! You tell! The superior’s! Personal! Stories! To the person in question?”

Gi Seong-hyun felt a bit wronged, but Morso was not only high in rank but also looked very intimidating. It was difficult to argue back.

After about 30 minutes of scolding.

Finally, Morso, perhaps tired himself, gestured for him to leave and went to get water from the purifier [water dispenser].

But Gi Seong-hyun didn’t leave. After being scolded for 30 minutes, he wanted to satisfy his curiosity, even if it meant getting scolded a little more.

“What is it, Hunter Gi? Why are you standing there?”

“I have a question.”

“Go look it up in an encyclopedia.”

“It’s not about our world.”

“!”

Morso’s expression turned fierce at Gi Seong-hyun’s words ‘our world.’

He put down the water cup and stared at Gi Seong-hyun for a long time.

Gi Seong-hyun swallowed hard.

He had gone out strong with his curiosity, but he felt uneasy being stared at with such a fierce gaze.

Just as Gi Seong-hyun was thinking of just leaving, Morso put down the water cup and said,

“I’ll answer just one thing.”

“Rembrary seemed to have no idea why you were angry. He didn’t even seem to recognize your name at first.”

Gi Seong-hyun hesitated whether to ask, ‘Were you really friends?’ or ‘What happened?’

But before he could decide, the water cup in Morso’s hand turned to dust and fell.

“That’s not even funny. The name that came to mind when you sold me out doesn’t come to mind because you’re ashamed?”

* * *

Rembrary, who left Worldboom, went straight to the Mirage headquarters.

Saying he would persuade the vice president through Dae-ju was just something he said.

Rembrary had intended to step in himself from the start.

The employees of Mirage were working as usual when Rembrary, who might be related to their CEO’s disappearance, suddenly appeared at the main gate, causing them to look at each other in confusion.

‘Isn’t that Rembrary?’

‘I think it’s Rembrary.’

‘Why is Rembrary here?’

Thanks to the guard blocking Rembrary, the employees quickly calmed down.

One of the employees at the counter erased her personal expression and approached Rembrary, asking,

“What brings you here?”

“I came to talk to the vice president here.”

“Do you have an appointment?”

“No. But I think the vice president will welcome me.”

At the confident assertion, the employee exchanged glances with the guard and took out a small walkie-talkie, saying, “Please wait a moment.”

Meanwhile, around that time.

Shin Jo-un was also reading the report that Secretary Yoon had uploaded, checking people’s opinions about Redrin Company and Rembrary after the recording file was released, processing some important agendas, and then calling the vice president’s number that he had just learned.

Coincidentally, the moment the vice president answered Shin Jo-un’s call was the exact same moment that Rembrary, guided by a Mirage employee, was opening the vice president’s door.

[Hello?]

“So, you’re the vice president here.”