Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 632

◈ 632. Cell Phone Thief

Jang Tae-ri was momentarily taken aback, not expecting to run into Woo Sung-woo here.

“Why are you here…?”

Soon, she frowned, recalling the news she had heard about him recently.

“Mr. Woo Sung-woo, didn’t you join forces with the demons?”

Woo Sung-woo shrugged and showed her the broom he was holding. It looked exactly like the one Jang Tae-ri had.

“Are you saying you’re in the same boat as me?”

“Something like that.”

“It’s not the same. I didn’t join forces with the demons.”

Woo Sung-woo shrugged again.

“It’s not like I grabbed their hands because I liked them.”

Jang Tae-ri didn’t entertain his words, unsure if he was joking or serious. She asked in a sharp voice,

“Do you know how much Woo Yeon-woo is suffering?”

Woo Sung-woo flinched and muttered with a sigh,

“It seems like you have a grudge against me, Ms. Jang?”

“Of course. The person we teamed up with to fight the demons suddenly sided with them. In many ways, yes. I also don’t like how Woo Yeon-woo and Rembrary have been having a hard time since you, who had a big voice in Nakru, left.”

Woo Sung-woo smiled bitterly.

“I didn’t have much of a choice either. I was trapped in the dungeon. I had to find a way to do something.”

“And that way was to join forces with the demons? I don’t know what good that choice has done yet.”

“Why, you know.”

“?”

“At least I passed on information.”

The information Woo Sung-woo was talking about was probably that the third chaos would come when the pillars were all destroyed.

Jang Tae-ri suppressed the urge to argue and hesitated before agreeing.

Indeed. The information he gave was worth it. Even after hearing that information, Rembrary is still going the same way as before.

“That’s true.”

Jang Tae-ri narrowed her eyes.

“But even though you joined forces with them, do the demons trust you? Aren’t you being too obvious talking to me right now?”

“They probably don’t trust me. But it’s okay. They didn’t trust me from the start, so I don’t have to worry about them.”

Jang Tae-ri sat weakly on a nearby bench and shook the broom like she was wielding a weapon.

Being in this situation seemed to sap her motivation.

Woo Sung-woo looked at Jang Tae-ri and asked,

“Why did you suddenly rush to grab Noir by the collar earlier?”

“My cell phone disappeared.”

Jang Tae-ri, who had temporarily forgotten about her cell phone while talking to Woo Sung-woo, felt a surge of anxiety again and covered her head with one hand.

“Ah. Seriously. What should I do? My cell phone. The demons must be the culprits, right? They must have stolen it for some reason.”

She didn’t say that expecting any opinion or help from Woo Sung-woo.

She was just trying to suppress her frustration, and it just happened that she was talking to Woo Sung-woo next to her.

“Should I find out for you?”

Unexpectedly, Woo Sung-woo made this suggestion.

‘What can you do?’ Jang Tae-ri looked at Woo Sung-woo with disbelief.

At her blatant rejection, Woo Sung-woo’s shoulders slumped, and he muttered,

“I told you earlier that the only way I could do anything was to join forces with the demons. I’ll still be able to do more than you, Ms. Jang.”

When the explanation was over, Jang Tae-ri quickly put on a trustworthy smile and held out her hand.

“Great. Then please help me.”

When Woo Sung-woo didn’t take her hand and stared at her, Jang Tae-ri quickly added,

“If you help me this time, when you break ties with the demons and come back later, I’ll be on your side. How about it?”

“Sounds good.”

The deal was done. Only then did Woo Sung-woo nod and shake hands with Jang Tae-ri.

* * *

As soon as day broke, Rembrary packed his bags lightly and woke up Woo Yeon-woo.

“Yeon-woo, wake up.”

“Huh? Now?”

Rembrary handed the car keys to Woo Yeon-woo, who woke up in a daze, and asked,

“Drop me off in front of Dungeon 1-4.”

Woo Yeon-woo looked down at the car keys while hugging the blanket, then rolled his eyes and looked at the clock.

Woo Yeon-woo’s expression quickly soured as he looked back and forth between the clock showing 5 a.m. and Rembrary.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m going to look for Tae-ri.”

However, the rising anger subsided when Jang Tae-ri’s name was mentioned.

Woo Yeon-woo kicked off the blanket and got up, even though he was grumbling about the annoying request.

Yesterday, all the TV, radio, and news were about Rembrary.

The media mocked Rembrary’s failure, and the atmosphere at home was gloomy as they listened to the story of Rembrary’s failure.

The news said that Rembrary had abandoned Jang Tae-ri, and Rembrary didn’t come home right away after failing in the dungeon. It was so uncomfortable.

Even last night, Rembrary came home late and went to his room to wash and sleep without saying anything.

His complexion was the same as usual, but the situation was what it was, so he couldn’t help but be concerned.

But here, Rembrary mentions Jang Tae-ri’s name, so how can he refuse?

“Wait 10 minutes. Let me wash my face.”

Woo Yeon-woo, grumbling, went into the bathroom, quickly washed his face with cold water to wake himself up, quickly brushed his teeth, and went out.

Rembrary was sitting on the bed, but when Woo Yeon-woo came out, he immediately stood up.

“Let’s go.”

As he was going down the stairs ahead, Woo Yeon-woo asked nonchalantly.

“But is it okay to go without telling the family?”

“What do you mean?”

“Your news was no joke yesterday. Everyone was worried.”

“Ah. Tell them for me. I’ll tell you on the way.”

“Can’t you tell them yourself?”

“I have to go quickly.”

Rembrary took Woo Yeon-woo, who was dragging his feet, and all but threw him into the driver’s seat, then quickly grabbed his bag and sat in the passenger seat.

“Why aren’t you driving yourself for once?”

“Every time I come out of the dungeon, reporters are camped out. Then it’s hard to get to the parked car.”

While Woo Yeon-woo started the engine and smoothly pulled the car out, Rembrary checked the time on his cell phone.

“Can you clear the dungeon this time?”

“I’ll have to try.”

“How did Jang Tae-ri not get out?”

“The demons put me and Tae-ri in different dungeons.”

“What? Really?”

“Besides, they deliberately captured Tae-ri by making the escape condition something she couldn’t do.”

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

“It was a bet that didn’t involve her life, so she’ll be safe.”

Woo Yeon-woo felt goosebumps all over and kept stroking the back of his hand.

“Why couldn’t you clear the dungeon?”

“Two demons rushed at me. Before, they seemed to want me to clear the dungeon, but what are they up to this time? Anyway, that’s why Tae-ri is trapped in the dungeon. If I had destroyed the pillar, Tae-ri and your brother would have been released even if they were caught in the dungeon. But I couldn’t break the pillar.”

“!”

Unexpectedly, Woo Yeon-woo’s driving skills suddenly became clumsy when his brother’s name appeared.

The car rattled precariously, and Rembrary slapped his arm to tell him to drive straight.

“Hey! How can you hit the arm of the person driving!”

“It looked dangerous.”

“You’re more dangerous!”

Woo Yeon-woo was huffing and puffing, but when Rembrary shut his mouth, he became more frustrated and ended up urging him first.

“Then shouldn’t you take someone with you this time? Shin Jae-soo or Mad Dog. The demons are rushing in pairs. If you go alone, you’ll lose again, won’t you?”

“That’s true. But if the demons send the person who goes in with me to another dungeon again, won’t our forces keep disappearing?”

“Ah.”

“And Anchovy [Shin Jae-soo’s nickname] probably doesn’t even want to see my face right now.”

Woo Yeon-woo turned the steering wheel sullenly, then looked to the side, wondering what he was talking about.

“Why is that guy?”

“He’s under a demon’s curse. He’s forgotten about me. He gets upset when he sees my face.”

“Wow, you must be upset. Aren’t you upset?”

“Not really.”

Woo Yeon-woo was amazed by Rembrary’s gentle voice and glanced to the side, then noticed a slightly crumpled forehead, unlike his voice.

“You look upset.”

“Not at all. It’s just a curse that can be lifted anyway.”

No matter how he looked at it, he was definitely a little upset, but Woo Yeon-woo didn’t say anything more because it was hard to insist that he wasn’t when he himself said he wasn’t.

Like that saying, the curse can be lifted.

And when Woo Yeon-woo looked at Rembrary, he was an unreliable person who seemed eccentric and selfish on the surface, but he was surprisingly reliable.

So he will easily solve everything this time. Everything.

* * *

Rembrary, who didn’t know that Woo Yeon-woo was making all sorts of interpretations with his expression next to him, got out of the car as soon as he arrived at the dungeon entrance and approached the door.

Then he opened the door without giving Woo Yeon-woo a chance to say goodbye.

“…….”

But this time too, the door does not open.

‘Are they really trying to separate all my Earth allies from me? Or is the dungeon originally set up like this?’

Rembrary clicked his tongue and lowered his hand.

Woo Yeon-woo was waiting to leave when Rembrary went in, but he noticed the sight and approached blankly.

“Why aren’t you going in?”

“It doesn’t open.”

“It doesn’t open?”

“I couldn’t enter the dungeon right away yesterday because of this. It’s been a day, but it still doesn’t open.”

Woo Yeon-woo was about to grab the doorknob to see if it really didn’t open, but he flinched and put his hand back down.

If Rembrary really can’t get in here, wouldn’t he be the only one to enter the dungeon if he suddenly opened the door here?

“Doesn’t it open after 24 hours? It hasn’t been 24 hours yet.”

“Is that so? Huh? No, how do you know the time so well?”

“Your story was on the news all day yesterday. It hasn’t been 24 hours.”

“I hope so.”

“Then let’s go.”

Rembrary reluctantly turned around, but even when Woo Yeon-woo grabbed him to come back tomorrow and go now, he couldn’t take his feet off.

* * *

“Should we go back to your house? Or should we go to your company? We have to tell Dae-ju and the others about Shin Jae-soo and the demon.”

When Rembrary got into the car, Woo Yeon-woo started the engine again and asked.

When Rembrary didn’t answer right away, Woo Yeon-woo hesitated and asked.

“Are you going to Shin Jae-soo? Because of Tae-ri?”

“No. I’m not going to Anchovy because I decided not to see his face for the time being. I can just text him about Tae-ri. Let’s go to Dae-ju.”

While Woo Yeon-woo was setting the navigation.

-Dae-ju. I’m going there now.

After sending a text to Dae-ju, Rembrary also sent a text to Shin Jo-woon to inform him of the current situation.

-I tried to enter the dungeon, but the door won’t open. I’m thinking of coming back tomorrow.

He knew that Shin Jo-woon didn’t want to contact him right now, but he told him the situation because he had already told him in advance yesterday.

After that, Rembrary sent a group text to Dae-ju and Ardor [Rembrary’s team]. Mullu, Ninling, Hwasa, and Sagamjae to inform them of the current situation in advance.

It was about Shin Jo-woon and the demon, and Jang Tae-ri trapped in the dungeon.

‘Is this enough? Then I don’t have to explain it one by one.’

Rembrary, who had finished the work, put his cell phone back in his pocket and looked out the window.

Whether he had moved quite a bit in the meantime, the huge dungeon entrance was no longer visible. Instead, he could see wide expanses of golden rice paddies.

As he was admiring the scenery for a while, he heard a text message sound from his pocket.

Rembrary thought it was one of the people who had received the group text and leisurely took out his cell phone.

‘Huh?’

Unexpectedly, it was Shin Jo-woon who sent the text. He sent the text, but he didn’t expect a reply.

Even though he was puzzled, Rembrary’s forehead immediately crumpled when he checked the text.

“What’s wrong?”

Woo Yeon-woo, who happened to be looking to the side, noticed the expression and asked.

“Did something happen?”

“Anchovy replied.”

“Did he find his memory?”

“He’s asking me if I deliberately left Tae-ri in the dungeon?”

“Didn’t you tell him that you entered the dungeon separately?”

“I did. But…….”

Before he could finish speaking, another text message arrived. Rembrary’s eyes narrowed a little more.

“Tae-ri sent a text. She said she went into a dungeon where only one person could leave, and there I chose to leave Tae-ri behind.”

“What? What kind of nonsense is that? You’re the kind of person who would have said it outright if that had happened, right?”

“?”