Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 647

Having made his decision, Gu Ju-il began working with a speed that made his previous hesitation seem unbelievable.

As requested by Deputy Director Shin Gi-ru, who wanted a report within a week, he planned to stay up all night checking the information as soon as he received the documentary-related materials that Kim Mu-rok had been working on.

However, since he couldn’t do all this alone, Gu Ju-il meticulously calculated the number of people needed to complete the documentary within a week and asked for help from a few trusted colleagues who could keep their mouths shut.

“You’re taking over Kim Mu-rok’s documentary?”

As soon as the colleagues heard the words ‘Kim Mu-rok’s documentary,’ which had been circulating as a rumor, they all gathered like fish caught on a fishing rod.

“Was that real?”

“It was almost certain, wasn’t it?”

“Well, yeah. But I didn’t believe it completely. There are always a lot of rumors in this industry.”

Gu Ju-il handed the information received from Deputy Director Shin Gi-ru to his assembled colleagues.

“We need to check all of this within three days. It needs to be released within a week.”

“Three days?”

The colleagues were horrified and asked back, looking at the materials piled up in several boxes.

“Are you serious?”

“It would take two weeks just to look at all this.”

“We have to look at it within three days, even if we divide it up. That’s the condition.”

“Three days?”

“To complete it within a week.”

The colleagues stared at Gu Ju-il with their mouths open.

“Who’s the sponsor? Are they out of their mind?”

“Are they crazy? A week?”

Gu Ju-il took out the check sent by Deputy Director Shin Gi-ru and showed it.

“We have to work like crazy.”

“A week is perfect for focusing,” the colleagues said, changing their tune after seeing the power of the money. Gu Ju-il took out the printed documents from the box and said,

“Each of you, take the information you can review most efficiently. Cut out all the unnecessary information. We’ll focus on Rembrary, the Cataclysm [a major disaster], and Shin Jo-woon.”

The colleagues sat huddled in front of the box, taking out and dividing the materials in various forms, and asked,

“What about Jang Tae-ri?”

Gu Ju-il knew that Jang Tae-ri was also close to Rembrary, but his target of resentment was Shin Jo-woon.

Since he was inevitably attacking Rembrary, he didn’t want to increase the number of victims, so Gu Ju-il answered calmly.

“Include him if necessary. Otherwise, leave him out.”

“Isn’t it strange to exclude Jang Tae-ri when the three of them are close? Why was Jang Tae-ri recently trapped in a dungeon…?”

“Leave him out.”

The colleague scratched his head at Gu Ju-il’s curt reply but agreed. After all, Gu Ju-il was the main PD [Producer Director] of this documentary.

“But the method is too analog [using physical documents instead of digital].”

“They did it on purpose to prevent data leaks.”

After distributing the materials, the colleagues gathered together to watch the content that Kim Mu-rok had completed editing while eating.

“Oh…”

“Wow.”

“It’s going to be a disaster when it’s released.”

However, after watching about 15 minutes of the documentary, no one could eat anymore.

Although the documentary was unfinished, it was filled with a whirlwind of content, as Kim Mu-rok, who was skilled in devil’s editing [manipulative editing], was in charge.

Stimulating scenes that were impossible to take your eyes off of poured in from time to time, naturally captivating people.

The main content was that Rembrary was a person from another world, and the Cataclysm occurred because Rembrary came here.

However, surprisingly, Kim Mu-rok did not conclude in the documentary that ‘Rembrary screwed up the Earth.’

It was still unfinished, so it was unknown how the nuance of the latter part would change, but the completed middle part was inferring the relationship between Rembrary and the Cataclysm in the style of ‘Which came first, the chicken or the egg?’

Showing the choice of whether or not to blame the person who tried to avoid the monster and entered a visible building, but the monster followed into the building and caused harm to others, subtly shaking people’s morality.

When the documentary ended abruptly in the middle, the PDs looked at each other silently.

After about two minutes, the PDs barely managed to say a word each.

“This is real. There’s no answer to this problem?”

“Even if Rembrary is the real cause, Rembrary is also the one who is helping right now… Opinions will be clearly divided on this too?”

“I thought Kim Mu-rok hated Rembrary. But after watching this, I don’t think that’s the case?”

Throughout the PDs’ murmuring, Gu Ju-il stroked his chin and didn’t say a word.

He felt uncomfortably twisted at the thought that he was trying to biasedly change the documentary that ‘that Kim Mu-rok’ had made while maintaining a neutral point of view because of his personal feelings.

After a long time, Gu Ju-il pulled himself together, clapped his hands, and stood up.

“Alright, everyone, stop. Now, let’s check the divided information.”

* * *

Three days later, all the colleagues could see that Gu Ju-il had taken the documentary in a different direction from Kim Mu-rok.

“Cut out that scene over there.”

“Huh? Isn’t this a pretty important scene? It’s a part where Rembrary is helping people?”

“…That’s right. Take it out.”

It was because Gu Ju-il had all the data that would be helpful to Rembrary removed.

Rembrary’s work of healing people, saying that he only heals believers but actually healing anyone as long as they have some kind of connection, even healing people who criticized Rembrary, as well as Rembrary’s activities as a healer, and even Rembrary’s activities in the most recent ‘Devil’s Hotel Incident,’ were all removed.

The fact that Kim Mu-rok was injured while investigating Rembrary was included, but the fact that Rembrary immediately treated the injured Kim Mu-rok, and the fact that Kim Mu-rok himself did not show malice towards Rembrary in the documentary, were all removed.

“It seems too malicious.”

Beyond just being stimulating, if you only looked at the direction Gu Ju-il was editing, it was to the point where Rembrary would be considered a heinous villain.

“Especially some of these already have counter-evidence uploaded.”

“PD Gu. Can you handle putting even these in…?”

“Yeah. What if Rembrary really falls into distrust of humans and quits being a healer?”

The colleagues, who were excited about the massive amount of money on the check and were concentrating on their work, were reluctant to stop him.

“Besides, why are you making Shin Jo-woon look like such a psychopath?”

“Shin Jo-woon has been known for being gentle since he was in this field. Aren’t you pushing it too hard?”

“Rembrary is from another world, so that’s one thing… But it’s going to be tough if you mess with Shin Jo-woon. He’s a high-end hunter.”

However, Gu Ju-il was aiming for Shin Jo-woon from the start, so he ignored his colleagues’ concerns.

“Shin Jo-woon helped Rembrary settle on Earth. Besides, his own actions are suspicious. Gentle? Anyone can manage their image in front of others.”

“Still, Shin Jo-woon is a bit much. He has connections everywhere.”

“If we worry about every little thing, we can’t do anything. We can’t remove information just because we’re afraid of Shin Jo-woon, can we?”

“No, but you’re being too malicious…”

PD Lee, who was about to say ‘You’re being too obviously malicious,’ closed his mouth after seeing Gu Ju-il’s expression.

It was because he remembered that Gu Ju-il’s close cousin had disappeared while filming Shin Jo-woon.

Having roughly grasped how things were going, PD Lee sighed and rummaged through the documents.

Instead, another PD asked worriedly.

“But are you really going to be okay, PD Gu? You never know what might happen. What if you need to get help from Rembrary?”

“I won’t get treated by that person even if I get hurt. That’s all I need to do, right?”

“Hey, you really might…”

“Wow, Woo Yeon-woo is crazy!”

The PDs who were talking to Gu Ju-il all looked in that direction at the sudden shout from behind.

PD Yoon was looking at his phone and coming inside.

“What’s wrong?”

PD Lee quickly asked to change the atmosphere.

PD Yoon hurriedly approached the center and showed his colleagues what he was looking at.

“What is this?”

“Jackpot.”

Soon, panicked voices began to flow out from here and there.

* * *

Moroso looked down at his phone with his chin raised and his eyes narrowed.

What he was looking at was someone’s apology that Ki Seong-hyun had sent him via text message.

An apology written by a famous Earthling here named ‘Woo Yeon-woo.’

—To Deputy Director Moroso.

—I have tried to see you in person, Deputy Director, but I have failed several times, so I have no choice but to post my apology here.

—Deputy Director, you are misunderstanding Rembrary. It was I, not Rembrary, who called you on ‘that day.’

—I was threatened into doing it, but it is only natural that you are angry, Deputy Director.

—But Rembrary has nothing to do with this at all. I only found out about such a thing after hearing it from me.

Moroso repeatedly read only a few passages from the long apology.

He frowned and looked down below the window.

He knew that a famous person named ‘Woo Yeon-woo’ had been coming and being kicked out several times since a few days ago.

But to think that what he wanted to say was this story. Moroso gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

‘That day’ that Woo Yeon-woo mentions in his apology was the day Moroso had promised to meet Rembrary.

But it must have been the day he was betrayed and captured by the demons.

But… what is he saying now? That it wasn’t Rembrary who called him out to meet, but himself?

Moroso slammed the wall with his fist and sat down at his desk.

Ki Seong-hyun rushed in at the loud noise from inside and asked.

“Moroso-nim? Are you okay?”

Instead of answering, Moroso put his hand on his forehead and just closed his eyes.

In that state, Moroso asked in a lowered voice.

“Where did Woo Yeon-woo… post this?”

“On his SNS [Social Networking Service]. But it’s not just one or two people who are watching, so it’s probably spreading everywhere by now. He omitted exactly what happened, but that alone has a subtle nuance.”

When Moroso didn’t answer, Ki Seong-hyun asked again.

“Are you okay?”

“No.”

Moroso answered firmly and pressed his temples. His head hurt. Very much.

However, he couldn’t calm his troubled mind. What if it really wasn’t Rembrary who betrayed him, but someone else?

‘I’ve already publicly attacked Rembrary. But if I say now that it was a misunderstanding…!’

After thinking for a long time, Moroso asked Ki Seong-hyun.

* * *

[Public opinion is turning back to Rembrary’s side. How much of the documentary editing is complete?]

It wasn’t even a week since the promised date.

Deputy Director Shin Gi-ru called Gu Ju-il and asked more anxiously than usual.

[There are still many things to fix.]

When Gu Ju-il answered honestly, unexpectedly, the Deputy Director made an unexpected request.

[That won’t do. Let’s just send it out with the editing as it is.]

“Already?”

Gu Ju-il asked in embarrassment.

“It’s still at the level of just attaching various screens. There’s no flow to speak of.”

—It doesn’t matter. Send the video. Because of Woo Yeon-woo’s sudden remarks, people are protecting Rembrary without knowing what’s going on. It’s fastest to detonate it now when it’s overheated about Rembrary.

Even so, to suddenly send an unfinished documentary. Gu Ju-il stammered and asked.

“Please give me at least the promised time.”

—I can’t. Send it now. I’ll deposit the balance right away.

“…Yes.”

But soon Gu Ju-il thought, what could he do by holding out here when he was using Rembrary to take revenge on Shin Jo-woon?

Since the amount he would receive hadn’t decreased, Gu Ju-il abandoned his conscience and agreed.

“Okay.”

Afterwards, he turned on his computer and sent the documentary file that he had stopped editing to the Deputy Director.

But just after pressing the ‘Send’ button and looking at the emoticon of the box flying away.

The phone rang. It was a call from his mother.

“Yes, hello?”

Gu Ju-il, who answered the phone right away, froze at the sound of his mother’s sobbing.

“Mom? What’s wrong?”

—Your sister and brother-in-law and the children were seriously injured! That jellyfish-like monster…!

Gu Ju-il almost dropped his phone. He was so surprised that he jumped up.

“Are they okay?”

—The children are mentally okay, but their injuries are serious, and your sister and brother-in-law were caught while rampaging. Ju-il, you said you knew that healer, Rembrary, well, right? Please ask for help. Huh?

Gu Ju-il ended up dropping his phone.

A colleague’s voice from a few days ago rang in his ears.

—But are you really going to be okay? You never know what might happen. What if you need to get help from Rembrary?