# Chapter 62
I had so much I wanted to say, but couldn’t speak.
“Hang up quickly, Eunwoo. You’re still with that bastard, right? Don’t let your guard down just because you’re on the phone.”
[Ah. You don’t need to worry about that. This bastard is right in front of me but can’t move a finger. I bet he wants to beg me to kill him. Death is probably what he wants most right now.]
Lee Ha-min couldn’t hold back his laughter.
That was just like Seo Eunwoo.
He had no idea what Eunwoo had been doing until now before calling, but he couldn’t express how grateful he was that Eunwoo had finally contacted him.
He immediately called Shim Woo-jin.
He chose Woo-jin because he trusted him more than the other S-class Espers.
He called Woo-jin thinking the others might make mistakes from being too excited, and he initially told him to listen alone, but Ha-min’s plan failed.
[Eunwoo called you?!!!]
When Shim Woo-jin shouted loudly, all the S-class Espers nearby found out.
[Where is he? What did he say? How did he make the call? Did he escape? Who was he with?]
Kyun In’s voice came through continuously from the side.
[Where are you now? Where are you heading, Ha-min? Tell me. Quickly!]
Byun Tae-young’s voice could also be heard, and Ha-min hesitated briefly.
He wondered if it would be better to tell them.
For a moment, he worried they might ruin everything by going there, but thinking of Eunwoo’s voice and what he’d said, that concern seemed unnecessary.
Knowing how desperately the S-class Espers had been waiting for Eunwoo, Ha-min couldn’t just keep hesitating.
When Ha-min told them the location, the call ended immediately.
Ha-min stared blankly at his device before breaking into a smile.
Eight minutes had passed during that time.
In just a little while, he would be able to see Seo Eunwoo.
The special task force members raced through Central with sirens blaring.
Ha-min closed his eyes, thinking that bringing the special task force members had been a brilliant move.
How he had waited.
He couldn’t believe how he had managed to endure until now.
He was just proud of himself and the S-class Espers for surviving and enduring without Seo Eunwoo.
***
Cha Yoon was trying to figure out where things had gone wrong.
Others would naturally recall the incident at the restaurant where they kidnapped Eunwoo.
But he didn’t think that way.
His principle was that if there was no possibility of making a different choice, there was no need for regret.
And that was exactly the case.
Not kidnapping Eunwoo after seeing him at the restaurant would have been impossible for Cha Yoon.
So that wasn’t the mistake.
Everything had been going smoothly.
Somehow he’d been beaten nearly to death by Eunwoo, but even that wasn’t what concerned him.
Perhaps it was that?
Before waking Eunwoo up, he had only commanded him not to leave his side.
Maybe things had turned out this way because he hadn’t added the instruction not to attack him.
‘That’s it. That’s the reason. If I had just added those words then, things wouldn’t have gotten this bad.’
It was regret that came far too late.
Still, he thought he would have a few chances to fix the situation.
Don’t humans need to sleep?
He thought the opportunity would come when Eunwoo fell asleep.
Since Eunwoo couldn’t leave him anyway, there was nothing to worry about, and he thought he could fix things once some time passed.
He figured that although Eunwoo was beating him like a madman in his anger now, he would eventually get tired and fall asleep, and then he could give Eunwoo additional commands.
Never imagining things would turn out like this, he couldn’t help but laugh even through the pain that felt like death.
Who had ever done this to him before?
Even people who had suffered worse than Eunwoo wouldn’t have done this.
They wouldn’t have even dreamed of it.
Eunwoo, seemingly unable to quell his anger, beat Cha Yoon again every few hours.
If he hadn’t done what he did first, he truly wouldn’t have been able to understand such merciless violence.
Even considering what he did, honestly, he thought this was a bit excessive.
Eunwoo, who had been beating him relentlessly without tiring, now seemed to think he needed to make a phone call.
Then he realized Cha Yoon didn’t have a smartphone.
That made Eunwoo angry again.
Cha Yoon, unable to even make excuses, was thoroughly beaten before finally convincing Eunwoo that they could get a phone by taking the car.
Eunwoo glared at Cha Yoon and tried to leave, but ultimately couldn’t open the door.
Seeing this, Cha Yoon laughed like a madman.
When he had commanded Eunwoo not to leave his side, he had thought it was quite poetic and romantic.
But there was no other curse like it.
Eunwoo finally seemed to realize that his inability to leave the room and open the door was because of Cha Yoon, and upon this realization, he came back and pummeled Cha Yoon with his fists until he was nearly a corpse.
It was an incredible force that couldn’t be explained simply by the fact that he was an S-class physical enhancer.
Even Cha Yoon couldn’t laugh then.
He could only exhale with difficulty while gasping for breath.
“Open the door, you bastard!”
Eunwoo dragged Cha Yoon like a rag and threw him at the door.
Thinking he needed to survive, Cha Yoon opened the door, and Eunwoo started walking.
But after taking a few steps, he stopped again.
“Haa!!”
That too was because of Cha Yoon.
Cha Yoon felt a bit wronged.
Because Eunwoo didn’t realize everything at once, and instead gradually understood one fact at a time, he got beaten each time.
Finally, Eunwoo loaded Cha Yoon into the car and drove to town, and only after Cha Yoon helped him get a smartphone from a passerby did his anger subside.
Eunwoo watched curiously as Cha Yoon obtained a smartphone from someone else.
Come to think of it, after they parked the car, no one paid any attention to them.
It was perfect indifference, as if they were invisible, as if no one could see the car parked there.
Cha Yoon had simply asked a passerby for their smartphone.
Ah, he also asked for the pattern.
With an unbelievably comfortable expression, the person revealed the pattern and handed over the smartphone.
Cha Yoon received it and passed it to Eunwoo, who immediately called Ha-min.
That was what happened before Ha-min appeared in front of Eunwoo.
Cha Yoon thought it was actually for the best.
He figured that if someone else was present, they might be able to restrain Eunwoo somewhat.
Still, he didn’t view the situation entirely pessimistically.
Since his ability hadn’t disappeared, he could summon a Guide to heal his wounds once Eunwoo fell asleep.
He thought of the A-class Guide Yoon I-jae.
He believed that guy could perform the Guiding.
Initially, he had planned to receive Guiding from Eunwoo, but because Eunwoo simply wouldn’t sleep, he lost the opportunity to use his ability.
‘But he’ll sleep eventually.’
First, he needed to release the command, but he hadn’t gotten the chance to do that either.
He heard the sirens long before the special task force vehicles appeared.
He never imagined he would feel such relief at hearing that sound.
He shook his head in disbelief.
The Beta Center’s special task force appeared in Origin.
Everyone knew what that meant.
But such a thing had practically been inevitable since the news of Beta’s S-class Esper Seo Eunwoo’s disappearance was broadcast throughout Origin.
No one had stepped forward.
No one wanted to get involved due to the unsettling atmosphere.
People seemed to only notice the existence of Eunwoo’s vehicle when they saw the special task force vehicles with their blaring sirens approaching it.
The door opened so forcefully it nearly fell off, and a person sprang out.
People who were instinctively backing away, expecting something terrifying to happen, couldn’t help but exclaim when they saw the remarkably handsome Esper who emerged.
“Eunwoo!!”
Ha-min, who had gotten out of the car, ran to Eunwoo as if he were flying.
“Eunwoo!!”
Eunwoo was walking toward Ha-min but stopped abruptly in place.
“Ah, shit!!”
Eunwoo stopped midway and glared at Cha Yoon, who slightly turned his head away.
“What’s… wrong, Eunwoo?”
Ha-min’s heart sank when he saw Eunwoo, who had been coming toward him, suddenly stop.
He wondered if something had happened.
Eunwoo sighed and said:
“That bastard did something to me.”
“His ability works on you? You’re an S-class Esper. I heard it doesn’t work on S-class Espers?”
“I wasn’t an S-class Esper from the beginning. I was a low-class Esper. He must have done it then. It seems I’m still affected by the suggestion from that time. I don’t know what he commanded, but it seems I can’t move beyond a certain distance from that bastard. When I try to move away, my will disappears. I feel like I lose motivation.”
“Then we just need to make him release it, right, Eunwoo?”
Ha-min spoke as if wondering why they hadn’t thought of such an obvious solution, and Eunwoo looked at him, even more surprised than Ha-min.
“My God, Ha-min! I must have become an idiot in the meantime. How could I have forgotten about that?”
Hearing those words, Cha Yoon was shocked.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
