I Alone Resurrect Chapter 140
Each Person’s Value (1)
-Is this Kang Hyeon’s phone?
“Yes, it is. Who is this?”
-Hey! It’s Min-soo. Min-soo.
Kang Hyeon frowned at the name Min-soo.
“Min-soo? Who’s that?”
-You don’t know Kim Min-soo? We were in the same class at Pacheon Middle School. Don’t you want to come to the class reunion? The guys say they want to see you…
“I’m not going.”
Kang Hyeon hung up the phone as if he didn’t need to hear any more.
“Class reunion my ass. People who have never contacted me before.”
Just as Kang Hyeon was cursing, the phone rang again.
“Ah, shit. I said I’m not going to any class reunion or sports day!”
-I have no intention of going to a class reunion with you, Kang Hyeon.
The caller was Shin Tae-gil.
“Ahem, sorry. I keep getting weird calls.”
-You should at least check who’s calling.
“Alright! Everyone makes mistakes…”
Kang Hyeon, feeling embarrassed, raised his voice unnecessarily.
“Anyway, why did you call?”
-Didn’t you go to the black market the other day?
“Yes, I did.”
-I clearly told you not to cause trouble, and you said you understood.
“I think I did say that.”
-You did.
“Yeah, yeah. So what?”
-Rumors have already spread throughout this world. They say a madman appeared in the black market arena.
Kang Hyeon smirked at Shin Tae-gil’s words.
“The rumors have spread that far already? Interesting.”
-Interesting? Is this a situation where you can say it’s interesting?
“What’s the big deal? It’s not like anything major happened.”
-Haa… Please, just keep a low profile. How is it that every time you move, there’s no end to the incidents?
“I must be a great detective.”
-This is not a joke!
“Okay, okay. You’re always getting angry. You’ll strain your neck doing that.”
-Please, I’m begging you sincerely!
“I said I understand! I’m busy, so I’m hanging up.”
-Let me say it one more time, absolutely do not cause any trouble…
Kang Hyeon ended the call without listening to Shin Tae-gil’s words.
“Man, he nags too much.”
His nagging skills could put a woodpecker to shame.
“Is something wrong?”
An Yu-seong approached Kang Hyeon, who was looking annoyed.
“It’s nothing. By the way, where are you going?”
“To the dungeon.”
“Oh? With whom?”
“Alone. There’s something I want to try.”
Kang Hyeon made a sour face at An Yu-seong’s words.
“I see. Okay…”
Lately, everyone seemed busy.
The executives who could be called Kang Hyeon’s group hardly showed their faces at the guild office.
They just kept sending text messages reporting their recent activities.
-Kang Hyeon. I’d like to run the dungeon alone today, is that okay?
-Sure. Take care.
What he thought would end in a day or two stretched on longer than expected.
-Kang Hyeon. It seems I need to go to the dungeon today as well.
-Okay. Be careful.
-Kang Hyeon. I’m going to the dungeon today too.
-Alright. Be careful. See you next time.
The messages that had been getting shorter recently became extremely brief.
-Going to dungeon.
He didn’t particularly want to say anything about the content of the messages.
He was just a little worried.
“Hey, hey! Wait a moment.”
Kang Hyeon stopped An Yu-seong, who was about to leave the office.
“What is it?”
“Do you know what Shin Seong-a has been up to lately?”
“She’s running dungeons, isn’t she? Didn’t you know?”
“No, I know. But how many days has it been now? There’s nothing wrong, is there?”
An Yu-seong pondered at Kang Hyeon’s words.
‘Come to think of it, sister hasn’t been looking good lately.’
Suddenly, An Yu-seong remembered something.
-Closed-door training? In the 21st century?
-Yes.
-What’s with the sudden change?
-I’m looking to find my usefulness.
It was something Shin Seong-a had said in passing a few days ago.
‘I thought it was a joke.’
It seemed that being unable to play any role in the battle with Bano Kulsa had been quite a shock.
Once the floodgates opened, various thoughts kept rushing in, but An Yu-seong ignored them.
It wasn’t his role, after all.
Besides, he had no kindness to spare for someone who couldn’t even overcome such a thing.
“Well, I’m sure nothing’s wrong?”
“If nothing’s wrong, just say so. What’s with the ‘I’m sure’?”
“If you’re so worried, why don’t you go check yourself?
“Hmm, should I…”
It’s not that Kang Hyeon hadn’t thought of that.
The reason he hadn’t gone was that he felt a bit uncomfortable.
“She has her private life too, it would be weird if I just showed up.”
“Since when did you start being so considerate of others?”
“You little shit, just because your mouth is open doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want.”
Kang Hyeon’s face scrunched up at the pointed remark.
“You get messages from her every dawn, right?”
“Yeah, she sends messages saying she’s going to the dungeon.”
“Then try visiting her around that time. Noona will probably always be leaving the house around then.”
“How do you know that?”
“Intuition. Just intuition.”
An Yu-seong said with a grin.
“Aren’t you smart, you little bastard.”
“Anyway, I’m busy so I’m going. Go or don’t go. It’s up to you.”
With those words, An Yu-seong left the office.
“Hmm… Should I go?”
After pondering for a moment, Kang Hyeon shook his head.
“Forget it! She’ll manage on her own. Shin Seong-a’s not a kid.”
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Ippotranslation
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-Riiiiing…
A loud bell sound filled the room.
Shin Seong-a, who opened her eyes in bed, manipulated the clock to turn off the alarm.
“Phew…”
The first thing Shin Seong-a did after waking up was stretching.
Waking up her body with stretches every morning and organizing the day’s tasks was one of her habits.
“Dungeon, I should go.”
Her life in recent days has been very simple.
Dungeon and home.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she would go to the dungeon, and when it got late, she would come back and go straight to bed.
If she had been with guild members, it would have been possible to take care of meals and sleep inside the dungeon, but she wasn’t in the mood to mingle with others right now.
The reason she wanted to be alone:
She wanted to find the answer to the worry that was weighing her down.
“Is it really okay to continue like this…”
Once again, thoughts flooded in.
‘I need to find my usefulness, my value.’
It didn’t seem like Kang Hyeon needed her anymore.
Because the dimension of strength was different.
No matter how hard she tried, the gap with Kang Hyeon didn’t narrow.
It felt like when she took one step forward, Kang Hyeon was already five steps, ten steps ahead.
-Whoosh.
I tried to clear my head while being hit by the cold water.
Nevertheless, my thoughts just keep on flowing one after another.
“Mr. An Yu-seong will be fine.”
Kang Hyeon, who is quickly becoming stronger.
An Yu-seong probably had similar worries.
But An Yu-seong and I are different.
An Yu-seong is a natural-born genius at fighting.
Even if he seems to falter for a moment, he’ll soon achieve tremendous growth and catch up to Kang Hyeon.
And then I’ll be the only one left.
As always.
“Am I alone again…”
Shin Seong-a let out a self-deprecating laugh.
Looking back, I was always alone.
My mom abandoned me when I was young.
My dad was always drunk and abusive.
After my dad died and I became an orphan, I was always alone.
There were no relatives willing to take in someone like me who couldn’t even attend high school.
That’s why I became even more determined.
-I will succeed no matter what.
I’ll succeed spectacularly and proudly show myself to those who abandoned me.
I made that resolution, but the world was not so easy.
Society was cruel, and what I could do was limited.
At one point, I was tempted by easy ways to make money.
But I couldn’t accept that version of myself.
I hated the idea of falling apart more than death.
“I thought I had been trying my best…”
So I entered the dungeons even more frantically.
In the early days of the dungeon crisis.
When I still had no abilities.
As a woman, entering dungeons where life and death intersected was not an easy task.
The monsters were strong, and people were cruel.
I can’t even count how many times I nearly suffered terrible things inside dungeons.
Almost every day was a precarious tightrope walk with death.
That’s how life was until I met Kang Hyeon.
Intensely fierce, lonely, and perilous.
-My name is Shin Seong-a.
-I’m Kang Hyeon.
Kang Hyeon, whom I met in the midst of all that.
It was quite a while ago, but Shin Seong-a still vividly remembered that day.
If I had to define Kang Hyeon’s first impression in one word, it would be ‘crazy bastard’.
The madness flowing from him overwhelmed those around him.
His strength, on a different level from others, was also peculiar.
A man like a ‘dark hero’.
He seemed like he had jumped straight out of a comic book.
Shin Seong-a, who had always spent time alone watching cartoons and animations, was instantly captivated by Kang Hyeon.
With Kang Hyeon, it felt like she could become a hero, something she had dismissed as a mere childhood dream.
“In the end, I did achieve it. Not perfectly, but still.”
A period of just over a year.
That time spent with Kang Hyeon was the best moments of her life.
She became famous, earned a lot of money, and even became someone’s hero.
She succeeded sufficiently, as she had wished.
‘Yes. Let’s be satisfied with this and end it here.’
Trying to keep up with Kang Hyeon any further would be greedy.
Enemies becoming too strong to handle. In front of them, her presence would only hinder Kang Hyeon.
Such a thing. She absolutely cannot allow it.
So leaving Kang Hyeon is the best path for everyone.
Having made her decision, Shin Seong-a turned her steps back towards home.
In the dawn, before the sun had even risen.
Only the sound of Shin Seong-a’s footsteps echoed in the quiet street.
“When I get back… I’m just going to stay at home for a while.”
She won’t go outside.
She’ll watch all the cartoons and animations she’s been putting off, and eat delicious food every day.
She has enough money, and if it runs low, she can always return to the dungeons then.
‘Yes. That’s enough.’
Finally arriving at her home, Shin Seong-a grabbed the doorknob to open the front door.
Once she pulls this handle and enters the house, everything will be over.
“…”
The hand holding the front door trembled.
She wanted to open the door right away, but her body wouldn’t listen.
‘Open it. And go inside.’
No matter how much strength she applied, she couldn’t pull it.
-Crack!
Because she applied too much force, the doorknob broke off completely.
“Haa…”
Shin Seong-a sighed and roughly ran her fingers through her hair.
It was a habit she had unknowingly picked up from always being with Kang Hyeon.
“What am I doing?”
Just as Shin Seong-a muttered to herself,
“Yeah. What are you doing?”
A familiar voice was heard from behind her.
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Ippotranslation
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“What are you doing?”
“I was just about to leave for the dungeon.”
“Is the doorknob a dungeon boss or something? You’ve really done a number on it.”
Despite Kang Hyeon’s joke, Shin Seong-a’s stiff face didn’t relax.
“You know I’m not one for beating around the bush, right?”
“Yes.”
“What’s bothering you?”
“There’s… Nothing in particular bothering me.”
Kang Hyeon chuckled at Shin Seong-a’s answer.
“You sure like saying ‘nothing in particular’. I might look stupid, but I’m not that oblivious.”
“No, really. There’s nothing.”
Shin Seong-a couldn’t even look Kang Hyeon in the face properly.
‘I can’t tell you.’
She wanted to run to him right away and spill everything.
But the moment she did that, it felt like the self she had been holding together until now would crumble.
“Really? Then let’s go for a drive.”
“Pardon?”
Shin Seong-a was taken aback by Kang Hyeon’s sudden suggestion.
“You have a motorcycle, right? Let’s ride that.”
“So suddenly?”
“I’ve never ridden a motorcycle before. Why? Don’t want to?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to, but…”
“Then it’s settled. Let’s go.”
Kang Hyeon grabbed Shin Seong-a’s arm and led her.
“Okay…”
Shin Seong-a got on the bike with a sour expression.
As she started the engine and was about to put on her helmet as usual, Shin Seong-a suddenly remembered something.
“Kang Hyeon. I only have one helmet.”
“It’s fine. I don’t need one.”
“But it’s dangerous…”
“Me? Dangerous?”
Thinking about it, it didn’t seem like Kang Hyeon would be in danger.
Even if there was a traffic accident, what would truly be in danger would be whatever collided with Kang Hyeon, not Kang Hyeon himself.
“Still, it’s illegal to ride without a helmet.”
“If we happen to get caught by the police, Team Leader Shin Tae-gil will take care of it.”
Team Leader Shin Tae-gil was capable of anything.
“Alright, let’s get going already!”
“Okay. Then we’ll depart…”
“Wait a second! I almost forgot.”
Kang Hyeon rummaged through his jacket and pulled out MacArthur sunglasses.
“How about this? Looks cool, right?”
“You look like an old man…”
Kang Hyeon furrowed his brow at Shin Seong-a’s honest response.
“Just start driving.”
“Yes. Then we’re departing. Hold on tight.”
Shin Seong-a grinned and revved the throttle energetically.
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