Chapter 84: How long are you going to hide it?
Chapter 84 < How long are you going to hide it? >
Lee Taegyeom, who was watching the last shooting of ‘The Deprived People Season 2’ from the corner of the set, chuckled when he saw Choi Jaewon, who stopped when he saw him.
“How are you, sir?”
“Brother.”
Lee Taegyeom smiled brightly. His perception of the secretary brother, who was hard to approach at first, changed completely after a certain incident. It had something to do with Choi Jaewon, who had left his seat as if he was running away a little while ago.
[Hey, you. Come here.]
[Me?]
Yoo Yeon Seo, who was quieter than before, and the support bombing from his family, made his position in the set the best.
Choi Jaewon was always dissatisfied with that. He felt annoyed that he was praised for being a little more docile. But he couldn’t say anything to Yoo Yeon Seo directly, so he started to vent his anger on his manager, Lee Taegyeom.
[Go and buy some water.]
[Me? What about the actor’s manager?]
[Then who else is going to do it? My manager is busy.]
Am I not busy? Lee Taegyeom gritted his teeth, but resigned. He was used to it.
[But there’s a vending machine outside.]
[They don’t have the water brand I drink. Go and buy it.]
It was a remote set, and it took about 10 minutes by car to get to a convenience store. He had a fierce look in his eyes since he saw him at the reading, and he seemed to be trying to torment him on purpose.
[Aren’t you going?]
[Yes, yes, I’m going.]
Honestly, if he compared him to Yoo Yeon Seo when he was his 12th manager, he was just cute, so he just followed him obediently. Yoo Yeon Seo’s reputation was very good now, so he didn’t want to make a fuss and tried to deal with it quietly. That was the way Yoo Yeon Seo’s manager had been behaving until now.
There were many people like that. They couldn’t touch the too-good Yoo Yeon Seo, so they pressured the manager instead to fill their sense of superiority, or they couldn’t say anything to Yoo Yeon Seo who caused an accident, so they nagged the manager instead. That contributed greatly to the manager’s resignation.
[Taegyeom, I’ll take care of it, so go see the sir.]
[The, the sir?]
[Mr. Choi Jaewon, can I talk to you for a moment?]
That’s how Lee Taegyeom, who had taken care of Choi Jaewon’s tantrums a few times, was stopped by Lim Seunghyun one day. Lim Seunghyun smiled leisurely and took Choi Jaewon away.
And when he reappeared, Choi Jaewon’s face was pale. And he ran away from Lim Seunghyun’s side.
[······You didn’t hit him, did you?]
Lim Seunghyun turned his head as if he didn’t think it was worth answering Lee Taegyeom’s absurd question.
[Then what did you talk about?!]
[It’s a secret.]
He didn’t know the details, but he only knew that there was a reason for the incident where Yoo Yeon Seo said Choi Jaewon was like a beggar. After that, Choi Jaewon started to avoid people related to Yoo Yeon Seo. He seemed to think that his life would be over if he got involved with Yoo Yeon Seo.
[He’s so cool······.]
Anyway, after that incident, Lee Taegyeom started to treat Lim Seunghyun as a real brother, not a ‘secretary brother’.
“It’s the same as before. He just quietly immersed himself and started shooting, and he didn’t make many NGs······.”
“Is that so?”
“But I’m not the only one who’s anxious, right?”
Yoo Yeon Seo, who suddenly showed his old personality, just worked silently after that.
Some of the staff might have thought that he was sorry for suddenly getting angry, but Yoo Yeon Seo was the top among the celebrities who didn’t care about other people’s eyes. In the eyes of Lim Seunghyun and Lee Taegyeom, he just looked like he was distracted by something else.
It became a more anxious situation when he faced an anomaly once. Lee Taegyeom and Lim Seunghyun stared at Yoo Yeon Seo, who was acting as Itaeo in the set.
“Is he really okay?”
“If the sir said he’s okay, he must be okay.”
Lim Seunghyun answered that way, but he didn’t relax his frown. Lee Taegyeom knew that, but he didn’t ask.
‘Did he get his memory back?’
But he didn’t go back to his old personality as much as before. Lim Seunghyun narrowed his eyes. There were a lot of strange things these days. He suddenly collected information about Lee Heeseo, and sometimes he looked like he wasn’t feeling well, but he acted like nothing was wrong.
‘Should I contact the director······.’
Lim Seunghyun hesitated.
[How far am I allowed?]
[If it’s for Yeon Seo, anything. I’ve already told the director.]
[Then······ how far do I have to report to the director?]
[I don’t care what he’s doing or where he is. I’m not planting a spy. Mr. Lim Seunghyun, you just have to do what you need to do under Yeon Seo.]
Yoo Eunho, who said that, was silent for a moment. His brother had been in a near-death situation. What if he had something wrong with his body later······.
But his brother hated talking about himself to the extreme. He was found by a servant when he was suffering from a fever alone in his first year of high school.
[But, if there’s something I need to know as a family, please let me know quietly.]
[······.]
[This is a favor. I’m a little worried because he had a big accident.]
[Yes.]
It seemed that he wanted to handle it himself without telling the vice-president and the president, since he told me to keep it to myself.
‘I guess it’s okay if it’s the director… after all, he’s his brother.’
Lim Seung-hyun, who had been fiddling with his phone in his pocket for a while, sighed softly and put his hand away. He would lose Yoo Yeon Seo’s trust if he told Yoo Eun-ho. He didn’t want that.
“Ah, this is bad. What if he goes back to his original personality?”
Lee Tae-gyeom bit his thumbnail nervously. He had seen a familiar glimpse of the past in Yoo Yeon Seo’s sudden outburst that day. He didn’t want to imagine what would happen if he regained his memories and returned to his old self.
“Cut! Okay!”
Yoo Yeon Seo got up at the director’s signal and stood in front of the monitor. He had other thoughts as he watched his acting.
<It seems that the real Yoo Yeon Seo’s mind intervened abruptly.>
Could this be related to the synchronization? The synchronization rate was close to 40%.
‘How does that synchronization work in the first place? What’s the principle?’
<Simply put, it’s a process of collecting the real Yoo Yeon Seo’s soul, melting it to match your soul frequency, and sending it to your body.>
‘So, you’re merging souls?’
<Similar. The previous situation was probably caused by the strong ego of the real Yoo Yeon Seo.>
‘If it continues, could the body’s owner change? What are the chances that the real Yoo Yeon Seo will take over the body instead of me?’
<No, he’s already bounced off the body and can’t reattach to it. And I’ve modified it to match your frequency, so there’s no possibility of that. The previous emergency was an unforeseen situation for me too.>
So, that means the real Yoo Yeon Seo’s mental strength is not to be underestimated. He sighed.
He had seen those hallucinations since he was young, but he didn’t seek help from the hospital for fear of being exposed to his family. He managed to keep his sanity despite falling into forbidden drugs and other troubles. That was not ordinary.
<If you don’t lose your center, I think there won’t be any incidents like last time. Think of it as some kind of phenomenon that occurs as the synchronization rate increases. This will also disappear when it reaches 100% and merges perfectly.>
So, he’s telling me to strengthen my mental power. Easier said than done. He didn’t forget the sensation that swept over him suddenly.
Yoo Yeon Seo crushed the empty drink can with one hand as if venting his anger. He easily made it into a small ball shape, as if crumpling paper. It was hard to believe the strength that came from his long, thin fingers and slender wrists.
‘Is this related too?’
<Your soul is adapted to Kang Jin-hoo’s body. So, I think this is a phenomenon of Yoo Yeon Seo’s body changing to match Kang Jin-hoo’s soul. And this is also evidence that you are the owner.>
Kang Jin-hoo, who was born with genetic modification, his body was changing to match his soul.
They affect each other. And when the synchronization rate reaches 100%, they merge. There is no distinction between Kang Jin-hoo and Yoo Yeon Seo, just one person… Then, is this a side effect of the merging process? Their egos are strong?
<I think so too.>
Yoo Yeon Seo threw the crumpled aluminum somewhere casually.
‘What do you know?’
<Soul information cannot be proven by future science either. And the humans of 2207 were more concerned with…>
‘Surviving.’
He gave up talking to Beta and closed his eyes.
‘It’s hard.’
Something new pops up every time he tries to make up his mind.
If he stops the memory synchronization, the clue to the culprit will be lost, and he will have to live in the hallucinations that torment his body. If he continues the synchronization, he might lose control when the original’s personality pops out. But it will be fine if he reaches 100% and merges perfectly.
‘I have to keep my mind straight.’
It won’t be easy. He opened his eyes at the touch of Lee Tae-gyeom tapping his shoulder.
“What?”
“We have to go take a group photo.”
He dragged his heavy feet to the camera. Yoo Yeon Seo stood next to Ryu Hye-kyung and forced a smile.
“Thank you for your hard work!”
They all clapped and celebrated the last shooting of ‘The Deprived People Season 2’.
***
Baek Seo-joon opened the cap of the soju bottle and filled his glass.
‘He must have arrived.’
If the surroundings were so noisy, it meant that he was either a well-known celebrity or not an ordinary person.
Sure enough, Yoo Eun-ho sat across from Baek Seo-joon. He was wearing a high-end suit that didn’t match the cheap pub, an expensive watch, and an unrealistically handsome face.
“Are you here?”
“Did you find out anything?”
Baek Seo-joon clicked his tongue at Yoo Eun-ho, who got straight to the point.
“Not much.”
“Then why did you call me? I’m busy…”
“Hey, I’m busy too, you know? It’s nice to have a place like this with friends once in a while.”
He poured liquor into Yoo Eun-ho’s glass and said.
“I went to see the detective who participated in the investigation that day. But he said he couldn’t remember because it was too long ago. He said he had to look at the data, but there was no data left.”
They clinked their glasses. Yoo Eun-ho took a sip and put it down, then said quietly.
“I’m keeping an eye on the family for now.”
“So, what I’m saying is… isn’t there anyone else you suspect besides your close family?”
“Grandfather’s side?”
Baek Seo-jun nodded. Yoo Eun-ho was lost in thought.
“Well… it’s possible.”
Joo Sung is a leading company in South Korea, and also famous worldwide. A company like this doesn’t just happen overnight. Yoo Chang-ho is the second-generation chairman. The first-generation chairman was his brother, Yoo Hyung-joon.
Yoo Hyung-joon passed on the group to his younger brother, Yoo Chang-ho, instead of his own children, for some unknown reason. And now, Yoo Geon-min and Yoo Eun-ho are firmly establishing the succession structure. But would Yoo Chang-ho’s cousins stay quiet?
“I think we have a good relationship with them, even though we don’t interact much…”
“They might be resentful that they didn’t inherit Joo Sung. He’s more than qualified to be a speaker.”
“I guess so.”
The top star of the era. He made a sensation in South Korea with the wedding of the century. But Joo Sung’s image was irreparable for a while because of Lee Hee-seo’s scandalous accident. If they were aiming for that, Yoo Hyung-joon’s family was also a suspect.
“…”
Yoo Eun-ho was silent, and Baek Seo-jun, who had been drinking without a word, put down his glass nervously. He scratched his head roughly.
“Hey, let’s be honest. This won’t work. There’s no clue, no evidence. There’s nothing to gain.”
“…”
“But if there’s a witness, the situation would change.”
Yoo Eun-ho’s hand, which was fiddling with the glass, trembled slightly. Baek Seo-jun looked at him and said softly.
“How long are you going to hide it? He’s not a kid.”
“…”
“Call him now, your brother.”
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