The Hero
Volume 7 – Disjunction
Chapter 8
A little less than 30 minutes after Silver Knight left the scene, everything was concluded. The inside of the Hospital was cleaned out, and all of the parasitic monsters were deemed dead.
Right as everything concluded, it happened. On the far side of the road, a beautiful girl with a rugged expression was running over while panting.
"Hey, wait one second. Can we talk real quick?!"
"Are you by chance looking for me?"
Sonic Boom smiled and approached the reporter. However, MiYeon Lee ran past him and approached Ironman instead.
He was currently talking to the soldiers and telling them what had happened in detail. It hadn"t even been a day yet, since he"s last seen MiYeon Lee.
"Ironman, you remember me right?"
"Yes, you conducted yesterday"s interview……"
"Then this conversation will move along pretty quickly. I wanted to have a conversation with you regarding the things that happened last night. Is that okay? Because, it seems like the protagonist Silver Knight, has already left the scene."
"That"s, going to be a little difficult. The scene has yet to be regulated………..and even I don"t know much about the situation."
Ironman had already received an order of secrecy from HQs regarding the situation. As the Earthquake this time around was abnormal, and talking about it would just cause a panic within the civilians.
"Okay. I understand. You just have to tell me the parts that are allowed to be relayed to the civilians. I"m sure the situation this time has nothing to do with the previous Earthquake, so the civilians are going to be questioning how it came about. I"m sure HQs didn"t tell you to keep your mouth shut completely, right? What do you think? Is what I"m saying correct? Just tell me the things that you"re allowed to tell me."
Around that time, Haneul had reached the outskirts of the city.
Although the battle was over, he continued to adorn his armor.
He was determined.
Haneul figured that it was also a Hero"s job to stand in front of the people, so he decided not to neglect any interviews. He was determined to become a shining light within the darkness of this world.
However, Ironman and Director JooHyuk Park told him to rest. They thought they were being considerate towards him by telling him not to overdo it, and that there was no need to place all of the burden onto himself.
However, Haneul felt that something was lacking.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He felt an oppressive feeling that Black Walker"s resolution was much more than this.
"Is it okay for me to rush out of the scene as if I"m running away? Maybe I"m just being too spoiled."
Haneul shook his head out of confusion.
From here on out, without them resisting each other, it was going to be difficult to live life as Haneul and as a Hero. That was because, within the armor of the Hero known as Silver Knight, there was a person named Haneul who just wanted to live a normal life.
The streets were empty.
Everything was swallowed by the darkness of night.
Being alone on such a street, Haneul started remembering the battle that he just had.
The battle was tough.
Haneul felt the weight of human lives, and had to whip himself to realize what it meant to be known as a Hero. He wanted to run, and he felt like he was going to collapse. It was a fight where one had to endure an agony of pain.
Shiver.
His arms suddenly shook.
No, it wasn"t his arms. It was his whole body.
A mix of fear, guilt, and rage rushed forth, almost making Haneul collapse.
Not wanting to lose himself, Haneul barely wrapped his arms around his body.
"It"s okay. It"s okay. It was what I had to do. Not something I could have neglected."
Having heard the cries of those that needed to be saved, Haneul had hoped his ears would become unusable. Being driven by madness, his only focus was to get rid of the enemy in front of him.
"I"m sorry……."
That was the beginning.
He apologized to each and every one that died in front of his eyes, then clenched the wall, closed his eyes, and started taking deep breaths.
As he did, Haneul"s mind had finally started to calm down. It was a shocking way of controlling his own mind.
It was the same feeling that he got when he was transported to this other world. He was able to hold himself up again, just as he did when he figured out that his whole life had changed.
The armor that hugged Haneul made noise as it started to undo itself. It stopped itself at the forearm, and then disappeared towards the middle finger.
The ring that was on Haneul"s right middle finger was shining brightly.
Haneul started running.
His mind and body were both exhausted.
He didn"t want to think about anything anymore. He just wanted to release the heavy burdens within him and sleep.
The long night was finally coming to an end.
Chapter 8 Completed.