Chapter 3

In the end, Tae Hyuk gave up on throwing the mirror away . What could he do when it returns in his pocket before he knows like a cursed puppet .

It seems it just report the situation through messages and vibration . It doesn’t seem like it will cause any harm .

‘I should maybe go look for an exorcist later . ’

Let the mirror aside, he chose to only think about Yoo Cheol Ho first .

‘Yoo Cheol Ho was definitely hiding in an empty church, right?’

If he had a smartphone, he would have searched with a map application but what Tae Hyuk had was noona’s old folder phone she gave to him .

He had no choice but to search for it online in a nearby PC room .

The PC room was full even though it was right in the midst of school hours .

A few students in their uniforms could be seen as well .

‘They’re also skipping school’

Tae Hyuk paid the fee in advance at the counter, and took a seat and turned on the computer .

‘Where’s the church⋯⋯ . The fuck . How could there be more than 20?’

The good thing was that he knew the church was empty .

Tae Hyuk had to check by calling all the churches one by one .

And then he had the information he wanted in a few minutes .

‘There’s only two places that didn’t answer the phone . He must be in one of the two!’

Tae Hyuk moved quickly .

The first place he went to was in vain . That must mean the guy is at the second place for sure .

‘Bingo⋯⋯!’

The curtains were firmly drawn on every window . But a subtle sign of a life could be felt from the inside .

Half of the whole alley was empty because of redevelopment . The church Yoo Cheol Ho was in must be ruined because of that .

‘Certainly nobody would have thought that an escaped prisoner would be hiding in a church . ’

First he had to see if it was Yoo Cheol Ho that was inside .

‘How should I do this…’

It’s not like he could knock on the door and ask “Is Mr . Yoo Cheol Ho there?” .

Suddenly, a good idea came .

Tae Hyuk got the church’s address by searching the mailbox and went toward a chinese restaurant a little away from here .

It was where he often worked part-time as a deliveryman, skipping school .

Luckily, it was lunch time rush hour . The phone was continuously ringing but the delivery motorcycle wasn’t there .

‘Like I thought, the orders are piled up . ’

Tae Hyuk called the chinese restaurant .

He ordered a double portion of Jajangmyeon to be sent to the church’s address that he found earlier .

He made sure to sound irritated when they said that the delivery would be delayed due to the piled up orders as a plus .

The boss gladly welcomed Tae Hyuk when he entered the chinese restaurant .

“Oh, if it isn’t Tae Hyuk? Did you come to work part-time again? You came at the right time, there was a lot of orders piled up . ”

“No, I just came to eat Jajangmyeon . ”

“Hey, don’t be so cold, we’re really busy now . Just 10 deliveries, please . I’ll give you 10,000 won for an hour . ”

Tae Hyuk smiled complacently .

“Just for an hour then . ”

“Call!”

Tae Hyuk changed into the work uniform and took the iron box .

‘Let’s do some tests before, just in case . ’

He decided to use the crime skill The Robbery he learnt just before to check if it would also work on a common person .

Passing by the boss sat on the counter, he bumped lightly his body .

Then the crime skill activated normally .

[You used The Robbery . ]

− You succeeded in stealing the other party’s possession!

‘Let’s see what I stole . ’

Tae Hyuk put his hand into his pocket and his hand caught onto a strange ball of hair .

‘What is this?’

When he looked at the boss, the abundant hair the boss had was nowhere .

‘The boss⋯⋯ . He was in his 30s, right?’

Tears came to Tae Hyuk’s eyes .

“You dropped this . ”

“Uwah! When did this come off again!? T-Tae Hyuk⋯⋯ . Tell this to nobody, okay? I’ll give you 5,000 more Won . ”

The two shared warm look of eyes .

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“Delivery!”

Tae Hyuk knocked on the firmly locked door and shouted .

There was no reaction at all from the inside of the church . And the more and more he knocked strongly on the door .

As there was no reaction even so, Tae Hyuk started to yell loudly as hell .

“Yo man! You ordered this! Get out quickly, please!”

Was he not able to bear it anymore?

The closed curtain moved a little . Maybe he was checking if it was really a delivery man from a chinese restaurant outside .

The iron door opened and the shadow of a man in a clergy dress could be seen .

“⋯⋯We didn’t order any Jajangmyeon here . ”

“Man, this is the right address . ”

“Mm . Come to think of it, I’m starving . How much is it?”

The man slowly opened the door and came out .

Tae Hyuk almost dropped the iron box .

“Yoo Cheol Ho⋯⋯!”

The murderer of 7 people .

It was him in person .

‘He has a beard and a clergy dress on but this is him for sure!’

He shed cold sweats and his cloth got damp .

Yoo Cheol Ho being here was a proof that what Tae Hyuk saw wasn’t just a simple dream .

Then⋯⋯ .

‘What the hell . Then that means I’ll really go to prison in 5 years after a false charge of murder? What the fucking fuck!’

Wait .

Something came in his mind . The situation now was different from that time he got falsely charged without knowing anything .

Tae Hyuk knows what will happen in the next 15 years to come .

And⋯⋯ .

‘I don’t know what kind of power this is exactly, but there’s also the mirror and…’

He learnt The Robbery skill from the pickpocket with the mirror’s ability .

Then won’t it be able to do other things as well?

Perhaps it can change the fatality he remembers that is waiting for him .

‘First, I’ve got to know how I can get those skills . ’

Tae Hyuk remembered the moment when he learned The Robbery .

He bumped into the pickpocket that was going to go inside the bus and he got The Robbery skill .

Then right after, he witnessed the pickpocket stealing the old lady’s wallet .

The condition must be in one of these events .

“I’m indisposed so could you please enter and put the plates on the floor inside?”

Yoo Cheol Ho said with a smile .

Tae Hyuk looked at Yoo Cheol Ho’s eyes . Eyes of a beast ready to murder somebody .

‘I must not let my guard down!’

If he does anything suspicious even a little, he would be murdered by Yoo Cheol Ho .

Tae Hyo remembered about the 3 cases of murder Yoo Cheol Ho did after he broke out from the prison .

He chopped his victims dozens of times with his knife, when he suspected them of being aware of his identity

Yoo Cheol Ho is quick .

You can’t get away from him even if you try to escape .

Then⋯⋯ .

It means he must look perfectly like a chinese restaurant delivery man!

Tae Hyuk spoke in an indifferent way .

“It’ll be 5,000 won . ”

“A second, the money is⋯⋯ . ”

Yoo Chel Ho doesn’t seem to be suspecting Tae Hyuk’s identity .

Tae Hyuk smiled complacently .

‘I did good in disguising myself as a delivery man . ’

People tend to let their guard down when they’re facing people like deliverymen .

The Yoo Cheol Ho in his memory was also caught after a pizza deliveryman’s report .

“Ah, here’s the money . ”

Yoo Cheol Ho took a bill of 10,000 won from his pocket and gave to Tae Hyuk .

Tae Hyuk took it and gave the change back .

“There’s a lot of orders piled up so I’ll be back in a hour to get back the bowl . ”

And then the door closed .

Tae Hyuk sighed in relief .

He got away safely from the crazy murderer .

“This will be your last dinner in the outer world so enjoy it . ”

Tae Hyuk giggled .

He should also have ordered a Tangsuyuk as well if so .

Glossary (From Wikipedia)

Jajangmyeon (자장면; 짜장면; jjajangmyeon), a Korean Chinese cuisine, is a noodle dish topped with a thick sauce made of chunjang(a salty black soybean paste when unheated), diced pork and vegetables, and sometimes also seafood .

Tangsuyuk (Korean: 탕수육, Chinese: 糖醋肉), the Koreanized version of sweet and sour pork or orange chicken . Unlike theAmericanized Chinese dish of the same name, tangsuyuk can be made with either pork or beef .