RENEWAL (WARPED Book Two)

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(Jongsuk's PoV)

"Ugh...where am I?" I asked upon waking up.

Looking around, I noticed that Hayoung is sleeping on a chair beside my bed while using my arm as a pillow. Aside from her, I also noticed that Gyuri and Seoyeon are sleeping on the couch nearby.

I must be inside a medical facility, so it should be the hospital in Seoul that also serves as the evacuation center, I thought while looking inside the room.

(A/N: The dialogues enclosed by brackets [] are conversations via telepathy.)

Trelos: [Are you alright now, Jongsuk-ah?]

Me: [Yes. How long was I out of it?]

T: [About two weeks, I guess. I think at least five ladies took turns in taking care of you.]

Me: [Five ladies?]

T: [Yes. The other two are the tallest one and the loudest one, I think.]

Me: [Ah. The tallest is Lady Chaeyoung and Lady Jiwon's the loudest one. They're my farming buddies.]

T: [I see. How about those three?]

Me: [The two over there are Lady Seoyeon and Lady Gyuri. This one here is Lady Hayoung. I understand Lady Hayoung and Lady Seoyeon as well as the first two taking turns in caring for me. But Lady Gyuri?]

T: [If I'm not mistaken, this Lady Gyuri here is the one whose older brother got resurrected along with your Lady Hayoung. That brother of hers is a policeman and seems close to Thanatos, I think.]

Me: [Hmmm...knowing Thanatos, Lady Gyuri's older brother must be someone he owes his life to. Compared to me, he's pretty much a recluse. Anyway, he's probably harmless so just let him be.]

T: [Got it.]

Me: [By the way, who's looking after these ladies?]

T: [If I'm not mistaken, it's the lady named Juri.]

Me: [She's my esteemed little sister. Don't worry, she'll be able to handle an Adept or two with her skills alone.]

T: [I know. Actually, she already killed ten men that are snooping around you as well as the ladies here. And just by using a mes. Take note, A MES! Crazy, isn't it?]

Me: [Well...you can't really be considered a great doctor if you haven't killed at least one patient. And they should be thankful since they didn't experience getting dissected or experimented on.]

T: [You got a point there. Anyway, it can still be considered as self-defense, given the fact that those people have guns. Seriously, witnessing that still gives me the shivers.]

Me: [Wait. Did you just say that those people have guns?]

T: [Why? Is there a problem with that?]

Me: [Yes. Unlike in the US, guns are illegal for civilian use here. Even the Bulsajo Clan whom we used to work with only have a pistol or two at most.]

T: [Come to think of it, one of them even used a submachine gun so Lady Juri killed him first. I just didn't pay too much attention to it since guns are pretty common in the US. Even those who live in the ghetto have it.]

Me: [Which means that those people have an influential patron hiring or protecting them.]

T: [Patron, huh. It's been a while since I heard that word. What should we do? It's your call.]

Me: [Let's just observe them for now. If they are still being careful, it only means that they have little information about us.]

T: [Shall we take defensive countermeasures as well?]