Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 1)

Chapter 163: What Money Can't Buy (4)

"You don't have to feel guilty."

"What are you talking about?"

"Well... I feel like I know what you're thinking about. 'If I had done the right thing...' Are you not thinking like this?"

"I'm... not."

'You're not, right...'

I already knew what she was thinking. Wouldn't this have happened if the work hadn't been done lukewarmly?

Of course, even if she'd handled the Little Rock matter properly, nothing would have changed. I could assure that it wouldn't affect even 1% of this place.

"Even if you had handled the matter properly, nothing would change."

"..."

"Song is a part of this place, not all... As you can see, this place is working without any external influences. I told you, even the Lord of Castle Rock wouldn't be able to predict that there would be such a place."

"How can you not know what is going on in your estate?"

"Do you think the mayor of Seoul knows everything that happens in Seoul? Perhaps some of the people related to the Castle Rock's Lord have joined this place. Some people know and cover it up. And can you be sure that the place we are in is Castle Rock? Perhaps it's a border close to the Republic. It's in a secret location, after all."

"Why..."

"It may be entangled in but it's not something Yuka should bother with. What you need to know is simple. It is a part that needs to be cut out, but this reality is definitely part of society. And the people in these seats are also members of society."

"What..."

"There is no such thing as a world without crime."

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

"You will, eventually."

While we talked as we walked, Cho Hyejin continued to frown. Her tone was a little cold, and she seemed to be doing her best to hold back her anger.

Of course, she wasn't angry with me. The only thing she was angry with was this environment and herself, who could not do anything.

It was only now that she had faced reality, and it had slapped her right where it hurt.

Thinking that now was the perfect time to talk to her a little more kindly, I spoke up once more.

"Don't you think there's really nothing they can't get?"

"They think they can buy everything with money. It's obvious what these people think."

"That's right. If you have money, you can buy everything. Not only slaves but drugs or sex. You can even buy experience."

"You mean experience?"

"Yes. Experience. I'm just asking... Have you ever killed someone, Yuka?"

I thought that maybe she did.

If she had rotted in this place for quite a long time, there was no way she wouldn't have experience. Perhaps her first experience was in the tutorial dungeon. In places where food was limited, there were many instances for brawls to break out,

Our party also had this experience, all except for Park Deokgu. The same went for Jung Hayan as well as Kim Hyunsung.

I also killed some in the tutorial dungeon, though I could no longer remember their names.

As I stared at Cho Hyejin, she stared back at me for a moment before replying.

"I have..."

"I guess it's not a very good memory."