Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 5)

Chapter 858: The Last (91)

I hadn't seen Lee Jihye in a long time, but surprisingly, she was the same as the last time I did.

To be honest, the thought that I was happy to see her came first in my mind.

I hadn't been able to find a trace of her even after looking so hard, and I'd wished she was with me... a couple of times.

In this situation, I was glad that she and I were moving separately.

However, I still had some concerns.

'What should I do if this woman has gone crazy?'

In the interim, I'd thought she was showing me a way to accomplish what I needed.

She would have devised her plan considering various variables, and if she had information from Lucifer, she would have paved the path based on that information.

Due to the circumstances, I'd felt like she was watching over me, but it was possibly not the case.

Perhaps Lee Jihye had been considering both options A and B for herself.

The option to reach out her hand and the option not to.

She wouldn't have even considered Kim Hyunsung in the first place.

In other words, it depended on her whim.

She was rational and reasonable. If she felt that what she could get from the contract with Lucifer was greater than what we could offer, there was a possibility that she would turn her back on us. Of course, I didn't think she'd want to clash with me, but beyond that, it was hard to predict how her whim might work.

That was the bottom line.

'I'll have to humor her well.'

I probably wouldn't have imagined when I first met her.

"I honestly wouldn't be here without her."

It would have been the same in the first round.

"Hyejin. You'll have to humor her well. Don't say anything weird."

She started contemplating what to say first.

She moved carefully as she looked around, and although they seemed to flinch for a moment—except for Sun Hee-young and Kasugano—they didn't move.

Perhaps it was because there was no other order. The familiar person next to Lee Jihye stopped her.

-That's enough. Don't come any closer.

- Yeon-soo, it's okay.

-Unnie.

-You can't stop her even if you wanted to anyway. Acknowledging the difference between you and your opponent is a virtue.

-What? What do you mean? I... I don't lose.

-...

-I don't lose...

-You should listen to me.

Her villainous aura was awesome. She was the personification of charisma itself.

She was a villain.

Yeon-soo took a step back, looking enraged. Carefully nodding, Cho Hyejin quietly returned her scarf.

Lee Jihye only smiled a little, but for the spearwoman, that would seem very reassuring. At least she'd have noticed that she wasn't hostile.

Although the atmosphere was a bit tense, she'd probably decided that Jihye had expressed a willingness to have a conversation.