After a short time, the party members managed their equipment while waiting for Kim Dokja. Lee Jihye changed her blade and asked Jung Heewon, “Is Dokja ahjussi being serious? Really destroying Olympus…”
“It must be a joke. Dokjssi isn't that stupid.”
“Still, we don't know where he has been for three years. Do you know the last three years?”
“…I understand. I'm not a fool.”
“We might not know where he has been for three years but if we look at Master…”
The speaking Lee Jihye quickly shut her mouth as she felt Yoo Jonghyuk's gaze from a distance. Jung Heewon sighed at Lee Jihye before glancing at the meeting room that Kim Dokja entered.
Two people were sitting in a private room reminiscent of the reception room of a detention centre.
“It's been three years.”
“…It took me longer than I thought.”
Kim Dokja watched Lee Sookyung and locked his lips several times. There were many things to say but some were buried in the layers of scenarios and others were missed by time passing.
“That…” In the tomb of a bygone story, a word was barely excavated. “I'm sorry.”
Lee Sookyung smiled and wondered,”Are you thinking of leaving for the next scenario?”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“This evening.” Kim Dokja kept his mouth shut for a moment before asking, “Will you go with me?”
“I still have a lot of work to do here.”
Lee Sookyung gazed out the window at the industrial complex. Kim Dokja followed Lee Sookyung's gaze and looked out the window. They were women who had once been prisoners in this society.
There were Cho Youngran who had Jeon Woochi as her sponsor and Lee Boksoon who fought with him on Fishland.
“There are more people than you think who make the wrong choice because they are attracted to greater power.”
The criminals who left prison were now fighting for people.
“The important thing is that people can change. Perhaps now they are getting the opportunity.”
Lee Sookyung's voice was sneering at herself. Lee Sookyung turned her head and stared into her son's eyes.
“Do you know? A big story is a way to destroy an individual.”
“I know.”
Kim Dokja's eyes shook slightly. Small sparks jumped out from his two eyes. Perhaps it was a topic that shouldn't have been brought up. A human being exterminated by a 'big story.' Her son probably knew this better than anyone else in the world. Lee Sookyung hesitated for a long time before speaking.
“There is something I want to say.”
“I know. I read it as well.”
The book written by Lee Sookyung, the Underground Killer. Lee Sookyung's book became a bestseller and society started talking about domestic violence in earnest, leading to a bill to strengthen the law on punishment. On the macro level, it might've been the right thing to do.
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