Legend of Legend – Chapter 4

Posted on June 15, 2016

<– Chapter 4: Legend of Legend(LOL)-Interview Day(3) –>

When Lee-joonhyuk got on the subway, he became completely exhausted.  Everyone’s gaze was on him, and several people tried to offer their seats to him.

“Please sit here.”

“Thank you.”

As soon as Lee-joonhyuk sat on the seat, he could hear the whispers coming from the female high school student, who was looking at him.

“Isn’t he that person?”

“I think it is?”

They were whispering towards Lee-joonhyuk’s direction, but he didn’t have the energy to pay any attention to it.  He had disinfected his wounds, but that didn’t mean it had been healed.  He didn’t have any immunity towards pain.

A high school girl approached Lee-joonhyuk, who had his head down.

“Hey, Uncle?”

Lee-joonhyuk raised his head with a slight frown.

“It is him.  I was right.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Look at this.  You are this uncle, right?”

Lee-joonhyuk saw a video of himself saving people from the bus.  He laughed as he watched the image of himself.

“It is him.”

“Wow. Uncle. You are a boss!”

“I’m not a boss.  Anyone would have done what I did.”

The female high school students giggled as they spoke.

“Uncle.  Take a picture with us.”

“I’m not in a frame of mind to do that.”

“Eh-ee.  Don’t be like that. ”

The female high school student didn’t even concern themselves with Lee-joonhyuk’s injuries, and they were busy taking pictures with him in the background.  Then they were busy putting the pictures on the SNS. (TLN: social network service)
Lee-joonhyuk laughed as he saw them, then he leaned back on his seat.

“Do whatever you want.”

Once the female high school students started it, numerous people also busily took pictures with Lee-joonhyuk as the background.  Lee-joonhyuk was tired of the picture serenade, so he gave his body to the subway.

The 12 floored building in front of him was shaped like a capsule.
The first interview Lee-joonhyuk decided to go to was at ST Capsule.
ST Capsule was a company that made various medical machines.  When the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder and the mass coma happened, they had moved their feet quickly.  Everything that was needed to assist a comatose patient was made by Capsule.

Capsule combined all the medical equipment to make a medical equipment that could be used easily by regular people.  Of course, the price was expensive, but it was proved to be effective.  This was why W.A.N.C.S. publicly endorsed it.

As groups of patients became comatose, the hospital was over-capacitated on the number of patients they could admit.  This lead to an increase in popularity for Capsule.  If one had a Capsule at home, then they would have no trouble taking care of the comatose patient.

This was how ST Capsule became a big corporation in one fell swoop.  At first, they had made the parts for the machines by themselves, and when their profit increased, they became the 3rd biggest company in Korea.  Then they were able to enter the top 100 ranking of companies in the world.

The fact that he put in an application to this place meant he was somewhat bold.  He had graduated from a college in Seoul, but it wasn’t a named university.  Moreover, he had kept up his grade, but everyone had that much on their resume.

Lee-joonhyuk entered the building’s lobby, and he put on the nameplate with his application number and picture.  When Lee-joonhyuk entered the lobby, the woman standing within looked at his condition then she queried.

“Have you come for the interview?”

“Yes. Where should I go?”

“Please go to the third floor.”

“Thank you.”

Lee-joonhyuk was about to pass her when the woman addressed him.

“The interview already started 10 minutes ago.  You should hurry up.”

“Thank you.”

Even though he wanted to hurry up, he couldn’t.  He was fortunate that he didn’t need to drag his legs.  When the elevator door closed, Lee-joonhyuk saw his reflection, and he decided he needed to wash his face.  He was in a sorry state.
He couldn’t do anything about his injured leg, but black soot had smeared across his face as he was swept up in the explosion.  If he went to the interview with this face, it wouldn’t be polite.

When the elevator arrived at the 3rd floor, Lee-joonhyuk walked hurriedly, and he headed to the restroom.  Lee-joonhyuk took off his dress jacket, then he quickly washed his face.

After washing his face thoroughly, he used the water to sweep his hair to the side, and he was able to see the band aid with the cartoon character on his forehead.  He briefly thought about Jo-jisun’s face, then he out a little laugh.  After he put on his dress jacket, he exited the restroom.

“Number 35.  Is Mr. Lee-joonhyuk not here?”

“I’m here.”

He walked quickly as he answered.  When the lady saw Lee-joonhyuk, she couldn’t hide her shocked expression.  Lee-joonhyuk looked like he should be looking for a hospital instead of attending an interview.
However, Lee-joonhyuk thought he had a good chance at sticking this interview.  He might receive additional points for having some experience with the ASD patients, which causes the mass coma.

When he opened the door to the interview room, Lee-joonhyuk felt everyone’s eyes on him.
There were 3 people who were conducting the interview.  Across them were 4 people who came to take the interview.  After checking for an empty seat, Lee-joonhyuk walked towards the seat.  As soon as he sat, the woman interviewer sitting in the middle pushed her glasses up, then she spoke.

“Number 33, Ms. Kim-dahae?”

“Yes.”

Everyone’s gaze was drawn to Lee-joonhyuk, but the woman asked the other interviewee a question. Lee-joonhyuk sat in his seat with a straight back, and he waited for his turn.
Couple of his hypothetical question was asked, and the interviewees answered it in a logical manner.  As he saw this, Lee-joonhyuk took a deep breath.  Then Lee-joonhyuk’s turn came.

“Number 35, Mr. Lee-joonhyuk?”

“Yes.”

He answered energetically.  The woman didn’t even glance at Lee-joonhyuk, and after she rifled through her documents, she asked.

“Why do you think the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder is happening?”

It was a question he hadn’t thought of.  Even the world’s leading scientists had no idea why the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder was occurring.

“To my understanding, the cause has not been found.”

The woman slowly raised her gaze, and she spoke as she looked into Lee-joonhyuk’s eyes.

“I want to hear Mr. Lee-joonhyuk’s opinion. ”

Lee-joonhyuk was slightly taken aback.  Truthfully, he wanted the interviewer to ask why he came to the interview in such an outfit.  Then he would have told them about the accident he experienced, then he would try to make a favorable impression.

However, she didn’t seem too interested in that part.  The eyes of the woman, who asked him the question, was colder than ice.

Lee-joonhyuk regulated his breath for a moment before he answered.

“The per-determined day of the week, and the time the event happens might point to this being part of someone’s plan.  That is what I think.”

“If you think this is planned out by someone, then are you saying this is a conspiracy?”

Over 100,000 ASD patient had appeared, and the accidents cause by them had caused 500,000 casualties.  Currently, they had found out that the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder only happens on a Friday, so there were many contingency built in to minimize the casualties.  However, when it first happened, endless amount  of accidents had happened.

He had said it was a conspiracy, but it wasn’t as simple of a problem as that.
Lee-joonhyuk swallowed dryly as the woman interrogated him.

“The event is well regulated, so I’m just saying it is problem we should at least be suspicious of.”

After looking at Lee-joonhyuk for a moment, the woman nodded her head.

“So that is Mr. Lee-joonhyuk’s opinion.”

As if the woman didn’t have anything else to say to him, she asked the next interviewer a question.

“Number 36, Mr. Kim-giltae.”

Lee-joonhyuk felt a sense of futility as his turn passed. The others were asked questions within the realm of the hypothetical questions, so why did he get such a baffling question?
Since he had answered sincerely and thoughtfully, he decided not to think too much on it.

When Lee-joonhyuk lowered his head, he looked at his attire.  Shouldn’t everyone want to ask him about his attire?  These people were heartless.

Soon all the questions had been asked, and the woman opened her mouth.

“Well done everyone.  The announcement on who passed will be notified individually, so take care of your hand-phone.”

“Number 35, Mr. Lee-joonhyuk.”

Lee-joonhyuk turned around, and the woman spoke in a calm voice.

“If you are as injured as you look, you should have went to the hospital.  How could we hire someone who can’t even take care of their own body when we have to sell medical machines that will be used to heal others?”

Lee-joonhyuk bit his lips.  Her words weren’t wrong.

“Please leave.”

Lee-joonhyuk hung his head a little bit as he went outside.

Today was continuously filled with tension.  His day had been hectic, and he walked while clutching his side.

“That’s right.  I’ll go to the hospital.”

His interview today was all messed up, because of the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder.  Since he had some connection to the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder, he had gone to ST Capsule in hopes that they might hire him.  However, he had thought wrong.
After Lee-joonhyuk went outside, he arduously walked toward the next subway.  On a day like today, he wasn’t suppose to ride a taxi.

After Lee-joonhyuk departed, the interviewers was taking a break when a man entered.  When he entered, the interviewers stood up and they greeted him.

The man lightly raised his hand, and he spoke.

“Please give me a minute.”

The other interviewers left the room, and the man flopped into the empty seat then he spoke.

“Chief Kim-oonsuh.”

“Please speak, Director Kim.”

The man, who was called Director Kim, broke into a laugh.

“That’s fine, Oonsuh.”

“This is the company, big brother.” (TLN: implying they shouldn’t speak familiarly when they are in a place of business)

“I know.”

Director Kim-sukhoon of the ST Capsule searched through the papers the interviewers were looking at, and he brought out Kim-jungin’s document.

“Did you interview this fellow?”

“His principles were lacking.  Also, his spec was pathetic.”  (TLN: spec = school/grades)

Kim-sukhoon responded calmly to Kim-oonsuh’s acerbic remarks.

“Pass him.”

“What?” (TLN: she dropped the respectful speech)

Kim-sukhoon replied airily.

“Didn’t you say this is a place for business?”

“Director.  Do you perhaps know this guy?”

Kim-sukhoon took Lee-joonhyuk’s file, and he folded it into a paper air plane.  Then he threw it toward Kim-oonsuh.  When Kim-oonsuh’s eyes started to flash coldly, he calmly replied back.

“If his spec is lacking then we don’t have to give him a good seat.  However, he has to be passed.”

“May I know the reason?”

Kim-sukhoon shook his head, and he took took out his smartphone.  He fiddled with it for a moment, then he passed it to Kim-oonsuh.  It showed a bus on the center line, and a car had embedded itself in the bus.  The footage was shaky.

Soon, the window was broken, then she saw a man emerge.  The familiar-looking man scraped off all the glass from the window, then he lowered a grandpa.

As Kim-oonsuh was watching the video, she heard Kim-sukhoon’s voice in her ears.

“It was uploaded about 30 minutes ago, but the view count is exploding up.  I think they are calling him this generation’s hero? ”

Kim-oonsuh saw him rescue not only the old people on the bus, but he continued on to save the person stuck inside the embedded car.  After the rescue, she saw Lee-joonhyuk rolling on the floor from the force of the explosion.

“So that is why he came to the interview in such a state.”

Kim-sukhoon laughed as if he saw through her cold speech.

“Isn’t he cute?”

Kim-oonsuh looked at Kim-sukhoon as if he was a creepy bug.  Kim-sukhoon acted as if he had been injured then he got up from his seat.

“So it should be fine.  Pass him.  It’ll be good for our public relations.”

“I guess we have to.”

She didn’t like it, but she didn’t have any reasons to refuse it.  She was merely filling up one seat, so it wasn’t a difficult task.
She decided it was the right decision to use him as an effective advertisement tool for ST Capsule.

Kim-sukhoon got up from his seat and he spoke.

“I’ll leave it to you.”

As soon as Kim-sukhoon left, Kim-oonsuh looked at the paper air plane on her seat.  It was a paper air plane made from Lee-joonhyuk’s interview document.  She touched the air plane once, and she let out a little laugh.

“He’s a bit transparent, but he is cute.”

Lee-joonhyuk’s actions were transparent, but the act of Lee-joonhyuk saving the people was a great feat.  He hadn’t spared his own body to save the other people.

People were afraid with regarding anything to do with the Abnormal Sleeping Disorder.  As a company that makes money off the mass coma status of the patients, they had to be quick sighted.  From the company’s perspective, Lee-joonhyuk was basically a squash that had rolled in. (TLN: good fortune falling from the sky)