Chapter 342
It was an hour later that Yoo Jonghyuk and his colleagues returned to Earth . Yoo Jonghyuk, Han Sooyoung, Lee Jihye, Jung Heewon, Lee Hyunsung, Shin Yoosung, Lee Gilyoung and Lee Seolhwa .
The first thing they discovered after safely passing through the portal was the flashing sparks around the centre of the industrial complex . The sparks of probability were striking down on the centre of the Factory like lightning bolts .
Lee Jihye wondered, " . . . What the hell is going on?"
She asked but no one could answer properly . They got on the chimera dragon and soon arrived at the Factory . The party members jumped over the walls and ran straight to the hospital room .
Flying Fox waved when he saw the people rushing in . "Huh, you came back already?"
Jung Heewon asked, "Dokja-ssi . . . no, where is Yoo Sangah-ssi?"
"He is over there, though I think you need to be treated as well . . . "
"We're fine . Just treat Hyunsung-ssi . "
"W-Wait a minute! My skin is just a bit―"
"Shut up and lie down . "
After throwing the burnt Lee Hyunsung onto a hospital bed, Jung Heewon and the others headed to Yoo Sangah's hospital room . Obviously, they thought Kim Dokja would first head there .
"Dokja-ssi! Sangah-ssi!"
"Hey, everyone! If you just come in . . . !"
Then the party members faced an unexpected sight after arriving . Han Sooyoung muttered . "What is this situation?"
There was no one in Yoo Sangah's hospital room apart from the minimum number of medical staff . Yoo Sangah's soul was still broken . Kim Dokja couldn't be seen at all .
A black aura was released from Han Sooyoung's body . "I'm asking you . What is this situation?"
The medical staff were daunted and spat out everything that happened, from the Returnees War to Kim Dokja's return .
" . . . So, Lee Sookyung went to receive treatment first . Maybe by now, the last step―"
Before the words finished, Han Sooyoung had already moved . It was so fast that no one could stop her . Han Sooyoung jumped over a nearby chair and grabbed the collar of a man taller than herself . "You son of a bitch . You knew everything?"
" . . . "
"Why didn't you talk properly? If you knew this―"
"If I said it, could you change anything?"
Yoo Jonghyuk's cold voice rang through the room . Han Sooyoung's mouth trembled . Could she change it if she knew? She didn't know . Han Sooyoung couldn't answer the question .
Yoo Jonghyuk asked again, "I asked if you could change anything?"
"You bastard . . . !"
This time, Yoo Jonghyuk didn't yield . The moment when the pressure around the two people was going to devastate the surroundings, Jung Heewon stopped them . "Stop, both of you! Can't you see that Yoo Sangah-ssi is present?"
[The constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' is furious!]
Yoo Jonghyuk shook off Han Sooyoung's hand and spoke to the medical staff . "Where is Kim Dokja?"
Han Sooyoung also turned to the staff at the question . Rather than answering, the medical staff glanced in one direction in unison . It was a hospital room where Lee Sookyung's surgery was underway .
Han Sooyoung asked, "Kim Dokja is in that room?"
"That's right . Aileen said he is needed . . . "
The party members approached the operating room door quietly enough not to interfere with the operation . Through the transparent glass, Aileen and Kim Dokja could be seen conducting the operation in the room . Thanks to the lighting, Kim Dokja's expression couldn't be seen but he definitely didn't look good .
Kim Dokja's hand was trembling and his gaze was slightly lowered . It was Shin Yoosung who opened her mouth first . " . . . Ahjussi's state is a bit weird . "
***
Once the operation started, the first thing Aileen said was, "You must come with me . "
" . . . Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Yes . "
The moment I ended the room, I saw the fragments of my broken mother . My mother, who defeated the returnees by summoning Pungbaek, was in a state where all her stories were broken .
「 . . . Dokja . 」
Somewhere, I felt I heard these words . Maybe it was my mother's stories . I thought in a reassuring manner to her . 'Don't worry . I didn't choose anyone . '
My mother's soul must be restored as quickly as possible . That way, I had the time to save Yoo Sangah . From now on, it was the time of Aileen .
"Staff, begin to supply the magic power . "
Aileen pulled out a small brush and started to collect the floating pieces of stories one by one .
The surgery itself was simple . Collect the fragments of the scattered stories and put them together in context .
It was to recover the meaning of the lost sentences . It was easy to say but the number of people in Ways of Survival who could perform this type of major surgery could only be counted on one hand .
The most remarkable one among them was Aileen Makerfield, the Story Expert next to me .
[The story 'Person Who Repairs the Story' has started!]
「 Every word that reaches your fingertips restores itself . 」
The end of the story was ultimately a share of the story . Every time Aileen's brush moved, the broken stories started to follow one by one . The star fluids I gained were the adhesive holding the stories together .
[The item 'Soma' is working!]
[The item 'Nectar' is working!]
By the time 40 minutes passed in the surgery, Aileen's forehead was covered with beads of sweat . The scene of Aileen's surgery also appeared in Ways of Survival but this was my first time actually seeing it and I was slightly impressed .
Once the overall story was repaired, Aileen took a sip of water . I asked Aileen, "Is it okay if the fragments aren't in context?"
I was anxious when I saw that the story fragments Aileen put together weren't perfectly neat .
AIleen lightly wiped her lips . "It's fine . This is what humans are like . "
Certainly, her words might be true . In general, humans weren't tidy existences .
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