Superstar From Age 0 - Chapter 1202



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0 years old to superstar episode 1202

‘Is it time to end already?’

With Lee Jae-ha gone and Choi Dong-hyun left alone, Song Yu-jeong thought for a moment that the two hours had passed too quickly.

A small rustling sound could be heard, suggesting that someone was checking the time.

I also knew the meaning of the title [Ad libitum: Freely], and I saw Lee Jae-ha’s bright expression as his foolishness disappeared, and I think that Lee Jae-ha’s ending with the piano performance was fitting.

I thought it would be too sad if it ended like this.

I was hoping for a better happy ending.

‘uh!?’

Fortunately, knowing what the audience was thinking, it wasn’t the end.

“Thank you to everyone who participated in this contest… … .”

When the host announced the end of the contest, the audience and Choi Dong-hyun applauded. And next to Choi Dong-hyun, a powerful applause was heard… … next to him?

Whoosh!

And Choi Dong-hyun quickly turned his head.

Wow!

Lee Jae-ha was seen smiling brightly and clapping.

okay.

Jaehae Lee.

Lee Jae-ha, who had ascended, was sitting next to Choi Dong-hyun.

‘Jaeha!’

The audience looked at Lee Jae-ha’s reappearance with happy expressions and screamed internally, “Eww!”

‘No, wait a minute.’

Should I be worried if my ascension fails?

Still, I was a little worried but also really happy that I was able to see you again like this.

“Yes… …Why are you here?”

Lee Jae-ha, who had been applauding enthusiastically at Choi Dong-hyun’s words with a face full of astonishment, blinked.

“? My brother brought you here, right?”

“No, that’s not it… … .”

Choi Dong-hyun opened his mouth wide at the sight of his black eyes filled with doubt, then quickly washed his face dry. Judging from the fact that he could even communicate, it seemed like it wasn’t a phantom, but the real Lee Jae-ha. Of course, Lee Jae-ha was a phantom, in and of itself.

“So… … you just disappeared for a moment a little while ago?”

Lee Jae-ha, who was wondering why Choi Dong-hyun was like that, opened his eyes wide at those words.

“… …Me?”

“okay.”

Lee Jae-ha was startled by the sight of Choi Dong-hyun nodding with a deep sigh and quickly looked at his own body. It seemed like he had no idea that his own body had disappeared.

“Is something wrong?”

“It won’t be a big deal. It may just be that the momentum wasn’t enough to ascend.”

Choi Dong-hyun spoke lightly, as if to reassure Lee Jae-ha.

Of course, my heart wasn’t light.

Because I knew very well that it was not good for a dead person to stay in this world for a long time.

I am rational now, but if a little more time passes, I might become a demon.

It was not the time to feel regret.

Lee Jae-ha had to be promoted.

“Still, it’s fortunate that I know how to do it. I didn’t get this kind of reaction when I played the piano.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I think I should go to another contest. Do you remember anything? Was there anything you were preparing for after this one?”

“Oh, there is. After a while… … .”

Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha, who had wireless earphones in their ears again, left the concert hall and came out into the lobby.

“I’m going to the bathroom.”

As Choi Dong-hyun walked toward the bathroom, Lee Jae-ha went to the corner of the lobby and looked at the participants who were waiting for Choi Dong-hyun and exchanging flower bouquets with envious eyes.

“… …Should I ask Donghyun hyung for it?”

Lee Jae-ha laughed and hummed.

After waiting for a while, Choi Dong-hyun returned.

But he had a strangely absent-minded expression.

“What’s wrong, bro?”

“… … No. Nothing.”

Choi Dong-hyun said, then returned with a normal face.

“Let’s go. You said you wanted to play the piano, right?”

I was puzzled for a moment.

At the mention of the piano, Lee Jae-ha quickly nodded his head with an excited expression.

Jaeha Lee playing the piano at a daycare center.

And as he looked at that sight, Choi Dong-hyun’s figure, lost in thought, briefly passed by.

The next day.

Choi Dong-hyun has been busy since dawn.

I sat in front of the computer and typed away on the keyboard for a while, but as soon as people started coming to work and getting active, I left the office, saying I had something to do.

“It seems like something happened yesterday.”

Lee Jae-ha, who was sitting on the sofa that was assigned to him, was worried.

Time passed, it was late.

Choi Dong-hyun is back.

“brother!”

Lee Jae-ha, who had been welcoming Choi Dong-hyun with a cheerful face, stopped in his tracks when he saw Choi Dong-hyun’s face full of shock.

“… … Dong-hyun hyung?”

Choi Dong-hyun grabbed Lee Jae-ha’s shoulders with both hands. His hands were shaking slightly.

“Lee Jae-ha! You, you! Why didn’t you say anything?”

“What, what?”

“… … Surely, you didn’t know either?”

Lee Jae-ha, who was bewildered by Choi Dong-hyun’s words that he could not understand at all, just blinked.

Then, Choi Dong-hyun realized that Lee Jae-ha really didn’t know.

‘How could you not know this, you idiot… … !’

Choi Dong-hyun, who had been chewing on his lips with a look of much to say, spoke as if he was sighing.

“You… … weren’t dead.”

“……yes?”

“Lee Jae-ha, you’re still alive!”

Lee Jae-ha stopped breathing.

Choi Dong-hyun heard that story as he was coming out of the bathroom at the competition venue.

It was a conversation between reporters.

“But why didn’t Lee Jae-ha participate?”

Choi Dong-hyun, who was listening to Lee Jae-ha’s story, realized only then that there was no obituary for Lee Jae-ha.

“It’s not that I didn’t do it, it’s that I couldn’t do it. He was in a car accident and is currently unconscious.”

The point was that Lee Jae-ha wasn’t dead yet.

‘Lee Jae-ha, was he alive?’

At that moment, the image of Lee Jae-ha, who had disappeared completely without a trace just a moment ago, came to mind.

Choi Dong-hyun’s face turned pale as he opened his mouth wide.

Maybe then.

Lee Jae-ha may not have really known that he almost died.

‘What the heck?!’

The audience looked at the screen with as much surprise as when they found out that Lee Jae-ha was a ghost, as Choi Dong-hyun’s words and the subsequent flashback scene.

‘Lee Jae-ha is alive? He’s not dead?’

It was certainly a happy event, but the audience was angry at the ‘father’ who tried to send his son to the contest as soon as he woke up from a car accident.

I let out a sigh of relief as I recalled Lee Jae-ha, who almost ascended again for a moment.

After that, Choi Dong-hyun wandered around all day long to find Lee Jae-ha’s ‘body’.

[Lee, E.H.]

Lee Jae-ha was in that hospital room.

There can’t be two such handsome faces.

Lee Jae-ha, with both eyes closed and no movement, seemed to be quietly sleeping.

Maybe it was because he had no soul, but his lifelessness made him look dead.

However, the small up and down movement of Jaeha Lee’s chest as if he was breathing, and the regular beeping sound of the ECG monitor connected to Jaeha Lee’s heartbeat were telling him that Jaeha Lee was alive.

“… … He was really alive… … .”

Lee Jae-ha was really alive.

* * *

Choi Dong-hyun told Lee Jae-ha that only his legs were injured and his hands were fine, and that Lee Jae-ha’s condition was different from that of ordinary ghosts.

“They say it’s called a living soul. A soul like you that has escaped from a living body.”

Living soul

A literal living soul.

Since he was truly alive, it was natural that Lee Jae-ha believed he was alive while he was at his client’s house.

“The method is surprisingly simple. All you have to do is make physical contact.”

Choi Dong-hyun continued speaking with a genuinely relieved expression as he told the method he had heard from a teacher he knew.

“Let’s go to the hospital together tomorrow. It might be a bit difficult for me to go into the hospital room, but you won’t be visible to people, so it’ll be fine. You can live again. You’ll be able to play the piano properly.”

Instead of playing it half-heartedly like now, I would be able to play it properly from beginning to end.

“… … Properly… … .”

Lee Jae-ha opened his mouth for the first time.

“I…….”

Lee Jae-ha’s voice trembled.

To Choi Dong-hyun’s ears, it sounded like he was deeply moved.

“… … No, I don’t want to go back.”

But it wasn’t.

“… … I don’t want to go back, hyung.”

It was a voice trembling with fear.

The audience understood Lee Jae-ha, who was full of fear and dread.

Choi Dong-hyun could only guess what kind of person his ‘father’ was through Lee Jae-ha’s current state and story, but the audience watched it directly through flashback scenes.

Kim Sang-hoon’s acting as Seo-jun and his father was so impressive that it felt even more horrifying even though there was no direct violence.

But then I come back to life and go back to hell?

Even the audience who were happy that Lee Jae-ha was alive felt regret and sadness.

Jaeha Lee felt like his ankles, which had been free like he was walking on clouds just a moment ago, were now tied with chains.

It felt so familiar.

I’ve always felt this way since I was little and didn’t even realize it was strange.

Only after I was dead could I truly understand how horrible and repulsive this was.

Fear, dread, helplessness, anxiety, frustration, burden, gloom, sadness, misery, despair, anger, and resentment.

All the negative emotions in the world come together and appear.

father.

Lee Jae-ha couldn’t even scream.

Choi Dong-hyun’s words passed by like the wind, and only Lee Jae-ha’s expression was vividly captured on the screen.

The audience watched Lee Jae-ha’s expressions, emotions, and feelings without holding their breath. Everything seemed to stop as the emotions surged in.

I think I finally understand how free and breathable it is to be without a father.

“… … No, I don’t want to go back.”

Do I have to go back there again?

“… … I don’t want to go back, hyung.”

Lee Jae-ha absolutely did not want to do that.

“… …You don’t want to go back?”

Choi Dong-hyun was finally able to check Lee Jae-ha’s condition after hearing the completely unexpected words. It was as if he was in a panic.

“I don’t want to go back, bro. I don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go.”

Lee Jae-ha, who said that, buried his face in his knees and shivered with only his back exposed. All sorts of negative emotions were flowing out of him.

“Lee Jae-ha, calm down.”

Choi Dong-hyun tried to calm Lee Jae-ha down, who was about to be swept away by negative emotions. If he made a mistake, he would turn into an evil spirit.

However, Lee Jae-ha seemed not to hear what Choi Dong-hyun said. He just desperately called out to Choi Dong-hyun as if he was his only lifeline.

‘This won’t work.’

Choi Dong-hyun lowered his head for a moment and looked down at his hands.

… … Let’s use fists as a last resort.

Choi Dong-hyun, lost in thought again, quickly figured out a solution.

It was such a simple method that I wondered why I didn’t think of it right away.

Choi Dong-hyun quickly took out his phone and turned on YouTube. Then he played a performance video of a pianist that Lee Jae-ha said he liked.

Shudder.

As soon as the first note of the lively piano began, Lee Jae-ha, who had been ignoring Choi Dong-hyun’s words, flinched. And soon, he lifted his face, which was wet with tears, and showed it to me.

“Are you really a kid… … .”

Like a child who stops crying after receiving candy, Choi Dong-hyun let out a sigh of relief and disappointment mixed in with Lee Jae-ha’s comeback to his senses after seeing the video of him playing the piano, but soon ended up laughing.

Lee Jae-ha, who was sniffling, also laughed awkwardly.

The audience, who were holding their breath at the sight of Lee Jae-ha, also let out a hollow laugh and relaxed.

The solution was absurd, but it was also a great one.

“So, you’re really not going back?”

Choi Dong-hyun, who was fully prepared to put on a video of a piano performance and take physical action if something like that happened again, asked.

Lee Jae-ha, who had returned to his normal face as if his sincerity had been conveyed, glanced around and answered.

“I had prepared myself mentally. I was just waiting for the day to ascend, but now that you’ve come and told me to live again… … .”

It just became so scary and burdensome.

My father, and my life to live again.

“I don’t even know how I should live from now on.”

“How can you live? Just live doing what you like. As long as you have a piano, you’ll be fine no matter where you are.”

Lee Jae-ha, who was smiling bitterly at him, asked.

“What do you live for, hyung? Do you live doing what you love?”

How do other people live?

Lee Jae-ha suddenly became curious about that. Not everyone lives like him.

“I am…….”

Choi Dong-hyun, who had been looking somewhere with tired and weary eyes for a moment, looked back at Lee Jae-ha and continued speaking.

“I live for the kids.”

Lee Jae-ha smiled faintly at the way he spoke as if he were a parent with a child.

“Don’t you like anything, hyung?”

“doesn’t exist.”

“? You told me to live my life doing what I like.”

“Everyone has a different reason for living. To you, the piano is the most important thing.”

I was lost and wandering as a soul, but I stayed until I heard the sound of the piano.

“So, what I’m saying is, as you continue living, you should continue playing the piano, which you love.”

At Choi Dong-hyun’s words, Lee Jae-ha slowly blinked his eyes and fell into thought for a moment.

“But, brother. Now, I don’t think I’ll enjoy playing the piano at home in front of my father. So is there any reason to go back?”

Lee Jae-ha, who doesn’t enjoy playing the piano.

Choi Dong-hyun let out a sigh without realizing it at the sight he couldn’t even imagine.

* * *

The next day.

Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun came out of the room and looked at each other with slightly embarrassed expressions and went about their day as usual.

After lunch, Choi Dong-hyun opened his mouth.

“It seems like you’ve been worrying all night too. If you’ve been worrying, doesn’t that mean you want to live?”

If I had made up my mind, I wouldn’t have even thought about it.

“That’s right. I feel regretful and sad too. I want to play the piano longer and more.”

Lee Jae-ha said while looking at Choi Dong-hyun sitting on the sofa across from him.

“But I hate playing at home, in front of my father. Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated.”

“Then get out of the house. You’re an adult. Come out, work, and play the piano wherever you want. That’s fine.”

Choi Dong-hyun spoke with sincerity.

“If it’s the Jaeha Lee I know, it’s something he could definitely do.”

Isn’t he a lively, energetic, and humorous guy on the subject of ghosts?

His personality was also kind and bright enough to get along well anywhere.

“… … That’s what my brother said, right?”

Lee Jae-ha laughed bitterly.

“Ghosts are said to think and act only for themselves because they have nothing to do with them. I am the same way. I can act however I want because I don’t have a father or a home.”

The limits that were restraining his mind were released, and he became ‘the current Lee Jae-ha’.

“But what happens when you go back to your body?”

It was just like Jaeha Lee of the past again.

And also,

“What if, what if… … I go back to how I was, and forget everything that happened, like a dream, as if I had forgotten that I was dead?”

The times I played the piano happily, the times I went out with my brother, the times I played the piano on the street, the times when the client’s family prayed for my safe ascension, and the times I spent at the errand center, all of it.

“Will I be able to remember my memories from when I was a spirit if I go back?”

There, Choi Dong-hyun could only hold his breath.

I never thought I’d forget, but it didn’t seem like it was completely impossible.

“… … You will remember. And you will leave home.”

“No. You wouldn’t remember. And even if you did, you wouldn’t leave the house.”

A stupid coward who only listens to his father.

The image of Lee Jae-ha from the past appeared on the screen.

It’s unfortunate, but the audience also had similar thoughts when they saw Lee Jae-ha in the past.

This was because the current Lee Jae-ha, who had become a living being and was more true to his emotions, and the past Lee Jae-ha, who had his thoughts and feelings suppressed by his father, were so different that they could be considered different people.

“I know myself best.”

Lee Jae-ha spoke to himself with his watery eyes shining fiercely as if making a promise.

“That’s why I’m not going back. Never.”

Choi Dong-hyun couldn’t think of what to say to Lee Jae-ha’s firm answer.

No reason will be heard by Lee Jae-ha now.

“Alive.”

So I just blurted out what was on my mind.

“I want you to live, Jaeha.”

Lee Jae-ha looked at Choi Dong-hyeon with trembling eyes.

“It’s okay if you forget everything, and if you have a hard time, I’ll help you… … Live. Live and play the piano as freely as you want, just like you said. Meet your favorite pianist and make good friends while living. I hope you do that.”

But there was no answer in return.

When Choi Dong-hyun was thinking of grabbing Lee Jae-ha by the collar and dragging him to the hospital room.

The article came out.

It was an article about Lee Jae-ha’s traffic accident.

“alley?”

Lee Jae-ha tilted his head. It was because it wasn’t a place that the Lee Jae-ha of the past would go.

Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha decided to go to the accident site.

“There’s nothing unusual… … .”

It was just an ordinary alley you would see anywhere.

“But why did you come here?”

“I have to find out from now on.”

When Choi Dong-hyun spoke to the owner of a nearby supermarket, the bored owner and the neighbor chatted excitedly.

“It seems like he was less hurt than I thought. The bag he was holding acted as a cushion.”

“You were carrying a bag too. I thought you were going on a trip.”

“Travel? I thought you were a runaway student?”

At that, Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun stopped.

Then I opened my eyes wide as a thought occurred to me.

“therefore…….”

Lee Jae-ha of the past, who felt frustrated and afraid but was unable to take action.

The Lee Jae-ha of the past was evaluated by the current Lee Jae-ha as a stupid coward who only listened to his father.

“So you ran away from home?”

It was she who had the courage to leave her father, even though she had never experienced freedom after death.

A past Lee Jae-ha appeared on the screen, sneaking out of the house carrying a bag.

The negative emotions and heavy atmosphere surrounding Lee Jae-ha in the past remained the same. However, there was a faint light within it. There was hope.

The Lee Jae-ha of the past smiled faintly.

The appearance seemed to resemble the current Lee Jae-ha, and the audience looked at the past Lee Jae-ha with eyes full of emotion and excitement.

Lee Jae-ha of the past was such a courageous person.

“I told you, you can do it.”

“That’s right. I thought I knew myself best… … .”

Actually, I didn’t know that.

Lee Jae-ha is a great person who goes to find freedom even though he doesn’t know freedom.

“Then I’ll ask you again. Are you really not going back?”

Lee Jae-ha laughed at Choi Dong-hyun’s playful question.

“No. I’ll go back.”

Whether he remembered or not, I began to believe that Jaeha Lee would somehow find freedom and happiness.

So there’s no reason not to go back.

I’m going to go back and play the piano longer and more while I’m still alive.

“I have to go back, bro.”

Lee Jae-ha smiled brightly as he thought about the life and future he would face again.

Song Yu-jeong and Im Ye-na, who were looking at the screen with wide eyes, also smiled brightly.

When you think about it, is it time to come back to life and escape from home?

The screen changed.

“I saw him this morning and he was really handsome.”

“I find it a little creepy. He just stays still and doesn’t say anything.”

A group of nurses are seen talking, and one of them opens the door to the ward and goes in.

Inside, a man was sitting on the bed.

Jaehae Lee.

!?!

The theater was filled with silent amazement.

‘Lee Jae-ha came back to life… … How?!’

The man’s aura was strange.

It was a chilling and creepy atmosphere, just like the nurse said, but somehow it felt strangely familiar.

I felt a little bit like Jaeha Lee, a living being.

So, what I meant was, it felt like I wasn’t alive.

The audience, who had been looking at the man with eyes filled with doubt, soon realized what kind of person he was.

A dark night when even the moon is hidden by clouds.

The man moved.

The man who went to the mirror looked at his own face in the mirror with extremely black eyes as if he was looking at something unfamiliar, and then raised the corners of his mouth.

It was an eerie smile that made my heart shiver just by looking at it.

Soon the man began to move his facial muscles as if practicing.

At first, it seemed to move randomly, but soon it imitated the nurse’s facial expressions. It also moved around as if it was testing its ‘body’.

All of these actions seemed ordinary, yet they felt so out of place that they gave me goosebumps.

“iced coffee…….”

Even the voice was like that.

“… … Ma, um, uh, uh, uh.”

A strange thing that I had never seen before in my life made my ‘body’ smile as if it was satisfied.

To be human and yet not human.

It was the evil spirit that Choi Dong-hyun had spoken of.

Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha, who had no way of knowing the situation of that ‘body’,

“You’re not going?”

“I’m going. I’m going to go, but… Dong-hyun, can I go tomorrow or the day after?”

I was dreaming.

“I feel like it’s too urgent! I want to enjoy this freedom a little more!”

The audience cried out to themselves that now was not the time for that, that if they did, they would not only be free forever, but would actually die.

The atmosphere of the evil spirit was that ominous.

Jaeha Lee and Donghyun Choi, who had spent the morning leisurely, prepared to go back.

“Thank you, hyung. If I don’t remember, please collect the entire amount including the previous commission fee. I don’t know much about the world, so I will definitely give you everything.”

“You shouldn’t say that.”

Lee Jae-ha laughed at Choi Dong-hyun’s light beating.

“Dong-Hyeon hyung.”

“uh?”

“… … Even if I don’t remember… … can you still be close to me? Like you are now.”

Even if he couldn’t remember, Lee Jae-ha wanted to continue to be close with Choi Dong-hyun. Because he was a good person. Because he always wanted to have a brother like this, a family like this.

Choi Dong-hyun, who had been looking at Lee Jae-ha for a moment with an anxious expression, raised his hand and roughly stroked Lee Jae-ha’s head.

“Don’t worry. I won’t just leave you alone, you ignorant guy.”

At that, Lee Jae-ha smiled brightly with a relieved face.

Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha got in a car and headed to the university hospital where ‘Lee Jae-ha’s body’ was.

“Dong-Hyeon hyung!”

This was my younger sibling who was working as a resident at this hospital, and he seemed very flustered even though he had been contacted in advance.

“What’s going on?”

His younger brother answered Choi Dong-hyun’s question.

“Patient Lee Jae-ha woke up yesterday and suddenly disappeared.”

“What!?”

“yes!?”

At those words, Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha both shouted at the same time.

The patients and medical staff looked on in surprise, but Choi Dong-hyun had no time to worry.

“Is Jaeha really awake? Lee Jaeha?”

When Choi Dong-hyun grabbed his shoulder as if to grab his collar, his younger brother nodded with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.

“Yes. I woke up yesterday. My leg was better, so I was scheduled to be discharged today. But then suddenly, I disappeared.”

Then Choi Dong-hyun turned his head and looked at Lee Jae-ha’s soul.

‘No, wait. Is this really Lee Jae-ha’s soul?’

As if he had read Choi Dong-hyun’s thoughts, Lee Jae-ha, who had been gaping in surprise, opened his mouth.

“… … Hyung, isn’t that Lee Jae-ha?”

“… … What I want to ask is… … .”

‘Huh? What did you say? Hyung?’

At the voice of his younger brother asking, Choi Dong-hyun answered no and touched his forehead. Lee Jae-ha also didn’t know what to do.

“First… let’s look for the body.”

When we bring body and soul face to face, we will know what happened.

“Moon-ho. Can you show me the hospital CCTV footage?”

At Choi Dong-hyun’s words, his younger brother, Kim Moon-ho, let out a sigh.

It seemed like it would be a bit of a difficult task.

“Lee Jae-ha is a VIP patient. If another accident happens outside, your hospital will be in big trouble. You know that I’m the best at finding people, right? There are people who work with me too.”

That’s what it was.

Kim Moon-ho and other medical staff were also urgently looking for Lee Jae-ha. They had to grab onto even a straw, but Choi Dong-hyun was not a straw, he was the latest radar.

“wait a minute!”

Kim Moon-ho ran somewhere to report.

Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha sat down on nearby chairs, looking somewhat exhausted.

“… … What if I’m not the real Lee Jae-ha, hyung?”

“Then, what, I can just stay in the office and think about how to ascend like I did before.”

Lee Jae-ha, who had a heavy expression on his face, turned his head in surprise at Choi Dong-hyun’s words.

Choi Dong-hyun laughed.

“You did a good job.”

Feeling Choi Dong-hyun’s intention to lighten Lee Jae-ha’s heart, Lee Jae-ha also smiled with a lighter expression.

“Then, instead of my salary, please buy me a piano.”

“Why don’t you just bring the piano from the daycare center?”

Leaving the question aside, Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun talked like that.

“brother!”

At that moment, Kim Moon-ho came running. His expression brightened as if he had received permission.

Choi Dong-hyun and Lee Jae-ha followed Kim Moon-ho’s instructions and headed to the security room where they could view the CCTV footage.

The hospital scene was visible on several monitors.

The security team member manipulated one of them and showed it to Choi Dong-hyun.

“It’s been about an hour since he disappeared. He was wearing casual clothes and was about to be discharged, so everyone thought he was a patient who had come for treatment.”

While listening to Kim Moon-ho’s explanation, Lee Jae-ha looked at the monitor.

There was no CCTV inside the hospital room, but there was one in the hallway. I saw ‘Lee Jae-ha’ coming out through the hospital room door.

“ah…….”

It really was a success.

Lee Jae-ha was moving around, looking alive and well.

A living being who thought of himself as ‘Lee Jae-ha’

‘No, not even a living being.’

The ghost felt a bit empty for some reason.

I felt completely drained of strength when I realized that my ‘fear of my father’ and my ‘passion for the piano’ were all in vain. I was also dumbfounded.

“I don’t think that’s the real Lee Jae-ha. Did you envy Lee Jae-ha when he was alive?”

Maybe all the memories the ghost had were illusions. Things like his father’s abuse, running away from home, and things like that.

“I’m sorry, hyung. I made you suffer for no reason… … Hyung? Dong-hyun hyung?”

“Brother, can you find it… …Brother? What’s wrong?”

Lee Jae-ha and Kim Moon-ho looked at Choi Dong-hyun, who was staring at the monitor without saying anything.

Kim Moon-ho, who was behind, couldn’t see it, but Lee Jae-ha, who was next to him, could definitely see it.

I had never seen Choi Dong-hyun’s distorted expression before.

Choi Dong-hyun was staring at Lee Jae-ha on the monitor without blinking, his blood vessels standing out as if his anger and intense emotions were welling up. His eyes were blazing like flames.

“Nothing, nothing.”

Choi Dong-hyun continued speaking in a low, rough voice, calming his surging emotions.

“Could you please send me the video?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The security team quickly sent the video to Choi Dong-hyun’s cell phone.

Choi Dong-hyun suddenly got up from his seat.

“I’ll contact you when I find it.”

“Huh? Huh? Got it. Take care! Hyung!”

Kim Moon-ho, who had a bewildered expression, shouted while looking at the back of Choi Dong-hyun walking quickly.

“Brother, why are you like that?”

Lee Jae-ha asked as he walked next to Choi Dong-hyun.

“Are you angry because… I’m not Jaeha Lee?”

I know you’re not that kind of person, but other than that, I had no reason to be this angry.

At that, Choi Dong-hyun stopped walking.

“no.”

It was a voice like the growling of a beast.

“That guy is not Lee Jae-ha.”

“……yes?”

Choi Dong-hyun turned his head and looked at Lee Jae-ha.

In the eyes that were seething with anger, I saw worry, concern, and fear.

“You are the real Lee Jae-ha. The thing that is moving your body is an evil spirit.”

“A demon?”

Choi Dong-hyun, who seemed to have calmed down a little at Lee Jae-ha’s question, opened his mouth and walked back toward the parking lot where his car was.

I didn’t care whether the people in the hospital were looking or not.

“Yes. The demon took over your empty ‘body’.”

ah!

Lee Jae-ha looked at Choi Dong-hyun with surprised eyes.

Although he was happy that it was really Lee Jae-ha, he had doubts.

“How do you know that, hyung?”

And why are you so angry?

At that, Choi Dong-hyun frowned.

The expression was one of anger, despair, regret, helplessness, and longing.

“My little brother got scammed by that guy too.”