Transformation or Death - Chapter 308



308 – Last episode

Some of us in parallel worlds may have different appearances. This is when the soul is the same but the body is different.

No matter how much your appearance changes, the fact that you are yourself does not change, so you can know it just by looking at it.

It’s like when Han Jaejoong read this world in a webtoon and read his own memories in that parallel world.

Even if your appearance changes, your speech changes, and your way of thinking changes, you will instinctively notice it.

That this is me.

It was like that when he first encountered the belt, and just like it is now, Han Jaejoong realized.

“No… no…”

‘I’ was denying reality. Han Jaejoong also wanted to deny reality while looking at me.

If you easily accept that the ugly beast that destroyed most of the world was actually you, you would be a person with very low self-esteem. And Han Jaejoong was a person whose self-esteem had risen considerably recently, so he let out a silent astonishment at that terrible reality.

[…is that you?]

Spica, who read Han Jaejoong’s thoughts, also joined in the astonishment.

[There is nothing the same. Is that really you?]

People who don’t know will never understand. How can you understand the feeling of finding out that you are a person with whom you have nothing in common? If you understand, that’s not a normal person, but a mental patient.

[If you look closely, it looks like you…]

Fortunately, Spica did not fall into the category of normal people, so he adapted to reality after a while.

[What are you, you b*stard?!]

Spica, who read Jaejoong Han’s strange thoughts, raised a strong backlash, but he ignored all of the opinions (which were mainly expressed in abusive language).

There was a lot to think about right now, but there was no time to join in on Spica’s tinkling.

Self in a parallel world. Among the many possibilities, not only the appearance, personality, and way of thinking, but also tastes in food and women, and even value judgments can be different.

but. Even so, it is ‘me’.

Even though many things have changed, there remains a part of us that can be called the same person. Even though many things change, there are some things that do not change.

Sky Polaris said that the one thing that did not change about Han Jaejoong was his purpose. In another sense, it is a dream. He became a dreamer rather than a conformist at any time and in any situation. Although he may have been nothing more than a dreamer at times, he never stopped imagining a better future.

That’s why Jaejoong Han couldn’t easily accept reality.

The sight of me rolling over there couldn’t possibly be seen that way. He is a loser, a vicious villain, and a vicious murderer. He was me, denying myself until now.

‘…no.’

Han Jaejoong looked at him once again. That was definitely me. He couldn’t deny it. In reality, he was a vicious villain, a vicious murderer, and a loser, but his miserable appearance of not giving up even when everyone was dying was very similar to Han Jae-joong’s habits.

He was still a dreamer. He never once denied that.

Those who dream of looking away from the stars.

“…you.”

That’s Han Jae-joong, who didn’t win the belt. To be more precise, Han Jae-joong was born in the same era as Sky Polaris and did not receive her grace from her.

He has faced the transience and callousness of stars and the tragedy that power brings, just a little more than Han Jae-joong does now. That ‘just a little bit more’ often brings about a big change in a world that changes with just a flap of a butterfly’s wings.

Life is such that a single memory from childhood determines the rest of your life. That was a big enough change.

So Han Jaejoong also changed.

Not as someone who looks at the stars, but as someone who has turned their backs on the stars. He resolved to become a seeker who seeks to become a hero himself, rather than just a helper who guides heroes.

It’s a big difference in the end, but the difference wasn’t that big from the beginning. Who had it harder? It was the outcome that the winner of the commonly-known slave chain fight had.

“You could have been me.”

Han Jaejoong muttered.

“It can’t end like this… it can’t end like this…”

I didn’t understand what Han Jaejoong said. I don’t know if he doesn’t want to understand or if he really couldn’t hear it. Maybe all these thoughts are illusions. It could have been because of her instincts that she assumed that he was her and moved in with her.

But one thing is certain.

“I could have been you.”

That the snake’s escape was one of the outcomes he could have chosen.

I still didn’t understand Han Jaejoong’s muttering.

Jason fell next to me as I crawled.

“phew…! Haha, I’m glad it turned out easier than I thought!”

Seeing Jason laughing lively, the others couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

“It wasn’t easy. “There are also dead ones.”

“…I guess so. “Then I will change my words.”

Jason’s body, smiling happier than ever, was as faint as my body rolling around now.

“Our struggle was successful!”

The flag soon faded, and the light on the belt became lighter. The golden color, which seemed as brilliant as it would last forever, has faded.

“We shined!”

He was dying. It was a planned procedure. He placed the skin of another monster on top of the monster’s body. The original body will be brought closer to death by the impure starlight.

In the case of Amundsen, there were three chances because the original was human, but for Jason, there was only one.

That was enough.

“Isn’t it a good thing for a monster to die? Everyone, smile!”

“Then you really laugh.”

“Well, then I think it’ll hurt a bit.”

“What do you mean….”

Jason was smiling as if he didn’t care that his body was fading. There was no trace of regret in his eyes.

“Do not be sad. I was the one to go anyway. Besides, my dream has already come true. So there is no need to be sad.”

Jason turned his gaze to Han Jaejoong.

“But I think it would be better to hear such things from the mouth.”

Those golden eyes honestly asked him a question.

“Comrade, was I your friend?”

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People cannot understand others. For the rest of my life, I can’t look into the thoughts inside my head. How would you know without becoming a ghost? Since he is not a god, he cannot understand everything with just one encounter.

The reality is that even I don’t know. Needless to say, if the races are different.

All people were like that.

Whether there was a universe or starlight, people were ultimately people. A foolish person who chose to run away because it was difficult to protect just one lover. He was a man who did not recognize the hero’s heart and was complacent in his service.

In the end, we fight due to ignorance, making mistakes and misunderstandings.

So, there was only one thing I could say to him of a different race.

“of course.”

Still, you were on our side. At this moment, our hearts were the same. I spoke to those who did not understand.

“Well, that’s enough.”

Jason smiled reassuringly.

“I hope that someday true peace will come.”

I hope that someday there will be stability between humans and monsters, two people we cannot understand.

Jason is gone.

A flag and a belt remained where he disappeared. He received the keepsake and made it his own.

Odette quietly took the keepsake. Red Vega, who witnessed his death, dryly pursed his lips.

“Is it possible for monsters and humans to coexist…?”

“I don’t know that.”

Jaejoong Han answered.

“But if we are to have final peace, we must do so. Because monsters will be born endlessly.”

If destruction is born from the fight between monsters and humans, the ultimate goal should be to prevent the fight itself.

“I see… Then aim for that…!”

It was the moment when Red Vega’s dream was renewed.

“Yes, you will become a new symbol of peace, and I will become a symbol of love and enjoy a happy newlywed life.”

“Eh.”

“Oh my, are you in agony? “You’re not desperate.”

“Well, I can do both well…..”

It was a time when scuffles broke out between Red Vega and Hound, which had now become a daily occurrence.

“I still…”

The dying snake wriggled.

“I can’t give up yet…!!”

The phenomenon of starlight flowing out of the body is evidence that one is approaching death. Magical girls and transforming monsters can avoid death with the trick of canceling their transformation. But it’s impossible for monsters.

For them, who have been the beings of starlight since the beginning, the fluttering starlight was the loss of their bodies. And in the case of most living things, they die when their body disappears.

No matter how hard the snake tried to become a god, it could not escape its fate.

However, his initial goal was not to ascend to godhood. That’s just an additional goal that came to mind after gaining power. His original strength didn’t make him much. It was the opposite.

Running away. Far, far away, falling to the stars so far away that no one can chase them. To escape this terrible world, even if it means losing all limbs and crawling.

The snake succeeded in reawakening the original strength it had lost due to Jo Ayun as it neared its end.

Scattering the starlight, he threw himself somewhere into the dimensional gap.

“…! no!”

Jo Ayun flew a butterfly towards him. Jaejoong Han looked at the butterfly flying toward me and thought about the significance of his escape.

The snake lost its power of regeneration. No matter where he runs, he cannot avoid death. But he was planning to run away.

So does he want to live now? Or does he want to check?

The butterfly couldn’t reach me, but instead it reached Han Jaejoong.

Odette’s ability was not only to move her body, but also to transmit thoughts. During her fight against Scorpion and when she was aboard the Argo, she played a huge part in physically uniting everyone’s hearts.

Due to the regression so far, Odette’s obsession and fear of snakes were beyond imagination, and that intense consciousness was contained within the butterfly.

The butterfly conveyed its intention to Han Jaejoong. In the intention, there was an experience to build the intention. In other words, it was a memory.

Memories of returning flow into Han Jaejoong. This was also thanks to his awakening to the universe and his secret connection to countless worlds.

That’s not what’s important. This is because in that memory, in an unknown number of times, there was something Han Jaejoong left behind. That ‘I’ noticed that the snake was moving through parallel worlds and unleashed a force in the universe.

It is a power used only to chase snakes. However, he was unable to write it because he died before it was completed. However, that will remained in Jo Ayun’s memory and flowed into Han Jaejoong.

Han Jae-joong, who has the power of the universe, has the talent to understand its principles just by looking at starlight. Of course, it was difficult to reach the galaxy level, but I wasn’t so stupid that I couldn’t recognize my own starlight. Han Jae-joong understood the miracle left by ‘me’ in that world.

A long time has passed, going back countless times. That power passed on to Han Jaejoong. And, it was completed.

The world changes due to the smallest coincidence. This is called fate.

So, this whole process was accidental, but inevitable.

“Guys.”

Han Jaejoong looked back. I saw three women. I left a brief farewell message to them.

“I’ll come back to finish it off.”

“…come back.”

“See you later!”

“I’ll decide the dinner menu.”

They let him go with complete confidence. I feel proud of that trust.

Jaejoong Han chased after ‘me’ who was alone.

I know the way.

The journey has begun once again.

He jumped high. His right foot is stretched out and pointed downward, the other foot is bent and folded at the knee. It was a flying kick posture.

In that position, he jumped into the gap.

Numerous points of light passed quickly around, like a journey of starlight. The traces they left behind became lines. Numerous lines of light gathered at the tip of the foot.

“you!”

Han Jaejoong said, taking in all the light.

“Have you ever seen stars!”

bang-! The flying kick landed on the snake. Its current form is exactly the same as when it first leaped, taking the form of the universe.

[THE MICROCOSMO.]

The universe in his heart that he finally obtained. It had that brilliant and infinite light.

The snake looked up at Han Jaejoong as if it were resentful.

“How long… How long are you going to disturb me…!!”

Even though the snake was crushed by the kick, it did not give up on running away. He moved around the world again, and Han Jaejoong chased after him again.

“Why don’t you know! That power is not great! It is never beneficial! “It is the power that brings destruction!”

They couldn’t separate. Han Jaejoong’s kicking continued. From the outside, it looked like the snake was falling with that kick. Dots of light and the trajectories of countless world lines passed by them.

Because I couldn’t fall, I fell endlessly.

Like a bottomless fall, they fell endlessly between worlds.

“I will make you unhappy! “It is decided that way!”

Before we knew it, Han Jaejoong’s appearance had changed.

[URSA MAJOR.]

The power of Ursa Major.

The sight of reckless driving and death that brought him closest to misfortune. The pouring white lightning flashed and flashed countless times.

“Yeah, maybe. But I was able to grow because of that misfortune. All of those experiences led me to who I am today. So, I don’t regret it.”

The snake felt dazzled by the flash and frowned.

“It’s not your personal problem! “You will definitely not escape destruction!”

“Even so, it doesn’t matter.”

Han Jae-joong’s appearance has changed even more.

[THE BIG DIPPER.]

Big Dipper. It led to the constellation of guides.

First appearance. The green brilliance gathered on the bridge.

“No matter what the outcome is, if you give up and run away, it’s over. “I won’t use that as an excuse to lose someone precious to me.”

We will show the original path to those who have lost their way because the journey is difficult, and we will extend our hands to those who are tired and sit down and walk together.

“No matter what happens, I will protect the star I watched over. “We will fight together.”

Even if its brightness is damaged countless times by malicious people, I will remember the light I saw that day and not deny them. We will let you know that even stars hidden by clouds have light.

“My transformation never ends.”

For him, I will surround myself with endless light.

“This is the path of the stars I see.”

Numerous world lines pass by, leaving traces of light. The power of the snake that was exerted just before death has already come to an end. The force of fall is reduced. The force on my feet also decreased.

His current appearance was the human Han Jaejoong itself. As the world moved, the body also changed, and at the end, all the starlight scattered and disappeared.

Before we knew it, the fall was over, the snake was on the verge of becoming invisible, and Han Jae-joong was breathing heavily.

A place reached after traveling through countless worlds.

“Look.”

That place was the closest place to the beginning for the current Han Jae-joong.

“Because I don’t give up, it’s okay.”

It was a completely different world from the world until now. The scenery is different. The modern-style buildings and noisy cars still remain, but there is peace on people’s faces.

There was no sign on the roadside guiding people to the underground shelter, and when they saw the snake, which had an unusual appearance, they did not scream loudly or run away.

“what?”

“What are you filming?”

People passing by on the street were looking at him with wonder. Some people held up their smartphones and took pictures.

Instead of magical girls, there were idols and actors on the billboards, and the complaints that came out of their mouths were not about immediate survival, but lamentations about paying rent tomorrow or not wanting to go to school or work.

It was a world without monsters.

“Ah, ah….”

The snake was trembling and looking at the scene. A world I have never seen before.

The existence of that world was a harsh punishment that denied all of the snake’s actions as meaningless, and it was a blessing that revealed that the world of his dreams existed.

“I was wrong.”

The snake became light and disappeared, along with regret and emotion.

“Now you too have seen the stars.”

The snake disappeared. He became the only starlight in a starless world and dispersed.

The starlight entered the dreams of someone living in this world and showed them a fantastic world.

She was a righteous girl who might have become a magical girl. The girl decided to show the world what she saw, so she picked up a pen.

The world she depicted may reach another me again and remain as an unforgettable memory.

In the end, the law of circulation in the world has not ended.

**

All happy families are happy for similar reasons, but each unhappy family is unhappy for different reasons. The famous first sentence of a novel has been reduced to an idiom that is difficult to generalize over time.

Now, all unhappy families have become unhappy for similar reasons.

Monster.

Monsters born from starlight and crazy about dreams still roam the world.

Even if we have prevented the destruction of the snake, as the saying goes, another crisis of destruction may come at any time.

It doesn’t matter though.

If you don’t give up and keep moving forward without giving up, you will one day receive the light.

Good deeds are rewarded again and again. Isn’t that the way of the world?

Thinking of a friend who had personally demonstrated that miracle, Han Jaejoong heard the alarm.

-[Emergency occurred! A monster has appeared in City B! Transformers nearby, please come to the rescue…]

“Ugh, it’s hard to run a cafe.”

Han Jaejoong sighed and took off the apron he was wearing.

“ah! Come back quickly today! The cafe is busy because there are a lot of customers! Oh right. “My sister told me to buy some powdered milk when I get home.”

“okay? okay.”

“And again…”

“Don’t just think about Seolhwa, Ayun. You take care of your body first. “I was told I didn’t have to come to the cafe, so I came out…”

At Han Jae-joong’s concern, Jo Ayun smiled and patted his slightly swollen stomach.

“If it’s not me, the cafe will fail.”

“That’s right.”

“Why are you doing this when you know the map? Get out quickly. “I have to do something else.”

Heroes also have personal issues. They are people too. We get hurt, and some people are more special than others. You cannot always move with just a sense of justice.

Nevertheless, the reason they protect people is because the world with those precious things is so precious.

-[Red Vega, we will go!]

In the end, transformation is their destiny. Their will does not forgive turning away. It makes you move toward your dreams even if it means dying.

Jaejoong Han suddenly smiled as he saw the iron ball coming close to his face.

[Would you like to transform? tutelar?]

Han Jaejoong nodded to that playful question.

“of course.”

Because it’s either transformation or death.