Seoul Object Story
Chapter 192: A Full Moon (1)

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Warm sunlight from the clear and transparent blue sky descended on the trees. Watching the sunlight scattering on the foliage that formed the shade, I could feel that it was a happy moment at noon.

On the branches that received enough sunlight, Golden Reapers who loved sunlight could be seen lying under the sun, they were enjoying their sunbathing moment.

It’s peaceful.

It felt even more so because there had been no major incidents happening in the past few months.

However, the news constantly reported some grave news.

< An area in the middle of Siberia, Russia has been designated as an Object danger zone! >

< A copycat of the Mapo-gu serial killer? Mapo-gu is shaken! >

Unlike my peaceful daily life at Sehee Research Institute, the world seemed to be chaotic.

As I lay in the backyard of Sehee Research Institute while looking up at the sky and listening to the news, a large circle adorning the sky caught my eye. Two huge halos drew concentric circles, revealing their presence in the sky.

The number of halos that the Cult Leader called ‘Eye’ had doubled after I killed the Hungry Ghost Reaper. For some reason, I feel uneasy whenever I see that ‘Eye’…

It was a halo with the absurd ability of ‘nullifying enemy’s abilities’ and ‘Redirecting enemy attacks’, but strangely, I didn’t feel like using it.

Tak-!

At that moment, the sound of wood colliding with wood echoed in the backyard where the bright sun was shining. Not a second later, I could hear the sound of small feet shuffling busily and hopping around.

When I turned my gaze and looked at the empty space in the backyard, I saw the Golden Reapers fighting each other with wooden swords carved from tree branches.

They had been practicing sword fighting lately, but I just couldn’t understand why.

Normally, the Golden Reapers would get bored quickly of something and look for other games to play, but their obsession with sword fighting was going on for quite a long time for some reason. Moreover, they didn’t just stop at playing, It felt like thousands of Golden Reapers were systematically competing in a league.

Were they doing that because they watched a movie or drama with a cool sword-fighting scene?

The Golden Reapers who were smiling brightly while swinging their small wooden swords did not look much different from the children playing sword fighting. It was obvious from their happy smiles that they were enjoying the game.

However, when I looked at their overall appearance while swinging the sword, their impression changed a little.

The measured steps slide back and forth as if gauging the gap.

A lightning-fast strike that took advantage of the gap.

When I looked at their movements, not the expressions, they gave the impression of a kendo match rather than a children’s game.

Until recently, they were just swinging their sword blindly, but now, they had become a master who I couldn’t even follow.

“Ohhhh!”

Around the backyard, the employees of Sehee Research Institute were all gathered, watching the Golden Reapers fighting like that. However, there was no sign of them betting their lunch money like they did at the Colosseum event. ℞аꞐΟ𝖇Ëṧ

The reason was obvious. It was because of Kim Jungrwi who was standing in the corner of the backyard with a serious expression and arms folded while saying that he would eradicate gambling in the research institute.

“Ah! What should I do?”

When a Golden Reaper, who had been hit on the head, lay down on the ground, a researcher from Sehee Research Institute ran towards it with a pitiful expression and put the Golden Reaper on his palm.

Om nom nom-!

The researcher kept telling the Golden Reaper not to be upset and started feeding him pudding little by little. After eating the pudding with gusto, the Golden Reaper quickly erased its gloomy expression from its face and started to smile brightly.

The researcher who was taking care of the Golden Reaper must have been preparing in advance, as he wiped the corners of the Golden Reaper’s mouth with a small handkerchief he took from his pocket.

After giggling at the action of the researcher as if it was feeling ticklish, the Golden Reapers got down to the ground again and ran out to participate in another match.

Just before the match started, it waved its hand at the researcher, who was its precious human, and smiled brightly.

“Cheer up!”

The researcher responded to the Golden Reaper’s wave with a loud voice.

By the way, it’s really amazing.

I sometimes get confused because I have a hard time distinguishing the Golden Reapers, but the Sehee Research Institute researchers seemed to be able to distinguish them well.

They probably could do that because they have great observation skills. After all, all the Golden Reapers look exactly the same except for the ones with different appearances like that one Golden Reaper who had a horn.

Before long, the backyard where the swordsmanship competition was taking place began to have an atmosphere that I think I had seen somewhere before.

Golden children moved their small arms and legs diligently to win.

And numerous researchers cheering them on.

The atmosphere in the Sehee Research Institute’s backyard at lunchtime turned into the atmosphere of an elementary school sports day.

The Golden Reapers were working harder because of the cheering of their guardians and their precious humans.

And when their match ended, they sat down together to eat with their precious human, which made it even more like an elementary school sports day.

Is Sehee Research Institute really okay?

Every time this happened, I couldn’t help but think about the Seoul Research Institute I used to work at.

Well, since the Mini Reapers look happy, I guess it should be fine.

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Mapo-gu which had become deserted due to the rumors of grave events.

Even though the current time was just after work hours ended, a time when most people would be out to have fun, there were hardly any people on the streets.

The reason why the street was so deserted was because of rumors that a copycat of a serial killer who had suddenly died a while ago was running around Mapo-gu.

It was estimated that 10 people had already been killed by that copycat. Moreover, considering that there were probably more people who had not been identified, it was highly likely that more people had been killed.

However, compared to the scale of the damage, the investigation and the culprit hunting moved at a sluggish pace. The reason was simple. In an era where dangerous Objects were abundant, there was a lack of personnel to investigate human criminals.

Amidst that, two police officers were slowly patrolling the deserted evening shopping streets.

“Will we be able to catch the culprit if we just go around like this, Sunbae?”

The junior police officer let out a deep sigh as he shone his flashlight all over the place.

“Hey, patrolling is the basics. Those who don’t get caught on CCTV and don’t leave any traces will be caught in this kind of way. What I’m trying to say is that smart people could be easily caught by this kind of straightforward method.”

After hearing the junior’s question, the senior police officer answered and hit the junior’s back hard, telling him to come to his senses.

The copycat that had appeared recently was following the methods of the murderer who had been caught a long time ago. Everything from what was revealed to the public to what wasn’t.

The culprit was a madman who attacked people on the streets at night with a short folding knife. A murderer who was both brutal, because they only targeted the heart and neck, and meticulous, because they did not leave any evidence.

However, unlike the original murderer who was eventually caught, this copycat seemed to have no intention of being caught.

“There were also rumors that this copycat was an Object.”

“What? Who said something like that?”

The senior turned his head toward the junior at the junior’s absurd words.

“They must be saying that because the original murderer suddenly died before the copycat appeared. There’s also no evidence, so it’s frustrating.”

“There are guys who say things like that? They say things like it’s the doing of Objects or whatever just because it’s hard. Back in my day…”

Listening to the senior’s sudden Seniority talk, the junior carefully looked around.

Except for the fact that there were no people, It was a perfect night. A large, yellowish full moon was adorning the sky and the street was quiet.

As the junior walked around the night streets alone, he felt scared for some reason.

Alone?

“Sunbae? Where are you?”

Something felt strange, so he looked around, but he couldn’t find anyone.

Step-! Step-!

At that moment, he heard some light footsteps.

He whipped his head forward and saw a staircase that seemed stretching to the sky as well as a large full moon covering the staircase.

At the top of the stairs, with the yellow moon which was shining like a cat’s eye as a background, a man was standing.

“It’s really a good night.”

the soft and echoing voice of a man seemed as if he was right behind the junior..

Stab-!

Then, a short blade pierced right through his heart.

The man standing on the stairs also had already disappeared without a trace.

When he looked back while spitting blood, the serial killer who was supposed to be dead was looking up at the sky in the distance.

“Ah, it’s really a killing moon.”

The killer was looking up at the full moon shining brightly on the stairs, not paying any attention to the dying police officer.

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Float-!

When I looked up to the air in my containment room, I saw the Orange Reaper and the Bud Reaper floating in the air.

The two who seemed to have no contact at all started hanging out together often at some point.

The unusual thing about the two of them being together was that the Bud Reaper, who was always asleep, would walk around with its eyes open.

In the meantime, since the Orange Reaper originally had its eyes closed and had a gentle expression, I couldn’t really tell if it was asleep or not.

As I lay halfway down on the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling like that, the containment room’s door opened wide. From it, Yerin came running in, gasping for breath.

Was she being chased by Seoah or Kim Jungrwi again?

“The underground facility is finished!”

But the news Yerin gave me was completely different from what I expected. It was news that the huge bathroom-like place which was built in the area where the golden statue was placed was finally finished.

Oh!

As I got up from the bed in surprise, the Mini Reapers who had been lying down with me also got up from their seats with sparkling eyes. I actually don’t like bathrooms that much, but I was a little excited because they said it was a facility made for the Mini Reapers and me.

I heard that they decorate the walls with murals and sculptures of the Mini Reapers and a golden statue modeled after me. What would it look like, I wonder?

I had already seen the Golden Statue, but I hadn’t seen the Mini Reaper sculptures or murals carved on the wall. So I guess I would have to go see them!

The Mini Reapers were jumping around and happy.

They weren’t just happy because it looked fun, they were also feeling a little proud.

I heard that the Mini Reapers helped a lot with the construction, I guess that’s why.

Okay, let’s go!

When all the Mini Reapers gathered, I followed Yerin and left the containment room.

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