Chapter 61: If the Body Is Strong, the Mind Does Not Suffer.
Lee Sa-young...? Cha Eui-jae looked at Nam Woo-jin with a stern face, but he turned away and started walking slowly again.
"From now on, the things I am about to tell you are stories that are not known to the outside world."
He pointed at the sky with his finger.
"It was not long after the death of J was announced... The whole country was in turmoil. It was also a time when the government was failing to fulfill its role."
A time of confusion when the nation lost its power. Naturally, those at the top would have covered up many incidents to quell the unrest. Cha Eui-jae thought about the things buried in those 8 years that he didn't know about.
They had already passed through the garden and were now deep in a quiet forest. Amidst the dense green, Nam Woo-jin's white hair shone brightly.
"Lee Sa-young was found in a laboratory."
"..."
"No, it would be more accurate to say it was a place that used to be a laboratory. Everything had melted away due to the poison. In the midst of the black ruins, he was sitting alone, wearing loose patient clothes."
The image he saw at the rift naturally came to mind. Just by Lee Sa-young's touch, the radiant garden instantly turned black, becoming a toxic swamp where nothing could live. Cha Eui-jae had witnessed the massive forest, which was as green as this place, decaying from Lee Sa-young's fingertips right before his eyes.
A deadly poison that even A-grade Hunter Seo Min-gi couldn't approach. Without his basilisk venom, Cha Eui-jae might not have been able to stay intact near Lee Sa-young.
"The surroundings were completely devastated. Approaching recklessly would have meant certain death."