Eleceed — Chapter 403

HE WHAT?!

HE FOUGHT JURION TO AVENGE ME?!

YUP.

FROM WHAT I HEARD, HE BARELY WON, BUT CAME REALLY CLOSE TO MEETING GOD... HE PUSHED HIMSELF TOO HARD AND HIS POWER WENT OUT OF CONTROL...

BUT... AN AWAKENED POWER GOING OUT OF CONTROL IS NO JOKE...

EXACTLY. HE ALMOST DIED, LIKE, LITERALLY.

I THINK MR. KARTEIN TREATED HIM... THANK GOD, BUT STILL...

D***IT...

WHY WOULD HE GO THAT FAR FOR A LOSER LIKE ME...

ISN'T THAT JIWOO'S FRIEND OVER THERE?

YEAH.

HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE... NOT SURE WHY HE'S NOT GOING IN.

HMMM...

NAH. I SHOULD JUST GO BACK.

I DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE HERE.

YOU PUNKA**!

DIDN'T THE DOCTOR ORDER YOU TO STAY PUT AND TAKE IT EASY? WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU DASH OUT LIKE THAT?!

AND WHAT THE HELL, MAN?

YOU CAME ALL THIS WAY JUST TO TURN BACK WITHOUT SEEING JIWOO? AND THAT ROTTEN FACE? SERIOUSLY, WHAT'S WITH YOU, HUH?

JISUK YOO! AREN'T YOU GONNA ANSWER ME?

I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN ME TO FACE HIM.

WHAT?

I MEAN, HOW COULD I...

AFTER ALL, HE'S IN THAT MESS BECAUSE OF ME... BECAUSE I GOT MYSELF KIDNAPPED LIKE A FREAKIN' IDIOT...

HOW'S THAT YOUR FAULT?! THE BLAME'S ON THAT BASTARD WHO KIDNAPPED YOU!

IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE...

...IF I HADN'T WALKED OFF LIKE THAT OVER A LOSS...

WELP, SURE.

GETTING ALL PISSY AND WALKING OFF ON US OVER A LOSS WASN'T COOL AT ALL!

I MEAN, SULKING LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT YOUR A** KICKED BY YOUR FRIEND IN A SPAR? COME ON, MAN.

JISUK. LOOK AT ME.

SEEING JIWOO GROW STRONGER BY THE DAY MAKES ME HAPPY, BUT THEN...

...IT ALSO MAKES ME FEEL SMALL FOR LAGGING BEHIND.

IT'S LIKE... ONE MOMENT I'M THINKING I FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO HIM, BUT THE NEXT I'M REALIZING HE'S MILES AHEAD AS ALWAYS...

IT'S BITTER. I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, SO I KNOW.

BUT STILL...

YOU WERE JUST GONNA LEAVE WITHOUT SEEING JIWOO AFTER HE ALMOST DIED?

THE FRIEND WHO TOOK ON SOMEONE WAY OUT OF HIS LEAGUE FOR KIDNAPPING YOU? THE FRIEND WHO ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT AFTER DOING SO?!

JISUK.

YOU GOTTA SEE HIM AND YOU KNOW IT.

SUBIN...

SO...

GET YOUR A** IN THERE, YOU PUNK!

STOP BEING A WHINY A**!

COME HERE!!

UMM...

ARE YOU AWAKE?

UH? YOU GUYS...

WHEN DID YOU ALL COME?

JUST NOW.

JISUK?

JISUK, ARE YOU OKAY NOW?

LOOK WHO'S TALKING...

OH... HAHA.

LET'S DROP THE ATTITUDE?

SO! HOW ARE YOU FEELIN'?

WE HEARD YOU ALMOST DIED.

YEAH, APPARENTLY. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER IT...

...BUT I WAS TOLD I'D LOST CONTROL OVER MY POWER DURING THE FIGHT.

MAN... WE TOLD YOU TO BE CAREFUL...

ARE YOU IN A LOT OF PAIN...?

EH...?

MY BODY'S SCREAMING WATER.

LET ME GO DOWNSTAIRS AND GET SOME. BE RIGHT BACK.

ARE YOU OKAY NOW?

LIKE I SAID, YOU LOOK TOO BANGED UP TO BE ASKING ME THAT.

ANYWAY, I'M OKAY FOR NOW. I DO NEED MORE MONITORING TO BE SURE THOUGH.

THANK GOODNESS.

AND YOU?

THEY SAID THE WORST IS OVER. NOW I'LL JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING BETTER.

THAT'S GOOD...

...I'M SORRY, MAN...

HUH?

I'M SORRY FOR ACTING UP LIKE THAT... IT'S JUST...

I JUST WANTED SOME FRESH AIR...

STILL, LOSING IN SPARRING WAS NO EXCUSE TO ACT LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.

I'M REALLY SORRY!

AND...

THANKS, MAN.

FOR MAKING HIM PAY.

HEY, THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.