The Genius Actor Who Brings Misfortune

Chapter 232

It was a truly shocking opening.

The amazing fact was that the first episode hadn’t even reached its halfway point yet.

―Huhuhuㅠㅠ I just wanted to see a white-haired Bambiㅠㅠ Why is this trial happening to me….

―Anyone watching Killing Horn among the family? It’s way more brutal than I thought, almost made me throw up while eatingㄷㄷ

―What’s up with Lee Yeon-jae’s acting??? It’s incredible

―Wow, but the action scenes are insanely well done. The impact is awesome;; This will definitely be a hit overseas too.

This was the Lee Yeon-jae people had seen so far.

Polite and upright posture.

An indifferent gaze compared to his gentle appearance.

The youngest actor to win a leading actor award worldwide.

A private life almost unknown despite his fame.

Orphanage background. Rumors of being bullied. Multiple reports of donations.

Quiet and calm way of speaking.

Through these elements, when thinking of Lee Yeon-jae, this phrase came to mind.

“A sincere actor who is true to his craft.”

This impression had taken hold without anyone realizing.

He was a good, commendable, and proud actor who could overcome difficult situations.

Because of the strong ‘good image’ Lee Yeon-jae had, his performance might have been even more shocking.

Even with a shattered corpse in front of him, he laughed innocently.

[“Agent Jang, did you see it? I shot them all with my gun. Do you think Seok hyung saw it too?”]

Horn hopped on a hill covered in red blood.

On screen, he looked like a pure devil.

[“H, stay calm. There might be more enemies hiding.”]

Agent Jang was staunching the wound on his abdomen while requesting support from headquarters.

Headquarters agents arrived quickly, and the two returned safely to the facility.

As soon as Horn entered the facility, he smiled brightly upon seeing someone.

[“Hyung-ah!”]

Horn ran down the long corridor without hesitation.

His white hair fluttered as he ran, and an actor familiar to the viewers embraced Horn.

It was Lee Jung-hyun.

With his appearance, the viewers who had been holding their breath finally exhaled.

―Finally, I can breathe a bit

―Jung-hyun dadㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I missed you

―And the way he says ‘Hyung-ah!’ Not just ‘hyung’ but ‘Hyung-ah’. So precious.

What was known about ‘Killing Horn’ was that it was an SF action drama starring Lee Jung-hyun and Lee Yeon-jae.

Since the two were famous for their close bond, seeing Lee Jung-hyun warmly embrace Horn naturally put the viewers at ease.

[“Our Bbul-bbul, you did great on your first mission today.”]

The character played by Lee Jung-hyun, Kang Seok, smiled gently.

[“Did you see it too? I blew up three in a row!”]

[“Of course I saw it. Hyung sees everything.”]

Before they knew it, the grim atmosphere disappeared, replaced only by gentle laughter.

[“From now on, just do like this on every mission. Got it?”]

[“Yes! I think I could blow up five more today!”]

[“Really? Then should we go to the lab now?”]

Kang Seok’s eyes crinkled softly.

Horn, who had looked exhausted, hesitated for a moment but then smiled and fiddled with Kang Seok’s gown.

[“Will you come with me, Hyung-ah? Then I’ll go.”]

Then followed a scene where Kang Seok playfully called Horn ‘Bbul-bbul’.

Kang Seok, in his doctor’s gown, and Horn, in his combat uniform, disappeared down the corridor.

The camera lingered on the empty hallway.

Then, the words ‘H Project Day 1,742’ appeared at the bottom.

Day 1,741, Day 1,740, Day 1,739.

The numbers gradually counted down.

Day 765, Day 542, Day 257, Day 56.

With tense music, the numbers rapidly continued to decrease.

Thud, thud, thud!

The suffocating music stopped abruptly.

At the same time, the numbers stopped.

‘H Project Day 28.’

The screen still showed the corridor.

Someone violently burst out of the door that Kang Seok and Horn had just entered.

[“What’s the status?”]

It was Kang Seok.

His white gown looked much stiffer than it did on Day 1,742.

[“His hands and feet are bound in restraints. He still won’t communicate.”]

[“If you get close, he growls like a beast. He seems to be scared.”]

The staff next to him answered while sweating profusely.

Kang Seok nodded roughly and moved with large strides.

Before long, he reached Horn’s room and signaled the staff to step back.

The thick iron door opened, and Kang Seok entered.

[“Hello. I’m Kang Seok. You can call me Seok hyung comfortably.”]

Inside the room, someone was tightly bound in restraints.

It was a young boy with white hair.

[“Grr…”]

The boy, young Horn, made an animal-like sound, threatening Kang Seok.

[“Others say you’re acting like this because you’re scared. They say you’re confused because you don’t understand everything right now.”]

Kang Seok smiled as he spoke, “But I think differently.”

[“You understand the situation, don’t you? You know you were created through an experiment.”]

[“Grr…”]

[“There’s no need to make beast sounds. We’re not filming a drama here. Don’t waste your energy.”]

Kang Seok explained calmly and composedly, and Horn understood the logic.

He realized that being violent would only tire him out and change nothing.

After that day, Horn no longer resisted.

[“Do you want to eat this? It’s a cream bun. Although, you probably already know that.”]

[“……”]

[“Isn’t it about time you stopped glaring at me? Aren’t your eyes tired?”]

Although he no longer resisted, he hadn’t let down his guard.

Horn constantly remained wary of Kang Seok, but Kang Seok didn’t give up and stuck by him.

Kang Seok was shown staying with Horn 24 hours a day.

Kang Seok did paperwork, ate, and slept next to him.

Horn watched the man quietly.

The project date at the bottom of the screen changed rapidly.

Finally, when the number reached Day 247, Horn opened his mouth.

[“……You could move over there.”]

The facility staff observing the room through cameras were stunned.

Meanwhile, Kang Seok smiled nonchalantly.

[“Look at that. You say ‘you’? Where’s your respect for people?”]

[“……I’m not human.”]

[“What are you talking about? You were made with human DNA. That makes you human too.”]

[“……”]

[“Stop pretending you don’t know. From now on, call me hyung.”]

The young Horn silently stared at the cheerful man.

With eyes that said he couldn’t understand, for a long while.

Over 300 days into the project, Horn began to call Kang Seok ‘hyung.’

The boy who used to breathe lifelessly with emotionless eyes was gone.

Horn grew into a lively personality who couldn’t stay still and chattered endlessly.

Thus, Horn opened his heart to Kang Seok.

Before long, the boy grew into a teenager who participated in all experiments more eagerly than anyone else.

Once, during an experiment, his blood splattered nearby, causing Horn to sustain a fatal injury.

[“Bbul-bbul, are you okay?!”]

Kang Seok ran over in a panic, and Horn, after glancing at his sweaty forehead, turned his head with a snort.

[“You’re too late. What were you doing that you’re only coming now? Waiting for me to die next time?”]

[“You’re younger than me, talking nonsense. Why would you die?”]

Despite his pouty face, Horn raised the corners of his mouth.

The viewers stared blankly at his childlike smile.

―Why is this so sad…. Crying alone in my roomㅠㅠ

―This drama has all the stimuli. It’s spicy, salty, and extremely sad.

―I was creeped out by Lee Yeon-jae’s face just now, but now he looks pitiful…. In the end, he just wanted to be loved too.

―But who’s the child actor for Lee Yeon-jae? They look so alike.

―Oh? Really?? Wow, I got so immersed that I thought it was actually Lee Yeon-jae’s childhood lol

Some viewers paid attention to Han Ha-ram, who played young Horn.

Although he had only a few lines, his expression when looking at Kang Seok was quite natural.

Viewers chatted about ‘are they really brothers?’, ‘I want to see a shot with both of them’, ‘Please, we need a two-shot.’

They had no idea Han Ha-ram had already earned the nickname ‘Lee Yeon-jae’s shadow’ for following him around constantly.

[“Bbul-bbul, if today’s experiment goes well, let’s have something delicious with hyung. Hang in there today too.”]

[“Stop calling me Bbul-bbul!”]

The drama moved to the middle of the second episode, and the timeline shifted to the present.

Horn, entering the lab while bickering with Kang Seok, looked bored.

In front of him stood about a dozen prisoners in death row uniforms.

The prisoners looked at Horn with tense faces, but Horn was just bored by the repetitive experiments.

[“H Project 433rd experiment begins.”]

As soon as a voice flowed from the ceiling speaker, Horn pulled a gun from his chest.

Horn’s hand moved swiftly as he charged through the crowd.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The gunshots were unwavering, and Horn’s gaze was cold.

[“Horn, don’t just shoot. You need to blow them up.”]

[“Damn it, I know.”]

Horn responded irritably to the voice from the speaker.

Dodging the charging prisoners, he snapped his fingers.

With a snap, the people hit by the gun exploded.

Before long, the lab was a sea of blood.

[“Ugh.”]

At that moment, Horn, busy snapping his fingers, missed the enemy who grabbed him from behind.

The gun fell to the ground, and Horn’s eyes darted quickly.

Only one prisoner remained, currently strangling Horn.

With only one person left, Horn desperately stretched his hand towards the distant gun.

[“Huff―!”]

Horn made a choking sound.

The prisoner strangling Horn slowly looked up at the ceiling.

[“Um, should we stop now…?”]

The prisoner had been given strict instructions not to kill this child under any circumstances.

Even if they managed to take the gun, they were told not to shoot directly at his head.

If the child reached an ‘irrecoverable’ state, they would endure a fate worse than death.

As the prisoner hesitated, the staff outside the lab discussed whether to stop the experiment.

[“Huff―!”]

Meanwhile, Horn was on the brink of suffocation, his eyes rolling back.

Through his increasingly hazy consciousness, Kang Seok’s words flashed by.

‘If you finish the experiment well today, we’ll have something delicious with hyung.’

In that moment, a light flickered in his eyes.

Veins bulging at his temples, Horn raised his hand.

Then he bit down hard on his own arm.

Crunch.

His delicate skin tore under his sharp teeth.

Horn rubbed his bleeding arm against the prisoner’s face.

[“Ugh!”]

The prisoner, now smeared with Horn’s blood in his eyes and nose, let go in surprise.

Horn didn’t miss the opportunity and snapped his fingers.

Snap.

With the crisp sound, the prisoner’s face exploded.

Instead of a deeply embedded bullet, the blood on his skin burst, causing the prisoner to die a painful death.

[“Gasp… Gasp….”]

Horn sat on the floor for a moment, catching his breath.

Blood was smeared all over his white hair.

He stared blankly at his still-bleeding arm.

Then the thick door opened.

[“Our Bbul-bbul! You were amazing today! The best!”]

Horn chuckled as he saw Kang Seok entering with a bright face.

[“……Was there ever a day I wasn’t the best?”]

[“Haha! That’s my Bbul-bbul.”]

Horn trembled and hid his arm behind him.

But Kang Seok showed no interest in his arm.

He just kept repeating how successful the experiment was, smiling all the while.

The viewers watched the screen in dismay.

―What the hell is this…?

―What do you think? We just got blindsided by the producers….

―……Damn producers.

Nothing matched the story they had anticipated.

Kang Seok’s unsettling demeanor towards Horn contrasted sharply with his gentle smile.

Even Lee Jung-hyun’s character, whom they trusted, felt like a betrayal.

‘It’s already past midnight.’

The second episode had ended before they knew it.

It was time to go to bed to be ready for tomorrow.

What would you do in this situation?

That’s right. Most people held back tears and pressed the play button for episode 3.

Expecting tomorrow to be an exhausting day.