"It looks like she's gone …" Howl said.
Everything seemed to calm down after the chatty woman left her house. Close your eyes while lying quietly in the meadow. It's been Howl's routine all the time. Relax with the hundreds of cats he's saved from the streets.
The cats that look healthy, beautiful and clean, Howl takes care of them as best he can. They were given quality food only growing healthy.
This place will not be found by anyone. There will be no one human or creature who can set this sanctuary.
"Meow…"
A blue-eyed black cat sits on Howl's stomach.
"Why?" Howl asked.
"Meow … meow…"
"She's cured. You don't have to worry." Howl replied.
"Meow…"
The cat's voice grew louder in Howl's ear, who finally woke up from sleep with his irritated face.
"You don't see him, she talks a lot. I don't like humans!!" Howl said bitterly.
A creature that is even bigger than a cat, Howl sulks so sulky.
"Meow …! Meow!
"What do you mean?"
Howl's facial expression seemed surprised when he heard the black cat saying that the woman was a human who had saved his life before meeting Howl.
"So, what do you want me to be like? I'm already busy! You don't remember last night? I worked hard to heal my wounds?!" Howl said in an upset tone. However, he still felt unable to see the black cat's facial expression that told him to meet again with a woman named Anna.
The woman may still be in danger after the attack that night. The cursed creature even returned to take out innocent human lives. If left alone, maybe she'll come back to meet the damned creature.
"Huh! You're such a pain in the ass. All right, I'll meet her. Are you satisfied?"
"Meow…"
The black cat smiles in his way, then gives Howl a soft nod before he walks away to another cat friend.
***
"HAAA!!"
Anna was still thinking about what had happened while she was in the woods that night. Her reason is not up to solving a case that is beyond reason. What she had experienced did seem real to her, but this could have been just a hallucination caused by something still ambiguous.
Anna was in one of the hospital's outpatient rooms. After some examination it's true if there's a hard impact on her head. It was possible that everything he saw included a mysterious man and a half-human being was a mirage.
Anna yells while ruffling her hair into a tangle. Her head hurts too much if she keeps thinking about things that don't have answers.
"Senior! Are you okay?" Suho asked as he walked up to Anna carrying a box of chicken ordered by Anna.
"Emm, I'm okay. Students are how? Did you find his identity? What about that woman?" asked Anna, so urgent.
"Senior ... Stop. I'll explain it all, but for now what's more important is senior recovery. I'll explain everything after you get out of the hospital." Suho replied.
Anna immediately hit Suho's back very hard.
"HUH!! It hurts!!" Suho shouted, complaining that his back felt like burning.
"You are, the more annoying the day is. You fool! What about the dead woman? Who is that woman's identity?" Anna asked with a serious look on her face regardless of her current condition.
"Her name is Kang Mona, she's a veterinarian." Suho replied.
"What's the autopsy?" Anna asked back in working mode.
"The autopsy results show the same characteristics as the other victims. So did the students we found in front of the Han River. Huff … I really can't believe how someone kills at close quarters." Suho said.
"His wound? Does the wound look like it was scratched by a wild beast?" asked Anna.
"Maybe …? But... I think about it, why is this case similar to 'The Twilight'?" Suho said while pouring juice into Anna's glass.
"What do you mean by that? I just heard it …," Anna said.
Soon Suho is surprised to hear Anna's question. The look was so amazing looking at his senior.
"Why are you looking at me like?!!"
Suho just breathed a sigh of arrogance at a woman who would never get better.
"Wolfman. Have you heard of it? That movie is very famous …," Suho said.
"Ahh… I've heard of it, but I'm not watching. I don't watch scary movies. I don't like it. I'm just watching anime." Anna replied with her mouth full.
"But why are you saying that all of a sudden?" Anna asked.
"Just for the sake of talking …" Suho resumed his focus on eating chicken.
But it again provoked Anna's anger.
"Tell me! Before I put all these chicken bones in your nose!" Anna threatened.
Suho immediately shrinks like a little mouse that meets a cat. Sighs while confirming that his seat has become more polite.
"In the movie scene. There's been some fight between vampire humans and wolves. The injuries they get are almost the same as those of the victims. If a straight line is drawn, then the victim's death is not due to ordinary humans, but to humans of their kind …" said Suho, who felt a little doubt at the end of the sentence he said from his own mouth.
"Believe it or not believe it, I just experienced a mystical thing," Anna said—sighing heavily when her mind came back to the shadows in an unfamiliar place.
"What do you mean, senior? Mystical thing?" Suho asked—confused as he went back to eating chicken.
She breathed heavily and said, "Looks like during my disappearance, I was in the movie you told me about. Two werewolves and vampires had a fight, one of them saved my life. Then I was in a place so beautiful as heaven. I also met hundreds of cats, the man who helped me was really handsome. He healed my wounds, see …!"
Anna immediately pointed out that she had no injuries at all.
"My leg is almost broken, but he can heal my leg in less than two days. After that he showed me the way home. Strangely everything I saw disappeared right away when you came. Isn't it weird?" Anna said with a blank look—eating chicken thighs.
Suho just shuts up with confusion after hearing Anna's story that sounds absurd.
"You took that story from the novel?" Suho asked.
"Nope."
"Then, it means your head is completely damaged. I have to call a doctor to check your condition," Suho said.
Suddenly Anna rushed to remove the infusion needle attached to her hand. This is not the time to just stand by without doing anything at times like this. Her job is to find evidence on the side of the night he hasn't finished yet. Anna was embellished to return to Mount Jiri and see the scene.
"Where are you going?" Suho asked, confused to see Anna who looked so busy.
"We can't stay here. Let's go to Hamyang!" siad Anna unclogged her shirt regardless of Suho's whereabouts.
"Hamyang? Captain told me to come here so you wouldn't go to Hamyang. You have to rest!" Suho said, immediately stretching out his arms to prevent Anna from leaving.
Anna immediately gives a cynical look that makes Suho feel intimidated. The look that Suho couldn't do anything. Anna is scarier than Captain Steven.
Suho started walking out of the room to pick up his car. It's really hard to be in his position right now. On the one hand, only the youngest member has to obey every word of senior and also the captain. But in a way he couldn't argue with Anna. Because Anna has a special place for her.
Anna walked close to the crowd in a hut for climbers to rest, but now the hut is closed by police lines. Anna showed her identification to a police officer standing in front of the police safety line to show that she was a detective.Anna walks in with Suho while wearing gloves for safety. Their whereabouts were immediately known to captain Steven who immediately confronted Anna."Why are you here?" Steven asked with a face that seemed to hold back his anger."Captain, I must also join this investigation." Anna said."Suho! I told you, don't let him come to this place." he said firmly."I'm sorry," said Suho."Don't blame Suho. I insisted on coming, captain." Anna said, trying to plead Suho."Suho! Get him back to the hospital quickly!" Steven ordered firmly.Suho is in a confusing position. He couldn't resist the captain's orders but he couldn't force Anna to leave as the captain ordered. Anna's very stubborn nature left Suho unable to do much to prevent Anna.Steven begins to walk a
"What the hell! Don't joke! That's really not funny! I don't like horror stuff!" upset Anna."If you don't believe it, you will.""But… What's your name? I'm Anna, Jang Anna." Anna said as she reached out her hand.But his hand just hung for a few seconds. Looks like he's been turned down."Bast Howl. Just call me Howl." Howl replied, gulping down his drink elegantly.Anna was surprised to hear his name, and she started laughing because it sounded funny."Are you kidding me? You think this is Howl's Moving Castle. Ha ha! But I really liked that movie. How many times have I watched it?"Anna started talking to herself."If I'm not mistaken more than 10 times. On Christmas break I watch too! I love watching that movie." Anna said.She suddenly got carried away when she came back to remember the calmness when she watched it. But instantly his face turns serious looking at Howl while knocking over the table."Don't make it up! Tell me your real name!" Anna snapped—looking gravely."Why ar
"What the hell! Don't joke! That's really not funny! I don't like horror stuff!" upset Anna."If you don't believe it, you will.""But… What's your name? I'm Anna, Jang Anna." Anna said as she reached out her hand.But his hand just hung for a few seconds. Looks like he's been turned down."Bast Howl. Just call me Howl." Howl replied, gulping down his drink elegantly.Anna was surprised to hear his name, and she started laughing because it sounded funny."Are you kidding me? You think this is Howl's Moving Castle. Ha ha! But I really liked that movie. How many times have I watched it?"Anna started talking to herself."If I'm not mistaken more than 10 times. On Christmas break I watch too! I love watching that movie." Anna said.She suddenly got carried away when she came back to remember the calmness when she watched it. But instantly his face turns serious looking at Howl while knocking over the table."Don't make it up! Tell me your real name!" Anna snapped—looking gravely."Why ar
Anna whines like a five-year-old boy—sticking around—racing her hair until it's no longer shaped. Anna's really frustrated. Looks like his brain's been completely damaged. But Anna's uncomfortable feelings kept her thinking about a man named Howl. She also feared that the creature that almost killed her at that time would return again.Her face seemed to be reflecting all the weight in this world on both of those little shoulders."Senior! Listen to me. I'm telling you this because I respect you so much, but... Can you get some rest? I'll help you to talk to the captain so you can really rest." Suho said anxiously.Anna can only breathe, because no one will believe her words."How's the investigation going? Is there something strange in there?" Anna ask
"Wow … this is really very coincidental. I heard you're a detective. I think this information will help a lot. But I'm not sure if you'll believe it or not.""Say it. I'll trust you." Anna said confidently."Okay. But maybe I don't have much time left. I'll just tell you a little bit about that thing.""I'd be very grateful." Anna said."He's a cursed creature. He's a mythical creature, many people call him 'Nekomata'. But these things are very different. From the story that goes around, Nekomata is a cat that has magical powers and he can kill humans. It is the incarnation of a demon who flee
"No, it's not. That's not wrong. But... but... I was just in the middle of shit. And she is not a human being!" said Anna, speaking in a loud voice.Anna realized that her voice was calling attention from people around her. It was a real shame—Anna shrieked—to sit back down with her head down."Do you want to invite the creature back?" Howl asked, irritated by Anna's hard-to-control attitude."Sorry … Sometimes I have trouble controlling myself. Sorry …" said Anna—sorry about what she did."Mona Kang, a 34-year-old woman. Single woman who never had a relationship with a man. That's why she was called a saint by the demons." Howl said, immediately shifting the subject to more serious discussion."Devil? Is that thing a demon?" Anna asked."Man calls it that. He's escaped, he are supposed to be locked up in hell. Howl said, "We have a place on the earth.""So humans are also involved in this? I want to as
"Oh! Oh! He wants to escape …" Howl said.Faster than the speed of light, Howl follows a man who is trying to escape from what he has done to make someone die.As fast as the guy wearing the orange baseball jacket runs, Howl first arrives and stands before the man who falls down in front of Howl in surprise at his sudden appearance."Oh shit! What the fuck! Who are you?!" the man snapped with rage behind the panic.The man's face was pale with cold sweat—trying to stand before a strange man who came like a ghost."After killing innocent people, isn't it your responsibility to run away?" Howl asks in a tone that is so calm but makes the man's whole body tremble."Who are you! Why did you suddenly appear?!" said the man as he took a step away from Howl."It doesn't matter who I am and where I come from. Come with m—"Howl had never said the words, the man wearing a baseball jacket ran so fast leaving Howl.
"Who are you?" asked Hansu, looking back.The appearance of a strange man sitting on the rear passenger seat made Hansu even more frightened because he was the same man who appeared at the hospital earlier."Why are you here? Who the hell are you!!" asked Hansu—shouting until the veins around his neck seemed so clear."Howl… I'm Howl."Howl moves from his seat—starts to approach Hansu whose face looks pale with a cold sweat wetting all over his body. Howl is getting closer to a man who still doesn't realize his mistake."Howl? Don't be funny! Who the hell are you!!""Why? Howl asked Howl.Howl smiled meaningfully bef
"Han Yena was initially a very friendly and kind child to everyone here. She was especially fond of her sister. But when she met that man... I felt that Yena started to change." said the grandmother with a sad look on her face as she recalled how the horrific events began.It was hard for the 76-year-old woman to accept the fact that two poor children who were considered her own had to die before her. Her heart always aches when she remembers that day."That man...? Do you recognize him?" Anna asked."I don't remember his face, his name if I remember correctly was Oh Sungwon. Oh Jaewon! Ah! That's right, that guy from Seoul named Oh Jaewon.""Oh Jaewon...""Yes. At first, I thought they were good friends. Finally, people started to get suspicious because Yena always came home at midnight and even early in the morning. Yena's clothes also changed, someone saw her at a gambling place." said the grandmother."Gambling place?""That's right. Yena no longer works part-time at the cafe or t
She also gave him a set of food specifically for young children. When Yena saw this, she was touched by her grandmother's kindness."I'm grateful to you, thank you... thank you..." Yena said as she bowed her head several times to the grandmother as an expression of gratitude-Yena held back her tears from falling.The grandmother smiled at her - her heart ached to see two young people who looked starving and like they were lost. She, who also had children, understood this feeling."Hurry up and eat, the Kimchi jjigae made is delicious." Grandmother said as she sat in front of them - gazing with concern at the current state of the two young people before her.She didn't know what had hap
"By the way, why is this area so quiet...?" asked Anna."Many of the residents of this area have left their homes," said the grandmother as she sat on one of the benches facing Anna who was slowly approaching her."Why?" asked Anna."There are more elderly residents in this area. They can't work or continue their restaurant business. You see for yourself, don't you? Many restaurants have closed down, as well as mine."Anna listened pensively to the heartbreaking stories of the elderly who had to continue their lives, but the recent pandemic had made it difficult for them to get up and continue their restaurants."So did they all move out of here?" Anna asked."Some went to nursing
"Doesn't he have any other family?" asked Howl."No, she doesn't. They're orphans."Howl sighed heavily at that."But ... Han Yena has 5 million dollars in death insurance," said Anna."Death insurance?""That's right. After Yena's death, the insurance was automatically given to her younger brother, Han Jisung. Surprisingly, three days before Jisung's death. He cashed out Yena's death insurance in cash." said Anna which instantly left them shocked and speechless."Then, Jisung's death was planned long before Yena's death?" Howl said trying to guess what happened. Howl's brain continued to spin looking for a common ground to connect every incident that Anna had just explained to hi
Lucas is clearly avoiding Howl's question by pretending to know nothing. Because only he can protect his own life."If you don't then you end up just like all the cats you've killed." Howl threatened with a tone so smooth as paper that could injure human skin.As many minutes passed, Lucas still kept his mouth shut. Although Howl sees a fierce battle in Lucas' mind right now. He wanted to tell the truth but he couldn't because there was a treaty already bound."Lucifer …"One name immediately made Lucas' eyes roll in surprise, looking at Howl. His heart was beating fast along with a burning hot feeling in his throat. Cold sweats run wild, when his body feels a terrible shock.Lucas couldn't resist the feeling of going
Sungjae tries to think of things he remembers deep in his brain. The case Anna just explained seemed familiar and had heard it somewhere. "Is it possible this is an unnatural murder case …?" asked Sungjae."Oh! How did you know?" Anna asked—surprised."How could I not know? The news was very much talked about. But it's strange that it's like drowning. I feel like the police are covering up the case. Huff … What about the fate of the families of the victims? I really don't trust the police," said Sungjae.Anna is silent for a while staring at Sungjae who is so concerned about the murder case. She didn't think that Sungjae, who was not interested in humans and the world, turned out to have misjudged Sungjae."Actually, I'm one of the team members respon
1st victim,Name: Han Yena, 26 years old, femaleTime of death: Sokcho, December 1, 20202nd victim,Name: Kim Suna, 25 years old, femaleTime of death: Gangwon-do, February 28, 20213rd VictimName: Marlie, 35 years old, femaleTime of death: Seoul, June 24, 20214th VictimName: Oh Mina, 19 years old, a womanTime of death: Seoul, October 21, 20215th VictimName: Oh Jae Won, 25 years old, male, college studentTime of
"Look! I told you, she's not cooperative. You better find another replacement before your time is up!" Jeoseungsaja said in an upset tone criticizing Howl's choice to defend Anna."Can't you just shut up!" Howl was annoyed with Jeoseungsaja's ego's attitude that kept him in the corner making the situation even more complicated.Seeing Howl's resentment made Jeoseungsaja only able to stand still while staring cynically at Howl, who was still on Anna's side."I want a shower? Where is my room?" asked Jeoseungsaja.Howl almost loses his temper against two creatures who can't grow up, don't want him mouth to emit harsh words, Howl only shows his hand towards Jeoseungsaja's room."Ah … There. Okay! Uh … I want to take a shower …!" said Jeoseungsaja who seemed happy to be impatient to enjoy his free time after being tired of working as a reaper.It seems that he is the only one who can still continue the investigation into the unnatural murder case that currently has another death toll. How
"I know," said Jeoseungsaja, looking relaxed after what happened. He even seemed happy, enjoying a glass of chamomile tea and a piece of egg tart. Jeoseungsaja seemed indifferent to death. When humans think of death as terrible, yet not with the reaper. "Whoa … I can't really say I saw him. How at times he seems relaxed. Someone's dead, but he's sitting around enjoying a cup of tea? Seriously?!" murmured Anna, who could not understand the figure of an angel of death. "Let it go. You just can't understand and you don't have to try to understand it," Howl said, trying to calm Anna, who may soon attack Jeoseungsaja if she doesn't act. Anna could only breathe—holding her patience at the end of her head that gave off white smoke. Right now he's burdened with guilt about the death of someone she could have prevented. But death is inevitable until she unknowingly vents her anger on others. "Why are you so angry? Do you know the woman?" asked Jeoseungsaja while putting the cup back on the