Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 1)

Chapter 10. Jung Ha-Yan (1)

"....."

"She gives more to people that are on her side and to the people that she's wary of, all she has to do is slightly push them away and put them at a disadvantage. Power creates discrimination and I'm sure Jung Ha-Yan is one of the people that Lee Ji-Hye is wary of...that's probably why Jung Ha-Yan got excluded and is now doing difficult work," I told him.

"Since when have you been watching Ms. Ha-Yan so closely?" Park Deok-Gu asked.

"I'll need to watch her even closer from now on," I said.

Park Deok-Gu quietly nodded.

This was only the beginning of watching Jung Ha-Yan. It was a decision I made on impulse after reading Lee Ji-Hye and Jung Ha-Yan's nature. One was a selfish and ambitious person and the other was an innocent supporter. With these, I believed that I could really bring out the result that I wanted.

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"Ms. Ha-Yan, you need to do better," a male survivor said.

"Sorry? Okay..." Jung Ha-Yan answered.

"You're not the only one that's tired. Everyone is working hard. At times like these, everyone needs to work together...if you keep working like this, we'll have no choice but to reduce your portion of the supplies," explained

"I understand..." she answered.

"I'm sure you've heard, but the situation isn't that great, so you just answering that you understand won't change anything. We don't know how long we'll be staying here and obtaining supplies from the other starting points isn't easy either. Monsters could ambush this place while Mr. Hyun-Sung is out, so building a wall is just as important," the male survivor explained.

"Yes, I understand. I-I'm really sorry," Jung Ha-Yan apologized.

"Tsk, if you don't want to get kicked out, work hard and don't take breaks. If we continue to find survivors and there's more of us, you may get kicked out. Jeez, why are the people that came in this time so selfish..." the male survivor said.

"Sorry?" Jung Ha-Yan asked, she didn't quite hear the latter part of his sentence.

"It's nothing. Anyways, please do better."

"Yes, yes, I understand," she replied.

She saw the man head outside after angrily mumbling to himself.

Jung Ha-Yan couldn't help but lower her head. She wasn't sure of what she did wrong, but it seemed like the man didn't like how she did her portion of the work. No, she was certain that it was the case. It had already been several days since she failed to meet her quota, so it was only natural for him to get angry.

'I'm such a fool.'

People had called her slow and sluggish before, but she really hated herself for not being able to work faster even in a situation like this.

'It hurts.'

When she glanced down, she saw how messed up her hands were. Almost all of her nails were falling out and even though it was painful, she was able to somewhat agree with what the man from earlier told her.

'Everyone is working hard to survive.'

Mr. Hyun-Sung, Ki-Young, and Deok-Gu were fighting hard outside and the people here were working hard in building the wall. Compared to the situation before where she was frantically running around by herself and didn't know when she was going to die, this place was no different from heaven.

If Mr. Ki-Young didn't help her back then, then the monsters would've definitely caught her. Her face turned red for some reason after recalling how she came all the way here in a manner that looked and felt like she was getting hugged by him. She couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she recalled that it was her first time to be in such close physical contact with a man.