Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 641

[Over the Rainbow 2] The team arrived in Los Angeles.

They were not going to start filming in LA right away, but two days later.

“We’ll start shooting in two days, so relax until then.”

“Okay.”

Seo-jun, Catherine, and Paul nodded at Sara Roth’s words.

“See you at the next shoot!”

“Yeah!”

They waved their hands and Catherine and Paul headed to their own places (or homes), and Seo-jun also got in the car that came to pick him up with An Da Ho, Choi Tae Woo, and the staff of Kings Agency and headed to the place where he would stay while he was in LA.

“Is this it, Da Ho hyung?”

“Yeah. How is it? Nice, right?”

“It’s spacious and nice. You said there’s a movie theater inside, right?”

“Yeah. Watch whatever you want while you’re resting.”

Choi Tae Woo’s jaw dropped at the two-story mansion that looked like a house rather than a hotel or a lodging. The two staff members of Kings Agency, An Da Ho, and Seo-jun dragged their luggage to the entrance with comfortable faces as if they were at their own home.

“An, An director. Is this the place?”

“Yes. I bought a house here because I thought Seo-jun would be filming in LA a lot and come here often. It’s easier to manage than renting every time.”

“The security around here is good too.”

Choi Tae Woo looked around in awe at the words of the Kings Agency staff member who added. Seo-jun smiled and said.

“I’m here for the first time too.”

“I bought and remodeled this house while Jun was in the army.”

The Kings Agency staff member who said with a smile opened the front door.

As they entered the house, they saw a spacious living room. A large TV, a fluffy sofa, a table in the center, etc. It was not flashy, but neat and sophisticated. As they looked around with wide eyes, An Da Ho said.

“Mr. Tae Woo. Choose a room that you like, and let me know if you need anything. You’ll have to stay here with Seo-jun when he comes to LA for filming, so it would be better if you have comfortable furniture and household items.”

“Yes, yes! I understand.”

That’s right.

From now on, Choi Tae Woo himself would also stay here.

“Shall we take a look around the house first?”

As he said that and moved, Seo-jun and Choi Tae Woo followed him.

“The cleaning will be done by a separate management company. But it would be better to keep important things separately. Mr. Tae Woo.”

“Yes, I understand.”

From the spacious kitchen and dining room with a large dining table, to the personal rooms on the first and second floors with large windows that seemed to let in a lot of sunlight, and the fitness room with exercise equipment and a movie theater with high-end sound equipment.

“There’s also a swimming pool in the backyard. It’s covered with trees, so it’s good for privacy.”

It was a mansion that had everything except what it didn’t.

“This is amazing! Da Ho hyung!”

He lit up his eyes and looked around busily. An Da Ho, who had worked hard to design and decorate it, smiled satisfied.

“You can decorate the empty rooms according to your purpose. Mr. Tae Woo, you can also make a library or something in the next room.”

“Yes, yes!”

It was a scale that made his eyes spin.

“Dinner is ready!”

The Kings Agency staff member who was preparing dinner called the three of them.

Korean dishes that seemed to have been prepared in advance were steaming hot on the large dining table in the dining room.

Seo-jun, An Da Ho, Choi Tae Woo, and the two staff members of Kings Agency sat around the table.

“Tae Woo hyung, this is our favorite Korean restaurant. It’s really delicious.”

“Really?”

Choi Tae Woo took a bite of the soft tofu stew with an expectant face and widened his eyes. Seo-jun smiled brightly and scooped up a spoonful. The soft tofu stew from the regular restaurant was delicious as always.

“We’ll be moving around in LA for the rest of the shooting, so relax.”

“Okay. I will. What are you and Tae Woo hyung going to do?”

“We have to go to the company.”

An Da Ho was going to visit the Kings Agency office with Choi Tae Woo.

Originally, he was going to briefly introduce the staff of Kings Agency and the things that Seo-jun had done and the way that An Da Ho and Kings Agency had supported him.

“There’s also the Johnny Struck case.”

But with the ‘Johnny Struck case’ exploding, they decided to experience the work as well as the real thing.

There was nothing wrong with Seo-jun in the ‘Johnny Struck case’, but he couldn’t help but be interested because he was involved.

“There won’t be any problems, so don’t worry.”

“Okay.”

Seo-jun nodded at An Da Ho’s smile.

After dinner, Seo-jun returned to his room on the second floor, unpacked his luggage, and picked up his phone.

<I’m resting after dinner.

-Mom: Really? Mom and dad just had lunch.

-Mom: Rest well and work hard on the shooting. Son.

-Dad: If you’re having a hard time, tell Da Ho right away.

<Okay!

He also contacted his friends and acquaintances briefly, and then Seo-jun looked at the internet. Whether it was Korea or the US, the Johnny Struck case was still buzzing. It was only natural that it hadn’t been a week.

What people were especially worried about was recidivism.

-First of all, punishment is obvious. The problem is recidivism.

=I know. He didn’t have any guns or weapons this time, but there’s no guarantee that he won’t have them next time.

-If he wakes up from the delusion that ‘I’m Seo-jun Lee’s role model!’, it would be solved, but that would be hard, right?

=Do you remember the play ‘Mirror’? If he did drugs, he might have a similar mental state to the ‘real protagonist of Mirror’.

=…Oh… That’s really bad.

Of course, Seo-jun was not going to leave it alone.

It was okay to hurt himself, but it was not okay to make his precious fans, family, and friends worry.

Seo-jun decided to go to bed early, even though it was a bit early.

Seo-jun lay down on the bed and closed his eyes. And he opened his eyes.

It was the Library of Life.

Seo-jun took one book from the Library of Goodness and two books from the Library of Evil and engraved their abilities on his body. And he activated one of the evil abilities.

[(Evil)Nightmare’s Dream Walk-Medium Level is activated.]

[(Evil)Nightmare’s Dream Walk-Medium Level]

The means of transportation of the demon in the dream, Nightmare.

You enter the target’s dream and control the target’s dream and mind.

[Caution] It affects the physical body in reality.

‘There are also means of transportation among the good abilities, but…’

Maybe a little venting.

Seo-jun, who shrugged his shoulders, became incorporeal and flew after the magic he had spread into Johnny Struck’s body when they confronted each other.

Seo-jun flew in the blink of an eye to the prison in Kansas City, which would have taken four hours by plane. He entered the dream of Johnny Struck, who was asleep in his cell. A black energy that no one could see disappeared into Johnny Struck’s head.

‘Wow… What a mess.’

The dream of Johnny Struck, a drug addict, was a chaotic mess of various colors and patterns, and it was full of sticky and dirty things like mud or slime. Seo-jun cleared Johnny Struck’s mind by sweeping away those things with a gesture.

And when the view became clear, Seo-jun used his ability to look into Johnny Struck’s past.

‘If he can be reborn…’

He planned to use the ability of the Library of Goodness to help him escape from drug addiction and live a new life after receiving legal punishment.

But if he had a past that was impossible to be reborn, he planned to use the ability of the Library of Evilness to make him live in a state where it would be hard to commit crimes even after legal punishment.

‘Let’s see.’

Johnny Struck’s past unfolded before Seo-jun’s eyes.

Twenty years ago.

As Johnny Struck said, a young actor who loved acting appeared. Seo-jun’s heart was shaken for a moment by the sparkling eyes of the interviewee. Seo-jun was weak for people who had the profession of an actor.

‘Hmm. I shouldn’t do this.’

Seo-jun’s gesture made Johnny Struck’s life pass by quickly, as if the playback speed was set to several times faster.

The eyes of the young man who was full of love for acting gradually became weary as time passed. And after several frauds, accidents, and big incidents, and after getting involved with drugs, Johnny Struck’s life fell into hell.

Johnny Struck tried to get out of drug addiction and act again several times, but his ruined body did not do as he wanted. He was frustrated by his physical condition again and felt like living without dying for a few years.

Was it a coincidence that the story he heard at the bar sounded like a divine revelation?

It seemed like his own story.

No, it was his own story.

‘Seo-jun Lee is waiting for me.’

When he listened to Seo-jun Lee’s radio, he could tell how much Seo-jun Lee admired his ‘role model’.

In his mind, which was messed up by drugs, he imagined Seo-jun Lee’s face, who was surprised to see him and said, ‘I really wanted to meet you. Johnny! You don’t know how moved I was by your acting!’ Seo-jun Lee would gladly give him a new house, a huge fortune, and a hit work.

His twenty years were not meaningless.

He came back like this. And from now on, his life would be truly filled with money, fame, and popularity.

…Johnny Struck wanted to believe that.

When he heard that Seo-jun Lee was filming in Kansas City, Johnny Struck wore the most neat and clean clothes he had. He combed his hair neatly and washed his face cleanly. There must be cameras near Seo-jun Lee, so he had to look as cool as possible.

Meanwhile, his broken body trembled.

His hand reached out to the white powder. If he had that, his mind would be clear and his body would be fine…

No. He couldn’t.

He couldn’t do drugs when he was going to meet Seo-jun Lee, who thought of him as a benefactor(?). Johnny Struck endured and left his house, which was about to collapse.

He walked and walked, and walked some more.

He arrived at the concert hall where Seo-jun Lee was. His breath was up to his chin. His whole body was soaked with sweat from nervousness and anticipation.

And a moment later.

Seo-jun Lee appeared. The Hollywood superstar looked at Johnny Struck. His smiling face seemed to recognize him.

‘Oh? No way?! You are!’

He thought he heard Seo-jun Lee’s surprised voice.

Johnny Struck smiled as brightly as he could. But Johnny Struck didn’t know. His face, which was ruined by drugs, did not follow his intention. And his brain, which was constantly disturbed by drugs.

Everything was an illusion, a hallucination, and a hallucination, but Johnny Struck didn’t realize it.

“Lee! It’s me!”

“The person you were looking for is here!!”

He shouted and walked confidently toward Seo-jun Lee, who he thought would greet him with a bright smile.

***

“…Let’s start with the treatment.”

Seo-jun sighed at Johnny Struck’s mental state, which was getting worse, and activated the ability of goodness he had brought.