TRACE 3.28

Note: This Translation is for a Webtoon: it is located http://cartoon.media.daum.net/series/view/trace/86

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Rose: You...

wern't supposed to shoot...

(space): My name is Kim Eun Ah...

I'm a "Trace" who can read people's minds.

From when I was young...

I started reading people's minds.

People who were sad but smiling...

People who were happy but crying...

People who hated something but pretended they loved it...

and people who loved something but pretended they hated it...

Whether or not I wanted to,
I could read them all.

This ability, which told me
how to act so that they would like me or dislike me
was a very convenient one.


But it only worked under the condition that they didn't know my ability...

After I registered as a "Trace",
many people around me realized my ability

and they started to avoid me.

Everyone was pretending that they liked me...but...

The only one who truly loved me...

(dad): Eun Ah, are you hungry?

Want to eat something?

(space): My one and only family...

my dad...

Rose: Yeah!

I want some pizza!

(space): I was tired of this ability...
but I was happy because of my dad.

But...

I could only get sadder because I was happy.

Why didn't I...

realize it first...?

SFX: PSSHT

Rose: D...dad...?

(space): That was the first time
I met the person who took my happiness away.

Rose: What's the matter?!

Rose: Ah...

Ah...

(space): If it was a different kid, it might have been different...

but I chased after him...

Hiding my tears...

he had no hear...

I tried to contact the police

but when I saw his face

I knew it was futile.

I couldn't feel any emotion from him...
happiness, sadness, despair...not one...

I realized

the only way to punish him
was not to kill him;

it was to make him feel emotions.

After that day...
I suppressed my sadness and started to follow him.

Everyday

I carefully

watched him

kill people...

If I couldn't read people's minds

I would have failed to do this from the start.

After all, he was the perfect killer.

Like that...

as I watched him kill...

time passed.

His name is Jin...

and I realized...

that he did not value life at all.

The only way to stop him from killing while punishing him...

was to make him realize the value of life...

In other words, by giving him love and making him lose love.

like that...

when the plan was finally decided...

everything started working out by itself.

Rose: You want to kill that person, right?

I don't know the reason why

but you don't need to hide it from me.

Lemon: Wha...what the...

(space): His name was Raymond, a killer hunter...

he also had a personal grudge against Jin.

Lemon: That bastard...

killed my father!

and now...

I'm supposed to let that guy live?

Rose: He doesn't have any emotion...

if he gets killed by someone else, he would just accept it.

Rose: Just killing him won't mean anything.

Lemon: kuk...

Rose: Do you want him to die without pain

or die writhing in agony for the rest of his life?

I can see that you prefer the latter choice.

I say this again, you don't need to hide it from me.

(space): Like that, I met Raymond...

and while I was thinking upon the most crucial part of the plan...

(kid): Noona*~ (* = what a boy calls an older sister. Generally used even if they are not blood-related.)

Rose: ......

(space): I met a kid.

(kid): Noona...

needs a bit of help, right?

(space): A kid who had a mind that I couldn't read...

(kid): I'll

help you.

(space): He wasn't like Jin, who was emotionless...
I couldn't even tell whether or not this kid even had emotions.
I was afraid of this kid
yet I accepted his offer at the thought of completing the plan.

he had an incredible ability...

he could create "Trouble"s...

with their help I finally finished the plan
and I prepared to destroy Jin.

Jin was emotionless, colorless, and odorless...

The things that would affect him the most
would be the color red...

the smell of roses...

and...

MN.J.: Haa...

what is it, old-man...?

Rose: Please...

save me.

(space): and...a plea for help.

MN.J.: Who are you...?

Go away.

Rose: Wait! I know that you're a killer!

MN.J.: What?

Rose: I knew you're a killer...
so I came here...

(space): A fresh experience of the color red and the smell of roses...

MN.J.: Who sent you?

the killer hunters?

Rose: It's nothing like that.

Just...save me, alright?

(space): and a new request.

He would

feel a pang in his heart from this meeting.

For ten years...

I kept watching him, and now I finally showed myself to him...

With this contempt that I've kept for ten years, I became him and he became me.

Of course...

there were some unexpected problems...

but I continued the plan without much trouble.

I gave him curiosity by doing new things...

gave him warmth every night...

shook his heart by telling made-up stories.

Everything

went

according to plan.

Then came the final stage of the plan...

With that kid's "trouble"s, I shook Jin's feelings to the core

and Jin leaves me because he fears love.

Then...
unable to shake off his emotions, he will come looking for me.

(page): He will come looking for me...

(space): He will come looking for me...

today...

Jin will open his heart to me, and I should make that heart expand endlessly.

Now when the final day arrives...

I will die in front of Jin...

Jin will feel endless despair...

and become a person who can't kill anymore...

everything is according to plan.
The revenge for my father...
not just for my father, for everyone else...
will be executed.

but...

even though everything is going according to the plan...

why am I not happy...?

why am I so sad...?

I hated him so much...

but why am I regretting...

not being able to see him ever again...?

Rose: sob...

sob...

sob...

(space): To say...

that the plan was executed without any trouble is a lie...

If that didn't happen that day...

if only that didn't happen that day...

this revenge wouldn't be as sad...

Just one day more...

MN.J.: Wha...

what are you doing...?

If I could see him for just one day more...

Rose: Still...

I think...you've realized the value of life...

(space): then I would never be able to finish this...

MN.J.: Ja...Jang Mi...

(space): The reason why I felt sad and regret...

might be because I loved you...

Rose: Farewell...

(space): It's about time...

Farewell...

Even if everything else was a lie
at least my love was real.

MN.J.: Sob...

sob...sob...

I'm...sorry...

Sob...sob...

I'm sorry...

Jang Mi...

I'm sorry...

Eun Ah...

(TRACE LOGO. GAWD YES.)

SFX: Beeep~

Beeep~

beep!

MN.J.: Hello?

(phone): It's me, Jin! Is it done?

MN.J.: Yeah.

Phone: Alright! Then go to our big bro for a bit! He just needs to finish the test!

MN.J.: Big bro...?

Phone: I mean Mister Beggar! Mister Beggar! Kim Yun Seong!

MN.J.: Why should I go...?

Phone: When Jee Hyun heard that there might be side effects for a few days after the carving, she told me to tell you to go get him!

MN.J.: There are others...I'm busy.

Phone: Others are busier! You never did anything! You're the only one who has time to do this, so just go! I'm cutting the call!

MN.J.: Hey...hey! Wait...

Phone: BEEP!

MN.J.: damn!

Still...

he's our boss...

I'm a bit curious... as to how he changed...

(kid): Kukuku...

the plan...

isn't over yet...
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