The Returner

Scary Mana erupting out of Yi Ji-Hyuk prompted a frightened shout to come out from Seo Ah-Young's mouth.
"Please, calm down!!" (Seo Ah-Young)
"What do you mean, calm down?!" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
When he thought about it, this was patently unfair.
Didn't he return to Earth for the sole purpose of taking it easy for the rest of his remaining life? However, since when did Yi Ji-Hyuk become this dog with its a**e on fire busy running around this way and that?
With things like this, what meaning was there for him to return to Earth in the first place?!
Yi Ji-Hyuk began reflecting on himself.
Like, very seriously.
Lately, he had been busy traveling the world and didn't even get to see his mom's face all that often. His original aim was to stay with his family, play some video games and laze around to his heart's content until the end of his natural life and kick the bucket, so what the freak!
But now, monsters?? A freaking demon king?!
Even stinking zombies began messing up his plans now, and he was running around like a dog in heat just trying to resolve this mess. Thinking about all of this, his anger suddenly rushed up all the way to the top of his head.
Yet, these fools didn't even know the truth and were busy using him like this!
"My life was going down the drain!!" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"I have no idea what rubbish you're spewing now, but I think you need to calm down first." (Seo Ah-Young)
Yi Ji-Hyuk shot a glare back at Seo Ah-Young.
If he was to get technical here, then all of this was the fault of this dang woman and Choi Jung-Hoon.
If it weren't for these two, he'd be lying on the floor of his living room chowing down on snacks and lazily scratching his tummy as the world around him was rapidly pushed to the brink of annihilation.
Mm?
Wait, actually, am I supposed to be thankful here, instead?? (Yi Ji-Hyuk's inner monologue)
Yi Ji-Hyuk continued to glare at Seo Ah-Young with complicated thoughts swirling in his head, before s.h.i.+fting his glare to the zombie horde, instead.
"How annoying." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
He was trying to be more considerate and used his brain instead. However, as it turned out, he hadn't at all any natural inclination for it whatsoever.
"Call everyone here." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"Eh?" (Seo Ah-Young)
"I said, call everyone here!!" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"Ah, yes!" (Seo Ah-Young)
Without saying anything else, Seo Ah-Young summoned all the NDF agents over to their location over the radio. Not too long afterwards, all the agents were gathered in one spot.
– "What are you trying to do, taking away even the agents manning the barricade??" (Choi Jung-Hoon)
Yi Ji-Hyuk narrowed his eyes as Choi Jung-Hoon's complaints entered his ears.
– "Seriously, if you're planning to start something, you should've consulted me first so I can come up with a suitable response, you know! If you keep impulsively creating situations like this, you're going to put me on a really tight spot!" (Choi Jung-Hoon)
Yi Ji-Hyuk looked over to Jeong Hae-Min.
"Shorty." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"M-mm??" (Jeong Hae-Min)
"Go and capture that fool." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"Ng."
She went poof!! from the spot, and reappeared a moment or two later while holding Choi Jung-Hoon's arm.
"……….." (Choi Jung-Hoon)
Choi Jung-Hoon saw Yi Ji-Hyuk's expression and began forming a sheepish, awkward smile.
"I was just saying, you know. Just saying." (Choi Jung-Hoon)
"Lately, haven't I….." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"Pardon?" (Choi Jung-Hoon)
"…..Been way too docile, have I?" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"…………………" (Choi Jung-Hoon)
You call this being docile?
If I recount everything you did lately, then…. Mm? Eh?
He was really docile, wasn't he?
No, it can't be. He was really docile?! (Choi Jung-Hoon's inner monologue)
Choi Jung-Hoon began shuddering where he stood.
He tried to dig deeper, but for sure, he couldn't think of Yi Ji-Hyuk creating a mess recently. But to think, he still ended up with this much stress anyway.
So, what would happen if this guy decided to throw another tantrum like how he used to do in the past?
Would his stomach get perforated like Swiss cheese??? (TL: the raw said ‘coal briquette' but I changed to cheese reference. Cuz I like cheeses.)
"I tried to stay under the radar and live my life, but then, I suddenly realised that I wouldn't be able to live a quiet life by doing exactly that. What do you call that? A sudden enlightenment? A spiritual understanding? An awakening?" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"….A panic attack…?" (Choi Jung-Hoon)
"Wanna die?" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"No, not at all." (Choi Jung-Hoon)
Choi Jung-Hoon lowered his head with a sullen pout on his face.
I mean, if someone comes up with a timely retort, you're supposed to play ball, you know! You're being so stiff!
Besides, we always went along with your retorts everyday, don't you know that?? (Choi Jung-Hoon's inner monologue)
"In any case. All this is really getting on my nerves so I can't watch on anymore. From now on, do what I tell you." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
Choi Jung-Hoon didn't reply and s.h.i.+fted his gaze over to Seo Ah-Young. This wasn't a decision he could make, but Seo Ah-Young's responsibility.
"If you just let us handle this for a little while longer…." (Seo Ah-Young)
Yi Ji-Hyuk gritted his teeth.
"At this rate, you're gonna take thirty thousand years!! Thirty!!" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"But, we were doing our best, though…." (Seo Ah-Young)
Yi Ji-Hyuk clicked his tongue.
In all honesty, what these people did wasn't bad enough to be criticised at all.
By them managing to fix to this extent a mess that none of the countless American ability users could do anything about, the capabilities of the NDF under Seo Ah-Young's command had been firmly proven to the rest of the world, that they shouldn't be underestimated by others.
However….
"You did all you need to do." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"Excuse me?" (Seo Ah-Young)
"So, let's do things in a far simpler way, okay?" (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
Light began gleaming in Yi Ji-Hyuk's eyes.
"For the time being, throw every single one of those d*mn zombies back within that portion of barricade over there." (Yi Ji-Hyuk)
"Within that barricade??" (Seo Ah-Young)
Did this guy lose his mind??
If you force all those zombies in there, that barricade will be crushed in no time! (Seo Ah-Young's inner monologue)
"Oh, you meant we should separate them?" (Seo Ah-Young)
"What the h.e.l.l, are you deaf? I said,

Fin.

(TL: Does anyone know how to select only a portion of a paragraph with a Samsung tablet? For some reason, copy/pasting chapters from my G drive to this site gets rid of all the italicised letters. I want to manually fix that, but I can't seem to select only the paragraphs I want. This thing of not having electricity at home is really, really getting on my nerves.)