I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 321

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Chapter 321

The next patient was, as the audience expected,

“Hello~!”

It was Influencer 1. With a bright and cheerful greeting, Influencer 1 took her seat.

“Yes. What brings you here today?”

“I was referred here. For, um, diet pills.”

There are prescription criteria (BMI) and concerns about misuse, so diet pill prescriptions are officially very cautious.

It needs to proceed like a medically valid conversation so the doctor won’t have any problems.

“I’ve been gaining some weight lately. My photos don’t come out as good as I look in real life. When you see me in person, honestly speaking, I’m pretty cute, right?”

“Yes.”

“But in photos, my cheek fat keeps making me look more… cute? You know?”

“Yes…”

At the doctor’s businesslike smile, Influencer 1 took off the hat she was wearing. Slow motion kicked in as she flipped her bangs.

-Pretty…

Influencer 1’s exclusive BGM started playing. But the doctor quickly cut through that sound effect.

Clack- Clack- Clack-.

The rapid typing sound cut off her attempt at being cute. The doctor opened his mouth with a neat smile.

“How much do you exercise? Do you usually binge eat, or if you don’t stuff yourself with food, does it affect your sleep patterns or concentration?”

Because of the doctor maintaining his composure, the examination room felt like a somewhat dangerous space. But Influencer 1 seemed determined not to tolerate such an atmosphere and lightened it up.

“Exercise is walking! I really walk around for a long time when shopping. Binge eating? Sometimes. You know how women have those times. When you need to eat chocolate and tteokbokki. You know, right? When that time comes, I just-.”

Fatigue gradually showed on the neat doctor’s face. The oblivious Influencer 1 was now treating the doctor like a friend.

“I usually sleep pretty well. I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. As for concentration, can you see this? My curls came out really well. It’s no joke. Getting the left and right sides perfectly symmetrical is really difficult originally.”

“…Patient, your BMI is below the criteria, but you have difficulty controlling eating habits and tendencies toward oversleeping and over-concentration, so it would be better to control it with medication.”

It was a voice that seemed slightly irritated. However, he acted professionally.

“Huh? Really?”

“Yes. I’ll prescribe you a month’s worth. If you experience insomnia, dry mouth, or palpitations, stop taking it.”

After taking a deep breath, he changed his expression. He continued his explanation with the face of an upright doctor with convictions.

“But when you stop the medication, you might experience a yo-yo effect, so you need to keep that in mind. Your weight’s first digit might change.”

“Eek! The first digit?”

“Still, if you think of it as just getting moderate help, there’s nothing to be scared of.”

Influencer 1’s face showed as she nodded with an uneasy expression.

“Oh, unnie, it’s me-.”

Influencer 1 called someone as she left the pharmacy. As if she had completely forgotten about being scared just moments ago.

* * *

Influencer 1 and that woman had the same route next. The two met at the dermatology clinic.

“Ms. Choi Hyeonseok. Please come in-.”

As soon as her name was called, the woman hurriedly got up, and Influencer 1, who stood up at the same timing, entered the hospital.

“Did you make a reservation?”

“Yes. I’m the 7 o’clock appointment.”

Influencer 1, confirming her reservation at the desk, watched the back of the woman walking down the hospital hallway with admiration.

“Wow… Do a lot of celebrities come here?”

Her eyes sparkled with the expectation that if she took diet pills, she could become like that too. It was the kind of light curiosity that seemed cute for someone her age.

That night.

Influencer 1 carelessly threw the medicine packet on the dining table and went to shower first.

At the same time, the woman installed T-gram on her cell phone.

“I’m a pretty! Girl!”

Influencer 1, who couldn’t sing well, was happily narcissistic while showering, and the woman entered an illegal chat room.

“Ugh, so refreshing, so refreshing-.”

Influencer 1 came out with a face mask on, toweling her hair, and drank a glass of cold water from the refrigerator. The woman made contact with a man holding bundles of money with his face covered.

“Oh, right. I need to take my medicine.”

Influencer 1 picked up the medicine packet she had thrown on the dining table.

Because she didn’t organize things, it was mixed up with the vitamins and other medicines that were already there, but she just picked up the medicine packet that was on top.

Gulp-.

Both of them took their medicine.

“I wonder if it’ll be effective?”

Influencer 1, lying comfortably on her bed, talked with her unnies on her cell phone and put clothes she wanted to wear after succeeding in her diet into her shopping cart.

“But unnie, isn’t this a bit much? Looking at the real reviews, the fabric is only palm-sized?”

Unlike Influencer 1, who was laughing and rolling around on her bed, the woman seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Thud.

“Oh my…”

Sighs of startled people could be heard throughout the screening room. The woman, who they thought had fallen asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.

Deep darkness covered the woman’s face. Deep shadows were created.

With trembling hands, she picked up the water bottle on the nightstand beside her bed.

Clang-!

But perhaps the tumbler was too heavy for her delicate wrists. She dropped it without taking even a sip.

“Thirsty… so thirsty…”

The woman, muttering quietly, got up from her spot.

Splash-.

The sound of water being stepped on with bare feet could be heard. The woman walked out. Forward, forward, forward…

“So thirsty…”

The woman, muttering with her parched mouth, opened the window. Wind swept across her face. Her long hair fluttered in the breeze.

Dangerous music played. It was an anxious and tense synthesizer sound.

“Thirsty…”

Whoosh. The woman’s body tilting over the window happened in an instant.

Crash-!

The woman who fell to the ground stared blankly at the sky. People rushed over at that loud noise.

“Kyaah!”

“What do we do. Someone fell here!”

“119, 119!”

Dark red blood slowly spread around the woman. The woman mouthed the words.

So thirsty.

One of the long-term side effects of diet pills was sleepwalking.

Wee-ee-ing-!

The sound of sirens, whether from an ambulance or police car, could be heard.

Bang!

<Faster Than Law 2>

The screen went completely dark, and the movie logo immediately appeared.

Now it was time to look at the dark side of the city in earnest.

* * *

“Another suicide case?”

“This area has always been like that.”

The police clicked their tongues as if it was nothing. Someone walked toward the scene where yellow police lines were set up.

Energetic and lively music played. As soon as people saw the broad back, they smiled. Our Detective Gwak, who could never lose, appeared.

“Hey. Any signs of murder?”

“None at present.”

“Are you sure she fell from home?”

“Let’s take a look first.”

Detective Gwak entered the woman’s apartment. Investigators who had already arrived were taking photos and collecting evidence.

“What? What’s in the refrigerator… only this kind of stuff?”

The refrigerator was completely empty. Bottled water, barley tea, oolong tea, and more water, water, water. Everything was water.

There wasn’t a single thing that could be called proper food. It was a clean and strange house.

“There’s medication he was taking.”

The investigator approached holding the medication. Detective Gwak, who received the pills, scrutinized them with sharp eyes.

“This is…”

Gulp. When everyone was curious about the identity of the medication, his mouth opened again.

“What is it?”

The investigator sighed.

“Come on, you said you’re a veteran but you don’t even know that?”

“I don’t know, you bastard. If I knew every drug in the world, I would’ve become a pharmacist, not a detective.”

For now, Detective Gwak collected the evidence. It seemed like he could find a clue about the frequent suicide cases in this area lately.

* * *

This place was Seoul Mapo Police Station. Many police officers were gathered inside the meeting room.

“The suicide rate among women in their twenties has increased significantly recently. There are common factors.”

Detective Gwak looked at the beam projector screen.

“They were taking diet pills, and their refrigerators were filled with water.”

Photos of women appeared on the screen. They all had bodies so thin it was hard to believe they were people worried about dieting.

“When we checked the deceased’s cell phones, we found they were active on T-gram right before their suicides. All the rooms were destroyed so we couldn’t interpret all the conversation records, but…”

[How much is it?]

[The effects are guaranteed, right? It’s urgent ㅠ]

[Yes, at Hyeonnon Elementary School Gate at one o’clock]

“The evidence of drug dealing is certain.”

Clank.

Detective Yoon entered, opening the meeting room door.

Unlike the other detectives in their shabby attire, he was properly dressed in a suit from head to toe today as well.

“The drug test results are in.”

Detective Yoon took out a zipper bag from inside his jacket. Inside the transparent envelope were the drugs found identically in all the deceased’s homes.

“Right. What the hell is that thing?”

“It’s a newly manufactured drug.”

The room stirred at Detective Yoon’s words.

“A newly manufactured drug?”

“That means we don’t even know its name right now.”

Drugs distributed in the market have clinical trials, components, reactions, and data.

But this unknown drug’s type wasn’t even identified. Side effects, reaction speed, and duration of efficacy were all unclear.

“Is it a narcotic?”

“The forensics team said it contains psychotropic substances, narcotics, especially mixed with rilphetamine and lophedrine components. At quite high levels.”

If the drug continued spreading through T-gram like this, it would be a disaster. Once it became untraceable by health authorities, the situation would spiral out of control.

“Isn’t this fucking thing the work of those Nonhyeon Fam bastards or whatever?”

If Club D.K was the so-called Cheongdam Fam that newly emerged as cryptocurrency wealthy, before that there was Nonhyeon Fam. They were closely connected to the underworld, but equally difficult to catch.

“Don’t know.”

Because unlike Cheongdam Fam who didn’t have parental connections, most of Nonhyeon Fam’s parents were people who did so-called ‘big business’.

“Until we catch and lock them all up.”

Detective Yoon’s eyes sharpened behind his glasses.

* * *

Director Sa entered an upscale bar. On the table were fruit snacks and whiskey. And a cup of tea for Director Sa.

“Let me pour you a drink!”

“Hey hey. Don’t you know Director Sa? His self-management is no joke.”

“You said you’re making your terrestrial broadcasting debut soon, right? Man. No matter how many old doctors come out, it’s useless. Director Sa has actor-level looks.”

Director Sa, holding his teacup and savoring the aroma, didn’t fit this space at all. He was too out of place.

To his right sat a thug wearing a black shirt. Director Sa quietly set down his teacup and commanded the thug with his eyes.

Then the quick-witted thug gestured with his hands.

“Hey. You guys get out.”

When only the two remained, Director Sa’s expression subtly changed.

“We’re cutting off Roticelli supply for a while. Withdraw from T-gram too.”

“No way! How can that be? We were just getting our wings!”

Roticelli.

It was the name of a new drug manufactured by Director Sa, taken from the name of the painter who created the masterpiece ‘The Birth of Venus’.

This drug, which had tremendous effects on appetite suppression and concentration improvement, was given that name because it was said to make both body and mind beautiful.

“It’s time to be careful.”

“Ah, hyung! Think about it carefully. We’re right now-“

Splash-.

Director Sa poured tea on the thug’s face without any change in expression. Drip- the fragrant tea water flowed down the surface of his face.

“Shut up.”

Commanding with one word, he removed the watch from his wrist. Even that gesture was neat. With his lightened wrist, he slapped the thug’s cheek.

Smack-! Smack! Smack! Smack!

The audience held their breath at the relentless beating. The faces of the thug being slapped and the calm Director Sa were captured alternately. No emotions like anger, irritation, or contempt were visible.

He was just, really without any change in expression, beating a person.

“Ugh…! Director, Director.”

When the thug collapsed sideways with his face covered in blood from a nosebleed, Director Sa grabbed his hair and lifted him up. He brought his face close and said.

“Listen to what I say.”

It was a tone like lecturing a delinquent youth.

Things proceeded according to Director Sa’s orders. As Roticelli became hard to obtain on T-gram, the investigation faced difficulties from the start.

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