Choi Jung Soo

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## Choi Jung Soo

### Relatives

† Unnamed Parents and cousins
† Choi Jung Gun (collateral relative)
Choi Han (paternal uncle once removed)
Kim Rok Soo (sworn brother)

### Occupations

Ability User (Grade 1)
Ability User (Grade 10) (former)

### Affiliations

Lee Soo Hyuk's Team
Vanguard Team
Unnamed Company

### Abilities

Swordsmanship
Martial Arts
White Miru (east asian dragon)

## Biographical Information

### Age

Mid-to-late twenties(upon death)20(Sealed God's test)

### Place of Death

South Korea, Seoul
Near Lee Soo Hyuk's Team Headquarters

## Appearances

### First Appearance

Chapter 306
Chapter 579Sealed God's test

**Choi Jung Soo** is a nephew once removed of Choi Han, as well as Kim Rok Soo's fellow teammate and later friend who entered the company at the same time. At first, he speaks in a regional dialect called 'satoori' which can be considered some sort of equivalent to southern American twang.

## **Appearance**

Choi Jung Soo bears a strong resemblance to his paternal uncle once removed, Choi Han.

## **Personality**

Choi Jung Soo was a very pure person, who, even after losing his entire family did not succumb to hatred, despair or revenge.

He was able the bear all of the troubles his work brought him because *"he had people who were like family, no, because he had a new family."*

He deeply desired for peace to return back to Earth and for everyone in his team to live happily. He had always dreamt of returning back to his hometown and becoming a farmer—as well as bringing all of his teammates back to his hometown when everything was over, having already convinced his team leader Lee Soo Hyuk and Kim Rok Soo⁠. Thanks to the future he envisioned, he was able to keep a pure, unforced smile even while they were on dangerous missions.

Despite this, Choi Jung Soo was aware of the circumstances, and that the current state of the world along with his line of work meant that he couldn't be so sure whether he would live or die in the next mission.

He is also described by Kim Rok so to be rather sly, sharp, able to pick up details rather quickly, as well as persistent, which was how he was able to grow from being a Grade 10 to a Grade 1 Ability User.

## **Backstory**

### ***Before the Apocalypse***

The Choi Family researched ancient sword arts and martial arts for generations and were a decently famous martial arts household that people would often visit for information while researching ancient sword arts.

When he was young, he was told by his mother and grandfather that the Choi Family had stayed in their hometown for generations and that they couldn't leave, because his grandfather's nephew and brother had yet to return back home, and that it wouldn't be good if they came back and no one was there waiting for them.

His large family lived in the largest tile-roofed house of the neighborhood, an upright place where he enjoyed watching his older cousins and parents moving around while punching or swinging wooden swords.

Monsters started appearing in Korea when Choi Jung Soo has finished his studies and was preparing to take a college entrance exam to enter its physical education department.

### ***Apocalypse***

* Chapter 580: Are you eating properly? (2) :

*[ (Kim Rok Soo) had only heard that Choi Jung Soo had met Lee Soo Hyuk at Seomyeon, Busan’s central shelter but did not know what Choi Jung Soo had been doing prior to that.*

*Choi Jung Soo had told him bits and pieces, but he only described a few parts in detail and only briefly explained the rest, making Cale have no idea about where Choi Jung Soo had been at this time. ]*

On the way back from his university, Choi Jung Soo was unable to get back to his hometown on his own, and could only rely on other groups to travel with towards Busan, where he hoped to find others that would then be heading towards Gyeongnam (where his hometown allegedly is located).

When he finally returned home, CJS discovered his home destroyed, and that he was the only survivor of his household left in the aftermath.

He later discovered that his family had crossed a mountain—which was the shortest route towards a safe zone that had been broadcasted on the radio—all while protecting the rest of the other villagers. Other members of the family decided to stay behind to protect the village, however, too many monsters ended up appearing, and the village, the Choi Family house, along with all who were in the area were destroyed/killed.

* Chapter 417: Save Me! (2) :

*[ The small mountain became desolate. It ended up becoming everyone’s graves. That was a time when you would be lucky to find someone’s body once they died, if you couldn’t, then the last place you saw them became their graves and the last memory you had of them. ]*

While kowtowing before the remains of his home, Choi Jung Soo made a promise to return their place back to its former glory.

Sometime after, he then entered a company of an ambiguous status (that was neither a guild nor a government entity) where he met Kim Rok Soo, the only other rookie at the time besides himself.

As part of the Vanguard, Choi Jung Soo was always getting hurt on the job and did many hard tasks.

### ***Death***

Choi Jung Soo was originally supposed to transmigrate into the universe of *[The Birth of a Hero]*, but declined the God of Death's proposal, choosing to die instead because if he lived, *"he didn't want to live alone."*

* Chapter 415: Holding Back the Tear (6) :

*[ Choi Jung Soo, wasn’t your dream to return to your hometown and live as a farmer? Is it okay to die like this?*

*He wanted to laugh.* *Choi Jung Soo wanted to laugh out loud after hearing that. However, he responded internally as he had no strength to laugh.*

*‘Just something I said, just something I said in passing.’*

*What did he want to do once everything was over?*

*He had talked to team leader Lee Soo Hyuk about going down to the countryside and being farmers. He would have an orchard and save a plot of land to farm. He would also take this Kim Rok Soo who claimed he was going to be a slacker and put him to work.* *If he left this punk to be a slacker, he was bound to go cause trouble somewhere. He and the team leader discussed making him farm with them, so that they won't have to go save his ass.* *The other teammates said they would come to visit in the summer and help them harvest in the fall as long as they fed them meat.*

*They were all just talk.* *It was the type of thing you talked about because you never knew when you would die. It would be great if it happened, but they were sharing their dreams as if they were jokes because the chances of it happening were slim. It was something like that.*

*‘That was all it was.’ ]*

And so, Kim Rok Soo—the one who was supposed to die—lived.

Later on, thanks to the God of Death, Choi Jung Soo passed on his ability to Choi Han, who in turn also got to see all his nephew's life and memories of Korea.

### ***Sealed God Test***

Unlike in Kim Rok Soo's original universe where Choi Jung Soo never met him only until they entered the same company, in the Unnamed God's test Choi Jung Soo's first meeting with Kim Rok Soo occurred when Choi Jung Soo was traveling with five other people, (Mr. Kim Po-chul, Park Mal-Sook, a young boy (Seo Joon) and his aunt (Baek Song-Yi), and another adult), where they were planning on heading towards Seomyeon, which has the largest central shelter in Busan.

Startled by the presence of two humans riding the back of a large Dark Tiger monster, Choi Jung Soo was incredibly wary of Kim Rok Soo because *"although he had what he thought was a gentle smile on his face, the skinny and pale man was giving off a cold demeanor." (Chapter 580: Are you eating properly? (2)),* and had all the more reason to be wary of, seeing as Kim Rok Soo had a strange man and a Dark Tiger following him. Choi Jung Soo gradually relaxed in their presence, however, after the child in his group (Seo Joon, who had the ability to tell whether a person's words were lies or truths) confirms the honesty of Kim Rok Soo's words and his desire to save a lot of people in the future disaster that his "foresight" had predicted.

Choi Jung Soo finds it hard to believe as strong as Kim Rok Soo is human.

* Chapter 581: Are you eating properly? (3) :

*[ ‘…He has a foresight ability but can also control fire, water, wind, and a shield? How could such an individual be human?’*

*Choi Jung Soo was starting to believe less and less that Kim Rok Soo was human after seeing the way Kim Min Joon and Joo Ho-Shik were acting. He just felt like a different existence than humans. The fact that such a person had recognized him through foresight was shocking, and it was weird that he was being so friendly.*

*He also found something weird about himself as well.*

*‘…I don’t feel any wariness toward him.’*

*Choi Jung Soo had been quite tense since the world became like this. It was because he was weak. This world was now one where the weak could be preyed upon by the strong at any moment. But for some odd reason, he didn't feel any wariness toward this man named Kim Rok Soo even after hearing how strong he is. ]*

## **Abilities**

* ***Choi Family Sword Arts & Martial Arts***: The Choi Family has researched ancient martial/sword arts for generations.
* ***White Yong** or **White Miru***: When using his sword arts, Choi Jung Soo could "summon" a white East Asian dragon. This ability to “summon" a *Yong* has been transferred to Choi Han by the God of Death. Though, it is a weaker version of Choi Jung Soo's White Miru as it appears to be faint and looks like it can disappear at any moment.
* Since Choi Jung Soo's ability was related to the sword, he thought about creating a new sword art that would fit the modern world.

## **Relationships**

### **Kim Rok Soo**

Choi Jung Soo and Kim Rok Soo first met in the company, where they were the only two newbies. And although Choi Jung Soo calls him a punk, they are very close, and he is able to read Kim Rok Soo quite well and see past his stoic facade, even admitting that his friend is in reality a shy boy. Kim Rok Soo was one of the two people Choi Jung Soo had convinced to come back with him to his hometown, the other being their team leader, Lee Soo Hyuk.

He views Kim Rok Soo as his brother, and despite being older than him by a few hours (since Choi Jung Soo was born in the morning) he views Kim Rok Soo as both his hyung and his dongsaeng.

### **Lee Soo Hyuk**

Despite being team leader and subordinate, Choi Jung Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk are very close, and while Choi Jung Soo harbors deep respect for his team leader (referring to him as team leader-nim) he on occasion calls him *hyung*, as well. One of the most notable instances in which he calls him as such was they were facing the unranked monster that killed most of their team.

They had plans to farm together—with Lee Soo Hyuk owning a farm, and Choi Jung Soo owning an orchard next door. They planned on dragging Kim Rok Soo to join them, claiming that he would cause too much trouble if left on his own.

Extra on the trio's relationship

All three of them, as well as other in their team, view each other as family. Since they come from a time where the appearance of monsters have made them lost their families, they've eventually come to think of each other's new one. Lee Soo Hyuk in particular felt as if he had to bear the responsibility as their team captain, and made sure to remember everyone's birthdays in order to make sure they celebrated them.

And at some point in the past, Choi Jung Soo managed to bring both of them to his hometown, where they stopped by to visit the mountains to pay respects to both the villagers and the fallen Choi Family members. Choi Jung Soo contemplates buying the mountain and turning it into an orchard to plant fruits on, and ends up asking for both their opinions—predictably, Kim Rok Soo sighs.

Choi Jung Soo sees them all as brothers and family, considering Lee Soo Hyuk as his hyung and Kim Rook Soo as his dongsaeng (while they are born on the same day, Choi Jung Soo was born in the morning, therefore is older—though he also admits to seeing Kim Rok Soo as his hyung as well). And while Kim Rok Soo scoffs, Choi Jung Soo is quick to point out that he hasn't disagreed with him, and even goes as far as to claim Kim Rok Soo enjoys that prospect. Lee Soo Hyuk agrees.

* Chapter 417: Save Me! (2) :

*[ ‘Hey, Kim Rok Soo, you ha! Ha! Over and over, but I don't see you disagreeing with me. Do you think I don't know your personality? Hehe, don't you like being brothers with me? Hmm? Team leader-nim, doesn’t that seem to be the case?’
‘It does.’
‘Shut up. Team leader-nim, could you please be quiet as well?’*

*Choi Jung Soo had laughed more at Kim Rok Soo’s response.* *‘Kekeke, Kim Rok Soo is always like this. He’s such a shy boy. He can’t deny it because it's true!’*

*That was the case.
Although Kim Rok Soo was grumbling about what Choi Jung Soo was saying, he could not deny it. Cale had recorded Choi Jung Soo’s eyes as he laughed with the forest behind him.
He also recorded team leader Lee Soo Hyuk’s chuckling and his gaze that was filled with sorrow.*

*That was how life was at that point. ]*

## **Trivia**

* While searching for a cool name to give his new sword art, Choi Jung Soo had been reading a book on pure Korean words. On one of the pages, there were ‘ㄹ, and ㅁ’ (*raon* and *miru,* i.e. *joyful* and *dragon*). It is implied that Kim Rok Soo got inspired by this when naming Raon.
* Choi Jung Soo is aware Kim Rok Soo is a tsundere.
* Had the monsters not appeared, Choi Jung Soo would have entered college in its physical education department. Unfortunately, with the sudden arrival of the monsters, he never managed to get in.
* During meals he typically eats two plates worth of food, as noted by a silently outraged Kim Rok Soo, upon finding out Choi Jung Soo only ate a single boxed lunch set during the Sealed God's test.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 423
2. ↑ Chapter 415
3. ↑ Chapter 415
4. ↑ Chapter 420
5. ↑ Chapter 421
6. ↑ Chapter 416
7. ↑ Chapter 447
8. ↑ Chapter 416
9. ↑  Chapter 581