Chapter 18

                                    

                                          
‘’ = thoughts 
: = dialogue 
[] = System 
* = Action 
() = Author’s Note 
                          
Woo Jin: So those butterfly effects was cause by you…that is why this past was so different from the past I know. 
                          
Still discussing about their time travel, Woo Jin and the Chairman decided to unravel more mysteries about this phenomenon.
                          
And the weirdest thing about this was, they didn't know how they came back to the past. 
                          
They just blacked out and after opening their eyes...they were here. 
                          
And since the Chairman got way back into the past, even though they came from the same future, they still live at a different time lines. 
                          
Woo Jin came from year 2036 to 2021 while the Chairman came from year 2036 to 2003 
                          
And so, the butterfly effect takes its action even before Woo Jin came back into the past because of the Chairman. 
                          
Like for example, in Woo Jin’s past, Hanbin of Ikon got into a huge scandal and ended up leaving the group. But the Chairman manage to avoid that scandal and so, Hanbin leaving Ikon didn’t happen. 
                          
But other than that, some events still took place like the death of Sulli, the burning sun scandal of Seungri and more. 
                          
Even though the Chairman has the knowledge of the future, he doesn’t have the power to change everything.
                          
And changing the past cost something with the same amount because the rule known as "Equivalent Exchange'. 
                          
As the Chairman says, something cannot be created from nothing, and so in order to obtain something, something else of equal value must be lost.
                          
So if the Chairman wanted to change the Future of Hanbin, he needs to sacrifice something with the same value...
                          
YG's Treasure. 
                          
If the Chairman choose to save Habin, he needs to sacrifice Treasure. Since Treasure was created because of the dissapperance of Hanbin and Ikon will be weakend by a big margin and will not be considered as YG's powerhouse anymore.  
                          
So its either Hanbin or Treasure. 
                          
The Chairman can't lose Hanbin since Ikon is one of the Powerhouses of YG entertainment. Meanwhile, Treasure was still a rookie. So he choose Hanbin. 
                          
The chairman wanted to play it safe. He can't let Hanbin go and create a new enemy for the company since Hanbin will be a great producer in the future. 
                          
The Chairman doesn't want to let go of Treasure either but he can only save one. 
                          
Woo Jin: there are talks inside the company that a meeting was held yesterday for the purpose of debuting a group to replace Blackpink, since we need a replacement for sunbaenims, then why not produce a survival competiton for treasure? The YG Treasure Box...
                          
Chairman Kim: In our old Future, YG entertainment already got Baby Monsters as the replacement of Blackpink even before they got Treasure, so for what reason do we need them? Treasure's sole purpose is to be the replacement of Ikon after the scandal. But since the scandal didn't happen, the desperate needs to create YG's Treasure Box didn't appear. 
                          
Every action from the past can change your future. Things you wanted to get can always cost with the same value. 
                          
If you wanted to save your country, another country will be destroyed. If you wanted to save a life, another life will be taken. That is the Equivalent exchange. 
                          
Chairman Kim: Remember Woo Jin. You can't save everyone, you can only choose who to save. That is the Law of Quivalent Exchange. 
                          
Nodding his head, the Chairman also told Woo Jin that after traveling from the past, he gained a special ability to see colors of music, emotions and intentions.