episode_0003

Since we caught the slime, we decided to split up.

“Let’s play tomorrow too.”

“no.”

I shook my head.

“Do you have an appointment?”

“I don’t have any, but I don’t want to play for a while. I’m so tired after playing for two days in a row. I’m going to rest at home for a while.”

“Then what about Thursday or Friday?”

“I’m taking a break.”

“What about the weekend?”

“I’m going to be tired even then. Don’t just come visit me on the weekend.”

Do Yu-geon asked if he was going to stay home at such an important time, but he ignored him. I wonder why a guy who knows that he usually plays for a day and rests for a few days does that. Is it that fun?

It’s a pain right now with the slime popping out, but I don’t want to walk around feeling tired. If you search at home, someone will do the research and organize it for you.

Three days later, the exam was over and the weekend came.

I’ve been searching for it, but the experience points are basic, and I’m fighting about whether leveling up is possible or not, and a status window pops up. I think it became a mess because jokes and seriousness were mixed together. So, it would be better to stop searching now and search only when things calm down.

Cha Ha-neul lay down on the living room sofa and flipped through a book. There is a study, but I prefer the sofa.

My wrists feel stiff after reading a book for a long time. When I squeezed and opened my hand, it felt awkward.

… … Should I read it as an e-book?

I checked the book pages and got up from the sofa. If you read with an electronic device that is lighter than a book, whether it is a tablet or a smartphone, your wrists will hurt less.

As I was about to walk into the study, the video phone rang. I checked and it was the security office.

“Yes. What’s going on?”

“This is the security team. Mr. Do Yoo-geon is visiting right now. Shall we send him up?”

I didn’t make any plans with that guy.

“Please tell me to go back.”

“yes.”

I don’t know what else I found that made me come here without calling.

I went into the study and put a book on the bookshelf. I’m going to read it as an e-book, but I’ll have to think about which device to read it on.

Smartphones are convenient, but I don’t really like them because I feel like there’s nothing left in my mind after reading. However, it is relatively inconvenient to read on a tablet.

The smartphone rang. It’s his phone.

“why.”

“Let me in.”

“You die young.”

“It’s cold outside right now. Because it’s cold, it’s bleak, depressing, and um….”

“I’m so scared.”

Still, I told the security office and allowed them to come up. When I opened the front door, the guy came in wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt.

“Why are you wearing short sleeves because it’s cold?”

“It wasn’t cold, but it was a bit chilly. It wasn’t like May, so I could feel global warming.”

“You’ve been hit really hard. But if you dress warmly, you’ll catch a cold.”

“It’s like a cold, it’ll get better in a day.”

“Yes, yes.”

He came in and looked around.

“What about the lady?”

“outing.”

I went into the kitchen and took out cookies and orange juice. When I returned to the living room, Do Yu-geon was turning on the console game console.

Didn’t you come here because you discovered something related to slime?

“Do what?”

Let’s play a fighting game. There is no console game console at Do Yoo-geon’s house, and we only play fighting games when he comes over, so our skills are similar.

Still, I outsmarted him.

Do Yoo-geon chose a character that focuses on long-distance checks. It’s a character that shoots guns, but checking from a distance is a pain. However, the performance itself is poor, so you can easily win if you block all of them during a check attack and then beat them up.

I played a game but lost. It’s easy to block all checks, but you and this guy can’t do it. Still, it seems like it can be prevented, right?

I played one more round. I lost again. Oh, man, that’s annoying.

“Hey, don’t use Japsap.”

The guy smiled and nodded. And I chose the same character. Umm.

We played again and lost the same way. This guy says not to use it now, but he keeps using it? Are you starting a fight?

It felt a bit ridiculous to get annoyed over a game, so I took a moment to exhale.

Then the guy said.

“As expected, my skills were one step above.”

“What are you talking about when Yapsap used it and won?”

“Anyway, it’s about skill. You won by keeping in check with a character that no one is using because your performance is poor, right?”

“It’s not a check, it’s a restraint.”

“Hahaha. That’s a loser’s excuse.”

eww… … . As I was holding on to the cushion and crushing it, the guy asked

“By the way, did you have lunch?”

“Lunch? I haven’t eaten yet.”

“Then let’s order it now.”

“Okay, okay. Let’s eat chicken.”

“Chicken is a bit… I’m short on pocket money right now.”

The guy scratched his cheek.

In the end, I ordered a hamburger. While waiting for delivery, I started playing the game again. The guy changed his character.

So I chose that character instead.

“hey?”

“what.”

As expected, he couldn’t stop the check and won easily. They kept telling me to change it, so I changed it after only winning 4 games.

“As expected, I’m better at it.”

“You said it was Japsap?”

“Yapsap is also talented.”

“Then I write it too?”

“I’m getting tired of playing too much today. Let’s play another game.”

Regardless of whether he was embarrassed or not, I turned off the game. If you are dissatisfied, attack me.

While I was choosing a game to play, a burger arrived and I received it.

When I returned from the entrance to the living room, Do Yu-geon was not there. I put the hamburger on the table and went to the room where the sound was coming from.

Do Yu-geon was looking at the room. What are you doing in someone else’s room?

“What are you looking for?”

“Where did you put your laptop?”

“It should be in the study.”

While I was reading, I did some book shopping. I left it in the study while it was charging, but I forgot when Do Yoo-geon came.

I went back to the living room and was putting out a hamburger when Do Yoo-geon came with a laptop.

“What should I do with my laptop?”

“I discovered something surprising this morning.”

“Is it slime related?”

“that’s right.”

Since he didn’t say anything while playing, I thought he was just there to have fun, but he came for a different purpose.

Do Yu-geon said while searching.

“You said that the identity of the golden powder and the existence of level-up can only be verified by discovering more slimes. But the problem is that we don’t know where the slimes appear.”

We talked about that on our way to and from school. In addition, when the guy said that I could just move around a lot, I said that I didn’t want to move around.

“however?”

“This time, we have a way to discover slime.”

“Is there something that slime-infested areas have in common? Other than places with few people.”

“That’s not true.”

Do Yoo-geon went to a site called Slime Detector.

[Slime Detector]

At the top of the site was written “Slime Detector” and a Google map was displayed in the center. When he zoomed in on the map, a red dot appeared on Google Maps. Rather than providing it from Google, it seems like the site owner is overlaying it on the map.

Do Yu-geon pointed at the monitor with his hand, as if showing off.

“Voila!”

Cha Ha-neul stared blankly and put a shrimp burger in her mouth. it’s good. Do Yoo-geon didn’t say anything until I finished drinking the cola, so I asked him first.

“I don’t know what the slime infestation areas have in common, so how can they be detected? Are the red areas empty of people?”

“No. I don’t know much, but they selected and collected eyewitness accounts on social media and used a computer to predict where they would appear in the future.”

“Hmm… Is it artificial intelligence?”

“I heard it’s a little different from that.”

I took another bite of the hamburger. it’s good. Do Yu-gun also took off the hamburger wrapper and ate it.

“So this is a place where it is likely to appear?”

“yes.”

Do Yu-geon nodded and we nodded together.

“I see.”

The guy stared intently.

“……Do you have any other thoughts?”

“what?”

“Well, that’s surprising.”

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

I spoke and ate the hamburger again. it’s good. I asked him this because he had become sullen during this time.

“What more do you want?”

“I don’t really want anything.”

Do Yoo-geon bit into the hamburger with a still sullen expression. The words and facial expressions are completely opposite.

Why is this guy like this? Are you upset because I didn’t react properly?

I approached him and asked.

“upset?”

“What, no.”

He says no, but his eyes are on the laptop. When the mouse point moved by Do Yoo-geon touched the red dot, the probability came to mind.

3%

“A 3% chance means there is a 3% chance?”

“uh.”

Even if you calculate the probability, the accuracy will be insufficient, so the actual probability will be lower than the written probability.

“Then eat quickly. Let’s go out.”

“Where?”

Do Yu-geon turned his head and looked. I smiled at the guy and tapped the red dot on the monitor with my finger.

“here.”

The guy’s expression brightened.

To be simple.

* * *

Before going to the target location, I stopped by Daiso and bought a rubber mallet. He didn’t bring the rubber mallet he used to catch the slime last time. When I asked him why he didn’t bring it from home, he said he didn’t think he would have any use for it.

So, did you get upset even though you knew this person wouldn’t be interested? I don’t know how much I can tolerate this guy’s foolishness.

The odds of the red dots were all in the single digits and the numbers were right there. So I decided to start by visiting the housing complex near my house.

The red dot is only a dot on the map, but in reality it covers a considerable area, so several blocks overlap. However, although it was a considerable area, there were actually few places where slime could be found. There is an open road between blocks, and the blocks are densely packed with buildings, so there are few gaps.

As I felt when I walked around on Tuesday, there are too few places to find slime. The only place you can find is a parking space where a car is parked.

I searched all the open parking spaces, but there was no slime. Do Yu-geon walked back the way he came and pointed to a corner blocked by iron bars between houses.

“Let’s get over it.”

I took a quick look, and there was a sign posted prohibiting dropping cigarette butts and a CCTV in the corner.

“If you want to bring your parents, you can.”

“Ugh… where should I look now?”

“I don’t think there’s any slime in this place.”

I gave a valid point, but Do Yu-geon looked uncomfortable. Do Yu-geon looked under the car some more, then gave up and pointed to a house.

“How about over there?”

The gardens of the houses have already been examined through a hole in the gate. The house he pointed to was abandoned because there was no gap in the front door. Moreover, not only is there no gap in that house, the fence is extremely high, and there are even plants growing on it.

“How can I see it?”

“I’ll take you on a wooden horse, so you can take a look.”

“I don’t think that’s enough.”

As I approached the fence, I realized that it was too high for a wooden horse. Even if you ride a wooden horse and raise your arms as high as you can and take a picture with your smartphone, you won’t be able to do it because of the plants.

The guy who was worried saw the car parked next to the fence and clapped.

“I found a way.”

And tried to climb on top of the car.

“Hey! What are you doing!”

I grabbed the guy who was about to climb up and pulled him down.

“why.”

I guess he doesn’t know what he’s trying to do now.

“If you step up and leave footprints, you will have to pay not only the basic car wash fee, but also repair fees if something goes wrong. Since everything is recorded in the black box, if the car owner tries to catch you, it will be very difficult, right?”

“ah.”

It’s an expression of enlightenment. Do Yu-gun grumbled and looked at the car. I guess I was disappointed.

“If you really need to go up and see, I’ll go up for you. That’s okay, right?”

“uh?”

To be honest, car washing and repair costs may be a burden for him, but this can be resolved within his pocket money. If you write down your phone number, you can easily resolve the issue. It’s not a very expensive car.

The guy looked at me with a strange expression and said.

“No. Let’s quit.”

huh? Ah, I see. Did it sound like bragging about money? Oops, that’s a mistake.

In this life, I have a subtle sense of economics, so I sometimes make mistakes with my words like I do now.

It was like that when I entered elementary school and went to Do Yoo-geon’s house. I once made the atmosphere awkward by asking why I was watching this crappy TV because the TV was small. From then on, I felt a sense of crisis and tried to fix it, but it wasn’t perfect.

I was hesitating about what to say to clear things up, but Do Yoo-geon tapped me.

“Hey, look over there.”

“huh?”

When I looked at the place I pointed to, I saw blue slime crawling on the roof of the villa. It was somewhere like that.

“Good. Let’s get it.”

Do Yu-geon raised the rubber mallet. It’s good to catch it.

“how?”

This is the villa roof. Since it is a roof and not a rooftop, I don’t know if there are stairs to go up, and the villa door is probably locked.

“hmm…….”

It was then. The slime wriggled and slipped off the roof. The slime that hit the ground was unable to overcome gravity and shattered.

“ah.”

The remains of the slime turned into golden powder and then disappeared.

“ah.”