episode_0168

There was nothing I could do right away because the tour appointment was scheduled for a week later.

As usual, I woke up early in the morning, had breakfast with Amy, and went on a trip to the cafe-park-candy shop-library.

Shine is an online game character who has reached the max level.

Her spending was relentless, as she collected almost all the game money on the server to upgrade her equipment.

Her character nickname, [Jeff], became quite famous, but it was quite embarrassing to see.

Shine beat and killed everyone who stood in his way, so it was only natural that he would pick fights with others.

Even though I turned every guild in the server into my enemy, she didn’t stop there, and when I asked her why she didn’t join a guild, she said she didn’t want a character with the name [Jeff] to belong somewhere.

Eventually, she created her own personal guild and became active.

All the guild funds were also withdrawn from her personal card, or rather the card she used with me.

Although she no longer stays up all night playing games, her spending habits are beyond imagination as she pours all her free time into games.

If Amy checked her credit card bill, it seemed like the honeymoon would never end.

After spending several days feeling anxious and uneasy, the promised date for the field trip finally arrived.

I checked my bag for snacks, sketchbook, and other items.

“Today is a very important day.”

Maybe we could secure a huge piece of evidence.

Shine and Rain nodded when they saw my serious expression.

At a little after 10 a.m., we took the bus to the publishing house, just like last week.

A fast-moving bus took us to the publishing house.

“Jeff. Are you nervous?”

“Hmm. A little.”

In front of the publishing house, before I opened the door and entered, Shine asked me.

I nodded and rubbed my palms against my clothes.

I felt like I was sweating.

As I opened the door to the publishing house and stepped inside, the same scene as a few days ago unfolded before my eyes.

Security guards and bored-looking guides.

As we approached the information desk, the employee raised his head.

“Hello.”

He didn’t recognize us.

I raised my hand and said to him.

“I came to take a tour!”

The employee, who had been looking blank for a moment, then seemed to remember something and took the application form out of the drawer and checked the information written on it.

“Shasha?”

“Yes, that’s us.”

“Please wait a moment.”

He immediately started tapping away at the keyboard.

Shortly thereafter, another employee approached the information desk.

“Are they guys?”

“Yes. What I told you last week…”

“Okay.”

The newly arrived employee greeted us with a slight smile.

“Hello. Nice to meet you. It’s been a while since I applied for a tour.”

Tall woman.

She, with her long orange hair and glasses, continued to speak.

“My name is Glen. Please call me Glen.”

Glenn introduced himself and took our application form from the staff sitting at the information desk and confirmed our names.

“Are you Shasha?”

“Yes. This is Charles, and this is Jane.”

“Okay. The tour time will be a little short. I’m quite busy these days.”

“It’s okay. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule.”

We followed Glenn around and listened to his explanation about the publishing company.

I took out my notebook and pretended to take notes of what she said.

Most of the information was leaked, but occasionally a story about Kazan, the boss of this place, came up.

“What does President Kazan usually do?”

“Our boss?”

“Yes, I’m curious about your hobbies.”

“Hmm. Well, I’m not sure.”

Glenn tilted his head at my question.

I held up my notebook and asked her.

“Are you interested in the boss?”

Shine responded to Glenn’s casual question.

She suddenly jumped up from her seat and grabbed my hand.

I flinched in surprise at Shine’s sudden reaction.

“Really?”

Shine whispered softly in my ear.

“No. Absolutely not…”

I shook my head urgently and pushed her away.

Shine stepped back obediently.

“No, I’m just curious. I was researching what kind of hobbies bosses usually have.”

“Was this research for future careers?”

I nodded with an awkward smile at Glenn’s question.

“Well, I don’t think there was anything special about the president… I think he liked golf.”

“Golf?”

“Yeah. The museum director gave me golf clubs as a gift for my boss’s birthday.”

The information that came out lightly was strongly imprinted on my mind.

“The director? Are you quite close with him?”

“It did look like that.”

With that, Glenn led us somewhere else.

I wanted to ask more, but Glenn seemed to know little.

First of all, it has been confirmed that there is some kind of connection between the museum and the publisher.

“This is the server room. Most of the information used by the company is uploaded here. So you can’t go in.”

Glenn said, showing a large bulletin board prepared for the tour.

As she said, there was a picture of the server room on the bulletin board along with a brief description of what was done there.

“What should I do if I need to revise the content of a book that has already been published?”

“Usually, a new book is published and exchanged only with those who want it.”

“It’s not mandatory, is it?”

“It was our mistake. There’s nothing we can do about it.”

“Do you keep a separate record of the revision of the book?”

“Yes, newly revised books are marked as revised editions.”

I nodded and moved my pen.

The book in the library did not have a revised edition mark.

“Can I meet the boss?”

Glenn laughed as if he was embarrassed by my question.

“Sorry, he’s not in the office today.”

“I see.”

I slowly started to move away, keeping an eye on Glenn.

“Excuse me, can I go to the bathroom for a moment?”

“Huh? Really? The bathroom is right there if you go back the way you just came.”

“I’ll be back soon!”

I winked at Shine and Rain.

Since rushing to the bathroom all at once might arouse suspicion, the two stayed behind with Glenn.

“You have to come quickly.”

“Yeah.”

Shine didn’t seem to like that short period of time either.

I nodded to Shine and immediately began taking action.

As we arrived, we had already figured out the internal structure.

The locations of all CCTVs have also been identified.

I walked slowly and raised my abilities.

A burst of blue lightning crackled and wrapped around his fingers.

widely-

With a light flick of the finger, blue ripples began to spread out.

The target is the CCTV installed around the area.

The CCTV, wrapped in blue light, flinched for a moment and then began to turn its head.

The camera is tilted very slightly, subtly.

I checked the angle of the camera and moved it carefully.

The camera’s square.

Move to the camera’s blind spot, following the flow of subtle radio waves.

You can tell without even looking.

Which direction is that camera shooting?

I headed somewhere other than the bathroom without being caught on camera.

Tiny currents scatter in all directions and then return again.

Getting closer and closer to the server computer.

I immediately took out my cell phone.

The tiny radio waves floating through the air began to connect to the cell phone and then stretched out forward.

Very delicate work.

If I made one wrong move, it was clear that my phone and all the electronic devices here would be broken.

I manipulated the radio while sweating profusely.

It was something I had never done before, but somehow I felt like I could do it.

The potential of those with lightning abilities was still beyond our imagination.

My mind began to drift along the waves connected to my cell phone.

This needs to be dealt with quickly.

If you stay in the bathroom for too long, you could easily arouse suspicion.

No matter how young my appearance may have been, it was a time when it wouldn’t have been strange for a child to destroy an entire city.

An internal network that started connecting to mobile phones.

I went through the net and checked various information.

Tiny letters appear before my eyes and quickly flow by.

A huge amount of data stored within the server.

I frowned and started looking up information about the library.

My head starts to feel dizzy.

The phone starts to heat up, and blue currents crackle and surge before your eyes.

Phagecic-!

“Who are you?”

Maybe it was because I was concentrating too much.

I didn’t even know someone was approaching me.

A sudden voice broke my concentration and forcibly disconnected me from the server.

A light flashes before my eyes.

I was blankly staring at the speaker, then slowly turned around to see who the voice belonged to.

A man with a tired expression, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

He spoke to me, loosening his tie slightly.

“Are you lost?”

I nodded my head with my body stiff.

“He. I was looking for a bathroom.”

“Bathroom? The bathroom is not here, it’s on the other side.”

“Oh… Thank you.”

I lowered my head and ran straight in the direction he told me.

I almost got into trouble.

I let out a sigh of relief, holding my pounding heart.

The man from afar looked at me for a moment, then scratched his head and went deeper into the room.

It took quite a bit of time.

I ran straight towards where Glen was.

I didn’t forget to change the direction of the camera as I ran.

He lifted his hand lightly and snapped his fingers at the same time.

The fine waves spread out and the camera’s direction returns to its original direction.

“I’m back!”

I joined Shine and Rain right away.

The tour ended quickly.

It was a shame that I couldn’t get proper information, but it wasn’t like I gained nothing.

Before meeting the tired-looking employee, I was able to transfer a very small amount of data to my phone.

At best, it was just a few pictures and a few lines of text, but that was all I had to do for now.

After the tour, we said goodbye to Glenn and left the publishing house.

“Jeff. I’m hungry.”

“Me too.”

Now that I think about it, it’s almost time for lunch.

I touched my protruding belly.

Peep-peep-peep-peep-

Rain’s cell phone alarm signaled lunchtime.

“Today’s lunch is pork cutlet!”

I shouted, my mouth watering.

Since there were a lot of companies in the area, naturally there were a lot of restaurants.

As I had researched in advance, I led Shine and Rain into a tonkatsu restaurant.

The smell of pork cutlet, which I hadn’t smelled in a long time, stimulated my appetite.

looks delicious.