episode_0248

It seemed like everything was coming to a close.

The festival that started again with Jin’s help remained a happy memory, but the new psychic ability user became a huge obstacle to proceeding with future work.

Although it wasn’t every day that he would commit such terrorist attacks, based on the information he had accumulated, he had come to know for sure that his powers did not work on children.

Amy looked relieved after hearing that information and started patting me and Shine.

Time passed like that and the end of summer arrived.

The scorching heat that had been sweltering every day was fading away, and Allen’s forest was gradually turning red with autumn leaves.

Shine and I continued to grow taller and now we are over 136cm tall.

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[The train for Zone 6, Zone 6 is arriving now.]

I called out to little Amy, who was resting on my head, as I listened to the now familiar announcement.

“Baby.”

Fit-!

At my call, little Amy pointed in a direction.

A spark so small that only my eyes can see it shoots out.

I looked ahead, slightly lowering my sunglasses, following the light.

Although the crowd was distracting, I could see exactly where Little Amy was talking about.

A storage locker with lots of users.

There was an amplifier installed inside it.

It seemed as if it wasn’t working yet, and the people around them were acting as if they were not affected at all.

I sent the promised signal to Amy, who was watching me from a distance.

Raise your hand slightly and tap your shoulder.

At the same time, our people began to move.

A man sitting in a wide space puts down the guitar case he was carrying on his back and prepares to play.

The moment I saw that people’s eyes were focused on me, I used my ability.

Phagejik-

A blue current flowed out from the tip of his finger, and all the CCTV cameras filming the surrounding area changed their direction.

The camera, which had turned at such a subtle difference that it would have been impossible to tell if you weren’t looking closely, was unable to capture the area near the locker due to the strange angle.

And then, taking advantage of that gap, a large warp opened underneath the storage locker and swallowed it up.

The warp that achieved its goal disappeared immediately.

The mission is over.

Now all that remains is to return.

I walked over to Shine, who was leaning against the wall, and grabbed her hand.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah.”

I walked side by side with Shine, holding hands, toward the entrance.

Amy, who had been watching from afar, also walked quietly and joined me and Shine.

“Is this the end for today?”

“Yeah.”

I smiled and nodded in satisfaction at Amy’s question.

After getting out of the station, we walked down the street like a normal family.

I don’t feel the gaze of those around me.

Little Amy also lay quietly on her head, seemingly not feeling anything special.

“You both worked hard today.”

Amy smiled brightly and patted Shine and me on the head, as if everything was settled.

Little Amy was startled by the touch and started to move around, trying to avoid it.

Crackle crackle – I felt a faint spark fly and grabbed Amy’s hand.

As I walked along, naturally holding Amy’s hand, Amy smiled slightly and spoke to me.

“Shall we eat out for dinner tonight?”

I stopped walking at her words and looked around.

All I see are restaurants where you can eat simple meals like hamburgers, hot dogs, and kimbap.

There were places that sold tonkatsu, but eating there would definitely ruin your appetite.

The tonkatsu I had here before was the worst.

The food fried in cheap oil was so shockingly delicious that I spit it out the moment I put it in my mouth.

“Don’t you like it?”

“Yes.”

I nodded.

This is district 6.

It was hard to find a restaurant that would satisfy my heightened taste because of Amy.

Amy looked at my expression and let out a small laugh.

“Then should we just go and eat?”

“Oh, that’s not it.”

“That’s not it?”

“Yes.”

I nodded to Amy and took out my phone.

Shine looked at the sight and whispered to me in a small voice.

“Just eat pizza. If it’s the same brand, doesn’t the taste have to be the same?”

“You ate pizza yesterday. And they don’t use good ingredients here.”

“Really? You can eat tonkatsu every day.”

“Shine. Pizza and tonkatsu are different. Something that you can eat every day without getting tired of is special.”

“Like Jeff?”

“Yeah… Huh?”

I was startled by Shine’s words and asked back.

Then, she smiled slightly at my reaction and took a step back.

A slightly protruding red tongue licks the lips.

As I watched that scene, my whole body started trembling.

District 6, a city for those who can dream of tomorrow.

It was known as a city of workers.

Since they were always busy with work and had little time, quick-drinking restaurants opened all over the city.

Quantity over taste, and low price.

It wasn’t easy to find food that suited my taste.

“Should I go back and eat it…”

Amy heard my muttering and lifted me into her arms.

Now that I was used to her behavior, instead of struggling, I relaxed my body so that she could hold me more comfortably.

“Should I hug Shine too?”

“I hate it.”

Shine hated being hugged by anyone.

I like being hugged, you know.

“Shall we go to the upper area?”

“Can I go?”

“Yeah. If you ask Jinhan, you can get over it right away.”

“Okay then.”

Amy avoided people’s gaze and moved to a deserted alley.

Amy, who confirmed that there were no cameras here, immediately contacted Jin and created a warp in front of him.

The black space is writhing.

I bit my lip at the sight of that look that made me feel repulsed every time I saw it.

The moment I crossed the warp into Amy’s arms, the air changed.

The cloudy and musty smell disappears in an instant.

The clean air makes my chest, which had been uncomfortable, feel better.

Only then could I breathe freely.

Arrived at the upper area.

A clean street without a single piece of trash catches the eye.

Even the trash cans that were visible before are nowhere to be found.

As there were few people, the streets were also quiet.

I feel safe here.

No matter what I ate, I was guaranteed to get an above-average taste, so I was satisfied.

“I think I should eat pork cutlet today.”

“You were thinking about it earlier.”

Amy smiled slightly at my words and answered.

It was an unavoidable situation.

Because the food in District 6 was just food to fill the stomach.

To taste it, you had to go up to at least zone 5.

“Is Shine Donkas okay?”

“Yeah. I like anything Jeff eats.”

Since Shine didn’t refuse, we headed to a tonkatsu restaurant.

After ordering the food, I took out my notebook and wrote down the numbers of the amplifiers I had retrieved today.

The number of amplifiers recovered by the three of them today was a whopping three.

Victor is also working hard here and there, so if you add him up, the number will increase even more.

“But. Amy.”

“Huh?”

“Why are you retrieving the amplifier? Isn’t it easier to just break it?”

“That’s right. It’ll be easier if you just break it.”

“I guess so.”

“Jeff. What ability is the amplifier amplifying?”

“Psychic ability… Ah! ”

I realized something from Amy’s words.

If we’re talking about people with psychic abilities, we had one on our side too.

That’s right, Jin.

Our leader.

Although he usually shows an unattractive appearance, he is a man who is neat and quick when it comes to handling work.

If that unidentified psychic power user can use it, then Jin can use it too.

“Seo, can Jindo use that too?”

“That would be great, but it’s not possible yet. Mary is doing some experiments with it, but she says she doesn’t have enough samples yet.”

The statement that it is too much for now means that it may be used someday.

I was shaking my legs back and forth, very excited.

His legs were still too short to reach the ground.

Mary was quite capable.

Judging from the fact that she made Rain’s sparkly umbrella, it’s clear that something more powerful than that amplifier will be born in her hands.

“Then I guess I’ll have to work harder to recover it.”

Shine, who had been quietly listening to the story, also seemed excited by Amy’s words and smiled brightly as she spoke.

I nodded to her words.

If we worked harder to recover and make Jin’s abilities stronger, it was clear that there would be no more children suffering in the lab like me and Shine.

I wrote “Amplifier Recovery” on a notebook with a bunch of Shine stickers on it and drew five stars on it.

“Oh my. Is that a shine sticker?”

At that moment, Amy, who had been quietly looking at my notebook, asked me with a slightly surprised look.

I nodded in response to her words.

“Yes. Amy recognizes it right away? Other people think it’s my sticker.”

“Yeah. You get the feeling when you look at it.”

I nodded to Amy and took a shine sticker out of my pocket and handed it to her.

“Want to add Amy too?”

“Is that so?”

She smiled slightly and stuck the Shine sticker on the back of her phone.

But there were still many empty seats.

Amy ran her finger over the empty spot and spoke to Shine.

“Do you have Jeff stickers too?”

Shine hesitated, her mouth agape at Amy’s words, but she couldn’t avoid Amy’s gaze.

Finally, she took another sticker out of her pocket.

A lot of stickers with more diverse poses than the Shine Stickers I have came out.

I even thought I spent more money on my stickers since they even had a glitter effect.

“Did you have my stickers too?”

“Yeah.”

“Why didn’t you give it to me?”

“Jeff didn’t ask for it.”

“I didn’t know it existed…”

Amy chose a sticker with a satisfied expression and stuck it on the back of her phone.

The stickers with me and Shine on them were lined up side by side.

At that friendly appearance, Amy smiled brightly and stroked her cell phone.

Shine watched Amy like that and then opened her mouth.

“Amy.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t put anyone else besides me and Jeff there.”

Amy nodded readily to Shine’s words.

Amy didn’t seem to want to put on another sticker, either, since she didn’t ask why.

While I was looking at the stickers, the tonkatsu I ordered arrived.

I quickly grabbed the knife and looked at the crispy batter.

To eat the tonkatsu deliciously, you have to cut it into appropriate sizes.

Bite size.

You have to cut it into bite-size pieces so you can just put it in your mouth and slurp it down.

I flicked my hand lightly.

The results of rigorous training were demonstrated here as well.

The blade dances with a light snap, slicing through the batter of the tonkatsu.

“Square.”

A small cutting sound.

Of course, I didn’t actually hear it.

It was a sound made with the mouth.

The white flesh revealed between the cracked batter stimulated my salivary glands.

This bad boy, he’s quite a tempting sight and he’s provoking me.

I licked my lips and moved my hands again.