episode_0212

Early Saturday morning.

I was riding my bike out of school.

The sun was shining brightly, and a refreshing breeze was blowing.

The weather is perfect for an outing or a walk along the river trail.

Is this what it feels like to have freshness in the air?

Suddenly, I felt the urge to just ride my bike and ride.

My destination was actually a PC room inside a dingy commercial building.

“… … .”

Is Chanwoo working part-time today?

I heard that just because he has a girlfriend, he neglects his part-time job and makes extra money by working as a fitting model.

When we went inside, Chanwoo was still there.

Instead, there was a part-time job for another woman, and she was a pretty woman who looked like she was a college student, perhaps because the university was nearby.

Since there were so many pretty girls around me, honestly, I didn’t look that pretty.

If you look at it objectively, she would be considered a beauty.

‘Anyway, I heard your eyes have gotten strangely high.’

I click my tongue and look around the PC room.

It’s the same scene as usual, but the only difference is that there are no people.

People who stayed up all night had already gone home, and it was a little early for new customers to enter the PC room.

“Hmm?”

Today, my companions seemed to stand out, so I tried to take a seat in the corner, but surprisingly, there was someone who came first.

“What, is Choi Yiseo already here?”

None other than Choi Yi-seo.

Yes, I was one of the members of the PC room today.

“Ah, Woojin.”

Iseo Choi must have been thinking the same thing as me, so he deliberately took a seat in the corner, but didn’t turn on his computer.

“Why aren’t you using the computer? If you come early, you can do it in advance.”

“Ah… … Um, just.”

Choi Yi-seo glances in my direction while giving a vague answer. I wondered what was strange about sitting next to me.

I quickly realized what the problem was.

“Aha.”

Unlike Seo Ye-rin, who always liked games, and Yoo Ah-rin, who had no interest in games but often came to the PC room because Chan-woo Jeong gave her food.

Choi Yi-seo can count on one hand the number of times she has visited the PC room.

“Now, Iseo. This is the power button.”

Choi Yi-seo smiles and turns on the computer. You may not have been able to find it these days because PC rooms are customized differently from home computers.

“… … .”

‘I knew it too.’ I thought he was going to make the same standard excuse, but he just kept his mouth shut and looked down.

“It can be done. Because it was on the last time we bought tickets together.”

At that time, he probably didn’t know because he only saw the computer turned on and didn’t turn it on.

If you come early in the morning like now, you may not know because your part-time job has turned off the computer.

“Computers are so strange.”

Choi Yi-seo barely said a word while scratching her cheek.

“There are two mice there. One belongs to the person sitting next to you, so don’t touch it.”

“What? Why is the mouse next to me here?”

“Spare mouse. If the person sitting next to you is playing a game and the mouse suddenly stops working, hand it to them-.”

“Kabunda, Kim Woojin.”

“… … It was just a joke.”

I wondered if I could play a prank on awkward Choi Yi-seo in the PC room, but I couldn’t get there.

After recharging her time, Yoo Ah-rin yawns and trudges along.

“Ah, I’m tired. What kind of weekend are you gathering at this time?”

Yoo Ah-rin, wearing a black hat and loosely dressed in sportswear, grumbles.

“I came here because of you. Why should I learn anything else?”

On the contrary, when I sighed deeply, words came in from both sides one by one.

“I heard you play games with Yerin every day these days.”

“Are you two just spending the night and running out of honey? Is it fun to hide and play?”

“What are you hiding?”

The reason the two came to the PC room today was to learn how to play games.

Me and Seo Ye-rin, who recently got into gaming.

Thanks to this, we often stayed up late at night, and Seo Ye-rin boasted about it, so the two of them joined in to learn.

“I really like it when I see things like this.”

As soon as I nodded with satisfaction, Yoo Ah-rin slapped me on the back of the head.

Bah!

“I’m just doing it because I don’t have anything else to do these days. I really like what to choose.”

“Ha, I just want to go home.”

While holding the back of my head and listening to the harsh words poured out by Yoo Ah-rin and Choi Yi-seo, I give them the name of the game and sign up for membership.

Still, since I was a college student, I didn’t have any problems signing up for membership.

I had a bit of a hard time stopping Choi Yi-seo from reading the terms and conditions in the middle.

“These days, all games start with information, right? Once you finish the tutorial, you will know how to do it.”

About 30 minutes passed like that.

“Don’t do it. You bastards, don’t do it. You have no talent.”

I couldn’t help but sigh as I watched him not being able to finish the tutorial for 30 minutes.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Both of them make a puzzled expression and slowly let go of the mouse. You too will know. That they were born not to play games.

“No, is it true that if you know how to read, you can’t do this? Why are you clicking left when I tell you to click right?”

The moment I saw them both doing the same thing, I felt so frustrated that my heart clenched.

“This game is too difficult.”

“A little… … Is there anything easy?”

“Phew.”

Eventually I turn off the game.

I came to the PC room, so I guess I should do something.

“I have spicy ramen and sausage.”

“Do they also sell fried rice here? I want to eat it for rice. Are you going to drink coffee one at a time?”

‘Ordering food is at a professional level, it makes me even more angry.’

Perhaps because Yoo Ah-rin has some experience in ordering food, she completes the order on the computer like a professional.

‘A game to play with these guys…’ … .’

After much thought, I clicked on the icon for a game I had never played in my life.

* * *

“Oh, wow! It’s Seoul! Choi Yi-seo was caught in Seoul!”

“Ahh!”

Yeah, I didn’t know that when I turned 20, I would be chatting in a PC room with my kids.

Yoo Ah-rin says that she was caught in Busan, and Choi Yi-seo sighs sincerely and slaps her forehead.

Next is my turn.

Trying to roll the dice.

“… … What are you doing?”

Seo Ye-rin, who had told us in advance that she would be arriving a little late, is standing behind us wearing a hat and sunglasses.

You said you were learning a game called LOF that Seo Ye-rin and I used to play, but before you knew it, you were playing Bulmabul, so you must be embarrassed.

“Burumabul.”

I slowly turn my head and look at Seo Ye-rin. Did he feel various emotions from my expression?

Seo Ye-rin pats my shoulder.

“Hey, Kim Woojin. Roll the dice quickly!”

“Please 3. Please 3. Please 3.”

Yoo Ah-rin and Choi Yi-seo are talking on both sides and rolling the dice.

I already have no idea. To be honest, Bulmabul is not even fun.

I was just blankly rolling the dice, and the guys on either side of me seemed to have gone through a dopamine detox and were enjoying the first time in a long time.

“Kiyatho!”

“Oh, really… … .”

In the end, Yoo Ah-rin, who won, raised both hands and swung her fists, and Choi Yi-seo held her face and shed the bitterness of defeat.

“Wow, this is my first time seeing kids having so much fun.”

As I mumbled that it was amazing, Yoo Ah-rin next to me immediately tapped my shoulder.

“Hey, 10,000 won. Give it to me.”

“Was this a bet?!”

“I asked you to bet money while you were in the bathroom.”

For some reason, I just did it by lighting it on fire. Choi Yi-seo paid 10,000 won, but I refused.

“I won’t pay because I did it while I was in the bathroom.”

“It is put on the plate, but it is pulled back somewhere.”

“No, I didn’t mean to do it?!”

“Ah, it’s petty.”

I want to ask Choi Yi-seo for help, but he looks sullen and just looks at the screen with the word ‘defeat’ on it.

I really wondered if I should give you 10,000 won.

“Hold me too!”

A dopamine addict who didn’t seem to be interested in Bulmabul at all, but his eyes had already changed since he had made a bet.

“Okay, one more round of 10,000 won bread with Yerin?”

When Yoo Ah-rin suggests with a grin, Choi Yi-seo adjusts her seat again and mutters softly.

“Come in.”

You turned out to be a very tazza.

I was about to lament that I had unintentionally gotten caught in the firestorm, but Seo Ye-rin, who had taken a seat right behind us, twitched her fingers.

“Tsk tsk. Can I have 10,000 won? I need to walk a little hotter.”

“Would you like to bet more money? I think it will overheat too much.”

Choi Yi-seo did not want to cross the line, but Seo Ye-rin shook her head.

“No, not that one. Let’s bet something else. For example, something like wish bread!”

It seemed better to bet 10,000 won.

“I already have a wish ticket for Kim Woojin.”

Yoo Ah-rin relaxes her hands when she’s just going to roll the dice by clicking the mouse.

“What should we do? Can last place get first place’s wish? Or, if you come in first place, the remaining three will all have their wishes granted?”

Choi Yi-seo is trying to set clear rules.

“Hmm, that’s ambiguous. Let’s grant the first place person’s wishes one by one. Don’t go overboard.”

It seems like he’s trying to stay sane, but before he knows it, Seo Ye-rin is paying for Bulmabul.

‘It’s a wish.’

I think all three of them are pretty serious in their own way.

I secretly sent a message on my cell phone.

– Kim Woo-jin: Bro, I only want 10 million won.

Did you get a reply quickly?

– Eldest brother: … … What’s going on again?

– Kim Woo-jin: It’s nothing special. When playing a game, you must win.

I also have to be wise.

– Big brother: Are you gambling?

– Kim Woo-jin: No, the kids and Bulumabul. But I need to do some digging on this.

After that, for some reason, my brother didn’t reply. Even if you want to talk to your younger brother, he must be busy because his sister-in-law is pregnant and he has been spending a lot of money recently.

‘I’m not good at acting.’

In the end, fate is decided through dice, right?

Right to wish.

You can also get it from all three at the same time.

“Just in case, please allow three legs. This is not allowed?”

I nodded to Choi Yi-seo, who was warning me next to me, saying it was natural.

That’s not something you get by force, like a wish, but something you have to earn from your heart.

but.

It could be an opportunity for Sowon-kwon to open his heart.

“Calm down, Kim Woojin. You can do it.”

I even ordered a cup of coffee to come to my senses.

“Kim Woo-jin! ourself! Come to your senses!”

I wash my face dry and make up my mind.

“If we win here, the four of us will go straight to the hotel. You can do it, you are the guy who can do it.”

“… … ?!”

“… … !”

“Huh.”

For a moment, the eyes of three people were focused on me.

[starting Game!]

The destiny of the four of us becoming one has already begun.