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“But it’s not like the chase team has all the advantages here.”

I nodded at Senior Kim Kukjong’s words.

“Right, there are restrictions like ‘no using legs for 3 minutes’…”

Senior Giri also nodded in agreement, recalling the additional rules.

Looking at the numbers, the chase team seemed disadvantaged with a two-to-one ratio, but they actually had more penalties imposed on them.

It seemed this situation arose because the team was assembled as too much of a dream team.

“But Kukjong, aren’t we going to make any plans?”

“Giri, what plan do we need? With Donghu, me, and you, we’re basically the Three Brothers.”

“The Three Brothers?”

“Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.”

When I gave him a look asking what we’d do for the next 20 minutes, Kim Kukjong just shrugged.

“Just… getting to know each other. Donghu, don’t you do any sports besides boxing?”

“Uh… actually, I don’t just do boxing. I focus on martial arts in general.”

“Oh, martial arts! Giri, that’s your thing too, right?”

“Come on, hyung. Donghu is a real professional.”

And so the back-and-forth continued.

Then suddenly, a random topic came up.

“Donghu, you’re good at running too, right?”

“Huh? Yes, I am.”

“How fast can you run 3km?”

“10 minutes.”

“Really? Then… do you play soccer too?”

“What?”

“Since we’ve met like this, it would be nice if you’re good at soccer too.”

Soccer? Why is soccer suddenly coming up here?

‘Is he joking?’

I was about to laugh it off, but as soon as I looked into Senior Kim Kukjong’s eyes, I immediately realized.

‘He’s serious.’

To Senior Kim Kukjong, the mission team was like fish already caught.

Just as putting a bell on a cat doesn’t stop it from catching mice,

He had confidence that no matter what penalties were given to the chase team,

their fundamental role wouldn’t change.

“If you like soccer or something… well, looks like we’re almost out of time.”

Senior Kim Kukjong was about to say something but checked the time and immediately reached his hand to the center of the table.

“Let’s do one last cheer before we go, and as for strategy… we’ll do it in real-time, since we have radios anyway, okay?”

“Yes!”

“One, two, three!”

“Fighting!”

The time limit was about an hour and a half.

“Alright, let’s act separately for now, keep communicating via radio, and only meet up if necessary!”

“Got it!”

With that answer,

I immediately rushed to the elevator and checked the floors.

‘There are five floors with videos.’

2nd, 6th, 8th, 13th, and 19th floors.

Logically, the 2nd floor would be taken immediately after the start.

‘But it will still take some time just to find them.’

With the elevators set up to favor the mission team,

all elevators were on the 1st floor, making it awkward to wait for one to come to the 22nd floor.

At this moment, I could only think of one strategy.

“…VJ, I’m sorry.”

“Pardon?”

“I think I need to take the stairs.”

Going down from the 22nd floor to the 1st floor?

‘I run 10km every day.’

That wasn’t a problem for me.

+++++

At the same time.

Unlike the chase team, the mission team had meticulously planned their strategy.

“First, besides using the elevators ourselves, let’s press all the buttons on the other elevators so the chase team can’t use them.”

“Seoksam hyung.”

“Ah, right, too many lines. Should I cut some?”

“That was actually a good plan for once. But, you know… there are other people here besides us, so we can’t do that to all of them.”

We should just focus on blocking a few elevators that we’re using.

After saying this, Yu Jiseok thought for a moment before quickly reaching a conclusion.

“Then let’s have Sujin and Kangsu go to the 2nd floor and secure the elevator, while the four of us including me will go up and split up.”

“Yes!”

They couldn’t delay the use of elevators indefinitely.

But delaying it by just 5 minutes could have a snowball effect.

The mission team’s strategy seemed quite well-organized.

“We outnumber them 6 to 3, so it would be weird if we lost, right?”

“Yes, leave the 2nd floor to us and go up comfortably.”

“…Kangsu, you really can’t betray us this time, okay? This is a game we absolutely have to win.”

“Jiseok hyung! I’m not someone who betrays people randomly!”

“Okay, okay. Let’s go! Let’s go go go!”

The mission team dispersed efficiently.

“Ugh, where did they hide the tape?”

“Even knowing which floor it’s on, it’s still hard to find.”

“I know. Sujin, you check down there, I’ll look up here.”

“Okay!”

On the 2nd floor remained Kim Sujin and Kangsu.

As they were searching for the well-hidden tape,

Jingle jingle jingle jingle.

“…Senior, do you hear bell sounds?”

“Huh? No way, must be your imagination. It’s only been… about 6 minutes.”

After controlling all the elevators, how could anyone get to the 2nd floor?

Kangsu laughed lightly at Sujin’s words, as if telling her not to joke around.

Jingle jingle jingle jingle.

The following bell sound wiped the smile right off Kangsu’s face.

“Is this for real? Who is it? How is this happening!”

Crackle.

Despite his panic, Kangsu immediately turned on his radio.

The bell sound was still distant, so they had some time.

“Jiseok hyung! I hear bell sounds on the 2nd floor! Someone’s coming! Did the elevator move already?!”

-What!? No, that’s impossible! No elevator moved! Are you sure you heard correctly?

“It’s real, really coming. I don’t know who it is…!”

-Then they came down from the 22nd floor to the 2nd? How is that possible?

“I’ll check who it is and contact you again. Anyway, be careful!”

-Okay, okay! Let’s meet alive!

The radio communication ended urgently.

Kangsu used his height advantage to see who was coming.

“Oh, senior! I found it!”

Just then.

“Yes, I found you too.”

A voice that shouldn’t be there reached Sujin’s ears.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

With breathing that couldn’t possibly belong to someone who just came down from the 22nd floor,

and without a single drop of sweat, displaying monstrous stamina,

“Senior, hello.”

“…Running 3km in 10 minutes isn’t the issue here. Looks like we’ve got a monster that surpasses even Kukjong hyung….”

Kim Donghu had appeared.

“No, no, no… how!”

“I just ran down. Didn’t take that long. Now, could you open this for me?”

Rattle rattle.

They were in a standoff at one of the doors of the SKS History Hall on the 2nd floor, where the tape was located.

The good news was that there were two doors.

So a battle of wits had begun.

But the mission team had an item at their disposal,

the aforementioned:

“Kangsu! Use the item! Kim Donghu can’t use his legs for 3 minutes!”

“Ugh!”

The “No using legs for 3 minutes” item.

An item that shows its true value only in the worst possible situation.

It was a shame to use it just 7 minutes into the game,

but it was a hundred times better than getting caught after a prolonged standoff.

“Sujin! Let’s pass by while Donghu can’t use his legs!”

“Yes!”

Click!

As soon as Kangsu confirmed that Sujin had secured the tape, he immediately opened the door.

He judged that Kim Donghu’s movement was completely blocked since he couldn’t use his legs.

‘Now it’s time to taunt a little.’

He was planning to secure some good content by casually passing by and teasing him.

Swoosh.

“Huh? Hey, hey! D-Donghu, what are you doing?!”

That was until Kim Donghu started doing a handstand.

As he raised his body, his shirt fell down, revealing well-defined back muscles and abs.

‘This guy is literally a human weapon!’

Wait, he’s a high school student?

An actor?

“Looking at your body, you could be in special forces!”

And that wasn’t the end of it.

“Senior! Sujin! You can’t take the tape!”

He was walking.

To be precise, he was walking on his hands.

Kim Donghu was walking while doing a handstand.

Showing off the solid muscles attached to both arms,

the sight of him walking on his hands was like something out of a horror movie.

“Why are you going this far! Why are you doing this!”

Kangsu was genuinely scared of Kim Donghu.

He prided himself on his variety show experience, but he’d never encountered a character like this.

He had planned to tease him about romance, but faced with this no-nonsense direct approach,

and someone who was burning his entire body despite being new to variety shows,

it would be strange not to be afraid.

“Run! Run! Just ignore him and run! Three minutes is a really long time!”

If we can just make it to the elevator, we’ll be fine!

So Kangsu and Sujin ran desperately.

They passed by the monster walking on his hands and headed straight for the elevator.

They got into the elevator waiting on the 2nd floor and pressed the button for the 6th floor.

Tap tap tap tap tap.

They frantically pressed the close button with all their might.

Thud!

After the elevator doors closed,

Kangsu tried to calm his racing heart and spoke.

“Seriously, what’s up with your childhood friend?!”

“I think he’s… a bit competitive?”

Even Sujin was seeing this side of him for the first time and couldn’t give a clear diagnosis.

Kangsu laughed helplessly as he recalled what just happened.

“That’s just being competitive? I don’t think so….”

Anyway, now that he knew how scary Kim Donghu was,

Kangsu immediately tried to warn the others through the radio.

But just then.

Ding~

The elevator stopped at the 5th floor.

They had definitely pressed the button for the 6th floor, so why did it stop at the 5th?

As he was wondering about this,

The elevator doors opened,

and an unbelievable sight greeted Kangsu’s eyes.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaah!”

Kangsu’s scream was rather girlish.

“Oh my, if you leave so quickly, what am I supposed to do? I feel hurt.”

Having taken the stairs and caught up to the elevator,

Kim Donghu appeared before them with a bright smile.