Chapter 61.2

Chapter 61 (Continued)

When I faced Han Seo-jin, the attack landed because of its massive scale. Precise control remained a challenge.

Still, I had to master it.

Most battles would take place in urban areas.

To efficiently and effectively target the enemy while minimizing collateral damage, narrowing the attack range was essential.

***

‘What should I buy for dinner?’

As summer vacation neared its end, the weather remained hot, but the temperature was starting to drop.

Today, I planned to have dinner with Oh Baek-seo and Geumyang.

Walking around the food section of a large shopping mall, pushing a cart, I noticed pork belly in the cultured meat section.

‘Pork belly…. Should I buy some cold noodles too?’

My mouth watered.

‘A shot of soju would be perfect….’

Although it was a tempting combination, I hadn’t touched soju since being reincarnated into this body.

I couldn’t even buy it without being an adult.

With the low number of adults among the New Humanity, the liquor business wasn’t thriving despite not being dead.

Due to factors like the apocalypse, monster attacks, and the city construction project prioritizing ‘education’ and ‘happiness’ for human resurgence, adult sacrifices were significant.

‘It will be resolved once the proportion of adults increases.’

It was an inevitable future.

As long as humanity existed, alcohol wouldn’t disappear.

‘…Am I an adult? No, I was an adult.’

My body had become younger, and my mind was influenced greatly by my body, but remembering eating pork belly with soju in my past life made me feel like an adult again.

At times like this, a bitter smile would spread across my lips.

[30,500 won.]

I paid the cashier AI robot and packed the groceries into shopping bags.

I took out an adult’s card.

Swipe.

[Insufficient balance.]

“…….”

I must have bought too much food for Geumyang recently.

I removed some pork belly and recalculated.

Time to head home.

[Whine.]

Suddenly, I noticed other customers making their companion robots carry their bags.

The companion robot let out a cute whine.

It was round and adorable. Beyond its cuteness, it was useful for daily life, making it seem quite convenient.

I wanted to get one.

‘…Let’s just go.’

I decided against unnecessary spending.

Avoiding impulse purchases was a good attitude.

With that thought, I was about to take my eyes off the companion robot.

[Whine, whine…?]

The companion robot started moving awkwardly, struggling to carry the bags properly.

‘Huh?’

Why is it doing that?

Is it broken?

The woman, who seemed to be the owner, checked the app linked to the companion robot on her smartphone and expressed her confusion,

“What’s wrong with this?”

“What the…? Why is the call…?”

A man pulling a cart stared at his smartphone, puzzled.

[We apologize, customers. There has been a system error with the payment process. Please wait for a moment.]

The AI cashiers also stopped processing payments due to a system error.

‘Is this…?’

I took out my smartphone and turned on the screen.

The antenna icon indicating signal strength had disappeared.

Signal failure.

The communication network was down.

It wasn’t a coincidence.

While people around me were confused, I understood the nature of this phenomenon.

Someone’s will had caused this.

“……”

Tensing up, I sensed an unnatural presence.

Someone was secretly watching me.

I quickly entered the men’s restroom and stepped into a stall.

Click.

I locked the door.

***

A man entered the restroom.

He appeared normal but had dull eyes. In his hand was an axe made of mechanical parts.

He approached the only closed stall and gently pushed the door.

It didn’t budge.

It was locked.

He knocked.

Knock, knock.

“……”

Knock, knock.

“Excuse me.”

Knock, knock.

“I need to use the restroom.”

Knock, knock.

“Is anyone in there?”

Knock, knock.

“The door’s locked? Someone must be in there?”

The man’s monotone questioning echoed hollowly in the air.

As silence ensued, the man sensed something was off.

Eventually, he lightly jumped, grabbed the top of the stall, and peered over.

All he saw was a single toilet.

“…Ah.”

The man’s eyes turned cold. He stepped back down and took out a radio-like magical device from his pocket.

He infused it with magic to activate the communicator, and a small light illuminated.

“The target went into the men’s restroom on the 5th floor and suddenly disappeared. It seems he noticed and escaped using some means….”

At that moment.

Someone dashed into the restroom like a flash.

It was Ahn Woo-jin.

“!”

Startled, the man reflexively swung his axe, but Woo-jin easily dodged and reached the wall.
*Bang!* Woo-jin kicked off the wall and landed a kick on the man.

Crash!

“Guh!”

The man’s body broke through the locked stall door and fell. He dropped the magical communicator, but Woo-jin caught it in midair.

Immediately, Woo-jin grabbed the man’s head and shoved it into the toilet.

Splat!

The man’s face plunged into the toilet water, splashing everywhere. Bubbles rapidly surfaced.

No matter how hard the man struggled, Woo-jin didn’t budge.

He just stared down at the struggling man with fierce eyes.

“You’re a villain.”

The man couldn’t respond with his mouth submerged in toilet water.

‘What’s happening…?’

The man’s mind was in chaos. However, he had no time to organize his thoughts. He needed to use his magic power quickly to respond.

But Woo-jin didn’t allow him that chance.

Crackle!

A turquoise electrical magic surged from Woo-jin’s hand that held the man’s head in the toilet.

With no special technique, generating elemental magic was possible at Tier 6.

As a result, the electrical magic spread through the toilet water, scorching the man’s head.

The man’s limbs went limp as he writhed in pain. Woo-jin lifted the man’s head and tossed him aside.

Thud!

The unconscious man hit the partition and fell to the floor, with smoke rising from his body.

Woo-jin indifferently took out restraints and threw them at the man. *Clang!* The restraints expanded and bound the man.

Then Woo-jin examined the magical communicator the man used.

‘It’s like a walkie-talkie that operates with magic power. Since the signal is blocked, they use this. The communication range must be short.’

The person who could communicate through this magical device was likely in this building, and close by.

Woo-jin infused a small amount of magic power into the communicator to activate it.

─ …Not bad?

As if waiting, a woman’s voice came through the communicator.

Woo-jin knew who it was.

Blocking radio waves was an effect of her unique ability.

“Where are you?” Woo-jin asked menacingly.

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