episode_0004

After Slime died alone, I went to a cafe to rest. As soon as he sat down, Do Yu-geon turned on his laptop.

“Even though I couldn’t catch it in the end, I had some success.”

“Yes, there was. Let’s order first. What do you want to eat?”

“You just pick.”

The guy entered the slime detector site without even looking here.

“Then mango juice?”

“uh.”

I ordered mango juice, cappuccino, and cheesecake. Do Yoo-geon was writing a verification message saying that slime had appeared in the place he had been exploring.

“I couldn’t take a picture, can it be authenticated?”

“I am an honorary member of this site. As soon as the site was launched, I took pictures of slime and certified that I caught it myself.”

The guy is showing off. I don’t know how long the site has been around and whether there is an honorary membership level. Everyone has good behavior.

Not long after, comments appeared.

―Do not post verification without photos or videos. Detector accuracy decreases.

When I looked at Do Yu-geon, he avoided my gaze. He deleted the post because he was embarrassed.

Just then the order bell rang and I sent them to get the menu.

The soles of my feet felt sore, so I took off my shoes and placed my feet on them. Actually, I haven’t been walking very long, but maybe because I don’t exercise much, the soles of my feet feel sore just like this.

If things continue like this, I’ll be as exhausted as Tuesday. At that time, I was exhausted after looking for slime, so I was a little impatient with Do Yoo-geon. It would be okay if it happened once or twice, but judging by his motivation, it seems like this will continue, so it is not an issue that can be easily overlooked.

I wiggled my toes and released them.

I need to come up with a solution. Measures to preserve physical strength while hanging out with the guy.

Why am I tired?

That’s because I walk a lot. In that case, you just need to walk less. Even though the location detected by the detector is close, there is no reason to walk there. Although walking is inevitable after arriving at the location.

hmm. Instead of walking, you can take a taxi.

When the guy came with the order menu, I started talking to him.

“I thought about it, but I don’t think I need to walk….”

As I was talking, a thought suddenly crossed my mind and I stopped. Taxi fares will be quite high for this method, right? It would be a cost that this guy couldn’t afford.

After a moment of hesitation, Do Yoo-gun handed me a cappuccino.

“You thought something strange again, didn’t you?”

what. Not to that extent.

“It’s not like that.”

“Then why did you stop talking? Keep talking.”

This guy suddenly acts smart.

“The bike. Yes, the bike. I was going to ask you to stop by my house and pick it up.”

“bicycle?”

I picked up the cappuccino and blew on it.

“Yes, a bicycle. We have a bicycle at home. My father rides one, and you may have seen it the other day. I bought it so I could commute to work by bicycle, but winter soon arrived, so it’s stuck in the storage room. The days are slowly getting warmer, but I still haven’t taken it out. Looking at it, it seems like it might be a little big because of the fine dust, but wouldn’t it be worth it if I adjust it?”

The guy said.

“But you don’t know how to ride a bike.”

“I’m not riding it, you’re riding it.”

“Me? You’re the one whose leg hurts, what are you going to do?”

Of course, take a taxi – not.

“I’m riding in the back.”

So I went back home to get my bike.

* * *

Do Yoo-geon rode a resized bicycle around the apartment complex.

“It may seem a bit big, but it’s worth riding.”

“right?”

The guy hit the carrier.

“Take a ride.”

“wait for a sec.”

I shifted the laptop bag I was carrying on one shoulder diagonally and carried it away. And then I quietly sat down on the luggage rack. It’s bumpy and my butt hurts.

“If you sit sideways, you’ll fall over.”

“okay?”

I sat forward. Do Yu-geon stepped on the pedal.

“What do you think? Is it worth stepping on?”

“Just slow down for a moment.”

It went straight ahead and then stopped. Do Yu-geon nodded.

“It may be heavy at first, but it’s okay as you get faster. Are you comfortable sitting in the back? It looks like it’ll be uncomfortable.”

Although my butt hurts and it is difficult to maintain a good posture.

“It’s worth the ride.”

We rode bikes together and started exploring slime in earnest. It was definitely faster than walking, so I was able to see many places quickly.

But it was all in vain. Finding slime in quick succession was simply luck, so I can’t help it. So it would be easier to just search at home.

During the search process, I gained a lot of know-how, so I developed a method of handing over the search to Do Yu-geon.

When you arrive at the location, get off the bike.

“I’ll look for it here, so ride your bike and look for it. If you find it, call me.”

I say this and leave much of the area to him. The guy protested when he realized the target was being targeted, but in the end he agreed because objectively it was a way to quickly explore many places.

After a long search, evening arrived. Even then, there wasn’t much income. Just when I was wondering whether I should send him home after eating dinner or just send him away, he called me.

“Hey! I found it.”

When I got there, I saw slime crawling inside the fence tree next to the road.

Do Yu-geon, who was looking at the slime, stretched out his hand as if asking for a rubber mallet.

“Hammer, hammer.”

I took out a hammer from my bag, gently touched his hand, and then took it away. The guy looked back.

“why?”

“I was thinking. Would it be okay to absorb the gold powder one more time?”

“I’m arresting you to check that.”

“I’m worried that you’re acting too much like a game right now. Honestly, the current situation is better suited to cosmic horror than a game, right?”

“Cosmic horror?”

“Why, it turns out that the golden powder is a virus from extraterrestrial origin. It’s like an infectious disease for which there is no vaccine.”

“Uh, um.”

The guy looked back and forth between the slime and here. And laughed.

“Then let’s check it out!”

Do Yu-geon ran to the slime and kicked it. The slime exploded and turned into golden powder.

The guy looked this way.

“If a problem arises, take care of it.”

It’s absurd.

The golden powder was absorbed by the guy.

But at that moment, I felt an unfamiliar sensation that was different from my five senses. It’s like when I worked overtime and stayed up all night in a row and my senses felt unfamiliar.

I pressed my temples because the world felt a little different. Did you get tired after walking around until evening? It was time to go home.

“Hey! Look, look!”

Do Yu-geon suddenly shouted. I looked at the excited guy and saw that he was pointing into the air. When I looked up and followed my finger, I saw an ordinary sky.

“what?”

The guy changed the direction of his fingers forward.

“This, not the sky!”

When I looked in front of him, there was nothing special.

“what.”

“The status window!”

Status window? That internet joke?

I scanned the air in front of him, but as expected, there was nothing much.

“I can not see.”

“this?”

“Yeah. I can’t see it.”

I took a closer look at where the guy was staring. When I concentrate, I can’t see anything, but I feel like there’s something there. There is something. Maybe it’s because I’m tired, but my senses feel strange.

Do Yu-geon waved the air in front of him.

“No one else can see it.”

“Is it really there?”

“I heard there is.”

Honestly, rather than having a status window, it is more reasonable to think that he is hallucinating because he is drunk on gold powder. Yes, slime can be considered a natural disaster, but the status window requires the intervention of an intelligent being.

“What does it say?”

“There are two windows, one is that the conditions are met and the other is that the system connection is successful.”

“and?”

“doesn’t exist.”

“hmm.”

Do Yu-geon thought for a moment and then shouted.

“Status window!”

At that moment, I felt something moving. It’s a strange feeling again.

“It’s level 1! Level 1!”

The guy waved his arms and cheered. Honestly, I feel like a bit of a jerk.

“Just calm down for now.”

“Let’s catch them too! If you catch just two, a status window will pop up!”

“Okay, okay, okay. Let’s just calm down.”

Do Yoo-geon took out his smartphone and took a picture.

“Got filmed?”

“Um… no, it doesn’t show up.”

Is it really a hallucination?

“Okay. Then, do you feel anything other than the status window?”

“What does it feel like?”

“Things like sounds and sensations.”

Something like auditory hallucinations.

“There is no such thing. I guess it will only change when I level up.”

Is there anything wrong other than hallucinations? thank god.

Do Yu-geon looked into the sky and tilted his head. And muttered.

“log in.”

I felt a strange feeling again and Do Yu-geon disappeared.

uh… … .

I looked around, but he wasn’t there. What is this?

“Do Yu-gun? Hey?”

Suddenly, I felt like the guy was coming out from where he had disappeared. Immediately afterwards, Do Yu-geon popped out of the air. The guy landed quickly.

Do Yu-geon suddenly got up, came over, grabbed his shoulder, and shouted.

“It’s crazy! It’s a total fantasy! A fantasy!”

“Huh? Huh?”

* * *

The world has become a fantasy. Common sense collapsed and fantasy took over. Reports are plentiful and jokes cannot be distinguished.

How much is reality and how much is fantasy?

What should I believe and what should I doubt?

I do not know.

I wish the world had a little more common sense.

For dinner, I had a lunch box from a convenience store. A status window would pop up if I caught just two slimes, so I decided to catch them both today. Previously, it would have been an impossible plan, but now it was different. This is because the search method is scheduled to change dramatically.

At that time, I was on my way to the convenience store. I had a strange feeling, so I looked up at the distant sky. After watching for a while, a slime suddenly appeared from the sky and fell. It was a high place, so I would have died no matter where I landed. I had a definite feeling that the slime was dead.

It seems that slime can be found in an unidentified new sense. Since I was feeling anxious, I decided to use my senses.

Go to the location predicted by the slime detector and use your senses to determine whether there is slime or not. If you feel there is no slime, move to the next location. Except for pedaling, it is comfortable for the body and mind.

Moreover, the result was great, and we found both slimes in less than an hour.

The second slime approached.

Cha Ha-neul hit the rubber mallet. The slime exploded and died, and the golden powder was absorbed.

Is it a system now?

[Conditions met]

A holographic window appeared before my eyes. And suddenly I felt uncomfortable. It feels like an intruder is rummaging through the room at will.

[System connection—success]

“What do you think? Is it as I said?”

“Huh? Yes, that’s right. That’s exactly what you said. I didn’t tell you that it was very unpleasant.”

“Unpleasant?”

Do Yu-geon was puzzled.

“It’s unpleasant.”

“what?”

“When the system is connected.”

“Why is that?”

I stopped answering and looked at the guy. The conversation is subtly off. Could it be that this guy didn’t feel it?

“No, it’s nothing. Instead, just invite me to a party.”

I explored for an hour and figured out the system every time I took a break. I discovered many things, one of which is parties. The party seems to have functions such as experience distribution, system visualization, etc.

“Party invitation. The target is Cha Ha-neul.”

Do Yu-geon looked into the sky and said, but nothing happened.

[Shout out to log in. The adventure begins.]

It’s an irrelevant message.

Do Yu-geon came up to me and poked me on the forehead.

“Cha Ha-neul is this guy.”

[A party invitation has arrived.]

Leader: Do Yoo-geon

Goal: Adventure

Number of people: 1 / 10

Conditions: None

System: Party Public

Experience: Personnel distribution

“number…….”

I was about to say “accept” but stopped. Now that I think about it, I don’t think there’s any need to be embarrassed and say it out loud.

accept. Sooorak. consent. Snuggle.

It doesn’t work.

“accept.”

[You have joined the party.]

“Good! Let’s go! Log…!”

“for a moment.”

“Why again?”

“Look at the status window. Status window.”

[Status Window]

Level: 1

The guy looked into the window.

“Same as me.”

“Nothing much. Okay, let’s go.”

Do Yu-geon raised his arms and shouted.

“Fantasy! Here I come! Log in!”

The guy disappeared.

We’re not going together… … .

“log in.”

I felt uncomfortable and my perspective changed. It was inside a white building. Looking ahead, there were doors. When I looked behind me, I saw weapons placed on the shelf.

Is this fantasy?

It’s more common sense than you might think.

Do Yu-geon picked up the sword and swung it. And I was amazed by myself and struck all kinds of poses. They also ask to take pictures.

Everything is fine except this guy. I’m a bit embarrassed to be with you.

Still, I took a picture.