episode_0013

I put some ice in the cola and put a straw in it.

A large plastic cup full of both hands.

The cola inside gave off a cool carbonation.

“Is it delicious?”

I nod to Shine’s question.

A happy smile appears on my face as I sip on the cool cola.

Amy led us into the spacious gym.

“Those kids?”

Inside the gym, a disheveled, unmotivated man stood there.

He looked to be in his late twenties and approached Amy, fixing his hair.

Amy hands him the papers.

I glance over the contents of the documents that I see.

A document with my name and photo on it.

Below that was written a brief description of my abilities.

At that moment, strength entered Shine’s hand that was holding mine.

I look back at her in surprise.

Red veins rising above Shine’s eyes.

The prominent veins on her forehead mar her beautiful face.

Shine’s gaze never leaves the man’s.

The small ringing in my head grows louder.

“Shine?”

I call out to Shine with an anxious heart.

But she doesn’t answer.

The tinnitus continues to grow louder.

At some point, a beeping sound was heard, followed by a popping sound.

“Hmm… .”

The man shook his head for a moment as he read the documents.

He frowns and rubs his forehead as if he has a headache.

“Are you Jeff?”

The man looked up from his papers and spoke to me.

I nodded.

“Then this is Shine… .”

He checks Shine’s papers.

His gaze becomes blank for a moment.

“Is it because they’re twins? They both have lightning abilities?”

“I think so.”

I looked back at Shine with a puzzled expression as the two people were talking.

Her ability is not an electric ability.

How did this happen?

Definitely checking my abilities with Amy… .

Memories come to mind, and a hazy fog covers my mind, obscuring the memories.

The noise that arrives late is making the sound louder.

Bam-

A small noise that wakes up a dazed mind.

Shine, who was standing next to me, starts to bleed from his nose.

Red blood flows out.

“Shine!”

At my urgent cry, Amy took a handkerchief out of her bosom and covered Shine’s nose.

The white handkerchief turns red.

“It’s okay.”

Shine frowns and avoids Amy’s touch.

“Shine seems tired, so let’s do it next time.”

Eventually, Shine sat down to rest on a small metal chair nearby.

As I looked at her with anxious eyes, Shine smiled slightly.

“Then I’ll go. After the test is over, send me back to my room and make sure to feed me well.”

Amy tells the man to take care of us.

The man looks back at us with an annoyed expression, then nods with a small sigh.

“Okay.”

Amy, not liking the man’s answer, came over to me and whispered in a small voice.

“If that guy does anything weird, you have to let me know right away, okay?”

“What if Amy isn’t there?”

“Then scream.”

“Is that guy a weird person?”

Amy’s expression distorted strangely at my question.

She thinks for a moment, then nods.

“That’s right, the weird one.”

Amy hugged me and stroked my head.

It wasn’t such a bad feeling to be held in such a big embrace.

Feeling Shine’s gaze from behind me, I hastily escaped from Amy’s arms.

“I’ll be back.”

Amy leaves the gym.

“Okay then… .”

A smile appears on the man’s face.

He looks around and then leaps onto a mat spread out nearby.

“Let’s take a break.”

I look at him with a puzzled expression.

The man, sensing my gaze, opens his closed eyes and speaks.

“It won’t take long anyway, so just play with a ball nearby.”

I fiddle with the cup in my hand.

The cola is already at the bottom.

When melted ice flows as water.

A loud noise is made by the straw in the mouth.

I deliberately sat down next to the man and sucked on the straw.

He had his eyes closed, and the noise I was making made him frown.

Chororo-rok-

Chorororororo-

“Are you doing this on purpose?”

The man still doesn’t open his eyes.

He asks me a question in a quiet voice.

Instead of answering, I make noise again.

Chororo-rok-

The man’s closed eyes open.

His lowered gaze is directed at me.

Eyes filled with annoyance.

He sighs and gets up from his seat.

“Okay.”

I put the cup down on the floor.

I don’t know exactly what you’re doing, but once you’re done here, you’ll be able to go back to your room.

“It’s a simple test, so it’ll be over soon.”

As the man spoke, he took out several small bracelets from his pocket.

“You can’t use your abilities at all right now?”

I nodded and fiddled with my bracelet.

I didn’t like the cool feel of the bracelet.

“Okay then… .”

The man approached me and took off my bracelet.

My suffocated breathing has been relieved.

All the suppressed emotions start to flow out.

A blue current surges from the tip of my finger.

Click-

Abilities are immediately suppressed.

A new bracelet filled on the arm.

The bracelet, which was blue in color rather than silver, was something I had never seen before, even in the lab.

“What is this?”

The blue current still crackled at the tips of his fingers.

But that’s it.

I couldn’t muster any more strength than that.

“Is that strange?”

It’s a strange feeling.

It was still stuffy, but I still felt like I had a little breathing space.

Extend your finger and shoot the current through it.

The light flashes and leaves small marks on the floor.

He looks at my actions and starts writing something on a piece of paper.

“Are you uncomfortable?”

“Yes.”

I nod.

Then, I quickly look around.

The gym was spacious.

It was spacious, but as expected, the windows were not visible.

It was structured in a way that the outside could not be seen, and the inside could not be seen from the outside.

“What are you looking at? Are you curious?”

He asked me as I kept looking around dizzily.

I am speechless at his question.

Why did you search the inside of the gym so thoroughly?

I can’t think of a reason.

Because that’s just what I had to do.

I felt that way.

“I think so.”

I nodded in agreement with what the man said.

He scratched my cheek with a pen and then held out the next bracelet.

The bracelet around my arm falls off once again.

The moment the bracelet is removed, the perfected ability begins to run wild like an angry buffalo.

The moment a crackling sound was heard.

The man quickly puts a bracelet on my arm.

The ability sinks once again.

This time I feel quite comfortable.

I look at the man with curious eyes.

“What is this?”

“To see how much control you can exert over your abilities.”

I nodded to the man’s answer and fiddled with my bracelet.

I see

I was now in a state where I couldn’t control my abilities.

“See that target over there? Shoot at it.”

The man lifts the pen and points forward.

As he said, there was a large target hanging on the wall.

I do as he says and stretch out my hand and shoot the current.

Blue lights shoot out into the air, making a crackling sound.

The smell of burnt food wafts through the air.

The center of the target was blackened and emitting smoke.

“Where have you been trained before?”

I search through my hazy memories.

And I remember.

I had my abilities briefly tested by Dr. Heblum.

In the meantime, there was a record of him not being able to perfectly control his abilities and destroying the machines in the laboratory.

From then on, I received separate training within the lab to prevent such incidents from happening again.

“I got it from the lab.”

The man is silent at my answer.

A dark shadow falls over his face.

“Sorry, that brought back some bad memories.”

“Huh?”

“So you guys were the ones rescued from the lab.”

The man writes down the documents with a bitter smile.

I sit next to him and wait quietly.

The gaze still moves busily.

The optimal escape route begins to form in your mind.

But I couldn’t figure out where the most important entrance was.

“Mister.”

“No, I’m not Mr. Victor. ”

Only then could I hear the man’s name.

“Victor.”

“Why?”

“I want to see Shine’s documents.”

“Shine?”

Victor shuffles through the papers at my words.

Then he hands me a piece of paper.

“This?”

I quickly receive the documents.

About shine written on white paper.

I turn my gaze to check Shine’s condition.

She was nodding off with her eyes closed, as if she was tired.

Name and estimated age.

A document that contains only general information.

There was a picture there with a face exactly like mine.

My eyes quickly scanned the letters.

This is where the most important ability comes into play.

There was a white space there.

“This… .”

I handed Victor the papers and pointed to an empty section.

“Isn’t this wrong?”

Shine definitely took the ability test like me.

Entering the large dome.

It’s not a false memory, since Amy was there too.

But I couldn’t see what abilities Shine used there.

I wonder if I dozed off for a moment.

Beep-

The tinnitus is heard again.

My gaze becomes blank.

I turn my head slowly.

“Shine… .”

Shine, who was sitting on a chair with her eyes closed, approached me.

When did you get so close to me?

I couldn’t even hear footsteps.

“Jeff.”

“Yeah… .”

Shine reaches out to me.

I handed her the papers casually.

“Jeff. This isn’t weird.”

“Yeah… .”

Shine’s face distorts.

He even gasps for breath as if he is having a hard time.

I reach out my hand because I’m worried about her.

Little hands get entangled.

Warmth gently wraps around your palm.

“Give it back to Victor.”

I nod.

Return the documents you received from Shine to Victor.

Victor just takes the papers blankly and writes something down.

The blank section regarding this ability begins to fill in with Victor’s handwriting.

Victor, having finished filling out all the paperwork, banged his head on the desk.

The pen in my hand falls to the floor.

That little noise startles me and I jump up from my seat.

“Victor?”

“I guess you’re tired.”

“Shine?”

Shine’s voice is heard from behind.

She stretches out her arms and hugs me.

Soft arms dig into my armpits.

“When did Shine wake up?”

“Just now.”

I cringe at the warm breath I feel behind my back.

Because Shine blew breath on his neck.

“It tickles.”

I can hear Shine’s small laugh.

I twist my body and escape from Shine’s embrace.

My gaze did not leave Victor, who was hunched over at the desk.

I felt a certain impulse when I looked at him.

I give in to my impulses.

He approaches Victor, holding the pen that fell on the floor in his hand.

“What are you going to do?”

I answer Shine’s question with a playful smile.

“I want to draw.”

I moved my pen and drew small pictures on Victor’s face.

I quickly got tired of drawing.

I put my pen on the desk and lay down on the mat.

A soft yet firm texture.

Shine looks down at me like that and lies down next to me.

We looked at each other and laughed.