episode_0049

A wide lawn spread out at your feet.

The park, which was always full of people, looked empty and desolate.

I felt somehow better and started walking with a slight jogging pace.

The bag on his back danced excitedly.

“Jeff always looks happy whenever he comes to the park.”

“Yeah. It takes away the stuffy feeling.”

As I answered Shine’s questions, I realized that I was getting closer to my first objective, the Silver Pond.

A view of the pavilion from a distance.

And then the huge rock where Jin had been sitting while fishing came into view.

I stopped walking, hid behind a large tree, and looked out at the pond.

The same was true for Shine.

It clings close to the tree, sticks its head out slightly and looks around.

“Are you there?”

“Um… .”

At Shine’s question, I narrowed my eyes and looked around carefully.

But Jin was nowhere to be seen.

To begin with, there wasn’t a single person to be found near the pond.

A cool breeze blew, gently shaking my bangs.

“I don’t think so.”

I said that and stepped forward cautiously.

The sound of grass rustling and scattering.

The faint chirping of birds makes me feel good.

I feel even better without that scoundrel.

“Let’s go!”

After confirming that Jin was not there, I held hands with Shine and ran forward.

We circled the wide pond and entered the shaded pavilion, out of breath.

“There’s no one.”

“I guess everyone went on vacation.”

I sat down on the floor and felt the wind.

The breeze blowing gently felt even cooler as it passed over the pond.

I closed my eyes and laid back, enjoying the pleasant sensation.

It felt like my whole body was wrapped in the wind.

The pleasant feeling of liberation makes me smile.

“Are you going to draw the picture here?”

“No.”

I shook my head in response to Shine’s question.

Although it was a bad memory, I wanted to draw somewhere else because I had drawn a picture near the pond when I met Jin.

I jumped up from my seat and took a drink out of my bag.

“What does shine taste like?”

“I have this.”

In response to my question, Shine reached into her bag and grabbed a lemon-flavored drink.

I picked up the remaining orange zest next to it.

Shine and I sat on the railing of the pavilion and drank our drinks.

Enjoying a sweet carbonated drink while feeling the cool breeze.

If heaven exists, isn’t it here?

I savored the sweet and sour taste of orange juice, licking my tongue as I put the half-empty drink back into my bag.

The rest had to be eaten with sandwiches.

Shine, like me, put the rest of her drink into her bag.

I packed my bag again and left the pavilion.

“This time it’s a rabbit farm?”

“Yeah.”

As I was walking towards the rabbit farm, holding hands with Shine, I suddenly remembered Jin’s shoes that I had thrown into the pond.

A quick glance at the surface of the pond.

A pond with gently flowing water reflecting the sky.

The black envelope containing Jin’s shoes that had been thrown on top was nowhere to be found.

Hehehe-

A small laughter escapes.

It was clear that he would never find his shoes again.

This was something I could tell from what I heard on the phone with Amy.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Ugh. It’s nothing.”

We pass the pond and go deeper into the park.

As you pass through the wide lawn, a pretty stone path unfolds.

Stars, moons, suns, and round stones were embedded deep in the ground.

“….”

I couldn’t help but stand still, as if I was possessed.

Because shapes that had never been seen before were added.

“Public… . Dinosaur… !”

Yes, that’s right.

The new stone shape added to the stone path was in the shape of a dinosaur.

“Dinosaur?”

Shine also showed interest and stopped with me.

I squatted on the floor and pointed to the dinosaur-shaped rock.

“This is it. This is a dinosaur.”

“It looks strange.”

Shine reached out and touched the dinosaur-shaped rock.

Your fingers glide across the smooth surface.

I got up from my seat and looked around.

“Jeff what are you doing?”

“Just a minute… .”

There wasn’t a single tree branch on the floor, so it must have been cleaned every day.

You could dig it out with your hands, but that would definitely damage your fingernails and make your hands dirty with dirt.

Not wanting to get in trouble with Amy, I started desperately looking for a suitable tool to dig the ground.

After wandering around for a while, I was able to pick up a suitable branch.

It was hard and sharp at the end.

It was clear that this would allow us to excavate dinosaur-shaped rocks without any problems.

I brought the branch and started poking the side of the dinosaur-shaped rock.

“You want to take this?”

“Yeah.”

“I see.”

“Isn’t there anything you want, Shine?”

“Um… .”

Shine looked around blankly.

She didn’t seem particularly interested in the rocks.

“I want a dinosaur rock too.”

She pointed next to the rock I was digging.

I nodded and started to work hard.

Puff puff.

The long branches dug through the soil efficiently.

Could it be because it was buried deeper than expected?

Working hours started getting longer.

“It- It!”

Cook cook.

He gathered strength in his fingertips and twisted the branch.

At that moment, a dinosaur-shaped rock popped out with a popping sound.

“Oh.”

I fell to the floor from the shock, then got up, shaking my butt.

The dinosaur-shaped rock was heavier than expected and was too big to hold in one hand.

I roughly brushed off the dirt on the surface and put the stone into a small pocket in my bag.

The excavation of Shine’s dinosaur stones didn’t take long.

Since it was right next to me, I was able to take out Shine’s dinosaur by focusing on the hole that was created when I pulled out the dinosaur.

“Does Jeff like that kind of thing?”

“Oh… That’s cool.”

I said, brushing the dirt off the stone.

But Shine asked back as if she didn’t understand.

“Is this cool?”

I put the stone in my bag and muttered.

Because I didn’t have the confidence to explain to her how cool dinosaurs were.

Later, when I returned to the room, I thought I should show her a video of dinosaurs.

I looked up at the stone road.

The traces of two heavy dinosaurs were clearly visible.

Holes gaping in the smooth road.

Feeling guilty at the sight, I shoved an ugly rock nearby into it.

A crooked and ugly stone could somehow fill the empty space.

“Let’s go.”

Shine and I ran down the stone road without looking back.

There was no one around anyway.

They said there were no witnesses.

The dinosaur rock kidnapping case will forever remain unsolved.

As I continued along the stone road, I could see a small farm built there.

A sign with large letters.

Rabbit farm.

I don’t know whose taste it is, but judging from the large rabbit head hanging above the sign, it seemed like the person didn’t have a very good eye for aesthetics.

Shine and I ran straight towards the rabbit farm.

The sound of small footsteps thumping echoed through the empty space.

Arriving in front of the farm’s transparent glass door, I stopped in my tracks in the empty space.

“Is there anyone?”

Shine, who arrived late, stuck her head through the crack in the door and looked inside.

“I don’t think there is any?”

As she said, it seemed like there was no one there.

Inside the building, in the spot where the farm manager usually sat, there was no one.

If the caretaker had simply not been there, you might have thought he was away tending to the rabbits, but not even that common visitor was in sight.

I stepped away from the building and began to examine its exterior.

“That’s weird.”

There was no sign indicating that the store was closed.

“Could it be that you went to the bathroom?”

“Is that so?”

I tilted my head at Shine’s words and followed her into the building.

Judging by the bright lights inside the building, it seemed like it wasn’t empty.

“Let’s go see the rabbit.”

Shine took my hand and walked without hesitation.

I followed her with an unsteady gait.

Shine, who was heading towards the fence where the rabbits were, picked up some rabbit food placed next to her.

“Shine, you have to pay for that.”

“But there’s no clerk?”

I hastily took my credit card out of my pocket.

“Give it to me.”

I don’t know the exact method, but I could guess how to use it based on its similar appearance to a convenience store POS machine.

I’ve seen other people do it, so it should be easy.

I thought so.

I scanned the barcode on the rabbit food and swiped my card on the card machine next to me.

“Is it okay?”

“Are you done?”

But I stopped hearing the alarm sound that I used to hear every time I bought rabbit food.

It meant that the deal had gone wrong.

Confused, I reached out and started pressing buttons on the machine here and there.

Beep- beep- beep-

Beep- Beep-

I keep hearing an error sound.

A cold sweat runs down my back.

“Jeff?”

At that moment, I was startled by the sudden sound of Shine’s voice.

Maybe that’s why blue electricity flowed out of my hand.

A very weak manifestation of ability.

Dismissed-!

But the aftermath was not insignificant.

Phagec!

The current that fell on the force machine instantly engulfed the machine.

A power user’s current with properties that are completely different from normal current.

That’s why home appliances that are affected by the current of a person with powers break down so easily.

This POS machine was no different from other home appliances.

The Force machine, which had been emitting a few blue lights, stopped working and showed a blue screen on its screen.

“Gasp… .”

“Are you done?”

Shine asks with an expression that says she doesn’t know anything.

I nodded slowly to her.

“Yeah… I think so.”

I got up from my seat in a hurry.

And then I looked around hurriedly.

There’s no CCTV, right?

Fortunately, there was nothing visible on camera inside the building.

I sighed in relief, put the card in my pocket, grabbed some rabbit food, and left the counter.

“Let’s go!”

I held Shine’s hand and headed toward the fence where the rabbits were.

The thought of feeding the rabbits brings a small smile to my lips.

The thought of the Force disappears from my mind in an instant.

Shine and I, who were running excitedly, were able to arrive in front of a small fence.

Luckily, the rabbits remained inside the fence.

“The rabbits didn’t go on vacation.”

Shine said, leaning against the fence.

“I guess so.”

I started to open the package of food I was holding in my hand.

Through repeated learning, the rabbits realized that the rustling noise was their feeding time and quickly came to us.

“Hello!”

Shine greeted the rabbits with sparkling eyes.

“Hello!”

But it wasn’t a rabbit that answered the greeting.

A voice that shouldn’t exist, a voice that shouldn’t be heard.

My body stiffened at the sound of a familiar man’s voice.

A man emerges from inside the fence, from what appears to be a rabbit home.

The staff who managed this place were wearing the same work clothes they used to wear.

He was holding a cleaning tool in his hand.

It was true.

He placed the cleaning tool he was holding next to the rabbit house and waved with a bright smile.

Shine’s expression suddenly crumpled.

It was the same for me too.

The rabbit food I was holding in my hand came pouring out.