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Half the World (3) ― Marine Hotel, Jung-gu, Incheon

Marine Hotel, one of the few 5-star hotels in Incheon, boasts a huge accommodation space that can be divided into wings.

Among them, I took a close look at the suite room on the highest floor in the Purple Wing.

It was definitely a room with a luxurious interior, but it didn’t really impress me when I saw the ‘temple’ created by the system.

My only impression was that the bed was large and comfortable to sleep on.

“Vice-leader.”

“Yes, leader.”

“How many believers will I have to save after Jeong Seong-ah’s prospective believers?”

The vice-captain answered my question by holding up a document taken from the inventory.

“There are only 3 prospective believers left who have identified the whereabouts. Additionally, requests for salvation are flooding in from believers who have seen prospective believers come back alive.”

“Even though it is limited to Incheon and not other districts?”

“Yes. I believe there are over 100 cases.”

“That’s a lot.”

Well, who can be calm when they see a family member they thought was dead and buried in their heart come back to life?

Even if you don’t look at the sanctuary, where most of the zealous believers are already, it will be shaken by waves of more intense fanaticism.

In addition, Paradise, where we will see the sister reunion of Seo Hye-young and Seo Hye-won, which we just sent, will be no different.

Requests for relief will probably continue to increase like crazy.

However, from the moment I saw Soyoung Shim, I had no intention of leaving the hotel until I got her.

“Then, the Hand of Salvation Project refers to the first group of prospective believers as Jeong Jeong-ah.”

“Yes.”

He patted the shoulder of Kim Hae-il, who bowed his head without any response, and continued speaking.

“Vice leader, please save the citizens in paradise while I save the Marine Hotel.”

The missionary work at the Marine Hotel was sufficient for me alone.

Kim Hae-il also grew into an awakened person who will not be left behind by the points he consistently worked on during the Hand of Salvation project.

For someone who plays with Soyoung Sim like a toy, the friendly daily missions that begin with the tutorial will not even be considered difficult.

“Go quickly. The late team must have arrived at the hotel by now.”

It was time for the rear team that transported Seo Hye-young to the sanctuary to arrive around the hotel.

“I will carry out everything the leader says without any deviation!”

“Haha- Yunan-eun. Please convey my greetings to the officials at the sanctuary.”

“Yes!”

I tried to make up for the time I neglected from Ahyoung and Joohye while working on Hands of Salvation.

Rather, it looks like they will be bringing in new executives.

Well, you can compensate more rigorously later.

I stood at the window and watched Kim Hae-il joining Guntona, who was a latecomer.

I lowered my head exactly where I was and watched them leave until they disappeared from sight, then I raised my head.

Today’s sun is hidden behind the mountain ridge.

Night was coming at the hotel.

It was time to start missionary work.

***

The first night of missionary work.

Bright LED lamps illuminated the suite.

After looking around the suite, which looked no different from the morning thanks to the lamps placed throughout the vast space, I settled down on a chair in the living room.

While I was enjoying the soft and fluffy night view outside without a ray of light, the calm sound of footsteps tickled my ears.

smart-

Eventually, I heard someone knocking on my suite, and I smiled and stretched out my hand.

The front door, which wasn’t even closed in the first place, opened wide and Jeong Sang-ah, who was standing there, was shaking with her eyes wide open.

“… Ah, hello.”

“Yes. Hello.”

I responded to her greeting in the most friendly voice possible.

Seongah Jeong held her trembling hand and asked, pointing to the hallway.

“Did you prepare all of these knowing that I would come?”

The place where the survivors of the Marine Hotel gathered was the Blue Wing, which was located directly opposite the Purple Wing where I was staying.

LED lamps were placed at regular intervals from there to the hallway of the suite I was staying in.

Of course, they were things I arranged in anticipation of Jeong Seong-ah’s visit.

“That’s right.”

Seeing me nodding my head, Jeongseongah looked behind me.

“Where is the scary man with that spear?”

“Ah. My colleague returned to the group. Someone has to tell the grandmother that her granddaughter has been found.”

“… … Did grandma really ask you to find me?”

I paused, looking at Jeong Jeong-ah’s tightly bitten lower lip.

okay.

Are you going crazy with curiosity?

Isn’t it so sweet to have hope that maybe your grandmother is really looking for you?

He made eye contact with her slightly trembling eyes and smiled softly.

“Of course. We came to see you at the request of grandmother Kim Deok-sun.”

I got up from the chair.

Seongah Jeong, who saw me like that, shouted and raised her voice.

“Could you please tell me right then and there?!”

Jeongseongah’s whole body was shaking as she shuffled backwards.

I sat calmly in the chair, watching her tremble in all parts that could tremble, including her arms and legs.

Is it still difficult to access?

“I’ll never go that way, so calm down. If you have anything to ask, just ask.”

I calmly started buying my dinner for today at the store window.

“Why did your speech and tone change?”

“This is the original way of speaking. It was a rather public event earlier.”

We negotiated and were attacked.

He shrugged his shoulders lightly and summoned a dinner large enough to fill the entire table.

The steam and smell rising from warm food.

“Wow. It must be delicious.”

I casually rubbed my wooden chopsticks and exclaimed in admiration.

Jeongseongah, who secretly looked at me, just stared blankly at me, as expected.

To be more precise, my eyes looking at the food were shaking more violently than when I stood up earlier.

As expected, both now and when he was inciting vigilantes.

Food never disappoints me.

In the first place, no one but them could be free from this blatant temptation.

This is probably the hardest temptation for all the starving people of Apocalypse to escape.

“Didn’t you come here because you had something to ask me?”

“… … ah. I am all for you… ”

“Call me Han Gu-won.”

“Could you show me a little more evidence to believe in Guwon?”

“If that was there, you would have shown it to me a long time ago, right?”

I frowned as I ate the growing cheese of rose tteokbokki.

Ugh, it doesn’t suit my taste.

It wasn’t something I ordered because I wanted to eat it in the first place.

I glanced at Jeongseongah, who was looking at the lengthening cheese with a vague look in her eyes.

“Then how would things have progressed if I had followed Guwon?”

“Well. We will transport you safely to our shelter. You will have a touching reunion with your grandmother. Is there anything more to say?”

“Did your grandmother ever tell you what to do if you don’t believe me?”

“Unfortunately, I couldn’t ask that question. Still, since your grandmother told you, you must have secured the photos at your house, right?”

She stood in the hallway as if she were stuck in her seat and kept asking questions.

I continued to eat dinner, giving a detailed but strangely poignant answer.

“That… that… ”

“You can stop. I understand enough.”

I looked into her eyes, which she had been deliberately avoiding, and smiled.

“You want to believe in me too?”

“… … .”

“Good idea. If you think about it a little deeper, there are one or two strange things, right?”

If I was going to do something to you, I could have done it a long time ago.

But look.

“I’m just quietly eating dinner here. If I hadn’t been surprised in the first place, I was planning to resolve this through calm conversation.”

I raised both hands and made a gesture of resentment.

“Seongya. Jeong Jeong-ah, granddaughter of Kim Deok-soon. We’re here to save you. Do you know how your grandmother is doing?”

She shook her head slightly and continued to look at me.

Now she no longer trembles all over in front of me.

I opened my mouth as she calmly waited for me to speak.

“I pray for you to be safe every day. Always with tears in my eyes, Seong-ya, Seong-aya… He whispered your name.”

I continued speaking as I saw her eyes gradually turning red.

“So I really want to take you with me. I am confident that I can persuade you. So, shall we come inside and talk for a moment?”

Jeong Jeong-ah’s eyes fluttered as she looked back and forth between the food and me at my gesture.

Seongah Jeong grabbed her arm, which was shaking again, and shouted.

“Well, don’t lie! Everything Soyoung said so far was right! Men, tes, tess were all the same! You’re saying that because you need a girl too!”

A violent reaction as if touched by trauma.

I just looked at her without saying anything.

“I have to go. Well, I’ll go. Please. Please don’t follow me.”

He shook his head violently and laughed as he slowly backed away.

“See you tomorrow.”

“… … .”

I stood by the window, listening to the sound of footsteps gradually moving away.

I gathered my thoughts while looking at the Blue Wing on the other side.

Of course I expected it wouldn’t happen today.

Their rejection of men reached its peak.

If Shim So-young comes to her senses here, she will control the women so that they can’t even come near me.

You have to achieve significant results before that.

Do you think it will take about 4-5 days to come to your senses?

A group of male-phobic survivors who run away trembling even when they see foods they can no longer dream of.

Did the religious leader’s words apply to them?

no.

In their eyes, I will still be seen as a man who can rape them at any time.

First, we need to change that perception.

A weak poison becomes a strong poison.

If we translate this into men.

What do women say about this?

Did you say that a Benz is coming after a shit car?

“Ha… … I must become sweeter for the first time in a while.”

First, let me be the prince on a white horse at the Marine Hotel.

***

Day 2 of missionary work.

I walked down the brightly lit hallway.

The only visitor yesterday was Jeong Jeong-ah, who was naturally curious about me.

Of course, the visitor got scared and ran away to Blue Wing.

My steps stopped only when I reached the spacious lobby that connects the three wings.

Chairs and tables located throughout the lobby.

And I kept an eye on the survivors gathered at the corners of the long stairs leading to the lower floors.

When the sun rises, we are gathered together somewhere, as expected.

Well, now, to exaggerate, only about 20 survivors remain in a huge 5-star hotel that is as big as a university site.

You can’t just have an overflowing suite and just stay there.

People who do nothing will inevitably go crazy.

As long as I was human, I absolutely needed outside activities.

Prisoners who are locked up in prison are not given time for outside activities for no reason.

“Hey profit!”

One of the survivors who saw me emerge from the Purple Wing was the flagship.

At the sound of her voice, everyone gathered in the lobby looked at me and freaked out.

I looked closely at one of the survivors who quickly rumbled back to the Blue Wing.

She also looked back at me carefully, probably feeling my gaze.

Her face is more discolored than yesterday.

Naturally, the fainted awakened person cannot provide food to them.

As always, I smiled softly without saying anything.

The second night of missionary work.

Once again, it was a night where only the suite I was in was shining brightly.

Just like yesterday, I sat on a chair and waited for someone.

The newly purchased food was already on the table, giving off a delicious smell.

Trap – plod –

Just like yesterday, someone’s footsteps rang.

smart-

Just like yesterday, someone knocked.

A woman with a familiar face was standing in front of the door that was opened wide by my telekinesis.

“Hello?”

“Ah, hello.”

I carefully asked Jeong Sang-ah, who was constantly biting her lip and expressing her anxiety.

“Do you have anything else to ask?”

“… … Yes.”

Her eyes did not stay in one place as she answered quietly.