episode_0121

The three of us walked down the hallway, each holding two cans of cola in each hand.

The cool feeling in my hand brings a smile to my face.

“Do you like cola that much?”

“Yeah.”

I nodded to Shine’s question.

Actually, there was something I liked more than cola, but I couldn’t drink it because of my promise with Shine.

It made me want more cola.

I took a sip and uncapped the can of Coke.

The characteristic carbonated sound of cola spreading out with a sizzling sound.

A liquid that looks so delicious is shaking.

I stopped right there and downed my cola in one go.

The black liquid that fell from the can flowed into my mouth and took me to heaven.

My tongue twitches as the carbonation dances inside my mouth.

It’s so delicious!

“Wow!”

Rain and Shine, who were watching me enjoy the drink, also licked their lips and downed the cola in one go like me.

Sweet food makes people happy.

Both of them smiled with joy.

The steps became lighter.

I was able to get through the long hallway, avoid the people, and reach the stairs.

A staircase that is always so big and long.

I swallowed dry saliva and looked at Rain.

She nodded silently.

One step ahead. Lane is the first to go forward.

Shine and I followed behind Rain.

Climbing the stairs one by one has become an easy task.

But what if that becomes a lot?

“Hehehe…”

I pass by the model park and gasp for breath as I climb the stairs to a floor I’ve never been to before.

The lane ahead was out of breath, no different from before.

“Hey, Rain. Can’t we just use our abilities and go?”

“This is not a place to use it.”

“Why?”

“Because other people might get hurt.”

I looked around at her words.

As she said, if there were to be even one mistake while using her powers here, where many people besides us pass by, something big would definitely happen.

“Still, it’s so hard.”

I sat down and took out my last Coke.

It was a little lukewarm because it was in my pocket, but even this lukewarm cola was pretty drinkable.

“Then let’s take a short break.”

So we decided to sit in the corner of the stairs and drink cola.

This time, I didn’t drink the cola all at once, but drank it little by little.

There’s only one can left. This is the end.

I could have asked Rain to buy me more, but if I drank any more cola, I was sure I’d be on the bathroom all evening.

That too with shine.

“Jeff, do you need to go to the bathroom?”

“Not now.”

“Ugh.”

Shine shook her head as if she was disappointed with my answer.

“Then shall we go again?”

Now that we’ve rested for a while, it’s time to gather our strength and climb the stairs again.

The three of us got up from our seats and began to climb the stairs briskly.

Higher, higher, higher.

Once again, when his breath was suffocating, Lane spread his arms and shouted.

“Arrived!”

“Here…?”

“Yeah!”

Is this where Jin’s office is?

The hallway here was no different from any other floor.

It meant that the structure had the same design.

“But. There aren’t many people.”

“Yeah. No one likes being around Jin.”

“Why?”

“Just…?”

“I think I know what you mean.”

I pictured Jin’s ugly face.

I remember him stealing my sandwich and Shine’s, and me stealing the rabbit’s food.

He was a really bad person.

Tap tap tap – the sound of small footsteps echoed through the hallway.

Could it be because there were no people? Our footsteps echoed back from across the long hallway.

It felt like a lot of people were walking together.

“This is the place…”

As we walked down the long hallway, Lane stopped in front of a large door and spoke.

I swallowed hard and looked at the door.

A cute atmosphere with a large picture of a rabbit covered the entire door.

“Is this Jin’s office…?”

“Yeah. I like rabbits.”

After those words, there was a brief silence.

I felt something strange and asked Rain.

“Aren’t you going to open the door?”

“Me…?”

“Yeah. Rain showed you around.”

“But…”

Rain seemed to be having a hard time with Jin.

Lane stands in front of the door, trembling with her hands, thinking about knocking.

I watched her like that and let out a small sigh.

“I’ll do it. Get out of the way.”

“Yeah!”

Rain stepped back as if he had been waiting for my words.

What’s so scary about this rabbit hole?

I walked confidently to the door.

The big rabbit’s red eyes stare at me.

I had a feeling something was off.

Should I say that I was just lost in it?

The surrounding sounds begin to get quieter.

Dismissed-!

“Ouch!”

At that moment, a blue light flashed before my eyes.

As I quickly stepped back, startled by the sensation, Shine, with her face crumpled, stepped forward to block my path.

“Shine…?”

“Wait a minute. I’m behind you.”

“Uh… Yeah.”

The picture of the rabbit felt somehow creepy.

I think I know why Rain doesn’t want to open the door.

I walked up to Lane and squeezed her hand.

Her little hands were shaking slightly.

“Is Shine okay?”

“Maybe. I think it’ll be okay.”

Although Rain spoke as if he was worried, I somehow didn’t think Shine was in danger.

Like Rain and I, Shine approached the door and stared at the large rabbit.

The snowball fight between Rabbit and Shine continues for a long time.

Rain and I held our breath and watched the spectacle.

Squeak-

The winner was Shine.

She glared at the rabbit with her eyes wide open, then reached out and opened the door.

The door opens and rabbits split in half scatter to the left and right.

“Jin!”

Shine opened the door and shouted.

Rain and I were startled by her voice and hugged each other tightly.

“What is it…?”

From inside the room, a man’s voice, worn out from fatigue, could be heard.

It’s a voice I remember.

It was true.

Rustle rustle. Papers slowly scattered across the large desk.

The head that could be seen between them was clearly Jin’s head.

Clang!

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud noise and numerous documents were scattered on the floor.

“Eww!”

Jin jumped up from his seat and screamed.

“Eww!”

Rain and I screamed too.

I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Jin’s face looked so tired.

It was like being thrown into an endless cycle of overtime work.

“Shine? Jeff? Rain too?”

Jin’s gaze shifted from the documents on the floor to us.

Rain and I walked behind Shine and out of his sight.

Shine stood guard over us, arms outstretched.

“Oh. Our new recruits. Welcome.”

Jin, who had been silent for a moment as if thinking about something, changed his expression in an instant and welcomed us.

Still, the fatigue on his face did not go away.

“What are you doing? Don’t stand there. Come in quickly.”

Jin said that and waved both hands.

His arm pointed to the large sofas in front of the desk.

It seemed like he was telling me to sit there.

“Jin. Are you busy?”

“No! No. No. I’m not busy at all.”

At Rain’s question, Jin shook his head and blew away all the documents scattered around him.

At his every gesture, white papers rose into the sky and danced.

“This isn’t the way to go. What do you like? There’s milk too.”

As Jin spoke, he rummaged through the shelves in the corner of his office.

The three of us didn’t say anything.

Jin, who had been preparing various things on his own, stopped moving when we didn’t respond.

“Yes. What is the purpose of your visit?”

Jin asked, sighing softly.

At that sight, Rain carefully opened his mouth as he slipped out of my arms.

“That’s about work.”

“What? What’s going on?”

“Our team.”

“Raincoat? No. No. Sorry, I’ve been out of my mind lately. Harmonize. Okay. ”

Jin wiped his face as if he was tired and collapsed on the soft sofa.

“When we go out on the next mission, I want to include Jeff and Shine in the mobilization party.”

“Jeff and Shine?”

Jin’s gaze landed on me and Shine, then fell.

His eyes twitched slightly.

“Did Amy tell you to do that?”

“No.”

“Then. What do you think?”

“Uh… No.”

“Then it couldn’t be Victor, right?”

“Not even Victor.”

Jin let out a big sigh.

Lane cringed at his sigh.

I carefully approached Lane and hugged her.

“Jeff and Shine said they wanted to go out?”

“Yeah. Jeff and I want to work too.”

It was Shine who answered Jin’s question.

She moved further forward and approached Jin.

The distance is getting closer and closer.

Jin’s eyes began to tremble slightly.

Shine didn’t avoid that gaze.

“Are you Shine?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay. Shine. Listen carefully. We’re not going out to play.”

“I know. I’m going to work.”

“Yeah. We’re working.”

“Yeah, we want to do that too.”

Jin’s head tilted slightly at Shine’s answer.

He continued speaking with his arms crossed.

“It’s good that our new recruits are motivated. But you guys are still young.”

“I’m not young. Jeff’s not young.”

That’s right. Shine and I are not young.

You can do it all.

I could do weird things too.

Should I do it with Amy later too?

I was worried while hugging Rain.

“Sorry. It was my mistake. You guys are not young.”

“Yeah. So let me go to work.”

“It’s going to be hard right now.”

“Why?”

“There is a training period for new employees.”

“Training…?”

“Is this a word you don’t know?”

“No. I know.”

“If you knew, you’d be quick to tell. New recruits can’t go on a mission until their training period is over.”

Shine nodded as if she understood.

But I could tell.

Shine didn’t know the word “training period.”

I was just pretending to know because I didn’t want to lose to Jinhan.

“I knew it.”

“Right?”

“Yeah.”

After that, Jin looked at Shine without saying anything.

Shine also didn’t avoid that gaze and started a staring contest.

“Shine.”

“Yeah.”

“Are your lightning abilities stronger than Jeff’s?”

Jin suddenly asked an unexpected question.

Shine didn’t answer that question.

Jin sighed when Shine didn’t answer and continued.

“Okay. Jeff. Shine. I’ll deploy you both on missions once your training period is over. Until then, there’s nothing I can do.”

“Why? Jin is the highest person.”

“If you assign new recruits who haven’t finished their training period to a mission, Amy will scold them.”

It was incredibly scary to get scolded by Amy.

Shine also understood that, so she nodded in agreement.

“Let’s go back.”

Shine turned and started walking towards us.

Rain and I carefully followed Shine after observing Jin’s expression.

“Wait… Wait a minute!”

As I was about to leave the room, I noticed some chocolates sitting on a small shelf next to the door.

I couldn’t resist chocolate.

As I furtively glanced at Jin, he nodded silently.

Does that mean I can take some chocolate?

I quickly reached out, picked up a handful of chocolates, and stuffed them into my pocket.

“Hoo-!”

Rain, who had left Jin’s office, let out a deep sigh.

“I forgot there was a training period.”

“Is there really such a thing as a training period?”

“Yeah. There was an accident before. So Amy made it. ”

“I see.”

I nodded.

I thought Jin was the tallest person, but surprisingly, Amy was just as tall as Jin.

“Hey. Jeff.”

“Huh?”

As I was talking to Rain, Shine came up to me and grabbed my arm, saying:

She looked at Rain’s expression, then leaned her face near my ear and whispered softly.

“What is a training period?”

“That’s right.”

I was about to answer Shine’s question, but I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.

I don’t remember.

What was the training period?

I had a rough idea of what it meant, but it felt like white snow had piled up in my head and I couldn’t remember what the word meant.

What is it? What is it? What is it?

As I was wrapping my head in confusion, Shine stroked my head.

“Don’t you know Jeff?”

“No. I know… I don’t know.”

I really don’t know.

I don’t remember.

“Should I tell you…?”

At that moment, Rain, who had been listening to our conversation, spoke carefully.

Shine and I exchanged glances.

We both nodded at the same time.

“Do it!”