episode_0192

The inconvenience of losing the card began to feel very real.

For example, if you were thirsty and wanted to get a cola from the vending machine in the hallway, but couldn’t, that would be an example.

I kept pressing the buttons on the vending machine with a sad face.

Kkukkuk – There was no way it would come out, but I couldn’t shake off the foolish thought that it might happen.

“Do you want to drink that much?”

“Ugh…”

Shine’s voice was heard from behind.

She also liked cola, but she didn’t drink it as much as I did.

I thought.

If all the water in the world turned into cola, I wouldn’t have to feel this sadness.

“Has anyone picked it and forgotten about it?”

I lowered my head and looked at the entrance where the cola came out.

But that couldn’t be happening.

My hand brushes against the empty space.

“Rain…”

I looked at Rain, sobbing.

Rain, who was standing behind me, flinched and covered his pockets with both hands.

Yes, she had a card.

As an adult, Lane always carried a check card issued in his own name.

If you use that card, you can easily buy me a cold can of cola.

“Amy said no!”

Rain closed his eyes tightly and shook his head.

Yes. Before leaving, Amy confiscated my and Shine’s cards and made one promise to Lane.

Absolutely. No matter what, don’t buy us candy or cola today.

Lane will keep that promise no matter what.

Because if she fails to keep it, a big bump will form on her head.

“Rain…”

But that’s it.

I have a feeling that if I keep hanging on, they’ll buy it for me.

With that thought in my mind, I grabbed Rain’s arm and started to stretch.

I’m a bit taller than her, so it might look a bit funny hanging on to her body, but I couldn’t help it.

I really wanted to drink cola.

“Can you buy me just one?”

“Oh, no!”

Rain was resolute.

He turned his head decisively.

I sat down on the floor with a sullen expression.

My butt was cold, but I didn’t feel like getting up.

I want to drink cola~

“Jeff. Just use your powers.”

“But then… huh…?”

I raised my head blankly at Shine’s words.

My abilities have improved a lot recently.

With delicate control, it is possible to manipulate the mechanical device without damaging it.

“I see!”

I jumped up from my seat and stretched out my hand.

There was no need to search through the entire vending machine.

The place I was aiming for was the coin slot.

A thin current shot out from the finger extended there and flowed inward.

The current, shot as weakly as possible, gently touched the area the coin passed through.

Then, with a clicking sound, the vending machine’s lights came on.

“Gasp!”

I quickly pressed the cola button repeatedly.

Click, click, rattle, every time the cola comes out, a coin goes in.

No, it makes you think there’s a coin in there.

I used my powers with the intention of draining all the colas in the vending machine.

“Jeff… If you pull it out like that, you’ll get caught.”

Never get caught.

I’ve already confirmed that there are no security cameras in this hallway.

So the story was that if no one spoke up, you could commit the perfect crime.

I held in my arms a can of Coke overflowing from the entrance.

Still, the cola kept flowing, so I got up in a hurry, ran to the office, and grabbed my dinosaur bag.

Since I didn’t think I could fit everything in one bag, I had to bring Shine’s and Rain’s chick bags as well.

I put my bags on the floor and started putting all the colas in.

“Hey, hurry up! Help me quickly!”

I asked Shine and Rain for help.

The two people who were watching me exchanged glances, then came up to me with reluctant expressions and started putting colas into their bags.

I had to collect all the spilled cola before anyone got here.

“Where are you going to hide all these? Amy will definitely find out when she comes back.”

“I’ll hide it in Big Backsi’s body.”

“That big teddy bear?”

“Yeah.”

I answered Shine, thinking of my big teddy bear, Big Bagsy.

It was a bear friend with an incredibly large body that was a gift from Grandpa Ferman.

If you unzip the zipper on the back, a large space appears inside, and I could fit comfortably in it.

So you can hide all this cola there.

Shine, Rain, and I stood up from our seats with our overstuffed bags on our backs.

I quickly scanned the hallway.

Fortunately, no other teams left the office.

No witnesses.

The vending machine is also in good condition.

There were no problems with operation.

So the three of us headed back to our lodgings, carrying heavy cans of cola on our backs.

I opened the door and entered the room, ran to the big teddy bear, and pushed it down.

I turned the teddy bear over so that its back was exposed while it was looking at the sky, and then pulled down the zipper on its neck, and all kinds of trash came out.

“Gasp…”

I covered my mouth in surprise.

“This is…”

Rain also looked surprised at the trash that suddenly appeared.

How long had it been since Amy started slapping the wrappers of the snacks she had secretly eaten here?

I’ve been out for quite some time on a mission, so I forgot I had put my trash here.

I quickly took out the trash.

It was scattered all over the floor, but it was important to hide the cola first.

After taking out all the trash, I open the bag and pour the cola into the Big Bagsy.

I didn’t forget to take out about five cans of something for me to drink.

I took out a can each of Shine’s and Rain’s.

After finishing our hard work, we sat on the floor and drank cola.

The trash scattered everywhere was sparkling.

“What are you going to do about this?”

“I should clean it up. Since Amy isn’t here, I can throw it away secretly.”

I looked at Rain as I answered Shine’s question.

She sipped her cola, avoiding my gaze.

“Rain will help you too?”

“Uh, uh…”

Rain nodded reluctantly.

After finishing off the can of Coke, I walked over to the shelf where Amy kept her trash bags and stood on tiptoe.

Since I was a little short, I had to stretch out my hand with all my might to barely reach it.

“Euuuu~”

The handle of the shelf drawer clicked on my outstretched fingertips.

I just pulled at it.

But is it because I didn’t control my strength properly?

With a slippery sensation, the shelf drawer fell out, spilling its contents.

“Ouch!”

Trash bags, tape, and various other odds and ends scattered everywhere.

They were mixed in with the trash scattered on the floor.

Lane closed his eyes as if he wanted to escape from this terrible situation.

Shine was also looking at the floor with a troubled expression.

“It’s okay!”

I shouted as if talking to myself.

It’s really okay.

Not yet, that is.

I checked the clock on the wall.

There’s still plenty of time until Amy promised to return.

If you try hard enough, you will be able to clean it up.

I grabbed the trash bag that had fallen to the floor and swung it forward.

And so the cleaning began.

It’s a very simple task, just pick up trash and put it in a bag.

There was no way that me, Shine, and Rain couldn’t do this.

We worked hard and were able to finish cleaning with sweat forming on our foreheads.

Big Bagsy was carrying so much trash that it filled two of Amy’s usual trash bags.

“If Amy had seen it, it wouldn’t have ended with a honey chestnut.”

“Ugh…”

I responded to Lane’s words as I dragged a large trash bag down the hallway.

Now I had to move this trash bag.

If you hold it with both hands, you might be able to lift it, but if you walk with a garbage bag as tall as you in front of you, you won’t be able to see anything.

So I had to drag it along.

Shine and I each held a trash bag in our hands and dragged it along.

Rain pushed from behind.

Swish, swish – the sound of an envelope being swept across the floor.

After dragging the envelope for a while, Lane screamed.

“Jeff!”

“Why?”

Shine and I couldn’t help but stop at Rain’s scream.

At the end of the gaze that was turned like that, Rain was pointing to the floor of the hallway with his hand.

When I turned my gaze back to follow the hand, there was a long line of trash stretching down the hallway.

“Ahhh!”

Yes. The trash bag that was being dragged around ended up tearing apart because it couldn’t withstand the friction.

The guy started spitting out the contents like that, and the hole was getting wider and wider.

“Oh, what should I do…”

I put down the trash bag and sat down on the floor.

Thanks to Rain’s early discovery, not much trash was spilled.

When I was in a difficult situation, a text message suddenly arrived on my phone.

It seemed like the same thing happened to Rain and Shine, the three of us took out our phones at the same time.

The sender was Jin, and the text was very concise.

Request for fire support.

emergency

I was concerned about the urgent message below.

I looked at Rain’s expression to see what it was, and her expression was seriously frozen.

“Hey, Rain. What does this emergency mean?”

After checking the text, Rain, as if he had no time to speak, grabbed Shine’s and my hands and started running.

The place Rain brought us to was Jin’s office.

The moment we arrived, Jin jumped up from his seat as if he had been waiting for us.

It wasn’t just Jin.

Inside the office, other team members were also standing.

It looks like that text message was just sent to every team member at headquarters.

“Okay, the last team members have arrived, so I’ll explain. Listen carefully. Can you see me here now?”

Jin pointed to the screen behind him with his hand.

A large map was spread out on the screen.

“All the team members who initially applied are now tied up here.”

I pulled Rain’s arm while listening to Jin’s explanation.

“Excuse me. What’s the situation now?”

“Shh. Jeff. Focus and listen. Jin will explain everything.”

I nodded to Rain’s words and started to focus on Jin’s words.

Jin said.

The first team to provide fire support fell into a trap.

It may not be that dangerous, but it means that your feet are tied up and it is impossible to steal the cargo you were aiming for.

Jin’s words made me think of Amy and Victor.

It wouldn’t be dangerous since there were two very strong people there, and it wasn’t just them that went, but I couldn’t stop worrying.

The team members here have been given a goal.

The goal is to run a train carrying cargo and support stranded team members.

I naturally wanted a support team, but Jin gave us a cargo-stealing mission.

Without even having time to ask why, Jin said.

“With Rain and Jeff’s abilities, they should be able to stop the train with little damage.”

I shut my mouth with a look of discontent at his words.

My cheeks felt like they were going to swell up.

“Everyone, keep this in mind. Never destroy the freight cars of a train. Got it? ”

What on earth could be in the cargo hold that makes you say something like that?

I wanted to ask about the cargo, but the atmosphere was so heavy that I couldn’t bring myself to say anything.

Jin began to describe the train’s expected path.

The train departing from Zone 5 was passing Zone 16.

Looking at the projected route, it seemed like it was going to take the tracks from section 20 to section 19, then turn around at one point and then head back up to the upper section.

Me, Rain, and Shine were assigned a spot where all the tracks connect.

“Because there’s no time. Everyone, move quickly.”

Everyone left the office without saying a word.

We also left the office to prepare.

Lane packed his suit and umbrella.

I filled my pockets with Victor’s crowbar and coins for throwing.

Since the special suit hadn’t been made yet, Shine and I didn’t have much to prepare.

Are the three of us really going out like this?

Amy told me to wait here quietly.

As I hesitated with the large portal before my eyes, Rain grabbed my hand tightly.

The worry didn’t last long.

In the first place, he endured those difficult trials because he wanted to help Amy.

I too was able to do my share well enough.

The team members standing nearby each threw themselves towards different portals.

They will each try to stop the train from their assigned spots.

There was no single expected path, so if they all failed, we would pour all our energy into the final location where we were.