Chapter 65 – Immediate Moment
“… Troublesome.”
Pajik-
Jooyoung tore down the barbed wire blocking the path ahead with his bare hands and then entered the interior of the mountain.
It was a dangerous object with electricity flowing through it and thorns sticking out, but it was not much of a hindrance to swordsman Yoon Ju-young.
She tore down her barbed wire and headed further inward, trampling dry branches and leaves.
Sabak-
Even though she doesn’t know the way, her approximate location can be estimated through her magic sense.
Also, when she recalled the experience of defeating monsters in the past, it was not difficult to retrace the path taken by a young child.
“Is this place?”
After walking for a while, Jooyoung stopped at one place and looked around.
The terrain itself is a perfect place to hide something. Footsteps stop around here, and I can feel a magical response around me.
You may be asking how easy it is to find a hidden bunker, but in fact, even in Korea, it is not easy to create a secret shelter to avoid being tracked by the few hunters.
Also, if the approximate location is specified due to various information, it can be easily found just by looking at the surroundings.
Sasassa-
As Jooyoung swept her surroundings with his sharp eyes, a cold wind blew around her.
Huuuuung-
As the crumbled maple leaves swirled around like a tornado, she found something sparkling in the forest. Camera lens. It was CCTV.
‘Hmm.’
It was a moment when my feelings were confirmed. He must be hiding here.
As soon as Jooyoung checked the CCTV, she stamped her feet with her magic in high heels.
Quang-
When she stamped her foot, she was met with a scattering of dirt and stone, and in an instant the ground broke open, revealing an iron gate hidden beneath.
A steel door tightly closed. It seemed to be a door leading down a passage.
The door was still intact even though it had been torn to the surrounding ground, possibly due to some magical processing.
Jooyoung looked at the CCTV in the distance and spoke softly.
“Hey. Open the door before they crush the whole thing.”
[…
After a while, a voice came out from a speaker hidden somewhere along with a crackling sound.
[I don’t know who you are, but please come in.]
Gwaik-
Then, the tightly closed iron door opened.
‘Don’t you know who it is? What kind of trick are you playing?’
Jooyoung brushed his tangled hair behind his ear, then took the stairs to his basement and confidently entered the bunker.
***
A little while ago.
“Oh, what should I do? What should I do!”
Yoon Joo-young suddenly comes here. What kind of lightning is this? How on earth did you know I was hiding here!
I was resting for a bit during the wise man’s time after getting bullied so much by the Nunna guys, and then I was struck by lightning.
After stamping my feet, I decided to use the points to return to my original state.
Since the mind is influenced by the body, when I return to my original adult body, my mind will move a little faster.
I manipulated the app to use the points.
In addition to the original points, I gained 600,000 points this time, so I can last for quite a long time. Even if there is a battle with Yoon Joo-young.
Beep-
But the state of the app was a little strange. I can’t access the app store, and when I press the icon, it suddenly bounces and returns to the home screen.
No matter how many times I tried, the same thing happened again.
“Why is this happening!!”
Fuck, I’m still in a hurry, but why is the app not working?
“Yuria, where is Yuria?”
In a hurry, I looked for Yuria somewhere. Help even in times like this!
When I shouted loudly, Yuria, who was sleeping under the blanket, woke up, rubbing her eyes.
[Ah, you’re back? How was the 2nd session?]
“That’s not important right now, the app suddenly doesn’t work. Why is this happening?”
Yuria climbed onto my shoulder and looked at her phone screen, and she said as if it was no big deal.
[Oh, I guess the app is being updated. I heard that a new feature is being added. It won’t take long, so just leave it alone.]
“No, I’m really in a hurry! I need to spend my points right away and return to my original body!”
I pointed to the screen on TV and said to Yuria.
A woman broke through her barbed wire fence with her bare hands. She was walking towards her bunker with great strides.
Looking at that confident gait, the location of the bunker must have been discovered.
As Yuria saw the uninvited guest gradually approaching, she expressed her disapproval.
[Ugh. Bad timing. You can’t use the app’s functions during the update. It will take at least an hour or two.]
“Cancel! Cancel the update!”
[Sorry. Because this is not something I can touch.]
“No!”
I threw the phone on the bed and pulled out my hair with my hands.
Fucked. I am screwed.
Even though this bunker can block nuclear weapons, there is no such thing in front of the Sword Demon. Her black strength cuts through steel like tofu.
A living human weapon.
She can go anywhere she wants.
‘Should I jump through the portal like this?’
I also thought about the portal provided in the bunker.
However, as long as traces of the magic power that activated the portal remain, backtracking is not difficult. My movements will soon be discovered.
‘… Or should I just pretend it doesn’t exist.’
I have thought about hiding somewhere and pretending that no one is there.
But seeing as she came this far, she must have been convinced that I was here. That kind of strategy doesn’t work.
No matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn’t think of a way to overcome the current situation. After thinking for a moment, I picked up my suitcase.
‘Can not help it. Let’s just jump out.’
The best option was to jump through the portal. This is because we can buy a little time, and once we get out of this closed bunker, there are variables. If I go abroad, something will work out.
“Yu. Yuria. Quickly get on my shoulder. Let’s jump.”
There is no time to pack.
After throwing my suitcase back, I hurriedly grabbed only my wallet and clothes and ran towards the portal.
The place where this portal is currently connected is the mansion where I originally lived.
There’s a car parked in the basement of the mansion, so let’s take it to the airport.
But I don’t know if my legs can touch the accelerator and brake. Is it possible to drive with this body?
It was a time when I was about to board the portal, thinking about various things.
Kwaaang-!
A great vibration and noise that shakes the earth.
Kurrr-
“Wow.”
Shocked as if the entire underground bunker was shaking, I covered my head and squatted on the floor. Like the posture when an earthquake strikes.
It looked like the ignorantly strong woman had really broken down the bunker door and entered. I really don’t have time anymore.
I stood up again and tried to step into the portal with one last hope.
“… What? Where have you gone?”
The portal that was operating just moments ago had disappeared before my eyes.
‘Is this… Is this also broken? ‘At this timing?’ It’s too elaborate to say that.
‘No way, because of the shock just now?’
I looked at the dust still falling from the ceiling.
A powerful shock of magical power that had just been delivered from the ground. It is expected that this wave of magical energy was transmitted underground, destroying the portal just as EMP breaks down electronic devices.
Since the portal is a culmination of incredibly advanced magic, it is not impossible for it to be damaged by something like this. In the first place, the opponent was also the swordsman.
“Fuck.”
I sat down in front of the turned off portal, devastated.
It’s all over now. I’m dead.
Jooyoung took care of my situation and gave me a week’s grace, but I was caught after running away in the middle of the night and being stuck in a bunker.
Given her personality, I am now as good as dead. Now, I might get caught in this condition and be rolled into the association’s meat toilet.
That time when I was depressed.
‘… Wait.’
I immediately remembered something. Maybe there is no need to be pessimistic.
In the first place, there are some differences in appearance between my current body as a boy and my body as an adult.
Even if I go out to greet her like this, there is a small chance that Jooyoung won’t recognize me.
No, even if they notice, I can catch them and that’s it.
There is no way to prove the correlation between my original body and my current shota state.
If there’s a way to prove this, it’s just that Jooyoung and Yasu played in the event world, but that’s just a dream, no, it’s just a parallel world in the form of an event.
Even if I, who experienced it, still have that memory, Jooyoung probably doesn’t have that memory.
This is just one-sided communication through the power of the app.
So, although there is mental evidence, there is no physical evidence. This is clear physical evidence that I am Lee Yeon. At least I thought so.
Well… Since you’ve come this far, it’s true that you’ve noticed something, but for now, let’s pretend not to notice. Already in a dilemma. That’s the only way for now.
“Open the door before they crush the whole thing.”
An external voice is heard through the speaker. Jooyoung’s voice is scary.
If you don’t open the door, she’ll break it in anyway, which will only make her angry.
‘… Let’s open the door and get out.’
After taking a deep breath and making up my mind, I operated my smartphone and connected it to an external speaker.
“I don’t know who you are, but please come in first.”
Then, he operated the phone and opened the entrance door.
Cheolkeng-
When the steel door to the outside opened, the air pressure in the bunker changed slightly.
Next, the sound of high heels coming down the stairs was heard from far away.
Ttogak- Ttogak-
A fearful sound like the footsteps of a grim reaper.
After putting on my clothes with trembling hands, I headed toward the main gate of the bunker’s living quarters.
Ttogak-
After a while, the sound of footsteps stopped beyond the gate.
I opened her door and tried to see her standing outside. At that time.
Chin-
Her hand came through the crack in the door, grabbed the door, and opened it with all her strength.
“Ugh.”
The gate opened in an instant.
I looked up, shaking like a small animal. Jooyoung is looking down at me with mysterious, strange eyes.
I wanted to open my mouth and make some excuse about the current situation or deny my original relationship, but I couldn’t bring myself to move my tongue.
There were a lot of things she had been thinking about, but when she actually faced her, her brain froze. I wonder how a rabbit feels in front of a predator.
“…”
After remaining silent for a while, she suddenly took out her cell phone.
And then I called someone and said.
“Yes, Kahi. It’s me, I’ll give you a leave. About three days. Yes, please take care of it. I’m sorry. I have a favor to ask.”
