Chapter 214 – Conspiracy Revealed (4)
I got off work and got paid. I smiled pleasantly at the money in the white envelope. Song Yeo-ul Hunter also seemed to be in a good mood. We threw our fists out and bumped into each other, no matter who said it first. Then, I turned my gaze to the door with the security card.
The door was still firmly closed. I asked the welder who was counting the daily wages next to me.
“Aren’t the people over there going to work?”
“Uh? I don’t know? We’ll get off work after we get off work. I hear you work late into the night.”
“Is it so?”
I looked at Song Yeoul Hunter. I came all the way here and did the construction work, so I couldn’t back down like this. We made up our minds once again and decided to move.
It wasn’t good to infiltrate a cafe or restaurant. Near the construction site, if we stare at the construction site, it will attract attention. So, the place we chose was the roof of a building. Against the backdrop of the sunset over the Han River, we started monitoring who was coming out.
From the apartment overlooking the Han River as if it were my own estate, I was able to thoroughly inspect the construction site. The people procrastinating like ants were the workers who had just finished getting ready for work and were going home. Among the workers, there was no appearance that seemed to be a special technician. Hunter Song Yeoul said.
“It roughly matches the number of workers I saw on the list earlier. Now it seems that all the workers have gone.”
“Now, if there are people coming out of that field, you mean those special technicians?”
“Yes.”
Song Yeowul Hunter replied and waited with her arms folded in silence, then she asked me.
“Are not you hungry?”
“Ah, yes, a little.”
“Would you like some ramen?”
Saying that, he took out a cup of noodles that seemed to have been brought from the worker’s office earlier. I was dumbfounded and ended up laughing, but he looked like he really wanted to eat ramen. Seeing the bushy beard and bull-like eyes, I replied:
“I don’t think much of it. Please eat.”
“Okay.”
Then he took a thermos bottle out of his bag. When did you put the warm water in it? In front of me, Song Yeo-ul Hunter started boiling two cup noodles that had been opened. The stimulating aroma unique to ramen has already begun to rise. As the hot water was poured in, I involuntarily swallowed and took a deep breath.
Song Yeo-ul Hunter was concentrating his eyes on the building while doing this precise work. I, too, imitated his behavior and turned my head again. The smell of ramen that you smell outdoors is similar to pheromones, and it has the property of distracting people’s concentration. Even when the lid is tightly pressed, the unique instant scent wafting through the cold wind made my mouth water.
The sound of chopsticks being bitten was heard. I tried to focus my eyes on the building. I heard the sound of the cup noodles lid being completely removed. I could feel the subtle warmth behind my back. Right now, white steam will be embroidering the night sky as you stir your ramen noodles. In the riverside, the sun sets early and the temperature cools down early.
There was always a longing for warm food by the river where pure white breath came out.
Hurululululuk!
“Uh…”
I shook my head at the sound of violently licking the noodles. I heard Song Yeo-ul exclaim.
“Uh… !”
Fuck.
How did I show my pride to say I don’t eat ramen? Would you give it to me if I asked for a bite right now? When I slightly turned my head, Yeo-ul Song was looking at me shaking her noodles. One cup of noodles was still unopened. He pointed at me with the remaining cup noodles and asked.
“I boiled two to eat a lot, but after eating it, I couldn’t eat it because the amount was so large. Do you want to eat?”
“Ah yes…”
I quickly accepted the cup noodles. The Diamond Club is bad, but Song Yeo-ul is a good person. I decided to think so and inhaled the scent of ramen. The spicy scent spreading through his nose was no joke.
After stirring the thick noodles in the soup once more and bringing it to your mouth, the soup that seeped into the gaps between the noodles and vegetables leaked out of your mouth like fruit juice bursting, soaking your tongue with a salty and spicy taste. Soaked
“Ugh!”
Then, forgetting that I was a young man in my twenties, I just frowned and breathed heavily like an old man. Song Yeo-ul smiled and asked.
“You did well to eat.”
“Oh, kill me. Yes.”
Song Yeo-ul smiled and looked away from her, then hardened her face. I also stopped eating ramen and turned my head. A man was walking out in the direction of the security door. He was shaking his head as he took off the goggles and mask on his face, and it looked very hot just by looking at it. Song Yeo-ul drank the remaining broth in one go and said.
“Let’s go.”
“Ah, I…”
“Why?”
I’ve only had one bite yet, but I couldn’t help it. I turned my head around and eventually left the cup noodles in place and followed Song Yeoul down the stairs. The monitoring location was a little far from the construction site, so we had to hurry. Song Yeo-ul said.
“You must hurry.”
“Yes, then quickly…”
“Hold tight.”
As soon as I put down the ramen, he grabbed me and jumped off the building.
“Huh?”
When I tried to scream, he held my mouth shut and spread his hands in the air. Colorful soap bubbles poured out of his palms and wrapped around us. I looked at her ability with her curious face, and Song Yeo-ul nodded her head as if to trust him.
Trapped in a giant soap bubble, we landed softly on the floor of the apartment like a gym ball falling, and bounced back up like a bouncy ball. In the split second of her bounce, Song Yeo-ul released her own powers, grabbed the signboard of her mall, and landed on the roof of her second-floor mall. On the roof of the shopping mall, a researcher who had not yet left the construction site could be seen.
I said.
“What should I do? Wouldn’t it be better to try it in the construction site now? It looks like he came out alone.”
“Let’s just steal the security card in moderation. Seeing that they are managed separately as ‘special technicians’, I don’t think we should touch them hastily.”
“Yes.”
We put on masks and hoods and came down from the mall. The special technician was heading somewhere with a deep sigh. We followed him, keeping the right distance so he wouldn’t be seen. Brilliant neon signs were shining brightly.
The white light of the convenience store illuminated our path. After walking for a while, the technician moved to the motel village. I said.
“It looks like they use a motel as their accommodation.”
“It seems so.”
It seemed to be as it was said. The special technician moved to a place marked [Sauna Motel] And started talking a few words with the staff at the counter on the first floor. We were just staring at each other from across the building with our heads down as if we were smoking cigarettes. Hiding in the shade, pretending to be drunk, shaking his shoulders or chatting, it seemed very natural.
After a few words, the technician gave the counter clerk the safety glasses and the card he was wearing around his neck, then shook his head and went upstairs. Song Yeo-ul said.
“Are you returning the security card there?”
“Did you see that?”
“Then, it would be convenient to get one from the counter.”
“Would you like a room… Wait a minute.”
I went into the alley for a moment and whispered in a small voice.
“Summon Misaki!”
Misaki burst out of my chest, emitting a bright light. She was trying to shout her lines out loud while striking cute poses, so I had to hurriedly shut her mouth.
“Town! Town!”
“Come on, Misaki. Could you be quiet for a moment? I also wear plain clothes.”
She was wearing a long dress, which, as of now, shouldn’t draw attention. So I got her to put on her hoodie and jeans, then back out of her alley. Song Yeo-wool said with an admiring face that I suddenly brought the woman out.
“In that short period of time… And…”
“No, I was summoned.”
Song Yeo-ul made a shocked expression for a moment at the words, and then she nodded her head shyly. What were you thinking? It was annoying to explain, so I decided to get a room first. I put my hand around Misaki’s shoulder and said to Hunter Song.
“Then, I’ll go in and get a room, ask the counter clerk for service, and send it upstairs. Then Mr. Yeo-ul just needs to go to her counter and get her security card.”
“Okay, that will work.”
That too was a nuance that agreed with my plan. I nodded her head once, then squeezed Misaki’s hand. Misaki looked very happy about going to the motel. I patted her on the back once.
*****
“Yes, welcome.”
The counter staff greeted me with a very unmotivated face. I laughed and told him.
“Yes. Hello. Is there any vacant room?”
He took one look at Misaki and then said to me.
“It’s because the crackdown is a bit strict these days. Please present your ID only once. Just in case.”
“Ah yes. Here you go.”
I presented my ID card and looked at Misaki. Misaki was staring at me with his eyes wide open. The employee looked at my identification card, tilted his head, nodded, and looked at Misaki again.
“Customer. Please present your ID.”
“I don’t have ID.”
Misaki said that with a puzzled expression on her face. The employee twisted his head at those words and looked at me with a look full of contempt. I said.
“It is because I am a foreigner. Japanese. I’m from Japan. Japan doesn’t have ID.”
Misaki nodded, but the staff didn’t believe it.
“Would you like to try Japanese?”
Misaki said with a puzzled face.
“Ah, I can’t speak Japanese…”
The employee looked at me again with a puzzled expression.
“…”
“…”
The employee and I looked into each other’s eyes and said nothing. I said in a calm voice.
“…Do not misunderstand. It’s not that I brought minors with me.”
“…Anyway, it’s not possible without ID.”
“…Yes.”
Fuck.
