Chapter 103 (1/2)
Episode 103
“Whenever I see you…” Lee Jae-hak’s eyes narrowed as he spoke. “I can’t help but notice the perfect balance.”
His eyes were resting on Yoo-seong’s body.
“You’re in even better shape than the last time I saw you,” he added. At this point, Yoo-seong realized that he had taken off the Queen’s Hug.
Now, he was entirely naked before Lee Jae-hak’s eyes.
“Oh, oh!” At this, he immediately dove into the water, making a splash.
When he rose once more, he was now wearing the diving suit he had placed in his slot.
Lee Jae-hak couldn’t help but clap a little. To be able to get clothed that quickly was quite an impressive feat.
“Wait,” Lee Jae-hak told him. After he spoke, Yoo-seong felt something cold and hard touch his skin.
It was ice.
A plate of ice had extended from under Jae-hak’s feet to the point where Yoo-seong was floating.
“Can you come up?”
Of course, the ice was hard enough for him to stand on.
Whenever a wave splashed against the plate, it immediately turned into thin ice. This turned out to be Lee Jae-hak’s Freezing Psy.
It was a novelty amongst other Psy all over the world, and it was also comparable to their level of quality. Yoo-seong climbed up the ice plate and stood on sea level.
“This is incredible.”
“You are great.”
They spoke at the same time. Lee Jae-hak couldn’t help but laugh when it happened.
“It isn’t easy to freeze the sea instantaneously, even just a small area,” Yoo-seong explained.
Lee Jae-hak shook his head. “Yes. It’s not easy. Especially since the sea is at this high temperature right now.”
Even a slight increase in temperature required much more concentration as well as CE. The temperature of the water where they were now standing…
‘It’s almost like a tropical sea,’ he thought.
The sea was indeed wide. As much as it was difficult to freeze, it was also difficult to heat up in this manner.
Heat and ice.
‘What if we hit the water with equal amounts of CE?’ Lee Jae-hak wondered.
Would the temperature get closer to the warmer side or vice versa?
Yoo-seong was also curious about it.
However, neither of them pursued the thought. They were both confident in their abilities, but they also had common sense. There was no reason for them to actually test it out.
“But,” at this point, Yoo-seong changed the subject, “are you here because of me?”
As soon as he spoke the words, he realized how self-centered they sounded. He had no guarantee that Yang Chang-guk did not call Lee Jae-hak. However…
“Yes.”
Lee Jae-hak did not deny it.
Rather, he just smiled. After a moment, he asked, “By the way, is it okay for us to talk here?”
Yoo-seong looked around. They were in the middle of the sea, a little farther away from the Korean ships. Of course, both Lee Jae-hak and Yoo-seong could quickly move to the decks without difficulty if they wanted to.
However, Lee Jae-hak added, “I want to talk to you in private.”
Yoo-seong nodded. At his response, Lee Jae-hak’s expression brightened.
“I’m not very comfortable with Director Yang Chang-guk. I didn’t even know there was an operation here.”
Yoo-seong’s brows furrowed.
‘Is he saying that he entered this operational area without permission, all for the sole purpose of speaking with me?’
“Yoo-seong. Are you interested in Ki and Tech?”
Yoo-seong tilted his head, surprised at the sudden question. Were there any hunters who were not interested in Ki and Tech?
Lee Jae-hak raised his palm for a moment before laughing.
“To be precise, I’m talking about our Ki and Tech.”
Upon hearing that, Yoo-seong’s eyes widened. There was no such thing, as far as he knew.
Even civilians were curious about this sort of topic.
Even though they didn’t actually understand the concept of Ki and Tech, they knew that they were secrets passed down through history.
-Why doesn’t our country have them?
-We have a lot of tradition, too.
-Even the United States has them.
At one time, it had even become a national interest. Special programs and documentaries were filmed, all of them trying to search for the secrets of Korean Ki and Tech.
However, they found nothing.