Chapter 15 - First Task (2/2)

“Hey, it’s been a long time.”

“Good. Sit down quickly.”

In the meantime, he was greeted by his friends, friends he hadn’t met in almost three months.

Kim Byeong-cheol was slightly larger in frame and was sitting on the left. He had an ugly face, which often mislead people as his appearance was no representative of his character. Besides, he was a passionate fan of Lee Soo-yeon, who just became Il-hyun’s colleague.

On the right was Kwon Se-hyeong, a guy who worked in the field directly from Special Scene. Even though the special police work was challenging, his salary remained substantial enough to offset it. Because of that, the competition was quite fierce compared to the general police. He was probably the most successful of the three.

It wasn’t long before the liquor began flowing, and they continued talking, adding two additional bottles of soju.

“I went to the scene last night and got Lee Taehee’s autograph. Originally, the awakened don’t do that kind of thing but this brother got one.”

“Hey.”

When Kwon Se-hyung noticed the subject matter, he smacked Kim Byeong-cheol.

“Oh right.”

Kim Byeong-cheol, who was still excited quickly closed his mouth.

Apart from his livelihood, Kim Byung-cheol was a big fan of digging deeper into the gate and the awakened.

After the gate crisis, like fans of celebrities, passionate fans arose. In fact, not only that, but most people paid attention and were eager to hear this kind of stories.

However, Kim Byung-cheol and Kwon Se-hyeong had refrained from telling their stories as much as possible for Il-hyun’s sake.

But that was in the past, things were different now for Il-hyun.

“Continue. I don’t care if you talk about it now.”

“What? Why, all of a sudden? If it was an awakening story, you always became depressed in the past.”

“I don’t know if I can tell you. Ha-ha.”

Il-hyun, smiled, and passed the cup of soju.

Initially, he wasn’t weak to alchohol, but after he became an awakener, soju had the same effectiveness as water.

Rather than getting drunk now, the more he passed the cup, the clearer his mind became.

“I quit the company.”

“I sang a song saying I wanted to quit, and I finally got it.”

“Oh what, are you here to rob me today?”

Kwon Se-hyung’s mind hovered through the thought that the company suddenly changed the schedule today.

Of course not.

“No, I quit it for over two weeks. And I got a job elsewhere.”

“I’m glad.”

“Where?”

His eyes were focused on him, and Il-hyun hesitated for a moment.

And slowly opened his mouth.

“Aegis.”

“Foo-haha!”

“Aha-haha, I thought you were serious!”

At the mention of Aegis, the friends laughed boisterously.

Although he expected it, Il-hyun sighed at the reaction.

“Ha, I knew you guys would react this way.”

The two friends began to talk about the new topic, regardless of his slight mumbling.

“I wish I could get a job at Aegis too. Then, can I see Lee Soo-yeon every day? O-M-G.”

“It’s a dream job, even if you’re not an awakener. It is said that the white-collar job starts at 100 million won. There are a lot of people who have a career in special forces and still want to transfer to their backup team.”

“No, I’m being serious though.”

“Don’t make jokes like that, just eat the meat man.”

“I’m not kiddi-“

Kim Byeong-cheol put meat in Il-hyun’s mouth with forceps.

Then, Hyun-moo drew a tissue to wipe the oil off his mouth.

“Oh, really. Would you like to show your abilities here?”

“I think I saw salt powder move last time.”

His friends weren’t going to believe him.

As Il-hyun was considering to deform the spoon slightly, the outside suddenly became disturbed.

People on the street outside gathered and stared at the sky.

“What?”

The people inside the houses and Il-hyun’s party that looked out through a glass window were all shocked due to the sudden turmoil.

“Well. The text came.”

Il-hyun, looking out, looked at his phone.

And when he realized who the letter came from, his face turned pale.

“No… can’t you wait?”

A white VTOL transporter with a tremendous appearance landed on an unobstructed street in the alley.

With the advent of the transport, which didn’t go well with the surroundings, people took pictures of it, and soon the door of the transport came open.

Ghost and Lee Soo-yeon, wore a black coat, and the skull mask came out. The sounds of cheers and screams came from the people.

They opened the glass door and went into the meat house.

When his idols came closer, Kim Byeong-cheol could not move. It was as if he was stunned.

Lee Soo-yeon approached Il-hyun, who was still standing in amazement, then tossed a defense coat and a sword towards him.

Il-hyun stared at them embarrassedly.

“What are you doing? I’m here to pick you up. Put those on fast.”