Chapter 23 - The Front (1) (1/2)

The Front (1)

The mission in Tashkent was comparatively easy. They took over the monsters coming out of the gate, and except for a few buildings, the destruction was mild.

Ilhyun got off the plane as they arrived at the headquarters. He was physically drained after the encounter with hundreds of monsters. Team A headed to wash away the grease and dirt that had layered upon them. They had to cleanse their bodies because the Smoke-monster’s poison was so strong that even a small amount could be a threat to the public.

Team members entered the right end of the building. Outside the person concerned, the door with the entrance ticket was opened with a fingerprint recognition device and lifted to the 5th floor.

In the hallway, each private room was lined up.

“Ugh! Whoa, smell. Let’s go in first.”

Ghost stretched out his hand and opened the door, and went inside.

“Everybody wash in 30 minutes. I have the next schedule.”

“The next schedule? Are you going to another gate?”

Ilhyun asked at the end of Lee Soo-yeon’s utterance. He then asked her if she would like to go to work and wash her body, she replied:

“Not that. We’re not just catching monsters. Oh, for reference, your room is right there.”

Lee Soo-yeon smiled and went into the room.

Only the confused Ilhyun was left in the hallway and went to the door; she’d shown him.

Then, like other team members, he put his thumb on the fingerprint reader.

His fingerprint was recognized, and to his surprise, the door opened automatically.

He thought he’d stay in the shower room because he wanted to go into each one separately.

Instead, it was the space that greeted him. It was a well-furnished, luxurious room with a sauna and a bath on one side.

Also, there was a cooling machine to help him recover his condition, a temporary AT sword, and a business card in his name placed on the desk.

He didn’t know if there was anything to write.

“Huh…”

He thought it would be better to live here than to go back home, soon coming back to reality.

“Still,  It looks good to practice?”

He observed the ting details of the room before heading towards the bathroom.

The transformation of water that he practiced in a bowl and in the toilets could be enjoyed here.

The water was agglomerated and scattered, creating a shape, and floating up. He was amusing himself with this when a voice came in.

“Sorry. Do a little more. It’s amazing to see. Something with high compatibility with salt power…”

“Ahh!”

Ilhyun was surprised and jumped and the water splashed everywhere.

Someone’s head broke into Ilhyun’s chest and pulled his head out.

It was Ghost.

“Oh, well, it’s hard to see how men look at each other.”

“That’s not the problem!”

Ilhyun managed to calm his chest down.

He got hit when he was utterly vigilant.

Ghost, who was wearing his clothes, floated to the ceiling.

“Are you kidding?

“I have this ability, why would I let it rot? Of course, I have to gain from it. When I was a newbie in the team, I had no clue how to do it, and I tried it with the leader Lee Soo-yeon. At that time, I was caught, and I wasn’t even able to give up after being almost killed.”

Ilhyun let out a genuine laugh at Ghost’s words.

He was undoubtedly a crazy man.

At that time, 19-year-old Ghost, who had been called a genius from when he awoke, succeeded in joining Aegis.

It was Lee Soo-yeon, who brought the first society’s pain to him.

“What are you doing here?”

“I washed myself, but there was nothing to do, so I came. Are you curious? Ask way. Time limit 5 minutes.”

Now Ghost was sitting upside down on the ceiling like a bat, and he sat with his legs.

Ilhyun, who wants to do well, asked him.

“What are you doing here? Do you have any work in the company?”

“It’s not that… It’s like the awakening waiting room.”