Episode 26. Still time goes by (1)
An unchanging class begins.
“Today’s lesson is about how adults came to be.”
Tak Gwang-jun, the homeroom teacher of Signal 1 Building Class 3. His classes are always conducted in a solemn and serious atmosphere.
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Jiing.
Kwangjun Tak manipulated the hologram protector in the center of the classroom through a laser pointer.
The image printed out was the Chinese character for ‘星人’ along with the Korean word for ‘adult’ representing the students gathered here.
“About 29 years ago. Meteor showers large and small fell across the globe. From that point on, an unspecified number of people gained supernatural powers. That is why we are called saints.”
After that, new letters are displayed on the hologram image. It was the word ‘heaven’.
“The supernatural powers of saints. We call this nature, and this word has a double meaning. The power of the stars sent down from the sky is also called ‘天星’… … .”
The class was held in the same atmosphere as usual, but my heart in the class was never the same as usual.
To be honest, my mind was halfway running away from home to Andromeda.
‘Maybe it’s good in the future?’
Even though the premise of the second episode has collapsed, time continues to flow.
I pondered over and over again. The first thing that came to my mind was this.
‘What will happen in the future if the satellite project goes undisturbed?’
I don’t know. I was afraid because I didn’t know. Originally, isn’t the unknown the element that humans feel the greatest fear of?
What should be happening doesn’t happen, and problems that should have been solved are not being solved.
What variables and how big a snowball will this result lead to in the future?
I just couldn’t afford it.
‘I can’t go to Seol Chae-hwa and ask why she doesn’t fall. I can’t go to the Ghost and ask him why he didn’t betray me.’
Who caused this situation?
In fact, I was just guessing about it.
‘Maybe it’s because of me. Who else could be.’
I don’t know, but I did something. If so, should I worry about ‘what did I do wrong that caused this variable to happen’?
no. That’s absolutely not the case.
Isn’t it a worry that has no nutritional value?
‘If I have time for that, I’ll have to think about what I’m going to do next.’
While he is lost in his thoughts, class time is over and Tak Gwang-jun leisurely leaves the classroom. Students who had been nervous throughout class stretched out and raised their voices.
Why? Today, the scene of Van feels more distant than usual. It felt like I was alone on an isolated island.
‘If Seolchaehwa doesn’t… . I’ll have to step in and solve it.’
Only then did I realize why I was feeling the way I am now.
It was solitude. A future named destruction, predestined by the Septagram, that will mark the end of the worldview of the Psychic Age.
This burden is too heavy for a single individual to bear. The responsibility of having to fill the vacant seat of Yoosung and the role of the main character weighs heavily on my shoulders.
‘How nice it would be if there was someone to share this trouble with.’
At that moment, when I take out my smartphone, my hand naturally goes to the phone book. Among them, the number that catches my eye the most is the number registered under the name of ‘Yurim Pyo’.
Nayeon Eom. Min Seo Eun. seolchaehwa. Each of these three plays a pivotal role in the main episode, making them difficult to deal with, while Pyo Yoo-rim has already fulfilled her role and come off the stage.
The strongest ally you can treat without worrying about the future.
‘But if you ask me if I’m a person I can treat comfortably…’ … .’
I have a mistake. The mistake that led to the death of the client who depended on me.
I was looking at the client through the stray forest. Because they both had something in common. It was the fact that he tried to depend too much on me.
“Mr. Kim Do-yoon. Can’t you get hurt while I’m gone or something?”
Should I not do anything for the stray forest who is concerned about my safety? Or should I ask her who is concerned about my safety, ‘I’m going to do something dangerous, can you help me?’
Neither answer is correct.
That’s how life was originally. A clear solution feels like a star in the night sky, and there are many times when you just have to choose which one is the least worst.
‘It’s impossible for me to stop the satellite project by myself.’
I’m not the type to press down with force like Meteor. Therefore, a collaborator was needed.
The problem is that the conditions for finding that collaborator are very difficult.
‘First of all, I have to be a person who can silently help me without questioning what I’m doing. Mouth must be heavy. As much as we have to deal with the evil organization called Septagram, we must use some force.’
When I listed it like this, I laughed out loud.
Could there be such a poor helper in the world?
‘… … I would normally think.’
Surprisingly, there is a person in this signal who can roughly meet the conditions. Not even one, but quite a few candidates.
Because this world is a world overlaid with an RPG game called ‘Psychic Age’. And in the original RPG game, there was bound to be an event where you would encounter a colleague who would save the world together.
I checked the current time through my smartphone.
‘First of all, let’s go find that guy with high accessibility.’
The time of worry is now over.
Even while doing this, time continued to flow.
***
‘It’s also over there.’
It’s lunch time right now.
The place I found was the rooftop of the 2nd grade building.
The name of the person I want to meet is Aram Kang. As you can guess from the name of the building, it was a second year student at Signal.
She was lying proudly on a bench prepared on the roof.
A picture of him using both arms as a pillow and touching one leg with one leg crossed. He has a cigarette in his mouth and a tattoo on his exposed thigh. It was a typical Iljinnyeo image.
‘Aram Kang. One of the sub-heroes of Psychic Age. The name of the nature possessed is [Aftermath].’
She is an adult with a unique nature who embodies the pain she has suffered as ‘ability’.
One of the easiest examples is when you feel the pain of being cut by a knife. It was a way to develop the power to inflict the same wound on the opponent’s skin.
If there is one peculiarity, there is a fixed time period in which she can be recruited as a colleague. After this year’s summer vacation, Aram Kang will be expelled from Signal and will not be seen again.
‘I’d like to know why I was expelled from the mandatory signal, but… . If a student becomes a criminal, the story will change.’
The main and supporting characters in Psychic Age have their own deep stories. As one of them, Aram Kang was in a situation where he had no choice but to become a criminal.
Anyway, since Kang A-ram is a person with limited opportunities to recruit as a colleague, it could be said that he should be considered as the first priority.
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“yes?”
When I intentionally pretended to be invisible, Kang Ah-ram finally noticed my presence. Just as he was lying down, he only turned his head and looked at me.
“hi.”
First of all, she is a senior in terms of grade level, but she deliberately spoke casually. Of course, it’s not the old-fashioned reason that I’m older than Kang Ah-ram. It was because it was necessary to suppress the baseline against her.
“hi? Are you short on words? What are you doing, you just show up and pretend you know… … . for a moment.”
At that time, Aram Kang stood up from his seat and looked at me with a frown on his forehead.
And then.
“ah! Ahh! i know you are you that guy? I heard that there is a very perverted hypnotist in the first year! Features that look like a parasitic brother and seaweed hair… . That’s right! It’s him!”
Pointing his finger, he began to recognize me.
‘Was my rumor enough to spread to the second year students?’
To the extent that Kang Ah-ram, who skips classes whenever he has free time and is not interested in most of what happens at Signal, recognizes me. How far did my unfair notoriety go?
“wow. I never thought I’d actually meet a celebrity I’d only heard about in rumors. If you’re a woman, you say you can’t use quadrupeds? Could it be that I came to hypnotize you and attack you?”
“no.”
“No, what is it? Is it really not like this?”
Kang Ah-ram, who had been giggling and laughing, suddenly spread his thighs to the sides. I almost flinched at the sudden action, but fortunately I didn’t show it.
Kang Ah-ram was wearing shorts under her skirt. Knowing the setting, I was able to meet her eyes without blinking.
“Ol~ Usually, when I do this, I go around in a hurry, but are you different? Is it because he is a man who has tasted women?”
“Aram Kang. Aren’t you curious about why I came here and how I came?”
“well. The other day, a student who was instigated by the teacher came to admonish me. I said don’t meddle, beat the fan and sent it back. How about you?”
Hearing that, I suddenly remembered how to meet Kang Ah-ram through the standard route.
A teacher who heard about Yuseong’s righteousness made a request by asking if he could rehabilitate her while talking about Aram Kang.
‘And if it’s the way it was.’
By clearing the sub-episode related to her step by step, you gradually open your mind. That was the standard route to welcome Kang Ah-ram as a colleague.
but.
“Your brother. Are you connected to the Septagram?”
The moment I brought out that remark, Aram Kang’s eyes suddenly changed.
[‘Mental Acceleration’ is activated.]
[‘Delusion Practice’ is activated.]
Whiing!
A gust of wind blew up and a quick skirmish came and went between me and her.
I dodged the rounds kick that was about to shatter my chin by a single margin, and then grabbed her arm that was trying to grab my collar and subdued it.
“young. Do you hit it?”
“calm down.”
“Where did you get that information from?”
I recited the lines I had prepared.
“I am also involved with the septagram.”
“you?”
“If you’ve heard about me, you know what I went through in Neverland, right?”
“… … I’ve only heard that it exploded after being squeezed by a Septagram executive, and then came back to life.”
“What if that wasn’t all?”
Kang Ah-ram roughly shook my arm, which was gripping my wrist. I wasn’t worried about getting hit. Because I could tell just by looking into your eyes.
“what do you want.”
The words I wanted to hear finally came out.
“Your brother. You wanna get me out of the septagram? I will help you.”
“How?”
“You know roughly what my ability is, right?”
“Are you trying to hypnotize my little brother and rehabilitate him? good. Give one hundred steps and assume that is possible. If you want to help me, why? Aren’t you going to help me for free?”
“of course. There are conditions. I have something I want to deal with. This situation requires an adult with a heavy mouth, strong courage, and good skills.”
Aram Kang nervously scratched the back of his head and said.
“Let’s hear what’s going on.”
“The story will be long. It’s not even a story worth talking about here. I want to set aside a place and time.”
“Then I will decide the place and time. I haven’t fully trusted you yet. Couldn’t you just be taken to a strange place and get raped?”
If my rumors had turned out, would I be treated like this?
I sighed and answered.
“Don’t worry, that won’t happen.”
“I’ll be very relieved. Nobody knows anything about the world.”
When I heard that, I laughed out loud.
no one knows the world Because I couldn’t help but sympathize with those words.