7 – 007. Yewon Ji (1)
-So. What do you want me to do
The moment I heard that, I suddenly thought of this.
Is it really a good thing to bring Min Chaeryeong into this job?
I didn’t know much about Min Chaeryeong yet. The only thing I knew about her was what she had shown me for the past 15 days and the fragmentary evaluations of her seniors at work.
To be honest, there was no guarantee that she would not be my enemy. No matter how much I am a member of the guard, my identity could be a villain, and even if not, who knows if I will be in conflict with me later.
But I couldn’t help it. At this point, she was the only one I could turn to for her help.
“…… Let me explain briefly.”
I tried hard to contain my anxious heart. What’s the use of worrying about the future now? Now was the time to focus on the quest in front of us.
I briefly explained her current situation to Min Chae-ryeong.
That the Dawning sent an assassin to punish the organization’s traitor.
The traitor is Ji Ye-won, an academy student.
If you betrayed her organization, there must be a reason for that, and if you conciliate her, you will be able to get her information about her mysterious Dawning Corps.
The last words were bait to attract Min Chaeryeong. Simply saying, ‘Ji Ye-won is an enrolled student, so we have to protect her.’ Because she doesn’t think it will pay off.
-I see. That’s definitely a point. There is no better opponent to dig up inside information than a traitor to an organization.
Fortunately, Chaeryeong Min accepted my proposal positively. The tension that gripped my heart seemed to ease a little.
-First of all, finding out where the student named Ji Ye-won is now and securing her recruit is the most urgent thing. Do you know where she is?
“No. I do not know.”
-Then I’ll look for it on my side.
“Are you looking for it yourself? Or not-.”
-Of course I’m making my subordinates do it. Why are you anxious?
“Yes.”
-Don’t worry. I won’t talk about you And all but one of my men are heavy-mouthed.
I’m glad then, but the anxiety didn’t go away. For me, I wanted as few people as possible to know about this situation.
“Okay. Then, please keep this matter a secret from that soft-spoken person.”
-Oh, I think it’s already too late?
“Yes?”
-A person with a light mouth. He’s right next to you right now.
At those words, I looked back at the vegetable industry. She met her eyes with her uneasy eyes as she was anxiously a little further away.
“Ah.”
As she looked at that clumsy figure, her uneasiness crept up.
-Don’t worry… I can’t say But if I tell you well, you’ll be fine. Even though he is very cubic, he is afraid of me and tries to keep one word of mine together.
“Can I ask you something?”
-Yes.
“Why did you have the vegetable research team watch over me?”
-How can a person live doing only what he is good at? Even if you can’t do something, you have to do it until you get used to it. That’s what I thought, so I gave it to him…….
A deep sigh came from the other side of the phone. She seemed to be able to see her figure shaking her head with her forehead resting on her forehead.
-I never thought it would be this clumsy. I told you not to be heard like that.
“It was a little too clumsy.”
-Let’s ask this one more time. When did you first find out you were being watched? Surely the first time you came to protest against me was last Wednesday, right? Did you notice then?
“No. It’s a bit late to tell the team leader, but I noticed the monitoring itself the day after I met the team leader.”
-You mean you were caught right away?
She smiled dejectedly as if it was so absurd. She felt sorry for her.
-…… Anyway. I’ll look for that student Ji Ye-won over here. It won’t take long. The results will probably be out by lunchtime tomorrow. I will contact you again then.
“Where can I contact you?”
-I will only contact you. If you want to know my contact information, come under me.
“Oh, here it is. 010-○○○○-○○○○. This number displayed on the screen right now is the team leader’s number, right?”
-… ….
Static.
-…… Well, I’m asking just in case. What position are you calling now?
“I normally hold my smartphone to my ear and make a call.
-Isn’t Soyeon holding it?
“Yes. I just took over as a smartphone.
-Did he hand it over casually?
“Yes. Casually.”
-…… So-yeon next to you, can you change it for me?
“I’m not with you right now.”
-… ….
Silence again.
No, when I listened closely, I heard a shallow trembling breath. It was not a shiver of fear or cold, but a shiver of deep exasperation.
‘Come to think of it, I said that you don’t give out your contact information to anyone.’
There were plenty of ways to keep your number hidden. Just like Min Chaeryeong said, you can hold the phone instead of you, or you can make a call on the speaker phone with the screen face down.
However, Vegetable Yeon couldn’t think of it that far. And Min Chae-ryeong probably didn’t know that the vegetable-yeon was so thoughtless.
How long had it been since then, a small muttering that seemed to suppress emotions leaked through the phone.
-………… Soyeon change it
“Yes.”
I strode toward the vegetable garden. As I approached, she ran towards me with her uneasy eyes.
“What did the team leader say? Aren’t you scolding me?”
“Please change.”
“Huh?”
Chae-yeon took over the phone with her anxious expression.
“I changed my phone number to Vegetable Yeon.”
-…… Soyeon?
“Yes, yes!”
Min Chaeryeong started talking softly. The voice was so low that I couldn’t hear it, but I was able to guess what it was about thanks to the face of the vegetable-yeon, which was dyed in a leaden color in an instant.
– Boom.
Eventually, the call ended, and Chae-yeon sat down on the floor like a doll whose thread had been cut.
“Are you okay?”
“…… Saying.”
“Yes?”
“I said I wouldn’t get scolded! You said you wouldn’t get scolded! Whoops! But what is it! You really, really scolded me, you liar!!”
Chae-yeon looked up at me with her resentful eyes.
No, is this my fault?
I thought about it, but I didn’t do anything wrong. Her scolding was purely her karma.
“Huhhhhh-!”
Chae Ji-yeon started to cry by letting go of her throat. I felt bad for seeing her, so when I tried to pat her on the back, she violently slammed her hand away from me.
“Go away! I don’t need it all, you bastard!”
Anyway, she seemed to need some alone time. Well, it would be embarrassing to watch a grown-up girl cry.
Here, as she said, it would be best to leave her seat.
“Huh! Whoops! hehehehe…….”
I immediately turned back. As the distance increased, her cries gradually became quieter.
“Go, hi! Are you really going, you bastard? ….”
The mutterings of hers could be heard from a distance, but it was hard to hear because they just turned around the corner.
***
The next day.
“…… What’s going on from the wind in the morning?”
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Leaving the house to take out the trash, I ran into Vegetable Yeon who was waiting in front of the front door.
Perhaps because of yesterday’s work, Chae-yeon’s eyes were red and swollen.
The clothes are plain plain clothes, not guard uniforms or training clothes.
The reason why he wears a little thin for winter is probably because he doesn’t feel the cold very well thanks to being a superman.
‘I’d rather wear this yesterday.’
Even now, I still don’t understand why he was wearing that pink tracksuit.
Will it hurt if I ask you openly?
“Have you given up on spying now?”
“…… I got a call from the manager. He said he was looking for Ji Ye-won.”
“You found it quickly. So where are you?”
“Wonju.”
Saying that, Chae-yeon pointed her thumb outward.
“I’m leaving right away. Get ready and come down.”
On the road in front of the one-room building stood a large sedan painted in deep pink that seemed to be hers.
‘I really like pink.’
As she looked at the tea with her strange sense with her eyes, Chae-yeon asked.
“Why?”
“… Do you like pink?”
“Yes. Isn’t it cute?”
“Uh… ….”
I was about to ask a question, but I immediately shook my head. It’s my taste, but what can I do? Preferences should be respected.
After she got ready, I got into her car with her. Seeing Chae-yeon in the spacious driver’s seat of her large sedan was like seeing her middle school daughter stealing her father’s car.
She asked with a dissatisfied expression if she felt my gaze.
“…… What.”
“If you find it difficult to drive, I can drive for you.”
“That’s okay?!”
Chaeyeon frowned and started her car. She was nervous for a moment, but contrary to her worries, she gently drove her car out to the side of the road.
“…… Ji Ye-won is currently staying at a motel in Wonju.”
Cha Ji-yeon said while keeping her eyes on the front.
“You mean the motel? Wouldn’t you have already checked out and left by this time?”
“Since I entered the motel last night, I haven’t been seen on the surrounding CCTV. Perhaps he is wary of moving in broad daylight. For now, it’s because you’re being chased.”
“Isn’t it safer in broad daylight when ordinary people walk around?”
“As long as the Dawnings are the kind that care about that.”
Well, an organization that openly terrorizes government buildings doesn’t care about the eyes of ordinary people.
“What room is Ji Ye-won staying in?”
“Room 703.”
“I managed to figure it out.”
“hehehe. Hacking a small motel’s computer isn’t even a job!”
Chae-yeon shrugged her shoulders confidently. She didn’t twist that attitude a little bit, but she just said it like she did, and she did.
‘I’m the only one bothered if I say something and then cry and scream again.’
After that, we talked for two hours and ran on the road.
The two of us finally arrived in front of the motel where Ji Ye-won was staying. The name ‘Pia Motel’, written in a sophisticated font, greeted the two of us.
The moment I saw that name, an alarm went off in my head.
‘Wouldn’t you be reported for going in with Chae So-yeon?’
A high school student in plain clothes should pay high for Chae-yeon. At first glance, she had the appearance of a middle school student or lower. On the other hand, she is a sturdy young man in his twenties. She was just right for misunderstanding.
However, Chae-yeon seemed to have no idea about my appearance. She got out of her car and whimpered from the back seat and pulled out a large trunk.
“Take this before going up.”
“What is this?”
“Our equipment. You are completely naked right now.”
Chae-yeon took out the contents of her trunk and explained one by one.
“First of all, the type B defensive court. And this is a superhuman taser gun and a stun blade. A tranquilizer gun with superhuman sedatives, and finally an EEG-scan type bomb necklace. When a criminal wears this and tries to use superpowers, the brain waves are scanned and the bomb in the necklace explodes.”
“No, wait. Wait.”
I asked her as I watched her increasingly heinous things.
“Are we going to war or something?”
“It’s not a war, but there will be a fight. Even though the opponent is a traitor, isn’t it the dawn? Even if I show you my guard member ID and ask you to follow me, you won’t follow me?”
She asked, as if asking for something obvious. It was the moment when the difference in perception between me and her was revealed.
I was only looking at Ji Ye-won as a quest target to protect her. So she was inadvertently overlooking her chances of getting into a fight with her.
However, from the perspective of Chae-yeon, Ye-won Ji is a member of a criminal organization, even if he is a traitor. It was natural for her to be wary and prepare for battle.
“…… That’s right. I was wrong.”
Reflecting on her complacent attitude, she put on her body the equipment she gave her.
‘It’s a fight.’
The tension slowly rose. If I had to fight in my life, the only thing I had to fight with my friend in the parking lot when I was in elementary school. Ah, if sparring in a boxing classroom where you were beaten unilaterally for 3 minutes is a fight, is it a fight?
I looked at the vegetable-yeon with anxiety. The way she skillfully checks the equipment she’s wearing is very trustworthy…… It was not visible.
“Well, do you have any reinforcements?”
In response to my question, Jae-Chae-yeon answered with a dissatisfied attitude.
“No. You said that to the manager. I want to do it as quietly as possible.”
“That’s right, but will it be just the two of us? Just in case you don’t know, I’m weak. I was so weak that I couldn’t receive military exemption and went to the army like a normal person.”
“Don’t worry.”
Chae-yeon looked at me and she grinned. She confidently puffed out her flat chest.
“I don’t know anything else, but I’m good at one fight, right? Trust me and follow me!”
Hee hee, Chae Yeon smiled and strode into the motel.
As she looked at her small back, all the indecent things she showed her yesterday flashed through her mind.
‘…… You said this was your last chance. Hi! I was caught again, if the team leader knew, I-I might really get fired…….’
‘Zebaal. I beg you like this. Please take a look…….’
‘I won’t get scolded! You said you wouldn’t get scolded! Whoops! But what is it! You really, really scolded me, you liar!!’
‘Go away! I don’t need it all, you bastard!’
‘Huh! Whoops! hehehehe…….’
‘Go, hi! Are you really going, you bastard? ….’
The sight of her flickering in my field of vision intensified my anxiety.
Trust yourself? Believe it or not, you have to show a credible side of yourself.
‘Damn it. I don’t know.’
It was a judge’s decision. With her hopes of doing something, she followed her into her motel.
[ Time remaining until the incident occurred: 1 day, 8 hours, 3 minutes and 17 seconds. ]
***
Meanwhile, at that time.
Ahn Soo-ho and Chae-yeon Chae, the 703rd room of the Pia Motel, which the two of them aimed for.
In a messy motel room, Ji Ye-won, who had spent the night with her eyes open, was sitting on the sofa with wide eyes.
-Turrr.
The smartphone on the table rang blankly. On the cold screen, the message ‘Attempting a call’ appeared dryly.
– Boom. If there is no connection, after a beep sound, it is connected to the voice mail quick voice and the call fee…….
Ji Ye-won ended the call at the following voice guidance. The dark aura on her face deepened.
‘…… No. 39.’
#39. The number of times she tried and failed to call.
Even though at this point you could have guessed that the other person wouldn’t answer the phone, she pressed the 40th call button as if trying to ignore the fact.
‘Minah. Please, please take some.’
-Turrr.
In the dark motel room, the empty phone rang again.