I followed closely behind the briskly walking intestine.
Then, before going to sleep yesterday, I remembered the contents of the quest I had checked on the game console.
[quest]
― Clearing the frame
[Explanation]
― Choi Hyun-woo and Han Su-young were able to deliver the goods successfully after a lot of hard work.
But the joy will be short-lived, and the two will find themselves in a situation where they are suspected of stealing things.
Please help me prove the innocence of these two.
And keep that in mind.
Without your help, the two will never be free.
[Success Condition]
1) Defend when either of you is accused of being a suspect.
2) Reveal the true culprit by proving the innocence of the person accused of being a suspect.
[Reward on Success]
1) Fixed liking for Choi Hyun-woo and Han Soo-young
(Fixed favorability refers to a good feeling that does not change no matter what action you take.)
(If you have a high fixed affinity, they will be willing to tolerate your actions even if they are against their beliefs.)
[Additional Success Conditions]
1) Catch the culprit and take over.
[Reward for additional success]
1) Differential rewards are paid according to the level of contribution.
‘I wondered if I would be accused of being the culprit, but fortunately, that won’t happen.’
I didn’t want the reward to be a little salty, but I decided to be satisfied with the fact that I could build up a fixed affinity for two people who were Jinju-in-suppliers.
‘Besides, it is important to check who is framed.’
Choi Hyun-woo and Han Soo-young can be said to be artificial pearls, but paradoxically, one of them was the main character and the other was a supporting role.
The two childhood friends appear together even in the prologue quest, and among them, the one chosen as the playable character.
The so-called protagonist takes on a more active role, and the other side takes on a more passive role.
‘It would be better to get closer with the person in charge of the main character.’
With that thought in mind, Director Jang suddenly stopped in front of a room.
The room I followed him into was the security room, a place I wouldn’t normally come to.
“Are you here?”
“okay.”
There was already a man who appeared to be a security guard sitting down and fiddling with something.
After fiddling around a few times, the CCTV footage from that time appeared.
“Are there any records left?”
“Yes. I’ve just checked. Shall we play now?”
“No, wait for the others to come.”
As soon as Jang finished speaking, the door swung open and a group of people entered.
There was a director with a stiff expression in front of them, and Hyeon-woo Choi and Su-young Han with a similar expression behind them.
And at the end, Amelda with a worried expression was with her.
“Chief.”
“You don’t have to get up.”
As the guard tried to get up, the director beckoned him.
Then asked him in a solemn voice.
“Didn’t you say that the record is still there?”
“Yes that’s right. I just checked it out.”
“great. Then let’s take a look.”
And when the guard looked at me as if he was okay, the director nodded.
“They are all trustworthy.”
“… Yes. then.”
I did not miss the strangely distorted expression on the guard’s expression for a moment.
Knowing what was going to happen next, I could understand his feelings.
“Then I will play.”
As soon as the security guard operated the device, a video that looked like yesterday’s record started playing on the big screen.
And after a while, Choi Hyun-woo let out a dazed voice without realizing it.
“uh?”
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On the screen, there was a clear scene of Choi Hyeon-woo tearing up a warehouse containing items and putting them in his arms.
* * *
Seeing that, I nodded slightly.
‘Is the main character Han Soo-young?’
If possible, it would have been more comfortable with Choi Hyun-woo.
With that thought in mind, I slowly looked around.
The room was engulfed in an uncomfortable silence.
And the first thing to break out of that uncomfortable silence was the enema with a sombre expression on his face.
“Let me say something.”
Choi Hyun-woo stuttered and waved his hand at his tone, which seemed to ask him to come up with an excuse because he would listen to him.
“I, not me. It’s not me, Chief. Really. Why do I steal… … .”
“Then why are you in the video?”
“that… … .”
“Wait.”
Han Soo-young, who was quietly next to him, asked a sharp question and stepped forward.
Then she said, moving as if covering Choi Hyun-woo with her body.
“Why would we steal it? If he really was going to steal it, he would have done a lot of trickery in bringing it here in the first place!”
“How do we know the details?”
Director Jang said so and took a step forward.
Han Soo-young was still standing in front of Choi Hyeon-woo, even as she flinched.
“If you are so innocent, let’s start with the investigation. Then it will be revealed whether you are innocent or not.”
“No.”
Next to him, the enema cut off his words.
He was squeezing and squeezing between his eyebrows.
“It’s something that should be kept as a secret. Don’t let the police or anyone else know. That’s why I deliberately poked my head out and asked the kids who weren’t official agents or hunters… … .”
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Of course, it was bullshit.
From Amelda’s point of view, there would be no hope for anyone to intervene.
However, Director Jang, who was not aware of the situation, nodded as if he understood it and took one more step forward.
Han Soo-young turned her head with an urgent expression.
“I’m sorry, Sooyoung.”
But there, Amelda on the main body side was already standing as if blocking the exit.
Choi Hyun-woo grabbed Han Soo-young and dragged him behind him with a look as if he had almost given up.
At least she seemed to be trying not to get caught up in it.
‘Let’s see.’
At this rate, Choi Hyun-woo is locked up in a solitary cell to be questioned, and Han Soo-young will also be watched.
However, Han Soo-young uses her abilities here to find contradictions in the evidence, and eventually proves Choi Hyun-woo’s innocence… … .
This was the first episode and prologue of ‘Clouds on the Horizon’.
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Originally, it would have been a story that would take at least half a day.
‘When are you bothered to wait until then?’
There was nothing that could distort the original story just because I was going there now.
There was nothing to wait any longer, so I quietly opened my mouth.
“Wait a minute, Warden.”
At my restraint, he looked at me with a squint.
“why?”
“Isn’t something a bit strange?”
I said so and pointed to the video of Choi Hyun-woo.
“Isn’t that the place with the most CCTV and crime prevention facilities here? Anyone can see it.”
“By the way?”
“There were a few other people who stayed here yesterday, but I didn’t hear the security bell ringing.”
At my words, Director Jang put on an expression that seemed to ask me to say more.
“And you know that there are many security systems in the storage room besides CCTV, right? I know there are a couple more, and there are probably more devices I’m not aware of. Either mechanical or magical.”
“right.”
“But I didn’t understand that I was only caught on CCTV while stealing without getting caught by those devices.”
Unlike the world I lived in, this world was a world where science, such as magic, could not be explained scientifically.
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Of course, there were also magical tools and alarm magic in the crime prevention device.
Although this is not a very important institution on the surface, it was a place managed by the government as junchi even if it rots, and it was an archive where even private companies were involved.
In other words, it was said that there were a lot of crime prevention devices in place than anywhere else.
And breaking into a place where such things are lined up was something that few people could even dare to dare.
At this point, Director Jang turned his head and looked at me.
If you think about it, it was because there were not one or two strange things.
“Besides, the reason Han So-young just said is also psychologically correct, isn’t it? Still, there is objective evidence that he was late for the appointment and got involved in various incidents along the way. To be honest, if you’re going to steal, shouldn’t you just steal it then? Why did you have to come all the way here?”
“I think it is because of trust. Shouldn’t the two of you be responsible if you lose it there?”
Amelda, who had transformed into an enema next to him, or even a enema, said so.
I took a cautious but head-on counter to his words.
“But to an official agent or hunter… So, there was no paperwork, was it? I think it is ambiguous to ask the whereabouts of responsibility.”
“So, there is something I want to tell you instead.”
Amelda, in the form of an enema, said to me with an annoyed look.
I muttered as I acted slightly perplexed.
“No, I mean, in a nutshell. There are some absurd things, so let’s check them properly.”
After I finished speaking, I looked around.
If you are stuck here, you have to choose a slightly more troublesome method.
But fortunately, my opinion seemed to persuade everyone except the director.
“Ugh.”
“exactly… … .”
Director Jang, who had been following me gently since the day I came here, drooled and nodded.
And the security guard who took care of me like a little brother while giving and receiving help a few times also showed a plausible expression.
three generations.
This was the majority.
Amelda, who takes the form of a director there, had to play the role of ‘a fair, easy-going and benevolent director’.
“Good.”
After thinking for a while, the manager sighed.
Then, Hyun-woo Choi and I looked at each other with sharp eyes.
“For now, it would be better to do what you said. However, Choi Hyeon-woo’s personal life should be arrested.”
Han Soo-young was about to say something at that, but immediately shut her mouth.
She was wise, so she seemed to realize that this was for the best.
“Then I watch.”
Director Jang raised his hand and stepped out.
It was an act of expressing that he did not want to worry about being caught in this situation.
I picked up a cable tie that was on the table and approached Hyunwoo Choi.
“Reach out your hand.”
At my words, Hyunwoo Choi held out his hands in front of me without saying a word.
Anyway, even if you tie it with a cable tie, it will break quickly if Choi Hyun-woo gives you strength.
But that didn’t happen.
Although it was only a formality to the last, it was because everyone knew the meaning of this action.
Because if Choi Hyun-woo did not respond to the current treatment and tore off the cable tie, he would be imprisoned as a criminal.
As I slowly tightened the cable tie, I mumbled only softly enough to be heard by him and Han Soo-young.
“I did as much as I could. The rest is up to you.”
At those words, Han Soo-young stared at me and opened her eyes deeply as if thanking her.
As I stepped back, General Jang gave a clapping sound and applauded.
“Choi Hyun-woo, you go with me. And you… … .”
“I will prove Hyeonu’s innocence.”
Han Soo-young said with a firm voice.
“And if I go around alone, you will definitely be suspicious, so please add someone to watch over me from the beginning.”
At her bold remark, Director Jang burst out laughing as if it was ridiculous and looked at me.
“Jihyuk, follow me.”
“Am I?”
It’s an unexpected opportunity.
I was thinking like that.
“You can’t be Jihyuk-kun.”
was the manager
He cleared his neck when everyone’s eyes were on him.
“It’s not that I don’t trust Jihyuk-kun. However, he seems to have overlooked the fact that he is a part-timer and is no different from ordinary people.”
In other words, if Han Soo-young decided to attack, I could not help it.
In a word, it was as if they had already decided that Choi Hyun-woo and Han Su-young were the culprits.
Han Soo-young’s face turned red with anger and shame, but this time she remained silent.
Director Jang nodded his head as if he was the same at what the director said.
There was certainly no contradiction in that statement.
Then Amelda, who was guarding the door, carefully raised her hand.
“Hey, if that’s okay with you, I’ll do it for you. Even though it looks like this, I’m also an academy student… … .”
“Oh, would you please?”
Director Jang was half-hearted, but I silently nodded my head.
Well, I can’t just let things get easier.
In addition, it was not so strange considering that it was Amelda who took on the role of watchdog and assistant in the original work.
“Good.”
The manager nodded as if he couldn’t help it.
“By 8 pm today, find evidence to prove your innocence and bring it to me. As long as you have a relationship with your master, let me give you a break for a while.”
* * *
There were a total of five pieces of evidence that Han Soo-young had to find and prove.
First, Choi Hyun-woo in the video is right-handed, but Choi Hyun-woo is left-handed.
Second, the door of the smashed warehouse was also destroyed by a right-handed person.
Third, as I said, it was only caught on CCTV while all security devices were disabled.
Fourth, the enema, who avoids sweet food due to an adult disease, ate seven candies in half a day.
‘Finally, Han Soo-young found the director who was imprisoned with high-level detection magic and brought him back.’
In fact, if there is only one last piece of evidence, the preceding evidence would be completely useless.
Even with that thought, I had no choice but to wonder if the story of the original was going that way.
In the beginning, ‘advanced detection magic’ itself was selected by one hand, including Han Soo-young, who could use it at this point.
In the case of Choi Hyun-woo, it was said that he temporarily resonates with the sword and hears the sounds of all things.
Either way, it had nothing to do with me.
In other words, there was nothing more I could do.
The current enema is now locked in a special space and cannot be found by ordinary means.
The fact that they found it and rescued it in the first place was to prove that the two of them were different from most academy students.
Thanks to this, Amelda is also caught because of an unexpected situation, and Choi Hyun-woo is finally freed from the accusation.
This was the beginning of what was to happen.
“Whoa.”
Returning to the lounge where I was staying, I sat down on a chair and sighed.
I had simulated it several times in my head, but I could tell that I was more nervous than I thought.
He seemed to have been secretly worried about what would happen if something went wrong.
I did everything I could.
In fact, the situation is better than the original, so Han Soo-young can do the rest alone.
With that in mind, I put my hand forward.
Then, following my hand gestures, the branches of the World Tree and the shadow of Henir flowed out.
“I don’t have time, but I have to practice.”
To be honest, I wasn’t even worried about Amelda when I had these two.