Translator: Wan ED/PR: Solarin
57. On stage (2)
“Uh, where is the senior who works as Miro’s homema?”
“That kid said she will go beforehand to take pictures. We will probably meet later?”
The homema from the 2nd year class 0 had classes today too, but I guess she skipped them and went to take pictures of Dokgo Miro.
But as I also kept skipping classes this week, it wasn’t a sound I should be making.
“It seems we will arrive earlier than expected. When did they say we can enter?”
“In less than 2 hours. Probably even after entering we will have to wait for a while until the live broadcast starts.”
“Then we will have to wait roughly a few hours?”
“I guess there is a lot to prepare because it’s a live broadcast. Ah, even so, there are some pre-recorded parts, so we won’t be just waiting!”
At the fact that they will have to wait pretty long, some children made tired faces.
The ones among us who had the least interest in the entertainment world or broadcasting stations were Maeng Hyodon and Song Daeseok, and the two of them made faces as if half of their souls already escaped.
To soothe the two, I suggested getting snacks.
Although we ate dinner before heading to the broadcasting station, as the two ate well, they would eat again even if they already ate.
“Let’s wait at the cafe. Because you have gathered class materials for me while I was absent, I’ll buy…”
“We can’t be fed by juniors. We will buy!”
“We know this neighborhood very well. We will take care of it~.”
I didn’t plan to buy the 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards’ share in the first place.
The seniors, who became meek after being hugely scolded by Jegal Jaegeol, started to energetically made noise again as we drew closer to the broadcasting station.
At that moment, Mok Uram, whose mouth seemed to itch, opened his mouth.
“We can not go to the cafe.”
“… Uh?”
Mok Uram was making a somewhat prideful face.
Besides me, our class children probably also felt a powerful sense of foreboding from that face.
Because when Mok Uram was caught as hogu somewhat, and finalized ‘sharing’ transaction, he always made that face.
“I studied before coming to the broadcasting station. And then some kind Person, who called themself ‘General Representative[1]’, gave me an explanation about the ‘tribute culture’.”
There was such a culture, but I somehow didn’t have a good feeling about it.
“So I prepared the coffee truck for Miro and several people! Because they said to pay the cost of printing the Miro’s posters and etc, and the price of drinks in advance, I donated my assets, but as it’s a meaningful day, I could do this much.”
I didn’t know the entire situation yet, but I knew that Mok Uram was ridiculously caught as a hogu again.
Hearing Mok Uram’s words, the 2nd year class 0s senior bastards were doubtful.
“Um… I know that usually when supporting coffee truck, they only charge you the price of the least amount of ordered coffee, and then charge you additional fees for as much as is drunk. Does that mean it’s all the gift?”
“I signed up for Miro fan cafe, but it’s my first time hearing about the coffee truck tribute~.”
“GeunChan said it for me.”
While the doubts deepened, the air shuttle arrived at the destination.
Sawol Seeum, who looked around using the Flight skill the moment he got out, spoke the very important words, that pierced the core of this incident.
“I don’t see any coffee trucks around the broadcasting station.”
“Yeah, I don’t think I see one either.”
No matter the details, if a coffee truck was called, there had to be a coffee truck, but there was nothing around the broadcasting station.
“That’s a pity. I’ll ask General Representative-nim.”
The hand of Mok Uram, who turned on the device and tried to send a message, stopped.
“The device seems to be broken. Something is strange.”
“It’s not the device that seems to be broken but something else.”
“Daeseok-ah!”
Song Daeseok tried to point in the direction of Mok Uram’s head while speaking, but Min Geurin quickly folded that finger.
Leaving behind the ‘crack’ sound of the joint being folded and Song Daeseok’s short scream, Kwon Lena looked at the screen of Mok Uram’s device and asked.
“Uram-ah, what’s wrong with the device?”
“Please look here. The nickname that was ‘General Representative’ not a long time ago, became ‘User cannot be found’!”
“Ah…”
I guess after the coffee truck general representative gobbled up Mok Uram, they terminated the device.
Jegal Jaegeol, who was quietly listening to Mok Uram’s story, touched his forehead and said:
“Let’s report it later. I’ll tell teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim about it. Screenshot all conversation content and deposit details to leave record.”
“Yes? What report are You talking about? But I didn’t make a deposit, I took it out in cash and brought it in person. Because they told me to use cash.”
“Uram-ah…!”
As teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim had work, he planned to join us a bit later, and so, he couldn’t see this scene in person, but if he saw it, he probably would show similar reaction to Jegal Jaegeol.
“… What should we eat?”
“… Let’s go to some close place.”
In the end, because the coffee truck didn’t exist, we moved to the cafe nearby.
While Jegal Jaegeol listened to Mok Uram’s story, I heard the 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards making teaming-up noises.
“I don’t know about the other things, but I don’t like that they swindle someone using Miro’s name.”
“Let’s catch them and beat them up.”
“Didn’t a group good at catching criminals formed at our school these days? Aren’t they also catching swindlers?”
“Let’s tell them about it first~.”
Hwang Jiho, who was laughing heartily, cut into this vicious group.
It seemed that he didn’t like someone using the name of Han Yi’s friend, Dokgo Miro.
“I also don’t like that fraudster too. I’ll cooperate.”
When Hwang Jiho cut in, Geun Chansol and Wang Chansol swiftly turned their heads.
The two people, who whispered about something, started to press on Hwang Jiho.
“Junior Hwang Jiho-nim can cooperate on something else.”
“Yeah, do you remember the ‘irregular luncheon’ not a long time ago?”
“Reveal us a bit about the host-nim identity and what the hell were you talking about with that Person!”
“Hahahaha!”
“Aah, stop laughing and answer, junior-nim-ah!”
But because Hwang Jiho just laughed and didn’t replay, GeunChan&WangChan’s tempers exploded[2].
As Jegal Jaegeol was in the immediate vicinity, they couldn’t ask too harshly, and that geezer also wasn’t an opponent to be pushed, so it will probably be difficult for them to hear the answer.
When Jegal Jaegeol, who couldn’t watch it, took GeunChan&WangChan away from Hwang Jiho, Hwang Jiho walked up to me and spoke, lowering his voice.
“I met the head of Won tribe at the irregular luncheon.”
… What are you saying here?
We came to the cafe overflowing with people, and though each one of them were choosing their menu or were busy chatting, you had to think of the few listening ears, right?
Yong Jegeon saw me and Hwang Jiho conversing, and was looking in this direction as if tilting his ears right away, while smiling.
“Ah, I made a barrier, so don’t worry. If the Player of the Yong or Jegal Jaegeol standard puts their mind to it, they can hear, but if someone exerts their power this much, this one will notice. Yong Jegeon already plans on eavesdropping, eh?”
I guess Yong Jegeon put his mind to it to check on this side.
Hwang Jiho explained the outline of irregular luncheon and the suggestion of Qitian Dasheng.
He said that Qitian Dasheng proved he is not a traitor using Tight-Fillet Spell as collateral, and planned to cooperate in the punishment of the traitors if we find something.
‘If Qitian Dasheng cooperates, the game situation[3] will tilt greatly towards this side.’
Considering the achievements Qitian Dasheng left in records, and the popularity that continued to this day, he was a Jin that it wouldn’t be strange if he became a higher being.
If that Qitian Dasheng said he would cooperate, we would obtain an amazing card.
Although there were many things to do, searching for Wuzhiqi had value.
As if he had the same thoughts as me, Hwang Jiho suggested.
“He handed the clues, so I think it would be good to examine them while staying in the mansion for a weekend, eh?”
“… This weekend?”
“Yeah. As she disappeared quite some time ago, it would be better to start quickly.”
I also agreed with this opinion, but that was a bit troublesome.
Because I already had an important schedule for this weekend.
‘Halloween is on this Saturday. I have to depart before it, and do the beforehand investigation. I don’t know when I’ll be able to come back.’
If the matter is solved quickly, I could go to the Hwang Myeong-ho’s great mansion on late Sunday, but it would be difficult before that.
As it was possible I wouldn’t be able to go at all, it seemed better to just not make any promises.
I drew such a conclusion and opened my mouth.
“I have an appointment this weekend.”
“An appointment?”
“I decided to see senior Seong Gukeon-nim.”
“… Seong Gukeon? Were you this close with Seong Gukeon?”
I said that I’m meeting a senior on the weekend, so why I have to hear such sound?”
“What is that sound?”
“Looking at how you speak, it seems you forgot, eh? The next Sunday is November 1st. Jo Uisin, that is your…”
Ding.
Before Hwang Jiho could finish, I heard the device notification sound all around at the same time.
As if Hwang Jiho also received a message, I saw him press an earring to turn off the alarm.
Whether by a coincidence or not, it seemed that many people around, including me, received a message.
Opportunely, the conversation’s flow was cut off, so I decided to check the message.
[Ok Toyeon] Benefactor-ah, I want to playㅠㅠ!
[Ok Toyeon] I want to see Seoho, Yiho and Jaeho, can’t we play together?
The person who sent the message was Ok Toyeon.
As I roughly interpreted the message’s content, it seemed that she wanted to play, but because there was a lot to do, she couldn’t play, so she wanted to escape using me as an excuse.
‘She probably still didn’t hear about Eun-ho, right?’
It seemed that Ok Toyeon and Eun-ho had a connection, but they may soon have to talk.
But currently even the Ho tribe didn’t announce anything about Eun-ho’s existence, so the To tribe won’t be informed for a while.
When I wrote a polite message with the gist of ‘Please work’ to Ok Toyeon.
“Hey, I seem I’ll have to go.”
Song Daeseok stood up from his seat and said that.
From the turned on hologram, I guess Song Daeseok also received the message at that timing a moment ago.
“Ye? Why so suddenly?”
“Uh… I guess something happened in the research institute. They said they already sent an air taxi to me.”
“Calling a highschooler at this hour?”
Other children each threw a word trying to stop him, but they couldn’t hold onto him thinking it was possibly quite an urgent matter.
Min Geurin was seriously sad when she sent Song Daeseok off, and as if the two people’s parting looked affectionate, GeunChan&WangChan each said a word.
“Are they dating~?”
“It seems like they dated for a few years.”
In contrast to the 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards making useless sounds, Jegal Jaegeol see Song Daeseok off to the place where the air taxi was waiting, and checked two times if he was being overworked against his will.
“They observed something through the Moon Palace Technique.”
Hwang Jiho, who was busy exchanging messages, suddenly opened his mouth.
No, did Ok Toyeon didn’t mention such an important thing and instead talked about wanting to play?
“Where? What?”
Hwang Jiho didn’t answer ‘what’ question, but he answered ‘where’ question.
“It seems that exact coordinates weren’t pinpointed yet, but… this broadcasting station is included.”
At those words, the doubts remained as before, but I didn’t greatly worried.
‘The combat power in this place is sufficient. If something happens, we will be able to deal with it without difficulty.’
There were two Jin people, and Jegal Jaegeol, who had abilities on the level of Jin people.
And currently, in the broadcasting station, there is my Playable Character, Saint of Naejang Mountain, Yeo Raehun.
“As the type of the observed material is something that didn’t exist until now, it seems it will take time to analyze. We will have to deal with it based on the specific situation.”
On the other side, there was a person, who received a rather comforting message.
It was Kim Yuri, who became very close with Dokgo Miro.
“Kids-ah, a message from Miro came. She said that they want to interview the Eungwang School students that Miro invited today, so it seems we can enter a bit earlier.
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[1] General Representative — Here probably referring to the person in charge of group purchase, but 총대 (chongdae) also means a gun, a lot of gun and shooting related things, in the old times a town/village head, commander in the Self-defense Forces and soldiers with guns.
[2] tempers exploded — 복장 (bokjang) would mean their inner thoughts/emotions here probably, but it also means attire or hide deeply.
[3] game situation — 국면 (gungmyeon) can be generally used for any situation, making an idiom similar to ‘scales tilting in someone/something favor’, but it is more specifically refering to a situation on a game board.
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