Plan Convergence

While Yena was clearing out the Cyber City fixers, I asked Mr. Deokgu, who had sunk to the ground.

“Mr. Deokgu, are you all right?”

“Y-yeah... Man, things like that weren't a big deal back in the day.”

“Heh, that's the sort of thing old-timers say.”

“At my age, I guess I am an old-timer.”

Even while he laughed self-deprecatingly, the mood around us was calm.

We'd each gone through our own share of life-and-death situations, after all.

I'd been feeling that dull, chalky dryness in my mouth for a while, so I put a cigarette between my lips and lit it.

“Phew.”

With nicotine kicking in again, my gaze sharpened as I looked toward the hut...