Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Seo Jihyuk spoke as if making an excuse to the gazes of Tumanako and me.

“Being hungry is just being hungry.”

Well, to maintain that physique, he probably needs to eat a lot. Moreover, it seemed that Engineering Team A had woken up at the crack of dawn to work. Baek Ae-young and Shin Hae-ryang seemed used to Seo Jihyuk being like this. Maybe they’re hungry too but not saying anything.

Seeing someone starving right before my eyes, why does it make me feel so sorry for them? I took out all the candies in my pocket and handed them to Seo Jihyuk, who accepted them with an expression like a beggar receiving alms.

“It feels like I’m sucking the liver out of a flea.”

“What if the guide eats the customers?”

“I’ll eat you last, doctor.”

Is that supposed to be considerate?

“How very kind of you.”

Shin Hae-ryang, who was watching outside the store, said to me:

“Please choose hats that look most similar to the ones worn by Muhanikyo believers.”

Following that request, I carefully looked around the hat store. I grabbed as many black brimmed hats as I could and laid them out in the center of the hat store, but there weren’t any that looked exactly the same. I picked out six dark black and navy hats with no patterns, removing ones that were too bright or had large text emblazoned in the center.

“They’re similar, but not exactly the same.”

“It doesn’t matter. As long as they can deceive the eye for a moment when seen from afar, it’s fine.”

Even if we deceive like that, it would be exposed when seen up close, so I’m not sure how they intend to use them.

Baek Ae-young adjusted the hat size to fit her small head and handed it to Seo Jihyuk. Distracted by unwrapping and putting candy in his mouth, Seo Jihyuk fumbled twice trying to put on the hat handed to him from the side. Then he glared at Baek Ae-young and expanded the size of the brimmed hat before putting it on.

As people were amicably sharing the dark-colored hats, I also put a hat on John Doe’s head. Then I pulled a hat down tightly on my own head.

It feels childish and awkward wearing something like this after so long. As I looked around the store wearing the brimmed hat, I spotted yellow and white hard hats covered in dust on the wall. Those look like the ones used at construction sites, but they sell them here too.

“Can hard hats stop bullets too?”

If it’s possible to block bullets with hard hats, wouldn’t it be safer for people to wear hard hats around? Baek Ae-young, who was fiddling with the brim of her hat, answered my question:

It seemed that people had entered the accessory store and grabbed handfuls before escaping on the escape pods. ... I don’t understand. Hearing my thoughts, Seo Jihyuk nodded and said:

“These raw stones are all cheap stuff. Not worth taking.”

“It’s not about the price, ... never mind.”

Tumanako walked in absently and was staring at one spot with a very serious expression. Although this was my first time here, judging by Tumanako’s familiar footsteps, she seemed to have visited before. There was a necklace made of raw stones there, and judging by her expression, she seemed to be fighting with herself about whether to take it or not. She had probably seen that necklace before but didn’t buy it.

Meanwhile, Shin Hae-ryang gently pushed aside a CCTV camera that was in the way with his foot. The CCTV camera, which should have been hanging from the ceiling, was now rolling on the floor, broken by someone. I wonder if the previous visitors broke it.

Shin Hae-ryang saw some neat handkerchiefs displayed in a corner and casually put them in his pocket. He didn’t even look at the earrings, necklaces, or bracelets scattered around. Then he kept watch on the surroundings.

He seemed to think this place would be visited by the most people. Among the three, Shin Hae-ryang was the one who said not to go, but Baek Ae-young and Seo Jihyuk had insisted that we must visit here. Shin Hae-ryang kept watch with a reluctant expression.

Baek Ae-young approached without hesitation and examined the safe located in the farthest corner. She seemed to know well what was placed there. There was a small safe there. It was a mess with knife marks and clumsy traces of graphite sprayed on it, as if someone had tried to steal it. It looked like they had made several attempts but fled without success. Baek Ae-young snorted at the sight of the safe.

Baek Ae-young emotionlessly pressed the safe’s password numbers one by one. It was impossible to tell whether she knew the password in advance or figured it out from the fingerprints there. When the safe opened, there seemed to be things like gold rings and necklaces inside, but Baek Ae-young very naturally swept them into her pants pocket.

She also took out all the cash there (there was currency from all sorts of countries) and stuffed them into her other pants pocket. Neither Seo Jihyuk nor Shin Hae-ryang said anything seeing Baek Ae-young’s actions. Tumanako was still contemplating the necklace, and I let out a big sigh.

Seo Jihyuk skillfully rummaged through some drawer and took out disinfectant and gauze, putting them in his pocket. I wondered why those things were here, but it seemed this store also did piercings while selling jewelry. Looking inside, there were tons of tattoo-related stickers, and next to them were an incredible variety of nail stickers and nail polishes for sale. It seemed they were selling everything here except clothing items.

I’m a bit skeptical since I don’t do these things, but other people might spend their boring time in the underwater base decorating themselves with these items and finding enjoyment. I asked the person who looked the most leisurely but seemed the busiest:

“Do they do tattoos here too?”

“No. They only sell stickers.”

After hearing Shin Hae-ryang’s words, I looked around for a place to set down John Doe, whom I had been carrying on my back. The floors in other stores were clean enough to put a person down and rest, but here it was a mess with footprints and glass shards.

I tried to sit John Doe on a fallen chair that I had propped up against the wall. As I carefully tried to lower the person I was carrying onto the chair, his body tilted backwards, and since the chair had no headrest, John Doe’s head hit the wall.

“Ugh.”

Startled by that sound, I approached John as soon as I put him down. John Doe had groaned but didn’t wake up. His head might have a bump at most, but wasn’t seriously injured. I let out another big sigh.

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