Chapter 160

Chapter 160

As Shin Haeryang silently stared at Tumanako, Tumanako’s overflowing confidence and brazenness seemed to waver gradually. He slowly said to Tumanako,

“If you apply for an E-7 visa, it takes about a week for the Ministry of Justice to respond.”

She’s really thinking of applying. There’s no such thing as empty words for her. However, Tumanako seemed rather reassured by those words.

“You’ll protect me, of course, so I won’t be dead when it’s approved, right?”

“...I’ve never applied for a hair designer before, so it’s uncertain whether the Ministry of Justice will approve it.”

Can’t you just make her Korean without any conditions? Is it such a big deal to protect one more woman? ...Or not? Am I thinking only from my perspective? These people said their contract was only to protect Koreans. Maybe if there’s a problem while taking a New Zealander along, it might become a matter of national dispute later.

“Korea would be at a loss if they don’t take someone as capable as me!”

Seo Jihyuk smiled silently at those words. Then, with his chin resting on one hand, he watched the two of them.

Baek Ae-young seemed completely uninterested in what Shin Haeryang and Tumanako were saying to each other. She quickly checked her gun, then methodically took out all the weapons she had, confirmed their condition and location, and put them all back in. Then she took out all the bundles of cash hidden in her pants pockets.

Using the rubber bands lying around, she separately bundled the high-denomination bills. After the volume reduced by more than half, she put them in her pants pocket and checked if they were properly secured. The remaining low-denomination bills, which she didn’t seem to intend to take, were roughly gathered and placed in the hair salon’s sink. Watching Baek Ae-young’s movements, like a squirrel busy sorting grains, I heard the conversation beside me again.

“There’s a condition.”

“What is it?”

Tumanako asked with her fists clenched tightly. Tumanako probably did this unconsciously, but Shin Haeryang didn’t seem to care at all about the possibility of Tumanako’s small fists flying at him.

“If there’s a next escape pod or chance to escape, please cooperate to ensure Park Moohyun can escape with top priority.”

Hearing my name, I snapped back to attention and said,

“I’m fine.”

Both of them unanimously ignored my response.

“...Alright. The person who goes out after him is me. Promise.”

“I promise.”

Tumanako held out her palm. Shin Haeryang looked at the hand before grasping it. For a few seconds, Tumanako seemed to pull Shin Haeryang slightly towards her, but Shin Haeryang’s body, seated on the floor, didn’t budge an inch, like a block of iron. Tumanako lowered her head with a sigh. Then she lightly touched her nose to Shin Haeryang’s nose before pulling away.

“Phew. I let you off because you’re handsome.”

As Tumanako moved back, Seo Jihyuk made a fuss, more so than Shin Haeryang whose nose tip had suddenly been rubbed.

“What? What? What did you just do? I didn’t see it wrong, did I? Didn’t you mess up something that should be done on the lips?”

As Seo Jihyuk asked the two with a goofy face, Baek Ae-young, separating the jewelry she had stolen into those containing gold and those without, said,

“Idiot. It’s called ‘hongi’.”

“What’s that? What? Why do they touch so closely like that?”

“Imagine you doing that with Liam from the Engineer B team.”

The smile disappeared completely from Seo Jihyuk’s face. Then, as if it was horrifying, he said,

“I’m just curious, but how should one commit a perfect murder underwater? Can’t you just dump the body in the sea? It’s water all around.”

“Trash thrown into the sea either floats on the surface or sinks to the bottom. If I had just disposed of a few guys by throwing them into the sea, later on, mining robots or engineers repairing the outer walls might have gone, ‘Huh? What’s this? It’s the arms and legs of our team’s trash?’ and discovered them. If you throw them into the sea in front of Daehan Island, the waves might send them back to the beach saying, ‘Here’s some lost property~'”

Seo Jihyuk whined, rubbing his eyes with one hand, and said to Baek Ae-young,

“Boo-hoo-hoo. Ae-young, I’m only telling you this now, but you don’t know the hardships I went through during the three months waiting for you to arrive.”

“I don’t want to know at all.”

“Boo-hoo-hoo. I still can’t forget the look in Jihyun’s eyes, staring at me like I was a pervert for asking things like, ‘Jihyun, what time are you going to take a shower? How many times a day do you go to the bathroom? When are you going? What time do you sleep?'”

“You only picked pervert-like questions.”

Seo Jihyuk quickly gave up on getting sympathy from the busy Baek Ae-young about his past difficulties.

“If you hadn’t come after three months, I would have paid back the contract money or whatever and run away carrying Jihyun. I bet Team Leader Shin would have felt the same way. Right?”

“......”

Although Shin Haeryang didn’t say anything, he seemed to dislike that situation just as much. Seo Jihyuk calmly said to Tumanako,

“The underwater base is where greedy and overpowered bastards gather like swarming insects to obtain more mineral resources.

In a situation where even taking out loans to support wouldn’t be enough, only one country’s team is constantly pressured to bring in results without any government help?

And in that situation, the team members are all traitors with their eyes rolled back, trying to immigrate by sucking up to other countries? Exploitation is peaceful, I guess. Because you just have to accept unfair treatment and let them take whatever they ask for.

We’re on bad terms because we resisted trying to improve things. Until now, the other guys have been sitting quietly getting extra benefits, and suddenly Korea seems to be having a fit causing them losses, so the conflict continues.”

“Has it changed now?”

“Our team leader really hates compromising or yielding at an appropriate level.”

Suddenly hearing his name brought up, Shin Haeryang shook his head and said,

“It’s a story unrelated to working in a special position. Don’t worry about it.”

Baek Ae-young picked out only the jewelry with large gemstones and poured them onto the sink piled high with banknotes. Then she gathered mainly precious metals made of diamonds and gold, which were much smaller than the gems, and put them in her pocket.

“Aren’t you taking these?”

When I asked, looking at the sink, Baek Ae-young pointed to the gemstones of the rings and said,

“These look pretty on the outside, but they don’t sell for much. In a situation like this, diamonds or gold of the same size are the best. Doctor, make sure to remember this and use it later.”

“Diamonds or gold are the best...”

Gold is also the best for human teeth. Various alternatives have come out to replace gold, but we haven’t found a metal that can replace gold yet.

As Shin Haeryang checked the time and got up, Seo Jihyuk, who had been almost lying on the floor, also jumped up. Baek Ae-young approached the door as if about to fly. Seo Jihyuk checked outside here and there before slipping out. Baek Ae-young followed closely behind Seo Jihyuk. Tumanako and I moved together with Shin Haeryang.

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