I rolled to dodge the falling blades.
But the downpour of blades had already struck my foot.
“…!”
At that mont, Agent Choi lunged at with frightening speed and pulled sothing else out with his hand.
A round object.
A glass marble, glinting in the light of the Dream Essence.
‘The ergency glass prison!’
If that hits , I’ll be bound and transported straight to the Disaster Managent Bureau’s infamous glass prison.
The mont that happens, it’s all over.
The spy mission. The Wish Ticket. Everything.
‘No.’
Gritting my teeth, I grabbed the blade embedded in my foot and rolled to the side.
Ping, ti-di-ding…
The glass marble I barely dodged bounced away with a cheerful sound.
But the prison was already open.
“……!”
LET THE ROPE OF
JUSTICE FALL UPON
THE SINNER
Countless hands reached out from within the emptiness of the glass, grabbing hold of .
I clung to the office furniture, but it was hopeless. I was dragged in. My hands, scraped along the floor, had my fingernails shattered as they were pulled.
There was no ti to take out any items.
‘Braun!’
– Oh, you’re desperately hoping for the devoted help of your Good Friend, are you, Friend!
– But I’m afraid that will be difficult.
What?
– This is a decision made for more interesting developnts, so I trust you’ll graciously understand, Mr. Roe Deer. Ah, but my heart aches, too! Of course it does…
– The troubles of a friend!
My blood ran cold.
I was trapped in the glass.
Chalalalak.
With a clear, sharp sound as if the glass was resonating, I was separated from the outside world as if I was looking through a shattered mirror.
‘Braun?’
No answer. Fuck!
‘No.’
I grit my teeth.
If the agent contacted the Disaster Managent Bureau now, everything would be over.
And Agent Choi is absolutely the kind of person who would do just that!
‘He’s already started contacting them.’
The glass marble spun in Agent Choi’s grip. It was a kind of ergency ritual to summon the warden of the prison.
‘Damn it, damn it!’
How do I stop this? How do I persuade him? He’s a warm person who sotis lets his emotions get the better of him, but that only works when there’s a gap to exploit.
Now that he knows I’m a spy, he’ll throw in the glass prison first, and then—
……
Wait.
Instead of looking at the hand holding the glass marble, I looked at his other, left hand.
He was holding a crumpled piece of paper.
‘……’
There it is.
“Is that the note I gave you? Did you solve the riddle recently and that’s how you found this place?”
Agent Choi didn’t answer, just kept rolling the glass marble in his hand. But I kept talking, undaunted.
“At the very least, when you received that note, did you think I was genuinely asking for help to help soone else?”
“No.”
“…!”
“At first, I assud there must be so trick to it. Given your background.”
…!!
“What are you so surprised about? You transferred from Daydream Inc. to the Bureau here using your real na. Did you really think no one would notice?”
The shock hit like a hamr to the head, and the result beca clear.
‘It was suspicious.’
Yeah. I definitely thought it was strange.
When it turned out the C-squad’s Lee Kangheon didn’t exist, and when Supervisor Lee Seonghae, who supposedly exchanged ssages with him, said she’d never t him either.
It was easy enough to deduce the reason with just a little thinking.
That person never existed in the first place.
It was just soone posing as a Daydream Inc. employee to dig for information.
And that person was Agent Choi.
So he’d known from the beginning that I was from Daydream Inc…
“But you know.”
Agent Choi’s voice turned hollow.
“You’re really good at your job. …You work hard.”
“……”
“Trying so hard to help everyone you et, including kids and even the annoying ones, without picking or choosing. Willing to do anything, even if it ans getting hurt or taking a loss.”
His voice shook.
“That’s not sothing you can fake. Usually, Daydream Inc. employees can’t stand losing out. So I thought. …Maybe, just like you told Jaekwan, you really did fake your death at the company and run away.”
…!
“So I figured, if I kept you on our team and managed you well…”
Agent Choi gripped the glass marble tightly.
“I just believed what I wanted. Hah, making a mistake like this after all these years.”
“……”
“Yeah, people only act if they think they’ll get a greater benefit even if they take a loss. And I forgot about your tendency to risk your life for a Wish Ticket. But…”
Agent Choi’s eyes darkened.
“Mr. Roe Deer. Are you even human?”
“……”
“What was that form just now? And what is this place? What are you doing to the Disaster Managent Bureau that Daydream Inc. would grant you a wish? Say sothing.”
I kept my mouth shut.
Agent Choi t my eyes for a mont, then finally smiled.
“Pointless, isn’t it?”
“……”
“Yeah. You can talk as much as you want after you get to prison…”
“Prison?”
A voice ca from above Agent Choi’s head.
“…!”
Looking over him was the black shadow of a monstrous form resembling a giant wolf, with teeth and eyes jutting out haphazardly.
It was the sergeant.
He had returned.
As I continued to stall for ti, I clenched my teeth and shouted,
“Aim for the glass marble!”
“Son of a—”
Agent Choi tried to grab the blade at his waist, but it was too late.
The teeth closed in.
Crunch.
The blade was shattered, and the glass marble was crushed together with Agent Choi’s hand.
“Urk!”
As the glass marble shattered between those jaws, the makeshift prison holding broke apart as well.
I imdiately sprang forward and, seizing the opportunity, subdued Agent Choi.
Targeting the area where his reaction would be slowest.
His neck.
“…!”
I deliberately aid for the scar on his neck.
Whether it was guilt or tension, I couldn’t tell, but a chill ran down my spine.
Thud.
Agent Choi was pinned to the floor. From the wolf-like monster’s black muzzle that bit his arm, fangs and tongue-like lumps appeared, as if about to bite it clean off…
“Don’t.”
I gasped, speaking urgently.
“Don’t kill him.”
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