MEMORIZE

Chapter 684 Return of the King =========================================================================

“This is… Atlanta…?”

As soon as I entered Atlanta, I heard the sound of a hard look around my neck. It was a weak voice, but there was also a hint of disappointment.

It was understandable. The city’s night streets, which appeared only after passing through the entrance, were showing a scene that was extremely pathetic. It’s not that, but there were a lot of debris from the collapsed buildings here and there, and some were badly worn out as if they were about to collapse.

“Yes, brother. Is this what it’s like when you first find a city.

Kim Han-byul swallowed a deep groan and whispered.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. It’s a place that hasn’t been touched.”

I answered simply.

On the other hand, I can understand Kim Han-byul’s feelings to a certain extent, and in fact, Atlanta looked almost like a devastated ruins.

It’s probably a great feeling of despondency. At first, I thought he had to go through all the trouble to have a city like this. When I first discovered it, I shivered at the grandeur of the high wall, but the interior is not as beautiful as I imagined.

I think so, too. I remember that Atlanta, which developed in its first round, showed a tremendous prowess in treating even Barbara, a north continent-to-north city, as less than a small town. However, for now, it is just a city with high potential for development.

In a way, this was a reality, and it’s the current situation in Atlanta.

By the way, what am I supposed to do now?’

Suddenly, I thought of an empty stomach and looked around. And soon I felt embarrassed.

Did I come back too vaguely? All I can see now is a dirty street soaked in dim moonlight. No matter how hard you look at it, you can’t even see the user’s nose. Still, it would be a long way off to expect a restaurant or bar in such a city.

The best way, of course, is to get to where the mechanical clan members are. But how can we find it in this vast city? It’s hard to think that you can find a needle in the sand, if not in the sand. In the end, he had no choice but to go in either direction.

Thinking so, I fixed Kim Han-byeol and opened my mouth.

“Let’s go, Hangbyul.”

“Your brother, I’m worried about…What?”

“Huh? Why?”

“Oh, no.”

Kim Han-byeol stammers when he talks casually as if he is wondering why. I quickly crossed the street, giggling inside.

Around the time I walked that far.

“……!”

“……?”

Suddenly I heard someone speaking in a slightly higher voice somewhere. When I improved my hearing reflexively, I realized that about a couple of people were talking.

The direction was frontal. The sound was creeping toward us.

‘But there’s no such thing as death.’

I breathed a sigh of relief and made fun of my busy steps. It’s the North Continent. It was pure luck to find a user wandering around at this hour in a city we had just discovered.

“…Oh, so where are you right now….”

“What does it matter to you…!”

As expected, two people who seemed to be users were walking slowly in front of them. From the sound of the voice, it seems that there is an argument, not a story, but it seems that one is a man and the other is a woman.

“Oh, don’t mind me! Who do you think you are?!”

Did they feel us, too? The woman on the right was getting angry and glanced at me and frowned. For a woman, she was a slender woman with a tall height, but she had a very nervous. I look worse with my slightly torn eyes. But overall, she had a gorgeous face, too.

“Seungyoon, don’t be so angry. Please say something to me.”.”

And the man on the left, calmly soothing, had a different impression than the woman on the right. His appearance and physique are nothing short of ordinary. But the calm eyes and a slightly low, calm voice, somehow revealing the calmness of the man.

In particular, as soon as I saw him, I was strongly impressed that he was good. I felt an unexpected sense of confidence, which was different from Ansol’s blankness.

Anyway, it seemed like a difficult situation to talk to, but now I’m not in a position to cover up.

The MERIARY is a highly recognized Clan. So you may have a rough idea of where it is located. If you’re lucky, you’ll get something to eat.

Thinking so, I coughed lightly and approached the two users.

“I….”

“I don’t want to give you a penny, so get out of here.”

And as soon as I tried to talk to him quietly, the woman on my right, who had glanced at me until then, immediately cut me off. And even muttering in an unpleasant tone.

As soon as I heard that, I thought I was speechless rather than angry. Don’t tell me you don’t know my face. No, it’s night time. Can you not see it well?

“Ha Seungyoon!”

Suddenly the man on the left shouted in an angry voice. I’m Ha Seungyoon. I like your name. You have to remember.

“Why!”

“What a way of saying it now!”

“Oh, you don’t know what I’m talking about? Give me a penny now….”

“Again, again! Are you sure you want to watch your language?”

“…….”

“You idiot. Everyone in this city right now….”

The man, who was speaking as if he were frustrated, suddenly looked at me, bowed his head and approached me.

“I’m so sorry. I sincerely apologize if I offended you.”

“No, I’m fine. I just wanted to ask you one thing.”

I shook my head slowly. Then the bright-faced man smiled and nodded his head.

“Nothing else, do you happen to know a mechanical clan?”

“Mercury Clan? Yes, of course I do. Of course you don’t know.”

“Then could you tell me where the factory clan is located in the city?”

“Wait, why are you asking that?”

The answer came from a woman, not a man.

Don’t you like the radish so much? The woman was looking down on me with her arms crossed. Did you say Ha Seungyoon?

“I’m a member of the Commercial Clan.”

I brought up the most standard words that I can say under the current circumstances.

I just wanted to reveal my identity, but I don’t think it’s a good choice to talk about it first. Of course, if caught, I had to consider the situation first. In other words, I didn’t know how the situation went while I was away, so I thought it would be advantageous to hide my identity as much as possible.

“…Related party?”

Ha Seung-yoon tilted his head.

“Seungyoon, I’ll talk to you.”.”

The man stepped up quickly, but Ha Seung-yoon was not pushed out this time. He looks at me with a suspicious look, defeating the man.

“No way. You said you’re a factory worker, and you don’t know where your clan is located?

I guess you’re not too stupid, though.

“Seungyoon, what’s wrong with you? It doesn’t matter to you.”

“Stay still, brother. I’m really suspicious of them. And walking around at this time of day…What’s that on your back?”

“We’re walking around, too. And an official may not be a Clan person, or a duck egg like us….”

“No, I don’t think they’re duck eggs. This time, we didn’t invite outside users to participate. Don’t you remember?”

“It’s….”

“Aren’t they some sneaking in? Or the vagabond pups.”

If Ha Seung-yoon’s logic of saying “tatatatatatatat”

“I’m on my way to see you because I have something to do.”

He turned to me with the eyes of a man and Ha Seung-yoon.

“You’ve got a job to do you have a business? At this hour?

“Yes, I told you I was involved, right?”

When he smiled and spoke proudly, Ha Seung-yoon showed a bit of embarrassment. But soon he glared at me with a ferocious look on his face, apparently noticing that he was teased for his puns.

“Ee…!!”

“Ahhhh! Stop, stop. Let me tell you. There is no mechanical clan in this city. You have to go through the west tunnel and get into the new city.”

“Hey, are you crazy? I know who those people are…!”

“Stay quiet. I have an idea.”

I was curious about the idea, but I thought it would be better to get out of it quickly while these two users didn’t recognize me.

“West tunnel. Can you tell me exactly where it is?”

“Simple, follow the path along the tunnel and you’ll get to what looks like a central square. You can find the best looking building around there.”

The man gave some detailed and vague information. But I couldn’t ask for more details, and I found out what I wanted to know anyway.

“I see. Thank you for telling me.”

So I said hello and I was about to turn around.

My stomach is growling!

Suddenly the sound of a stomach boiling rang in my ears. The man and woman shined at the same time, as if they heard it clearly because of the silence around them. The criminal of the sound snuggled my neck and buried his head in my back.

I turned back halfway and smiled bitterly at the man.

“I’m so sorry. Do you happen to have something to eat?”

“Yes, yes?”

The man blinks with a puzzled face.

“It’s okay if it’s a simple treat.”

“Oh, brother…”

Kim Han-byul called me with a pitiful voice that seemed to kill her. I thought the man heard the sound and looked over my shoulder for a moment, and then I opened the bag I was wearing.

Ha Seung-yoon looked speechless and sighed deeply.

“Phew. I don’t know anymore. You’re responsible for everything that happens! …Tsk.”

And once he kicked his tongue, he turned and began to walk.

The man looked at Ha Seung-yoon for a moment and hurriedly held out the bread he had taken out of his bag.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. This is all I have.”

“Thank you.”

For an instant, the face of the man gave me a sad look that I had lost my daily food, but I put down my bundle and quickly received it. First of all, we have to live and see.

“Well, then!”

Soon, the man bowed his head and ran in the direction Ha Seung-yoon walked.

Looking at the man’s growing back, I lifted the bread to my shoulder.

“Hanbyeol, eat this.”

“…….”

“It doesn’t look delicious. But still eat it. Otherwise, it’s harder.”

“…….”

Kim Han-byeol slowly picked up the bread. At the same time, I felt a slight tremor on my back. There was no sound, but somehow I thought Kim Han-byul would be biting her mouth.

“Chew well. Don’t rush to eat because you’re hungry.”

I picked up the bundle I put down earlier. Then he began to move in the direction that the man had told him.

Come to think of it, I couldn’t even ask him his name.

*

How long has it been?

After breaking up with two men and women earlier, Kim Han-byeol didn’t say a word. I don’t know why. However, Kim Han-byeol did not say much even though he found a tunnel that the man told him to go through and entered a new city. If it were in the past, I would have asked how this happened earlier, but it seems that there has been a change of heart.

Of course, I could understand the man’s words clearly as I once played Atlanta. Because I knew what tunnel the man said meant. If you were conscious of Kim Han-byul and asked, “What is a tunnel?” you would have been more suspicious on the spot.

anyway

Munch munch munch munch munch munch munch.

“Gulp… I think it’s here.”

After chewing exactly 50 pieces of bread in my mouth, I swallowed carefully and opened my mouth.

“Isn’t that right, Hanbyeol?”

I asked again, but Kim Han-byul did not react. I just popped out another small piece of bread without saying anything. I shrugged my shoulders and ate the slice of bread.

In front of me was a building that looked similar to an inn. Inside, nothing but silence hovered. Everyone seems to be sleeping because it’s the time zone.

Looking at the quiet inn, I felt the need to revise my mind about the man’s words earlier. Because it was really what he said.

There was only one building in the square that could really be said to look ‘at least fine’ after walking through the tunnel and along the road that followed. That was this inn.

I think I’ve done a little bit of work.You’re saying it’s here anyway?’

I looked around carefully one more time just in case.

‘Well, I’m sure.’

I turned to the inn when I found out that there were only buildings that were almost collapsing. Then, with satisfaction, he moved to what seemed to be the door. The fact that it was located in the center of a city, in a decent building, meant that at least I wasn’t pushed out on the outside while I was away.

“Hanbyeol, shall we go inside now?””

I spoke in a tone that sounded like a child’s ear and soothing.

“…….”

As expected, Kim Han-byul did not open her mouth. But this time, he replaced the reaction by nodding his head, not bread. This makes me feel like Kim Han-byeol is really a child.

Anyway, this isn’t bad enough.’

The initial response was good. So I was able to get there before the hunger grew to a geometric grade. Recalling the memory of standing without knowing what it was for the first time in the first round would truly be a great development.

After such self-praise, he carefully pushed the door away thinking that he was finally there. The door was unexpectedly loose and slid open without resistance.

A little later.

I stepped slowly into the open door.

And the moment I peeked in.

“…Huh?”

“…Huh?”

I had no choice but to stop walking.

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