Now, she couldn't even go to Daniel's house, so the heroine's activities were limited to two places: her house and the cafe.
“I’ll help you order.”
“Please give me a strawberry tart.”
The man handing over the money had hands covered in wounds.
So, as she stared at his hand, which was now covered in snow, and received the money, the heroine felt her heart pounding. There were so many scars she'd never seen before, but they seemed so much like Daniel's hands...
As the female protagonist stops receiving money from his familiar hand, a man speaks to her again in the voice she has been waiting for so long.
“I’m sorry I’m so late..
“Hey, heroine..”
Operation Name:
killed in action
Compared to the number of troops deployed, the remaining team members were woefully under-represented. With their weapons completely depleted, they barely managed to survive with the help of a voice actor. Fearing that even a moment's lapse in concentration would cost them their lives, the team members, who had been completely focused on the scene, relaxed and leaned back as soon as they got into the car. And at that very moment, the car exploded.
pop--!
Explosion sound andWe lost our minds together.
"ah,!"
When I opened my eyes to the wound on my arm, the car that had transported Seongwoo, me, and the rest of the team had vanished as if it had never been there. My ears were ringing, so I shook my head and banged my temples with my palms. The next thing I saw was Seongwoo, still unconscious. I got up, clutching my dizzy head, and walked.
"Hey... Hey..."
I woke up the voice actor by holding his aching arm in front of him without any response.
The hem of his clothes that the voice actor had torn was still tied to my wound, and he used one hand and his teeth to tie it tighter.
"Hey..! Ong Seongwu..! Wake up..!"
He shook the voice actor awake, throwing off his stuffy helmet.
"Please wake up..!"
The team members were loaded first, and just before Sungwoo and I could get into the car, the back door slammed shut, and the car exploded. The impact hurled Sungwoo and I far from the car. I took my phone out of my pocket, threw it in front of me, and shot it with my pistol, which I had left with just one bullet left, shattering it.
Then he took off his clanking helmet and lay down next to the voice actor.
"under..."
It was time to take a deep breath.
"Are you okay?"
The voice actor said.
"Are you awake?"
"uh..."
As soon as the voice actor woke up, he felt dizzy and his ears hurt just like me, and he groaned while pressing his temples.
"This is crazy... They blew up the whole car... How do I go now..?"
"There is a way."
"What? Hey, but your arm..!"
I tightened the bandage on Seongwu's shirt, but the bleeding continued. The bleeding had subsided somewhat, but then the car exploded, widening the wound. Now, blood was flowing from his forearm to the back of his hand. Seongwu, startled by this, checked my arm.
"If you keep doing this, you'll die from excessive bleeding! Do you understand?!"
"Of course I know. So let's go quickly..."
A few days ago, while on a mission, I received a call from the chairman: "If you can't win, get out."
After hearing that, I knew there was absolutely no way I could do that. I'm the boss here, and everyone here is my team. How could I be the only one to escape? That's why I wanted to succeed in my mission. Of course, it couldn't be a complete victory.
When I got the call, the chairman said he had parked his car somewhere inconspicuous so I could slip away.
I never thought I'd use this car. I'm glad I have it in this situation.
"Can I trust this car? What if it blows up again?"
"The chairman parked the car so I could get out. There's no other way."
We drove like that. But it was impossible to return to you now. The bleeding in my arm wasn't stopping, my vision was blurring, and I was starting to feel increasingly dizzy. I had to stop the bleeding as soon as possible.
"Was there anything in the car? Like a first aid kit?"
"There really is nothing. We still have a bit more to go before we get to the hospital. Just bear with it for a little longer..."
So I fell asleep in the car.
"K! Wake up! Don't fall asleep..!"
I thought I heard the voice actor's scream, but my eyes wouldn't listen to me even though I tried to come to my senses.
"We're almost there, so just a little bit...!"
Hearing those words, "Just hold on a little longer," I strained my eyes and tried to stay awake. I had to go see you again. I promised I wouldn't die, I promised to return alive. I desperately wanted to keep that promise.
"We're here, we're at the hospital, Kay, are you okay?"
At the sound of Seongwu's voice informing me that they had arrived at the hospital, my eyes, which had been holding on with all my remaining strength, closed, and I had no memory of anything after that. When I awoke, Seongwu was in my hospital room, next to me, and I was wearing a hospital gown and receiving an IV.
"I can't leave any traces... here... at the hospital... my name..."
"Don't worry. I took care of everything. Do you think I don't know that much?"
"What day is it today?"
"It's been four days since your surgery. It's okay. Get some rest. The company thinks we're all dead anyway. So just relax and get some rest. We've only been taking turns getting some shut-eye for a week."
"I have to go... I told you it would take exactly a week... to Jia..."
"Your body. If you had been just a little late, you could have been in big trouble!"
"Oh, it's really noisy... You should have just lived."
That's what I thought when Sungwoo looked at me and unleashed his worried anger. Were we always like this? It seemed like just recently we were two love-struck men arguing over a woman named Ji-ah. Were we enemies until then? When did we start being like this? I laughed, but Sungwoo was sincere in everything he said and did to me. Come to think of it, we used to be a team...
"Okay. I'll do as you say. But only for one day?"
"Don't talk nonsense. You have to untie the thread."
"But what about my clothes?"
"The team uniform reeked of blood and was torn all over, so I threw it away. I bought some new ones, so try them on later when you're feeling better."
“Ugh,”
Daniel burst into laughter as he looked at the voice actor.
The voice actor frowned at his laughter and asked why.
“Just. It reminded me of the old days.
“The chairman must be looking for me..”
"You'll never find it. You died with your teammates when the car exploded that day. Wasn't this the mission? Dying on a mission."
“What? You knew everything..”
“I heard it from Yoon-ha.”
“....Thank you. For helping me.”
“What… So how do you feel about dying?”
“Ugh... Feeling refreshed..?”
The road back to you was too long from here, so I couldn't go back right away. The voice actor's words, "Let's untie the thread and go," gave me the sense of a stubborn attitude that whatever I said would be ignored.
"Please call Zia. I'm alive. I think I'll be a little late..."
“Because you’re like this, I guess I got pushed by you...
“Even though your life is at stake, you only think about Jia?”
It felt like I'd entered a tiny village from a vast, empty plain. Looking out the hospital window at the small houses, I finally felt a sense of relief. Truly, this whole war is over.
Looking at the electronic clock on the hospital wall, I saw that exactly two weeks had passed since I promised you the week I had promised you, so three weeks had passed.
What the... I was in bed for a week...
Jia must have waited a long time...