A conference room filled with heavy air. The protagonist, sitting in the middle of the room, had empty eyes. After looking at the data photo he was holding, he let out a hollow laugh and then jumped up and shouted.
Are you trying to chase me away with just a few pictures?
As the pictures floated into the air, a man in his forties slammed his desk and glared at her. Read the situation carefully. Do it. The woman, who was called by a deep, deep voice, pressed her teeth against her lower lip.
"Chief, anyone who looks at that picture can tell that it's Sentinel."
"Excuse me. I said no!"
"Be quiet, sir."
"Oh my. You're not even attaching a sentinel anymore?"
The atmosphere became tense and the center director ended up stopping the meeting along with the fight. Perhaps it was because he knew best that no one could stop the female protagonist who had lost her sense of reason.
When the female protagonist roughly kicked the door open and went out, a man with sharp eyes was looking down at her with cold eyes. Thump. Thump. She could hear his heartbeat in her ears. The last time she saw those cold eyes was when they first met. Now, she sees him as a worse person than when they first met.
"Please do it."
"...."
"My lady."
"... yunki min."
"... It's disgusting. You accepted my guidance so nonchalantly."
"...."
"Why did you do that?"
"hey."
"Why. Why, why did you do that! Why!!!"
"hey!!!"
"...Why, why did you do that...."
I haven't decided yet that it's me. Don't judge me on your own. Don't look at me with those eyes. Don't look at me with those hurt eyes.
Resentment. Hatred. The emptiness and loss seen in between. Yoon-ki's breathing became rough and finally, clear, transparent tears left marks on the floor.
"...Listen carefully, Min Yoongi."
"Not me, no, it won't be me. Never."
therefore.
"...don't leave me."
"Don't throw it away, don't give up."
The firm yet sorrowful words filled the hallway and disappeared without a trace. Yoon-ki cried silently and turned his back to Yeo-ju. His back figure disappeared from sight, and Yeo-ju collapsed and cried just as Yoon-ki had cried.
Without a sound.
Just without a single sound.
_
Center. Anti-government.
A place of polar opposites.
Where it was, what it was, what they did. Everything was different.
While the center led society with the power of the Sentinels and Guides, the anti-government group disrupted the society. Since their intentions were completely different, there had been major conflicts since a few years ago.
Because of that, the center was careful not to leak any information. There were surveillance officers and cameras everywhere they went, and they even had location tracking bracelets attached to them. So they thought they would be safe, but an emergency was declared because of the sentinel telling them to do so.
The female protagonist, who grew up in the center since she was young, knew the center better than anyone else, and was invincible with the rare ability called Ignore, so whenever a suspected anti-government person appeared, she was often the first to be called out and the first to leave. Knowing her own ability, she moved like a puppet only under the center director's instructions, so whenever she was called out, she would make sure there were no suspicious movements and leisurely return to her dorm.
But this time it was different.
A surveillance camera that captures everything for 24 hours caught someone handing a USB to an outsider, causing sirens to sound in the late hours of the morning.
The scene clearly showed the female protagonist even from afar, and since that was the day that the guiding bracelet of the female protagonist's team was collected and repaired, there was no way to prove that it was not her or that it was true. However, after that day, the anti-government purge operation that the center had been secretly trying to carry out was exposed, and a large anti-government suspicion stamp was placed on the profile that was asked to be done.
"... No way. Are you suspecting that that person is me?"
"...."
"Haha... Director. At least the Director shouldn't do that."
"...."
"How long have I followed you?"
"Give me an S-class Ignore Sentinel."
"Director."
"From today, you,"
"I'm not finished talking."
"Except for meetings, going out of the accommodation is prohibited."
As soon as he finished speaking, the female protagonist picked up the chair she was sitting on and threw it with all her might at the glass window behind the director. The sharp sound pierced through the door of the directorโs office and reached the ears of the security guards.
"What would our team be like without me?"
"Please do it."
"If I, the leader, can't do my job, what will happen to our team? Huh?"
"...."
"Only my word. What about those children who rely solely on my word?"
"... permission was granted."
"... what?"
"There are five team members. Excluding you, four of you were asked whether you would agree to temporarily suspend your activities, and you agreed."
"...."
After that day, Yeoju returned to her dorm and didn't meet anyone. It was because she was so upset, but her actions caused a storm of misunderstanding.
It didn't take long for the team members to change from misunderstanding and suspicion to certainty when she locked herself in her room. The cold air lingered in the dorm as they didn't see each other, and the words of the meeting. When Yeo-ju happened to meet Yoon-ki.
"Why. Why, why did you do that! Why!!!"
So much.
I was neglected and my emotions were rotting away.