A few minutes before the bombing...
"TO BE fair, I don’t have proof that Bambi is a monster."
Aigoo.
If Yuno weren’t such a scaredy-cat, he would have glared at Moon Noa already.
After all, that was so anti-climactic.
Moon Noa called Bambi a ’pink monster’ earlier.
"Why is Ryu Sungbin dating a monster raised by the Lab?"
That statement was shocking for Yuno, so he asked Moon Noa:
"Do you have proof that Bambi is a monster?"
And that was when his (sometimes useless) boss admitted that he had no proof.
"You look disappointed, kid," Moon Noa commented while having coffee elegantly— acting as if he were in a cozy café and not a white room not different from an asylum. The coffee came from his Inventory, so it should be safe to drink. "Why?"
"Because if Sajangnim has proof that Bambi-ssi is a monster, then we can use that to punish him properly," Yuno explained, sitting in the chair across from his boss. "But what kind of monster do you suspect Bambi-ssi to be, Boss?"
"It’s hard to explain, but I lost something while I was taking care of him."
Oho?
Yuno remembered that while he was staying at Moon Noa’s house— after his sajangnim saved him from the Lab— he barely saw him come home.
That’s why we barely got close at the time.
Was it a year after the Lab’s destruction that Bambi made his appearance as the second S-Class Guide in South Korea?
"Sajangnim, what did you lose at the time?"
"Half of my heart."
Yuno almost choked on his saliva. "Excuse me?"
"Don’t worry about it, kid," Moon Noa said, laughing softly while shaking his head. "The adults will take care of problems like this."
"Is there anyone by your side, Sajangnim?"
"What do you think?"
Yuno wanted to say that Moon Noa didn’t have any friends because he was a sly fox.
But he stopped abruptly when he remembered Ryu Sungbin.
CLICK.
It was the sound of the clogs in Yuno’s brain finally falling into places.
Moon Noa.
Ryu Sungbin.
They are the first Esper-Guide to have the highest matching rate in our country. Their bond was supposed to be strong. But Ryu Sungbin dumped Moon Noa for Bambi.
That part had never made sense to Yuno.
But, now, the picture was starting to get clear.
If Bambi stole something from Sajangnim, then...
Yuno let out a soft gasp when the realization hit him. "Sajangnim, did Ryu Sungbin stay with Bambi to retrieve what you lost— aigoo!"
Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to finish what he was trying to ask because the ground suddenly shook hard.
What the hell?
The earthquake didn’t happen just once or twice.
Actually, Yuno had already lost count.
This isn’t an earthquake.
"Is this place getting bombed?" Yuno asked, knitting his eyebrows. "But how?"
"Why are you asking a stupid question?" Moon Noa asked, scoffing. "There’s nothing impossible for two natural S-Class Espers who are desperate to save their Guides."
Two natural S-Class Espers desperate to save their Guides?
Sajangnim can tell who the Espers are?
To be fair, Yuno also only knew two Espers who were crazy enough to pull that kind of shit for him and Moon Noa.
If it involves Sajangnim, then Haru must be one of them.
And the other...
Yuno’s eyes widened in shock, his heart beating hard and fast against his chest. "Is one of them Gayoon Hyung?"
"I’m not sure," Moon Noa said, shrugging. "Are you confident that Ki Gayoon likes you enough to risk his life and rescue you?"
"Yes, Sajangnim— I’m confident."
"I can’t wait to see Ryu Sungbin and Ki Gayoon working together again."
Aigoo.
That sounded sad as heck.
"Sajangnim, I don’t think it’s Ryu Sungbin," Yuno said awkwardly. "The one with Gayoon Hyung must be Haru-nim."
"Haru?"
"Japan’s ex-Crown Prince."
Sajangnim and Ryu Sungbin really made a plan together.
***
But whatever.
And the goal is to make them come out.
***
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