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Chapter 134 - Forgotten

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He coughed, spat to the side before wiping his face with his sleeve.

He turned around and found himself nose to nose with Kim Young.

– you… Hey… I'm just passing by… I'm going to leave you.

But her eyes were fixed on her wrist. Her breathing remained uneven, but color was gradually returning to her face. The new interface seemed to have provided her with something she had sorely lacked until then.

"Do you want to come with me?" she asked without looking up.

– I… I'm going to sit down for a bit first, I'll wait-

Suspicion.

She gave him an unconvincing look before turning her back on him.

His balance wavered for a moment.

He placed his hand on his knee, waited for the dizziness to pass, then resumed examining his screen.

- ha!?

She's still here.

"You're here!" he murmured, sweating.

She stared at him from head to toe and stamped her foot.

Odd.

This time he made sure that she had really disappeared.

Kang-Dae glanced down at his own watch. An almost identical map covered the entire face. The castle appeared to the north of their position, depicted with its ramparts, secondary towers, and several winding paths, but between the two, the evidence was striking.

The route: distances, terrain, unexplored areas, power and recharge points. The whole thing was so detailed that it was like an exam with the answer key in front of you.

An inscription was flashing above the map.

VOTE POSITION, REFRESHMENT POINT: 100 STEPS FROM YOU.

– I don't feel guilty, no, I'm fine, I'm not…

It enlarges the representation of the terrain. The first supply point was literally hidden.

If I find it on the first try, they will be suspicious of me, especially since, further on, three other markers appeared on the path leading to the castle.

That's not exactly what she told us.

Just a moment.

Settling where he decided to rest, all sorts of plant groups and improbable things would pass over me.

The only man left had just retrieved his bag, checked his watch and turned around in the opposite direction to everyone else.

Now, with the passage of time, I've aske

d myself a question.

– Why is his watch only working now?

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