Deep underground, I gravely declared,
“Let’s try this. A plane hijacking.”
At my words, the two nodded their heads.
And so, we began planning the airplane hijacking.
“Brother, which plane should we hijack?”
“Definitely a domestic flight. One going to Jeju Island should be good enough.”
“What about international flights?”
“If we hijack a plane going abroad, there’s a very high chance that foreign heroes will come. Especially if foreigners are on board, who knows how it’ll turn out? That’s why we need to hijack a domestic Korean airline with only Koreans on board.”
“Ah… That’s quite tricky. We can’t do it on a nighttime flight either?”
“Of course not. Then that Shadow Walker guy could just teleport onto the plane, move everyone in a group, and it would all be over.”
“I see. It looks like attacking during this time would work?”
“Let me see… Yeah, around this time would be perfect. We need to prepare in advance. What do we have to get ready?”
“Aren’t you going to make it some sort of deathly nonsense quiz? Go and find some nonsense questions.”
“Nonsense questions? Seo-eun, I already know plenty. What do you call a monk descending a mountain in six letters?”
“…I don’t know. What is it?”
“Illegal download (佛法 Down Road)! Puhahahahaha!”
“….Brother, please find something else. I’m asking you nicely.”
Seo-eun’s cold response.
Why… I thought ‘illegal download’ was funny…
Just as I was about to move on to another dad joke, Su-bin, who was next to me, started talking to me.
“Dain, should I go look for bombs? The ones we bought the last time for the train hijacking, can we get them from the same source?”
“Ah, Su-bin. We don’t actually need bombs this time.”
At my words, both Seo-eun and Su-bin looked puzzled.
“But brother, weren’t you going to detonate a bomb on the airplane?”
Ah, I hadn’t explained that part yet.
“Um… yeah, let me start from the beginning and explain.”
Ego Show Plan.
We will hold a nonsense quiz competition aboard the plane.
If no one answers all 10 questions correctly, we’ll threaten to detonate a bomb.
“The point here is, I’m going to make the plane crash no matter what. But if we use a bomb, the plane would disintegrate in the sky, right? So we’re not using a bomb, we’re just going to make it crash.”
“What? What are you talking about?”
Seo-eun spoke as if she couldn’t understand.
“Well… There are more than one or two strange points here. First of all, what if someone does answer all 10 questions correctly? Are you still going to crash the plane?”
“We won’t if that happens. But the thing is, I doubt anyone could answer all the questions correctly… Still, I’ve set up a trap in case that happens.”
“What trap?”
“The last question will have two correct answers. So even if someone gets it right? I’ll just declare the other answer correct and crash it anyway. If that doesn’t work, we’ll just force it.”
“Wow… Brother, I didn’t realize until now, but you kind of seem like a devil.”
Seo-eun looked at me as if it were ridiculous.
Well, kid.
That’s how the world works! It’s either deceive or be deceived!
“Dain, but what do you mean we’re not using a bomb to crash the plane?”
“If we use a bomb, the damage to the plane’s structure might cause it to disintegrate in an unexpected manner, right? So instead of a real detonation, we’ll just make it seem like we’re about to, and in reality, we’ll just angle the plane downwards. But if it falls without a designated landing point from up there, it’s essentially a crash.”
As I shrugged and explained, Seo-eun asked again.
“So… If we make the plane crash, our goal is to have Stardust save it?”
“Exactly! It raises my intimidation factor, as well as Stardust’s popularity. It’s killing two birds with one stone, isn’t it?”
“Uh… But can Mr. Stardust actually save the plane?”
Su-bin, who had been searching and doing calculations on the computer, turned to ask me.
I glanced in her direction.
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