Continuously throwing nonsense quizzes on the broadcast made me realize…
Why do these people get it right every time?
Honestly, I thought everyone would drop out by the seventh or eighth question.
Yet here I am, hanging on with sheer grit and malice, having made it to the tenth.
The last one standing was a balding man… let’s see, his name was… Kim Deokbae? How on earth does he keep getting them right…
“Okay! Here comes the tenth and final question! What is children’s favorite oil?”
With that, my last question was thrown out.
And I received the answer “IU.”
Truth be told, whether they sent “IU” or “May Oil” as an answer wasn’t the real issue.
The important thing was that no matter what was sent, it was inevitably going to be wrong.
…But unbelievably, he got it right till the end. It would have been a disaster if I hadn’t prepared multiple correct answers.
“Let’s see if you got the answer right. You wrote ‘IU,’ but the correct answer was ‘May Oil’! Unfortunately, that’s not it. Well then, goodbye!”
After saying those words, I pressed the button.
Bang! The sound device I had set up went off.
And the airplane started to descend – emitting smoke, though it was just a controlled descent.
“Phew, it’s finally over.”
I turned off the microphone and collapsed in the chair.
Just sitting and talking was too draining to keep the energy up…
As I lay there, Seo Eun, who had finished operating the equipment, spoke to me.
“Oppa, what do we do now?”
“What else? We wait until Stardust arrives.”
“Do you think he’ll really come?”
“Of course, he will, who is Stardust to you?”
And so, I waited.
“He should be here soon.”
Waited.
“He must have started by now?”
Kept on waiting.
“He’s probably on his way now, isn’t he?”
As a result of all that waiting.
“Aaaaaaah!!! Why isn’t he showing up!!!!!”
I ended up screaming out loud!
Why wasn’t he coming? At this rate, the plane was really going to shatter!
“Oh! Oppa, why did you suddenly start screaming and scare me?”
“Seo Eun! Check on that kid right now! Hack into nearby CCTVs if you have to!”
“Okay, okay… Got it.”
“Oh, I found it. Oppa, Stardust is just watching the plane from the beach.”
“What?! Why the hell is he just standing there!!”
This isn’t the Stardust I know!
“Looks like he knows what’s going on. He’s not moving because he knows it’s a guaranteed annihilation if he goes.”
Jumping up at Seo Eun’s words, I panicked.
No way! Stardust can do anything if he puts his mind to it! If I could just get him in front of the plane, he would awaken and be able to stop everything!
“Damn… What should I do? If this goes on there won’t be a way out… That’s it, earphones. In-ear earphones!”
I had an idea!
Shin Haru always wore small in-ear earphones inside his ears. If we could just communicate through those!
“Seo Eun, can you forcibly connect to the earphones Shin Haru has in his ears? Quickly!”
“Just a moment… Oh, this is a secured communication line connected internally, it’s a bit hard to crack… Unni! Help me out here.”
“Got it!”
As the two of them huddled over the computer and kept trying,
Tap. Tap. Tap.
I was nervously shaking my leg. The anxiety was killing me.
After what felt like an eternity,
“Oppa! We managed to break through!”
“Finally!”
I rushed over.
The computer screen showed a complex frequency graph.
“Oppa, but there’s one important thing. If the other side doesn’t accept the call, it’s game over.”
“It’s fine, if that happens, I’ll just keep calling until he picks up.”
I sat down after saying that.
I took a deep breath.
Whoo-.
Riiing. Riiing.
The call goes out.
And then.
Click.
The call was picked up.
I calmly and quietly opened my mouth.
“Good day, Mr. Stardust. This is Egostic speaking.”
[This piece of trash…]
Cursing was the immediate response to the connection.
However, I wasn’t concerned with being sworn at right now.
“It’s not that I’m calling for a particular reason, but I was just wondering…”
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