Chapter 106: Wisdom Teeth

“Let’s see-. Jang Hyun Woo. Twenty years old. Gas manipulation. It’s been over 7 months since manifestation… so he manifested before he was an adult.”

The bald man, who was boringly reciting the basic information while scratching his eye patch, slammed the unregistered person’s head.

He was in a highly sensitive state from being stuck in the stuffy interrogation room.

“If a young punk manifested, he should have scurried over to the Center right away.”

The basement floor of the annex used by Attack Team 1 was all used as interrogation rooms, but currently, the third basement level was given to Yi Jun.

Yi Jun lived freely on the third basement level of the annex without any restraints.

Team Leader Baek, to release Kang Yi Jun, selected and deployed outstanding Barrier Espers to that floor.

She did not spare any support even in a situation where barrier personnel were already scarce.

If only Kang Yi Jun would obediently comply with the interrogation, she could bestow even more.

“You look like an orphan at first glance, what attachment do you have to the civilian area. You’re alone, right?”

“I have a younger brother.”

“Name, age.”

“Jang Hyeon Seo. He’s my twin brother and a transparency ability user.”

The unregistered person, who had been sitting quietly in the interrogation room chair, opened his mouth.

He widened his eyes and broke into a cold sweat, as if the words were not uttered of his own will.

After that, he continued to pour out his brother’s information according to the bald man’s questions.

Yi Jun was controlling his mind, making him answer with the truth.

“Where did you sell that punk off to be alone?”

“I don’t know either.”

The unregistered person, who had shown tears while answering, had passed out while trying to kidnap a guide before being caught and brought here.

He didn’t know that Tae Hwan had let his younger brother go, threatening him to bring Aram.

“Stop sniveling. You criminal bastard.”

“Keoheok!”

The bald man lost his temper, striking the face of the unregistered person who was squeezing out tears.

After taking out his unnecessary anger, he glared at the guy leaning against the wall far from the table.

While everyone was getting worn out from working all night, that Kang Yi Jun bastard was carefree.

‘The nerve of that loose screw.’

“Hey, Kang Yi Jun. We’re starting.”

The bald man, who announced the start of the main interrogation, ground his teeth at Yi Jun’s answer, which again did not come.

His personality, which couldn’t keep its mouth shut, had a habit of talking to his junior who didn’t answer, a habit he couldn’t fix.

Yi Jun was counting the tedious time with the back of his head leaning against the cool wall.

He counted the seconds from 1 to 60 in his head, over and over.

Because his depression had been lasting for over four days, time felt particularly slow.

Still, his body showed great changes.

He no longer had a hideous appearance.

The dark blue bruises were half gone, and Yi Jun’s white skin was slowly being revealed.

“They say the stagnant wavelength is circulating as he uses his ability.”

Team Leader Kim, who was monitoring Yi Jun, said to Seung Ho, who was standing next to him.

They were beyond the magic mirror shield set up in the middle of the interrogation room.

“The wavelength reading.”

“87%. It’s much lower compared to being stuck in the 90s for two months. Want to sit?”

“It’s fine.”

Seung Ho watched Yi Jun beyond the shield intently.

According to Team Leader Kim, Kang Yi Jun’s will to recover was very strong.

Though he didn’t know how long it would last.

“His body is getting better, but his condition is still the same. He falls asleep like that, opens his eyes just to be interrogated, and then falls asleep again.”

“He was always like that.”

Though he hadn’t slept this much before, Yi Jun periodically holed himself up at home and disappeared for a long time.

Seung Ho, who knew his chronic depression well, continued to observe with an unconcerned face.

“He brings up Guide Yoon-nim every time he sees me. At first, he just asked, but now he’s making requests. He asked me to tell him that he’s helping with the interrogation of the unregistered.”

Team Leader Kim snickered even as he relayed the message.

“Is he trying to look good? He’s really unique. A proper psycho.”

“Keep watching him.”

“Are you leaving?”

Seung Ho, who had finished grasping the structure and barriers of the third basement level where Yi Jun was staying, left the annex.

The amount of information obtained thanks to the mind-type ability was incomparable to before.

The unregistered revered and acknowledged the Crow as their leader more than expected.

The secrets they had kept silent about even under torture are being revealed one by one.

Kang Yi Jun was a being worth taking the risk for.

“What the hell, he has over 31 abilities. Is he ice cream?”

The bald man, who had no hair but swept his scalp, clicked his tongue.

Through the recent confession of the unregistered person, a new ability of the Crow had been added.

He was a bizarre multi-ability user of a level never recorded before.

It seemed even Team Leader Baek, who used seven abilities, couldn’t hold a candle to the Crow.

“Interesting.”

For the first time, interest flickered in Yi Jun’s perpetually dead expression.

‘How did one Esper obtain so many abilities? It’s unlikely they all manifested at once. And for it to happen naturally,’

“I want to see him.”

‘is too boring.’

Yi Jun, who was fiddling with the bruise on the back of his hand that remained like a spot, clenched his fist.

The depressing fog that had been encroaching on his mind began to clear.

He was certain that hyung would be happy if he caught the Crow.

Even the name was ridiculous.

‘Crow.’

***

Fifth day of returning to Attack Team 3.

Bodam was spending a very lazy yet sweet time.

He was enjoying his leisure to the fullest in his room, which had everything except what was missing, to the point where the days of eating humble pie while waiting in the common area seemed distant.

Yes, his room.

Bodam occupied the largest room in Attack Team 3’s new waiting room.

A private room with its own bathroom, no less.

Knock, knock.

“Yoon Bodam, you asleep?”

Bodam, who was contemplating whether to sleep more or watch TV in a carefree posture, answered Tae Hwan’s voice with a yawn.

Tae Hwan, who heard the small sound even from beyond the door, asked with a smile.

“Want to go for a walk?”

‘A walk when the weather is so cloudy.’ When he conveyed his intention of not leaving the room by turning on the TV, this time he was tempted with food.

“There’s cake. Want some?”

“Come in.”

Tae Hwan, who quickly opened the door and entered, had a lunch box and a cake box in both hands.

If Bodam wasn’t interested in dessert, he had planned to lure him with a meal.

After learning that he rarely refused food, Tae Hwan had been buying and offering him snacks whenever he had the chance.

Even in the midst of being busy catching the unregistered, he didn’t just pass by a dessert shop.

“Eat slowly.”

Tae Hwan’s plan, where he set up the cake box on the table and casually sat down, succeeded.

Bodam, whose heart had been opened by the cute dessert, didn’t kick Tae Hwan out and let him eat together.

Tae Hwan, who disliked sweets, moved his eyes more busily than his mouth, watching Bodam eat the cake.

“Is it any good?”

“Not bad.”

‘Even though he’s eating it so deliciously.’ Bodam’s cheeks were puffed out as he pretended to be picky with a shrug.

His lips, which were munching on a large bite of fluffy chiffon cake, were insanely cute.

He had said the deco cookie on the red velvet muffin was too pretty to eat, but Tae Hwan even bit his tongue at the sight of him brutally biting off its face first.

Because he was so lovely.

“Want to eat the lunch box now too?”

“I’ll eat it later for dinner. After all the work is done.”

“Who. Seung Ho-hyung?”

Tae Hwan had already received guiding from Bodam first thing today, and Ji Oh had also received it before Bodam’s nap and left.

Now, only Seung Ho was left.

He had decided to give guiding at least once a day until the rampage incidents were resolved.

Bodam, who had vaguely answered while concentrating on the cake, suddenly furrowed his brow.

“Why. Is it bad?”

“No. Because of my wisdom tooth.”

The inside of his cheek was sore, as if his wisdom teeth, which had grown in on the top and bottom, kept biting the flesh.

“What were you doing, not getting it pulled.”

“It’s impacted, impacted. I have four, and they’re all lying down.”

“Get it pulled before it rots.”

‘Is getting impacted wisdom teeth pulled something to be decided easily?’ He wanted to postpone it as much as possible.

Or just live with them for the rest of his life.

“It’s not that uncomfortable.”

“Want to get it pulled tomorrow? I’ll make a dental appointment.”

“Are you crazy, why would I go to a dentist Espers go to.”

“Or let’s just go out for a bit.”

“Please mind your own business.”

At Bodam’s firm refusal, Tae Hwan finally shut his mouth.

But not long after, he casually recommended the dentist again.

Because he thought it would be more trouble after it rotted.

“It doesn’t hurt as much as you think. It doesn’t even take a few minutes.”

“Hey.”

“Really. Mine were impacted too. It’s not scary.”

“Am I a kid? Who said it’s scary.”

“In my eyes, you’re a ki-“

Bodam shut Tae Hwan’s mouth with a glare full of curses.

Tae Hwan, who was intimidated by Bodam’s gesture towards the door, quietly got up from his seat.

As if he thought his last remark was a bit too much, he left the room without a word.

Bodam glared at Tae Hwan, who kept trying to cross the line whenever he let his guard down, but checked his wavelength with his watch.

As expected of a sturdy guy, his reading was in the stable range.

Since Bodam had returned as his exclusive guide, Tae Hwan’s condition had been at its peak.

Like a person who was full even without eating.

“Delicious.”

Bodam, who focused on the dessert again, checked the logo on the box.

He really liked that it was moderately sweet and the sheet was moist until the very end.

‘The remaining cheesecake would go well with coffee.’

“I should go make some coffee.”

He opened the door and went out, pressing his cheek where his wisdom tooth was bothering him.

The new waiting room was surprisingly a two-story structure.

He didn’t even know such a structure existed in the Center’s main building.

Bodam occupied both rooms on the second floor.

One was a bedroom, and the other was used as a guiding room.

On the first floor, there was a larger living room and kitchen than before, and three rooms for the Espers of Attack Team 3 to share.

For now, there was no shortage of rooms.

Because Kang Yi Jun wasn’t here.

“Need something?”

Ji Oh asked Bodam, who was coming down the stairs.

Ji Oh had also come to catch his breath for a moment with Tae Hwan, as they were going around the sites by team.

He, who was sitting on the living room sofa, had been watching since the moment Bodam’s door opened.

“Want something to drink?”

“Coffee.”

Ji Oh, who got up from the sofa following Bodam who was trotting to the kitchen, took out his phone.

“What kind of coffee. Americano?”

Bodam glanced at Ji Oh, who was about to order from a cafe, and then turned his attention to the kitchen cabinet.

There was a coffee he was looking for.

‘My large-capacity coffee box that I haven’t even tasted once.’

“You said you’re drinking coffee. What are you looking for?”

“There was something I bought before, but I think it was thrown away. It was new.”

“…Something you bought?”

Ji Oh, who didn’t know such a thing existed, threw open all the cabinets.

‘Did they throw away something Yoon Bodam bought? Damn it, that precious thing.’

“What are you doing?”

Tae Hwan, who had come with drinks for Bodam, was puzzled, seeing the two standing side by side in the kitchen.

Behind him, Seung Ho’s gaze, who had been changing into indoor slippers at the entrance, also followed.