Swoosh~ the virtual reality pod opened.
"..."
Fang Raon stared silently at the ceiling.
After his talk with Rock, he decided to log off, as there were so things that he needed to ponder about, and... he had to pack his things.
He slowly climbed out of the pod, but then instead of moving, he was just standing silently like a statue.
The anger burned inside him like a raging volcano, but instead of letting himself get consud by it, he started to control it.
’Maxima... Huh...’
He looked at his right hand—then he ford a fist—and he could feel his concentrated anger moving into his knuckles.
"RAGH!"
He suddenly swung his fist. It landed at the wall. The force of his blow left a sizable dent in the plaster.
Thump~ The sudden sound of "thump" made the neighbors on both the left and right sides flinch at the sudden noise.
"...What the hell is making this noise?!"
"...SHUT UP OVER THERE!"
’I didn’t do it correctly, as the feeling in Black Online was different, but I didn’t completely fail in it either.
’If I learn this... Since I can also do this in real life... Hmm...’
Fang Raon then turned his hand around and noticed that his knuckles were bloody, and he just let out a nonchalant, "Oh," and then went to wash off the blood from his hands.
He looked at himself through the mirror—his beautiful blue eyes stared back at him.
’The bodyguards should arrive here in a couple of days. I can finish the tournant in here, and then I’ll travel back ho... and hopefully, I can start my training then.’
He stepped out of the bathroom, looked at his shabby little place, and rolled up his sleeves.
Since he didn’t want to start packing at the last minute, he started packing now and started with the computer.
He didn’t own much, so there wasn’t much to pack.
Only the necessities, and since he needed his computer back at ho, he packed that in a cardboard box.
’I’ll leave the bed and the desk. I have those back at ho.’
After also packing his microphone and stuff, there was only the Virtual Reality Pod remaining, but he was still going to use it.
Therefore, he was going to leave packing that for later.
’I’ll go for a drink.’
Fang Raon put on his jacket and shoes and then left the apartnt with the house keys and wallet in his pocket.
Nasty-looking individuals were lounging around close to his apartnt, and they looked at him with nasty looks.
However, since he ignored them, they also didn’t bother him.
’For so reason, they will only pick a fight if I look them in the eye. They find that disrespectful, for so reason.’
Fang Raon thought.
They were all about respect, and since they had been around nasty individuals all their lives, they believed that staring directly at the eyes was showing lack of respect.
He entered the elevator, looked at all those floor buttons, and then chose to press the button for the 98th floor.
The elevator quickly took him all the way up.
When the doors opened, he saw that family of four standing outside, as they had been waiting for this specific elevator to co up.
With a nod to the family’s father, Fang Raon stepped out of the elevator while the family stepped inside in return.
He ca to this floor for a reason, and it was the amazing sports bar that he visited with Chaewon.
It was getting later in the day, so there were patrons who were starting to gather for happy hour.
"Welco!"
The sports bar owner greeted Fang Raon, and he nodded in response and sat down in the corner booth.
The corner booth had a table and a U-shaped sofa. It gave a perfect view of the televisions mounted on the walls.
"...Co on!"
"...Stop defending all the ti. Start attacking for once, holy shit. The ball has been on our side of the field for the past five minutes!"
The people in the sports bar were watching a match of Hard Football, and the fans of one of the teams didn’t seem all that happy.
The score was 1-0.
Their team was the one with zero goals so far, and the ball had stayed in their field for the majority of the ga.
Therefore, they were already getting ready to consider this match a lost cause.
"What may I get you?"
In that mont, a waitress ca over, and Fang Raon quickly checked the nu and ordered so fries with golden ale.
The waitress wrote it down, smiled, and walked back into the kitchen to give the order to the chef.
"...No, god damn it!"
The loud fan groaned and was ready to punch the television, but the sports bar owner gave him a nasty gaze as if he were saying, "Don’t you dare," and thus, the fan only threw his hat to the ground.
The score was now 2-0.
"Haha..."
Fang Raon just chuckled.
Then, he received his fries and the golden ale.
He just enjoyed them while watching the match.
It was an enjoyable watch—not for the fans of the losing team, though—as the score was soon 3-0, and before Fang Raon even finished his fries, it beca 4-0.
"Raon...? Is that you?"
In that mont, a voice that he didn’t expect to hear found its way to his ears, and he turned around in surprise.
Standing at the doorsteps of the sports bar, Chaewon looked at him in surprise and disbelief, as she didn’t expect to see him there.
She looked pretty, like always, but she was without makeup, as she just finished her work shift for today.
"It really is you!"
Chaewon bead with a smile.
"Chaewon... This is a surprise."
Fang Raon said with a smile, and she then entered the sports bar and sat across from him with a mix of curiosity and excitent in her eyes.
"How co you are in here?"
Chaewon asked with a smile.
"Last ti I enjoyed being here, so I decided to co visit it again..."
Fang Raon said, but his voice trailed at the end, as if he had left sothing out, and that was that it might be his last ti visiting the place.
So, that’s why he wanted to visit this sports bar one last ti.
’I knew that Chaewon lived on this floor, but honestly, I still didn’t expect to co across her, but I am glad that I did...
’This might be the last ti that I can see her in the flesh.’
Fang Raon thought with a sour look and stared at Chaewon, as if he were trying to engrave her features into his mory forever.
"What’s wrong? I can tell that sothing is wrong."
Chaewon said.
She had really scary instincts, as from the subtle facial expressions, she was able to tell that Fang Raon’s mood was low.
"I can’t hide anything from you, can I?"
Fang Raon let out a chuckle.
"No, you can’t."
Chaewon smiled.
"I am going back ho."
Fang Raon said.
"...Ho? You an the 18th floor?"
Chaewon asked.
"...No. Ho..."
Fang Raon said, tightness in his voice.
She looked stunned, and realization dawned on her face as she realized he was talking about the Fang Village.
Out of curiosity, she did so research on Fang Village after finding out that he was from there, and it was really far away.
It was a really secluded place.
"Do you have to?"
She asked.
"Unfortunately, yes. I don’t really have a choice."
Fang Raon said and took a sip of the golden ale.
"...You always have a choice."
"Not . I don’t. I don’t have a choice as long as I carry the na of Fang."
He said.
"...When will you leave?"
She asked, looking sad, with her lips quivering.
"Two days. Maybe three."
Fang Raon said, dipped a fry into the ketchup, and took a bite.
She turned silent as she looked at the table, wishing ti would stand still.
"...Will you keep playing Black Online?"
"Yes, why?"
Fang Raon asked curiously.
"No reason..."
She whispered with a serious look on her pretty face.
’I can still see you over there...’
She thought softly, full of emotions on her face, and she then stole one of Fang Raon’s fries and ate it.
"Shall we do sothing together now? With you leaving, I feel like we should make so mories. Until we et next ti."
Chawon said with a smile.
"...Until we et next ti?"
Fang Raon said curiously.
"Yes, we will definitely see each other again."
She said with a smile, and she then stood up, pulled him up to his feet, and dragged him out of the sports bar.
"And I know exactly what we should do!"
"Oh, what’s that?"
Fang Raon asked with a smile on his face.
"A secret~"
With a mysterious smile, Chaewon kept pulling Fang Raon along, their hands interlocked in a tight grip.
"...Yerin, isn’t that your daughter?"
A gray-haired woman asked. She was holding a book bag. She was walking alongside three other won.
And one of them was Song Yerin.
They were coming back from their book club eting.
"...Yes."
Yerin said in surprise as she watched her daughter walk with a young man, looking very intimate, and she recognized him.
’Heeh~ You’ve been keeping secrets from , Chaewon~?’
Yerin smiled.
She was going to tease her daughter about this later today.
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