Chapter 458 – From the Designated Marksman, Open Fire!

The first place I introduced Mina to our school was the bathroom next to the playground. However, because it was a festival day and because it was closest to the stage, it was crowded with many people.

“I thought Jiheon wanted to play like that.”

That was what she said when Mina, who had been waiting for a little over ten minutes, came out after finishing her errands. Of course, the word play shocked me.

“What play?!”

“I mean the piss play.”

“You don’t have to talk!”

“Yes, I understand.”

Even though I shouted once, honestly, I felt sorry for Minah.

“But, sorry.”

“What are you talking about, Jiheon?”

“If I had known it would be like this, I would have taken you somewhere inside the building instead of here in the bathroom.”

“…”

“I didn’t know it would take this long. Sorry.”

“… As expected, Jiheon wanted to play urination.”

“No! And when everyone else is there, don’t say that!”

“I spoke quietly.”

You don’t say a word, how.

Still, she was fortunate that Mina had finished her errands safely. Now that the urgent fire has been extinguished,

“It’s Mina. Let’s go on a date now.”

“Yes, Jiheon. Great.”

Started dating

Arm in arm, we walked around the playground where the stage was in full swing. It wasn’t to see the performance, but to see the food trucks and club booths installed around it.

“Jiheon. Is that where you bought your fries?”

“Huh. Why? Was that delicious? Would you like to buy one?”

“No. Right now, I want to savor the time I spend with Jiheon rather than french fries.”

“Don’t you want to eat something else?”

“Yes that’s right.”

“What?”

I just asked because I was shy to admit it, but I didn’t know it would be real.

“I want to eat Jiheon now.”

“Hey?!”

Of course, that was an illusion.

Anyway, after walking around with Minah, a familiar place caught my eye. It was a mountaineering club that I participated in when I was with the Demon King.

“Jiheon. How about that?”

Mina wasn’t looking at the same thing as me. With her left hand, she pointed to a booth next to the mountaineering club. There was a game where you hit balloons with darts to pop them.

The moment I saw it, I remembered going to Mina and her hunting cart. Then she won her top score with her own gripping method.

“For a moment.”

Recalling her words about the massacre of civilians, she asked Mina.

“You want to do that?”

“No, Jiheon.”

Mina shook her head and let her know that it was her misunderstanding.

“I want to see what Jiheon does.”

“Oh, is it that way?”

“If I do that, it doesn’t make any sense. Jiheon please do it.”

The demon king said something similar. Have you ever made it?

Though a little suspicious, he readily nodded her head.

“Okay. Let’s go then.”

“I will pay the participation fee.”

“Oh, no. I’ll pay.”

“Jiheon.”

Mina stopped her steps and turned her head towards me. Then she looked at me and she said with a confident look.

“This is what my sister pays for.”

I smiled right away at such a confident and lovely appearance. She replied with a smile, wanting to express this joy.

“Okay, sister.”

“Then we will depart.”

“Huh.”

We approached the board game booth with arms crossed. When I got there, a male student greeted me with a bright smile.

“Welcome! Are you a couple?”

“Ah yes.”

“Yes, they are a couple.”

I nodded her head, and Mina nodded with a smile as well. Seeing us through the table that separates the booth from the outside, the man also nodded and said,

“I see, you are a couple.”

Then, he pointed to the signboard installed in front of the booth.

“Here, if you look, a couples event is underway. If two of you participate and explode 9 or more, we will give you a couple doll as a gift.”

“Is it so?”

Minah, who was reading the billboard he pointed to, asked.

“Should both of us participate?”

“Ah yes. It’s up to 5 per person.”

“Is it so…”

Mina, who blurted out the end of her words, showed a troubled look. She then turned to me and she smiled.

“Mr. Jiheon. Would you like to?”

I was a little worried very slightly. Still, it didn’t seem like there was any particular problem with Mina participating. There was no competition, and the products were not expensive wireless earphones, but couple dolls.

Thinking this far, I immediately nodded.

“Of course.”

“All right. Then can you give me a dart here? For two people.”

“Yes! Then, if we do 5,000 won per person, it will be 10,000 won.”

What. Why so expensive

“Wait a minute.”

She was a little flinched at the higher-than-expected amount, but Mina readily opened her wallet. After briefly loosening her arms, she pulled out a 50,000 won bill from her wallet and held it out.

“Here you go.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

The employee took the money while shouting out loud thanks. Then he put the basket of 10 darts on the table with the change.

“Here it is!”

“Thank you.”

Mina smiled and held out a basket full of darts towards me.

“Come on, Mr. Jiheon.”

“Me?”

“You came to see what Jiheon is doing. Don’t you remember?”

“Oh right.”

Laughing at her, I picked up one of the darts. Then the male student laughed and moved the balloons away from the fixed wall.

“Ruler! Beginning with the prepared designated shooter, open fire!”

I was fed up at the playful words and laughed. Still, I took a light breath and focused my mind. While feeling the pulse of the body, catch the right timing to throw,

“Suck!”

He exhaled and threw the dart.

The dart flew through the air and landed on the balloon. Sharp needles at the tips pierced the pink surface.

Widely!

Even though it bounced off.

“Uh?”

I was embarrassed because the balloon didn’t burst even though I was hit. At this time, a male student who had seen her like this made a fuss about her and felt sorry for her.

“Oh my! Boyfriend! You have to throw a little harder! That’s fine though! The opportunity is still there!”

And Mina also gave advice in a low voice.

“Jiheon. Aim for a bigger balloon. Larger balloons are comparatively thinner than smaller ones.”

I see

From what they said, I just realized what I was doing wrong. As the man said, I was too weak to be careful, and I aimed at the sagging balloon so that the dart couldn’t penetrate the surface.

Taking that mistake as food, I picked up the dart again. Then I threw it harder than before and towards the bigger balloon.

Slap! Fain!

At the same time as the dart was inserted, the balloon burst with a cheerful sound. I looked at the balloon pieces falling to the floor, then turned my gaze to Minah.

Clap clap clap

Minah even clapped a little and congratulated me.

“Good work, Jiheon.”

“Okay?”

I only popped one balloon, but I was a little embarrassed to be praised this much. Even so, the corners of his mouth that went up did not know how to go down.

“Take a good look. I’m going to explode again.”

Excitedly, I picked up another dart. Then, in the same way as before, I threw it towards the big balloon.

Widely!

“Uh!”

“That’s too bad! This completely blown my chances!”

But this time, it was not a balloon, but a dart stuck in the wall between them. The opportunity flew away, too, but I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t hit it even though I acted so proudly earlier.

“It’s okay, Jiheon.”

While her face was about to heat up, Minah encouraged me with a soft tone.

“Because I was satisfied enough with Mr. Jiheon’s hard work.”

“No, but…”

“I told you it was okay, honey.”

Mina, who continued to encourage me, gently pinched my cheek while saying that she was her. Then, this time, her face was hot in a slightly different way.

“Then Jiheon? Shall we toss the other two? I will do the rest.”

“Huh.”

Cheering up, I picked up the dart again. This time, I didn’t let my guard down, and I threw them carefully one by one.

Fain!

Got it right, and now this too…

Fain!

Got it right!

I felt a sense of accomplishment when I matched the two in a row. But even if Mina guessed all the rest, she was only able to get the doll from 9.

“I’m sorry, really.”

At this time, a male student approached with a sad face.

“However, there are no restrictions on participation. If you pay the participation fee for one more person, you can get it,”

“No. It doesn’t matter.”

Minah interrupted her words he was talking about. Unstoppable, she put her hand on the basket of her darts.

“Could you step aside for a moment? If you get hit, it’s dangerous.”

“Ah yes.”

“Thank you.”

Mina smiled at him who moved to her side and picked up the dart. Unlike what I did, it was her own gripping method, sandwiching her dart wings between her index and middle fingers.

“Uh, that-“

The male student who saw it tried to point it out without realizing it. But before that, Mina swung her arm.

Slap!

In the blink of an eye, the swinging arm threw a dart at a very high speed, which flew through the balloon and stuck into the cork wall.

Taaang!

Then there was a sound like a gunshot.

“!”

Even the people around me were surprised by the sound and looked at this place.

“It’s good.”

Even when a male student looked at her in amazement, and even when other people looked at her in surprise, Mina looked at me as if she didn’t know anything.

“Mr. Jiheon. Take a good look.”

Her brown eyes staring at me were full of confidence, even though her smile was made of smoke. Then, without hesitation at all, she continued to throw darts.

Taang! Taang!

The balloon popped every time Minah swung her arm. At the same time, the impact of the dart made the cork wall where the balloon was fixed vibrate violently.

However, there was one problem. No matter how white-haired Mina was, she couldn’t pop two balloons with one dart. I don’t know if the balloons overlapped.

“Mr. Jiheon?”

While she was thinking that inwardly, Mina’s smiling smoke called me to her young face. As I met her eyes, she said, holding two darts in one hand.

“Mr. Jiheon. I’ll show you something fun right now.”

Slap!

At the same time as he finished speaking, a dart flew away at a very high speed.

Taaaaang!

This time the dart burst the balloon and lodged itself in the cork wall, but the sound and vibration were much worse than before.

… Took

It wasn’t until I saw the balloon falling from the shaking wall that I realized what Mina was aiming for. She deliberately threw it hard enough to shake the wall, and then she planned the double-sidedly taped balloon to fall.

The air-filled balloon fell at a subtly fast rate, and Mina swung her arm faster than that.

Dismiss! Widely!

The dart she threw pierced the falling balloon and the one fixed to the wall in turn, and stuck into the wall.

“Wow, wow!”

“What is that person doing?”

“Did you see that? Crazy, really!”

People who had been paying attention since the gunshot-like sound heard cheered when they saw it. The male student inside the booth looked dumbfounded, and I was no different from him.

“How are you, Mr. Jiheon?”

Seeing me like this, Mina bowed her head towards me. Then he whispered softly into my ear.

“Was it cool?”