Chapter 512 – Jiheon Just Needs to Touch His Body.

After leaving the sushi restaurant, we moved towards Tsutenkaku as we said. As I moved to my destination, I saw a steel tower towering over a low building.

“Jiheon. That is Tsutenkaku.”

“Uh, what is that?”

Seeing the steel tower Mina pointed at, I muttered involuntarily.

“Is it smaller than I thought?”

Tsutenkaku was Tongcheongak in Korean. So, it means a house that connects to the sky, but it was lower than expected for such a grand name. There were even taller buildings there.

When I muttered a bit disappointed, Minah gave an additional explanation.

“At the beginning of the 20th century when that tower was built, it was the highest place around.”

“At the beginning of the 20th century, wasn’t it over 100 years ago?”

“No, Jiheon. It is said that it was built for the second time.”

I headed to the street while listening to Mina’s explanation. There are countless restaurants around Tsutenkaku, just like Dotonbori. The difference was that there were no noticeable signboards and they were arranged naturally.

“And Jiheon. Don’t be discouraged.”

While explaining, Mina raised her arm and pointed to the restaurants that were full of people around her.

“Originally, this place is also where you come to eat, like Dotonbori.”

“Uh, no. Hey. We just had lunch.”

“Yes that’s right. But we are not here to eat.”

Mina pointed to the alleyway to her left this time and said.

“Jiheon. They say there’s something fun going on there. Would you like to go?”

“What is that?”

“If you go, you will know. Please follow me.”

Earlier she asked if she was going, but now asked to follow. I didn’t know her English, but her group believed in her and started following her.

Mina, who fell into her alley, did not hesitate to direct her.

“This way, Jiheon. Just follow me.”

“I’m going. But where are you going?”

“If you look at it, Jiheon will like it too. Look forward to it.”

Waiting, is there another word that is so frightening?

It was often a bad thing when girlfriends just said expectancy. Please, I followed Minah with her pounding heart, hoping that would not happen today.

“Here it is, Jiheon.”

Mina stopped her steps in front of her shop with colorful toys on display. The ride placed in front of the store caught my eye, and it was the kind that moved for a certain amount of time when I inserted a coin.

Minah, who guided me to this place, told me what she was doing here.

“Jiheon. It is an arcade.”

“Arcade? Here?”

This store was different from the arcades I knew. It was open enough to see the inside, and at first glance, the machine looked mechanical rather than electrical.

Seeing me not believing, Mina said.

“If you don’t believe me, why don’t you give it a try?”

It wasn’t really a bad idea. It was clear that he had come here for the purpose of entertainment in the first place, and he was curious about an amusement machine he had never seen before.

“OK.”

“Yes, I understand. Please follow me.”

I asked Mina to follow me and went into the store with me. Inside, as seen from the outside, there were unfamiliar amusement machines and long tables with toy guns on them.

“…”

As I entered, I checked the table and beyond. Seeing that the gun was raised and the cookies were piled up on the other side, it seemed that if you hit that with the gun, you would be given a cookie.

“Are you worried, Jiheon?”

Mina noticed my gaze and stopped.

“Then give it a try.”

“Uh, is that okay?”

“If it wasn’t going to happen, I wouldn’t have come.”

“Okay, hold on a second.”

When asked to do it, Mina approached the table first. She was greeted with a smile by her staff who saw her approach, and showed her her gun, explaining how she did it.

“500 yen for 7 rounds. 500 yen for 7 rounds. 500 yen for 7 rounds. .)

“Yes, I understand.”

“7 個しかないので、慎重に使ってください。” (There are only 7 chances, so shoot carefully.)

After hearing the explanation, Minah told what she had heard from me.

“It’s 500 yen at a time, the cork is the bullet, and they say they give you 7 bullets. And she says she can only give out prizes for matching and dropping, not shooting.”

“500 yen? That’s about 5,000 won.”

“It’s okay, Jiheon. I’ll give it to you.”

“Still,”

“Instead, Jiheon just needs to be touched.”

“Hey.”

“Then I will pay.”

“Oh, hey. Wait for a sec!”

Before I had time to say anything, Mina handed the coin to her employee. Then, the employee took out a thin round plastic bowl like an ashtray from under the table.

“Mazu、使い方の合計kara説明しましょう。” (First, I will tell you how to use the gun.)

Pulling out a bowl of corkscrews or something, he picked up his gun and loaded it. The reloading handle clicked into place with the sound of metal engaging.

Clap!

“Kouyatte引っ張って,” (Load like this)

Then he pulled out a cork from a bowl and inserted it into his muzzle.

“Corkをめ込んだ後、” (After inserting the cork)

Then he fired at the merchandise display.

Pak!

The cork that was fired hit the shelf, not the product, and fell. The man who saw that said while picking up the fallen cork.

“Hai、Kouyatte撃tebaindesu.” (Yes, you can shoot it like this.)

“Yes, thank you.”

Mina received the air gun along with a thank you that I could understand. She then looked at me and explained what she had heard.

“You pull the lever, put the cork in the hole, and fire at the target. Would you like to try it?”

“No, I can’t do it.”

“Take it. Did you pay too?”

“… Okay. Give it.”

As Mina said, the money has already been paid. In addition, she even gave a kind explanation, but she was rude to the staff when I refunded. Thinking this far, I accepted her gun from Mina.

“Yes.” (Here.)

The employee put the cork he had shot earlier into the bowl. As I watched, I pulled the loading handle as he did earlier, and inserted the cork into the muzzle.

During that time, I felt a bit strange. Having made a musket unit in another world, this wasn’t the first time they’d loaded their guns.

After reloading in a sense of faint nostalgia and irony, I aimed at the product display stand. As seen in the game, I matched the ⊥-shaped parts in the middle of the ∪-shaped metal fittings.

“Whoa…”

Just like in the movie, I took a deep breath and slowly pulled the trigger.

Kirik, Tak!

Immediately after the sound of metal rubbing, the gun was fired. The fired cork flies through the air,

Widely!

It hit the shelf and fell.

“… Jiheon.”

“No, practice! It’s practice!”

To make up for this situation, he hurriedly reloaded his gun and fired.

Pak! Percussion!

“Uh! Did you see it! Saw! I saw it!”

This time, the cork was properly hit by the prize and fell off. However, Minah calmly told the truth just like her blunt tone.

“You have to drop it to receive it.”

“You got it right though.”

“It doesn’t make any sense just by matching it.”

“No, but I got it right…”

“Yes, I understand.”

As I grumbled and reloaded, I heard what I wanted to hear.

“I’ll kiss you later.”

“I can talk a little bit now.”

I smiled and aimed at the product again. At this time, an employee approached with a friendly tone.

“Upon the top, lower on the bottom, lower on the bottom, not on the top.”

He looked at Minah, not understanding what she said.

“It is said that it is better to match the bottom. From what I’ve seen, there’s a bunch of light objects on the bottom that make it look good to drop.”

“Oh, do you think so too?”

“Did Ji-Hum think so too?”

“Of course.”

“Don’t lie.”

“Sheesh.”

When I was caught lying, I pointed my gun again while kicking my tongue in regret. This time, as the staff and Mina said, they fired at the products on the shelf below.

Pak! Percussion!

“Uh!”

As the cork flew, it hit the cookie and fell. The cookie that hit it tilted for a moment, then fell backwards.

Daughter and daughter and daughter!

“Omedetougozaimasu!” (Congratulations!)

Then, the employee shouted something while shaking a bell he did not know where it came from. I was a bit surprised by such a sight, but when I received the candy I shot and dropped, I immediately raised my eyebrows.

“Minah, did you see it?”

“Yeah, good job. Well done, Jiheon.”

Clap clap clap

“What else are you clapping for?”

Minah praised me while applauding with an expressionless face. Since it came out like that, I wanted to show Mina more of her cool side. Seeing her cheering her on, I resumed shooting at her, overflowing with confidence.

The bullets fired with such a heart hit the target without missing a single shot. Excluding the sweets, which were a bit heavy, I was able to get three more prizes.

“Come on, Minah.”

I handed out half of the cookies I won to Mina.

“I got it for you.”

“Thank you, Jiheon.”

Minah accepted the snack I offered her without saying anything. But after putting it down on the table at the shooting range, I handed the money to the staff.

“Uh, why? Do you too?”

“Yes that’s right.”

“Did you want to do that too? Then tell me.”

“No, Jiheon.”

Picking up her gun that was on her table, Minah tugs on her loading handle.

Clap!

“I’m not doing this because I want to play games.”

Then, the cork the employee gave me was inserted into the muzzle.

“What I want to do now is,”

Then he knelt down on the table and aimed the gun.

“I also want to give Jiheon a present.”

Grasp!

As soon as he finished speaking, the cork was fired. The bullet containing Mina’s heart flew through the air,

Widely!

Just like me, I fell after being hit by a shelf.

“…”

“…”

Seeing the cork scattered on the floor, we were silent for a moment. Until I shot it, Black Panther seemed like a codenamed sniper, but now I’m embarrassed.

Still, I hurriedly encouraged Minah, who would be much more embarrassed than I was.

“Oh, sorry! I’m really sorry! Is this practice though? Huh? Is it practice?”

“… Yes that’s right.”

Acknowledging my words, Mina naturally reloaded her gun. Then she continued her words, aiming again at her prize.

“It was just practice. This time for real.”

Pak! Widely!

“It is practice. I’m sorry, Jiheon. Now I will go with all my heart.”

Pak! Widely!

“The practice is now completely over.”

Mina’s bullets continued to hit only the shelves, not the products. I was the one who remembered and expected her to handle the bow well in her previous life, but when I saw this, I felt sorry for everything.

In the end, Mina, who couldn’t hit anything, put down her gun.

“Jiheon. Could you give me the gun Jiheon used?”

“Uh, huh?”

“It looks like my gun is defective.”

“It’s Mina. Hey, let’s do that! That! There’s a shuriken over there!”

“I’ll try one more time.”

“No, you said that earlier! You, you are good at throwing! Let’s do what we’re good at!”

“Jiheon, are you saying that I can’t shoot?”

“That’s not what I meant… !”