Chapter 278 – Beggars (1)

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The letter, which appears to have been written by the landlord, said that I had called the fire alarm, but I did not answer the phone, so I came to see it myself.
After that, after looking at the situation in the house, he said that this does not seem to be inhabited by people, and he immediately took eviction measures, so if you have any complaints, it is written to call.
I crouched down in front of the door and sighed as I read the landlord’s letter.

“Ha…”

The landlord was a kind person who would delay the rent by one month or even two months if you called when things were a bit difficult.
I thought he was a good person, which is hard to find in this day and age… To kick someone out so suddenly…
…No, seeing that it ended like this, should I say that I am a good person?

I hadn’t paid two months’ rent and was putting it off.
It wasn’t that I didn’t have money, but I asked for it to be difficult during the virus monster crisis, so I delayed it.
The deposit is three months’ rent, the overdue rent is two months, the remaining one month’s rent… It may not be enough, but it must be used for house repairs.

Lately, Grape has been cleaning the house often, so the house has become clean, but there are still traces of scratches and butt marks from having sex with Grape all over the walls and floors.
There are traces of the bed frame dug into the floor, and it would not have seemed that anyone was using the house normally.
The room was in a state that I could say was a mess, so I had no excuses for being kicked out.

Grape didn’t bother to fix it, as if he liked the traces of himself engraved in his room, and I didn’t touch it because I was too bothered.
There was even a fire there, so the landlord has no choice but to be angry.
Rather, the landlord who was so awesome and called someone to organize the luggage and put it outside was an angel.

Still, I want to take a shower and sleep until today, but I can’t help it.
The front door was locked and I couldn’t move, and there was no key in my hand, which had been suddenly kidnapped by Leaf.
There is no way to open the room door.

How about destroying the doorknob with your left hand…
No… If you do that, there will be traces left behind.
It was already taken on the elevator CCTV as it came up to the house… And it is caught unconditionally.

I don’t want to be reported to the landlord for trespassing.
If such a criminal record accumulates, you may be wanted in City A and may be kicked out.
Being chased by the National Guard is a specification.

Since he’s a nice person, I wonder if he’ll do my favor if I call him, but there’s no way to call him.
I don’t have a vision phone, but I don’t even remember the phone number of the landlord’s grandfather.
No method.

“Tsk…”

Why did the fire start… Grape cleaned it up… But there’s no way the fire will start… Even if you’re unlucky, you’re not like this… Why, when you’re tired like this, a fire starts and you get kicked out of the house…
The word karma that X said comes to mind, adding to the stress.
No, this is not karma.

If X and Riff hadn’t come home, I would have slept and woke up by now.
He must have noticed right away that the fire was caused by a short circuit, put out the fire himself, and acted as if nothing had happened.
So it’s X and Riff’s fault.

…It doesn’t matter who caused it or how it happened.
The important thing was that even though I was so tired, I couldn’t go home.
I scratched my head as I felt the accumulated tiredness turn to irritation.

Where should I sleep from today…Should I go to a motel…
Then I realized I didn’t even have a wallet.
Where did you put it

I bought fries after Rapid’s return, so I had them until then.
After that, Leaf came and chased me with only the vision phone… The wallet must have been in the house.
I started rummaging through the belongings the landlord had put out at the door.

The wallet was found shortly thereafter.
However, the condition was not good.
Part of the old wallet was burned, and the payment cards that were supposed to be inside were already savored.

Maybe I multi-tapped it and threw it somewhere nearby…
Not only the vision phone, but also the payment method has disappeared.
In this way, it is difficult to go to a motel, and it is impossible to buy a vision phone.

There is no payment card or vision phone.
The payment card…Can be reissued, but to be reissued, you must have a citizen ID card or a vision phone.
However, now I didn’t even have an ID card.

It’s been a long time since I registered my electronic ID card on the vision phone because it’s annoying to carry a separate citizen ID card.
As a result, I lost my ID card naturally, and I did not apply for a replacement.
I can replace it with the vision phone’s electronic ID, so I’ve never really thought that a replacement was necessary while living in City A until now… I never thought this would happen.

To get an ID card reissued, you must have a vision phone, and if you do not have one, you must undergo citizen verification.
Citizen verification for ID card issuance ends early if you are not a resident of City A, but an ID card proving that you are a City A resident takes more than a day.
This is because a detailed inspection is necessary to prevent illegal relocation of residence.

If you have only one of the ID card, payment card, and vision phone, you can quickly reissue or repurchase even if you lose two.
Few people lose all three at once.
And that rare person was me.

If you want to buy a new vision phone, you must have a payment card.
To get a payment card reissued, you must have an ID card or vision phone.
To get an ID card reissued, you must have a vision phone.

“Ah… !”

Wrapping my head around this unanswered situation, I raised my head at a thought that suddenly came to my mind.
Today is Grape’s return day from D City.
Let’s ask Grape to lend us some money.

Since I don’t have a vision phone, it’s obviously impossible to call Grape to borrow money.
You have to meet Grape in person and ask for the money.
But, how do we meet in person… ?

Since I can’t answer the phone… Once I’m back, I said I’ll come home as soon as possible, so I wonder if I can wait in front of the house.
Riff said Grape wouldn’t be back until lunchtime today…
There is still quite a bit of time left.

But, is it okay to come for lunch?
Today is Monday… Since Grape has had a lot of vacations, shouldn’t he spend half the morning going to work… ?
I don’t like to sit in front of the house until the evening and wait…

You can borrow a vision phone from someone on the street and call Grape and ask, but I don’t know Grape’s phone number.
Even though I registered my contact information, I did not memorize the numbers one by one.
What should I do…

…Should I visit the company?
You can meet Grape right away when he comes to work, and even if you go home, you can call Grape right away because he has his contact information at work.
You can look at the contact number and come, or you can borrow a vision phone from a person at work and call them right away.

Well, I guess this is the best way.
I don’t think the people at work will lend me the vision phone and let me contact Grape, but if I don’t lend it, they’ll get me in trouble.
He’s not my boss anymore anyway.

After answering, I looked down at my things spread out in front of the front door.
If left as it is, the apartment manager will surely call in a drone to deal with it.
…I still have time until lunchtime, and I need to get the things I need right now.

I found and took out the big bag I had used when I moved to City A among my luggage.
It’s not pretty in terms of design, but it’s a sturdy and good evacuation bag.
Turning over the bag I had taken out after a long time and dusting it off, I started to put in the necessary items one by one.

Various clothes and miscellaneous items that were probably wet from the sprinkler burst due to the fire… Wet clothes smell musty.
…I have to change my clothes, too.
I looked around and quickly changed my clothes.

She puts her underwear inside the gown that is wrapped around her waist like a skirt, puts on her pants, and then unties the gown.
The top and bottom are tracksuit sets that I received from Esther’s broadcast in the past.
Esther’s emblem, the heart star, is drawn on one breast.

After Esther became negative, it was the clothes I put in the corner of the closet because I was aware of wearing them, but maybe that’s why these clothes were the least smelly.
The socks are the warm sleeping socks that Rapide modeled, and the shoes are the running shoes that Grape advertised…
Comfortable sweatpants, socks, running shoes, an unwashed face… Anyone can see that he is an unemployed man without a job.

After putting on my clothes, I folded the clothes that were still intact and put them in my bag.
There are quite a lot of Grape’s underwear.
A person who has been carefully putting women’s underwear in a dog bag at the front door since morning, so it’s perfect for being reported.

After quickly organizing Grape’s clothes, I picked up the brown sheep doll Grape gave me.
The doll was intact, neither wet nor burnt.
Maybe I was lucky enough to be covered with a blanket.

Next up is a wet laptop and computer…
A broken laptop is a big blow.
The laptop I had was an outdated item that is not easily available now that TrueVision has dominated the electronics market.

It’s an essential item to access Majinsa, but I thought I’d lose it like this…
The information and help I could get from X would be much better than the magician, but it’s a pity.
I found a screwdriver in the clutter and opened the back of the laptop.

Taking out the hard disk, I found the least intact one among the wet clothes and wrapped it carefully.
The computer does not need to be disassembled.
All computers from TrueVision store data through a cloud server tailored to the account, so even if the computer is broken or a new one is purchased, the data it has does not change.

The parts… Are all wet and ruined.
In the same way, I took off the necessary parts from the computer, and while packing shower supplies such as shampoo and conditioner, I found something that was a waste to look at.
All of the nutrients Grape bought me are inedible.

The surface of the medicine cabinet melted and water got inside, making a mess.
…It’s a waste, but I’ll have to throw it away.
Still, I’m glad I ate enough and leftovers.

Next is an old iron wardrobe with rusty frames and a wet mattress…
You don’t need both.
I think I’ve had enough of this.

All you have to do is leave the remaining items in front of the front door and the caretaker will take care of it.
Originally, items subject to special recycling, such as computers and steel furniture, are supposed to be contacted by vision phone and call a collection drone, but the manager will take care of that.
After locking the bag, which was swollen and full of stuff, I put it on my back.

“Then… Let’s go…”

After fixing my big backpack, I walked on my familiar way to work for the first time in a while.