Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63 18. The Audi That Went to Space

―Good. Grade 2 Quest.

The Dogo Shareholders made a satisfied sound at Young-woo’s acceptance of the contract.

Then they immediately began glowing and drew an unfamiliar type of character string in the air.

Swoosh!

These characters, which looked like wedges arranged in disorder.

‘…Ah.’

It was the signature of the pan-universal weapons brand ‘Dogo’.

In other words, the Dogo Shareholders had signed the contract.

Whoosh!

Then Dogo’s signature shot up into the sky, and new system text appeared in Young-woo’s field of vision.

「Contract: Dogo-49523-IIIII_II-Tier 2 has been concluded.」

An advertising contract between a mere planetary resident and a universe-scale corporation.

This had happened just two days after the reset.

“…”

As Young-woo made a displeased expression, he could feel the Dogo Shareholders beginning to release their power from their bodies wrapped in light pillars.

Finally, they were thinking of leaving this place.

Of course, there was still one more procedure remaining as previously announced.

―Return gift, waiting for it.

The Dogo side requested a return gift with their characteristic ‘alien-like’ nuance, and only then did Young-woo worry about Jong-su’s safety.

Even here, wasn’t there a police officer who couldn’t even breathe properly?

Whoosh.

When Young-woo looked at the white Audi parked over there, Byeong-cheol, who had been pointing his gun toward the sky, opened his eyes wide.

“What is it this time?”

“I need to give a souvenir before sending the advertiser back.”

“A… souvenir?”

Byeong-cheol made another puzzled expression.

However, he was somewhat relieved to hear that those things would be leaving soon.

“Then let’s give it quickly and send them off. Hurry up.”

Even as Byeong-cheol said this, the heavy breathing of Patrol Officer Kwon Tae-young could be heard rising from the ground with wheezing sounds.

At this, Young-woo nodded and raised his hand high.

“Jong-su!”

Then, as if it had been waiting, the white Audi began rolling its wheels.

Vrooom…

A four-seat convertible approaching while smoothly pushing through the roads of Icheon City.

“…”

As Young-woo and Byeong-cheol blankly watched the bizarre scene of a foreign car sliding in under the red sky, Jong-su’s head finally popped out from the Audi that had stopped in front of the two men.

“Looks like you resolved things well through dialogue? I was curious about what was happening.”

Jong-su’s gaze as he said this was fixed on the pistol Byeong-cheol was holding.

Conversely, Byeong-cheol was flustered by Jong-su’s appearance of being completely unintimidated even in front of a gun.

“…Who are you?”

Byeong-cheol asked Young-woo while keeping his gun barrel pointed at an ambiguous spot between sky and ground.

“He’s my partner.”

Young-woo answered briefly while looking at Jong-su.

Unlike the young patrol officer who was struggling between life and death on the floor, Jong-su was in a state where his breathing hadn’t been disturbed at all.

‘Is it simply because he’s bold? Or perhaps…’

Could it be because of his original fate, which was supposed to have him die today?

Although his original fate had been reset due to the reset, hadn’t Jong-su himself often spoken with the nuance that he was living on borrowed time?

Therefore, compared to other people with strong attachments to life, he might be more immune to various fears.

“Now it’s time to offer this up, right?”

Eventually, Jong-su’s eyes gleamed as he stroked the steering wheel of the driver’s seat.

“Yes. I don’t know how we should deliver it, but… if we park it in front of them, won’t they take it themselves?”

When Young-woo pointed to the apartment parking lot in front of the advertiser, Jong-su’s head turned up toward the air.

He was examining the appearance of the advertiser who would soon receive the return gift.

“…”

With a gulping sound, Jong-su’s Adam’s apple bobbed greatly.

He was probably scared now that he was actually about to face that giant life form.

Of course, Young-woo had no intention of sending Jong-su alone.

“Don’t worry, I’ll go with you.”

When Young-woo actually opened the passenger seat door and sat down on the seat, Jong-su smiled with a relaxed face.

“You really are a man of loyalty, hyung.”

“Rather than loyalty… it’s my deal.”

* * *

The distance from where Young-woo and Jong-su were to the advertiser was about 140 meters.

If they stepped hard on the accelerator, it was a distance they could reach in the blink of an eye, but Jong-su drove at almost constant speed.

“By the way, how do we let them know this car is the return gift?”

“We can tell them with words. The contract was essentially made through conversation too.”

If there was a problem, it would be whether the other party would like this gift.

Creak…

While the two men had a brief conversation, a heavy shadow fell over the white Audi.

They had finally arrived in front of the advertiser, whose appearance was bizarre even upon seeing it again.

“…Why is something like that here anyway? I thought this reset thing was something that ended among humans.”

While Jong-su swallowed heavily once more and looked up at the advertiser, Young-woo looked around with a troubled face.

“Damn it.”

“What’s wrong, hyung?”

“The surroundings are all the same cars.”

“What?”

Jong-su, who casually looked outside the window at Young-woo’s words, belatedly said “Ah” and slapped his knee.

“You’re right. It’s a parking lot.”

The place where the two men had parked the Audi was the ground parking lot of some apartment.

As a result, naturally, vehicles were everywhere around them.

Of course, they were all turned to stone, but anyway, wouldn’t they all look like similar objects to the eyes of the distinguished guest from outer space?

“Ah… should we have chosen the yellow car back then? If the color had been more noticeable, it might have looked special.”

The moment Jong-su muttered this as if troubled, something flashed through Young-woo’s mind.

“Jong-su.”

“Yes, hyung.”

“This has ambient lights, right?”

Ambient lights.

Indirect lighting installed in vehicles – in the case of competitor Mercedes-Benz, lighting that crossed the entire front and sides of the car interior was once their signature.

And Young-woo knew well that Audi had also introduced a similar type of mood lighting.

This was because a certain YouTuber he used to watch regularly drove an Audi.

Of course, that person was most likely stuck somewhere in the mutant queue by now.

“Ambient light…? Well, I don’t really know much about Audis.”

Jong-su scratched his cheek while fiddling with the control panel.

Then after a moment.

“Oh, I think this is it.”

Along with Jong-su’s words, intense lighting reminiscent of neon signs lit up following the curves inside the car.

Pop!

“Ugh… the brightness seems a bit high, should I lower it?”

“No. It’s perfect. Open the roof in this state.”

Young-woo said this while opening the passenger door and stepping outside.

Soon after, the roof of the white Audi folded back and purple light could be seen leaking out.

Like a treasure chest opening.

“This is my return gift.”

Young-woo pointed at the Audi with his palm right on cue.

Current time: 8:23 PM.

With the sun having set and darkness fallen, the Audi convertible with its lights blazing and roof fully open looked sufficiently precious.

At least enough to pique the interest of an alien weapons manufacturing company.

―What is that thing?

Grrrrrr.

Dozens of shareholders began tightening the light pillars to get a closer look at the return gift.

Young-woo pondered how to explain this, then remembered that when they introduced themselves, they started with the proper noun ‘Dogo’.

“This is… an Audi, a premium transportation device.”

The shareholders then spoke in unison, repeating Young-woo’s words with fluent pronunciation.

―Audi.

Perhaps Audi could now be called a universal brand.

“On Earth, we move around riding these. As you can see, we’re small and move slowly.”

Young-woo pretended to walk slowly in front of the shareholders, thinking that to them, he might look like a single ant struggling with its body.

Anyway, whether his efforts were commendable or they liked the mysteriously glowing Audi, the shareholders gave positive feedback.

―Audi, good.

Then they suddenly flashed.

“…!”

That was the characteristic they showed when touching something.

Young-woo felt a chill run down his spine and shouted.

“Jong-su! Get out right now!”

His instinct told him this looked like the shareholders were about to take the return gift.

“Hurry!”

When Young-woo urged with an almost screaming voice, Jong-su, who had been staring blankly at the Advertiser wrapped in strange colors, hurriedly jumped out of the car.

And then.

-Keet!

The Golden Goblin hiding in the back seat also nimbly leaped out, and almost at the same moment, a laser beam came down through the sky and struck the Audi.

Zzzzzt… BOOOOM!

“Gasp!”

“Aaaah!”

Such intense light occurred that the pitch-black surroundings momentarily looked like broad daylight.

They truly possessed tremendous physical power.

“Cr, crazy.”

It was like the scene of ‘Death Strike’ flying on the first day of reset amplified thousands of times, making Young-woo unconsciously step backward.

―Jung Young-woo07!

The shareholders’ voices could be heard from within the pure white vision.

Just as Young-woo was about to respond.

Whoosh!

The impossibly bright vision instantly returned to normal and everything disappeared.

The Dogo Shareholders, the dark red light pillars, the massive laser beam, and… the Audi too.

“…Huff.”

When he exhaled the breath he had been holding, he saw Jong-su sitting on the ground having fallen on his bottom.

“Are, are you okay?”

“Huh? Oh… ah, yes. I’m fine.”

Jong-su blinked while looking at the night sky that had become miraculously clear.

“They’re… gone? They’re gone, right?”

Jong-su looked at him with eyes that seemed to desperately hope that was the case.

Young-woo looked at his partner then shifted his gaze to where the Advertisers had been.

Then he saw something whitish remaining where the dark red light pillar had been just moments before.

“…?”

At first he thought it was an afterimage from seeing too bright a light.

“Huh? What’s that?”

But since Jong-su discovered the same thing, it didn’t seem to be a mistake.

Something was definitely left behind.

“Be, be careful… hyung.”

When Young-woo finally approached the mysterious form, Jong-su also slowly drew his sword and moved to the side.

He was taking a combat stance in preparation for any possible situation.

Young-woo, on the other hand.

‘What the hell is this?’

Completely captivated by curiosity, he continued approaching the unidentified form.

With each step he took, the outline and color of the object became clearer.

This was like.

‘It’s exactly like the Exchange Office. This was given to me.’

It was a similar feeling to being able to recognize the Exchange Office assigned to him on the first day of reset.

‘Dogo’ had left something for their advertising model before leaving.

So this was, in other words.

‘A return gift for the return gift?’

The moment Young-woo finally stepped right in front of the object, the mysterious item turned pitch black.

Swoosh!

And as the color filled in, the revealed object’s size was much larger than expected.

The object’s height was already exceeding Young-woo’s stature.

“…!”

Even Young-woo, who was among the boldest of humans, momentarily hesitated at the sense of unease emanating from it, and shortly after, even Byeong-cheol, who had been watching the situation from far away, came running with his gun.

“What the hell is happening now?”

Because.

Hissss!

The form of the object that expelled fierce steam as if it had completed its transformation was unmistakably an egg.

A massive pitch black egg with a glossy surface that was somehow chilling.

“Hy, hyung.”

Jong-su looked back and forth between Young-woo and the egg with an expression of disbelief, and Byeong-cheol also couldn’t figure out where to aim with his trembling gun barrel.

And in the midst of all this.

Crack!

The return gift left by the alien military contractor began to split open.

Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)

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