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KIM DOJKA'S POINT OF VIEW

「 Lee Hyunsung was dozing like an officer on duty, 」

「 Maybe Lee Hyunsung didn't know. What would happen to him today? 」

Perhaps there would be such a description in Ways of Survival. And maybe there was this sentence like this in the novel. "Hyunsung-ssi?" I shook the sleeping man. "...Ah, hmm, I fell asleep for a moment. Dokja-ssi, are you well-rested?" He woke up and raised his head.

"Yes, I'm fine. By the way, you were talking. Officer on duty..." Lee Hyunsung's face turned red. "Eh?" I laughed a bit at his embarrassed reaction. "Something about Second Class Soldier Lee Hyunsung..." He turned redder after those words escape my mouth. "T-That... Just a trauma from my days as a soldier."

"Days as a soldier? Isn't Lee Hyunsung an officer?" I asked him "That...I was transferred to the third unit when I was a corporal." Lee Hyunsung laughed. It was a laugh that I could understand. There were few people well-suited for the army. "I heard these cases are rare. You must've been well-suited for the army." The people who remained didn't fit elsewhere.

"Still, I'm glad that Lee Hyunsung-ssi is here." Then it was time to throw a small stone. "Huh?" he became flustered by what I said. "I'm relieved when Lee Hyunsung-ssi blocks in front. It feels like someone is protecting me." I said earnestly at him. "...Is that so?" Lee Hyunsung smiled slightly. It was a weak smile, but it was certainly a comforting smile. 

After exchanging brief greetings, I separated from Lee Hyunsung. In the original third round development of Ways of Survival, Lee Hyunsung experienced a character evolution by protecting the people at Gumho Station from the Cheoldoo Group. But Jung Heewon took that chance.

Now Yoo Sangah, Jung Heewon, Lee Gilyoung, and Alyona; who just arrived earlier saying she wanted to tell me something important, were approaching me. I faced them. "Did you see the demonstration? Just do what I did." I explained "Yes. Well...pretty much. But why do we have to do this?" There was a reason for it.

[The character 'Lee Hyunsung' has started to feel responsible.]

Lee Hyunsung was currently wiping his shield with an innocent expression. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint was a scam. At least, as far as 'characters' went. "I want to help Hyunsung-ssi. He looks a bit down these days. Won't he feel better if you cheer him up?" I said this for Lee Hyunsung's sake. The innocent Yoo Sangah nodded her head. 

"That's a cap, I don't know you for long Dokja but I can tell there's a far more scheming idea cooking inside your head... You can't fool me." I look at Alyona with a deadpan face and sighed shaking my head.

"Is it the saying 'dance like a while at praise?'" Yoo Sangah asked, paying no heed to what just Alyona just said. "It is similar." Yoo Sangah smiled and beamed "I understand. I'll give it a try!" Unlike Yoo Sangah, Jung Heewon had an uncertain expression much like Alyona.

"Dokja-ssi." Jung Heewon looks at me closely "Yes." I didn't bother glancing at her. "Dokja-ssi's sponsor isn't something like 'One-Eyed Fortuneteller', right?" I reverted my attention to her and creased my brows. "...What is that?" Alyona asked with a scoff. "You don't know?"

Well, there was something like this. "It isn't that. I have a special skill. It is a skill that understands people well." For a moment, I thought that Jung Heewon might be the writer of Ways of Survival. For example, was the 'One-Eyed Maitreya.' "...I don't know if I want to ask, so I won't."

"Thank you." I almost showed emotions on my face. It was fortunate that Jung Heewon didn't have Lie Detection. "But have you ever used it on me?" I looked at Lee Gilyoung and said. "I only use it on men." It wasn't a lie. I haven't read Jung Heewon's heart. So far. "Oh my." Alyona hit my head.