Guide Me If You Dare-Chapter 260: JOB OFFER
"SO, you have the palate of a kid, huh?" ππ«πππ¨ππ―ππ πππ.ππΌπ
Tsk.
Yihun ignored Moon Noa and continued eating his third bulgogi burger.
After the commotion that the two of them started in the middle of the crowd earlier, he felt embarrassed.
People watched them as if they were watching a drama.
Worse, many people had recognized Moon Noa already.
Hence, Yihun ran away and entered the first establishment that caught his attentionβ a fast food restaurant.
Since he was angry anyway, he ordered all the kinds of burgers available.
With fries and cider, of course.
Yihun was peacefully enjoying his late dinner when Moon Noa joined him.
And the S-Class Guideβs order?
A freaking coffee.
But itβs amusing to see Moon Noa-ssi drink cheap coffee when Iβve only seen him brew fancy coffee every morning for the past year.
"Yuno-ya, donβt ignore me."
Moon Noa sounded playful, but Yihun noticed the mild irritation in the S-Class Guideβs voice.
How scary.
Hence, he put down his half-eaten burger and sat up straight.
"Noa-ssi, I understand that you did what you did because you wanted to get a reaction from me," Yihun said sternly. "But you stole my art and posted my sketches on giant billboards for the whole world to see without my permission. I deserve an apology."
"Yes, Iβm sorry, Yuno-ya."
What?
Yihun was taken aback when Moon Noa apologized immediately.
The most surprising part?
He sounds sincere...
"Iβll also apologize to Nam Sori-ssi later," Moon Noa said, his voice still full of remorse. "Actually, I asked Nam Sori-ssi to give me your sketchbooks and old art materials. I told her that Iβd give them back to you. But, obviously, I lied."
Tsk.
I knew itβ Sori wouldnβt have given my sketchbooks and art materials to this cunning fox had she known what heβd do with them.
"Like you said, I did all of this to get a reaction from you," Moon Noa confessed. "I know that you refused to talk because you were broken inside. Of course, I also know how long it takes to heal from that kind of wound. Even so, I have a reason for being impatient. Iβm not saying itβs an excuseβ Iβm just saying that I didnβt force you to talk for fun."
Oh.
Yihun remembered yelling at Moon Noa, telling him that everything wasnβt a joke.
It seems like I struck a nerve.
"Then Iβll listen," Yihun said. Actually, he felt bad for yelling at Moon Noa. Aside from the fact that they had a huge age gap between them, this was also the person who rescued him and helped his friends for the past year. That was the least thing he could do for him. "But, first, please promise me youβll have the billboards of my drawings removed."
"I already did," Moon Noa said, smiling. "My people are already taking down those billboards as we speak. Youβve already seen them, after all."
He wanted to say it was a big waste of money, but then, he remembered Moon Noa was a chaebol.
This kind of stuff probably didnβt leave a dent in his wealth.
"Yihun-ah, youβre a Guide."
Oh.
"And all Guides belong to the government."
Yihun clenched his hands tight, but he couldnβt refute what Moon Noa had just said.
It was true, after all.
Guides arenβt as free as Espers.
"As a Guide, youβre required to work for the government. The Lab is already gone, but the government has already established a branch that handles all things related to Guides."
Yihun wouldnβt know because he was trapped in the Lab for so long.
And he didnβt touch any kind of device for the past year.
He just stayed in his roomβ his mouth shut, his eyes glued to the ceiling.
"Yihun-ah, Iβm saying youβll be required to work as a Guide."
"I donβt want to work as a Guide anymore," Yihun said, hugging himself when he started to tremble. He didnβt want to act like this either. But remembering all the things he had gone through made him shiver. "If youβre here to force me to be a Guide, then just kick me out of the houseβ"
"You donβt have to work as a Guide," Moon Noa said, cutting him off. "Iβll still register you as a Guide since I donβt want you to be an βalienβ in your own country. But instead of working for the government, you have to work for me."
"But youβre also a Guide, Noa-ssi. Or are you saying you want me to be a Guide for the Espers working for you?"
"Do you have experience working at a convenience store?"
"Huh?"
"Iβll hire you as a part-timer," Moon Noa said, smiling. "You see, Iβm planning to open a convenience store soon."
"Soon?"
"I need to make the things Iβm planning to sell first. But I canβt make those things without your help, Yuno-ya."
"My help?" Yihun asked, half-confused and half-curious. "With what?"
"Should we go home first?" Moon Noa asked. "This isnβt really the right place to talk about my job offer to you."
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AS SOON as Yihun got home with Moon Noa, he found himself in the study.
It actually felt like he was a college student in a lecture room as the S-Class Guide stood next to a whiteboard while explaining things to him.
"Yuno-ya, Iβm sorry to say this, but I read all your medical records from the data that we recovered from the Lab," Moon Noa said in a serious tone. "Thanks to those records, I found out that your Mana is special."
Yihun wouldnβt say that he was surprised.
Charles Kang often said I was his βmasterpiece,β after all.
"We have more Espers than Guides in the country. Thatβs why many Espers lose their minds because they couldnβt get proper Guiding," Moon Noa said. "So, I started developing pills that have the same effect as Guiding. And the main ingredient is a Guideβs Mana."
Okay, now Yihun was listening properly. "A Guideβs Mana can be used like that?"
"Yes, I discovered it because Iβm a genius."
Aigoo.
He didnβt want to stroke Moon Noaβs ego, so he just kept his mouth shut.
"Yihun-ah, donate your Mana to me."
"Huh?"
"In exchange, Iβll protect you from the government," Moon Noa said, smiling as if he were a conman ready to pounce on his victim. "If you contribute to this breakthrough medicine using your Mana, then Iβll insist that itβs the same as fulfilling your duty as a Guide."
Oh.
That sounded okay.
"I can do that," Yihun said while nodding. "You can take it allβ my Mana, my blood, my DNA, or whatever. Iβd rather donate all of that than Guide an Esper again."
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