Holy shit….
Confronted with my favorite character’s mask right before my eyes, my heart began to pound.
‘Perception-Impairing Mask!’
It certainly felt quite different from seeing it inside the game.
I stared hard at the smooth mask, but as expected, I could discern nothing.
Its perception-impairing function was working perfectly.
I gazed at the mask as though mesmerized, only belatedly realizing my predicament.
At some point, CEO Cha had picked me up.
Having snatched me around the waist, he set me down on the ground.
Still paralyzed from the waist down, I naturally sank onto the pavement.
…Gasp.
My body flinched.
The white sword plunged into the ground between my legs.
Behind Daeil Yeorae, which pierced the asphalt as though slicing through tofu, CEO Cha bent his knees.
Crouching like a delinquent, he looked at me.
Unable to run because my lower body was paralyzed, I stared back at him, thoroughly intimidated.
A contract was thrust before my face.
“I-I’m not mentally prepared yet.”
“If you don’t want to sign, should we use your fingerprint?”
His kindness in deciding even the method of agreement without listening to me was quintessentially CEO Cha.
I first attempted a polite refusal.
“CEO Cha, thank you for coming to recruit me personally.”
I began with a courteous greeting to make a good first impression, then…