I will rescue Dokbong. After I set my mind on that, the very first thing I did was nothing other than—
“…What did you say?”
First, I went to that man, Nangong Jin, and told him. Was he hard of hearing, or just pretending he didn’t hear?
When Nangong Jin widened his eyes and asked back, I said,
“Did you not hear me? I said you’re coming with me.”
“…Me?”
“Yes.”
On the way to rescue Dokbong—this time, I wasn’t going alone. I was putting together a party. With that in mind, the first one I sought out was Nangong Jin.
Of course—
“Why me?”
Nangong Jin didn’t understand.
Fair enough. Even by my reckoning, Nangong Jin wasn’t particularly useful right now.
However—
“Because you’re needed.”
He wasn’t of immediate use, but that didn’t mean there was nothing I needed.
“No, I—”
“Let’s leave it at that, and anyway I’ll take it as you’re coming.”
“I—”
He broke off and looked at Mi…