The day of the assignment.
“Congratulations on Agent Grape’s official appointment to our team~!!”
“……”
“Wahahaha! Should we have a team dinner tonight? We’ve piled up quite a lot of overtime meal allowance this month, right? How much do I get again? Whatever, my treat!”
Wow.
With eyes that had given up on everything, I received the Hyunmoo Team 1 agents’ welcome in the team waiting room.
Honestly, it barely even felt right to call it a welcome. I’d seen them just a few days ago.
It was just that, today, I’d been fully confirmed as part of Hyunmoo Team 1!
“…I look forward to working with you.”
“……Yes.”
For the record, the senior who had promised he would do his best to express the opinion that I should be assigned to another unit was also here.
Even while shaking my hand, Agent Bronze was avoiding my gaze.
“……”
It’s fine, Agent. This is the grave I dug for myself….
‘Destroyer King… I should at least work diligently enough to get rid of that nickname.’
Because as a spy, I’m not sure this is really okay.
‘Ha ha….’
In the end, I gave Agent Choi a small bow too.
Now that I’d be seeing him constantly, it would just be stupid to complain any further that I hadn’t wanted to join Hyunmoo Team 1.
“…Thank you for welcoming me.”
“Oh, it’s nothing~”
Agent Choi smiled faintly and patted my back.
In any case, he did seem like a decent person….
“I almost wonder if we should welcome you with something grander, considering we’ll be working together for the rest of our lives. Hahaha!”
“……”
The sense of mission in those early agents was a little scary.
“Let’s work together for a long, long time, Grape….”
No, that’s a bit….
Anyway, Agent Choi’s suggestion of a team dinner became reality that evening.
As soon as work ended, Hyunmoo Team 1 headed out together for a meal.
“This is a place we come to often. The owner used to be an agent before retiring. Ah, one large gopchang hot pot, please! And two bottles of soju.”
And so, at a booth-like table in the corner of a crowded famous restaurant, we started having a light drink with our meal and talking.
And in the process, I finally received a proper introduction…