The villagers came pouring in.
[They have come, Jisan’s blessing!]
The voice of the one with the megaphone grew louder and louder, and before long the singing and the clanging of the small gong surged fiercely back to life as well.
A whirlpool of people.
“This way!”
I followed Agent Bronze and tried to hide from the villagers in that gap, but it was no use.
“Wow, jackpot.”
“So that person’s getting that gold chicken?”
The murmuring of people who still had not grasped the situation, the villagers rushing at me in droves after throwing everything else aside, the people prostrating themselves on the ground and praying toward the mountain, Baek Saheon vanishing somewhere in between.
And then…
“Run.”
I grabbed Agent Bronze, who had shoved Assistant Manager Eun Haje and me back and was trying to confront the villagers himself.
“Calm down. At this point, the odds are high that I can no longer get out ‘safely’ anyway.”
“……!”
“And it was definitely in the rules.”
Our eyes met.
“How one is supposed to act in a situation like this.”
While carrying out a rescue, there are occasional cases where one of the agents gets taken by the villagers.
But if it is not the final day of the festival, do not rush in blindly or confront the whole village.
You can always enter the village again while the festival is ongoing. What that means is, you can come back with adequate preparation.
Do not get swept up in emotion, make a scene, and waste a precious…