“Choi! Agent Choi!”
Agent Choi did not turn his head.
He was watching the Mascots create a gate on the promenade that had once been a subway maintenance track.
And at last, in front of the gate once it opened, he saw the Mascots putting up a banner.
Congratulations
Gate Open
And the moment the lights came on and Go Youngeun ran out at once, they even gave her a map sold in the souvenir shop as an “Early Access Commemorative Gift.”
Golden Map Sketchbook
A map item obtainable from the souvenir shop of Flower Golden Resort No. 2.
It takes the form of a sketchbook; if the bearer opens a blank page and walks, a rough route from the bearer’s current location to the destination is scribbled down like a doodle.
There is testimony claiming that the doodle resembles the Mascot’s cursive handwriting.
It was exactly the sort of item that, if it were on some wiki the Mascot’s main body read, would have had that sort of description attached to it.
“…! Th-thank you.”
Leaving behind a short, heartfelt thanks, Go Youngeun ran through the gate and headed into Segwang Special City.
To find her family.
The most surprising part was….
“Why aren’t they stopping her?”
……The Mascots had not stopped her.
Even while staring fixedly after her back as though somewhat worried, they waved both hands or, depending on their position, bent deeply at the waist in a formal bow.
They did not stop her from heading into Segwang Special City.
That meant….
“…Is it over?”
…….
“So the thing you were trying to do is over. …I see.”
The Mascots stood still and listened to Agent Choi’s words.
Not dejected, not confused.
And so they were certain.
The supernatural disaster outside had come to a halt.
They did not know whether it had ended or merely been sealed for the moment.
But right now, at this moment, Segwang Special City was clearly no longer the product of an extinction-class disaster…