Judging from the flowing atmosphere, Yeo Dowoon’s mood didn’t seem good, and if Baek Seonwoo, who didn’t get along with him, tried to approach him pretending to be friendly, he would only stimulate that ill-tempered Esper’s sadism.
Whatever it was, it was clear it wouldn’t produce positive results, so Ko Ijae warned him stiffly again.
“If you’re not going to pair up with him, shut up.”
Moreover, today’s training schedule even included one-on-one pair training.
He didn’t know if other Espers would be in charge of Yeo Dowoon, but even considering the case where he might end up shouldering him, he had to quickly shut Baek Seonwoo’s tactless mouth.
He didn’t want to be rolled around by Yeo Dowoon and see blood even in the first training after the vacation. Fortunately, Baek Seonwoo tilted his head but soon lost interest and chattered about his vacation stories.
“Wow shit…, Dowoon hyung.”
But Team Delta’s true obstacle existed separately. Kwang! A platinum-haired Esper who burst in kicking open the training hall door grinned with his lips torn wide.
“Dowoon hyuuung!”
His skill in shattering the barely maintained静的 atmosphere was truly excellent.
“Hyung, chest!”
Yoon Minoh, wearing a lewd expression that normal-minded adults with ordinary mentality could never make, hopped around like a giraffe.
The large figure rushing ignorantly toward Yeo Dowoon gave Ko Ijae a shock beyond imagination.
“…Don’t we need to stop that?”
Even in a situation where even Baek Seonwoo asked quietly, Ko Ijae avoided answering with a darkly pale complexion. When whales fight, the shrimp’s back bursts—if Yoon Minoh had already rushed in, it was best to pull out his feet.
“Hyung’s chest is pretty firm, huh? I thought it’d be like a piece of gum!”
The solid shout created through abdominal breathing resonated through the training hall.
The more harassment was added, the more the atmosphere froze like thin ice. Ko Ijae, Baek Seonwoo, and Cha Uihyeon all just stared at their innocent feet.
“Where are you running! Hyung touched mine last time so you have to let me touch once. Isn’t that loyalty?”
Only Yoon Minoh made a fuss and tested Yeo Dowoon’s patience.
“Looks delicious… I think it’ll be crunchy if I bite it.”
Following the sudden talk of loyalty, he huffed and observed Yeo Dowoon’s body. His shining eyes sinisterly bored into the well-trained body.
“Whew, if hyung wants to touch again, go ahead and touch.”
“……”
“I don’t put on cheap coyness about this kind of thing. Should we compare whose pecs are bigger?”
The first reason Yeo Dowoon couldn’t immediately respond was that, as expected, Yoon Minoh’s puffed-up chest muscles stopped his brain from working.
Second, it was because the body full of testosterone, built without any deficiency, was making a terrible appeal to him. Yoon Minoh straightened his waist powerfully and slapped down on his own chest with his palm repeatedly.
“You can knead it tightly, it’s okay. Start quickly.”
Even though it was probably the first time in his life wearing a full-body training uniform, he looked as comfortable as if wearing everyday clothes.
He even twisted his upper body in this direction and that direction as if showing off his thickly split abs. Yeo Dowoon became deadpan, losing even the will to use his ability.
Looking at this bastard…, he just didn’t want to live.
“Should I start first?”
Yoon Minoh asked, wickedly licking his lower lip. His darting tongue was titillating.
Baek Seonwoo, who had been shrinking like a statue lost in fantasy, couldn’t overcome his curiosity and rolled his eyes. He soon turned pale as he faced the full body of the youngest Esper who was the epitome of manliness.
“…He’s physical-type too, right? His body is ridiculously good. Look at those shoulders.”
Perhaps because Yoon Minoh still had a youthful air remaining on his face and usually preferred baggy outfits that would often be seen in Hongdae alleys, Baek Seonwoo continuously exclaimed in admiration. Keu, he squeezed his throat.
So Ko Ijae felt even more devastated. It was when he felt a sense of alarm, wondering if even he should evacuate.
“For sure, the elasticity is different from the chests of old farts.”
At Yoon Minoh’s brazen insult, Baek Seonwoo jumped up like a fish meeting water.
True to his hot-blooded nature that easily heated up and cooled down, he flailed his legs with a face that turned red and blue. Stride stride, his walking speed was very fast too.
“Seonwoo…, never mind.”
Ko Ijae couldn’t stop Baek Seonwoo heading toward them with a grimace on his face.
That was because his own situation and position were also unclear, and the whale fight seemed to have already broken out, so only his desire not to get involved grew.
“You bastard, what did you just blabber?”
Baek Seonwoo’s voice, raised as if delivering a warning, was menacing like during an operation.
“What did you say, you rude bastard?”
Yeo Dowoon, who had been half wandering on the verge of death due to the physical provocation of the twenty-year-old Esper, gratefully accepted the presence approaching from behind.
He quickly stepped back with the single-minded determination to escape this predicament. The plan was to baton-touch Yoon Minoh and disappear once Baek Seonwoo got completely close.
“Baek Seonwoo-ssi makes me want to vomit so get lost, and Dowoon hyung stays. Because you make me want to swallow.”
But Yoon Minoh, as if noticing Yeo Dowoon’s shallow trick, pushed him to his side using a shoulder hug. Yeo Dowoon was dragged as if his neck was wrapped and embraced.
Then Yoon Minoh’s angry chest muscles twitched and reacted like a living being with personality. Strictly speaking, they were living beings, but there was a considerably unpleasant point. Because the owner was Yoon Minoh.
“Being young doesn’t mean you can cross the line up to there. Huh?”
Baek Seonwoo moved his upper body threateningly as if about to engage in a bout. Since a disturbance had occurred anyway, there was no need to worry about the aftermath and exercise restraint.
“How long are you going to act recklessly because you’re a newbie?”
Since it had come to this anyway, he too was desperate. But Yoon Minoh consistently maintained an indifferent tone.
“Until tomorrow.”
“What?”
“I said I’ll do it until tomorrow. Act recklessly.”
The way he rubbed his nose looked full of confidence.
Baek Seonwoo, who had come to settle things today, wrinkled his eyes sharply, not understanding the meaning. Yeo Dowoon had been on the verge of fainting thanks to the chest that had been vigorously wriggling since earlier.
“Do you have more questions?”
The answer came back unexpectedly cleanly, making it hard for Baek Seonwoo. He shouted angrily.
“Damn… Who do you think will be fooled just because you act cheeky? What do you mean until tomorrow? Even after tomorrow passes, you’ll be a bastard who goes around scratching people’s nerves just fine.”
“Looks like mister has lived through tomorrow. Fascinating.”
“Guys like you are obvious even without seeing. How can I believe what comes out of your mouth?”
“Yes, telepath-ssi. Hello.”
“This bastard, now that he has nothing to say…”
“I recognize you as a psychic-type Esper.”
During the precarious quarrel, Yeo Dowoon gave up on responding like a senior and set the attack range.
He tried to respond as sensibly as possible, but since the other party was such an absurd person, he felt he had to act accordingly.
Ice chunks carved to 60cm by 40cm each floated up smoothly. The disc-shaped glacier that was supposed to fall thud onto Yoon Minoh’s crown stopped moving for a moment as if caught on an obstacle.
Grurk, gruruurk. Fine tremors spread as if an unidentified force was blocking the glacier.
“My dynamic visual acuity is incredibly good.”
Yoon Minoh, who wrapped his arm around Yeo Dowoon’s neck, whispered with giggles.
“My field of vision is wide too. I guarantee, if you saw the world through my eyes, hyung, you’d be ridiculously surprised.”
As long as there was space guaranteed to find coordinates, he could prepare for and counterattack Yeo Dowoon’s surprise attack anytime. Even without aiming for counterattacks like a hyena, he could return his attacks.
Yeo Dowoon, who was watching the sight of the glacier being pushed back toward him little by little, commented.
“Centrifugal force is also useful.”
“For a physical force that was only treated as hypothetical, it’s definitely useful.”
“Assuming coordinates are sufficiently set, can you handle both repulsive and attractive force?”
At the unexpected praise, Yoon Minoh smiled innocently with a wide grin. He even raised his chin gallantly as if proud of his ability.
His irises, sparkling to an uncomfortable degree, kept Yeo Dowoon under close watch.
“You got it roughly right. I can apply all forms of physical force that exist in nature.”
“……”
“However, I can apply it, but I can’t activate it myself. Inertia is interaction. If there’s no relative force, well, I’m just a useless Esper scrap too. Like Baek-ssi and Ko-ssi and Cha-ssi.”
It was an answer overflowing with pride. But it was hard to understand immediately with just the concept. Unless there was clear evidence, it could be an ability that fit the modifiers of false advertising or excessive packaging.
“Are you being serious?”
“Of course.”
If that was true, Yoon Minoh was practically occupying the top domain of the physical category. Yoon Minoh twirled Yeo Dowoon’s rustling hair around his finger and continued.
“Centrifugal force contains inertia.”
Inertia. He thought he felt déjà vu, and it seemed to be that word he heard from Cha Haseong.
Yeo Dowoon nodded slightly as if telling him to continue. It was when Yoon Minoh, having gained confidence, released the sticky shoulder hug and suddenly overlapped and grabbed his palm.
“…Did you two pair up and get it on?”
