The storage floor remained quiet except for the sound of moving boxes and rolling carts.
Most workers already looked half dead from exhaustion.
Meanwhile
Fang carried another heavy box across the aisle with an expressionless face.
Min Jae stared from a distance again.
"...Monster."
No normal part-timer should move like that after hours of work.
Even stranger
This scary-looking man never complained once.
Not about weight.
Not about overtime.
Not even about boredom.
He simply worked silently like a machine.
One female worker whispered nearby,
"He's kinda handsome though."
Another immediately replied,
"His eyes are terrifying."
Min Jae nodded internally.
Very terrifying.
Especially when quiet.
Fang suddenly stopped walking.
The girls instantly stiffened.
His sharp eyes slowly turned toward them.
"...If you have energy to gossip, move those boxes instead."
Both women immediately panicked.
"S-Sorry!"
Fang walked away again.
Min Jae almost burst laughing.
This guy truly had zero social skills.
Meanwhile
Inside the apartment.
Seo Yuna sat quietly near the small table while folding clothes.
The apartment felt unusually peaceful tonight.
No alcohol smell.
No shouting.
No broken bottles.
Only silence.
That alone still felt unfamiliar.
Noah sat beside her, drawing with crayons.
After a few minutes
"Mom."
"Hm?"
"When will dad come back?"
Seo Yuna's hands paused slightly.
"...Late."
"Does working hurt?"
Seo Yuna looked toward her daughter silently.
Children truly noticed strange things quickly.
Maybe because Noah had watched Chung Soo avoid work for years.
Now, suddenly seeing him leave every night naturally felt unusual.
"...Probably."
Noah lowered her head while coloring.
"Then I hope he eats properly."
Seo Yuna became quiet again.
That child really softened too quickly.
It made her nervous.
Because if this sudden peaceful atmosphere disappeared
Noah would get hurt the worst.
Suddenly
Knock knock.
Seo Yuna instantly became tense.
Her body reacted before her thoughts again.
Fear had already rooted deeply inside her nerves.
She carefully approached the door and checked outside.
The old neighboring woman stood there again.
Seo Yuna opened slowly.
"Aigo, still awake?"
The old woman entered with a warm sigh.
"I couldn't sleep anyway."
Her eyes moved around the apartment naturally.
Still clean.
Still quiet.
No signs of chaos.
Every time she entered now, it felt surreal.
She sat down beside Seo Yuna carefully.
"Did Chung Soo really go to work?"
Seo Yuna nodded slightly.
"He left a few hours ago."
The old woman looked genuinely amazed.
"Hah... maybe miracles do exist."
Seo Yuna lowered her gaze quietly.
Miracle?
No.
This situation felt more frightening than miraculous sometimes.
Because she could not understand it.
And humans feared things they could not understand.
The old woman suddenly spoke softly.
"Still... don't lower your guard too much."
Seo Yuna nodded immediately.
"I know."
Noah looked confused, hearing them.
"Why?"
The old woman gently smiled at the child.
"Adults are complicated."
Noah tilted her head.
Adults truly said strange things often.
Meanwhile
Department store.
1:18 AM.
Min Jae collapsed dramatically onto a stack of boxes.
"I want to die."
Another worker laughed tiredly.
"We still have three hours left."
"Exactly why I want to die."
Fang silently moved another cart nearby.
Min Jae looked at him in disbelief.
"Are you secretly a robot?"
Fang glanced sideways.
"What?"
"How are you still functioning normally?"
Fang answered honestly.
"This isn't hard."
The workers nearby became speechless.
One guy pointed toward a huge stack.
"...Brother, that's over fifty kilos."
"Hm."
"And you carried two together earlier."
"Hm."
Min Jae stared blankly.
"...What kind of life did you live before this?"
Fang stopped briefly.
Dangerous question.
For a fraction of a second, old memories surfaced again.
Blood.
Snow.
Gunshots.
A knife through someone's throat.
Fang's expression darkened slightly.
Then he answered casually.
"Manual labor."
Min Jae looked unconvinced.
But before he could ask more
The storage manager suddenly walked downstairs angrily.
"Who organized aisle seven?!"
Everyone stiffened slightly.
The manager pointed furiously toward the messy shelves.
"Products are mixed again!"
Several workers lowered their heads immediately.
The manager rubbed his forehead aggressively.
"If morning staff sees this, I get blamed again."
Nobody answered.
Then suddenly
Fang walked past him calmly toward aisle seven.
The manager frowned.
"Where are you going?"
"Fixing it."
The manager looked annoyed.
"Do you even know the system yet?"
Fang calmly picked one product box.
Then another.
His eyes moved across shelf labels rapidly.
"...Simple."
The workers watched silently.
Five minutes later
The entire aisle became perfectly reorganized.
Even faster than experienced employees.
Min Jae's jaw almost dropped.
"...No, seriously, who are you?"
Fang ignored him.
The manager also looked stunned now.
This guy worked like someone trained for efficiency his whole life.
Almost creepy.
Suddenly
A loud crash echoed nearby.
Everyone turned.
One temporary worker had accidentally knocked over expensive electronic boxes.
The young man immediately panicked.
"S-Sorry!"
The manager exploded instantly.
"Do you know how expensive those are?!"
The worker's face turned pale.
"I-I didn't mean."
"You idiots make more problems than work!"
The atmosphere became heavy immediately.
The young worker looked close to tears.
Then
Fang calmly walked past both of them, carrying another box.
"Stop shouting."
The manager froze.
"...What?"
"Products broke already. Yelling won't repair them."
Silence.
Min Jae looked terrified now.
Was this lunatic talking back to the manager on the first day?
The manager's face reddened.
"You think you're smart because you work a little faster?!"
Fang looked at the broken boxes calmly.
"No."
"Then what attitude is this?!"
Fang answered flatly.
"You are wasting time."
The entire storage floor became dead silent.
Min Jae covered his face internally.
Finished.
The new guy is definitely getting fired now.
But strangely
The manager suddenly stopped shouting.
Because Fang's eyes looked terrifyingly calm.
Not angry.
Not emotional.
Just cold.
Like someone speaking an objective fact.
The manager unconsciously stepped back slightly.
"...Tch. Just clean this mess."
Then he quickly walked upstairs again.
Everyone stared in shock.
Min Jae whispered immediately,
"How are you still alive?"
Fang frowned.
"He talks too much."
"...That's not the point!"
Several workers suddenly laughed quietly in relief.
Even the worker who caused the accident looked grateful now.
Fang ignored all reactions again and continued working.
Meanwhile
Inside Fang's mind.
This civilian society remained strange.
Managers shouting.
Workers are enduring silently.
Nobody fought.
Nobody killed.
Nobody threatened.
Just endless noise.
Annoying system.
Yet...
Oddly peaceful.
2:46 AM.
Break time finally arrived.
Most workers instantly collapsed onto chairs like dying soldiers.
Min Jae handed Fang another canned coffee.
"This one's stronger."
Fang opened it silently.
The bitter smell spread immediately.
Still strange.
In his previous life, nights usually smelled like blood and gunpowder instead.
Min Jae suddenly asked carefully,
"You married?"
Fang paused briefly.
"...Hm."
"Kids too?"
"Hm."
Min Jae looked surprised.
"You don't really look like a family man."
Neither did Chung Soo.
Fang drank coffee quietly.
Min Jae continued casually,
"My girlfriend left me last year."
"...Why?"
"I was broke."
"Hm."
"That's all the reaction?"
"What reaction do you want?"
Min Jae laughed tiredly.
"You really suck at comforting people."
Fang looked at him blankly.
"Did you die?"
"...No."
"Then the situation isn't serious."
Min Jae became speechless again.
This man truly viewed life differently.
Suddenly, one female employee joined the conversation.
"New guy, how old are you?"
Fang answered casually.
"Twenty-nine."
The woman looked shocked.
"No way."
Min Jae nodded immediately.
"I thought twenty-five, honestly."
"...Why?"
"You look like a mafia."
Several workers burst out laughing nearby.
Even Fang looked slightly offended.
"...Rude."
The atmosphere slowly became lighter afterward.
For the first time since transmigrating
Fang sat among ordinary people having a meaningless conversation.
No schemes.
No betrayal.
No hidden knives.
Just tired workers complaining about life.
Strange feeling.
Very strange.
Meanwhile
Inside the apartment.
Seo Yuna still had not slept properly.
She sat near the window while staring at the dark city lights.
Again and again
Her mind replayed recent events.
Fang cooking.
Working.
Cleaning.
Helping Noah.
Even stopping debt collectors.
Everything felt unreal.
Suddenly
She remembered the way he moved earlier when the laser appeared.
Too fast.
Too sharp.
Not normal.
And sometimes...
The way he spoke almost felt like someone completely different from Chung Soo.
Seo Yuna suddenly grabbed her head slightly.
"...What am I even thinking?"
Stress was making her paranoid now.
People do not suddenly become different humans.
There had to be an explanation.
Maybe guilt.
Maybe fear after a police visit.
Maybe a temporary act.
Yes.
That sounded more realistic.
Still
Deep inside her chest
Uneasiness remained.
Because instinctively...
She already realized something terrifying.
Current Fang felt far more dangerous than old, drunken Chung Soo.
Not because of violence.
But because he looked calm.
And calm people were much harder to understand.
Meanwhile
Department store rooftop.
Fang stood alone during the final break while the cold wind moved his hoodie slightly.
Seoul's night lights stretched endlessly before him.
Beautiful.
Peaceful.
Fragile.
Fang quietly stared downward.
Civilian life truly was exhausting in a different way.
No enemies to kill.
No missions.
No survival pressure.
Just...
Existing.
For the first time in my entire life
Fang genuinely did not know what the future looked like anymore.
Then suddenly
His phone vibrated again.
Unknown number.
Fang answered calmly.
"...Who?"
Static noise.
Then a rough male voice came through the speaker.
"Chung Soo."
Fang's eyes narrowed slightly.
"We need to talk about your debt."