Change Your Life with the USB from the Future!

Episode 133: Nearest (2)

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As soon as Seo Min-young, team leader of the TK content division, opened the office door.

“You are the team leader!”

Kang Ye-ri's dissatisfied face popped out.

"Why?"

“There is too much work. Can't we take a little break?"

When Yeri Kang spoke, she nodded her head as if the people around her agreed.

It was because she had been having a busy day for nearly two weeks already, to say that she really didn't open her eyes.

However.

"No. Now that the entrance exam is in front of you, what are you talking about? We need to launch it before or after the entrance exam in order for this business to have proper momentum.”

Team leader Seo Min-young was adamant.

Hearing his words, Yeri Kang opened her mouth with a sullen expression on her face.

“No, why are you doing what you were originally scheduled to do early next year?”

“Because it makes more sense. If you finish this job well, you will receive a decent amount of bonuses, so let's stay focused and work hard. Understand?"

“Hey, I think I’m going to die before I get the bonus. Working night shift every day. No, it's absurd in the first place. It takes at least four weeks, but how can I finish it in two weeks?”

Kang Ye-ri made a sick sound.

Then Seo Min-young nodded her head.

As she said, it was impossible to do before and after the entrance exam.

However, she had the idea that it would be appropriate to start a business before or after the entrance exam.

Therefore, even if she couldn't get it right before or after the entrance exam, she was preparing to launch it as soon as possible.

Probably.

‘This year’s entrance exam is only 4 weeks later.’

The words Junyoung didn't understand. Those words caught my heart. As it is said, it doesn't make sense that a lecturer in a position like Jun-yeong misunderstood the date of the entrance exam for more than two weeks.

‘Is it somehow similar to last time?’

unreasonable expectations. It made me run non-stop.

“It’s not long now. Until then, let's suffer a little more. When I'm done with work, I'll give you a really big shot."

Therefore, he pushed his business forward as far as his authority allowed.

Thanks to that, the speed has increased tremendously.

“Eh, okay. okay. Slave No. 1 goes to work.”

Of course, the team members are going to die.

But then.

eh eh eh eh-

sound from all directions.

The quiet office suddenly became noisy.

OK.

"what… what?"

"uh?"

“Where is this from?”

People looked around in bewilderment.

The sound was not coming from just one place, but from all over the office at the same time.

“Is this coming from my cell phone?”

At Kang Ye-ri's words, people looked at their phones.

[Meteorological Agency]

11-12 14 : 25 Area 5km south of Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do Please be careful about safety such as 5.5 earthquakes/aftershocks.

People's eyes saw the emergency message sent by the Korea Meteorological Agency.

For a moment, bewilderment appeared on the faces of the people.

It was because fine dust warnings and heat wave warnings came several times a year, but earthquake warning messages rarely came.

"uh… What do you need to evacuate?”

"Well? Chief, what about this?”

People looked at Team Leader Seo Min-young with bewildered expressions. Whether you evacuate or continue to work, you will need to receive instructions from your boss.

Team leader Seo, who received the public's attention, checked the disaster message once again.

‘Intensity of 5.8, the region is the southern part of Gyeongju-si.’The distance between the epicenter and Seoul is about 400 km. No matter how you look at it, the magnitude and distance were not enough to cause damage to Seoul. If that was enough, even if the volcano erupted, there would be no damage.

“I think it’ll be fine, so just go to work as usual. If you have family or acquaintances in Gyeongju, Pohang, or Ulsan, please contact them as soon as possible.”

Only then do people sit down with a relieved expression on their faces. Because I could believe what Seo Min-young said.

and after a while.

all of a sudden-

The expected vibration has arrived. It wasn't as big of a vibration as Seo Min-young thought. Just to the extent that the light in the room vibrates lightly and the water from the water purifier gently rattles? It was such a vibration that a dull person could pass without knowing it.

But the scary thing was that an earthquake 400 km away could be felt all the way here.

'Isn't the damage near the epicenter pretty big?'

Team leader Seo Min-young wondered if he knew anyone who lived near the epicenter.

Fortunately, no one lived nearby.

After the vibration of the earthquake passed like that.

“Wow, is this a real earthquake?”

“Even in Korea, it is not an earthquake-free zone.”

“No, why are there so many earthquakes these days?”

People murmured with a slightly startled expression.

“Uh, can’t Kakao Talk again? It didn’t happen during the earthquake last year, but it’s like this again?”

However, this was the extent to which people accepted earthquakes.

This is because people still have the idea that ‘Korea is an earthquake-free zone’.

‘Should I ask the company to create an earthquake response manual?’

Team leader Seo Min-young sighed and checked the news.

Immediately, dozens of articles and news related to the earthquake appeared.

[The 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Gyeongju, South Gyeongsang Province... I can't understand the damage situation]

[An earthquake again. Again, the culprit is the Gyeongsan-Ulsan fault]

[2016, 2017, 2019. It is no longer an earthquake-free zone!]

Again this time... The Gyeongsan fault was the problem.

But looking at the follow-up articles. Due to the earthquakes in 2016 and 2017, the Gyeongnam region earthquake response manual was updated, so there seemed to be no casualties.

of course.

[Comment 13: Ya ㅤㅇㅣㅋㅋㅋㅋ The wall of my house is collapsing hahaha]

[Comment 21: Oh my car! When I came out after eating, what kind of rock was on my car haha]

[Comment 11: Hmm... how are you guys The outer walls of our school are all destroyed ㅠㅠ]

It seemed that there was quite a bit of property damage.

Looking at the photos posted on the community, I could see that the exterior walls of old houses or schools had collapsed one after another.

And that moment.

'Let's see... school?'

Something flashed through the head of the chieftain.

That's right.

“Isn’t this the case that the entrance exam will be postponed again?”

“I wonder if acting for the SAT will be that easy? Would people be mad?”

“No, look. It was postponed because of an earthquake around this time last year, right? And because the first is difficult, the second is easy.”

"uh… Then I saw it.”

SAT performance.

Chief Seo felt goosebumps.

If this year's entrance exam is postponed as expected by him and his staff... … .

‘This year’s entrance exam is only 4 weeks later.’

Kim Jun-young's words were exactly right.

‘Maybe not.’

But after an hour or so.

[Considering the damage from the earthquake in Gyeongju and the high-level inter-Korean summit to be held a week later, we decided to postpone the entrance exam for two weeks… ]

The manager's prediction became a reality.

“Heh heh, is it really delayed?”

"Tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt, the government will eat you directly."

“No, why is the government cursed? It’s definitely something we should do.”

“Ha, don’t you remember the last time we acted, the students and parents protested why we should be harmed?”

Team leader Seo Min-young grabbed her phone while listening to her staff.

Then, with trembling hands, he called someone.

Tour - Tour -

A brief beep.

And right away.

[Hello. Yes, sir, what's going on?]

A calm voice was heard.

"I… President, did you watch the news now? The entrance exam has been postponed... .”

That person is Kim Joon-young.

He was the one who spoke like a prophecy to team leader Seo.

[Yes, I did.]

“Excuse me, but where are you now? I would like to see you for a moment.”

Seo Min-young said, holding her breath.

OK.

[Oh, I guess it's a little difficult right now? Because I am not in Seoul right now.]

Junyoung's voice came from the receiver. I could hear the slight breeze, so it seemed like I was driving.

"Well… Then it's fine in the evening. When you come to Seoul, I will go to your house... .”

Seo Min-young said it again. Apparently, since the schedule for the entrance exam was changed, I had to talk about the business again. I also wondered how the heck he knew that the entrance exam would be postponed.

However.

[I'm sorry about this, what should I do? I don’t think I can go up today.]

Jun-young didn't seem to want to show the truth easily.

Because he is now.

“Excuse me, but where is your business trip?”

[Gyeongsang-do.]

Because he was running towards a distant place.

* * *

“Oh, thank you, bachelor. Even good-looking people are good If I had only had a real daughter, I would have introduced her right away... Aww, it's a waste, it's a waste."

“What a pity. If it were your daughter, she would be 20 years older than the bachelor, and I'm glad the handsome bachelor's marriage isn't blocked."

“What? do you know Would it be the same if I had a late sibling?”

“Even if you gave birth to a youngest child, you are forty or forty. There's nothing the bachelor can't hear. Aeg Bachelor. Don't worry about what this old lady says, hey, let's go!"

I smiled awkwardly, greeted the grandmothers, and moved on.

OK.

“Eww, every year of this bastard, you motherfucker.”

“No, there are children, so why are you swearing? write some kind words How come you are old enough to eat and still look like a child?”

“No, it’s frustrating, it’s frustrating. Every day around this time, I come to Yorokorom Elementary School and tremble.”

People shivering from the cold caught my eye.

I approached them and handed out the blankets I had prepared, a light snack, and a stove.

Then they showed their gratitude for the bet with a bright face.

“… … .”

Currently, I am volunteering at an earthquake relief center set up in Bangeo-ri, southern Gyeongju.

‘Well, it’s an elementary school auditorium if you say it’s an earthquake relief center.’

When I saw that the SAT date on the USB was strange, I couldn't help but panic.

Obviously, it was because the date announced by the Ministry of Education was different from the date on the test paper.

But after a lot of thought, I quickly found the answer.

That's right.

'Acting for the entrance exam.'

So far, the entrance exam has been postponed a total of 3 times. It was during the 2005, 2010 international conference and the 2017 Gyeongsan earthquake.

However, until today's earthquake, I did not know for what reason the CSAT was postponed.

No matter how much I searched the USB, only the postponed date came out, and there was no reason for the postponement.

So I guess it's something I can do.

‘Teachers, please do your best to manage the mental health of students. Even if the entrance exam is postponed due to an emergency, it is enough to respond. please.'

‘You guys, don’t throw away books because the entrance exam is near. Does anyone in the world know anything? If I am caught throwing away books, I will not give a special lecture.’

It was just to prepare the people in my academy for acting for the entrance exam.

No matter how much I know that I will be postponed, unless I know exactly what is going on.‘On November 15th, a major incident occurred and the entrance exam was postponed.’

Because it was something I couldn't even say.

Then today when the earthquake warning went off, I had a gut feeling.

‘Oh, it was an earthquake.’

It was this that made me uneasy all this time.

And from the day after I checked the USB, the fact that I had prayed that a major incident would not happen every day was overshadowed.

If it was a human thing, I could have tried to prevent it, but unless I was Superman, I couldn't stop the earthquake.

‘No, you can’t even stop Superman Yangban?’

But he couldn't stay still.

No matter how unstoppable it is, the earthquake was also one of the scenarios I expected, so I felt a little bit of debt.

‘There must be something I can do.’

Therefore, as soon as I realized that the reason for the postponement of the entrance exam was an earthquake, I immediately took the house. Also, short-term rental of the student academy shuttle bus. I went straight to the mart, filled up relief supplies, and went straight down to Gyeongju.

It was because I thought that there would be many people in need of help as the scale of the earthquake was large and the scope was wide.

Of course, government offices will respond according to the earthquake response manual, but

‘Because there is always a shortage of workers.’

just as expected. As I was going down to Gyeongju, I heard from this news that there was a shortage of earthquake relief workers in Ulsan and the outskirts of Gyeongju.

In the case of the earthquake response team of the local government, it seemed to be a system that basically takes care of the Gyeongju and Ulsan city areas.

Of course, I understand the situation in government offices where there is a shortage of workers, but in fact, it was the suburbs that really needed care.

Apparently, there are many old houses in the suburbs, and the proportion of the elderly with limited mobility is higher than in the city.

So, as soon as I heard the story, I turned the car heading for Gyeongju and came down to the southern part of Gyeongju. Because I thought there would be people in the suburbs close to the epicenter who needed my help.

And as a result.

“Old man. Take this.”

"Huh? ah thank you It was chilly at the time, but it was good.”

I was guarding the people's night with a few responders from government offices.

But then.

“It looks like you’re from Seoul, right?”

someone has spoken to me

When I turned around, an elderly man was looking at me.

I nodded and said.

"Ah yes. I live in Seoul.”

“What kind of bus were you riding on? What are you doing?”

“Ah, I teach at a school. The bus is a school bus.”

“Hey, you were a teacher. So, you drove the bus to us? haha"

As I nodded, the old man nodded in admiration.

Then, after a moment of hesitation, he opened his mouth slowly.

"Teacher. This would be a bit of a shameless request for a gentleman who drove me to the bus, but... Could you please take a look at those kids? What are you talking about, because they're in high school... .”

I shifted my gaze following the old man's hand gestures.

Then I saw young students gathered in one side of the auditorium and covered in blankets.

They weren't wearing school uniforms, so I thought they were middle school students, but now they look like they are high school students.

“Ah, well, the entrance exam was just around the corner, but seeing you come out like this without a house or a temple, it made my heart ache.”

At first glance, they had problem books and vocabulary books in their hands. No matter how I looked at it, it wasn't like he was concentrating on studying.

He must have been through this unprecedented situation with the entrance exam in front of his nose, so it was not strange even if he had gone mental.

Fortunately, for students in the city, the local government is actively taking care of them, and there are spaces to study, but there was no such thing here.

But then.

I had a good idea.

By the way, the car that I pulled down today is the school bus. If you look closely in the trunk, it seems that there are equipment used in the academy.

Well… … .

disaster scene.

high school students.

delayed exam.

Hermit crab academy's bus.

There was a better way than simply watching the students study.

I opened my mouth slowly, looking at the old man who was biting his tongue as if in regret.

“Old man. Can you gather some students?”

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