The reinforcement team didn’t immediately return to Armstrong city and tried to locate the survivors, who had scattered into the surroundings, instead.

Thankfully, they did find some. Some Connector parties had been lucky. They had been in their labyrinths when the attack had happened, so they had avoided the calamity. The rescue parties continued looking for more survivors on the surface of the Moon.

After a while, the teams finally returned to Armstrong.

***

Shwahhhhhhh!

Water fell from the showerhead. Blood mixed in with the water as the day’s exhaustion washed away.

“Hoo-ooh!”

Sungyoon let out a satisfied sigh as he turned off the showerhead. After wiping away the water droplets on his body, he exited the shower room. When he went to the living room, he found Tim and Emily playing chess and Grace drinking black tea.

“Who’s winning?”

Sungyoon looked down at the chessboard and saw that the white pieces were crushing the black ones. He could even tell who was winning just by looking at their expressions.

Emily's face held a grin, while Tim's face had agony written all over it.

“Ah! Mr. Sungyoon!”

Tim perked up.

“Since Mr. Sungyoon is here, why don’t we end the game now?”

“Ah. You don’t have to do that. I’m not in a hurry. I plan on having a cup of coffee.”

“You heard what he said.”

Tim despaired at Sungyoon's reply, while Emily had a triumphant expression.

Sungyoon...