As soon as Shim Deok-Gu received the message, he hurried to his office from the conference room. He shoved the door open. 

Slam! 

“You, you…” He fumbled upon seeing the man sitting on the sofa. 

“Yo, what’s up?” Seo Jun-Ho was in the middle of eating jjajangmyeon[1]. He looked up and waved his chopsticks. 

“What happened? You didn’t even contact me,” Shim Deok-Gu said, slowly approaching him. 

“Something urgent came up. I came down to meet a friend.”

“...You rascal.” Shim Deok-Gu rubbed his nose as he sniffled and took a seat on the opposite side of the sofa. He reached for the sauce-covered tangsooyook[2]. “You missed me, didn’t you?”

“Huh? I didn’t say it was you.”

“...What? But you don’t have any other friends besides me, do you?”

Slurp. 

Seo Jun-Ho’s mouth was full of noodles. He chewed and swallowed before he spoke, “I do. I came down to break those icicles.”

“...!”

Shim Deok-Gu’s eyes widened at the mention of the icicles. He double-checked that the door was closed 

“Icicles… Are you talking about the other Heroes? Are you finally ready?” he asked carefully. 

“Probably. I get the feeling that it’ll work.”

“Then it will...” Shim Deok-Gu’s hands curled into fists. Whenever Seo Jun-Ho got a ‘feeling,’...