The Tutorial ended.

Marcel Ghionea led the survivors who passed Area 1 to a place with a stage, much like a theatre.

Seol Jihu did not go with them. Although he was a Helper during the Tutorial, it was time to go back to his role as the head manager.

He was the one originally responsible for activating Synchronization and explaining the goal of the Neutral Zone to all Area participants. But he entrusted this role to Kim Hannah.

This was because the fatigue that had been building up inside him finally exploded the moment he entered the Neutral Zone.

It was only natural, considering the amount of work he had to put up with before the activation of the Neutral Zone, plus the fact that he had just fought with an atrocious monster for hours in a Tutorial that he thought was going to be an easy breezy.

So after delegating his job to Kim Hannah, he headed to the manager’s room.

‘So there was a place like this.’

The head manager’s room resembled a secret monitor room often seen in movies. Every communication crystal inside the tower was connected to this room, so the manager could keep an eye on all parts of the Neutral Zone. Looking around, Seol Jihu smiled. He had discovered a small chick dozing off on the couch.

“Hey, you. How have you been?”

“…Pyak?”

When Seol Jihu picked him up, the chick squirmed in his grip, unhappy with being woken up. With a grin, Seol Jihu sat on the couch and leaned back. The chick yawned and curled up on top of Seol Jihu’s chest.

At that moment, one of the many monitors in the room displayed Kim Hannah speaking in front of a crowd. Seol Jihu watched, stroking the soft feathers of the baby chick with his fi...