By Zephyria 
Right. It had to be.
Strangely, he couldn’t forget the face of that funny Guide, Yeon Yu-jin.
‘That guy, his behavior and speech habits are too similar to An Ga-hyeon.’
Was that also acting as the government ordered?
If so, Yeon Yu-jin was also unforgivable. He was no different from a guy who participated in insulting An Ga-hyeon.
‘I wonder what my colleagues will say.’
Should I have killed him after all?
Scratching the back of his head, Hyeon Jae-ha quickly flew away and disappeared.
Government officials gathered in the underground where Yeon Yu-jin and Hyeon Jae-ha had disappeared.
“What happened?”
“The vault?”
“It’s already been opened and taken.”
“Tsk. It’s like the last lifeline to catch the rat has been cut off.”
As soon as the notification that the vault of ‘An Ga-hyeon’, which was registered as a Red Code, was empty, executive-level personnel from the Ability User Management Bureau rushed over.
Among them, there were many non-Ability User executives mixed in.
Bringing in reliable personnel, they thoroughly investigated the records of who had accessed the vault.
“Who visited this underground vault today?”
“Two people.”
“Obviously Ability Users, right? Their identities?”
“One is… a Guide, and the other’s identity cannot be identified. We need to see the power wave spreading in the air to identify them, but this person perfectly conceals the wave, so we can’t know.”
“There’s nothing more to see. The one who concealed the wave seems to be the one the Ability User Management Bureau is chasing.”
Hyeon Jae-ha.
The leader of the anti-government Ability Users who betrayed the government and went into hiding after losing his partner 20 years ago due to a rampage.
Shin Yun-hui, the current Director of the Ability User Management Bureau, urged an Esper with detection and analysis abilities.
“Can’t we get a closer look at Hyeon Jae-ha’s current appearance?”
“…It’s impossible, Director. All the videos of the person presumed to be Hyeon Jae-ha are blurry and pixelated. They’re even doing something to the CCTV, and the videos are gradually disappearing.”
“Damn it.”
“All we can confirm right now is one Guide who spoke with the person presumed to be Hyeon Jae-ha.”
Shin Yun-hui messed up her hair and gave instructions.
“Find out who that Guide is, at least. If they weren’t killed after talking to Hyeon Jae-ha, they must be related.”
“Understood.”
The Esper, who attempted a search based on the existing Guide registration Database, tilted her head and answered after a moment.
“Um… Director.”
“What is it?”
“Is this Guide… really someone related to Hyeon Jae-ha?
“What are you talking about? Darae. That’s the Guide who raided the vault of ‘An Ga-hyeon’, the partner Guide Hyeon Jae-ha was most obsessed with. There’s no way they’re not related…”
“But this person. They just turned adult this year, and they’re an idol?”
“What?”
“Their name is Yeon Yu-jin. Although not well-known, they are indeed an idol.”
“What…”
To the dumbfounded Director Shin Yun-hui, the Esper called Darae handed over her phone.
“Look at the search bar.”
“…It’s real?”
What was floating below the fresh search bar was the personal information of the idol Yeon Yu-jin.
‘How can this be?’
Shin Yun-hui, the Director of the Awakened Management Bureau, was bewildered.
It was true that the world had become much more stable than before, and the social freedom of Espers and Guides had also increased.
Thanks to that, she had heard of ‘forming an idol group that gathers Espers and Guides’.
But she never dreamed that the person who opened An Ga-hyeon’s vault and even talked to Hyeon Jae-ha would be a Guide belonging to that group.
Intrigued, Director Shin Yun-hui tapped Yeon Yu-jin further in the search bar.
“Yeon Yu-jin, the sub-vocalist and sub-rapper of the idol boy group Secreety…”
A common D-Class Guide. The only Guide in the group, so they are receiving unfavorable attention from fans. The worst member who consistently maintains a terrible attitude, further solidifying the Failed Idol image.
“Only useless information comes out?”
“That’s what I’m saying, Director.”
Other agents were also bewildered by this news.
“It’s as if a person suddenly fell from the sky, wouldn’t you say?”
“Hyeon Jae-ha, didn’t he never have contact with external people for 20 years?”
“But now, he’s meeting with a fresh Guide who’s barely over twenty?”
“No, more than that, how did this D-Class Guide know about An Ga-hyeon’s vault and come here?”
“No matter how you look at it, they don’t seem to be very related to An Ga-hyeon or Hyeon Jae-ha. It’s too sudden, so I suspect someone is behind them.”
The government side also hadn’t made any progress in the investigation for 20 years, so everyone was busy spouting out what they wanted to say as if a dam had burst.
“Everyone, be quiet! It’s noisy!”
Only after Director Shin Yun-hui shouted did the surroundings become quiet.
“…What should we do?”
“What do you mean what should we do? We have to do it by the book. First, we’ll assign a government agent to Yeon Yu-jin, the Guide who contacted Hyeon Jae-ha.”
If we monitor them, we might be able to dig something up.
Everyone nodded at that.
Wasn’t this the Guide who contacted Hyeon Jae-ha, who had appeared for the first time in 20 years?
Idol or whatever, if they could catch Hyeon Jae-ha, they had a mission to keep an eye on them, even if they were a member of the National Assembly.
“If we’re lucky, we might encounter Hyeon Jae-ha again, right? So we need someone on our side to watch them without any gaps.”
“But the target we have to monitor is an idol…”
“What should we do in this case?”
“Ugh.”
We need to know something about idols.
It was the most difficult moment in the Director’s life.
One agent, who slyly raised his hand in place of the Director, offered an opinion.
“How about disguising ourselves as a sasaeng to monitor them?”
“Are you a Muggle? How well is sasaeng control done these days? Even if they’re a Failed Idol, if you keep loitering in front of them, the agency will report you to the police first, right?”
An Ability User among the Management Bureau agents, who was well-versed in idol culture, raised his voice.
“If our agent gets caught by the police…”
“It’ll be news material.”
“The Director will have to hold a press conference to explain.”
“There’s no greater disgrace than this…”
A negative imagination unfolded. Somehow, everyone seemed excited to add a word each.
Director Shin Yun-hui glared at the agents chirping like sparrows.
“Stop it?”
“Yes.”
“Anyway, then where do you think we should assign someone?”
When Director Shin Yun-hui asked the agent who was well-versed in idol culture, he pondered and then answered like this.
“Manager! How about putting our people in as a manager?”
“Manager?”
“Even if they’re a Failed Idol, they’ll have a manager, right? If we put them in as a road manager, it’ll be possible! It’ll be difficult for Team leader or General manager level, but in the entertainment market where managers are always lacking, there’s no better infiltration route than this.”
The point made by the Ability User agent, who consistently followed idol culture, was correct.
The idol group Yeon Yu-jin belonged to, Secreety, had ambitious beginnings, but was now a Failed Idol among Failed Idols, and no manager wanted to join.
The current manager, Kim Hyun-soo, was doing his best to take care of the Secrety members, but was suffering from stress-induced gastritis due to all sorts of hardships.
Recently, with Yeon Yu-jin even getting into a car accident, there was talk within HB Entertainment about whether they should add another road manager.
“If they’re a manager, they’ll be with them almost twenty-four hours a day, so you don’t have to worry. There are many managers who quit easily, so if you just make up an excuse, they won’t care much.”
Director Shin Yun-hui nodded at the enthusiastic agent’s explanation.
“Good. Then you will infiltrate as the manager of the group that Guide is in.”
“Understoo… Huh?”
“It seems like there’s no one more suitable than this agent. You seem to be well-versed in that world.”
“Uh… no… Director. Wait, just a moment. There are many Seonbae who are more capable than me, right?”
Around this agent who was speaking pitifully, other Management Bureau employees retreated like a tide.
“Good luck, Hubae.”
“It’s a relief you’re a Muggle.”
“Work hard as a manager and come back.”
“It’s a golden opportunity to catch Hyeon Jae-ha. If you catch him, you’ll be on the fast track to promotion. Congratulations.”
“No… what…”
While he was stuttering, Director Shin Yun-hui smiled and patted this agent’s shoulder.
“Have a good trip, Agent Lee. I’ll give you a generous bonus for the external trip, so don’t worry.”
This agent, Lee Ha-ram, almost shed tears.
‘Secreety is the idol group I hate the most…’
And among them, she had to closely mark Yeon Yu-jin, who she wanted to avoid the most.
“Understood…”
Lee Ha-ram’s shoulders, who was in charge of surveillance, became heavy.