Time Mansour - Chapter 14



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Episode 14 Data Recovery.

I stayed up all night for several days.

The body becomes completely dry.

My clothes smelled like dried squid.

A musty smell wafts from the cooling fan and hits the walls.

“It’s difficult. It’s difficult.”

It took longer than I thought.

After the recovery process is complete, remove the SATA adapter from the hard drive.

“The restoration is done. All that’s left to do is clean up.”

Tighten the screws to reassemble the server frame.

There was rust on the tip of the driver’s tip.

The server is a bit old.

Because of this, the work took longer than expected as we had to consider physical damage as well.

-Recover files.

After reassembling the server, packing it into its box, and sending one last email to Seongtae.

Now it’s really over.

After spending several nights like that.

Before I knew it.

A day has passed.

**

“already?”

already.

This is the first time I’ve heard this word from Seongtae’s mouth.

“okay.”

“That’s really fast.”

“I thought I was going to die.”

I’ll try to make a joke.

If you’re going to die like this, you should have died a long time ago.

When I was younger, I worked harder and harder.

After a long time, old memories came to mind.

It overlaps with the days when I was a freshman in society and knew nothing.

“Thank you. I was looking for it because I wanted to hear it again, but I couldn’t find it.

“That song. Did the others lose it too?”

“Well, that’s right. We were all busy. Just like you.”

I couldn’t say anything in response to Seongtae’s joking remark.

“Thank you so much. I’ll buy you a meal.”

After hearing those last words from Seongtae, I hung up the phone.

The body odor doesn’t go away.

I was thinking for a moment whether I should wash or not.

just.

‘I don’t know. Let’s take a rest now.’

I lay down on the bed, throwing my body away.

Now open the audio file you just recovered.

Sound source with a lot of noise.

A rough blues rock song flows out of the cell phone speaker.

The bass sound pops out first.

When the electric guitar sounds late.

The keyboard doesn’t know what to do, so it keeps missing the beat.

Listening to such a mess of a song sung by such a loud vocalist.

I closed my eyes quietly.

**

Knock, knock, knock.

While I was typing on the keyboard, I felt my shoulder get stiff, so I pressed my shoulder with the other hand.

Did you sleep too much?

Rather, my body feels more sore.

He’s pressing his shoulder like that and typing on the keyboard with one hand.

suddenly.

“Right. Are you going somewhere too, sir?”

“Me?”

Manager Chae asks an unexpected question.

I was surprised by Agent Chae’s question and asked back.

Did the news leak out about your previous meeting with Black Hard Vice President Lee Yoon-cheol?

That thought came to me first.

“There are rumors going around that they will be acquired soon and that they will be reducing their workforce.”

“Is it white soft?”

“yes.”

.

You know better than me.

A snicker bursts out inside.

It’s been over a year since word started coming out that White Soft was being acquired by Quelcomm.

I knew that the merger might be difficult because of delays in approval due to antitrust regulations in the US and Europe.

“Are you sure?”

“So, Executive Director Lee Se-yeon. We’re going to the Amazing Zone. Didn’t you know?”

“yes.”

I didn’t really know how the company was doing.

Since I have been working at Joongang Bank ever since I joined the company, I was not familiar with the internal affairs.

Well. If they tell you to go out, you just have to go.

Without blushing.

Wouldn’t it be a good ending if we left with a smile on our faces when we were happy?

I think so.

**

“Oh, don’t worry about that.”

“yes?”

“I’ll rewrite the contract at the end of October. Nothing will change. The only thing that will change is the affiliation. You don’t have to worry about it.”

“Ah. Okay, I understand.”

Director Chun’s voice was heard on the other end of the phone.

After hearing a few more times that it was okay and that I shouldn’t worry, I pressed the end call button.

How things work.

I first heard the news about the acquisition last year.

I didn’t know anyone inside the company. No. It was mostly because I wasn’t interested in the first place.

I don’t know.

If you’re asked to write a letter of resignation, you should just raise your hand.

As I was thinking that, I tried to put my phone in my pants pocket.

suddenly.

-Jiiiiing.

The vibration rang.

-Today? You know?

It’s Sungtae.

I have no idea.

Because I couldn’t remember, I pushed the LCD screen and lifted the message window up for a long time.

**

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station.

The maple leaves turned red and rusty.

The leaves fall, crushed by the weight of time.

Is this it? No. Was it the other side?

I stepped on the pavement blocks and looked around.

My butt hurts after riding the subway for over an hour.

And then he walked in that awkward posture.

“Hey!! Isn’t that Youngjun?”

“That’s right. You disloyal son. It’s been a while.”

Chang-seok and Myeong-gyu called me while spitting smoke into the air.

“I’m sorry. Are you here?”

I pointed to the restaurant sign with my finger to change the subject, thinking it would get noisier if I left it alone.

“That damned sorry. It’s been over ten years. Ten years.”

“It’s been exactly 15 years. I lost contact with Youngjun shortly after I graduated.”

It didn’t work.

Okay, let’s sit down and talk. So I forcibly pushed them back and barely managed to get them into the restaurant.

“The main character is here. The main character is here.”

“I really thought you were behind, Inma.”

As I go inside, Seongtae and Gookyoung greet me.

We’re all still in touch.

The first thought that came to mind was ‘thank goodness’.

Myunggyu plays drums.

Seongtae is the bass.

Changseok is electric.

Gukyeong is the vocalist.

When I see their faces, forgotten memories come back to me.

Those days vaguely come to mind.

“What on earth have you been doing? Why didn’t you contact me? At least make an excuse.”

“It must be because of you. You said you were going to see your older sister and then disappeared. Right?”

Similar. I nodded twice at Seongtae’s words.

“Why don’t you try contacting me later? Guk-yeong and Myeong-gyu have the same numbers.”

“As time went by, it became a bit like that. I felt sorry and awkward.”

He scratches his head awkwardly.

I thought about contacting you sometime.

But I always just thought about it and then stopped.

Okay. Quickly. Let’s have a drink. Seongtae urges again and raises his glass.

braided.

Glasses clink in the air.

widely.

I put down my glass and picked up my chopsticks.

Dip the raw meat in egg.

“So, how are you, sister?”

“··· It’s been a few months since the funeral.”

The guys’ eyes widen at the unexpected answer.

“Didn’t you call us?”

“No. I had a good time, Sister.”

It’s okay. I’m sure your sister went to a good place too.

I shook my head with a bitter smile.

**

Let’s go have a smoke. Yeongjun, do you smoke? Huh? You don’t? Okay. That’s good. Then Seongtae and I, please guard the spot. Gookyoung. Myeonggyu, let’s go.

Changseok gets up from his seat, muttering with a tongue-twisted pronunciation.

So Seongtae and I stayed behind and talked about the rest of the story.

“Oh! Right. I forgot. I mean, data recovery.”

“Huh? Why? Did I touch something wrong?”

Seongtae let out a short exclamation as if he remembered something.

Did I make a mistake while assembling it?

Without realizing it, I squinted my eyes and looked at Seongtae.

“No. That’s not it. Who asked?”

“what?”

“How long does it take to restore CCTV footage?”

“No, Inma.”

I ignore Seongtae’s words.

What is data recovery?

I can’t even guarantee that it will be 100% recoverable.

Especially CCTV footage.

There were so many variables here and there that I didn’t want to touch the hard drive of someone I didn’t know.

“They said it would be salty. Are you not going to do it?”

“Okay. I’m still earning enough to live.”

“Well. Think of it as a part-time job and get a quote.”

Seongtae, who encourages until the end.

I shook my head even more strongly.

“No. Our company prohibits side jobs.”

“That’s too bad. Director Ive asked me. He didn’t tell me the exact circumstances. He must be in a hurry. Since you’re talking. I asked you to look into it.”

“Ive?”

“Yeah. You’re a Red Blue fan. I thought maybe this would be a good opportunity to build a relationship.”

“···”

okay.

Come to think of it.

But you shouldn’t have a side job.

Wait a minute. Just a minute. You can help someone in trouble.

At that moment, that thought occurred to me.

Without me knowing.

Before I knew it.

He was gesturing for Seongtae to tell him more.