"What?!" Hyun-sung thought. "I'm in the past?"
He turned back his attentions to the man. "Thank you." He also said,
"Do you happen to know where the nearest city is?"
The man answered, "The city is a few miles away from here. Head west which will lead you out of the forest, and will lead you to the city."
"Thank you." Hyun-sung said, as the man smiled as he went past the team.
They walked west exactly the way the man directed us. We arrived at a lake which seemed to be extremely clean, rather than in 2025. Hyun-sung, thirsty and tired, decided to drink from the lake. He reached into the clear blue water, as his hand sinks into the lake. Surprisingly cold I take sip of the fresh liquid.
Feeling refreshed and vigorous, I see that Sung-join was dosing off, while Hyun-wook organizes his weapons and supplies he brought with him. Ten rolls of kimbap, five sandwiches, and five water bottles with water. He handed a roll of kimbap to all of us, and we started eating. Hyun-sung noticed that there was many rustling of leave in the bushes near him, so he couldn't resist to check it out.
Now that the rustling stopped, he began to feel more suspicious, and drew his knife. Then he see a silhouette behind the bush, dark and still. Hyun-sung yelled, "Who are you?!" And before he can react, the figure started sprinting into the forest. I threw my knife targeted at him, while Min-song and Hyun-wook shot at him too. He was surprisingly fast as we Hyun-wook and Min-Song missed their every shot, before he dived into the forest.
"Fuck!" Min-song said as she punched the ground, as I investigated the place where the person was hiding. He had a K2 rifle, which was laying beside the bush. He also noticed a HT in the bush. He took it out as he walked back to the group. He show Sung-join the HT, as he fiddled around with it.
"The transmitter barely seems to be working." He said. "But I'll be able to locate where the other connected HT's are."
"But if he's just another man like the man in the hut, then why does he have a HT with him?" Asked Hyun-wook, as he stared back towards the forest. "He could be a spy."
"Wait, don't locate it the HT's." Said Hyun-sung. "We have to go to the city first and besides, if the spy is still looking at us into the city as well, he'll have a hard time searching for us."
"But what if he went to his boss and told him about us?" Asked Hyun-wook. "They can be after us right now!"
"Which is why we're going to the city." Said Hyun-sung, as he picked up his knife and headed west towards the city.
The team walked away from the lake as Hyun-song's fatigue decreased gradually, and felt less tired than before.
"You would make quite a great member of the navy back in America." Min-song remarked. "If you just had so military training..."
"Geez." Hyun-song said. "I'm president of a well known facility in Korea, probably being president of a great company is better than being a unpopular military man in America."
Min-song smiled, as her brown eyes stared back to the grassy road.
Hyun-wook was making a knife with his own knife which seemed to be nearly broken. He made a pretty good craftsman.
The team arrived at a large wooden gate as a man and a woman stood with swords and spears and shields. They flared at us threateningly, as the team walked towards them.
"We do not allow unfamiliar men and woman into this city anymore." The woman barked. "Please leave this property, before we have to force you."
Meanwhile, the man stared at Sung-joon and his computer and phone in great interest, as Sung-joon took this as an advantage.
"Um, we can show you how this works if you let us in." Sung-joon said joyfully. "We can let you even use it."
The man smiled and said, "Of course, but you cannot harm the city." He scowled threateningly. "Follow me." Said the man as he pushed open the gate and went in.
The team followed the man to a street filled with people, all staring at us, as they walked away from them. They arrived at a wooden house with a curved roof, and went in with the man. The house was pretty small and there were only two rooms.
"You can live here for a few months." Said the man. "After that, you must pay or leave." And the man left.
Min-song took the small room while Sung-joon and Hyun-wook took the other, and Hyun-sung stayed in the living room.
Hyun-song laid down his things, his sword, his knives, and his bag of supplies.
He goes out of the house, curious of why people like him couldn't come into this city. He came across a woman with her children, so he asked, "Do you happen to know why people can't come into the city anymore?
The woman looked at him in shear interest, and responded,
"WAR. BECAUSE OF WAR."