“Did your hiking not go well?” Nam Sang-Hyeok cautiously asked.

However, neither Kang Jin-Ho nor Jo Gyu-Min replied. Rather, they chose to stare outside the moving off-road vehicle's windows.

Kang Jin-Ho was currently using up a ton of his mental strength to hold together his weakened ego, which had been mercilessly wounded by the realization that the three-day-long trek across the mountains could have been reduced to less than six hours.

Nam Sang-Hyeok, none the wiser to Kang Jin-Ho's inner turmoil, continued to yap away. “By the way, I had no idea you could have started your hiking from this side. Who knew that the road network here is even better than on the other side? If you were planning to head up that mountain, you could've told me to drive you to this area instead, you know?”

“P-please stop.” Jo Gyu-Min hurriedly stepped up to stop Nam Sang-Hyeok's mercilessly fact assault.

Vroooom...

The car traveled in silence for a long while. But then, Kang Jin-Ho finally broke this weighty silence with a faltering voice. “Is there a cram school that teaches how to use a smartphone?”

Jo Gyu-Min could only make a cramped smile. “...Unfortunately, no.”

A depressed expression filled Kang Jin-Ho's face again as he resumed staring at the passing scenery outside.

Nam Sang-Hyeok could only tilt his head in confusion. “Huh... You two look like you’ve run into a bear or something up there.”

If it had been a bear, Kang Jin-Ho's mind would have been more... tranquil. But no bear could live...