Y/n Pov

After resting for a while and studying blue and indigo aura functions, I return to my workplace and start solving all the paperwork on my table. One by one, I solve it and Seo Yoon appears beside me and coughing taking my attention.

"Yes, is there anything you need?" I ask Seo Yoon who is looking at me right now.

"Here." Seo Yoon gives me a paper and I read it and nodded.

"Sure, I'll do it," I said and Seo Yoon nodded but she doesn't budge."....Need something again?"

"Hmm, yes, how did you meet Mina?" She said with a smile.

Seeing the question is harmless. I answered.

"At my workplace, you see me for a second time. Why?"

"Oh, nothing at all." Seo Yoon said waving and smiling with closed eyes."Well, I will be going, see you."

I nodded and watched her walk away.

'That's something weird to want to know.' I thought and continue working.

Timeskip by Y/n finishing all of his work and drinking a hot chocolate.

I sip my hot chocolate from my cup and just stare at my interface of function regarding Mind's eye I heard a door open and I close the interface and looks at who entered which is Hilde, Shi Yoon, and Vice President.

"Ah, good, you're here as well. Stay here. We're waiting for Mina." Vice President said and looks at my desk which is already full of finished work."....You already finish all the work?" Vice Pres said making Shi Yoon and Hilde look at me.

"Yes," I said, and strangely, Vice Pres flinch a little and coughed and said.

"I see, Good job." She said and I nodded.

Hilde looks at me and asks.

"Say, Robot. How far does your power cover?" Hilde asks making Shi Yoon and Vice Pres look at me and I raised my hand and a little ball of yellow energy appears making them alarmed. Thankfully, ALT Squad has already gone somewhere.

"I can use my bioenergy to create something like this using my nanites. Pretty interesting, right?" I said making it disappear.

"I-I see." Hilde stammered.

"How neat." Shi Yoon complimented.

"....." Vice Pres said nothing and just closed her eyes."We'll wait for Mina now." She said making me nod.

Sometimes later.

3rd Pov

Mina then enters the Ops department room and sees all of us here.

"What the? What are all of you doing here?" Mina ask. "Did we get a new job request?"

"Ah, you're back, Mina." Vice President said."We need to talk."

"Sorry, Vice President. If it's not about the mission, I'd rather take rain check." Mina said.

"Don't worry, it will not rain," Y/n said taking Mina and Vice President's attention along with Hilde and Shi Yoon who sweatdrop.

"I-I see. But I've got another job coming up. So, I'm a bit preoccupied." Mina said. "I'll hear you after I get back."

"No, we have to do this now."

"But..." Mina said trying to run away.

"That's an order."

".....Fine, fine. What is it?" Mina said.

In the background, Y/n is wiggling his eyebrow at Hilde who is trying to look away, and Shi Yoon who is holding his laugh.

"I've got a mission for you." Vice President said."As always, they take priority. Shi Yoon and Y/n will provide support."

"Wow, you must lure a big sucker with another sucker with a big bankroll if you're this serious about it," Mina said making Y/n hold his mouth which concealed his sound fully trying not to laugh. "What do you need me to do?"

"You three must go to an amusement park. Right now." Vice President said with a close eye smile.

"......What?" Mina said shocked and Y/n is holding his side to conceal his laugh seeing Mina's reactions like that.

Timeskip by Y/n is being pinched at the side by Mina who is pouting.

3rd Pov

"Haha, lovely weather we're having. There are tons of people out today too." Shi Yoon said."It's a weekday and it's still so crowded. I guess they don't have to go to work, huh?"

"I don't think kids would be allowed to work in the industry," Y/n said standing beside Mina.

"Haha, I guess so." Shi Yoon said that Y/n looks closely at Shi Yoon's body language and found some straining at his smile causing him to wonder.

"What the heck am I doing here?" Mina asks.

Y/n Pov

'I wonder what happened to him to make him smile like that?' I thought after observing his smile which is fake.

"What the heck am I doing here?" Mina asks.

"Following orders, I guess?" Shi Yoon said.

"Mission?" I replied.

"This is a waste of time, I'm going back," Mina said attempting to go back and I hold her arm stopping her.

"Stop unless you want to get fired," I said and Mina looks at my hand and I realized what I'm doing.

"S-sorry," I said embarrassed, and let go of her arms.

"I-it fine." Mina takes her arms back and rubbed them in a shy manner.

'Wow. Instant blushing. This is gonna be fun to tease.' Shi Yoon thought before seeing Y/n cough and said.

"I...want to go to the booth, I need some snack," I said trying to fight my blush.

"Increased heart rate detected."

'Shaddup, Omicron.' I thought before going to buy a snack.

3rd Pov

Mina heard what I say and nodded along with Shi Yoon.

"Ugh, what's that woman up to?" Mina said with a sigh.

"Haha, no need to frown now." Shi Yoon said attempting to cheer up Mina."How about we go on a ride seeing as we're here anyway? I heard they got pretty infamous roller coaster here. What's it called? 108 spins from hell?"

"I'm not a big fan of rides," Mina said shooting down the idea.

"They got less scary one here. Bumper cars for instance...."

"I'm not scared of them. I just don't like them!" Mina shouted and Shi Yoon just smiled.

"I mean it!. Ugh...forget it." Mina said and suddenly a popcorn appeared in front of each other and they look at the hands giving them which is Y/n.

"At the very least, eat some sweets here to reduce your stress," Y/n said before Mina tried to defuse his offer.

"N-No, I don't want-" Mina said before being cut off by Y/n sighing.

"Oh. Even though, I go through all of this." Y/n said looking at Shi Yoon and winking his eyes causing Shi Yoon to play along.

"Indeed, Y/n already go all this way, it's a shame." Shi Yoon said and takes the popcorn.

Hearing this, Mina can't help but feels a little guilty and said.

"Fine! Fine! Just stop saying that!" Mina shouted and takes the popcorn and eat it making Shi Yoon and Y/n smile a little.

Y/n Pov

'Mission success.' I thought before eating my portion.

We eat in silence and walk in the theme park without a destination. After a while, we finished the popcorn.

"Shi Yoon. Go ahead, I'll hear you out." Mina said to Shi Yoon.

"Pardon?" Shi Yoon said.

"They sent you here so you can give me a lecture, no?" Mina said."Why else do they make you tag along?"

"Haha, I suppose leadership may have had that in mind...But I don't really feel like it." Shi Yoon said.

"Rebelling now, aren't we?" I said jokingly making Shi Yoon laugh.

"It's your life. You should be the one deciding what to do with it." Shi Yoon said."But if you'd like to talk then I would be happy to lend an ear."

"W-well, you don't really need to.." Mina said.

"Ho, making a girl like this, you sure have a way with words, huh?" I said making Mina blush.

"Hmm...what should we talk about though?" Shi Yoon questions."Hmm, how about truth or dare?"

"Huh?" Mina said

"Oh, dear," I said.

"Truth or dare! The ultimate battle is fueled by love and desire! The perfect mean of facilitating conversations for the socially awkward." Shi Yoon said.

"What are we in, junior high?" Mina said.

"Please enact it, Shi Yoon sensei!" I said in an exciting manner making Shi Yoon laugh.

"Don't encourage him, damn it!" Mina shouted."I'm not interested!"

"Fine, I'll start." Shi Yoon said ignoring Mina's protests.

"I said, I'm not playing!" Mina said making me laugh.

"We'll go with the classics to get started." Shi Yoon said.

"Do you have a crush on anyone at the company?" Shi Yoon said.

As soon as Shi Yoon said that question, Mina freeze up, and a blush showed on her face.

"Oh, so there is. I wonder who?" Shi Yoon said teasingly and Mina avoids looking at Shi Yoon but glances at me which I didn't notice.

"I do but alas, I don't want to get cheated when in a relationship," I said making Mina reel in shock and Shi Yoon snapped out of it.

"O-oh, right. You have an ex." Shi Yoon said.

Mina Pov

'What?! Hold up, what?! Ex! I didn't mishear what he said, right?!' Mina thought in denial and slowly she processes it even though she have a hard time believing it.

Y/n Pov

"I'm still a virgin, though," I said making both of them jump.

"We don't need to know that!" Mina shouted.

"I-indeed, next question." Shi Yoon said while coughing."What were your folks like?" Shi Yoon said that question making me look at Mina.

Over time, I wonder who is Mina. And why am I here considering I don't really fit the story and for some reason, something just keep calling and calling even in my next life, I guess some things are just literal mystery.

"How many times do I have to tell I-" Mina stops before hearing back the questions."What? why would you ask me something like that?"

"I've been digging through your personal information files to learn about you. The only thing I could find is your older sister in the hospital."

"Should I be worried that you look through someone's files?" I said rhetorically though Shi Yoon ignore me.

"And all I got was her name. I couldn't do anything else for your family. Like they never existed.Fascinating, huh? I mean not like you're a super spy from the movies, huh?" Shi Yoon said.

Mina shouted and I looked wary and looked at her.

"Shi Yoon! Are you insane? Why are you going through my personal files? My parents and family are none of your business! If you want to talk about family that much, just talk about yours!"

"Haha, I don't really have much say about my parents other than the fact they were murdered." Shi Yoon said making me alarmed."Both of them."

"....What? What do you mean...I mean..oh...S-sorry, what happened?"

"It's okay, it's a long time ago, I barely remember any of it." Shi Yoon said and suddenly I feel alarmed and heard Omicron.

"Master, from above!"

"Get out of here!" I said to both of them and take each of their hands to run away from the point of impact from the ship crash and I successfully managed to do it.

(Not my art.)

The ship crashed and people surrounding it were panicking. Thankfully, I managed to move them away from it avoiding being harmed.

"You guys okay?" I look to my behind and they look at themselves.

"Y-yeah, I'm okay. How about you, Shi Yoon?"

"I'm okay, thanks, Y/n." Shi Yoon said making both of us feel relieved.

"What the heck is going on here?" Mina asks and I look at the ship and tell Omicron to scan it.

"Scanning...It appears to belong to Replacers and it was designed to emit dangerous C.O rays and it appears to be linked to Project Terraside."

'Can you find out about it?' I thought.

"Unfortunately, this is not a main server but rather a terminal."

'I see.' I thought and hear that Mina and Shi Yoon are talking about money and found C.Os appearing and Mina and Shi Yoon noticed and got alarmed.

'Can you find out where is the source?'

"It is possible."

'Then, do it.'

"Understood.Tracing source."

"C.Os, huh, I wonder where did they come from?" Shi Yoon said and I notices Mina's unusual silence and she does what I consider worst case.

She goes to fight them.

"Mina! It's dangerous! Damn it, Shi Yoon, follow her!" I shouted making Shi Yoon flinch by my voice.

I destroy any C. Os that comes close by using Bio-Electromagnetic function and shoot electricity from my open hand destroying the C.Os that got close by to me and Shi Yoon.

After getting to her and destroying C. Os that appears, Shi Yoon talks to Mina.

"Mina, you're supposed to be on vacation right now. The VP even arranges for you to come to an amusement park. Running into a battle like that defeats the purpose. Let's leave this to whichever TASKFORCE has jurisdiction here. Wouldn't it be more constructive to enjoy a few rides here while we still can?" Shi Yoon said.

"Oh, shut up.I never even asked to go to the amusement park in the first place." Mina retorts.

"Then, stop trying to kill yourself," I said to Mina.

"What? It's my life! I decided what I want to do with it! I've got my hands full of C.Os as it is!"

"And that's why you need to calm down!" I shouted making Mina and Shi Yoon surprised because they rarely see me lose my composure."You think only you have PTSD! What do you think when I lose my parents due to someone betraying me?! And they die to make you don't turn like them because of my fault?!" I shouted." Do you think you can change when you don't think this through? Do you think you can change something that big alone?! YOU think you can, huh?!"

3rd Pov

Mina stayed quiet and Shi Yoon realized that beneath Y/n poker face mask, he also have PTSD but was well restrained avoiding much trouble, and well control of self-discipline.

"I-I-" Mina stutters hearing this and goes quiet and hold her skirt with her fingers."I'm sorry."

"I see, so, you also have PTSD, huh, Y/n?" Shi Yoon said.

"Hmph." Y/n said looking somewhere else and Mina was looking at the ground."We'll talk about this later." Y/n looks at the ship making both of them look at it as well.

"My body! My body!"

"Help!"

"What's going on? What's this?!" Mina said looking around and I find the citizen is writhing in pain.

"......" Shi Yoon does not say anything and I look at the ship again and ask Omicron what happening.

"It appears that it releases a corruption ray but for some reason, it keeps targeting humans only to change to C.Os."

'Can you find what's changing other than people?'

"Yes, it appears the environment is changing as well."

As soon as Omicron points that out, I notice it is as Omicron said albeit only a little.

"Are you seeing this? Everyone's acting weird?!" Mina exclaimed in shock.

"It appears to be acute Corruption Syndrome...But it only happens when CSE Level reaches 4 or above." Shi Yoon said.

"That ship is the cause," I said pointing out to Mina and Shi Yoon.

"Indeed." Shi Yoon said and Mina looks at me as well."The surviving C.Os are also huddled at that ship. As if trying to protect something."

"Ergokinetic warping," I said.

"What?" Shi Yoon and Mina said confused.

"What's that?" Mina asked.

"Manipulates reality through the use of energy. In case you don't notice, try to look at the atmosphere a little." I said.

Mina and Shi Yoon did what I said and indeed the atmosphere is slowly changing.

"I see, that explains it." Shi Yoon said.

"C-can we do something about it?" Mina asks in a hesitant manner. I look at her and realized she became like this because I was angry at her. I look at Shi Yoon who looks at me.

"You think Vice Pres mind a little trouble?" I ask Shi Yoon who is thinking.

"Wait, you don't mean...." Shi Yoon said sweat implying what my motives are.

I smile and said."Shi Yoon, we're gonna destroy that thing." I hold out my hand and my space sword appears."Don't worry about Vice Pres's order for now."

"Mina, focus on shooting, and Shi Yoon, you focus on guerilla. I'll be counting on you." I said and dashed towards C.Os at Mach 1 which I discover when training a few days ago. I sliced one C.Os that was huddled at the ship. The rest was alerted and tried to attack me. One C.O. comes and was shot by Mina and I swing my sword cutting two of them, Shi Yoon then comes from my behind zipped through the enemy wounding them, and returns back.

"You know, this is crazy, right?" Shi Yoon said.

"No genius ever existed without a touch of madness," I said quoting from someone.

"Oh, dear." Shi Yoon said.

"Now, there's only so left of you." I smile demonically making C. Os shuddered and go into stance."Shi Yoon, move." I said and unleashed Judgement Cut destroying the ship and C.Os.

Timeskip by Y/n making cute dolls.

"Thanks to you, we were able to repel the C.Os and get folks to the hospital." A police agent said."We can't thank you enough."

"Haha, it's nothing. Besides, I think you want to thank them instead of me." Shi Yoon pointed to Mina and me.

"No worries, Officer. Continue doing a good job." I said to the police agent.

"Ah, yes.Thank you."

"Seeing everything is under control, may we be excused?" I said in a nice manner.

"Of course, certainly!" The police agent said.

Behind Y/n,

"it's scary how he can shift his personality to get what he wants," Mina said sweatdropping.

"Indeed." Shi Yoon said.

Back to Y/n

"Everyone symptomatic was transported to the hospital. And the rest of the civilian has been evacuated." The police agent said." We just have to deal with the remainder of that ship."

"I'm sure TASKFORCE in charge here will take care of that, haha." Shi Yoon said in a jovial manner.

"Sure...but we haven't been able to contact TASKFORCE in this area." The police agent said making me alarmed.

'I see...Replacer is on the move, huh.' I thought

"I'm afraid that it will take time to wrap up this case. Huh?" The police agent said making me look at him and looks behind making me wide-eyed.

"Uh, Is that ship regenerating?" I ask.

"What do you mean-" Shi Yoon turned around and alarmed along with Mina.

"Regeneration..." Shi Yoon said." Maybe the best way to describe it is a "rewinding of time."

"W-what should we do?" Mina asked me and Shi Yoon said.

"Haha, there is." Shi Yoon said.

"What is it?! Out with it!" Mina said.

"We could run away. As Sun Tzu said, if all else fails, retreat." Shi Yoon said.

'I don't remember Sun Tzu saying that.' I thought without looking at them.

"Because it is from Thirty-Six Strategem."

'What's that?'

"A strategy book that is often made by Wáng Jìngzé."

'Oh.'

"This isn't the time to kid around!" Mina shouts.

Shi Yoon then explains that the place is not within our jurisdiction and is against regulations. Also, the consequences of their actions.

"What! You never mentioned anything like this before!" Mina said.

"That's because we had a backing of well-connected like Sylvia." Shi Yoon said."The administration doesn't exactly have high ground either. Besides, we aren't trapped here or a traitor in local TASKFORCE. On an individual level, we are permitted to act but taking responsibility is something else."

"Besides, Y/n points it out earlier, The environment is changing." Shi Yoon said."A mysterious, self-healing ship. Mass acute Corruption Syndrome. A situation that is similar to when we dove to Counterside."

"Remember what you said when we first met? You're here to make money. There's no money to be made here. It's not even our responsibility and I'm looking at you, Y/n."

"I know." I said."Though, I think we have more clearance to act right now." I said making them confused.

Something landed and I swing my left hand deflecting the projectile that launched at us. A lot of dust accumulated and slowly died down.

"W-what happened?" Mina said.

"That is indeed a...familiar face." Shi Yoon said in a sweat.

"Did someone you know come?" Mina questioned Shi Yoon and I swing my head negatively once as I saw it.

"Seems like it's too late to flee now." Shi Yoon said.

"First round of destructive activities by Terraside Immortal Terminal detected." A person that looks like Replacer Knight appears making me more alarmed.

A/N: The continuation of Episode 4 of Counterside! How will Y/n handle his conflict and how will overcome it?

Just kidding, this feels OOC for me but nonetheless, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Just so you know-

Y/n: Hey, Author.

Yeah?

Y/n: Why am I having Protagonist Harem Skill? I look boring as Jack shit along with my personality.

Cause it's my story, Now,À toute à l'heure!