Approximal Guide

Once celebrated as a war hero, now a guide bearing scars from past injuries, Kang Hajung.

Just a day before his discharge, Hajung is assigned to guide a new recruit, Kim Moohyuk, who has been rushed into the center.

“…If he doesn’t receive guidance, Kim Moohyuk will die.”

Hajung saved him simply because he couldn’t let him die, but in doing so, he found himself irrevocably tied to Moohyuk, an extraordinarily high-ranking Esper unlike any in history.

His long-awaited retirement slips out of reach, and to make matters worse, he’s designated as the pair guide for the much younger Moohyuk. Then, one day, he’s sent on a mission and meets his end, shot dead.

With a regretful thought of not making it to retirement before his death, he opens his eyes to an unfamiliar reflection—a stranger holding his own cheek, in complete shock.

Thus, Hajung awakens in someone else’s body, five years later, in the center. He soon learns that his original body has already been laid to rest.

Despite the chaos, Hajung quickly revives his long-deferred dream of retirement…

“At this point, I’m getting discharged before anyone finds out.”

The relentless struggle of a guide who dreams only of retiring.