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Maybe Genos sensed something from those words because he narrowed his eyes.
āIn the north…you mean?ā
āIndeed. I heard the east is also having some chaos.ā
āIt must be quite serious for Tatiana-nim to come to East personally.ā
āThat is not a conversation we should have here.ā
Yuri stopped listening to their conversation at this point and began walking again. She stopped for a while after discovering Genos but regardless of who the old lady he was talking to was, it was none of her business right now.
She wanted to keep listening because the two of them seemed to be having an unusual conversation but there was something else she had to deal with first.
āBut…Tatiana. Why do I feel like Iāve heard that name somewhere before?ā
A question abruptly flashed through Yuriās mind, but it didnāt last long.
āUnni, letās go see that one!ā
This was because she finally caught a familiar voice in the midst of the noisy arena. Yuri moved in the direction of the voice. From afar, she could see the figures of Anne-Marie and Hestia.
A thin thread, difficult to see with the naked eye, extended from Yuriās fingertips. It flew to Anne-Marie and Hestia and stuck to them. For now, she had determined Anne-Marie and Hestiaās location.
Yuri began to walk again in another direction.
āThey said the explosives found so far have been made with alchemy. Is there another way to detect it?ā
Then again, when she thought about Damonās great inventions which were sold commonly in the market(Yuri truly thought they were, at least for Damonās alchemy utilities), she didnāt seem to get any special feeling from them.
Flap!
āEh? Itās a crow!ā
āOh my, how did a bird get inside?ā
āShould we call a guard?ā
Then there was a small disturbance coming from behind so Yuri turned to where the noise was coming from.
Caw!
Then she saw a crow flying across peopleās heads.
āOdin?ā
Yuri frowned. The crow was flying straight at Yuri.
Yuri realized Odin had come looking for her, so she began moving somewhere else. As she passed the exhibition display hall which was crowded with people and moved to a hallway that was more sparse with people, the crow followed suit.
āArachne!ā
āOdin, I thought you were resting at home so what are you doing here? And whatās with your face?ā
Odinās face was swollen as if he had been hit by something. Seeing that, Yuriās brows were furrowed.
āWe can talk about that later, letās get out of here first!ā
When she asked doubtfully, Odin yelled that in reply while flapping his wings as he was still in his crow state.
āItās dangerous here! You have to leave now!ā
Hearing that, Yuri narrowed her eyes.
āWhat, do you know something? Why are you saying itās dangerous here?ā
She asked, feeling suspicious and at that, Odin paused then turned his eyes in confusion. It might be strange to say a crow had facial expressions, but Odin definitely looked confused right now.
āI donāt know! But I remembered something as I was coming here…ā
And then, he dropped a bombshell.
āI think I was holding something like an explosive in here recently…ā
Yuriās face stiffened.
āWhat do you mean. Are you saying you placed explosives here?ā
āI, I donāt really know…ā
It seemed Odinās memory was not entirely back.
Seeing Odin like this, Yuri felt deeply suspicious. Why in the world would Odin install explosives here?
Then did this mean that the East was right in announcing that heretics were involved in this chain of terrorist incidents? But why? What reason did Odin have to do that?
Once again, Yuri wondered where he had been and what the hell he had been doing so far. However, now was not the time to ask about that.
Yuri felt a little hurried and pressed Odin.
āWhere were you holding the explosive? We can go and verify it now.ā
āUh, there are several places.ā
āStart with the closest one from here.ā
āIn exhibition room 4, between the white horse statueās tail…ack!ā
Yuri grabbed Odinās body, roughly stuffed him in her pocket, and kicked off.
āAh, customer-nim? Donāt touch the exhibitions carelessly.ā
She checked the place Odin talked about but there was nothing there.
āWhereās the other one?ā
āThe chandelier in the hallway between exhibition rooms 2 and 3…ā
Yuri couldnāt touch the chandelier herself, so she shot out a hidden thread and swept over the chandelier. However, there was no explosive, only some dust.
Still, she thought Odin might have confused them, so she checked all the chandeliers in the hallway. But the result was the same.
āT-The biggest frame in exhibition room 5 has jewels but the jewel at the bottom right is an explosive. And the remaining locations are in the east building, not the west.ā
However, there was no jewel in the specific position of the frame that Odin talked about.
Yuri looking at the small empty hole which looked like someone had deliberately removed it then she said.
āThereās nothing here. Are you sure you really install explosives?ā
āH-Huh? Thatās weird? I was definitely standing here holding it…ā
Odin looked puzzled as well.
Suddenly, Yuri felt something strange about Odinās words.
āYou remember standing here, holding the explosive?ā
āYea.ā
āThen you think that scene is of you putting the explosives here?ā
āThatās right…ā
āOdin, maybe you werenāt installing it but…ā
BOOM!
Right then, a loud roar suddenly filled her ears and spread through the entire building. Yuri couldnāt continue what she was saying as she was cut off.
Peopleās screams rang out from all over the place.
āGasp, see! The place we havenāt check yet must have exploded!ā
Odin cawed noisily from Yuriās pocket. For a moment, Yuri also felt doubt and thought āReally?ā. But soon enough, she felt like Odin was wrong. Her sharpened intuition as a mutant was telling her so.
She used the threads attached to Anne-Marie and Hestia to verify their location and thankfully, there were far from where the explosion had come from.
āCome on, letās quickly get out here, Arachne!ā
āHow many places in the east building have you not checked yet?ā
Yuri hurriedly moved away but she decided to check just in case, so she asked Odin.
āWhat? It might explode again but you want to check?ā
āHow many?ā
āFour, thereās four!ā
Yuri and Odin mixed with the haphazard crowd and left the exhibition hall. Because everything was so hectic, it seemed like it would be easy to enter the area for nobles.
Boom!
But the sound of another explosion made Yuri come to a stop.
āH, Huh? I thought we definitely checked everything in the west building?ā
Unlike earlier when she couldnāt tell where it came from, this explosion certainly came from the west building.
āOdin, send a crow to check the east building.ā
āOh, right!ā
It was only then that Odin realized that it would have been easier to check for the explosives if he had sent his crows. Of course, if he had done that, people would have noticed.
However, now that the exhibition ground was in such chaos, no one was paying attention to his crows even when they shot above peopleās heads like an arrow.
Instead of heading to the east building, Yuri went to where she had seen Anne-Marie, Hestia, and Genos earlier.
āArachne, it said there was nothing in the four places in the east building!ā
In the meantime, the crows Odin sent out returned. And when she heard that, Yuri thought she had expected as much.
āLike I thought, are you sure you werenāt finding the explosives and removing them instead of putting them there?ā
āNo, why would I do that…?! Even if thatās the case, what about the ones that just exploded?!ā
āHow would I know.ā
Odin looked like he couldnāt believe what Yuri said.
But regardless of whether Odin removed or put the explosives there, the question was the same. Yuri pondered as she felt the waves transmitted through the thread at her fingertips.
āShould I take Anne-Marie and Hestia away?ā
She didnāt know when or where the explosion would go off so placing the two of them by her side would make it easier to protect them.
Yuri looked over the current situation.
It was hard to get out of the building now because people were packed at the entrance. Anne-Marie and Hestia were also located somewhere in there.
If they were in a more isolated location, she would have pulled on her thread and dragged the both of them…
But it was almost impossible to do that in a crowd like this where people were packed together.
āThat said, if thereās nothing in the places Odin mentioned, then where the heck is the explosive?ā
Just like when she first came here, she couldnāt move around easily because she didnāt know where to suspect. For now, before going to meet Anne-Marie and Hestia, she went to the empty showroom which was now void of people.
Then she spread her thread around.
It was to search her surroundings for anything that stood out, just like last time at the auction house. Odin noticed that Yuri was focusing so he shut his mouth and kept silent.
Flap!
Soon, the birds Odin sent out scattered in all directions.
Yuriās thread went through the wall, the exhibition room and hallway at the side, and even swept through the outer wall of the building. Then at one point, something pricked Yuriās senses.
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- Honey, I’m Going on Strike – Chapter 62 - December 29, 2025
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Oh shit, will she meet her death? And did Lakis plan the explosives? The truth seems more and more complex š¤
Thanks for the chapter! š
I guess Lakis have them removed via Odin .
I think Yuri is right Odin probably removed the explosives and Lakis must have ordered him to
Iām sure lakis had odin removed the explosives but how come others remained? Why didnāt Lakis continue removing them? Whatās he trying to do? As for yuri… I feel like sheās going to hunt down the rest of the explosions and bring them to her but get caught in the blast or get caught protecting others… next thing you know she becomes a suspect… ahhhh the suspense
Lakis doesnt give a damn about nobles but would be worried about Yuri so maybe he had Odin remove only those in the building where she would go?
Yeah, that sounds right to me
Maybe since he had to leave the people who placed them came back and placed more???
Surely, Lakis had Odin removed the explosives since Odin only listened to Lakis because of his kissable shoes but why didn’t he remove everything? Even if he thinks its a hassle to remove everything he would’ve at least clean the commoner section so Yuri wouldn’t get hurt.
Andd who planted those bombs and how did Lakis knew? I had a hunch it might be Dominic but since Lakis knew something about the bomb, it could’ve been from the fake Lakis, the one in the Carnot. But ah man, I don’t know :’))
I think the doll toys are backup explosives š³
Thanks for the chapter š£
yes, there’s definitely something about them, they seem suspicious.
You’re right I almost forgot about those
That would be so screwed up because they handed them to children. But that explains why Yuri found nothing there… I knew this was dark but thatās proper messed up
Itās weird cuz I donāt think sheāll DIE a because sheās the main character and she hasnāt reunited with lakis yet OMG IMAGINE IF LAKIS SAVES HER but I think Genos will see her, be reminded of the vision and protect her. Poor bastard.
No I feel like the best qualities of this story is the fact that Yuri can take care of herself but also getting into trouble is just a pain so she avoids it if she can.
Yeah I totally agree, I guess thatās why I like it when Yuri gets saved (when normally I hate the FL getting saved) cuz we know full well she didnāt need the help, heās just doing it because he cares, and she always finds it comedically annoying. I hope he trusts her with facing danger because the only thing more romantically badass than kicking ass for her is not even worrying because he knows she can kick ass all by herself.
Idk I feel like Lakis’ doppleganger might have something to do with Odin’s conflicting messages – maybe Odin got the doppleganger confused for Lakis and obeyed whatever commands they had under hypnosis. Just a theory though!
Thanks for the translation!
I miss Lakis and Yuri being together, sigh :ā))
I think the explosives are in the souvenirs!
thank you for the chapter!! ā¤ ā¤
I have a feeling. In the “i saw her covered in blood, so either she’s fatally injured or…” the “or…” might be “or she’s covered in someone else’s blood” maybe? I’m lowkey hoping for that, i’d be a nice twist.
(this chapter isn’t linked to the next chapters)
Thanks for the chapter. At first I thought it was really Odin who installed the bombs with Lakis’ orders, but Lakis actually disarmed the bombs. Look at that ain’t he starting to be a nice guy. Or maybe it’s because he knows Yuri would go to this event and he doesn’t want her to get hurt. Hehehehe.