Water began to pour into the laundromat.

Gulp, gulp.

It seeped through the cracks in the glass door, forcing us to step back.

But the unmanned laundromat offered no place to run. There were only a few running washing machines scattered around the room.

‘Damn it.’

“This way!”

I climbed on top of a washing machine, followed immediately by Captain Lee Jaheon, who stepped onto a machine next to mine.

But that was the end of the line.

‘Where do we go from here?’

My eyes darted toward a small, high-set window on the left wall. It had bars, but …