episode_0045
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#45
“Nara, that window is… … .”
no. It wasn’t a window.
When I looked at it, it was just an iron pipe. It’s like I picked something up rolling around somewhere.
You can cut a tentacle cleanly with a pipe like that?
The ability level wouldn’t be that high either.
Gong Ga-eun, who was behind her, widened her eyes.
“I, Mr. Nara. Where did you learn how to use a spear?”
“I don’t know. sister. I was able to swing it naturally at some point.”
Maybe that’s a bit of a correction.
Since it is based on a novel, it has a lot of abilities related to cold weapons.
But how many modern people actually know how to use cold weapons?
I remember it as a setting that the author added while editing after it was pointed out in the beginning.
If you have a weapon-related ability, you also learn how to use that weapon.
Simply put, me too.
Because I tried to naturally swing a whip that I had never wielded before.
Boom boom─. Bung─.
Ok.
Even so, that dazzling window… … No, turning pipes is fascinating.
“Mister. This is how I paid off the hospital bills.”
I was wondering why you hid your power until now and then came forward.
Were you just looking for an opportunity like this?
Since you don’t want to return the favor to me in any other way, you will pay me back by saving my life?
It is true that it was helpful. Now we need someone who can kill monsters with their abilities.
That doesn’t mean I can use several abilities at the same time and kill all the monsters. That’s something only the protagonist can do.
Still, I can’t believe I’ll use this to cover the hospital expenses. It’s a bit disappointing.
But it didn’t matter.
If you pay off your debt, you can create another debt.
“Keep moving!”
We went back underground through the Shinansan Line construction site.
***
“Jisung… … . Are you okay?”
“Ugh.”
Son Ji-seong and Lee Ji-woo were sitting in a huge tunnel somewhere underground.
To be exact, both of them were close to lying down, almost collapsing.
Growling… … .
I haven’t eaten anything for over two days already.
The food I barely got was taken away.
I went into the subway station thinking there might be something there, but this place was the first to be robbed.
Moreover, it seemed as if it had been attacked by a monster once, and there were corpses all over the place.
As the two people were wandering around avoiding monsters and homeless marauders, a construction site caught their eye.
I couldn’t tell what kind of construction it was, but it was connected underground.
They were two people walking through a tunnel in the dark.
I didn’t even have the strength left to walk anymore.
“… … Are you hungry?”
“… … … .”
Son Ji-seong did not answer Ji-woo’s question.
Actually, I was very hungry. It went beyond being hungry and was close to a crisis.
I used my ability to run fast to avoid them, but that was the problem.
‘If you use your abilities, you become hungrier… … ‘I didn’t know.’
Therefore, although he had only starved for about two days, Son Ji-seong was feeling seriously hungry.
My body, which was already thin, was desiccating to a point that was close to starvation.
Now, if there’s any rotten food around, I think I’ll pick it up and eat it right away.
I was so hungry that I could chew even a rat alive if it came out.
Growling──.
“Jisung… … .”
“Sorry… . Jiwoo. … … I don’t even have the strength to speak.”
“Yeah, right. Sorry… . By telling you… … .”
“… … … .”
‘no. I’m more sorry.’
I wanted to say that, but Son Ji-seong’s mouth wouldn’t fall.
My mouth was already dry.
Jiwoo was getting nervous seeing that.
If you fast forward and watch people dying of starvation, is this what it looks like?
Son Ji-seong, who had promised to protect and feed him, was nowhere to be seen, and he was dying to the point where his cheeks were hollowed out.
With a trembling hand, Ji-woo held Son Ji-seong’s hand.
“… … Rather.”
“… ?”
“I would rather have stayed there… … It would have been nice.”
It’s that sound again.
Jiwoo still had regrets about that underground parking lot.
The temptation to give food to a pig-like man just by listening to him.
But for Jisung… It was something that could not be tolerated.
“Not… … It’s okay.”
“Why… !”
“That pig… … I know what to do… … .”
There was fear in Jisung’s trembling voice.
The fear of what would happen to Jiwoo to that man.
The fear that a precious person might be harmed by such a dirty man just for a meal.
That much.
I couldn’t tolerate that no matter what happened.
Even if you end up starving to death.
“But… … ! Jisung… … .”
“No… … .”
“Look at you!”
A state in which one is lying down and cannot move or speak properly.
It looked very different from Jiwoo, who could at least move.
Aside from Jisung, Jiwoo was feeling a different fear.
‘Jisung is like this… … ‘What if I die?’
It was a completely different level of fear than what Jisung felt.
It’s been a long time since I even starved myself.
I felt like I couldn’t hold on any longer.
‘stop… … I want to go back to the underground parking lot… … !’
Go back and bow to that man.
Even if you have to do as you’re told.
I want to save Jisung… !
Although Jiwoo had imagined a story like a romantic movie, where the two of them survive the apocalypse alone.
‘I don’t need it anymore… … ! Help me… ! Because anyone is good. please… … !’
“Who is in front of you?”
Jiwoo stood up at the sound of a voice she heard for a moment.
Several flashlights illuminate themselves. I couldn’t help but squint my eyes.
However, just by hearing the man’s voice speaking to him, he could tell who it was.
“… … ? Aren’t you the ones who left the parking lot? Hehehe.”
fat man. An expression that seems to be targeting prey.
But for Jiwoo, he was like a savior now.
“Dae, Dae, Dae, Godfather… … .”
Jiwoo squeezed out her remaining strength and changed her posture.
I knelt on the concrete floor and bowed to the man in front of me.
“Please… … Please save me… !”
***
We were the first to arrive at Sinpung Station.
Although it was more like a concrete structure that resembled a platform rather than a station, there was space for at least 150 people to rest.
There were no traces of outsiders coming in, as other people may not have known the location of this place.
‘Where is Siyu?’
[Ttabot is like my alter ego! The ability has been activated.]
Through the Ttabot figure, what Siyu sees and hears is transmitted in real time.
Umm… … .
I don’t know where it is.
It seems to be continuously moving along the subway tracks, but I can’t pinpoint its location based on that alone. It looks like they probably haven’t arrived at Sinpung Station yet.
We will send some people to Sinpung Station on Line 7 in advance and instruct them to bring Siyu here if he comes.
“Let’s rest here for a while.”
“Yes!”
“Ugh. I guess I’ll get some rest now.”
It took less than an hour to get here, but the problem was other people.
Especially kids and old people. Since there were patients, it was difficult to move at a normal speed and pace.
While people were taking a break, I called Jiwoo Lee.
“Are you feeling better?”
I gave Lee Ji-woo and Son Ji-seong some food.
Although they were not part of our group, it was for humanitarian reasons.
“… … yes. Thanks to you. … … Thank you for your help.”
Lee Ji-woo lowered his head towards me. He seemed more energetic than before.
Perhaps because he was naturally polite, he always bowed his head to me and spoke.
“Where is your boyfriend?”
“That… … . I think I’m just taking a nap because I’m tired. Since I couldn’t sleep or eat… … .”
“It looks like you worked hard.”
sleeping … … la.
I think this opportunity came unexpectedly.
dump.
I went and sat right next to where Lee Ji-woo was.
“… … !”
I was slightly trembling, but that was all. Do not avoid or run away.
“It seems like just yesterday that you told me you didn’t like my methods and that you didn’t need it.”
“… … … yes. It was like that, but… I guess we thought wrong.”
“It’s very difficult to spend time outside, isn’t it?”
“… … Yes.”
I lower my head.
It seemed like he already knew what I was talking about.
“I… … ! Godfather.”
“Yes. Mr. Jiwoo.”
“Ah, I heard a story from people here earlier… … . There is such a thing as a grade.”
“Ah. Did you hear?”
“That… … . When you become bronze… … . They said they would give me food.”
“It was like that.”
There are no bronzes in our group right now other than the child and the patient.
“So do we… … Is it bronze?”
Lee Ji-woo’s voice was filled with anticipation.
Now that I’ve joined here, I can live. That kind of expectation.
But I had absolutely no reason to fulfill those expectations.
“No. Ji-woo Lee and Ji-seong Son are not bronze.”
“… … yes? Well, then… … . Maybe actually… … .”
“Not even silver. There is no rating in the first place. Let’s call it deep sea. Because you two are fugitives.”
“… … … That can’t be… … .”
“There is no food to give to escapees.”
Lee Ji-woo couldn’t keep his trembling mouth shut.
I quietly clenched my fists on my knees.
“Then… … . Well, then… … . how should… … .”
Speaking with a trembling voice meant that you already knew the answer.
“What should I do… … . Can I raise my level… … ?”
“Wouldn’t you know that best, Jiwoo?”
I slowly placed my hand on Jiwoo’s back.
Touch the back of your bra over your t-shirt.
“… … Ah.”
I feel a bit surprised. But don’t avoid it.
Sigh.
I calmly accept the hand rubbing my back.
Jiwoo lowered her head with an expression that almost made her cry.
“… … Yes.”
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