episode_0175

“Um…”

I picked up the stack of papers scattered on the floor and fell asleep.

The list of seemingly crazy numbers and the documents detailing the subjects’ ages and physical information were clearly not ordinary.

Information extracted for a specific purpose.

“No one is breathing.”

I looked around at Rain’s words.

All of the people lying on the ground with small amounts of blood dripping from the corners of their mouths were not breathing.

There was no particular emotion whatsoever.

Broken test tubes, unidentified liquids flowing onto the floor.

I could tell right away what this place was.

“Over there. Shine.”

“Yeah.”

“Are you okay?”

I threw down the stack of documents I was holding and approached Shine.

Her expression was not good.

It was clear that it was because it brought back bad memories.

I wasn’t feeling well either.

A faint feeling of nausea hovered around the tip of my throat.

“Yeah. I’m fine. What about Jeff?”

She was rather worried about me.

I smiled slightly and shook my head.

“I’m okay too. It’s nothing.”

The information available here was very limited.

Amy and Victor also seemed to have gone deeper.

I pulled up a nearby chair, sat on it, and sat lost in thought.

The man who had escaped from here earlier was in no hurry.

He came out so leisurely, talking on the phone and smoking a cigarette.

It’s as if they acted as if they didn’t know that this place was under attack.

Okay, let’s just say that by some coincidence he was shipping stuff here and ended up crossing paths with Victor and Amy.

Since there was no guarantee that there would be only one entrance leading down here, this was a somewhat possible story.

I remember the elevator I took to get here.

A shape not suitable for moving large cargo.

The hallway here was the same.

If that’s the case, then there must be another way.

“Rain. Shine. I think there must be another way.”

At my words, two people turned their heads and looked at me.

Rain was searching all over the room, collecting evidence.

She nodded to my words and came closer.

“Another way?”

“Yeah.”

Maybe this place wasn’t that important.

A place to hold intruders, a space created to buy time.

I took out my cell phone and called Amy.

But the call did not connect.

It was because of the interference coming from here.

My cell phone was dead from the moment I got down here.

I let out a small sigh, got up from my seat, and left the room.

Unnecessarily wide hallways, countless rooms with no apparent purpose.

There were stacks of boxes of unknown origin, but as Amy and Victor searched through them, the documents inside were rolling around on the floor.

Why are you keeping the documents separate?

Why do we insist on an analog method?

If you save it on your computer, you can manage the information faster and easier.

As I was thinking like that, I could sense a strange flow.

A strange wave, the movement I could feel when I operated the elevator earlier.

“Amy?”

I looked at the end of the hallway, wondering if it was true.

“Is Amy here?”

At my words, Rain and Shine threw down the stack of documents they were holding and ran into the hallway.

No, that wouldn’t be Amy.

The presence of a stranger.

Not one person, but many.

The wide-open current field gave me limited information due to the interference coming from it.

I swallowed dry saliva.

The body enters a state of extreme tension.

My vision narrows and my heart starts beating faster.

The moment Shine noticed my change and was about to open her mouth to say something.

They appeared at the end of the hallway.

Black clothes and a black lump of iron in his hand.

Even a helmet that covers your entire face.

As soon as they spotted us, they raised their guns.

The shiny muzzle exudes a menacing air.

In a situation I had never experienced before, my body froze and did not move.

The brain, which is well aware of the fear and power of guns, imagines the terrible situation that will occur in the future.

bang-!

A single gunshot rings in my ears.

The body still did not move.

Why isn’t it moving?

Wasn’t that the reason you were trained by Rain and Victor?

Time passes slowly around me.

A light shot from the air extends in a straight line.

pitfall.

One word that comes to mind.

Yes, this place was a trap.

It was a plan by the bad guys to corner Amy and us.

And at that moment, a yellow thread spread out before my eyes.

A familiar scent wafts faintly.

lane.

She stepped in front of me.

She never let her guard down.

As soon as Rain, who had stepped forward, reached out her hand, the water droplets that had been spinning around her body spread out thinly.

wickedness-

A thin layer of water splits the bullets flying ahead.

A chunk of lead flying from side to side.

The lead ball passed over Lane’s cheek.

“Move!”

With Rain’s shout, time, which had been passing slowly, begins to pass quickly.

Ppaang-!

The water droplets surrounding Rain’s body burst out, pushing me, Shine, and Rain away.

A body that is quickly pushed back into the room it came from.

Rain rolled his feet without stopping.

Then, a stream of water gushed out from beneath her feet, flowing down the hallway and pouring in the direction of the enemy.

“Jeff!”

I could tell without you saying anything.

I immediately raised my power and reached out.

Phagecic-!

A blue lightning bolt bursts from his hand and travels through the water.

There was no need to calculate coordinates or anything like that.

Rain, if you let your power flow along the path she has created, it’s over.

Bring out all your strength.

My heart is pounding and my body feels hot.

Kwarrung!

A loud noise erupted from my hand.

The sudden surge of electricity caused a huge explosion with a lightning-like sound.

A stream of water scatters in all directions with the explosion.

White steam and black smoke flow out between them, mixing together.

“Sigh…”

I let out a long breath and sat down.

The sudden use of power took a toll on the body.

“Jeff. Are you okay?”

Shine is supporting me from the side with a worried expression.

But now, there was no time to take care of my body.

I immediately got up from my seat and assessed the situation.

A hallway that burst open with a huge explosion.

At the end, the enemies holding guns were lying down, emitting black smoke.

But that wasn’t the end.

I grabbed Rain and Shine’s hands and started running out of the room.

“Why are you going inside?”

“That’s not the end. There’s more above.”

I answered, recalling the numerous sounds I could feel just above me.

In a situation like this, it would be normal to think of a way to just knock down all the opponents above you, but that would be too risky.

It was better to join Victor and Amy down here than risk the unknown, not knowing what abilities they might have.

“We have to find Amy!”

With her abilities, and with Shine and my assistance, it was clear that we would be able to overcome this danger.

Rain stamped his foot on my words.

Then a large water droplet appeared around her body and swallowed us up.

It was a technique used in the past at Grandfather Perman’s castle.

Rain hamster ball!

The large waves that Rain brought took us deeper.

A fast rolling hamster ball.

Thanks to that, we were able to find Amy and Victor.

“Amy!”

Kwaaa-

The hamster ball, which had come down into the wide space like a wave, disappeared as soon as it spotted Amy.

As soon as I got out of the water, I ran straight to Amy and hugged her.

At our sudden appearance, Amy hugged me with a surprised expression.

“Jeff? Shine? Rain?”

Why are we here when we should be at home?

Amy’s expression revealed such thoughts.

She lifted me up in her arms.

“Why are you here?”

Victor was equally confused.

He ran his fingers through his hair, looking tired.

“Rain?”

Amy’s voice lowered slightly.

Her short words were full of emotion.

Rain flinched at those words and looked away.

It wasn’t urgent right now.

Getting scolded for not listening had to be put off until later.

“Amy! This is a trap! We’re in a trap! It’s easy to get information…”

I poured out every word that came into my head.

Arms and legs flailing about, he adds to the explanation.

I just wanted to let you know that we are in a very dangerous situation right now.

Amy, who had been listening to my explanation for a while, smiled faintly and patted my back.

“It’s okay now.”

At those words, “It’s okay,” all the tension in my body was released.

My heart was pounding, my fingertips were trembling with anxiety.

Everything calms down with one word: “It’s okay.”

I blinked and stopped my flailing arms and legs.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, it’s okay. We’ll take care of it.”

Amy said that and dropped me off next to Shine.

Amy bends down.

She locked eyes with Shine and hugged her tightly.

“Shine is okay too.”

“Yeah.”

Amy pushed Shine and me back, then spoke to Lane.

“Rain.”

“… Yeah.”

“You probably know what I’m going to say, right?”

Lane bit her lip at Amy’s words.

I reached out to Amy and gently tugged on the hem of her dress.

“Rain did nothing wrong! It was just me being stubborn…”

Amy cut me off and patted my head.

“Jeff, if you persist, someone might get hurt.”

I kept my mouth shut at Amy’s words.

She was right.

If I had just waited quietly at home, I wouldn’t have ended up in this dangerous situation.

But still, I would have headed here even if I had known this was going to happen.

Because I wanted to help Amy.

“It’s dangerous, so hide behind me.”

Amy walked forward with Victor.

As she approached, Lane bowed her head and flinched, but Amy patted her head.

“You were protecting me well, right?”

“Ugh…”

Lane responds to Amy’s question in a small voice.

Amy smiled slightly at Rain, then wiped the blood off her cheek.

“Has it been a while since we fought together?”

Lane’s eyes widen at Amy’s words.

Large, round blue eyes.

Lane nodded and answered.

“Yeah!”

“Can you do it?”

“Yeah!”

Amy nodded at Lane’s answer and brought her fists forward.

Her legs, spread shoulder-width apart, showed that she was ready to fight.

“Everyone, think about what you want to eat when you get back.”

A white stream of air flows out from behind her pink hair.

The white aura spread out like a cloak and wrapped around Amy’s body.

As Amy finished speaking, dozens of people began to pour down the path we had come down from.

Amy didn’t wait for them.

A fist that extends straight out.

A white flash of light extended from her arm and shot into the entrance, causing a large explosion.