episode_0039

After the outdoor class, Shin Jeul was discussing various things with Ahn Deokhun about finishing work.

“The jetpack is the biggest problem. No matter how much this exceeds the school support budget?”

“Shall I apply for this as a special budget allocation?”

“If it were practical, it would work, but since it’s a bat wing… .”

They were faced with the most realistic problem, the money problem, and were in a state of great worry.

The support department can purchase equipment with support. However, some product lines are so expensive that you have to apply for a special budget.

Since a lot of money is involved, if you are not reasonable in one way or another, you will be criticized.

While I was looking around for this concern, one person from the same support department caught my eye.

“…”

A small classmate wearing glasses seemed to be looking for something.

Of course, since we weren’t close and we didn’t know each other very well, I tried to ignore it.

But while searching through the bushes, I saw him and made a noise.

“Uh, you’re Shin Jeul, right?”

When his small-sized classmate raised his head at his words, he saw a face that did not yet resemble a boy.

“Do you know my name? Why?”

“The name is famous… Do you know where I threw that caterpillar back then? I’m kind of interested.”

This classmate, who revealed that he was very interested in insects, soon revealed that his name was Seok Ju-hwan.

“So you’re in class 7?”

Shin Jeul nodded. And then he pushed himself through the bushes.

Actually, I’m busy so I don’t need to help. But he wanted to help even if it wasn’t a sub-scenario.

‘You don’t need a reason to help.’

So he searched through the bushes to help find the caterpillar that was making fun of the back of his hand.

As this happened, Ahn Deok-Hoon also naturally participated. The three of them start searching the bushes.

Shin Je-ul looked closely at the collection bin.

“But caterpillars are just sold on the internet these days, right? Do you really want to catch it? Or do you find it attractive when you catch it yourself?”

“It’s not something grand like that, it’s a bit unique.”

“Unusual?”

“The mouth area is yellow and it is a bit large, so it looks like a giant hornet larva?”

“Long-lived wasp? You should be in a wasp’s nest.”

“So. Usually, wasp larvae only scratch the hive with their jaws to ask for food, but they do not crawl around on their own. But the caterpillar was moving naturally. ”

A being like a wasp larva crawls on the ground just fine?

“There are also wasps that live in underground tunnels… . ah! I guess it’s only in the tunnel anyway?”

“Yes. So I decided to take a look. It’s just an ordinary caterpillar, so you might be mistaken.”

While searching the surrounding area while talking about various things, we succeeded in finding the caterpillar.

“Wow, but it’s really big. It’s bigger than two of my fingers?”

In front of them, they could see something moving forward, writhing eagerly on the leaves.

Seok Ju-hwan sees this and takes out something that looks like a small chopstick from the collecting bin and touches the caterpillar here and there.

“Of course, wasp larvae can crawl on their legs, but they are fast. Oh, the protrusions on the legs are very developed. In addition, the larvae of giant hornets are usually stubby and have developed pectoral muscles, but this one is long and well-developed overall.”

“What kind of caterpillar is it?”

“I don’t know either. Although it looks similar to a wasp, its behavior appears to be different.”

He carefully took out a steel collecting bin.

“I’m going to catch it and analyze it first. I was thankful for today.”

“Well, buy me something to eat next time.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s exchange phone numbers first. It’s not just empty words, it’s because I’m really going to get it.”

“Haha. As expected, he is proactive.”

So their meeting ended briefly. But exactly two days later, I received a call from Seok Ju-hwan.

-Jeul, that caterpillar we caught last time! Something is strange!

“What?”

Shin Je-ul showed embarrassment at the sudden phone call.

***

On this day, it was just one day before the completion of the auxiliary aircraft.

Shin Je-ul felt anxious after hearing the urgent phone call.

“What’s going on? What did that caterpillar do?”

-…Strange! It’s growing so fast!

“Isn’t that because it’s a caterpillar? To what extent?”

– That’s ridiculous! I brought a 50cm long rhinoceros beetle into the enclosure and it grew over 50cm in just two days! Where is this caterpillar?

A caterpillar as big as 50cm? Shin Jeul suddenly felt the identity of the strange discomfort he had felt from the corpse of the wasp monster.

“Joohwan! Is there an awakened person nearby? Kill him!”

-Lord, kill me?

“It could be the child of a monster. Whatever it is, that caterpillar doesn’t seem ordinary!”

But the call was suddenly cut off here.

Shin Je-ul urgently called the class president of class 7.

“You say this is Seok Ju-hwan from Class 7, right? Please tell me the address!”

-what? Shin Jeul. What are you protesting again?

“That’s not it! He gave me a caterpillar, but now it feels weird!”

-Strange? A caterpillar?

“Have you ever seen a caterpillar that rapidly grows close to 50cm in two days?”

The class 7 president was silent for a moment at those words.

-50cm caterpillar? It’s not something to put in the Guinness Book of Records and it’s ridiculous. Even so, it would still be a caterpillar.

It was hard to believe, but at this time, a disaster text message arrived on everyone’s cell phone.

“!”

[The Awakened Committee urgently informs the Korean government and civilians. It has now been confirmed that the giant monster, known as Killer Rain, was carrying an egg. It is possible that the eggs hatched and spread.]

“As expected! That was it!”

While on the phone, Shin Je-ul found the dead body of a wasp on the Internet while using his computer.

I have just realized that the area around the tail has become thinner.

“He said something was strange. They already laid eggs and died!”

-really? No, what did Joohwan pick up? The address is… .

The situation has become urgent.

As soon as Shin Jeul received the address, he hurriedly went outside and quickly called a virtual train.

The virtual train was moved to the address given by the Class 7 leader.

The virtual train arrived near the address and suddenly a scream sounded from somewhere.

3rd floor multi-family house. When I climbed over the wall, climbed the stairs in one go, and knocked on the door, I saw Seok Ju-hwan and his parents along with the sound of urgent footsteps.

“Ah, hello. I’m in the same support department… .”

“More than that, do you know what that is? What on earth?”

“It’s dangerous here now!”

Behind the parents’ urgent faces, the sound of a window breaking is heard.

Shin Jeul ran towards the sound.

As soon as I got there, I froze for a moment when I saw it.

It was already something beyond a caterpillar.

Like an insect boy, there were cases with various insect models and stuffed animals around him, but I really didn’t see anything.

The jaw grows sharply like a stag beetle, and red blood vessels all over the body contract and expand intensely.

As if it were of a different class from a caterpillar, its six protuberances were unusually developed and protruded to the length of a finger.

Although it is a caterpillar, it has a body that cannot be found in a caterpillar.

This is because in that state, a strange scene was seen in which the long upper body, like a snake, was lifted and swung in all directions as if dancing.

The caterpillar fluttered around and suddenly stopped moving at some point.

As Shinjeul steps back, the caterpillar’s body begins to move back slightly.

Let’s see what action to take next, and Shinjeul’s instincts warn him.

come.

The moment Shin Jeul threw himself backwards, the upper body of the caterpillar slid towards him.

When Shin Jeul, who hit the wall, ran back toward the living room, green bodily fluids were spraying where he was.

A crackling sound is heard from the wall that has come into contact with the bodily fluid, and then smoke comes out.

Cold sweat begins to flow down Shin Je-ul’s face.

“Have you contacted the police?”

“Ah… . Not yet!”

They found their phones, but they were making mistakes, such as pressing the wrong buttons, perhaps because they were nervous.

Shin Je-ul saw a rock-shaped ornament in the living room.

“I’m sorry. I’ll use this!”

“What?”

Shinjeul picked up the rock decoration and threw it back at the caterpillar monster.

The rock decoration that I threw with all my strength was quite heavy.

I definitely believed that I could inflict damage.

I just didn’t know that the caterpillar could catch it with its chest muscles.

The caterpillar, which has grabbed the rock decoration with its chest muscles, slowly rises again.

“…A little bit?”

Shin Jeul was so dumbfounded that he was laughing.

The human body cannot fight it.

“No, there has been a flood of reports from other places right now? Can’t you come right now?”

There were difficulties in dispatching over the phone.

‘If this happens, I have no choice but to call the awakened person.’

He dialed the number of the only awakened person who could come to assist.

“April. This is a life-threatening matter. Can you help? I will definitely give you an example”

“What are you talking about? I’m being cheeky and asking for a favor. Don’t act friendly!”

Surprisingly, I answer the phone quickly. Shin Je-ul breathed a sigh of relief.

“A monster has appeared. It looks like a caterpillar monster sent by the committee. Right now, I have no one to ask but you.”

“Caterpillar monster? Ah, did you send it to that cell phone? How did you discover that?”

“I discovered it by accident. Please. There’s a riot going on right now.”

The sound of a pile of rocks thrown by the monster being smashed is heard. April’s speech becomes faster and she shouts to send the address.

“Do you often owe me money? Be sure to pay it back later.”

“Thank you so much! I will definitely repay you”

In the end, April goes to the known address. In the meantime, they must endure.

“Let’s get out of the house first!”

Shin Je-ul ran to the front door with his horse, and Seok Ju-hwan’s family was also hurriedly retreating.

However, the caterpillar has a longer and thicker body than before, and is now well over 1m.

‘Abnormal growth rate. A monster is a monster.’

The downstairs, upstairs, and everything else are already buzzing due to this commotion.

“Get out of here! A monster has appeared!”

He shouts and people come down, freaking out at the caterpillar that has made its way into the living room.

“What is that!”

“Wow!”

Just as the people on the 4th floor are trying to escape, a caterpillar monster rushes towards the entrance.

“!”

Shin Jeul tried to close the front door by throwing his body away.

Kwaang, a loud sound was heard, and an enormous amount of pressure rushed into Shinjeul’s body.

He began to be pushed back due to the tremendous rushing power.

“Ugh!”

“Jeul!”

Then Seok Ju-hwan rushes in and his parents are surprised.

“Joohwan!”

As his son runs, the father and mother follow, and the four of them start pushing on the front door.

I was barely able to close it after struggling for 30 seconds.

Shin Jeul was breathing heavily.

“Heo Eok. omg! No matter what, you won’t open the front door, right?”

“Phew. no way… .”

It was a time when two people looked at each other and felt relieved. A crunching sound is starting to come from inside.

“…”

Amidst the ominous energy, signs of abnormality began to appear at the iron front door due to the crunching sound.

“Run away! Right now!”

Shin Je-ul asked everyone to come down without even needing to see anything.

As they hurried down the stairs, the iron door began to sound like it was collapsing.

When they arrived at the first floor, there were already people outside.

However, this caterpillar was not just one, as flames could be seen rising from a distance.

“Oh my god… .”

How many larvae are there? It was a time when Shin Jeul was embarrassed.

Suddenly, the wall of the building collapsed, revealing the upper body of a caterpillar.

Isn’t the thickness bigger than before?

A caterpillar breaks through the wall of a multi-family house and heads down.

“…”

Everyone, including Shin Je-ul, took a step back and soon began to run away all at once.

But the wall collapsed where they tried to escape.

A caterpillar that was four times bigger than the one behind it was bleeding and showed signs of having cut something.

“Ah… .”

Everyone was speechless. A situation where the front and back routes are blocked. And the caterpillar thrusts its stag beetle-like jaws at them.

‘Shit. The transformation here is… .’

In an urgent situation, the two words ‘transformation’ were engraved in Shin Jeul’s mind.

A ray of lightning flashed like a flash.

The lightning pierced the caterpillar’s beast in an instant and soon it was unable to move.

I know this lightning well because I have seen it too.

“April?”

And the moment he turned his head, he saw another caterpillar that was instantly cut into pieces and fell.

April.

She is here now.

“Not even 5 minutes have passed?”

“I jumped!”

April, out of breath, gets angry. As she is definitely an awakened person, it might be faster if she runs.

“Really, what is this from the night! I guess I should shower again first.”

“Do you live around here? I don’t see any buildings in this neighborhood suitable for you to live in.”

“I moved! You idiot!”

April took a deep breath and turned her head towards where the explosion occurred.

Isn’t there a caterpillar the size of a house walking around there, spraying body fluids everywhere?

“You look strong. April. First of all, retreat… .”

“Hey! What is God?”

At that time, April looks at Shin Jeul with a serious face.

“Have you lost your sense of reality by only seeing giant monsters?”

“?”

“If you can’t deal with that level of monster, you’re not an awakened person! Watch carefully.”

April whipped up a storm and rushed towards the caterpillar the size of a house.

After a while, lightning flashed, and a huge scratch appeared on the caterpillar’s body.

“I can’t see it.”

April’s movements were literally lightning itself.

It’s so fast and strong that it’s a luxury to worry even for a moment.

‘This is the academy’s top level talent… .’

The caterpillar beats frantically, and when she pauses to catch her breath, it fires fluids at her.

However, the moment the sword April was holding was struck, lightning spread out radially from the ground.

The radiation evaporated everything, including body fluids, and attacked a caterpillar the size of a house.

And the caterpillar’s body exploded here and there and shriveled up.

“Wow… .”

While Shin Jeul opens his mouth, April approaches with a wet face.

“What do you think, God? Do you understand my strength now?”

“It’s the best. It’s really cool!”

When Shin Jeul clapped his hands with undisguised emotion, April flinched.

“Gu, Gurae. It’s obvious. I’m usually like this.”

April was also happy, but the situation was not over yet.

The vibrations felt earlier weren’t just explosions here and there.

Alone, a strangely uniform vibration was growing louder.

And their cell phones rang at the same time and suddenly the alarm sounded from the speaker.

[Giant monster appears! A giant monster appears!]

A giant monster has appeared. Soon, at the edge of their field of vision, they saw a giant caterpillar the size of a building, struggling beyond the size of a house.