episode_0073

The closer I got to the heart, the stronger the resistance became.

The meat wall gradually becomes thicker. Now even oxygen is lacking.

“Wow, wow… … .”

This is a story I read in a newspaper article a while ago.

Cancer cells are said to suffer from chronic oxygen deficiency because they divide too quickly.

So, is the oxygen here also depleting like that?

Excited, Excited.

The pulse gradually becomes stronger.

Numerous eyes were forming from the mucous membrane covering the surrounding area.

Eyeballs as small as millet.

Eyes that looked like immature organs rolled around after us.

“Ugh.”

Jeong Hae-won shudders.

“Sister, I really think I’m going to go crazy if I stay here just a little longer.”

“Hold on a little longer. Almost there.”

I comforted Jeong Hae-won and continued walking.

Now a huge pulsating mass of flesh began to appear before my eyes.

Just as the heart in the human body is protected by the ribs, this man’s heart was hidden between the pillars and walls of the warehouse, making it hard to see.

The heart finally reached.

A lump of flesh as large as an ordinary car is moving endlessly.

Daju, who arrived first, raised his hammer hand and prepared to attack.

“Yaaa!”

A hammer hits a huge heart with all its might.

However, it was not the muddy sound of the skin exploding that followed.

The sound made when metal collides with metal.

A dull metallic sound spread through the warehouse.

Is it already too late?

The surface of the heart, which was still busily pulsating, now had a luster like steel.

[Metalization]

Kaang!

The hammer bounces back after hitting hard flesh.

Daju stumbled from the recoil, but managed to maintain his balance by leaning on the shelf of the warehouse.

Tentacles immediately attacked the spot.

“Daju!”

Food such as canned goods and ramen packets fall from tilted shelves.

In the midst of the chaos, a hand holding a hammer came out and struck the tentacle.

“Phew… … .”

As if it’s no big deal, Da-ju walks out on top of the wreckage and pats the dust off his clothes.

“Your brother was right. I don’t think I can break it by hitting it.”

“Yes.”

As soon as I answered, everyone’s eyes naturally turned to the container I was holding.

It is a plastic container filled with gasoline.

I walked up and down the warehouse floor carrying an oil can.

From where I was standing right now to the monster’s heart. A liquid fuse was drawn on the floor.

“That’s it. Now light it on fire.”

Tick, tick.

Jeong Hae-won turned on the lighter with all his might.

That’s exactly what I was trying to do.

“Huh?”

Tick, tick, tick.

The lighter only makes the sound of gas leaking.

The light doesn’t come on.

“Sister. The light doesn’t turn on.”

“Don’t you even know how to turn on the lighter?”

“No, it really doesn’t turn on!”

“Give it to me.”

Even if I tried it, the result was the same.

No matter how much you roll the flint, no spark comes out.

“It’s true. Do you have another lighter?”

“I have one.”

Daju took out a luxurious Zippo lighter from his pocket.

The fact that it seems like they’ve been waiting makes me wonder if they were expecting this situation.

Click, click.

Daju breaks the lid of the lighter, but as expected, the light does not come on.

“Huh? Why are you like this?”

“Wait a minute.”

Are the lighters defective? Especially both lighters?

While thinking, Jeong Hae-won is panting.

“Couldn’t it be because there is not enough oxygen here?”

“Is that so?”

That makes sense.

Lack of oxygen may be a factor to some extent, but the strangeness still remains.

“It’s hard to breathe, but it doesn’t mean you can’t breathe at all. The fact that the lights don’t turn on seems like another problem.”

“But now… … . I don’t think I have time to think about that.”

Oxygen is rapidly decreasing.

I held my head, which was slowly becoming dazed, and focused on what I could see.

“… … .”

“I don’t have time!”

Complete concentration.

The sound of Jeong Hae-won speaking is gradually becoming more distant.

The ability of ‘eyes of insight’ given to the librarians of the Infinite Library does not simply show invisible things.

[Jung Hae-won strongly asserts that he does not have time.]

[The fifth apostle’s tentacles surround his heart and protect it.]

It’s like reading a novel while holding a piece of paper.

It became possible to view the surrounding situation from the perspective of a higher narrative layer.

[Yoon Da-ju is wary of the surroundings.]

[Jung Hae-won fell into a panic.]

I held the lighter in my hand and flicked out the embers.

Then a series of events were described and appeared.

[Im Da-bin activates the lighter.]

[A flame rises from the lighter.]

…

[Im Da-bin activates the lighter.]

[A flame blooms from the lighter.]

[From the lighter ㅂㅜㄲㅗㅊㅇㅣ■■■■■]

[■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■]

The causal relationship I see is simple.

Turn on the lighter -> A flame appears

Absolutely common sense cause and effect.

These causal relationships appear in chronological order and represent one event. In other words, it forms a story.

However, such a natural flow of events cannot be found now.

[Im Da-bin activates the lighter.]

[A flame blooms from the lighter.]

[[Im Da-bin activates the lighter.]

[A flame blooms from the lighter.]

[From the lighter ㅂㅜㄲㅗㅊㅇㅣ■■■■■]

[■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■][Im Da-bin activates the lighter.]

[A flame blooms from the lighter.]

[From the lighter ㅂㅜㄲㅗㅊㅇㅣ■■■■■]

[■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■]

[■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■]

Cause and effect were being interfered with.

By someone who would most fear the consequences of my actions.

Excited. Excited.

My heart is pulsing violently.

It looked as if it was desperately trying to survive.

Wow!

Bright red flesh explodes right next to the face.

The hammer Daju swung narrowly grazed my cheek, breaking the tentacle that was about to wrap around me.

“Oppa! What are you doing! Are you going to lose your mind?”

“Keep protecting me. It just takes a little while.”

“Okay.”

Daju quickly grasps the situation and prepares to fight against the swarming tentacles.

“But you won’t be able to last long, right? If you want to do it, do it quickly.”

“Yes.”

It’s impossible to turn on the lights now, at least in this space.

then.

“Daju.”

“I’m busy!!!”

“No. Jeong Hae-won, you have to do it.”

“What, what is it?”

Jeong Hae-won doesn’t know what to order and is very scared.

He usually does his work quickly and well. It’s different in a crisis situation.

“You don’t mean to just go in and become a spark, right?”

“What are you talking about?”

I closed my eyes.

Information that was visible just a moment ago comes to mind more clearly.

“Just. If I fall, please carry me.”

What is given to the librarians of the Infinite Library is not just excellent ‘eyes’.

There is also a minimum amount of strength to protect oneself in a difficult library.

[ignition. It burns wrapped in flame.]

The ability to stand on a higher level and edit the story of reality.

I only inserted one sentence.

I immediately felt dizzy, and immediately felt the fishy taste of metal in my dry mouth.

The strength drains from my body. To the point where I can’t even stand properly.

I didn’t even have enough strength to breathe.

“Huh, huh. omg… .”

I leaned against Jeong Hae-won and took a deep breath.

Just one small spark created at the cost of all that.

“What is it? Did it just happen?”

“Stay still… … .there is… … .”

A spark was thrown into the darkness of the warehouse.

Tick.

Grumbling-

The fire spread quickly.

From the bottom to the tentacles. And to the area near the heart where gasoline was almost poured.

A rush of hot air rushed towards my face.

“Run.From here… … .*sigh* Let’s go out.”

“But what about other people?”

“I will take care of it, so you run with your brother!”

Jump!

Jump, jump, jump!

In the intense heat, the tentacles begin to run wild like shrimp trapped in a pot.

No matter how hard you try to manipulate cause and effect, this is a fire that cannot be extinguished.

‘You will burn to death in the fire.’

Because that’s how the story was created.

I barely looked to the side.

The muscles of my entire body twitched constantly. Even if I tried to change my posture even a little, I felt a dull pain.

So, it took quite some time to completely turn around.

In a raging fire.

The silhouettes of two people are visible.

Seok Hyeon-min closed his mouth and froze in place like a pillar.

On the other hand, Heo Yoon struggles wildly and tries to enter the flames.

“No. No!!!”

The desperate screams were enveloped in smoke.

Although Da-ju holds on with all his might, Heo-yun’s resistance is too strong.

“Daju! Stun me!”

“I’m not good at that either!”

No matter how hard you try to subdue him, Heo Yoon eventually gets up and screams.

Seok Hyun-min freezes like a stone and does not say anything.

Saving the two people was much more difficult than planned.

“Uh, what should I do?”

Da-ju Yoon is having a hard time.

Stunning them would be an option, but then you would have to drag the two limp people along. In reality, this is not an easy method in a situation where I am already exhausted.

You won’t be able to attack blindly like when fighting a monster.

After all, the best way is to persuade… … .

“Daju.”

Heo Yoon, who was staring blankly at the flames, suddenly called out to Daju.

“Sister. I have to get out of here now. yes? Please come to your senses!”

“… … .”

His dry lips barely move and make a sound.

“Just let me die here.”

And tears fell onto the ashes on the floor.

Heo Yun’s face looking back at the fire. That expression… … .

I will probably never forget that scene for the rest of my life.

“Sister.”

Daju Yoon just muttered in confusion.

The strength drained from the arms that were holding Heo Yoon.

“Thank you.”

Freed, she begins walking towards the fire.

Seok Hyeon-min came to her side and joined her, putting his arm on her shoulder.

I couldn’t do anything.

Just watch.

The curtain of fire that rose from the floor to the ceiling of the warehouse was just beginning to surround the two people.

“… … .”

The two people stopped walking.

Breathing too. Thoughts too. Even my emotions seemed frozen.

The two people turned around again without saying a word and headed towards the exit where we were.

I looked back.

In the darkness of the warehouse, a vertical line was drawn.

“Dabin. This way.”

Se-rim Choi was holding the door and calling me.