episode_0074

Thump thump. The sound of my heartbeat, which I usually didn’t pay attention to, felt unusually loud.

Of course, my ears aren’t as sharp as Hamshik’s. It’s just that it’s so dark all around that I can’t see anything, so my other senses are more sensitive.

I think Jihyun would have explained it like this, that my head is mistaken in thinking I heard that pulse, that vibration, something that I felt with my body.

But there’s no need to express it that way. I know the principle. But that’s just what it says.

I could hear the robbers, no, the kidnappers who were definitely after us, walking around outside.

“Hmm. I’m hungry, but I don’t have anything to eat… … . No, no. I’m not a thief. I came here to take care of a request.”

Request. The moment I heard that, I felt a sense of guilt. It seemed like they were trying to kidnap us not just to get a ransom, but to hand us over to someone else with another purpose.

I thought long and hard about what could be the reason for that, and I immediately realized that they were trying to kidnap us because we were cute!

Even without that, the number of subscribers has been increasing rapidly since I started uploading videos on YouTube.

They want to kidnap us, make us broadcast on the internet, make us do cute dances, and then gobble up the money we earn.

And since I made money through Min-i-cheo, he must be a really bad person who would exploit my labor by using that.

“Ugh, that’s annoying. Hamshik, you’re a really bad person. Aren’t you? You’re the one who kidnapped us and made money!”

I whispered to Hamshik. Of course, Hamshik didn’t answer and just kept his eyes shining.

I almost laughed at the sight of her eyes sparkling in the darkness. Anyway, the situation was dangerous now, so I held back my laughter and became serious.

Anyway, the police are coming, so if you hold out a little longer, that guy is destined to be arrested. Illegal, um… … Anyway, for some crime or another.

If you break into someone’s house without permission, it is obviously a bad thing to do, even if you are not stealing, so you are punished.

But it’s so annoying, I really want to see him get scolded in front of our eyes. Isn’t there some way to do it?

… … There is a way. If we swing our fists at that kidnapper, or if Hamshik drops a kick, it won’t hurt much.

Oh, if a magpie pecks at you with its beak or scratches you with its claws, or if a hamster bites you hard, it might hurt a little, but that’s it.

Rather than physical methods that are more likely to put us at risk, wouldn’t a mental attack be far more effective? And I have the means.

I have 40k subscribers on my YouTube channel, and when I upload a video, it gets watched by over a thousand people in an instant.

Of course, among that number, there won’t be many people from our country, and even fewer who live nearby.

But if you start broadcasting live right now, wouldn’t there be quite a few people who would watch it?

And then that kidnapper comes to kidnap us, who are so small and weak, and asks us to curse along with him.

If you curse alone, it won’t work. But if dozens or hundreds of people all tease you, calling you a bad person, a kidnapper, a criminal! That’ll hurt as much as getting hit with a rock.

So I immediately turned on YouTube and started broadcasting live.

The process wasn’t difficult. All you had to do was give the YouTube application permission to access your camera and microphone.

When I pressed the start shooting button in that state, perhaps because the surroundings were dark, the camera flash turned on automatically with a beeping sound.

“Ugh.”

At the sudden light, Hamsik stretched out both hands to cover the flash, and I almost screamed.

Fortunately, I didn’t forget that there was a kidnapper outside, so I held back from screaming. In that state, I turned the light down and held my breath.

“Hmm, I think I heard a sound… … .”

It seemed like the kidnapper had heard the whistle. In times like these, you have to remain calm.

Don’t be afraid for no reason. Just don’t make any noise and you’ll be fine. If you stay still, they won’t even know we’re here.

We could hear a rustling sound outside the closet, but it wasn’t coming near us.

“Hmm. I must have misheard. If there were a hamster and a parrot, they would make some kind of noise. I can’t hear anything.”

Luckily, it seemed to be just the sound of Na-rin’s house being swept around. Thanks to that, I quietly turned my phone screen back towards me.

The screen captured Hamshik looking at me with a reproachful expression. In addition, chats full of question marks were also posted.

The number of viewers has already exceeded ten. Even though I don’t watch internet broadcasts, I knew that this was a considerable number of people. I said hello first.

“Hehehe, sorry. But you didn’t catch me. Hello, everyone. We’re hiding right now. There was a robbery at our house. Luckily, they didn’t catch us.”

Of course, in a whisper. The level at which we speak normally is enough for Narin, who is standing upright, to hear, but the level of whispering is unlikely to leak out of the closet.

Even more so because they are covered in clothes that are already good at blocking sound.

“The rumor outside was that they had received a request to kidnap us. I think they are planning to sell us because I am good at making mini-fish and we are so cute. Don’t worry, I reported it to the police, they will be here soon! Don’t worry.”

So, to reassure my subscribers, I whispered very quietly. After all, I was speaking from close range, so they should be able to hear me through the phone, right?

Oh, I guess it’s okay to call this ASMR. Sometimes on YouTube, there are videos of people whispering and eating that are called ASMR.

Well, I can order ham for eating and I can just whisper next to him. Isn’t it okay to use this as a kind of content?

The sound of making mincemeat is probably barely audible. There is no sound better than a hamster eating it.

But our peaceful ASMR was shattered by the kidnapper’s voice heard outside.

“Hmm. I don’t like waiting too long. I have to get them quickly to get paid… … . Hmm? What’s that?”

What is that? At that sound, I paused for a moment and my heart raced. Could it be that I had been caught?

But the nuance of asking what that is is that it’s not like they heard us broadcasting, but rather they saw something with their own eyes.

With a nervous heart, I listened to the situation outside. I heard the sound of someone taking off their shoes, as if the kidnapper was trying to be polite.

And the sound of footsteps slowly moving across the floor, heading somewhere. It certainly wasn’t in our direction. But it still made me feel uneasy.

Could it be that there is something valuable among Narin’s belongings and that he is trying to steal it? If so, we must stop him.

“What? Isn’t that a parrot? Wait, if it’s here, that means the others are here too… … . Hey, parrot. Have you seen those dwarves and the hamster?”

But a more serious problem arose. It seems that the colored paper on top of the refrigerator caught the kidnapper’s eye.

The Saekmoose was already upset with us, and I was worried that he might reveal our location to the kidnapper out of revenge.

The seagull answered the kidnapper’s questions without any hesitation.

“I saw it!”

“Oh. Where is it?”

“Yeah, where are you!”

“… … ?”

For a moment, my heart sank as I thought that the color-blind man was selling us out. After hearing the strange conversation, I exchanged glances with Hamshik.

I quickly came to my senses when I saw Hamshik’s expression as if asking what he was looking at. I held back my laughter and whispered into my phone.

“The color bird is loyal. I really have to treat him well.”

But maybe I was taking it too lightly. Suddenly, it started to get noisy outside.

“Ha, this new brain is making fun of me. Well, since I said I could just go alive, I guess it doesn’t matter if I pluck out all my hair. You little punk, get ready to get naked.”

“You little punk! Get ready to go bald!”

If he just hid on top of the refrigerator, he wouldn’t be caught unless the kidnapper was quite tall.

There was a loud rustling and thumping noise outside. I became anxious and pushed the dresser drawers away little by little to make a space so that there was no noise.

When I looked out through the gap, I saw a magpie flying through the sky, scratching the man, pecking at him with its beak, and pulling out his hair.

The kidnapper, furious to the core, swung his arms wildly and tried to grab the squirrel, but the squirrel nimbly dodged all of his punches and tormented the kidnapper.

“This fucking new brain!”

“Holy shit damn it!”

“What the heck, ugh!”

“Run away, you bastard! I’ll take care of this!”

And while the kidnapper was distracted by the color changer, Jihyun, without us knowing, hit the kidnapper’s foot with her cell phone.

The exact corner of the little toe. Perhaps Jihyun’s most effective attack.

“This is my house, it’s this bald guy who has to run away!”

“Who are you calling bald, you new brain!”

“I’ll make you bald!”

And with Saekmusae and Jihyun fighting like that, I’d look too timid if I just stayed still.

“Hamshik, when I signal, you dropkick me. … … Now!”

So I grabbed a small piece of clothing and went out. Since it had a string attached to it, I spun it around and threw it forward. At the same time, I was kicked by Hamshik and sent flying.

If I just jump, I can only jump about twice my height, but if I get kicked by Hamshik, I can reach the ceiling!

But when I was flying high into the sky and the clothes and I lost the power to fly due to air resistance, I spread out the ends of the clothes and used them as a parachute.

The fall was still fast, but significantly slower than when I used the wet rag as a parachute last time.

I arrived at the kidnapper, who was still out of his mind due to the combined attacks of Saekmusae and Jihyun, drawing a parabolic curve, and I just threw my clothes over the kidnapper’s face.

If the original vision is blocked, a person cannot use his strength!

“Kaaaah, what is this!”

“Oh, but this was a bra… … . I’m sorry, Na-rin!”

“B, bra?”

I just used whatever I had at hand, but it had strings attached. It was a bit embarrassing that it just so happened to be a black bra.

But it turned out to be a good thing. To make it harder for the kidnapper to untie it, you could just wrap the rope around your head and neck.

The color is also black, so it will be harder to see in front of you. Well, anyway, it’s all calculated.

The kidnapper, who had been waving his arms in all directions, collapsed the moment Hamshik bit his ankle.

“Kyaaak, these little rat bastards… … !”

“I’m bigger than a rat! I’m a slut!”

We all worked together to take down the kidnapper! At that moment, intoxicated with the sense of victory, Jihyun pushed me toward the window.

It was a bit far away so it didn’t hit the window, but if you listen to what he was saying, you can quickly figure out why he was pushing it.

“Namina, get on the colorbird and escape through the window! I’ll stop this guy from chasing you!”

“What? No, Jihyun, come with me!”

“No, I’ll buy time!”

“Yeah, there you are! You can never escape! My ten million won! Kkaaaak!”

The kidnapper, who was probably horrified by what we had done to him, now went berserk and started swinging his arms and legs wildly when he heard us trying to run away.

It was like a child throwing a tantrum at a department store because they wouldn’t buy him a toy, but there was a coincidence to the attack.

The kidnapper’s heel hit Ji-hyeon directly. Before I could scream, the kidnapper’s leg was lifted into the air with a thud.

“Kkaaah!”

Rather, Ji-hyun was fine, and the kidnapper was grabbing her feet and rolling around in a strange situation. At that, I awkwardly closed my mouth that I had opened wide to scream.

I wondered why Jihyun was so confident, and it turned out that she had done something with the cell phone she was holding.

“In this day and age, violence? Do you know that if you hit someone and get hurt, you won’t be covered by insurance?”

Jihyun was leaning on her phone while smiling brightly. She looked really cool, so I looked around to see if I could lean on something, and then I leaned my elbow on Hamshik’s back and stood.

Hamshik found it annoying and avoided the place.

And as the kidnapper was groaning and the magpie was circling around him, teasing him, a knock was heard outside.

“Are you there? This is the police. We received a report and are dispatched.”

“Oh, you’re a slut. Can you open the door for me? Just press the open button.”

“Hell yeah!”

The Saekmoose, still a little excited, kept talking strangely. However, fortunately, the Saekmoose listened to me, perhaps because he had relieved all his stress while fighting.

The two police officers who entered the house with the help of the color guard stared at the kidnapper lying in the middle of our house, and then one of them spoke into the walkie-talkie.

“The reporter is safe. The suspect is rolling on the floor with the woman’s bra over his head like a pervert. It looks like his ankle or foot is broken… … .”

Oh. We had a really bad fight. To the police, it just looked like a pervert lying down.

If we had defeated some really bad villain, we would have been thrilled. But it felt like a letdown when we were just evaluated as a pervert.

But isn’t it okay since everyone is safe? Hamshik also gave macadamia nuts to Saekmusae for his hard work.

… … How long have you been buried like that? Why does it keep coming out?