episode_0129

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

“Hehe…! Wow, that’s how kids play these days.”

“friend. Sit here.』

“Wait a minute, I need to see what’s ahead.”

The night was deep.

Ordinary to some,

A day that was hard enough for some to die has come to an end.

Fondantㅡ.

A brief commotion creates ripples like a stone thrown into a puddle.

But not long after, it returns to a calm wave as if it had never happened before.

Time for everyone to return to their daily lives.

Eunha’s day, filled with blood and pain, also passed like that.

“Whoa… Whoa… Turn it off… You understand now, right? Your arm doesn’t stretch. Can you put it back on?”

“milk.”

“Huh?… Sleep, it tickles.”

Fondant…

A brief commotion.

A rock fell into a puddle.

Although the place where the stone fell was a puddle of blood with a terrible smell,

Because the swaying ripples have disappeared.

clear.

… … .

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Until the first [crack field] exploration of the galaxy,

Next 5 days.

ㅡBongbang~Bongbangbongbangbang~.

Insignificant alarm sounds that make the listener’s brain soft are irritating.

Ban Harin woke up to the sound of an alarm coming from his smartphone.

Dark clouds visible beyond the window. Heavy rain hitting the glass window.

Without even a moment’s tossing and turning, Ban Harin raised his upper body like a machine and got out of bed.

She made up the disheveled bed without making a sound, brushed up her messy hair, and checked her phone.

… … There is no contact whatsoever.

From the team members of [Rare Hunter Protection-Killing Department], where she is the team leader, and from the ‘mice’ in charge of night surveillance.

Did they say no news is good news?

This means that no problems occurred with the galaxy during the dawn.

Tiring~.

Soon, a text message arrived from ‘Mouse’, which estimated Ban Harin’s wake-up time.

With the preface of [No problem], Eunha’s route home from work, people she encountered, calories from dinner, time in bed, sleep time, etc. are recorded in detail.

After carefully reading the ‘Mouse’ report, Ban Harin exhaled.

(Thank you for your words, but I’ll decline. I’m tired today, so I’ll have to go home. A kind person said he would help me carry my luggage.)

What Ban Harin remembers is yesterday evening.

The image of Eunha being hunted by a dishonest man.

The coldly expressionless face that Eunha showed at that time was enough to make Ban Harin’s heart flutter.

Unknown anxiety.

Perhaps that’s why Ban Harin snooped around the ‘Saetbyul Apartment’ until well past midnight even after completing the handover with the ‘Mouse’.

If an accident occurs, it has to be resolved.

If that hunting man harms Eunha, we will subdue him before it is too late and hand him over to the association.

Even if Eunha harmed the hunting man… they were preparing to dispose of the body so as not to make any noise.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong.

It was a peaceful day.

‘Nothing wrong… I’m really glad.’

Ban Harin looked through the contact information of ‘other team members’ who had not received a single text message for two months.

clear.

That’s enough.

… … .

Ban Harin, who came out to the living room, took off his pajamas and changed into light sportswear.

Then, until it was time for Eunha to go to work, she relaxed her entire body’s muscles with light exercise.

There is also the reason that as an A-class hunter, you cannot neglect training…

This is because Eunha is lovely as she looks at her muscles with eyes full of envy.

Ban Harin likes Eunha’s soft, lean muscles.

I like the soft mentality of running away when someone touches my forearm or thigh, saying I don’t like it, but then sneaking up to me and offering me my body to do whatever I want.

So much so that I want to hug it all day.

ㅡ Pooong~. Baaang~.

After working out for a few hours, I received a call from Eunha.

Ban Harin, who wiped off his sweat with a towel, immediately answered the phone.

“Yes, Eunha. Good morning.”

ㅡ Moo~… No, what are you saying?

“……yes?”

ㅡ Collock, hello, Mr. Banharin. Cough! Cough!

Eunha’s voice repeatedly coughed awkwardly as if she was embarrassed.

You can faintly hear the sound of someone writhing in discomfort.

Early morning phone call.

His voice was mixed with a subtle hesitation, as if he himself was embarrassed.

Condition worse than usual…

After ‘observing’ Eunha’s greeting, she opened her mouth in a cold voice.

“I was just bored today because I had to hand over overtime work to my fellow employee ‘Mouse.’ I can do as much as a pinch for you at the cafe.”

ㅡ … … I haven’t said anything yet.

“I know it when I see it.”

Eunha, who had hit the nail on the head, sighed.

ㅡ … … … I told it to Bell. I would like to ask you only this morning. I don’t think I’ll be able to go to work in the afternoon.

“All right.”

ㅡ Thank you so much… Mr. Banharin, if you have anything to ask, please let me know. I’ll do whatever I can.

“Don’t mention it later.”

After that, we had a trivial conversation, and ended the call by telling him to take care of himself.

The corners of Ban Harin’s mouth rise slightly after hearing Eunha’s voice since morning.

… I didn’t ask why.

Why are you asking me to substitute for you at the cafe? I don’t intentionally ask.

“…….”

Quite a long hesitation.

Like heavy monsoon rain pouring outside the window, pensive eyes look down at the cell phone.

“……Today, I’ll have to leave earlier than usual.”

Ban Harin sweeps his face with one hand as a habit.

She finished the immediate exercise and called ‘the mouse’.

ㅡ Yes, team leader. What happened…

“Today, I am changing from 2nd shift to 1st shift. Congratulations on working overtime.”

-Are you crazy?

Was he in the midst of preparing to leave work after completing his early morning watch?

The ‘mouse’ let out a harsh curse due to the sudden overtime work.

It’s vibrant and nice to look at.

“I really like the attitude of adding ‘nya’ to the end of every word even when talking to me. Anyway, since I’m working at the cafe as Eunha’s substitute, I hope that ‘Mouse’ will continue to keep an eye on Eunha.”

ㅡ Team leader, why are you doing this to me? There’s less than an hour left until work, but is this happening?

“This is Eunbangul’s decision. If you have any complaints, please tell Eunbangul.”

ㅡ … … … … Isn’t it okay to do it?

Pirorong~.

The phone hangs up.

Ban Harin felt a pang in his stomach as he imagined a ‘mouse’ complaining with an irritated face.

Shoot…

The weather is rainy, and I am busy with my sudden work schedule.

After quickly finishing his shower, Ban Harin packed his cafe uniform in his briefcase and left the house.

… … .

… … .

ㅡ Pirolong~.

“Ha… Thank you so much, Mr. Banharin.”

Saetbyeol Apartment, 9th floor.

After finishing the phone call with Ban Harin, Eunha sat down on the stairs and sighed.

It’s dark before my eyes.

Not figuratively, really.

Wow. Wow.

I got up from the stairs and walked unsteadily down the apartment hallway. Every time you take a step, a lovely whirring sound resonates.

It’s the sound coming from Eunha’s feet.

Wow. Wow.

Soft steps.

It’s dark before my eyes. I can’t see anything.

Patter… Blood flowed between the round buttons that replaced her eyes.

… … .

The reason why Eunha suddenly took leave an hour before work was not a big deal.

Because I can’t leave the apartment like this.

It was none other than the girl who was invited to [Doll Girl]’s house last night and became her ‘friend’.

The place she headed following the short finger was [Room 801].

A place where countless plush toys decorate the entire house.

A house where [a doll girl] lives alone, with no other family members.

The girl’s home, a doll with nowhere to go, made her feel unbearable sadness.

That’s why Eunha lay quietly on the cold bed…

I became the girl’s ‘friend’.

Playing with a lonely girl.

Just a simple thing.

Among the misfortunes, the good news is that [Doll Girl] missed Eunha’s soft and warm body, so only her ‘front feet’ and ‘back feet’ were sewn.

A special friend or something.

Therefore, if someone had seen her from afar, she would not have looked like a person wearing a spotted arm sleeve and stockings.

Although his eyes were sewn with round buttons and blood was leaking through the loosely woven cloth on his limbs, he looked very human compared to his other ‘friends’.

And, the unfortunate thing is…

Even though it was like this, he didn’t die and was still alive,

[Self-recovery] failed to return her body to its original state.

If there is a foreign object, recovery in that area stops.

This is a new fact I learned.

Thanks to this, the flesh and fabric are now stuck together as one body, and it is impossible to tear them off with the round ‘front feet’ like a stuffed toy.

Prison…

I traced the 9th floor hallway with my soft ‘paws’.

Yesterday evening, I touched objects that had been broken in two by the ‘skill’ of a young man at the blood donation house.

Sliced suitcases, clothes, crosses, etc… There is no blood on them.

With her eyes blocked by the button fastened with a long iron skewer, she relied only on her sense of touch to put the scattered items away at the edge of the hallway, picked up only the [black book] that had no scratches, and stood up.

I plan to take care of the rest later, when my physical condition returns to normal.

‘yes. This is bipedalism.’

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Eunha, who regained her humanity, walked towards the wall.

Blood flows down through the cracks in the button eyes.

With my padded paws, I traced each room embossed on the front door one by one, and soon found the front door of [Room 904] and opened it with difficulty.

It takes ages to press the door lock button or turn the door handle.

They didn’t put fingers on the front paws.

‘are you okay. It was something I was prepared to do. ‘If it was fun, that’s fine.’

Ignoring my wobbly legs as if I might fall at any moment,

Eunha smiled languidly as she recalled the joyful breathing of [Doll Girl].

We should play again next time.

… … However, I had no idea that we would be playing all night long.

Starting with playing house, playing tag, yarn knitting, playing with dolls, experiencing a ranch, etc…

Try pulling the limbs of a plush toy to see how far they can stretch, or try changing the limbs of the ‘dolls’…

I learned that when innocence and curiosity are mixed, it is scarier than I thought.

To make matters worse, the child’s physical strength was truly incredible, and if it were not for [self-recovery], he would have collapsed from exhaustion in the middle.

‘I never thought I’d beg someone who can’t see to have a snowball fight…’

Wow. Wow.

Eunha groped her eyes.

Round button eyes. A long iron skewer secures the four holes in the center of the button.

Four on one side… a total of eight iron skewers were piercing her eyes and sticking out of the back of her head.

Because of these guys, I couldn’t check the time because I couldn’t see, and in the end, after the [doll girl] fell asleep from exhaustion from playing, I was able to put her down on the bed and return to the 9th floor.

It was just a few minutes ago that a wake-up alarm rang on my cell phone in the hallway on the 9th floor, so I hurriedly called Baeul-i and took advantage of my sudden vacation.

Really, I just feel sorry for Bang Bang and Ban Harin.

Rattling.

Returning home, Eunha put down [The Black Book] and took a deep breath.

A familiar smell that makes you feel warm… after all, home is the best.

“Ah, I hope there’s an earthquake and my apartment collapses.”

Wow!

Eunha grinned and clenched her fists.

‘It was hard! ‘It’s okay because I’m proud.’

I fought with a young man from a blood donation center and played with a strange girl all night long.

I also touched the soft cheeks to my heart’s content.

Then he survived and somehow returned home.

It was hard, but I did it.

After all, people must live positively.

… … .

… … .

… … What now?

Wow. Wow.

Eunha groped her body.

Arms and legs sewn into spotted fabric, eyes pierced with iron skewers…

This should be removed by afternoon.

I was pounding on the floor and thinking.

I can’t do anything because my hands are like this. The thick hands have no fingers, so they cannot hold a single object.

‘How should I get rid of it……. It’s been a while since I called the teacher?’

The worry was short-lived.

I thought it was easy.

Does the fabric stick to the skin and not fall off?

All you have to do is cut off the flesh and recover.

“It’s dyed red.”

Eunha cleared her throat,

I hummed a familiar nursery rhyme.

After a long time, it’s time to call our doctor.

… … My voice is shaking, but I’m okay.

Because what matters is the heart.

“Everyone is red…”

Knock knock.

And, before even two verses were over,

A familiar knocking sound struck Eunha’s eardrums.

It’s eerie every time I hear it… but still, there’s something about it, a touch of affection.

Eunha’s heart beats as she hears the hand of a ‘woman’ knocking on the front door.

Knock knock…

I have no intention of hiding.

This time, I was summoned to cut you up on purpose.

In order to follow the rules, I would have to use the intercom to check outside, but since I was blind right now,

Eunha opened the front door with her soft ‘front paws’.

“peekaboo.”

Rumbling.

As if entering the house by ‘pulling’ the front door,

I ‘pulled’ it open.

The front door opens upside down and bitter cold blows in.

If death had a temperature, would it feel like this?

『… … .』

The ‘woman’ who was standing blankly in front of the door looked at Eunha.

The atmosphere was like, “How should I react to this?”

She looked the woman in front of her up and down.

The limbs were thick and spotted like a stuffed toy, and round buttons replaced the eyes.

She carefully admired the appearance of the galaxy… [Red Woman]

For some reason, he spoke in a slightly flushed voice.

『… … My gift?』

“no.”

Did you think it was some kind of cosplay?

As expected, monsters are not sane.

Throbbing!! Throbbing!

Every time I move, the iron skewer piercing my head moves, and it feels like death. I guess my brain wasn’t hurt.

Eunha grabbed [Red Woman]’s hand with her soft ‘paws’ and led her to the bathroom.

The [Red Woman] calmly follows her into the bathroom and caresses Eunha’s little finger.

“Today is the day I go to work at the cafe, and my hands are like this so I can’t even pull out the iron core stuck in my eye. Please cut it out hotly.”

『What else?』

“yes?”

『What else?』

What is it?

I wish I could just saw it because I’m scared.

If you answer well, they will hurt you less.

Eunha, who had been thinking hard, answered with difficulty.

“…I used the jigsaw well. Thank you for lending it to me.”

“huh.”

A voice mixed with laughter.

The [Red Woman], who was hugging Eunha tightly, held out an old jigsaw.

I must have left the jigsaw in the bedroom, but when did I get it?

『You can keep using the jigsaw.』

“Didn’t you just lend it to me for a while?”

[Red Woman] pushes Eunha down.

Eunha falls down on the bathroom floor, and [Red Woman] lowers her body as if straddling her.

Is it because I can’t see?

The coldness of the jigsaw touching my shoulder, the woman’s bloody hand,

Closer than usual.

… … Because I was pushed and fell, the metal skewers sticking out of the back of my head hit the floor and I felt like I was going to die.

I grit my teeth and endure it.

『I didn’t lend it to you. I was asking.』

(『Do you want to write this…?』)

Something I heard once.

The galaxy beneath [Red Woman] waited for the pain to come.

『This jigsaw is ours.』

Nope…

The sawing begins.

Blood splatters, and soft cotton sticks out between the cut flesh.

The sloppy sawing does not stop and cuts off her limbs.

Grumble… Grumble…

It’s been a while since I saw a saw,

It hurts and hurts like always.

Tears came out.

As expected, I shouldn’t play with [Doll Girl]…

… … .

… … .

… … .

“That’s how I came here. It would be nice if the surgery could be done in one go… What if the doll part remains even after I wake up?”

“ha…”

After a while,

Eunha munched on the snacks on the table while listening to the [Black Person] sigh.

it’s good.