episode_0133

The accident happened in an instant.

Shoot~

“……!”

A man’s shout was heard over the pouring rain.

“What are you talking about…?”

“Did you hear it too?”

The cast members who heard the sound looked at each other to make sure they heard it correctly.

I had already jumped up from my seat and was looking in the direction the sound came from.

Other people might not have been able to hear it clearly because it was drowned out by the sound of the rain, but I was able to clearly catch the voice with my developed hearing.

‘For sure…’

“Olivia…!!!”

Perhaps the sound of the rain became quieter for a moment, but this time other people could hear it.

“Olivia?”

“Who is that?”

“The direction from which the sound is heard is…”

Everyone’s heads turned to the rocky area where they snorkeled earlier.

“I will check the situation for a moment. Never go anywhere and just wait here.”

Producer Park Tae-jun, with a stern face, approached the staff working on the beach.

And as I was looking at that scene, I saw a woman approaching the gathered staff.

Producer Park Tae-jun told them to wait in place, but he had no intention of just sitting still even though the situation was not fully understood.

Seueueuu

“Where are you going?”

Moon Ji-yu caught me as I was walking.

“I’m going to go and find out what’s going on.”

I said that and approached the people gathered.

The remaining cast members also showed signs of hesitation and followed me carefully.

“Please… Please help me…! My daughter… Ugh! Call 911…!”

The woman who approached the staff was the wife of the middle-aged couple we met at the snorkeling spot earlier.

She must have been so shocked that she was out of breath and with rain dripping down her face, she held on to Producer Park Tae-jun’s arm and begged.

Although I kept stopping to speak because I was in a panic, it wasn’t difficult to guess what was going on just by looking at fragments of clues.

There was a serious atmosphere among the production crew.

“I think my daughter was swept away by a wave…?”

“Damn it… First, let’s do what he said and call 911.”

“Will the life jackets we brought help in those waves…?”

Although the guide and interpreter was working, he was also sweating due to the sudden situation.

“Please calm down and explain calmly.”

I very weakly raised my powers and wrapped my palms around the middle-aged woman’s shoulders.

“……”

She looked back at me with startled eyes at the sudden warmth she felt.

“……Thank you.”

Her hand, which had been holding onto Producer Park Tae-jun tightly with her mother’s strength, slipped away.

After catching her breath a few times, she explained the situation in a quick voice, although she was still shaking.

Her family couldn’t properly check the weather because they were looking into the sea. My daughter escaped from the rocky area and into the ocean while I was distracted for a moment. And because of the strong waves and rain, my daughter was stranded on a rock far away.

After hearing the whole story, I looked at the staff member next to me and said.

“Please bring all prepared life-saving supplies.”

“Yes? yes Okay!”

“Minho, the weather is too dangerous for us to go out. Now, all I have to do is report and wait…”

“I understand your concerns. Still, there are people right in front of us who can help, but if we ignore them, neither we nor the program will ever show a good performance.”

“……Okay.”

Producer Park Tae-jun seemed to be trying to say something to me, who did not listen to his orders to stay still, but he was pushed by my momentum and answered that way.

His position is also understandable.

‘Although I received a direct rescue request like this, as a person responsible for the safety of the group, I would have wanted to avoid anything that could be dangerous as much as possible.’

However, moral criticism cannot be avoided regardless of whether things work out well or not.

If you were going to be criticized no matter what choice you made, it was right to save the people you could.

The person who could do that was right here.

“Writer Manjae Shin, please call 911 with your guide.”

“Yes!”

After completing the request, I followed the middle-aged woman to the snorkeling spot along with the staff who brought rescue supplies.

Shoot~

Even with the pouring rain, the waves weren’t that bad here.

But outside, the water moved with a force of a different order.

It looked like if my foot slipped by mistake, I would be dragged into the sea.

Slap!

“Olivia!!! Hold on just a little longer!!! Rescue will come soon!!!”

A middle-aged man who appeared to be his father screamed at the top of his lungs while looking in one direction.

We, who had just arrived, also turned our heads in that direction.

Beyond the gray curtain of rain that obscured my view, I could see the shadow of a person clinging pitifully to a black rock.

“Honey…! I brought people who can help!”

“Oh… Thank you God! thank you Everyone…”

The man who turned around at the middle-aged woman’s words held my hand in front of him and sobbed.

“First of all, fortunately, it doesn’t look like he fell into the water right away.”

Producer Taejun Park said with a slightly relieved face.

“Writer Shin will have reported it, so if you just wait for the squall to pass, you will be able to be rescued safely.”

‘It certainly might be so…’

Just as I was unconsciously nodding my head to that seemingly reasonable-sounding opinion, a rebuttal came from an unexpected source.

“It’s dangerous.”

“Uh…? Mr. Jian? Or even other people?”

Behind us, along with the staff, there was a line of cast members carrying various life-saving supplies.

“The oldest person cannot just hide in an emergency like this!”

“I want to help you, even if it means moving things…”

“Just order anything!”

They looked at PD Park Tae-jun and me and said something to each other.

“Wow, really…”

Although it is a very touching situation, the problem is not yet resolved.

I asked Bang Bang-an back.

“More than that, Sister Jian. Is it dangerous?”

“Yes, I know that the squall won’t last long, but on the other hand, I don’t know how long he can hold on to the rock like that.”

With those words, we looked again at the rock where a woman named Olivia was hanging.

Clearly, the posture of holding on to the rock with both arms while the lower body was submerged in water was far from stable.

“Saipan is a tropical region, so the water temperature is not low, but you will have already used up a lot of your stamina while playing in the water. How much longer can I endure while being hit by waves in the pouring rain…”

“……”

Shoot~

In the silence of the group, only the sound of rain and waves broke the silence.

‘Did I think too much from my own standards? ‘I didn’t notice.’

Should I call it experience or age? The unexpected fact pointed out by Bang Bang clearly made sense.

“Then, let’s try rescue by throwing the life tube first.”

I don’t know if we can safely wait for rescue, but if not, we had to try what we could.

Whiik!

The tube flew straight and landed about 2/3 of the way to the rock.

It wasn’t a lack of power.

Olivia may have been pushed by the waves to a rock a considerable distance away, but the length of the life tube’s string did not reach her.

However, I didn’t bring a backpack and there were too many eyes to try to take something out of my inventory.

Olivia tried throwing a life jacket, but the waves made it difficult for Olivia to catch objects that had fallen right next to her.

‘Do I have to go into the sea in the end?’

While I was thinking that, a staff member expressed his opinion.

“I made a report, so rescue personnel were sure to come soon…”

“No. That’s also optimism.”

I shook my head in denial.

“Everyone remember the way to get here, right? There were many inconveniences along the way because it was an unpaved dirt road that was not properly paved. What about now that it’s raining?”

Everyone fell silent at my words.

“Umm…”

“For sure… it would have been completely muddy.”

“Yes. The reason why there were so few people here compared to the scenery may have been because the roads were in poor condition, making it difficult for cars to get in. I don’t know if 911 will call and come by boat or car, but at least it won’t arrive anytime soon.”

Just as we were discussing what to do, we heard a scream next to us.

“Aaagh!”

“Olivia!!!”

“What…?”

I quickly turned my head to check, and saw a middle-aged couple looking at the sea in astonishment.

“……!”

“Oh my god…”

“Maybe it’s okay…!”

Olivia’s figure hanging on the rock suddenly disappeared.

In the end, my arms lost strength and I was swept away by the oncoming waves.

Moon Ji-yu and Bang Bang-an are shocked and cover their mouths with both hands, PD Park Tae-jun and the male cast members are biting their lips with their eyes wide open, and even a middle-aged couple collapsing on a bumpy rock.

I looked around at all those scenes and thought to myself.

‘Ha…some kind of magic has been put on me.’

It naturally occurred to me that wherever I went, something happened.

Seueueuu

I eventually took off the raincoat and aqua shoes I was wearing and prepared to go into the sea.

Moon Ji-yu saw this and urgently called me.

“What are you doing now?!”

The others also heard her voice and belatedly noticed that I was about to jump into the sea and looked at me in shock.

Choi Jun-hyuk stretched out his arm as if to stop him.

“I’ll be there soon. Please take care of my things!”

With those words, I winked at them, avoided Choi Jun-hyuk’s hand, and jumped into the white foam created by the waves.

Splash!

The voices of the group that were faintly heard in my ears gradually became fainter, and the dark blue sea filled my vision.

***

Moon Ji-yu called Minho’s name in a sorrowful voice.

“Minho…!”

The remaining people stared blankly at the surface where Minho had disappeared with shocked faces.

As if there had never been a person named Minho, another rough wave quickly erased any traces of Minho jumping in.

Choi Jun-hyuk reached out his hand late, but he jumped into the sea before he had time to stop him.

Minho disappeared without a life jacket or tube, wearing only shorts as if he was going for a short walk.

The raincoat and shoes he left behind showed that what had just happened was not an illusion.