episode_0134

‘It’s not something that gets resolved easily…’

Bubble bubble ㅡ

I dived into the sea and started swimming towards the rock where Olivia was.

Unlike the surface of the water, where the waves hit and rock, it felt like you were moving away from the commotion above if you went a little deeper into the sea.

I waved my limbs as I felt the water gently but strongly pushing against my body.

Sigh!

Because I was truly moving, my body shot forward at a much faster speed than when I was snorkeling with my flippers on.

It arrived near the rock in an instant, spewing out bubbles backwards like a torpedo.

‘Where is it?’

I looked around to find Olivia, who had disappeared.

Now, unlike when we found Bigeup at the lake at night in Tuseonhyeophaengrok, there is no guidance from a guide.

It’s something I have to discover purely through my own exploration skills.

The lack of sunlight illuminating the sea due to cloudy weather could be resolved with enhanced vision through abilities and endurance, but there was nothing I could do about the fact that the floating objects caused by the waves were blocking the view itself.

‘We need to find it as quickly as possible.’

From what I remember, I heard that if a person falls into the water, they have a high chance of survival if they are found and rescued within 4 minutes.

Even if Olivia, who was pushed by the waves thinking positively, struggled on the surface for a while, it is hard to expect that she, who was already weak, would have been able to hold out for long.

‘I can’t see it within my field of vision…’

I looked around, but couldn’t see a human shadow.

Time passes by, but Olivia, who needs to be rescued, has not yet been found.

Even as someone with monstrous abilities, I was a little nervous.

‘If you come in with a wink and say it’s no big deal, and then just go back because you can’t find it…’

If you shout loudly for no reason, you will become a pathetic person.

And while it is true that pride is at stake, what is more important is that people’s lives are at stake.

‘Let’s stay calm.’

I calmed my impatience and thought of a way.

However, it was not easy to concentrate because the water kept shaking my body back and forth.

‘Disturbing… wait.’

A moment of frowning.

An idea passed through my mind.

Olivia was swept away by the waves off the rock where I am now.

So, if I surrender to the waves, wouldn’t I be able to move along a path similar to the way Olivia drifted?

Although there was a difference in weight and body shape, I was confident that I would quickly find it as long as the direction was the same even if the path was slightly different.

‘If I can’t see it after doing this, I have no choice but to randomly look around.’

With that thought in mind, I relaxed as much as possible near the surface of the water and surrendered myself to the waves.

Bubble bubble ㅡ

The body sways back and forth and flows roughly as if it were on an amusement ride.

Of course, my mind was alert and I was keenly observing my surroundings.

How could I have drifted away like that?

Beyond my blurry vision, I could see an elongated shape between the corals.

‘Is that…?’

Olivia got her foot stuck in the coral and was swaying with the current.

‘found!’

I balanced my flowing body, kicked the water, and flew towards her.

Sigh!

Perhaps because he couldn’t move his body, he didn’t show any particular reaction when he approached her.

However, it seemed as if he had not completely lost consciousness yet, and I could see his eyes slowly turning towards me.

‘Now all I have to do is get to the surface…!’

As I was trying to float upwards while holding her, I realized that my feet were stuck more firmly on the coral than I thought.

I tried to pull her foot out as best as I could without hurting her, but I could see her eyes looking at me becoming less and less focused.

In the end, I decided that I had no choice but to damage nature.

‘sorry!’

While apologizing in my mind without knowing who it was being addressed to, I hit the coral with my fist.

Kwajikㅡ

With a dull sensation, the coral broke and Olivia’s ankles were released.

As she was trying to float away again, I grabbed her arm and wrapped it around my neck. And I quickly surfaced, feeling the weight on my back.

“Fuhu…!”

***

Fighting. Tuk…

“The rain has stopped……”

“Looks like the squall is over…”

The rain, which had been pouring down like a bucket from the sky, began to weaken.

The gray clouds that filled the sky dispersed, and thin rays of light began to come down from the sky, which had regained its blue appearance in some places.

As if it had been a bad day, the sea began to regain its beautiful scenery again.

But people couldn’t open their mouths for the last time in that conversation.

In just a few minutes, when the squall briefly swept away, the two people they had laughed and chatted with disappeared.

“Ugh… Black…!”

Knock. Again.

Amidst the sobs that were not known from whose mouths, the only sound was the sound of water drops falling from the wet raincoats hitting their shoulders.

“Uh…?”

How long did the heavy silence last? Suddenly, Kim Seo-jun turned his head to look at the sea, and a questioning exclamation came out of his mouth.

“Um, over there…”

“……Why?”

“Sa, people…! It’s a person! A person came out of the water…!”

“……!”

“What?!”

At Kim Seo-jun’s unbelievable words, everyone’s necks spun around with a jerk, as if someone had grabbed them and snapped them.

In the direction Kim Seo-jun pointed with a trembling hand, the figure of a person who had just gotten out of the water was walking to the beach.

Hwaakㅡ

A ray of sunlight stretched out from the sky where the clouds were slowly clearing and landed precisely on that place.

“Ah…!”

An exclamation of unknown origin passed softly through the group.

“Phew… Phew…”

A man walks to the beach carrying Olivia, whom he had managed to save, under the spotlight-like sunlight. It was Minho.

Minho arrived at the beach, dripping with sea water that sparkled in the light, and laid Olivia down on the sand.

” Hey, let’s go first!”

“Yes…!”

“Olivia!!!”

“Minho!!!!”

The people who had been staring at the scene in a dazed state, as if they were possessed by something, finally came to their senses and ran to the beach where Minho was.

When they arrived, Minho was already performing artificial respiration on Olivia.

Huh~ Huh~ Huh~

Air was blown through the mouths facing each other and the chest was compressed.

The people who rushed to the rescue realized that the rescue was not yet complete, so they lost their excitement and waited quietly.

How many times did the process repeat?

When everyone’s hands became sweaty due to the tension, a miracle finally occurred.

“Cough! Cough…! Hmm…”

Olivia coughed and coughed up seawater.

Minho laid her body on her side so that she could spit out the water more comfortably.

Then he pointed to one of the people standing around and said.

“Bag!”

“Yes?”

“Bring my bag!”

The staff member who heard Minho’s instructions hurriedly ran over and brought the backpack.

Whether or not the staff was embarrassed by the weight of the light backpack as if they had not heard anything, Minho took out a large blanket from it, wrapped it around Olivia’s body, and pulled her up.

Olivia’s slightly trembling body gradually calmed down thanks to Minho’s ability to instantly warm her body.

Minho, who had overcome the risk of hypothermia, then turned his attention to the people surrounding him.

Then he spoke to the middle-aged couple who were leaning on each other.

“She is safe now. We have passed the dangerous juncture.”

“Huhhh…! Thank you, thank you…”

“Oh… God… Thank you…!”

Minho continued to look for Shin and led them to his daughter, holding her hand.

A middle-aged couple hugged their daughter, who had not yet fully come to her senses, and cried, shedding tears of joy.

Minho chuckled at the sight, approached the filming team, and asked in the same manner as before jumping into the sea.

“Uh… what about my shoes?”

“……?”

For a moment, people looked confused as they did not understand what he was saying.

“Shoes…?”

“Yes, the aqua shoes I took off.”

“Uh… that’s…”

Choi Jun-hyuk, who had been speechless due to embarrassment at Minho’s calm face, came to his senses and shouted.

“No, that’s not what’s important right now…!”

“Ah… Was it swept away by the waves? It was something I liked.”

“I’m not listening at all…!”

With Minho and Choi Junhyuk’s comic conversation, where they clicked their tongues as if it was a waste, the emotions that had been heightened by witnessing the amazing scene instantly returned to their usual state.

The cast members immediately started surrounding Minho and nagging him.

“What if I risk jumping right in there!”

“Thanks to Minho’s younger brother, I’m already older, but I feel like I’m 10 years older.”

Moon Ji-yu slapped his back with a slapping sound, and Choi Jun-hyuk’s face seemed to have dropped as he relaxed.

“At least bring a life jacket or tube…”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

Kim Seo-jun said that with a relieved face. Bang Bang-an looked around Minho’s body to see if there were any injuries.

The sounds of the cast members chatting loudly echoed across the beach.

“Youngho…”

“Yes?”

“Did you take a picture…?”

Producer Park Tae-jun, who was watching the scene, asked the staff member standing next to him holding the camera.

The staff member recalled what had just happened in response to that question.

My finger hovered over the end recording button as Minho jumped in, people were sobbing, and he didn’t come back until the rain stopped again.

It was at that moment that Minho returned.

If Kim Seo-jun had been even a second late in discovering Min-ho, filming would have ended there.

He answered, feeling proud of himself for holding the camera until his shoulders fell off.

“……Sure.”

“Well done…!”