episode_0383

As we crossed the gate, a new world unfolded before us.

A place where people who are incompetent or less capable are driven out.

People can be seen between the haphazardly constructed buildings.

Wild flames were rising from the drums that were blooming everywhere.

The first thing I noticed was the stench.

A place where there is no food or water.

There was no life in people’s eyes.

I started to circle away without getting too close to the cluster of tents.

Every time I walk, a cloud of dust rises.

“, where is Amy…”

“Okay…”

I looked around at Rain’s words.

It was wide open, so there was no obstruction to the view.

But Amy was nowhere to be found.

Since he had white hair like mine, he would have been noticeable even from a distance, but maybe our paths had crossed.

“Isn’t it that the lengths are different?”

I nodded to Rain’s words.

I was just thinking about that, so I thought I should go back.

Just in case.

I walked towards the nearest tent.

The closer I got, the worse the stench became.

Lane turned his head away, clutching his nose.

That means that an unbearable smell has come up.

I, too, would not have even approached it if it weren’t for the memories that Big Jeff left behind.

A smell that is remembered.

The putrid stench of dying people.

As I approached the tent, the people who had been watching me hurriedly hid themselves.

I was dumbfounded at the sight of her desperately trying to hide the things she treasured most.

“Excuse me.”

I called out to the woman closest to them.

She raised her head, hastily covering her half-fallen hair.

The face was haggard and the sunken eyes looked like those of a skull.

Still, he was a person with whom one could have a conversation.

She blinked, waiting for me to speak.

“Have you ever seen a woman with white hair around here?”

She shook her head.

If that’s the case, then Amy didn’t come here.

I nodded, took a small chocolate bar out of my pocket, and handed it to her.

Now that money has lost its meaning, we at least provide them with food.

She accepted the chocolate with both hands, her eyes trembling.

Then, he hurriedly threw the chocolate into his mouth.

They didn’t even unpack it properly.

I turned my head at the gazes I felt from around me.

I frown at the sight of them hastily looking away as soon as they make eye contact with me.

A gaze filled with pure desire always felt unpleasant.

“Let’s go.”

I held Rain’s hand and left the tent.

“Whoa…”

As the distance grew further, Rain finally took a deep breath.

At that sight, I patted Rain’s head.

“I guess Amy isn’t here today?”

“I think so.”

“Then where did it go?”

Lane tilted his head and leapt forward.

In time with the light footsteps, small water droplets rose up.

Always, everywhere, Rain was with water.

As we crossed the gate again, we felt some liveliness, as if there were people living there.

It’s not like there weren’t any corpses though.

Walk straight along the road.

After passing the place where broken glass was strewn carelessly on the street, I arrived in front of the building where I had been living for the past week.

“Victor~”

Lane stood in front of the building and shouted loudly.

It was loud enough for Victor, who was inside, to hear.

In response, Victor poked his head out from inside the building.

He pushed his gray hair back and looked down at me and Rain with tired eyes.

“What about Amy?”

He must have felt suspicious of the sight of just me and Rain, so he looked for Amy first.

I shook my head.

“Mom wasn’t here. She didn’t come here?”

“He didn’t come.”

I tilted my head at Victor’s answer.

Are you saying that the paths aren’t crossed?

So where did Amy go?

There wasn’t really anywhere else she could go.

If you had gone somewhere different from usual, you would have definitely given me a hint.

However, she left as usual, saying only that she was going to investigate outside.

“Seo, what if something happened to Amy?”

Rain clung to my leg, crying.

I let out an awkward laugh at Rain’s ominous words.

It wasn’t that I wasn’t worried, but there was no one here right now who could put Amy in danger.

Except for Shine.

“Jeff~”

While I was imagining such ominous thoughts, I heard a familiar voice.

I turned around and smiled brightly at the voice.

It was Amy’s voice that I had been waiting for.

Amy, walking with her white hair fluttering, had a small bag tied to her back.

It seemed like they had gone out separately to get food.

Rain and I ran over and clung to Amy.

“Mom!”

“Yeah. Mom is here.”

“Did you go get food?”

“Yeah. Jeff doesn’t seem to have an appetite these days. So I went out to find something delicious.”

At Amy’s words, I hugged her tighter.

I thought Shine stole Amy.

It was so unsettling, I couldn’t stand it.

I let out a sigh of relief and check Amy’s scent.

Sniff sniff – Amy cringed as she buried her face in the nape of his neck and sniffed as deeply as she could.

“J, Jeff…?”

“I like the smell of mom.”

Amy’s scent reassures me.

My anxious mind quickly calmed down.

“Me, I like Amy’s smell too!”

Rain, as if he couldn’t help it, put his nose against Amy’s belly button and sniffed.

Humid- humid-.

Amy awkwardly smiled at the sight of Lane and hugged her.

“Uh, over there. Should we go in and finish it?”

Amy blushed and said, perhaps minding the gazes of those around her.

I nodded and took Amy’s hand.

Open the entrance to the building and head upstairs to where Victor is.

The wooden stairs make a creaking sound.

“Victor! Amy’s back!”

When I opened the door and shouted excitedly, Victor just nodded his head with a tired look.

His uninteresting reaction makes me feel discouraged.

I walked over and sat down on the sofa.

What Amy brought were sweet snacks like candies and chocolate.

It must not have been easy to obtain, so how did you manage to get these?

I smiled happily and put a large candy in my mouth.

Amy stroked my bulging cheeks as if she found them cute.

The sun set that day too.

I sat by the window and looked at the black sky.

The electricity coming from the upper area was cut off, so the street was plunged into complete darkness.

This building was using my powers to power it, but the others weren’t.

I just look at the sky with the softly lit mood lighting next to me.

People began to wander the streets, relying on the faint moonlight.

Night was the end of work for some, but for others it was the beginning of work.

“Jeff, are you sleeping?”

I rubbed my eyes and smiled slightly at the sight of Rain coming towards me.

I can’t sleep.

Is it because I’m anxious?

As the days passed, the anxiety grew that Shine would pop out of nowhere and steal Rain and Amy away.

“I’ll cut it a little later.”

Rain frowned, as if dissatisfied with my answer.

Then he brought a small chair and sat down next to me.

He sees Rain sitting there blankly, wearing only her light pajamas, and he reaches out and gently pokes her cheek with his finger.

The refreshing feeling creates a strange addiction.

“Don’t do it~”

Rain avoided her fingers as if she was annoyed.

I turned my head again and looked out the window.

Now that the upper area that had brightly illuminated the other side of the gate had disappeared, the night view from here was complete darkness.

A huge hole that looks like it will suck everything inside.

thud-

It was while I was blankly staring at the moon.

A faint vibration sound in my ear.

At first, I thought Victor had fallen off the couch while sleeping.

thud-

But that wasn’t the case.

It was the sound of something a little heavier, something with a huge mass, hitting something.

thud-!

The sound begins to get closer.

I quickly got up from my seat.

Rain, who had been dozing off, was startled by my sudden movement and stood up following me.

Kwajik!

The sound of something being torn.

The sound was loud enough for everyone there to hear.

“What, what is it?”

Amy, who had been lying in bed, also woke up in surprise.

I looked carefully out the window.

In the place where there was nothing, the upper area was completely torn away by Mr. Shumain’s ability, and strange phenomena began to appear above it.

The space shakes.

It was as if something was trying to get through a narrow space, something was trying to come out of it.

thud!

Is that why?

A continuous thumping sound was heard.

Now, there was no one who had not heard this sound.

People roaming the streets at night also stopped and looked up at the sky.

Kwajijijik!

The space is torn apart.

As if someone had torn it apart with great force, a brightly shining city appeared within the torn space.

The upper zone that had disappeared has returned.

The huge city just falls down.

I opened my mouth in amazement at how it fit so perfectly into its original place.

Kurururururung-!

The ground shakes.

To my ears, it sounded like the screams of the people buried beneath the city.

The city was shining brightly as if nothing had happened.

“Do, I’m back! ”

Rain hung on the window, flapping his feet.

As she said, the city is back.

The crowd’s murmur grew louder at the sight of the upper area emitting a huge light.

As if even the sleeping people were waking up, the streets began to fill with large crowds.

Amy got out of bed, came closer, and started looking out the window.

In her trembling gaze, there was a subtle anger.

“Jeff! It’s Top!”

Rain shouted loudly and stretched out his hand as if he had found something.

tower.

At her words, I shift my gaze.

A newly emerged city, with a large tower rising in the middle.

A large, black tower glittered and showed off its presence, as if it had always been there.

And at that moment, lights started coming on in the lower areas.

Now that the upper zone is back, the electricity is back on.

I closed my eyes tightly at the sudden light.