## Chapter 71 – Ingress
I approached the kids.
Despite getting fairly close, whether it was due to the storm or their poor physical condition, the kids didn’t notice our approach at all.
“Ahem.”
Only when Jung Seo-hee cleared her throat did they finally raise their heads one by one and pay attention to us.
“Jung Seo-hee…?”
“Is that Jung Seo-hee?”
The kids’ eyes widened.
They reacted as if they were seeing a ghost. Their expressions suggested they never dreamed she would still be alive.
Soon, their surprised gazes shifted from Jung Seo-hee to me beside her.
Instantly, the kids’ eyes turned fierce.
“What the! I thought he was dead; is he still alive?”
“Damn it, where has that runaway bastard been all this time, slinking around now!”
The kids reacted intensely, as if they were amazed that I was still alive.
Kim Tae-hoon and Han Do-gyun, in particular, jumped up and approached. Their eyes were filled with malice, wanting to beat me to a pulp.
It was astonishing.
They still had the strength to rush at me like that.
‘They’d probably fall over if I just tapped them? What confidence is that?’
I had no strength in my body. My staggering condition was terrible.
So, I was going to join in the fun, but—
“You two. Do you want to get your asses kicked?”
When Jung Seo-hee casually put her arm around my shoulder and glared at them, the two approaching men immediately stopped.
They glanced at Jung Seo-hee, then hesitantly turned tail and returned to their original spots.
When Jung Seo-hee scanned the other kids with her eyes, they soon withdrew their hostility towards me one by one.
Unable to meet her gaze, they lowered their eyes.
‘Coochie Coo! Coochie Coo!’
Only Park Ji-min waved at me with a bright smile.
He was still the only one who couldn’t read the room.
Kim Jae-joon stepped forward.
“Jung Seo-hee. It’s good you’re alive. I don’t know how sorry I was for letting you go like that back then.”
“Really? It just sounds like lip service to me.”
“Haha, of course not.”
When Jung Seo-hee stared intently at him, Kim Jae-joon smiled and changed the subject.
“But what brings you here all of a sudden?”
Jung Seo-hee picked at her ear and said,
“Well, originally, I was just going to ignore you. I wasn’t going to care whether you lived or died.”
“…….”
“Even now, when I think about what happened to Yuri and Ye-jin, I want to chew you all up and spit you out, but there’s someone who wants you to live. So, I’ve decided to help you, with a heavy heart.”
“Help us?”
“Yeah. I happen to have some rubber boats.”
The kids’ faces brightened instantly.
“She has rubber boats.”
“Really?”
“Where?”
Kim Jae-joon raised his hand to quiet the kids, and Jung Seo-hee, who had paused, continued.
“Don’t ask how I got the rubber boats. I don’t have time to explain all that, and I’m also annoyed at having to look at your faces for so long.”
The kids were actually pleased.
They were on the verge of freezing to death, so they weren’t curious about how she got the rubber boats, nor did they want to know.
“Since it seems like you’ve all decided to follow me, I’ll assign teams.”
“Teams?”
“Yeah, the number of boats isn’t plentiful, and they’re small.”
Then, Jung Seo-hee raised her hand and started pairing up the kids, two by two.
“You two over there. And you two. And you two…. Those I just pointed out are a team. Again, two people per boat.”
“Is that really necessary? Can’t we just ride with whoever we get along with?”
Evelyn protested, wanting to team up with Yoo Ha-na, and approached her.
But when Jung Seo-hee put force in her eyes, she immediately backed down with a whimper and returned to her spot.
“What does it matter who you go with? Isn’t the goal just to survive?”
“W-well, yeah, but.”
“If you start insisting on teaming up with people you like, you’re inevitably going to waste time. There’s no time. Do as I say. Or try to survive on your own without my help, however you please.”
After hearing that, the kids had no choice but to follow Jung Seo-hee’s instructions.
When the kids quieted down, Jung Seo-hee turned sharply.
“Woo-jin, lead the way.”
“Everyone, follow me.”
The kids, now in teams of two, followed me and Jung Seo-hee into the forest.
“I-is this really okay?”
“What if we run into a snake or something….”
The kids were still afraid of the forest.
They were just as scared as they were of going out to sea.
The fear of the unknown. The dread of not knowing what might pop out from anywhere at any time was shaking their hearts in the deep darkness.
So, they clung to me and Jung Seo-hee, their guides. They used every ounce of strength they had to stick close.
Splash. Splash.
We made our way through the pitch-black darkness. And soon, the first boat appeared.
“I-it’s real.”
“It’s really a rubber boat?”
The kids, surprised to see the rubber boat, rushed towards it eagerly.
“Hey, can we go first?”
Lee Min-hyuk and Kim Tae-hoon, who arrived at the boat first, asked. Jung Seo-hee nodded and stepped aside.
The two immediately removed the waterproof tarp laid over the rubber boat and climbed on.
“C-cheapskates! You guys have plenty of stamina, so you should let the girls go first!”
“Nah, screw you. Tae-hoon and I believe in gender equality. First come, first served.”
Then, they covered themselves with the black waterproof tarp and disappeared from view.
I snorted at the sight.
‘Honestly, I don’t really want to save the boys, but if I abandon them, Yoo Ha-na and Oh Se-young might stay behind too.’
It’s a shame, but there’s no helping it.
For now, I’ll have to think of it as an investment and save them together.
“Where’s the next boat?”
The kids looked around with fire in their eyes, eager to get on another boat.
“Follow me. The next one’s over there.”
In this dark forest with the storm raging, I was the only one who knew the way. I followed the markers I had subtly left behind and moved to the next location.
“Hey, is it far? Why did you set them up so far apart? You should have put them all in one place.”
“I set them up in various places because you never know how the typhoon might mess things up. Just in case.”
I put the kids into the rubber boats, two people per boat, scattered throughout the forest.
And I didn’t forget to warn them.
“Don’t wander around alone; just stay put in the boat. As you saw on the way here, if you get lost in the forest, Seo-hee and I can’t take responsibility.”
But the kids didn’t listen and were too busy climbing into the rubber boats and covering themselves with the tarps.
Their bodies had reached their limit, so they couldn’t even pay attention to that.
‘Definitely, except for Park Ji-min’s group, everyone else was about to die within two or three hours.’
But now they were safe.
The waterproof tarps and rubber boats would prevent heat loss from their bodies, so they wouldn’t die of hypothermia, at least.
After pushing the last two people into a rubber boat, I was about to tell Seo-hee she had done a good job when…
“U-um, excuse me.”
There was still someone left.
It was the flight attendant Lee Hyun-ji, who I thought was dead.
***
“C-could you help me too?”
Lee Hyun-ji pleaded, shivering.
She was naked, her face was pale, and her lips had a slight bluish tint.
She could die at any moment.
Jung Seo-hee, seeing her, turned away as if she didn’t like it.
“Ah….”
Now I knew.
Why Jung Seo-hee was acting like that.
She was looking down on her. She didn’t like that she was groveling to survive.
But that didn’t mean she was rejecting her.
She just frowned because she was pathetic; in the end, Jung Seo-hee liked people who lived diligently.
The result of living diligently was Lee Hyun-ji’s current state, so she felt uncomfortable and turned away.
“Lee Hyun-ji, do you want to join our group?”
Lee Hyun-ji’s eyes, which had been filled with despair, regained their light.
“Yes, yes! If you do that for me, I’ll definitely repay this kindness!”
“Hmm. Well, I still remember what you made me do back then, Lee Hyun-ji, when you stuck your foot out at me. Every time I see you, what should I say? I feel uncomfortable.”
“I-I’m sorry. From now on, I’ll know my place and behave myself. So please, please help me.”
Lee Hyun-ji knelt on the ground and begged.
The water was deep, reaching up to her chin, and occasionally, when waves rolled in, the water covered her head, and she would swallow water.
Nevertheless, Lee Hyun-ji desperately begged, spitting out the seawater.
She pleaded for me to help her.
“Don’t you need a dog? Woof woof! I’m a bitch who can do anything! You can do it whenever you want. Any kind of play! Should I lick your asshole? You haven’t had that before, have you?”
“No. There are already plenty of people doing that for me. I don’t need you to do that for me, Lee Hyun-ji. Sorry.”
“W-wait a minute! Then I’ll do something even more maniacal for you! P-please, use me as a toilet! Okay? From now on, I, Lee Hyun-ji, am your toilet, Master. Whenever you want to pee, pee in my mouth. I’ll take it all. So please…. sob. Please take me with you….”
I looked down at the crying Lee Hyun-ji without a word.
Her desire to live might be the strongest among us.
But I couldn’t trust a woman like that.
If it was to save herself, she would immediately grovel to the enemy like this.
But….
I said to Jung Seo-hee,
“Seo-hee.”
“Hmm?”
“Take Lee Hyun-ji and let her eat well and rest in our rubber boat. Take care of her.”
“!!”
Lee Hyun-ji’s eyes widened. Jung Seo-hee, who had been turned away, turned back to me as if she hadn’t expected this decision.
“May I ask why?”
“She wants to live. She’s begging so desperately to live; how can I refuse?”
Then I turned to Lee Hyun-ji.
“Lee Hyun-ji.”
“Yes, yes!”
“In return, what will you do for me?”
Lee Hyun-ji shouted,
“I’ll do anything for you! I’ll do anything you tell me to do, Master! Even if it means giving up my life!”
There was sincerity in Lee Hyun-ji’s eyes.
It was a complete contradiction.
Begging to be saved, and then saying she would die for me if I saved her.
But seeing the emotion in her eyes, I could understand her answer.
Back in my freshman year, the me in the mirror had had those eyes.
“…Revenge?”
I faintly heard Jung Seo-hee muttering.
Her specialty was mind-reading, so she must have grasped Lee Hyun-ji’s mindset.
‘Revenge.’
Now a distant emotion.
My heart, which had been tattered and detached for three years, had hardly any desire for revenge left.
It only came to mind occasionally when Songdulee’s case was involved… now just an old emotion.
Perhaps that was why.
‘This is going to be fun?’
Suddenly, I had that thought.
Seeing Lee Hyun-ji burning so brightly, I wanted to watch her dance with a knife from the sidelines.
I wanted to see what would happen when that sharp blade danced.
“Okay. I’ll accept you.”
“R-really?”
“Yes. I’m Jung Woo-jin. I look forward to working with you, Lee Hyun-ji.”
When I politely extended my hand, Lee Hyun-ji shook my hand, trembling.
I pulled her in and hugged her. As I patted her back, I soon heard her sobbing.
‘I should tell her not to touch the girls and only take care of the boys. If I can’t control her, then I can dispose of her.’
I was looking forward to it. What would happen to the boys after the typhoon? How would Lee Hyun-ji hunt them down?
After feeding Lee Hyun-ji well, I would release her on the island after the typhoon.
Then, like an emperor sitting in the stands of the Colosseum, I would watch the entertainment they created from the top of the rocky mountain with my women.
I patted Lee Hyun-ji once more and handed her over to Jung Seo-hee.
“Seo-hee, you know the way back from here, right? Take Hyun-ji and go first.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I spent a lot of money, so I’m going to have some fun using your name.”
Jung Seo-hee laughed.
“A festival, then.”
“You could say that.”
Well, it was finally time to harvest. It had taken a long time to get here.
The kids who had been so successful on Earth were now starving and on the verge of death. They were all facing death.
They needed to eat something, but they had nothing to eat.
All they had to drink was rainwater falling from the sky.
But their last 20 years had been too extravagant to survive on rainwater alone.
‘In that situation, I’m going to show up with food.’
Delicious fruits they hadn’t tasted in a month.
I was going to wave them in front of their eyes. What kind of reaction would they have?
If I asked them to suck my dick and give me their pussy, would they be able to refuse?
‘No way.’
They would never be able to refuse my offer.
Even if I pissed in their mouths and ejaculated in their pussies, they would have no choice but to comply.
Even if I approached them and bit their necks, they wouldn’t have the strength to resist anymore.
‘Of course, there was a minor problem.’
No matter how desperate they were, they were still nobles.
If there were too many eyes watching, they would be too busy managing their appearances and maintaining their pride.
Even if their lives were on the line, even if they were about to die, their tendency was to put on airs and maintain their pride.
In other words, if they were united, there was a high possibility that they wouldn’t comply even if I demanded their bodies.
In some cases, they might even say they would rather commit suicide than have sex with me.
If one person did that, it could spread like an epidemic, and everyone would move that way.
‘That’s why I went through all this trouble.’
Buying multiple rubber boats and wandering all over the forest, dropping the boats far apart….
It was a very troublesome task, but after all the hardship, I was now on the verge of reaping the rewards.
With a pounding heart, I looked out at the dark forest submerged in the storm.
The raindrops were falling sharply, the wind was blowing fiercely, and the rubber boats were covered with black waterproof vinyl.
Each boat was isolated.
And inside, hungry women were waiting for me in pairs.
Like a wife waiting for her groom on her wedding night, they were waiting for me in the dark.
‘Tonight is going to be a very enjoyable meal.’
It was like a special buffet that you could only eat at this time.
A special feast made of daughters of wealthy families.
No one had ever enjoyed a buffet made of such luxurious ingredients.
I could wander around the forest and go to any woman I wanted to eat and eat to my heart’s content.
And that was for three days, until the buffet closed.
Was that why?
The sound of the raging storm and rain felt like a symphony echoing through a very upscale restaurant.
Each palm tree was like a carefully carved pillar of the restaurant, and the vast forest felt like a fancy restaurant.
Jung Seo-hee tapped my shoulder.
“Then go and enjoy yourself. Don’t overdo it. I hope you’ll save enough energy for me.”
“I’ll try.”
Well, who should I eat first?
Evelyn? Oh Se-young? Or Kang Hye-rin?
Just thinking about it was already making my dick hard.
