Chapter 154 – Isolation (6) / Part 2 Completed
Isolation (6)
“… Well, no matter what you say, it’s of no use to me.”
The words that came out after a long silence were a faint whisper.
A whisper so faint that you wouldn’t have heard it if you weren’t paying attention.
It was a whisper that was very unbecoming of a person with superpowers who mercilessly cut down zombies with a long sword.
“I think it’s useful.”
It’s shaking.
She was shaking so clearly that anyone who saw her could tell.
“… It won’t be of any use.”
I am afraid.
… What?
This was the question that instinctively came to her mind now that she was making eye contact with her.
Of course I know, but like instinct – naturally –
And the question I happily reflect on again.
“…”
A grin that I couldn’t control came out through the calming expression.
It would be more accurate to say that this position was so easy and enjoyable that there was no need to manage even the most basic facial expressions.
That’s why I kept smiling while looking at the exotic and mysterious wall.
I continued for a while, as if I was looking at a Barbie doll held in my hands.
“… If you don’t have anything more to say, I’ll just leave now-“
This time, it was a whisper so weak that I couldn’t even hear the last word.
Linnea somehow finishes what she wants to say and passes me by.
The moment when the walls facing each other disappear and each other’s shoulders cross-
“Are you running away?”
“…”
“This time?”
She asked a question that could never be ignored.
The fundamental reason why she is shaken and afraid.
“No. Rather than asking that, is it more accurate to ask this way?”
I turned her head and stared at her side as she stopped running.
Even with her towering nose and her profile, her facial features are already harmonious.
Among them, the pupils are shaking loudly as if there is an earthquake.
“How long on earth do you think you can run away like that?”
How long on earth can I maintain such blurry eyes?
How long on earth can we deceive ourselves like a two-eyed stranger who came alone to a one-eyed village?
It was already the limit.
She was trying hard enough just to maintain these blurry eyes.
No matter how much you think about it, contradictory scenes that make no sense.
She was doing her best to ignore everything that was barbaric, creepy, and even grotesque.
In order to protect her last home, which was cornered, she gritted her teeth and looked away.
Maybe that’s why it’s even more scary.
Because the end of this madness will be vague.
She wasn’t in a situation where she was ending just because she wanted to.
“When on earth will this creepy situation surrounding you end?”
Now only I could decide the end.
“When on earth will everything return to normal?”
And I-
“When on earth will Seolhee and Hayanyi return to normal?”
There was no thought of ending it at all.
I continued to tell her without stopping
“When on earth will that happen?”
In a whisper lower than the whisper she whispered to me.
“When will Linnea stop being lonely again?”
But as a whisper that will surely reach her ears and rule her head.
“After killing Yeon Si-woo, the reason I came here?”
“…”
“Or after all the zombies disappear from this world?”
“…”
Tuk-
There was a faint sound as if a stone had been thrown into a small pond.
I bowed my head slightly towards the blue lake that was shaking more violently as if ripples were spreading.
I move a little closer and whisper in her ear.
“If Yeon Si-woo dies like that, and all the zombies in this world die-“
“…”
“Will the world really go back to the way it was?”
“…”
Fighting-
This time, the noise wasn’t made by me.
It was a noise coming from Linnea.
I was staggering.
Her body, which had been strong despite the waves created by hundreds of zombies, swayed as if she was anemic.
She lost her footing and finally turned her head.
“… “I know.”
It was a slightly different answer than what I had in mind.
“… After this incident— then…”
“…”
“… Then – again…”
It was a vague, interrupted whisper, but it was clear what she wanted to say.
Plop-plop-
Yeon Si-woo.
After condemning the conglomerate master who has no idea about the world.
It probably means that this long game will come to an end.
Either give in-
In the end, I even ran away to my last home-
The end of the stranger was finally approaching.
Plop-plop-
A clear step is followed by the talented person’s superior physical stats.
Her back, barely touched by the pale sunlight, was slowly moving away.
Trying to stay upright somehow to hide my stumbling.
Like Linnea.
Tuk- Tuk-
Now it is a dark space where even Linnea has disappeared.
As a habit, I tapped her thigh and remembered someone’s face.
“… Yeon Si-woo.”
There are few people who make such a clear impression from the first time you meet them.
Beings who are confident that each will become an obstacle to the other.
A being that is impossible to coexist with, or even has no intention of coexisting in the first place.
Like the law of doppelgangers that exists as a joke-
The moment when we recognized each other.
Two people with only one left.
So I was actually glad.
If Yeon Si-woo hadn’t shown such unconditional hatred towards me—
Maybe it was I who brought my teeth in first.
… No.
I’m sure I would have started the fight first.
Tuk- Tuk-
Is the most effective lie a lie mixed with truth?
Therefore, among the many lies Yeon Si-woo and I told each other, there was definitely some truth mixed in.
Several encounters took place thanks to the ridiculous safety measure of the temporary protection period.
Promises and agreements made while wearing masks with various facial expressions and hiding a knife sharper than any other sword behind one’s back.
The inevitable truth contained within.
Not only me, but Yeon Si-woo is also uncomfortable with my presence.
Loyal to oneself like a dog – but more than a venture businessman whose yellow insides are so transparent –
Haha, hoho – even more so than the miser who pretends to be generous but hides her dark insides.
They were keeping a close watch on me.
It was clearly visible that the hostility and wariness that could never be hidden for reasons such as being young and having a rough mouth was shining red.
So it has to be funny.
That kind of me.
Yeon Si-woo himself.
Let’s stop fighting among ourselves and come to a more constructive agreement?
Two lions join together to kill a hyena that is targeting them.
Then, let’s compete between lions for male and female sex?
Tuk- Tuk-
“…”
This is bullshit that would have made people laugh for a long time even if a dog, not a lion, had heard it.
This world is not a game.
This is not the Devil’s Castle where you climb the stairs step by step and reach the final stage.
The most important goal is the most threatening goal.
The target that Yeon Si-woo and I will sink our teeth into is-
Not a hyena like a miser or a venture businessman-
It was natural that they were the same lion, each other.
That’s why it was awarded.
So something was unclear.
Why-
Why is it that Yeon Si-woo’s temporary protection period is now short?
Did he personally come and observe the situation?
Why did that arrogant chaebol boy propose and proceed with a deal with a smile on his face?
Why.
Tuk- Tuk-
The answer was deceptively simple.
Because that action is helpful.
Yeon Si-woo did that because it would definitely help him kill me, a fellow lion.
Then why again?
Why – did that act help kill me?
“…”
In a way, this was also simple.
The temporary protection period is now really coming to an end.
Yeon Si-woo comes to personally observe the dynamics of me and my organization.
A secret alliance and miser who suddenly lost contact.
“… Trap.”
It’s a trap.
No matter what the process is, I am digging a trap that will definitely end in my death.
Venture businessman, miser, brat.
In the Lion Faceoff, there was a high probability that everyone except me was working together to make the first eliminated person of the game.
Tuk- Tuk-
So what should I do?
Yeon Si-woo would have bumped into Linnea even without the reward.
What should I do to return a huge amount of candy to the conglomerate master who is doing his best to lure me into a trap with his uncharacteristically fox-like tricks?
“… It’s simple.”
First, the board that had already been turned over had to be turned over again.
As if the board I made was overturned by Yeon Si-woo.
I had to turn over the board that Yeon Si-woo had made again.
At this moment, I am confident.
The winner of this fight is the one who turns the game over last.
To do that, what we need most now is…
“… “I can’t help it.”
I guess I’m going to retrieve an old ally I’ve forgotten how to contact.
Now that the zombie cleanup around the temporary basis has been completed, all the original plans have been accomplished.
And now was the right time, as the combat team that would guard the temporary home base returned.
Going to check on the intentions of a miser who keeps giving off a bad smell.
It may have been difficult and impossible for the search team and Linnea, but it was possible for me.
Nodding-
It wasn’t that difficult for me.
“I’ll be sure to go there myself.”
***
It was just like that day.
A blue sky without a single cloud due to the rebound from the long rainy season.
The moment you look up-
Too bright sunlight that makes you squint your eyes.
Everything was the same except that it rained.
“President. Everything is ready.”
Even the eunuch who tells me that I am ready-
[00:01:00:00]
There is also a translucent clock that occupies one corner of the field of vision.
Everyone was the same as that day.
Cluck- Cluck-
‘… I actually feel sorry for you.’
Even that someone will die soon.
[00:00:59:58]
Now even the hour hand, which was constantly turning, has stopped moving.
Just one hour.
In just one hour, the extremely long and difficult temporary protection period will come to an end.
So we should move now.
“… Let’s go.”
“Yes, President—!”
With just one word, a response as loud as thunder comes back.
Baeksan Town.
A foolish action that was completely unbecoming of a raid on the headquarters of a conglomerate master.
But, it didn’t matter.
Because I was the one who made the last decision.
“… “Uh, President?”
The first search team organized behind me in an orderly manner.
The man who was lying next to them like a sack of barley carefully raised his hand and took a step forward.
“So – when will we start working?”
Delivery man.
When the miser’s most trusted right hand asked a question, I answered with a faint smile.
I slowly turned my head and looked at the forest of buildings in the distance.
Long, long, long-
A castle of skyscrapers touching the sunlight as if reaching the sky.
They mistakenly believe that they have dug a trap and are waiting for it –
It’s the stupid master’s home base.
“… “In just one hour.”
At that time.
A lot of things will change.
-Complete Part 2-
