Former Agent’s Attitude to Dealing with the End - Chapter 134



Only Noblemtl

Episode 134

The two mutants we have observed so far have evolved within relatively predictable categories.

The speed is so rapid that it wouldn’t have been difficult to predict if we had focused on improvement.

But the ‘thing’ I encountered for the first time today was an indescribable, unknown entity.

Especially the fact that he threw down a bloody boot as if he knew we were looking for a comrade.

The point where he tried to lure someone into an invisible hallway by imitating Manager Choi’s voice.

Those actions were so horrifying because they were so clumsy, it seemed like I was seeing both unrefined innocence and sticky malice at the same time.

If researchers had witnessed this sight, what entity would they have defined as ‘it’?

No, how could they possibly believe in the existence of an entity whose appearance they had not even confirmed?

Maybe this entire dark, tall building was a mutant that threatened us.

Thud, thud.

The sky, which had clearly been sunny until the morning, suddenly became overcast with dark clouds gathering.

At the same time, heavy rain poured down, and winds accompanied by thunderclouds began to blow.

Krrrrrr-!!

The sound of heavy rain hitting the windowpane and the intermittent thunder and lightning.

The interior of the building, which was already dark, was now dyed a dark shade of gray with not a single ray of light entering.

The only light in the water was the faint light from the flashlights we were holding.

“This way.”

Unless you can pinpoint its exact location, moving around the building is dangerous.

Now that we have some firepower, the best thing to do is to settle down in one place and hold out.

After much thought, I decided to go to the 54th floor, which was closest to the rooftop landing.

“Please give me some more rope.”

“Here it is.”

First, all emergency exit handles leading to the 54th floor were tied with ropes.

And they built barricades in every hallway to block the passages to prevent easy entry.

Of course, on the contrary, I did not forget to create an escape route so that I could escape at any time.

Our goal is to return safely, not to fight ‘it’.

You should be able to get out at any time if you decide you can’t hold out any longer.

I repeatedly urged them to place an appropriate number of people in each area, but never to overdo it.

After finishing all the preparations and checking the time, about an hour had passed.

Thud, thud.

Gurrrrrr-!!

The rain became heavier and heavier, and strong winds accompanied by thunder and lightning continued to blow.

The weather was so bad that it seemed like it would be impossible for a helicopter to take off.

But now, I wasn’t in a position to have the luxury of considering each and every one of those things.

An extreme fear of ‘it’ possibly appearing at any moment or place surrounded the surroundings.

We each took our assigned seats and kept our eyes wide open, keeping a close eye on our surroundings.

“Are you feeling better now?”

“yes yes…….”

At the time, he carried Kang Soo-ji, who had fainted due to extreme trauma, almost halfway.

She finally regained consciousness after being unconscious for over an hour.

“Where is this place?”

“It’s the 54th floor.”

“What about the helicopter? When will the helicopter come?”

“Arriving in 2 hours.”

When she heard that the helicopter would arrive in two hours, Kang Soo-ji crouched down and started shivering.

I cautiously approached him and asked him, as he seemed to know the existence of ‘it’ just by looking at him.

“Have you ever met him?”

“I, I… … .”

While all the VIPs were dead, Kang Soo-ji was the only one left and was hiding in the bathroom.

This meant that she managed to escape unscathed even after facing ‘it’.

What that means is that the only person who knows of its existence here is Kang Soo-ji.

She was so frightened that she trembled with both hands for a while, then opened her mouth cautiously.

“Where should I start talking… … .”

“I don’t need any details. Just tell me when the bastard showed up and how he killed the man. Those two things are enough.”

While searching the building, I was able to get a rough idea of ​​how the situation was unfolding.

The most important thing now was how ‘it’ appeared and how it killed people.

At this, Kang Soo-ji tightly closed her eyes and cried out in pain, then opened her mouth with difficulty.

“Well, at first I didn’t know who did it. They just disappeared slowly, one by one.”

“I guess they are separate people.”

“Yes, that’s right. He disappeared after going to the bathroom, then after going to get something, he disappeared, and no matter how much I looked for him, I couldn’t find him.”

The sadistic guy was toying with the gathered VIPs.

This suggests that they were probably thought of as playthings rather than for the purpose of predation or infection.

It’s like a cat doesn’t kill a mouse all at once, but plays with it for a long time.

“I started to think that this wasn’t right, so from then on, we all started hanging out together whenever possible. After that, nothing happened for about two days, but exactly three days later, that, that thing appeared.”

“What does it look like?”

“I thought you were a person. Yes, I thought you were a real person, so I tried to talk to you at first… … .”

Kang Su-ji, who had been rambling on and on, grabbed her head tightly as memories of that day came to mind.

I tried to calm her down as she showed signs of trauma again and listened to the rest of her answers.

Woof woof! Woof!

“… … !”

But at that moment, Coco, who was lying down right next to me, suddenly got up and started barking like crazy.

At the sudden warning signal, I raised the gun I was lowering and aimed it at the entrance.

And then he quickly radioed his team members who were blocking the entrance from their respective positions.

“Each team, answer!”

[No more than 1!]

[Exit 2 is also quiet.]

We checked for any abnormalities at point locations that were divided into exactly two at 1-second intervals.

Then, only reports were delivered that there were no significant changes or abnormalities in both places.

Growl… … !!

But strangely enough, both Coco and Volvo were still growling with their tails up.

It seemed as if he was about to run out at any moment, as if there was something we couldn’t see.

I wonder if there’s one nearby.

I licked my dry lips and slowly moved the gun from left to right.

dark.

dark.

And there’s only darkness.

The world had long been engulfed in pitch-black darkness, as if it were a repeating tunnel.

But strangely, as time went by, I felt like I was being watched from somewhere.

Unable to bear the frustration, I unconsciously turned my head and looked at the window on the right.

Tok, tok, tok.

The rain was falling so hard that the windows that should have shown the building were opaque.

Now it was just a repeating sequence of pouring rain and billowing dark clouds.

Flash!

But at that moment, lightning flashed and a blurry shape appeared beyond the opacity.

Wait a minute, it’s a person.

Why is there a person hanging upside down there?

Cognitive dissonance occurred in the situation where two was omitted and one quickly moved to three.

But for a moment, the thought crossed my mind that it might not be a person.

Because the image was clearly imprinted in both eyes as if a photograph had been taken.

A bloodless face.

Long flowing hair.

Eyes that move nonstop from side to side.

The corners of the lips tremble.

Tok, tok, tok.

Knock knock knock.

‘It’ was tapping the window with its index finger repeatedly as if it was enjoying this moment so much that it was going crazy.

As if watching us, unaware, to the sound of raindrops hitting the glass.

Krrrr… … !

But then the light faded and the area beyond the dim window was enveloped in darkness again.

It was such a fleeting moment that I couldn’t even tell if it was real or a hallucination.

‘That’s him.’

But that strange feeling you had when you first encountered ‘it’ doesn’t lie.

I had to force my hands, which were clammy with cold sweat, to take out the radio.

“Everyone move away from the windows.”

[Huh? What is that… … .]

“He’s nearby. Back off as quietly as possible, then gather here.”

If an open window, rather than an entrance, is breached, the front is the most dangerous.

I gathered my scattered team members here so that he wouldn’t notice.

Chewy!

After quietly disconnecting the radio, I took out all the flares I had brought and threw them toward the window.

As the flare was lit, one side of the office, which had been dark, became brightly lit.

A light as red as blood.

The whole world was dyed red.

I kept my gun pointed at the glass window and read the changes in the air currents as they passed by.

Even in the midst of all this, sensitive sensory cells continued to sound alarm bells, alerting us to the approaching threat.

Where are you?

Where are you hiding?

Like a thread about to snap, like a balloon about to burst, the situation was filled with anxiety.

Tingle!

“… … !”

At that moment, goosebumps started to run up from the back of my neck to the tips of my toes.

I immediately raised the flashlight attached to the muzzle at a 45 degree angle and illuminated the corner of the ceiling.

Crackle, crackle.

There was ‘it’ hanging from the ceiling with its arms and legs turned in opposite directions.

Ki-ki-ki-ki.

The bastard turned his head in the opposite direction and looked at the flashlight beam shining on him.

Got caught?

‘It’ raised the corners of its mouth to below its ears, chattered its teeth and turned its pupils left and right.

Doo doo doo doo doo-!!

Luckily, I reacted in time, pulled the trigger, and started firing madly toward the ceiling.

Then, the bullet magazine containing 30 bullets was emptied in an instant, and the ceiling literally became a honeycomb.

But strangely, the thing was nowhere to be seen in any of the long, left-right impact points.

[older brother!]

“The ceiling! It’s on the ceiling.”

The group and the agents were startled when they heard that the guy was hanging from the ceiling and raised their guns.

The surroundings quickly became chaotic with red flares and wandering flashlights.

Sensing that this was not right, I called my team members together and tried to unite them.

Huh, huh?

But at that moment, one of the PMC agents who had joined late suddenly rose into the air.

Boom!

At the same time, my neck was turned in the opposite direction, and I was dragged to the ceiling without even being able to do anything.

“Fuck, shoot!”

We reflexively turned our guns and pulled the trigger toward the ceiling where our teammate was dragged.

Doo doo doo doo doo-!!

As dozens of guns fired simultaneously, the ceiling and the surrounding area were instantly reduced to rubble.

But the quick response was useless, and the guy was nowhere to be found, let alone the agent who was captured.

“Quickly! Quickly this way!”

Unlike the mutants we’ve dealt with so far, this one was something that couldn’t be seen with human eyes.

If we continued like this, we would all be wiped out in an instant, so we had to come together as one as soon as possible.

As I kicked the flare to make room, people came running in panic.

“Ahhhhh! Save me, save me!”

But at that moment, one of the PMC agents whose face had turned pale took an unexpected action.

He tried to escape from the 54th floor, driven mad by unbearable fear.

widely!

But at that moment, an arm came down from the ceiling and snatched Daewon away, dragging him into the air.

Boom!

At the same time, the neck was torn from the body, and flesh fell off along with the broken vertebrae.

The horrible sight seemed to tell me that there was nowhere left to run.

Having lost two comrades in an instant, we belatedly gathered at the rear and formed a circle.

“Don’t let your guard down!”

“It’s nearby!”

This area, where the flares were shining, was the only place where the enemy’s approach could be detected.

We confronted ‘it’ head-on, with our guns pointed in all directions, without even being seen.

Chijijik… … !

“Ugh.”

But as time went by, the flares that had been thrown out began to lose their light.

If the flare goes out completely, the blind spot where the flashlight light is not present will not be covered.

The dwindling red beam seemed to be a sign of the time that was running out.

[Don’t let up! It’s nearby! Don’t let up! Aaaah! Sal, save me! Don’t let up! It’s nearby! Don’t let up! It’s nearby! Aaaah! Sal, save me! It’s nearby! It’s nearby! It’s nearby!]

As if he knew this, he started to close the gap between us and imitated the voice I had heard.

As soon as the flare light goes out, they will hunt us down, one by one.

There is not much time.

I shook my head desperately, not even having time to wipe away the cold sweat dripping down the bridge of my nose.

Chit, chit!

[Ah, ah. Can you hear me?]

But at that moment, a familiar voice was heard from the walkie-talkie attached to his waist.

[10 minutes left until destination. Please confirm transmission if you can hear me. Can you hear me?]

A helicopter that had just finished refueling on a cruise ship was approaching us.

I carefully took out the radio and swallowed my dry saliva as I answered.

“Confirmed.”

Stop!

At that moment, the ‘thing’ that was playing along and repeating our language stopped speaking as if it was a lie.