Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 13



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Apocalypse in Water Episode 13

Episode 13

I first adjusted the angle of the hook bend, and then cut off the back part to adjust the length.

After welding the modified hook onto the arrow, a loop for hanging a rope was added.

The welding machine and other hooks were valuable legacies left behind by the 13th floor Yanbian man.

The rope was also thick, as was his legacy, but it would be safe for high-altitude work.

I put my hands together and prayed once again for the soul of the Yanbian man.

After we finished getting ready, we went up to the rooftop.

Since there was no one in Building 108 to hold the rope, the plan was to hang a hook on the rooftop railing.

Even though the rope on the hook must have been quite heavy, Bomi easily placed the arrow on the roof of Building 108.

It didn’t seem like a lie that he had been a member of the youth national team until middle school.

But hanging the hook on the railing wasn’t easy.

I tried three or four more times from different angles and succeeded.

I pulled the rope to make sure it was safe.

I put on my high-altitude work harness and safety gear to Bomi, and I also put on my safety gear.

I was the first one to climb the rope.

I had no difficulty because I had received high-altitude parachute training.

Still, I deliberately demonstrated it slowly so that Bomi could see and follow along.

“See? You just have to cross your feet and pull yourself up like a caterpillar. And don’t ever look down.”

After I crossed over, Bomi followed me.

Bomi has good athletic ability and has no fear of heights, so she succeeded easily.

As soon as we got to the rooftop of Building 108, we prepared to go down.

Bomi picked up the arrow that had fallen on the floor, and I installed a rope on the emergency exit on the rooftop.

“Sir! What are you doing? What are you going to do if you trip and fall?”

“Then even if I buy it, it will fall over.”

I winked and winked.

“If you buy it, it will fall over, what does that mean… Aha!”

It seems like Bomi was a bit slow in understanding, but she wasn’t stupid.

This time I conducted a careful search again.

I went down and carefully inspected every room on each floor.

Bomi was frustrated, but I stuck to my principles.

“Bomi, I’m not saying you should listen to me as an adult. If you rush down without realizing that there’s a monster, you might encounter one. If that happens, you’ll be surrounded from the front and back.”

As I said before, even rebellious children will naturally follow suit if you tell them reasonable and sensible things.

It was the same for Bomi.

“Just catch everything you see.”

Although he was grumbling, he followed me with his bowstring drawn.

The arrowhead glistened in the sunlight streaming in through the window.

Before coming down, I sharpened the arrowhead with the grinder I brought.

And based on the anatomy of the limbs in the monster guide, he pointed out the weak parts such as the knee joints and elbows.

We didn’t plan the operation, but we had a tacit agreement on tactics to use when the enemy appeared.

When Bomi shoots Sajier’s knee with an arrow and knocks him down, I stab him mercilessly between his head and torso with the three-stage skewer spear I modified.

Most of the limbs would probably collapse under our combined attack, but there are exceptions, so I set booby traps on each staircase.

Contrary to Bomi’s expectations, she came down to the 16th floor but didn’t find anything that looked particularly dangerous.

There was no sign of movement, not even of a water dog.

Sugu was the name of a dog-seal hybrid found in the Aquatic Monsters Guide.

It was said that water polo, like a bulldog or pit bull, has a habit of biting and hanging on to its target until the end.

“Bomi, have you ever seen a monster here that looks like a mix between a dog and a seal?”

“Dogs and seals? I haven’t seen anything like that.”

“Then, besides the four-legged one, have you never seen any other monsters?”

Bomi thought for a moment and then opened her mouth again.

“It’s a ghost.”

“ghost?”

When I made a suspicious expression, Bomi protested as if she was being unfair.

“It was definitely a ghost. It had blue skin and was so fat that it didn’t have eyes. And it seemed like it had fallen into water and came out, as if water was dripping from its skin and clothes. It wasn’t just me who saw it, Hoyoung saw it too. Go ask him.”

Seeing you being so serious, I think you’ve seen something similar.

I thought of a ghost-like monster from the monster guide.

A few monsters came to mind, including jellyfish slime and upright starfish, but none of them matched the appearances described by Bomi.

However, I only glanced at the monster guide briefly, so I wasn’t sure.

We reached Bomi’s house on the 14th floor peacefully without encountering any limbs, water polo, or ghosts.

“There used to be a lot of monsters, where did they all go?”

Bomi seemed very sorry that she couldn’t deal with the limbs.

On the other hand, I was satisfied with reaching my destination without running out of energy.

This was because it allowed me to take care of important items such as drones and notebooks without damage.

I went into Bomi’s house.

The world and its objects were in shambles, just like any other house.

However, what was peculiar was that there were traces of a corpse, fresh bloodstains, and pieces of flesh scattered in front of the small room.

Traces of a corpse are usually found in rooms, near the front door, in the kitchen, or in storage areas.

Bomi muttered.

“This is my room, why did these people die here? I could have run away, or if that didn’t work, I could have fought them with a kitchen knife in the kitchen.”

I had a thought, but I didn’t open my mouth.

These people Bomi was talking about are probably Bomi’s parents.

If you listen to the story of the day when he was submerged in water, it seems that he was not on good terms with his parents at the time.

So you put on noise-canceling headphones, lock the door, and block out outside noise.

Even without me telling her, Bomi would know why her parents didn’t run away or fight.

They might have been trying to block the monster from entering Bomi’s room with their bare bodies, or they might have been thinking of calling Bomi and running away with her.

Bomi must be feeling very guilty and regretting it.

But perhaps because of my presence, his eyes were wide open and he was clearly holding back tears.

I thought of my deceased parents.

When I was Bomi’s age, my parents went out fishing and their boat capsized and they went missing.

In the end, the funeral was held without finding the body.

My neighbors and relatives tried to comfort me, but as a sensitive teenager, I needed more time and space alone to cry than that kind of attention.

“Bomi, take your notes. I’ll go to Hoyoung’s house and get the drone and arrows.”

I deliberately left to give Bomi some time and space to be alone.

I could hear Bomi sobbing behind me, but I didn’t look back.

As I entered Hoyoung’s house next door, a four-legged creature stuck to the living room wall greeted me.

“Wow! What Bomi said was true.”

I didn’t completely deny Bomi and Hoyoung’s claims, but I suspected that the limbs might have died by some other coincidence than the arrow.

However, there was a crude toy-like arrow made of a tree branch stuck in Saji’s temple without any other wounds.

Not only that, the arrows were stuck in the wall at all ends, as if they were being pressed against the wall.

By the way, I think I’ve seen that arrow somewhere.

The slightly bent, thin twig arrow shaft was sharp at the front, as if it had been sharpened like a pencil.

The tip of the feather was covered with a black feather of unknown bird origin.

Where have you seen it?

I tried to recall my memories, but nothing came to mind.

Have you ever seen kids playing with something like that on TV?

Although it didn’t move its limbs, it looked fresh enough to be believed to be alive, except for the arrow embedded in its shin.

Shiny silver scales, watery eyes, arms and legs that look ready to move at any moment.

It had been two days since he died, but there wasn’t even a smell.

The last time I caught a lizard, it smelled so bad I threw up.

I raised my three-pronged iron spear and stabbed the guy.

The guy didn’t show any reaction.

Looks like he’s really dead.

With this level of freshness, I felt like I could really eat raw fish.

I was reminded of the Aqua Monster Encyclopedia.

If you look at the anatomy diagram, you can roughly see how to disassemble it.

The Aquatic Monster Guide does not say anything about it being poisonous or inedible.

However, it is said to be easily rotten and smelly if there are parasites.

Because I come from a fishing village, I was good at making raw fish, including sekoshi.

But it seemed impossible to dismantle this thing with a hacksaw, so I took out a chainsaw from my bag.

I wanted to bring a chainsaw, but it was too heavy, so I put a handle on the chainsaw.

This way, I secured enough length to avoid the teeth of the water polo.

He thrust the chainsaw into the gap between the head and the torso.

Whee~!

The skin was tough, but there were no scales, so the neck was cut off slowly.

And finally, like a tree being cut down, the neck fell backwards.

Then, a cross-section of the scarlet flesh hidden inside was revealed.

Something similar to tuna, it looked quite appetizing.

I swallowed and pulled out the knife.

It had a different feel from a sashimi knife, but the flesh was firm so there was no problem in using it.

“What are you talking about?”

Bomi came in, aiming her bow with an arrow in it.

“That’s right, it says in the Pokedex that you can eat this.”

I spoke as if making excuses.

I thought that the young Bomi might look at me eating limbs with an expression of extreme disgust, as if she were looking at an adult eating dog meat soup.

Although the limbs were flimsy, they resembled a human form, and they were not cooked, but raw.

“I thought that in the future when food runs out, I might have to eat things like this, so I’ll try it out… … .”

“Oh! It’s raw fish. I like raw fish.”

Bomi was delighted to see the limbs of meat on the plate.

“What about gochujang?”

As I searched for gochujang in the collapsed ceiling, Bomi picked up the raw fish with her hand, dipped it in gochujang, and ate it in a hurry.

“Wow! It looks like tuna belly.”

Bomi smiled brightly, raising her thumb that had been stained with her brows.

I said as I looked at the tear stains on her eyes.

“If you laugh after crying, hair will grow in your butthole.”