This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 110



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 110

69. Candy (6)

The sky, where the rain had stopped, cleared up in an instant.

The full moon appears where the dark clouds have disappeared, and where the moonlight pours down, there are Christmas trees left burning and monsters turned to ashes.

And only those humans who had witnessed something beyond the scope of cognition and were left speechless were left.

“you…….”

Argon was the first to speak.

“You… what the… are you… … .”

I barely opened my mouth to ask, but my voice trailed off.

As ‘it’ jumped down from the meteorite and began to approach, Argon took a step back without realizing it.

The other residents also tried to turn around for a moment, but soon they all stood still as if they were of one mind.

Can they escape from ‘that thing’ by their own power?

The blue glacier revealed between the cracked snowfields was shining brightly, reflecting the moonlight.

Even if I ran out of that place, it didn’t seem like I would be able to escape that area.

The mouth of ‘it’, which had been scanning the people, slowly opened.

Argon thought that whatever the price demanded, even if it was his life, it would be taken away helplessly.

“that…….”

Finally, with its mouth wide open, ‘it’ spoke.

“Let’s eat some rice…?”

* * *

I ate the monster meat that the Candy District residents gave me like crazy.

Even though I said I ‘ate’, it was the same as before in that when I brought it to my mouth, it disappeared into blue particles, but one thing that had changed was that I felt hungry.

It was a level of hunger I had never felt before.

Perhaps it was the aftereffects of using my supernatural powers to such an extent that I felt a hunger I had never felt since I was reincarnated into this world, and perhaps it was because it was a sensation I had not felt in such a long time that it came across as extremely stimulating.

But no matter how much I ate, the urge to put something in my mouth and chew it, and the urge to gulp down a cool drink would not subside.

A hunger that doesn’t seem to subside as long as player-style meals continue.

How much did you eat?

When I realized that eating more would be useless, I gave up eating and looked around.

‘Oh… … .’

The NPCs in the Candy Zone were looking at me with unusual eyes.

Why are they looking at me like I’m going to eat them?

Luna, who had returned to the ring, muttered softly.

[Honestly, I was scared right now.]

“Ahem.”

I cleared my throat and stood up.

“I made a fool of myself for a moment.”

“scene?”

Argon, who had been watching me with his mouth wide open the whole time I was eating, frowned as if he couldn’t accept the word ‘disgrace’ coming out of my mouth.

“Just a moment ago, you were making it rain and slaughtering monsters like you were possessed, and now you’re eating like you’re possessed. What on earth are you? Are you even a human?”

hmm.

I don’t remember exactly what I did.

Looking around, it was clear that this was not something a mere human could do, so Argon’s question could be seen as quite reasonable.

Because even I wasn’t sure if I could answer yes to that question anymore.

Could the human body handle such enormous force just now?

I feel so hungry, but human food cannot even quench my thirst.

Can we call these people the same human beings as them?

So, I can only answer like this.

“I am just Commander Hayden’s son.”

“Then either your father is not human or your mother is not human. Or maybe both.”

Your joke is too much. But you still lived thanks to me.

“In the time it takes to suspect me of not being human, you should be looking for an arsonist. I think you’re from the area.”

“Are you sure you weren’t the one who started the fire?”

“I put out the fire while going through all that trouble, so you wouldn’t suspect me, would you?”

As I looked around at the people around me, I was busy shaking and flinching, so I gave up on explaining further and opened the chat window.

There was already a message from Han Yeo-bom in the chat window.

While I was absentmindedly eating, you must have noticed that the fire in the Christmas forest had stopped burning, so you must have wondered why I hadn’t contacted you even though you turned the fire off.

Let’s open Han Yeo-bom’s message, there was some good news written there too.

[Corner Girl: Two Candy District residents found outside the district]

[Corner Girl: One is a dentist]

Fortunately, the dentist seemed to have already been secured by the flight attendant, so I was relieved.

I thought it wasn’t visible within the area.

Was it because you had already left the burning forest that you couldn’t see it?

I don’t think he would run away alone, leaving the area NPCs behind…

[Yeobo Banggu Seok: But there’s something else that’s a bit suspicious]

[Corner Girl: I thought it was an NPC who saved the dentist when he came out carrying the unconscious dentist… … ]

[Yeobo Banggu Seok: I checked the character and it looks like he’s a player?]

Player… was it?

Are you saying there were other players in the Candy Zone besides the dentist?

Han Yeo-bom’s message continued.

[Yeobo Banggu Seok: I guess you don’t know that some of the players have opened up the system. You don’t seem to think that we know your identity. It makes sense since even a dentist doesn’t know how to look up a person’s identity.]

[Honey in the corner: If you turn off all the lights, why don’t you come back?]

[Honey in the corner: Hey]

[Honey in the corner: Are you okay?]

[Corner Girl: If I don’t get a reply within 5 minutes, I’ll take the plane and go?]

Five minutes had already passed.

I looked up and saw a plane flying towards me.

The Candy Zone NPCs also seemed to have noticed the presence of the flying machine and were gathered together and making a fuss.

I looked at those NPCs for a moment, then looked around the burned forest.

The houses in the district are fine because I put out the fire before it caught fire… but the original Candy District was able to survive because of the Christmas tree forest.

Now that the trees that blocked the monsters’ approach are gone, it is impossible for this small group to survive with just bows and arrows.

Even the bow and arrows, the wood they were made from, were completely burned.

‘I didn’t originally plan on doing it this way, but… … .’

I feel guilty about just going to the dentist.

[Did you have a conscience?]

I looked at Argon, ignoring whether it was Luna’s voice or the voice of conscience.

Even Argon had a worried look on his face, as if he had realized that his homeland was no longer safe.

“Excuse me, sir.”

“Sir? This is Captain Argon, you rascal.”

“This is not some sly brat, this is Captain Haydam. Anyway.”

I asked, raising one corner of my mouth.

“Do you have somewhere to go?”

“Where to go… … ?”

“If you hand this meteorite over to me, I will move it to a safe place.”

In reality, the owner of this meteorite is the player, the dentist.

Since it has been used as a power source for one area so far, it cannot be said to be exclusive to dentists, so Argon’s consent is also sought.

“Moving to a safe place… …? Is that possible?”

“Do you think what I did a little while ago was possible?”

“… … .”

Argon seemed to hesitate for a moment, as if he thought so too.

They probably decided that they couldn’t move such a large meteorite with their own strength anyway, and that if they could move to a safe area, they wouldn’t need the meteorite’s strength either.

Or maybe they saw me harnessing the power of a meteor and decided it was dangerous.

The time of worrying was not long.

After seeing Argon nod in acceptance of the deal, I sent a message to Han Yeo-bom.

[Dopamine Addict: Hey]

[Honey in the corner: What the f*ck]

[Corner Girl: Why didn’t you reply when you were fine?]

[Dopamine Addict: Ask Mickey Parker]

[Honey in the corner: What?]

[Dopamine Addict: How many people can you fit on that plane?]

* * *

“The plane is back?”

Cola zone.

Commander Hayden heard the unexpected news and rushed out of his office and headed to the outskirts of the area.

As reported by Captain Plato, a flying machine was seen flying towards the area from afar.

“It’s only been two days since you left and you’re already back.”

In fact, Commander Hayden.

I had resigned myself to the idea that since Haytham had decided to run away, he might not return for weeks, or maybe even months.

‘He’s not the kind of kid who would commit kidnapping for a mere two days of fun.’

It seemed that he was not the only one who thought so. Others who had come to this place after hearing the news that the plane was returning also looked like they couldn’t believe their eyes.

But on the other hand, I felt relieved.

Of course I know that Haytham is not the kind of person who would go anywhere and be attacked, but I wanted to stay with him a little longer because I knew that the end would come in three years.

“I’ve seen all sorts of things in life. Has even the captain realized that leaving home is hard?”

Commander Hayden had hoped that Haytham was aboard that flying craft, as he heard Colonel Bones muttering behind him.

The drone, which had not even come close to the area yet, lowered its altitude, dropped off a group of people, and then began to increase its altitude and fly away again.

“what…….”

The commander, who almost lost his mind for a moment.

He believed that his son was among the group of people who got off the plane.

“Excuse me, it rained so much, wouldn’t you be among them?”

Even Captain Plato, who rarely wavered when it came to Haytham’s work, was stammering.

After a while, a group of people got off the plane and got close to the area.

Commander Hayden doubted his eyes.

The man limping towards the front was a face he recognized well.

Because he was the leader of the Candy District, Argon.

“Why can’t I see our leader?”

“What on earth are those people? They don’t look like they belong in our area… … .”

“The guy coming up ahead, doesn’t he look like Lieutenant General Max?”

“How long has it been since you became a general? You’re still a lieutenant general? Didn’t you say you could call me father?”

“Father, sir… … .”

“Why are you embarrassed to call me father?”

“Shut up! Doesn’t that guy look like Captain Max?”

“What kind of point?”

“It looks like a bird might build a nest in your beard.”

“… Captain Max will be furious if he hears that, Bones.”

Even as Bones and Lucas were chattering, they were getting closer and closer to the cola area.

Commander Hayden stopped Plato from gesturing for his men to raise their guns.

“Do you know anyone?”

“These are the Candy District people.”

“You’re from the Candy District? Why did they get off Heydam’s plane?”

Since Commander Hayden had no idea why they would have gotten off the plane his son had been on, they had no choice but to wait for Argon to walk up to them and explain the situation.

Soon, the residents of the Candy District stopped at a distance and greeted the people of the Cola District politely, following Argon’s gesture.

Commander Hayden couldn’t stand it any longer and asked.

“What’s going on, Argon? Why are you getting off my son’s plane?”

However, it was Argon who looked surprised.

“What? You didn’t even talk to your father? You’re really a troublemaker.”

Commander Hayden felt a strong sense of foreboding, but tried to ignore it and asked Argon.

“What does that mean?”

“Last night, the Christmas forest burned down.”

“what?”

“Your son saved our people.”

“…Who is saving whom?”

“We were advised to move to the Cola district since we had lost our home, so we accepted.”

“………………what?”

Argon continued speaking, regardless of whether Commander Hayden accepted the situation or not.

“We may not have the firearms production capacity that you have, but we are confident in processing monsters. Your son said that you only get meat and hide from monsters and throw them away.”

“No, wait. Are you really saying that you came here to become my resident?”

“Yeah. It’s not that I really like it, but… I don’t want to go against the meaning of ‘that’.”

Argon grinned, his beard twitching as Commander Hayden froze.

“So, there is no ill-fated relationship from the past. Let’s get along well from now on, Hayden. No, your Majesty the Commander.”

“… … .”

It seems like only yesterday that I was gritting my teeth just looking at him, but Argon changed his attitude overnight as if he was turning over his hand.

Commander Hayden was more concerned about where his son was.

“But why are you the only ones here? And my son?”

“Your son? Wait, I wrote a note telling you what your son should say.”

… Heydam, write a note?

“Oh, here it is.”

Argon took out a crumpled note from his pocket without caring what expression Commander Hayden was making as he looked at him. He cleared his throat and read the words written on the note.

“Father, I was able to save the people in the Candy District when the kidnapper let his guard down for a moment, but I failed to escape. It’s too cold and scary here for me, who’s seventeen years old and still looks like a greenhouse plant… Heh… Ahem. I need your active cooperation to be freed. I miss you, Father. So please, faithfully comply with the kidnapper’s demands… … .”

“… … .”

I almost wavered for a moment at the part where he said, ‘Father, I miss you.’

Commander Hayden had no choice but to accept.

The fact that my runaway son saved an entire district in two days.

And without consulting them, they arbitrarily moved these many people to their land.

The fact is that he himself got on a plane and left again.

And while sticking to the kidnapping concept that still doesn’t work.