By Zephyria 
His vision spun, and his tall frame collapsed. Staggering, Mu-hae fired the Taser again.
Thwack!
Argos, in its death throes, reached out a massive arm. If hit by that heavy blow, his head would be crushed.
Even in that moment, Joo-oh, whom he had pushed away earlier, came to mind. What happened to him?
In that fleeting moment before the attack, an astonishing number of thoughts flashed through his mind.
The Aberrant that suddenly appeared. The attackers waiting behind it. The ‘prank’ that overlapped at the worst possible moment.
Prank. Yes, a prank. The blue-haired guy grinning with fangs. Joo-oh. And…
Inside a large house, Mu-hae sits at a luxurious dining table, eating cookies. He was used to spending time alone because his guardian was always busy.
Then someone rings the bell.
‘Mr. ▒▒▒ is preparing to go out.’
The childcare worker, who had been in the room, comes out as if she had been waiting and opens the door. A roar erupts, and a horde of thugs rushes in.
A damp towel covers his nose and mouth… his memories gradually… fade away…
Crack!
Kieeeeeek!
He suddenly regained consciousness. In his increasingly blurred vision, he saw Argos writhing.
Two or so of the monster’s arms were torn off entirely, and it was spewing black blood like a fountain.
A white hand reached out towards the head of the suffering Aberrant. Crunch, crack!
As if tearing a reed, the monster’s head was separated from its body in one go. A blood-soaked face scanned Mu-hae.
A pale gaze that was suffocating just to meet.
Swae-aek- Paak!
The Aberrant’s head hit the charging thugs, and their human bodies shattered as if struck by a boulder.
He heard the sound of something breaking and tearing, and his vision gradually turned black. The death throes echoing throughout the forest tightened his throat eerily.
“Aaaaaaack!”
Thud. A strange question arose in Mu-hae’s head as he slumped forward.
The body of the Aberrant, which was difficult to pierce even with a blade… how could it be separated so easily?
Even if he was an Experiment, was that possible with human strength?
Before he could come up with an answer, his consciousness was cut off. Amidst the thick scent of blood enveloping his surroundings, Mu-hae felt a chilling fear and a sense of relief.
If what he had just witnessed wasn’t a hallucination. Joo-oh might be okay.
[Quest]
Main Quest
Tutorial (Completed)
Chapter 1 (Completed)
Chapter 2 (Completed)
Chapter 3
☞ The Rampaging Clown (In Progress)
Sender Unknown Love Letter √
Special Delivery √
Missing Persons List √
Rescue the Miners √
Goryeo Library √
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The Aberrant’s blood wets the corners of his mouth. The tangy taste is familiar.
The one who licked his tongue a few times tilted his head to the side.
Click.
Bang-!
A bullet that flew in unexpectedly pierced through the spot where his head had been. As a smile spread across the man’s face as if it were amusing, the mercenaries hurriedly fled.
Swae-aek- Pak!
It was useless. Somehow, the man had come right behind them and was tearing off the arm of the fleeing human.
It was because he already knew. That if you tear off one of the limbs of a person or animal, even bipedal creatures can’t balance and run.
“Kuaaaaack!”
The mercenary who had been rolling on the ground screamed at the approaching hand again.
Click. The man, tilting his head to the side, playfully tore off the injured man’s ear, dug out flesh, and watched how far he could crawl.
Then, as if losing interest, he slammed down and crushed his head.
“Monster…”
The man strode towards the source of the terrified murmur.
“I’m. Joo-oh.”
“Monster…”
“You guys. Meat.”
A language that was cut off as if he had just learned to speak. Behind the man, a shadow-like smoke rippled like a tail.
“No. Don’t say meat.”
The one who seemed to have regained his senses for a moment blinked, inhaled with a hiss, and opened his mouth again.
“Corpse.”
Crack. Before he could even scream, the remaining mercenary’s neck was torn off. That was the fifth one already.
The man’s gaze now turned towards the roadside. Towards the suit-wearing human who was getting into a Hover Car and starting the engine.
Whooooong-!
The car quickly left the scene. Whether there were cracks in the road or not, it wouldn’t affect the car body running through the air, so even if they chased after him on a bike, they wouldn’t be able to catch him.
When the human, who was speeding away as fast as he could, turned his head at a chilling sensation.
Heesh. A face with dried dark red liquid was hanging on the car window, smiling.
Behind it, the black smoke grew thicker and thicker…
“Heok!”
Clang! Kwaak!
Kwaaaang!
The car body flipped over, and a pain that shattered his whole body washed over him. The legs of the suit-wearing man were crushed and stuck in the crumpled interior.
“Kuaaack!”
A sight that made his heart sink was approaching the window where the human was hanging upside down.
A blood-soaked, strangely beautiful and eerie face crouching down to lower its eye level.
“Cheong. Shouldn’t know about you guys yet.”
“Haaak! Heuaaak!”
“How. Did you make contact?”
The red-stained suit pants became even wetter.
The smell of excrement from a terrified creature. This was also an unwelcome and familiar stench.
“After the Library quest, originally, I was going to go to the researcher once more. Hmm. Cheong was playing a prank to hide and run away.”
“Aaaack…!”
“Because of me, you came out of there quickly. So you changed? Bucktaro.”
While the suit-wearing human writhed in pain, the man shook his head and closed and opened his eyes.
The blurry pupils repeatedly narrowed and loosened. I’m Joo-oh, he muttered, and his eyes finally focused clearly.
Swish. The tail, which had almost formed a proper shape, turned into black smoke again and slowly dissipated.
“It’s. Because it’s reality.”
The variable that had always been interesting began to increase the danger.
Cheong would have played a prank on Jin Mu-hae’s request as usual this time as well.
The story, which had been slightly twisted in direction, unexpectedly opened a quest towards Bucktaro.
Since it was an event that didn’t exist originally, it wasn’t marked in the system, and in accordance with the dangerous place, brutal guys were caught as obstacles.
With his slightly simplified head, he couldn’t guess beyond that. Still, he could solve this much interference on his own.
Jin Mu-hae’s leg was bleeding. Jin Mu-hae closed his eyes tightly and lay down, so his thoughts stopped. The man, no, Joo-oh, who finally understood the situation he was in, smacked his lips as he discovered his body wet with the bitter liquid.
“It wasn’t me. Jin Mu-hae was the target?”
Before he could hear an answer, Peoeok! The injured man’s head burst like a watermelon.
The hairs on the back of the human’s neck standing on end, the slightly rapid change in breathing, the movement of body temperature and pupils. All of that had already given enough clues.
Joo-oh shook his feet to shake off the debris and then splashed into the puddle of rainwater.
Only after the blood was completely washed off his boots did he run back the way he had come.
“Jin Mu-hae.”
A body lying still. The fingertips that didn’t even flinch when called colored his mind red again.
Joo-oh lifted the limp man’s arm and slowly stroked his own head.
“It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay…”
Jin Mu-hae had said that. To come to his senses.
So he can remain as Joo-oh. His hand is still warm, and there is nothing wrong with the pulse being transmitted.
The blood flowing from his leg had already stopped. However, when he pulled out the needle stuck in his side, the bleeding started again.
Joo-oh opened his bag and looked for the first aid kit. He roughly attached patches with hemostatic function and lifted the body, which was bigger than him, with a thud.
Twitch. The moment the unconscious body twitched briefly, an uneasy thought flashed through his mind.
When he tore Argos apart earlier. Could Jin Mu-hae have seen it?
The heart that he thought had calmed down was shaken. The voices of the dead mercenaries echoed in his ears.
‘Monster…’
He hoped that Jin Mu-hae hadn’t heard that.
Next time, before his mind disappears, he must break everyone’s necks first.
Because a human with a torn neck won’t be able to speak.
[Quest]
Main Quest
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Rescue the Miners √
Goryeo Library √
??? √
After carrying Jin Mu-hae for several hours, Joo-oh finally reached the Small aircraft that was waiting for them.
Belatedly, the quest was completed, marking the end of the uneasy mission.
Tud. Tuk.
The weather was gloomy, and it started to rain again.
Joo-oh carefully put Mu-hae inside and came out to face the heavy rain.
As the dried blood and the smell of death were gradually washed away, his shaken mind gradually calmed down.
“I’m going to scold you.”
Joo-oh likes attractive NPCs. Whenever he sees vivid lines or action descriptions, he always feels a thrilling sensation as if he belongs to 「La Vida Blue」 with them.
Even now, when he meets them in person, he is overjoyed and excited. Unless it’s a character whose end is predetermined, he wants to save everyone without any problems and reach the ending.
So, someone needs to receive a loving warning so that they are not too caught up in the variable called reality.
Tak! Joo-oh, who had boarded the Small aircraft, pressed down on his soaked clothes.
As he manipulated the monitor as Mu-hae had done, the Small aircraft carrying the two slowly flew upwards.