Editor’s Survival Guide - Chapter 107

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Editor’s Survival Rules Episode 107

ep17. Circulating (3)

Thud-!

“…!”

Suddenly pinned down, I froze without understanding what was happening.

But….

“…?”

Nothing happened while I stayed in that position.

“Team Leader…?”

As I called out to Cha Si-eon with my face pressed against the bench, Cha Si-eon slowly removed his hand from the back of my head.

Wondering if it was okay to get up, I hesitantly raised only my head and looked around.

Over in the yard, fireworks were still going off.

Outside this secluded pension, it was pitch black and dark.

Especially toward the sea, it was so dark that I could only guess the sea’s presence by the sound of waves.

“What’s wrong?”

“Did you not hear that sound?”

“Sound?”

A sound.

What I could hear right now was the sound of the kids laughing over in the yard.

The sound of sparkler gunpowder burning.

And only the sound of waves like background music.

When I looked at him in bewilderment, Cha Si-eon shook his head again.

“I think I was mistaken.”

“…?”

Though I had been suddenly subdued and then released, I couldn’t complain.

Because Cha Si-eon looked extremely on edge.

I also looked around and slowly got up.

I don’t know what it was, but yeah. It must have been a mistake.

This isn’t the Special Zone where blood and death run rampant.

Where we are now was a resort in South Korea with good public safety.

* * *

And the next day.

At the resort in South Korea with good public safety, Cha Si-eon said:

“Kill Baek Sa-ra and Han Ji-su, capture Ha Yu-ju alive.”

“….”

“….”

Did he really have to put it that way?

Jae-gyeom and I felt a bit awkward, but had no choice but to nod.

“But this isn’t very light. Is it because of the paint bullets?”

Jae-gyeom said while examining the gun loaded with paint bullets.

Then he test-fired it at the wall.

Thwack thwack thwack-!

Fluorescent paint marks were newly stamped on the already splotchy temporary wall.

“Ugh, look at that bullet curve. Aiming is difficult, Team Leader.”

“The firearm condition is the same for them anyway. It’s a fight where whoever adapts first wins, so check the specs.”

“Yes sir.”

Jae-gyeom calmly checked the gun’s condition at Cha Si-eon’s words.

After that, the two of them started firing paint bullets for practice.

Thwack thwack thwack thwack-!

Two people approaching shooting with perfect posture befitting special agents.

No, you two. Is there really a need to be that serious…?

This survival game field was where Cha Si-eon had declared he would kill Baek Sa-ra and Han Ji-su.

The survival game we were doing at Jae-gyeom’s suggestion was supposed to be a type of extreme sport where our group would shoot paint bullets at each other to promote friendship… probably.

Somehow the two men in front of me had the atmosphere of preparing for war.

Especially Team Leader Cha, who had looked displeased with this schedule just this morning.

“As long as Yu-ju is on that side, if we don’t win overwhelmingly, we lose. Seo Do-un, focus. You’re no longer non-combat personnel either.”

But now that it’s started, he’s ready to stake his life on it.

I should have noticed this guy from when he casually put on that Hawaiian shirt at the beach.

While pretending otherwise, he’s enjoying this more seriously than anyone.

We were divided into Cha Si-eon’s team and Baek Sa-ra’s team to compete.

The game rules were simple.

If we just told these skilled agents to wander around and catch the opposing team, they would obviously hide like they were dead and hold out for three or four hours, so we decided to have a hill battle.

Victory goes to whoever occupies the hill in the center of the field first.

Since the routes from each team’s base to the hill overlapped, it was a situation with a high probability of combat occurring during movement.

“Then everyone to your positions.”

Following Cha Si-eon’s instructions, all three of us scattered and headed toward the hill.

I moved tensely through the thick trees and tall grass, wondering if someone might appear.

But was it just my imagination?

I felt like someone was following me….

So I looked back from time to time, but when I actually turned around, no one was there.

I’m getting nervous for no reason.

It was when I was pushing through the bushes again.

Pop pop pop pop-!

Rat-a-tat-tat-!

The sound of paint bullets being fired came from somewhere.

Had combat already started elsewhere?

I flinched for a moment, then quickened my pace.

But then.

Thwack-!

A paint bullet passed right in front of my helmet.

“…!”

The moment I stopped in surprise.

Thwack-!

Another paint bullet flew at me.

The second bullet grazed the back of my helmet and left a stain on the tree beside me.

…What is this?

Paint bullets flew past both sides of my head in succession.

Was I lucky they missed?

Or maybe….

I looked in panic toward where the paint bullets had come from.

There stood Baek Sa-ra in a survival suit and helmet, pointing her gun barrel at me.

Haha. She said this doesn’t aim well….

“If you surrender, I’ll let you live.”

Baek Sa-ra trying to capture me with a gentle voice.

Would it be insubordination to oppose an instructor here?

No, right now she’s the enemy.

Besides, I’m no longer non-combat personnel either….

Thwack-!

A paint bullet that grazed right above the top of my head.

“Take your hands off the gun. It’s dangerous.”

As expected, it wasn’t a miss but a hit.

Watching Baek Sa-ra urging surrender with a gentle voice, I had no choice but to raise both hands.

Team Leader Cha is going to scold me for this…

That’s when it happened.

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-!

Paint bullets poured down like hail on Baek Sa-ra’s helmet as she leisurely aimed at me.

“…!”

Not just one or two shots, but almost five or six bullets flew over, dyeing Baek Sa-ra’s helmet fluorescent colors.

If those had been real bullets, well, I don’t even want to imagine.

Besides, paint bullets weren’t completely powerless either.

So Baek Sa-ra, who took consecutive hits to the head, staggered backward.

She barely managed to regain her balance before falling.

Thwack-!

Even though her elimination was already certain.

Another paint bullet flew over to hit Baek Sa-ra’s helmet.

What kind of nasty behavior is this?

I was dumbfounded and turned to look in the direction the bullets came from.

There, oh…

Team Leader Cha was pointing his gun barrel this way from behind a discarded tire.

“…”

Baek Sa-ra also seemed incredulous as she took off her helmet and stared at Cha Si-eon.

But Cha Si-eon paid no attention to the dead and came to me, saying:

“Mr. Seo Do-un, follow me. We’re going to support Jae-gyeom.”

I had made a huge mistake.

The person who would have been in big trouble if not brought to the sea wasn’t Kwak Jae-gyeom or Ha Yu-ju, but Cha Si-eon.

* * *

“You’ve been following behind me from the beginning?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Before the survival game, I have escort duties, and I thought Baek Sa-ra would secure Mr. Seo Do-un first.”

“…”

So he used me as bait to catch Baek Sa-ra.

Didn’t Team Leader Cha get a nosebleed from Baek Sa-ra before because of doing things like this?

Thwack thwack-!

Rat-a-tat-!

The sound of paint bullets being fired continued to echo from the other side of the forest path.

Seeing that the firefight was going on quite long, it seemed Jae-gyeom was facing Han Ji-su.

If we joined in and eliminated Han Ji-su too, the situation would end.

It would achieve the overwhelming victory Team Leader Cha wanted.

“…”

But Cha Si-eon, who had been following the sound of paint bullets, suddenly stopped walking.

Then he glanced back in the direction we had come from.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I also turned my head following Cha Si-eon, but there was nothing there.

Why have you been like this since yesterday, making me anxious for no reason?

I wondered and looked forward again.

But the space in front of me was empty.

“…Team Leader Cha?”

I was startled and looked around.

Cha Si-eon had disappeared.

Without any sound or movement, in an instant.

How is that possible?

In this situation, there was only one thing I could think of.

Could he have been dragged to the Special Zone?

Not me, but Cha Si-eon?

It was an absurd idea, but this situation was equally absurd.

“Team Leader! Team Leader Cha Si-eon!”

With an ominous feeling, I raised my voice and called for Cha Si-eon.

That’s when it happened.

Weeeeeeeng-!

A siren sound that seemed to tear my eardrums.

At the same time, my vision suddenly became dim.

It was because I had suddenly been moved indoors after being in the bright outdoor sunlight.

“…!”

I had been dragged to the Special Zone.

As soon as I realized this, I quickly surveyed the location.

Weeeeeeeng-!

But this sound told me before the shape of the space could.

Where this place was.

This was “The Siren-Ringing Train Station.”

As soon as I realized this, I gasped again.

Why here again?

And the siren had just sounded.

Someone was going to be crushed to death.

What should I do?

How should I avoid this?

There was no way to avoid it.

I could only hope it would pass me by.

That’s when it happened.

Creak-

Some eerie sensation felt above my head.

Creeeak-

Some distinct weight trying to crush me.

Crack-!

The sign of that crushing started with my helmet first.

Crack- Crunch-!

I could feel my helmet splitting.

Then the feeling of my neck bones being crushed.

A formless force was driving down vertically from above me.

It was heavy.

So suffocatingly heavy that I couldn’t move.

Ah, so that’s why.

That’s why everyone died slowly, crushed without being able to resist.

Fear rushed in after this unwanted realization.

Am I going to die like this?

Really like this?

That’s when it happened.

Thud-!

Something pushed me hard.

I was thrown sideways from where I was standing with a shock like being hit by a car.

Crash-!

Without even realizing I was hurt, I checked what had collided with me.

“…Team Leader Cha?”

It was none other than Cha Si-eon.

Cha Si-eon was getting up from a short distance away, as if he had pushed me away with his whole body.

“Seo Do…”

It was when Cha Si-eon was about to say something to me.

Weeeeeng-!

What, the siren again…?

Crack-!

“…!”

I felt pressure on my helmet once again.

My body stiffened helplessly once more.

Cha Si-eon grabbed my arm as if trying to pull me out of that crushing range.

I was pinned to that spot, crushed by an unknown force, then finally torn away and dragged toward Cha Si-eon.

When I was pulled out, Cha Si-eon also lost his balance.

As we became tangled together.

The scene before my eyes changed like a lie.

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