Editor’s Survival Guide - Chapter 14

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Editor’s Survival Rules Episode 14

Episode 14. ep3. Hunting Humans (5)

“That monster needs one person to die before it stops. Isn’t that right?”

Seo Do-un’s words were closer to confirmation than a question.

Annoyingly clever bastard.

Well, that’s probably why he thought of stuffing people into the Item Storage Locker.

I’d been suspicious ever since Rescuer 12 bragged about making big money with the Item Storage Locker.

Rescuer 12 had only done stupid things, so he didn’t seem capable of such an idea.

Then who was the brains behind it?

There was no one but Seo Do-un.

Woman wasn’t part of Rescuer 12’s gang, and Tall had the atmosphere of being alone and isolated.

“Tall, you remember what the otter said at first, right? That monster turns off and on every 40 minutes. But that wasn’t actually true. It was only like that the first time, but the second time, around 40 minutes it went crazy instead.”

Sure enough, Seo Do-un had quickly figured out the Moving Gun too.

But damn, this was also my mistake.

My oversight in not knowing the prisoners had been here this long.

“What’s the difference? The only difference is that during the first 40 minutes, Purple died from being shot, and during the second 40 minutes, no one died. Even when the monster suddenly went crazy, it stopped right away after a few people died.”

Seo Do-un was already certain.

Now all that remained for him was to choose a sacrifice.

“If you understand, come over here, Tall. We don’t have time right now.”

Ah, the choosing was already finished too.

Right. I, who joined late, would be the easiest target.

Seo Do-un tried to persuade repeatedly, but for some reason Tall didn’t budge at all.

Instead, Rescuer 12 beside him suddenly shouted.

“Hyung! Kill that bitch instead of him!”

At Rescuer 12’s interruption, Seo Do-un squeezed his eyes shut and opened them.

But Rescuer 12, not seeing this, fidgeted with his body.

“Look what she did to me! You heard everything I said!”

“Be quiet, now’s not the time for that.”

“What do you mean it’s not the time? You said you’d get revenge for me! You said we’d do it my way this time!”

Rescuer 12 shouted and rammed his wheelchair forward.

Rescuer 12’s wheelchair bumped into Seo Do-un’s legs.

Seo Do-un endured it a few times, then kicked the wheelchair away forcefully.

Crash-!

The wheelchair tipped over and Rescuer 12 fell out too.

Rescuer 12, sprawled on the floor, looked up at Seo Do-un as if shocked.

Then Seo Do-un said perfunctorily.

“Listen to me. Can’t you see I’m busy right now?”

“What the hell, you said you’d do it for me… I did everything you told me to do…”

“That’s why I’m taking care of you too.”

Seo Do-un’s tone was quite gentle even in this situation.

It was a facade only possible because he had no emotion whatsoever.

Rescuer 12 seemed to sense this too, as his expression became even more dazed.

That innocent face soon became miserably distorted and hid within his heavy body.

I had no sympathy, but it was quite a pitiful sight.

Seo Do-un thought Rescuer 12 had given up and turned his head back toward us.

But then, Rescuer 12 covered his face with both arms and said loudly.

“Hyung! When we picked someone to get the injection, who did you choose?”

It was a strangely bright voice for someone speaking while crouched down.

“Woman got one vote, and that was me. Other than that, there was one abstention, and the rest all voted for me. That abstention vote, wasn’t that yours, hyung?”

“Well, I don’t remember.”

Seo Do-un replied perfunctorily as if annoyed.

It was a lie without even the will to deceive the other person.

At that indifference, Rescuer 12 giggled while covering his face.

“How long ago was it that you don’t remember… That injection really, really hurt… I didn’t want to get it, so I really begged you to spare me just oncececececececececececk.”

Rescuer 12, who had been giggling, made bizarre sounds like a broken machine.

We all flinched in surprise and stared at Rescuer 12.

Rescuer 12’s back was moving up and down irregularly.

“Cececececececececegegegegegegegegegkegek.”

Rescuer 12’s voice cracked even more severely.

Seo Do-un, who was closest to him, stepped back as if flustered.

Then something tore through Rescuer 12’s back and shot up.

What spread out like wings were human arms.

White and slender.

But arms so long their elbows could touch the ceiling.

Before we could even be surprised by what we saw, those arms attacked Seo Do-un and Muscular Build.

Bang- Thud!

Seo Do-un was slammed and crashed into the wall.

Tall backed away before getting caught up, and Muscular Build was crushed directly by the giant fist.

Rescuer 12’s arms, having dealt with his gang first, flew toward Woman too.

Woman abandoned her wheelchair and rolled her body before getting hit.

Crash-!

Then she struck Rescuer 12’s crown with her heel.

When Rescuer 12 got hit, the pair of arms sprouting from his back also hesitated as if shocked.

In that moment, Woman jumped up and shouted.

“Jisu, take care of Seo Do-un!”

At Woman’s shout, Tall ran to Seo Do-un.

Woman kicked the wheelchair in that direction, and Tall put Seo Do-un on the wheelchair that arrived precisely.

And that wheelchair was, for some reason, pushed toward me.

“Otter, run!”

At Woman’s shout, I pushed the wheelchair without understanding why.

Seo Do-un was slumped over as if unconscious.

Bang-! Bang bang-!

As I held onto the sliding Seo Do-un, gunshots rang out from behind.

Startled, I turned around to see Woman and Tall shooting Rescuer 12 with pistols.

What the hell, why are you guys changing genres without me…?

Rescuer 12 got up from under his giant arms.

Woman and Tall ignored the sprouted arms and only shot at Rescuer 12.

Under their concentrated fire, Rescuer 12’s head wobbled as if it would fall off.

But Rescuer 12 didn’t collapse.

Instead, the parts hit by bullets swelled up irregularly, and long arms sprouted from there too like bamboo shoots after rain.

Rescuer 12’s appearance became even more grotesque.

Thinking this wouldn’t work, Woman and Tall stopped shooting and turned around.

Then they ran and caught up beside me.

Tall muttered in an indifferent voice.

“The doping effect is insane.”

“Is this the time for jokes?”

“We don’t have time, so senior, you take the gun.”

“Don’t die.”

“Yes.”

Tall exchanged a few words with Woman and moved to the side.

Woman continued running beside me, matching my pace.

Seeing Woman running so effortlessly, I shouted as if coughing up blood.

“What exactly are you people!?”

“Didn’t you notice?”

“How can I notice anything when I don’t know what to look for…!”

“Special Management Bureau Exploration Team 1, Baek Sa-ra. Tall is Han Ji-su from the same team.”

Right, I figured Woman would be something like that.

But I really had no idea Tall was also from the Management Bureau!

“But why are you here, Otter? You went home last week, didn’t you?”

“You know me?”

“Of course. You’re Seo Do-un of ‘pay it back to anyone later.'”

“Gah…!”

What the hell is that bizarre nickname?!

I was so shocked by the cringeworthy title that I bit my tongue.

“Are you okay?”

When I showed my pain, Woman looked at me innocently.

I forced a nod and recalled Woman’s past actions.

When I stepped on the trap, Woman appeared last.

At first I thought it was because her leg was injured, but that wasn’t it.

Woman was late because she recognized me and was writing ‘Special Advice!’ on the command.

This also explains the Management Bureau’s arrogant behavior.

The reason they didn’t tell the prisoners about Moving Gun.

It was because of Woman and Tall.

With Management Bureau people infiltrated, the group wouldn’t be wiped out.

And being ignorant of the danger made us easier to manipulate.

Truly consistent devils.

Anyway, this much makes sense.

But there’s still one thing I don’t understand.

Why didn’t that bastard Cha Si-eon tell me there were Management Bureau people here…?

Woman, Baek Sa-ra, seemed to find this puzzling too and asked me instead.

“You talked to Team Leader Cha Si-eon, right? Didn’t Team Leader Cha tell you we were here?”

“He didn’t!”

“That person always does that.”

Does he always do that normally?

Is he originally like that?

And you just let it slide like this!?

Rage surged up to my throat.

But I forced it down and asked something more important.

“Where are we going now?”

“To Moving Gun.”

“Excuse me?”

“We’re going to make it kill Seo Do-un before it goes on a rampage.”

Baek Sa-ra answered clearly.

When I looked at her in shock, Baek Sa-ra added with smiling eyes.

“We’ve been chasing the gun to do this from the beginning.”

Ah, I was worrying for nothing.

Right next to me was someone who had been preparing to offer a sacrifice all along.

As I stared at her speechlessly, Baek Sa-ra glanced at her wristwatch.

Then she sighed and muttered.

“Oh no.”

“What’s wrong?”

“It seems like it’s time for Moving Gun to fire high-power rounds.”

Thoom-!

As soon as Baek Sa-ra spoke, vibrations occurred.

Vibrations I had already felt several times.

It seemed like Moving Gun had fired something again.

But since we couldn’t tell where or what it shot, we stopped for now.

After a few seconds.

From far away, we heard Tall, Han Ji-su’s shout.

“Get down!”

I understood the request but had no time to comply.

No, it was the wrong judgment to begin with.

Bang-! Bang-! Crack-!

With explosive sounds, the ground split open.

The cracks rushed to my feet in an instant.

When I staggered, Baek Sa-ra grabbed my shoulder.

But my otter-printed t-shirt made her hand slip easily.

What I felt immediately after was the loss of gravity.

And perfect empty space.

Crash, thud- bang-!

Concrete debris fell, followed by twisted rebar.

I was thrown down with them, and dust clouds rose thickly.

But somehow it didn’t hurt much.

Instead, tinnitus hit my eardrums and the world danced in double vision.

There was something under me.

It was a crushed wheelchair and crushed Seo Do-un.

“Otter!”

Baek Sa-ra skillfully came down beside me.

Then she checked the pulse of Seo Do-un crushed under my back before checking on me.

Baek Sa-ra, who was examining Seo Do-un, clicked her tongue hard.

From that sound, I was certain of Seo Do-un’s death.

“Otter, can you hear my voice? Are you sleepy by any chance? Don’t fall asleep, keep your eyes open!”

Baek Sa-ra said while repeatedly slapping my cheek.

I wanted to answer but my voice wouldn’t come out well.

So when I frowned and turned my head, Baek Sa-ra looked relieved.

Then she pressed something into my hand.

A cold, heavy mixture of metal and plastic.

It was a pistol.

I couldn’t understand why.

I don’t know how to shoot guns.

Besides, my vision is spinning right now, so even if you give me this.

But Baek Sa-ra didn’t care about my situation and stood up after shoving the gun at me.

Then she looked down at me and muttered as if talking to herself.

“I’d like to keep Otter alive if possible, but honestly I can’t guarantee it.”

After reciting incomprehensible words, Baek Sa-ra unzipped her work clothes.

Zip-

The loose-fitting top slipped down, revealing a form-fitting stab-proof vest.

When she also tore off the thick mask, only a black mask remained and her hair spilled out.

Baek Sa-ra quickly twisted up her long brown hair.

Then she began pulling something out from both sides of her waist.

A large, black blade emerged from Baek Sa-ra’s lower garment.

It was a machete with fluid curves like a fish.

Baek Sa-ra spun two machetes in both hands as she leaped down from the ruins.

I followed Baek Sa-ra’s figure with unfocused eyes.

There was something in the direction Baek Sa-ra was heading.

A monster with gun-shaped arms hanging down, whether organic or inorganic was unclear.

It was a Moving Gun.

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