Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 19

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 19

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Bounce bounce bounce.

Drag drag drag….

Bounce bounce bounce.

Drag drag drag….

Chae Heon stood in front of the gate for quite a while, watching me move away.

Is he worried about me?

I was about to tell him it would be okay if he wanted to come along, but just then Chae Heon slipped back inside the house.

I shrugged my shoulders. Well, it should be fine.

Bounce bounce bounce.

‘Walk about 500 meters from here… then turn to the side….’

The contaminated areas were all mixed up, so sometimes distant places were close by, and sometimes close places were far away.

The place I was heading to was fortunately the former.

Bounce bounce bounce bounce.

I moved in zigzags following the map and stopped in front of the traffic light.

It’s a red light.

I was unconsciously waiting for the signal when the thought hit me.

‘A traffic light?!’

Why is the traffic light on?!

Before that thought could finish, the surroundings began to darken. No, it wasn’t getting dark—it was being covered by silhouettes.

People were crowding in front of the crosswalk.

To be precise, ‘things that looked like people.’

Some wore suits, some were pushing strollers. They all looked so familiar that I felt something was wrong a beat too late.

Gulp.

I swallowed and pulled on the rope.

I needed the spaceship. Right now!

Drag drag drag… thunk!

But the spaceship got caught on people’s legs and wouldn’t be pulled.

Thunk! Thunk!

No matter how hard I pulled, it wouldn’t budge because of those waiting for the traffic light.

‘Wh-what should I do….’

I was wiping my sweaty hands on my waist when it happened.

“Do you know that story that’s been going around lately?”

I heard whispering from girls in school uniforms.

“What story?”

“The story about getting cursed if you do ■■■ and ■■■ in front of a mirror.”

“Oh, I heard that too. It was about doing ■■■ and ■■■, right?”

“Right. You do ■■■ and ■■■ in front of a mirror.”

The girls’ voices were getting louder and louder.

For some reason, I wanted to hear what they were saying clearly, and my ears seemed to perk up.

There was a strange pulling force.

So in front of a mirror….

What do you do?

“So you do ■■■ and ■■■.”

That’s when it happened.

Smack!

Older Brother, who was sitting on my head, smacked my forehead with his tentacle.

“…!”

I instantly came back to my senses.

When I quickly looked left and right, two faceless figures were bending their waists on either side.

The high school girls had been talking right next to both my ears.

As if they really wanted me to hear their story.

I covered my mouth with both hands and screamed internally.

Kyaaaaack!

Tears came to my eyes. I rarely cried even when I was in the hospital, but since becoming a healthy alien, I cry often.

“So cute!”

“Even cuter when crying!”

They stuck close to both my sides and quickly muttered about how cute I was.

“Why are you talking right next to me!”

I shouted in panic.

“Kyahahaha!”

“We got caught! We got caught!”

The high school girls laughed and ran out, ignoring the red light.

“Uh….”

Screeeech-!

From where not even the tip of a car’s nose was visible, a massive truck came rushing at tremendous speed through the fog.

Crash-!

Thud!

The high school girls were hit by the car and collapsed.

“…!”

The dump truck hit the high school girls and then suddenly began flying upward.

I opened my mouth and looked up, seeing the fingers gripping the dump truck.

But all I could see was a massive silhouette.

Something the size of a high-rise building had grabbed the dump truck like a toy and hit the high school girls as it passed.

Then the traffic light turned green.

Rumble-

The waiting pedestrians began moving as if they had made a promise.

I blinked blankly as if waking from a dream.

The high school girls’ forms had suddenly disappeared and were nowhere to be seen.

‘So scary!’

Bounce bounce bounce bounce!

Drag drag drag drag-

I crossed the crosswalk hurriedly while sniffling. I didn’t want to get hit by a car because the light turned red before I finished crossing!

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Bounce bounce bounce bounce!

Drag drag drag drag-

Fortunately, once I passed the traffic light, it was quick to reach my destination.

‘Thank goodness.’

I was instantly filled with relief and anticipation.

The place I was heading to was none other than an ‘Animatronics Factory (character robots used in movies or theme parks)’!

In 【Cute Cute! Planet Mon!】, the ‘Animatronics Factory’ was depicted as a place like a theme park.

Now sparkling lights and exciting music would greet me.

I turned the curve with my heart pounding with excitement.

But.

I stopped dead in my tracks and my mouth slowly fell open.

“…?”

I stood in front of my destination and slowly raised my gaze.

A theme park?

This place?

The outer walls had character drawings half-peeled off, rusted steel frames were exposed through the gaps where paint had chipped away, and the streaks of rust flowing down were as red as blood.

The sign hanging above the factory entrance was tilted halfway, looking like it could fall at any moment.

On the unpowered electronic billboard, only a few letters remained faintly visible, making what had been ‘FUN’ now look like ‘UN’.

‘Is this really the right place?!’

I opened the map again to check.

Then the teddy bear face mark on the map showed a sinister grin. Sharp shark teeth were revealed from the cute teddy bear’s mouth.

‘Gyaaaah!’

I swallowed the scream that was trying to escape.

‘This is weird! Something seems really strange about this!’

Just then, Older Brother wrapped around my arm. From his teary eyes, it seemed like he meant we should go back.

“Sh-should we?”

Just as I was about to slowly back away.

[모든 작업자는 —- 현장—로 모여 주—-오.]

A broadcast filled with noise and hard to understand came from the cobweb-covered speakers.

At the same time, from the darkness nearby, the sound of something unknown moving in large numbers began to be heard.

L-let’s run!

Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!

Slither-

At that moment.

A large shadow fell over my head.

A giant platypus animatronic was standing there, blocking the path ahead.

“Hik!”

My perked-up ears went limp.

The animatronic’s hands moved to grab me.

I quickly ducked down to dodge.

‘I need to get into the spaceship…!’

But the moment I took a step, I felt something heavy on the back of my neck and my body floated up into the air.

A large claw crane had descended from the factory and grabbed me, lifting me up.

The claw crane wasn’t just grabbing me, but was picking up things from all directions.

Screams could be heard from front, back, left, and right.

They sounded like monster roars, but also like human curses and screams.

Rising high enough to see the factory’s smokestack, I lost consciousness.

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