Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 22

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 22

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Creeeeak-

Creeeak-

The movements of the animatronics stopped one by one.

The warning lights went out, and the alarm sounds ceased.

Prey stood frozen with both arms raised.

“Run!”

“Quickly! This way!”

Only then did people start moving. Most of the workers began screaming and running out of the factory.

Meanwhile, special forces member Gong Ju Won caught her breath while glaring at the motionless giant Xion.

Her heart was beating so fast she could feel it pounding inside her bulletproof vest.

The target wasn’t moving. There was no response.

This was her chance.

“Target shows no response.”

Ju Won made eye contact with her team members and nodded. It was the signal to attack.

No one said it, but everyone was making the same calculation.

Now. If they could eliminate Xion right here and now? Forget promotion – his team would become legendary.

The sounds of everyone drawing their weapons could be heard.

Click.

Click.

The sounds of safety catches being released rang out in succession.

But that’s when it happened. Pink Jelly stepped forward.

Bounce!

‘What? Was there still an animatronic that could move?’

Ju Won raised her hand, signaling her team members to hold their attack.

If an animatronic could move, then Xion could move again too.

She had to decide whether to retreat with her team members or try to face Xion.

‘But it looks suspicious – different from the other animatronics.’

Even its appearance was non-standard. Pink jelly-like exterior material.

The possibility that it wasn’t an ordinary animatronic but an independent entity couldn’t be ruled out.

While the team members held their breath waiting for Ju Won’s judgment.

Pink Jelly opened its mouth.

“I’ll give you a hug.”

It was a voice that flowed from Pink Jelly.

Though it was quite a cute voice that didn’t suit the situation, the team members began to stir at the meaning contained in those words.

‘Hug what?’

‘Surely not Xion?’

What was its intention? Ju Won slightly adjusted her gun barrel while staying fully alert.

Should she attack first? Or should she keep watching?

But Pink Jelly, whether it noticed this wariness or not, moved bounce bounce bounce without hesitation and spread both arms to tightly embrace Xion’s finger.

“…!”

It hugged it?

At that moment, all team members including Ju Won were thinking the same thing.

That jelly would definitely be eliminated by Xion.

But their expectations were completely shattered.

The Chief Manager’s body began to slowly turn to powder and scatter.

The scattered powder swirled in the air, emitting rainbow-colored lights of various hues.

Then it clumped together into one mass and was absorbed into Pink Jelly’s body.

“….”

It was an unbelievable scene even witnessing it directly.

Ju Won had lowered her gun barrel before she knew it. Her hand lost strength and her finger on the trigger trembled.

‘…Xion was devoured.’

This wasn’t ordinary elimination. It was different from any elimination method they knew.

This was ‘predation.’

When everyone who had reached the same conclusion was staring at Pink Jelly’s back, filled with shock.

Pink Jelly trembled briefly. As if it was happy.

‘Is it laughing?’

Was it satisfied after devouring Xion?

It was the moment she felt the back of her neck stiffen with tension.

Pink Jelly slowly began to turn around.

“…!”

A sharp wariness rose from her toes up her spine. She shouldn’t make eye contact with that thing. That intuition flashed through her mind.

“It’s okay….”

It was the moment Pink Jelly was about to open its mouth.

Ju Won shouted toward her team members.

“Retreat! Retreat!”

“Run!”

It’s Xion!

The appearance of a new Xion that devours Xion…!

As soon as that judgment was made, hot air shot up from beneath the broken floor.

Kwaaaaang!

As the factory floor collapsed, everyone’s bodies swayed greatly.

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‘Phew, fortunately I purified it.’

My heart was still pounding.

What would have happened if I hadn’t been able to purify Prey?

Wouldn’t I have been caught in the gunfire along with the people behind me?

Thinking that, my body naturally trembled.

To avoid getting caught in gunfire, I had to appear harmless somehow. And I had to explain too.

I purified Prey so don’t worry~! Put down your worries and put down those guns too.

When I was thinking that and about to kindly ask them if they were ‘okay.’

“It’s okay….”

“Retreat! Retreat!”

“…?”

Before I could even get the words out, people all started turning around and running.

“Run!”

Thud thud thud thud-!

Broken debris flew past under people’s feet.

Someone fell, someone screamed.

Watching everyone run away with terrified faces, I blinked.

What’s going on? I completely purified Prey and tamed it?

Could there be something else?

When I was getting scared and wondering if I should run away with them.

Suddenly cracks began to appear in the factory floor.

“…!”

Kwaaaaang!

Before I could gauge what was happening, the ground beneath my feet disappeared.

The floor vanished?

Factories collapsed here and there, causing the body to sway greatly.

Kyaaaaaaah! I’m falling!

I squeezed my eyes shut tight.

Since I’m jelly, I probably won’t die even if I fall, right?

The moment I had that thought.

Suddenly, both my ears were pulled strongly.

My breath caught and my vision flipped upside down.

“Got you.”

A low, firm voice.

It was Chae Heon.

He was kneeling on one knee at the edge of the collapsing floor, gripping a pillar with one hand while pulling my ears with the other.

“…!”

My eyes widened. How did he get here?

Heave! Chae Heon easily pulled me up.

My bouncy body sprang up and landed gently on Chae Heon’s shoulder.

I was curious about many things, like how he knew to come here—

But more than that!

I clung tightly to Chae Heon’s neck like a baby sloth.

“Chae Heoooooon…!”

Relieved, I buried my face firmly into his shoulder.

I could feel his vibrations as he laughed in disbelief.

“That’s why you shouldn’t go alone. Do you know where this place is?”

“You, you didn’t say, say let’s go togetheeeer….”

Whining and sniffling. As I clung to him like stretched jelly, Chae Heon patted my hiccupping back.

“Usually you have so many requests, asking me to do this and that, so why are you suddenly being distant?”

Having nothing to say, I kept my mouth shut tight.

“While you’re staying at my house, come home before dinner time. That’s the rule. If that seems difficult, tell me in advance. Got it?”

“Mmm….”

Chae Heon is more of a nag than I thought.

Still….

“Chae Heon.”

“What.”

“Thank you for coming to get me.”

When I said this shyly, Chae Heon smiled slightly.

I caught my breath while clinging perfectly to his broad, solid embrace and said,

“But I caught a Xion.”

Now that the tension had eased, a feeling of pride welled up.

At this, Chae Heon floated a question mark above his head with a confused expression.

“A Xion?”

“Huh? Didn’t you see it earlier? There was a huge teddy bear….”

Then, with a click and the sound of metal engaging, tentacles emerged from Older Brother’s waist and wrapped around me.

When I turned my head in surprise, a gun barrel was aimed in our direction.

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