Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 90

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 90

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The spring breeze that pushed through the gap in the door brushed past my nose, carrying the scent of flowers.

As I pressed the back of my hand firmly against my eyes, Henry’s parting words flashed through my mind.

“After meeting the alien, my son changed.”

‘Alien…?’

But my thoughts couldn’t continue any further.

Heavy mechanical sounds and rough military boot steps could be heard one after another from outside the shop.

My heart sank with a thud.

I held my breath.

My mind started racing frantically.

What should I do.

Older Brother was still inside the spaceship. If we got caught in this state, it would all be over.

At that moment.

With a sudden thought that came to mind, I opened the Cosmic Market.

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– Emergency assembly. All units, immediately enter emergency status and secure survivors (test subjects), and eliminate any uncontrollable mutants on sight.

Urgent screams and siren sounds could be heard through the radio.

The city had already become a scene of chaos.

After an unidentified spark occurred at the Central Tower, the cognitive distortion system that had been covering the entire city shut down.

Citizens who had been peacefully walking the streets thinking they were human began to reveal their grotesque true forms one by one and go on rampages.

Literally an uncontrollable situation.

The Control Center, with fire at their feet, sent suppression units in all directions.

“This is Delta-3. I’ve arrived at the ‘Gyedo Sanghoei’ location. I’ll first check the status of key management target ‘Henry Walden.'”

A man in a white protective suit spoke into his radio.

When approval from headquarters came through with crackling static, the man began to move.

However.

Swoosh-

The military boots stopped in front of the shop.

It was right after the signal from management target Henry Walden had been cut off.

By now, sounds of him having become a mutant and rampaging while losing his reason should be heard, but the inside of the shop was eerily quiet.

The head of the white protective suit tilted slightly.

It was because he could sense a faint human presence from inside the door.

He readjusted his grip on his gun and slowly turned the door handle.

Creak-

The door opened.

The inside of the shop was dim. There was no one at the counter, and only the faint musty smell characteristic of old shops lingered.

But then.

He could see a small silhouette crouched in the back of the shop.

Step.

The white protective suit went inside.

Then the other person turned around.

Long pink hair that reached down to the waist swayed.

A young woman with cat-like eyes looked up at him and blinked.

She was such a stunning beauty that one might unconsciously become entranced.

“…Who?”

At her question, his shoulders trembled with a start.

He had unconsciously been staring fixedly at the woman’s face in silence.

“Are you a civilian?”

“Are you a customer?”

The two spoke simultaneously.

A moment of silence.

The woman’s innocent expression and tone showed not a trace of hostility.

Was cognitive distortion still being applied to this woman?

He let out a hollow laugh and lowered his gun.

“Please stand up. Civilians need to go to the Safe Zone immediately.”

He extended his hand to help the woman up.

“Safe Zone?”

A white hand hesitantly reached out from the woman who asked back.

He again stared blankly at that white and delicate hand.

“…Ah, yes. I was dispatched to evacuate citizens. It’s dangerous outside right now.”

“I suppose it would be.”

“…?”

The woman who replied strangely was holding something odd in her other hand.

It was a toy that looked like a gun.

The woman aimed it at him.

It was when the protective suit was bewildered, completely unable to understand the situation.

Piyong!

“…!”

A strange sound rang out as something like a lump of light was shot at the protective suit.

He reflexively twisted his body. But it was already too late.

“Kugh!”

As soon as the lump of light hit him, his body was violently thrown backward.

Bang!

Shelves collapsed and his helmet rolled across the floor.

Clatter clatter…

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“Wow, this actually works.”

It was my first time shooting an Energy Injector at a person.

I had speculated that if unknown energy was injected into an ordinary human body, it might cause an overload, and it was as expected.

I looked at the protective suit that had been completely thrown backward.

The power was stronger than I thought.

But that’s actually good. He won’t wake up for a long time.

I blew on the muzzle of the Energy Injector like a gunslinger in a western movie.

“Pathetic.”

After mocking the protective suit, I stood up from my spot.

But-

Wobble wobble. Wobble wobble.

My legs trembled like a newborn giraffe, and then I promptly collapsed back down.

“…?”

I tried again.

Wobble wobble.

Plop.

This time was also a spectacular failure.

‘…I can’t walk?’

Perhaps because I had become human after a long time, I couldn’t adapt to the elongated human body at all.

How did I maintain balance when I was human? How did I walk?

What should I do! I have no idea at all!

There was one more thing that was different from before.

I touched my pink hair.

Since my main body was strawberry milk colored, my hair had become the same color.

‘My hair color seems like it would stand out too much.’

Let’s think about this later for now.

I crawled with a rustling sound into the room and found Older Brother who was contained in the spaceship.

Older Brother was still groaning in pain.

‘He still has a high fever.’

Perhaps because I had become human and my body had grown larger, Black Octopus looked smaller and more pitiful.

I stroked Older Brother’s head as he broke out in cold sweat.

‘I have to protect him.’

I folded the spaceship containing Older Brother small, then looked back at the unconscious hazmat suit.

Instructions were constantly coming through the radio attached to his shoulder.

‘It seems dangerous to stay here like this.’

I looked around.

‘If I go out the back door…’

Through the glass window, I could see cherry blossom petals gently falling toward the public phone booth behind the shop.

Unlike the urgently unfolding situation, it was an extremely leisurely and beautiful scene.

I was momentarily distracted by that sight before shaking my head vigorously.

Now was not the time to be distracted.

Right next to me was a white helmet that had rolled off from the man.

I struggled to put on the large helmet.

Whoosh-

A sound came as the helmet shrank to fit my head.

‘Oh, cutting-edge technology.’

My field of vision narrowed and my breathing echoed, but thanks to it I could hide my conspicuous hair color.

I took off the fallen man’s hazmat suit and put it on. (The hazmat suit also shrank to fit my body.)

I moved with rustling sounds and crawled into the public phone booth.

That’s when it happened.

Crash-!

With a loud explosion, the shop and surrounding buildings collapsed.

Fortunately, the impact didn’t reach the public phone booth.

“Phew…”

I curled up my body and looked outside from inside the public phone booth.

Did the hazmat suits come?

It was the moment I was getting tense.

Thud!

A mutant flew from somewhere and crashed into the road.

Pop pop pop pop bang-!

Consecutive explosion sounds like firecrackers going off burst out.

At the same time, a mutant with its body half torn wriggled on the asphalt.

And behind it, someone walked out.

As the black smoke dispersed, a figure was revealed.

The man was covered in black blood and dirt, wiping blood with the back of his hand.

Soon his chilling eyes, dripping with murderous intent, slid sideways.

Toward me.

Thump, my heart sank.

A pale, handsome face with long, upturned eyes. Jet-black pupils with a bluish tint.

It was Chae Heon.

But there was no time to be happy.

In the dispersing smoke, two mutants as big as houses were pouncing toward Chae Heon’s back.

It was the moment I was about to scream in horror.

Behind him, the terrain of the street began moving geometrically.

Crack-!

Asphalt fragments that shot up instantly embraced the mutants and twisted them.

Crunch, crunch!

The giant mutants were crushed so trivially by the power of the twisted terrain.

Another mutant rushed at Chae Heon from behind, but he didn’t even look back.

The ground shot up and buildings curved, firmly crushing the mutant.

It was as if the city had become Chae Heon’s limbs, protecting him.

I watched that overwhelming scene in a daze.

Was it the aftermath of using his ability?

Chae Heon’s right face and arm began to distort as if engulfed in jet-black flames.

However, Chae Heon paid no attention to his body being carved away, staring directly at only me with eyes glowing with a pale blue light.

As if he would kill me right away.

Step.

Step.

Chae Heon slowly moved his feet.

Goosebumps rose along my spine at that ominous momentum.

Could he be mistaking me for a hazmat suit?

I immediately tried to take off and throw away the helmet.

“Ugh!”

But the helmet that fit perfectly on my head wouldn’t come off no matter how hard I tried.

What is this, why won’t it come off at a time like this!

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Step.

Step.

Black flames spread as if crawling up Chae Heon’s legs.

I felt like I would suffocate in the air filled with murderous intent.

“Cha, Chae Heon…!”

When I called his name, he seemed to hesitate for a moment-

“…There’s a smell.”

“…?!”

Wh, what smell is he talking about?

The large shadow of Chae Heon, who had approached right in front of me, completely swallowed me as I crouched inside the public phone booth.

‘What should I do?’

I looked up at him with my hands clasped together.

Chae Heon, his eyes look completely insane?

Indeed, his glistening jet-black eyes seemed to lack reason.

At that moment, he suddenly bent his waist.

“…!”

Then, like a giant beast searching for prey, he buried his nose near my nape.

“Hic!”

A gasp burst out.

It felt like hot, rough breath was touching my nape through the thick hazmat suit.

The narrow booth filled with a thick smell of blood.

Ah, could it be…

Is he smelling my purification power right now?

Then, suddenly my collar was grabbed.

“Ugh!”

“…Where is Jelly?”

It was a low, cracked voice.

A menacing aura swirled around him, as if he wouldn’t leave anything standing until he found that being.

I flailed and hit the hand that was grabbing my collar.

That’s me, you fool!

“I, I…!”

It’s me! I’m Dam!

But as if he had no patience to wait for my answer, Chae Heon’s large hand roughly grabbed my helmet.

Then without hesitation, he pulled the helmet upward.

Swoosh—

Pink hair spilled out from inside the helmet.

Just then, riding on the spring breeze that blew in, cherry blossom petals flowed into the narrow public phone booth.

Our eyes met amidst the scattering flower rain.

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