Chapter 34: Unwanted Overnight Stay (5)

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Be quiet.

Shut up.

The man who turned off the radio with a nervous movement covered my mouth.

I clearly said it was safe.

I told you so earnestly that there would never be an incident where the monsters inside the test tube escaped…!

We have to get to the surface first.

Otherwise…

Grumble

A crying sound is heard.

The monster’s crying.

He held his breath and slowly calmed his heart at the faint crying sound coming from far away.

Calm down.

If you don’t calm down, you’ll die.

‘The important thing to survive the monster is not to have fear, gentlemen.’

A single, dry phrase echoed in his head.

As he imagined the face of the person who would never feel fear, he felt himself gradually becoming calmer even in this extreme situation.

Calm down.

Slowly counting prime numbers.

Deokbuk-deokbuk-deokbuk

“2, 3, 5, 7, 11.”

I let out a sigh of relief as I listened to the sound of footsteps getting further and further away.

There was no way a mere human could survive against such a monster.

However, it might be possible to survive.

Despite her monstrous appearance, her intelligence wasn’t all that high, so if she acted calmly, she would definitely…

“Oh my, there’s a human left here.”

“Huh?!!?!”

My back straightened reflexively at the sudden voice.

I raised my head, reacting like a student who got caught doing something else without the teacher knowing, and eyes the same color as the surrounding darkness were staring at the man.

“Are you a survivor…?”

“I guess so?”

The other person looked very young, but her unique calmness made it impossible to guess her age.

Although the clothes inside were light clothes that any girl would wear, the pure white gown on the outside told me that she was related to this place.

A researcher.

“I never thought there’d be such a young researcher in such a crazy place.

The researchers I occasionally saw were all old people who had lost their minds.

People who conducted monster research with dark circles under their eyes and a strange light in their eyes.

Even if it was important enough to ask for help from such a young person, it was already clear that their research was reckless since the accident had already occurred.

“Do you remember the location of the secret passage leading outside?”

“Yes, I know the general idea.”

“Follow me.”

As she said that, the girl turned around and waved the sleeves of her lab coat that were long enough to cover her hands…

Are you a mountain girl?

Since she came all the way here despite the monsters wandering around, it must mean there’s a way to get around without being noticed by the monsters.

If she followed this girl, she might be able to get outside safely.

“It’s not really a mess, is it?”

“That’s right.

But more importantly, since there are monsters wandering around nearby, wouldn’t it be better to lower your voice a little?”

“Is that so?”

A round smile appeared on the girl’s lips as she answered with an innocent expression.

No, she had been smiling from the beginning.

The humans in the underground research lab were all screwed up, and even in this situation, the girl seemed to be no pushover.

“She’s overly confident when she’s up against a monster…

Is there some kind of order that says researchers shouldn’t attack?”

If not, there was no way she could calmly walk around in the midst of chaos where monsters were running around trying to chew off heads.

Damn researchers, wouldn’t it be better if they could control the monsters at will?

“I don’t know about you, but I’m a normal human.

If a monster catches you, my life is in danger.”

“A normal human…

There’s no way a human like that would be here.”

The girl who said that she was far from normal as long as she was in the underground research lab made me feel uncomfortable for a moment.

It was as if she was concluding that everyone here was a strange person—as if she was looking down on them from above.

…I’m sure it’s just my mood.

“…Anyway, please refrain from making any noise.”

“Are you afraid of monsters?”

He could still clearly see the

“That’s what you’re saying.”

Huh? This is crazy.

He stopped walking for a moment at the sound of crying coming from around the corner.

If he turns this corner, he’ll die.

The man’s survival instinct was screaming in his head.

“Wait.”

“What’s wrong?”

The girl tilted her head as if she hadn’t heard the monster’s cries and walked around the corner.

The man, who was about to reach out and grab the girl, thought that she would be okay since she was a researcher, and backed away alone.

“If the monster attacks, we can’t both die.”

He slowly started to back away in preparation for an emergency.

Would he hear a scream?

Or would he hear an answer that it was okay?

The man swallowed dry saliva.

At the same time, the girl’s face suddenly popped out from around the corner.

“What, what is it? I was surprised—hmph?!”

The gazes stared at him with lifeless eyes.

However, he felt that there were not one, but two gazes.

When he slowly raised his head to the other gaze, what he saw was none other than blood-red eyes.

The eyes of a predator that didn’t seem human at all—closer to those of an animal than a human.

“A, a monster.”

“Are you sure you’re okay? Hoo, don’t startle people and answer me!”

He felt a moment of relief at the sight of the monster not rushing at him even though it saw him.

He didn’t know if it was really listening to the researcher.

That must be why it was just watching him.

The monster rushing at him as soon as it saw him and tearing off the limbs of its comrade.

“If the monster hadn’t listened, that girl would have already passed away.”

He slowly exhaled at the monster that still hadn’t rushed at him and was still sitting still.

He was alive.

If he followed that girl, he could escape this hell filled with monsters.

With that thought, the man wiped the cold sweat running down his forehead and began to approach the girl.

“Squeak-squeak-squeak-squeak-squeak squeak—”

The monster was right there as soon as he turned the corner.

To be exact, it was the ‘monsters!’

The hallway was filled with monsters crying out as they looked at the man.

Like children drooling over delicious food, just like that.

“Uh, uh, uh…”

“Please don’t get blood on this gown. I want to take at least one clean.”

A dry voice pierced into the man’s ear as he blankly stared at the monsters.

Don’t get blood on it?

You want to take at least one clean?

Like a prey on the verge of death, unable to control his body, the man creaked his stiff neck and looked at the girl—or rather, the girl’s eyes.

Red.

Eyes similar to the ones the monsters had… no, exactly the same feeling—

“Oh, shit—”

There was no scream.

It was because the head that screamed was no longer attached to the body.

Creatures who would die without a head.

“Really, I told you to eat the gown without getting blood on it.”

I let out a deep sigh as I looked at the blood-stained gown that had spewed forth from the man’s neck.

How many of these had I worn already?

The reason for that was, yes.

Sadly, humans were fragile.

No matter how much I said, since he didn’t listen, I thought he probably needed some ‘wait’ training.

I don’t know if the training will work though.

‘Anyway, it’s just like a horror game.

I had passed the power room before I passed here, and there, the monsters were chasing the humans and touched something wrong, so most of the lights inside went out.

Since humans tend to despair easily the darker it gets, it was actually good because there were a lot of snacks.

Since the monsters were pretty good at dark vision to begin with, I guess they didn’t really feel the discomfort from the darkness.

“I told you that those who wanted to leave could leave… Are you going to keep following me?”

Gulp-Gulp-Gulp

The monsters started to cry at my question.

Just like a baby bird hatching from an egg recognizes the first person it sees as its mother, these monsters seemed to see me, who had taken them out of the test tube, as a similar being.

Or maybe it was just because I was a monster, Apocalypse.

“Then let’s decide. From now on, whenever you eat a human head, you’ll get off my side. What do you think?”

Squeak, squeak, squeak-

One per person should be more than enough.

Honestly, at first, it didn’t matter if they followed me or not, but as their number grew rapidly, it became quite difficult to carry them around.

I’m not some piper or anything, tsk.

If the humans saw the monsters following me around, it would definitely cause various awkward situations.

I didn’t want to end up in that situation because of something ridiculous since I came all this way to have fun.

So, let’s start by thinking about getting these guys apart.

At best, it would be a breakup, at worst, it would be a release.