Arena, Alien hunting

There was nothing but white in the void.

I've come back to a place where the world is full of white.

“Hello, investigator Kim Hyun-ho. ”

A baby angel came back to greet me after opening the door to the test.

He still doesn't blow the trumpet this time because he doesn't care about people's feelings at all.

I squatted there.

Through the door of the test, the body recovered, but it was insane.

The baby angel said in a slightly lonely tone.

“You came alone. ”

“ ……. ”

I did.

I was the only one back here.

Only I came back from that hell.

Joon-ho Hye-soo is dead.

I have not seen the death of Gangnam City yet, but seeing that I have not returned, I am sure that I am dead.

That day, when Hye-soo died and lost his mind, saving me was powerful.

‘Go ahead. I got this. ’

It was only then that I came to my senses.

But how are you going to escape on your own?

I hesitated.

We must fight together.

But I was no longer helpful. It was because the summoning time had ended and the seals had returned.

Gangcheon has already turned off the nerves from me. His eyes were only on the mighty Leon Silver.

Leon Silver also became a face to discover new excitement in the strong eyes of Gangcheon City.

“Go. I will judge with this one. No matter how long it takes. ”

So I ran away, leaving the stronghold behind.

I fled desperately, day and night. Fortunately, my Stamina Calibration Beginner level 4 was able to endure the enforcement forces.

When I arrived at the high, steep mountain after the forest, I saw the door of the test that appeared before my eyes, and I sat still and cried.

Junho, who was killed in vain.

Lee Hyuk stared at me with sad eyes at the moment of death.

He sent me away and continued to fight alone.

I felt like I was going to be sick with the loneliness of being alone again. I, who was the leader of the team, had to sacrifice not only the villagers, but also the rest of the team and survive on my own.

“You look sad. ”

The word of a baby angel woke me up from reminiscence.

“But you've already completed the test, so I want to congratulate you. Congratulations, Test Subject Kim Hyun-ho. You have achieved the highest score this time. ”

“ ……. ”

“Oh, you don't have the energy, so it's no fun. ”

I was a little angel trying to get my medicine up, but I wasn't strong enough to fight back.

The baby angel suddenly looked at that day and said,

“Then a mood-shifting quiz! ”

“ ……. ”

“How did he know which direction he was shooting from when he shot Silf and he didn't even see Leon Silver? ”

At that, I opened my eyes.

Yeah, that was weird, too.

How did he know when, where, and how to shoot?

He couldn't have spotted the Silf's movements.

Then…….

I thought about it deeply. And I finally came up with an answer.

“… smell. ”

“Correct!”

“Damn it!”

It smelled.

Silf, of course, has no sound or smell, but it is not a shotgun chaser. Shooting multiple times would have caused the smell of gunpowder to vibrate.

‘I was a fool. ’

I wish I'd taken that into account.

If you had blocked even the scent with Silf's ability and made it shoot, there might have been other consequences.

I did not think carefully about Junho's death and his psychological pressures.

I wish I was better! Then she wouldn't have to die!

“I know. ”

The baby angel read my thoughts and nagged me.

“If the investigator Kim Hyun-ho had been a little better, Lee Hye-soo wouldn't have died. ”

“You bastard! ”

“Heeheehee.”

I stared at him in anger, but the baby angel spun around and laughed nonsense.

“Have you learned a little lesson? ”

“What lesson? A lesson in being stupid and dying? ”

“Stupid. Kim Hyun-ho, the examiner, did very well on this test. But still.”

The baby angel flies in a splash and pushes his face towards me.

“You have to do better than that. ”

“ ……. ”

“Even at the more pressing moment of death, the examiner Kim Hyun-ho should be cold and wise. Okay? Because I want the investigator Kim Hyun-ho to survive to the end. ”

“ ……. ”

“Here we go. Now get going, and I'll see you on the next test. ”

The baby angel flicks his finger and the door of the test appears.

I opened the door and took a step toward the bright light.

So, the third trial was completed.

* * *

The lab is in disarray.

Cha Ji-hye and the people at the laboratory were busy.

Lee Junho, Lee Hye-soo, and Kang-cheong were coming out.

Three people were hiding from a heart attack. That was the end of the investigator who died in the arena. But in reality, the corpse was intact, so it was a little comforting. At least in reality, they seemed peaceful.

“Are you all right?”

Cha Ji-hye approached and asked.

I asked again powerlessly.

“Do I look all right? ”

“Sorry, that was a bad question. ”

“What happens to Joon-ho and Hye-soo now? ”

“I'm taking you to the hospital. You will be treated as a sudden death and your family notified. ”

“So will I. ”

“… if you lose your life on the test, yes. ”

Easily imagined.

A family member who will hold my dead body and be defiled. It will be a sudden flash of lightning for the family.

“Go back and get some rest today. You'll hear about the third trial later if you find enough rest mentally." ”

“Sure."

Cha Ji-hye simply said goodbye and disappeared somewhere to see if she was busy.

At that time, the maintenance team also left after the test.

Maintenance, Cha Jin-hyuk, Jin Yong Lee.

The 19th, or now the 20th, they all made it back safely. I was so jealous of that.

“Wow! It's been so long! I've been forgetting for a while! What did you say your name was? ”

The blonde maintainer looked at me and trembled.

It's been such a long time since you've forgotten your name. ’

I was curious about her attitude.

Easy Yong of a good impression of a person solved my curiosity.

“You must have been the third time, so it was only a full day after the exam? We had to take the exam for three months. ”

“Ah……. ”

I spent ten days in the arena. They spent three months. It felt strange to wake up on the same day. You came back at the same time and lived different times.

“What about the other members? ”

Cha Jin-hyuk asked.

“… you said Jinks 2 and 3 times? ”

That was enough of an answer.

The face of the maintenance water and Izzie was stiff.

“Oh my……. ”

Cha Jin-hyuk scratched his head.

“They're all dead except you? A team about your size? This is ridiculous! How many fucking tests was that? The one who said it was strong was pretty good! ”

He said as if the maintainer was unbelievable.

“It's all my fault. ”

“Oh, my gosh. So now you have to take the test by yourself? ”

“Of course.”

Then Izzy came and patted me on the shoulder.

“If you're left alone, don't be a bully. There are other ways to get help, such as by other investigators in your area. ”

“Another examiner? ”

“Yes, a team like you in distress is rescued by a team in a nearby area. Maybe the lab will ask you if there's a team to back you up. ”

“On the contrary, hopeless teams give up. ”

Cha Jin-hyuk said.

“Hey!"

Izzie put a pin in the cup.

Cha Jin-hyuk kept saying, regardless of what happened.

“Don't trust the lab too much. These are not volunteers. Although they seem to provide extensive support for investigators, they are not good enough to invest resources and manpower in hopeless investigators. Especially when all your colleagues are dead and you're the only third sunchick left. ”

“Hey! Will you keep talking nonsense? ”

Maintainer was furious at Cha Jinhyuk.

“Don't be silly. You don't have to be behind the scenes to prepare yourself! ”

Cha Jin-hyuk kept telling me.

“Listen, Cha Ji-hye is a faithful woman, but her superiors are not. I have nothing to lose because I am in a position to report imminent performance to the top political officials. Maybe they'll break the contract and just throw you away. ”

“ ……. ”

“You have to be prepared, and you have to do something to live with yourself. Before you go home today, ask Cha Ji-hye for as much information as possible about the arena. If you get dumped, you won't be able to get any information about that arena. ”

Cha Jin-hyuk's advice was cold, but it helped me a lot.

I heard about it.

It seemed unlikely that the laboratory would spend money, time and effort for me, who was likely to die soon.

Besides, it wasn't a long-term contract, it was a one-year short-term contract, so discarding it would be easier.

I bowed my head to Cha Jin-hyuk.

“Thank you for the advice. ”

“Come on, get going. ”

“Wait!”

Maintainer caught me.

She pulls out her phone.

“Take a number. ”

“Yes?”

“It's good for testers to stay in touch. ”

“Oh, I see. ”

I simply stamped my number on the maintainer's phone.

Maintenance tapped my shoulder.

“Come on. That's all I have to say. ”

“Thank you."

Following Cha Jin-hyuk's advice, I went straight to Cha Ji-hye.

However, Cha Ji-hye said honestly because she didn't look like a wicked woman.

“Tell me honestly. What are the chances that the lab will continue to support me? ”

“ ……. ”

Cha Ji-hye's face darkened. It was also the guesswork of Cha Jin-hyuk.

“Give me as much data as you can on the arena as you can. Even if I don't have the support of the lab anymore, I still have to take the test and survive. ”

“… I can't be sure what I'm going to make about Kim Hyun-ho at the top. Even though Kim Hyun-ho is a test subject with a peculiar main skill, he will be pessimistic that he has lost all of his team members in the third round. ”

“I understand.”

She sighs.

“I'll give you all the data I can. Well, there's no advanced information, but it's better than nothing. ”

Cha Ji-hye took out his laptop and ran it, and transferred some files to a USB memory and handed it to me.

“Take this for now. And no matter what decisions we make at our laboratory, I will continue to reach out to Kim Hyun-ho and do my best to help him. ”

“Thank you.”

“No, because I was poor as my researcher, you ended up with that. I'm just sorry. ”

Even though I hated her sometimes, I could see that Cha Ji-hye was a virtuous woman.

So I said good-bye and returned to the Cheonan by helicopter and vehicle.

Reality only lasted a day, but I felt like I had come home in years.