Clearing the Game at the End of the World Chapter 92

Chapter.7 Masquerade (8)

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“Oh no. no!!!”

Tangrang!

Vex emerges from the alley covered in blood. The guy, who seemed to have no strength in his legs and was pulling himself up by relying on the short sword in his hand, saw Ian and the professor on his back, howled like crazy, crawled over, and hung on to Ian’s pants.

“I thought I had seen it wrong, it had to be an illusion created by my mental illness! “Hepburn, Hepburn!!!”

‘I don’t think this guy is completely awake? ‘You’re half hallucinating.’

Ian was able to immediately recognize Bex’s condition. That monster’s scream stimulates people’s trauma. In his case, the memories of his lost wife and child, and in Vex’s case…

‘It looks like he saw the professor die.’

First I had to wake him up. In an alley like this, Vex who are skilled in close combat would be more useful than those who are good at fire fighting.

“I lost it again. Again and again! “No change from 6 years ago!!!”

slam!

“Huh?!”

“sorry. Because I was in a hurry. “Bex, please lend me a hand.”

Ian slapped Bex, who was struggling out of his mind, on the cheek, then pulled his hand away and placed his hand under the professor’s nose.

Shuuk. Huh.

A light breath touching my hand covered in blood.

“how is it. “Are you breathing?”

“Huh?”

Proof of life that touches your skin is more effective than a thousand words.

In an instant, the firearm returns to Bex’s blurry eyes. Some people wake up by nagging their wife, who has already returned to dust, but it would be nice for this guy to be simple.

“It’s alive. “I just fainted because I was hit directly by a shock wave.”

“Are you… alive?”

“Yeah dude. I’m a little sad. The professor’s death appears in that fantasy, but my death doesn’t appear? “How come the professor is the only one you look for as soon as you come out?”

“Uh…huh? Right? Are you alive? He obviously died after being run over by a tank…”

“He died in a very specific way. Wake up quickly. Time to listen to you talk in your sleep-”

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“Keuuuu! Because there isn’t one!”

The giant, who looked like a gigantic corpse with only his upper body left, screamed once again. It wasn’t as powerful as it was at first, but it still had the power to shake your stomach and turn your hair white.

He was holding on to his spirit, but if this happened a few more times, he wouldn’t have the confidence to stand on his own two feet.

Vex, who was now looking at the two with a bright face as if she had completely come to her senses, immediately turned her head towards the professor when she was hit by a mental wave, her face became sharp, and she began to move.

“This way, hurry! “If the professor lost his mind because of that, he shouldn’t be left here!”

“We’re finally making sense. By the way, to what extent have you organized it? “I’m not in a good condition right now, so I can’t be of much help…”

Ian, who followed Bex into the alley, was speechless at the horrors that unfolded inside. There were two guys taking cover just inside the alley. There were four corpses left and right scattered in the windows of the stairs about 1.5 floors above the wall. A bridge submerged in a puddle of blood slightly sticking out at an intersection one block further into the alley.

It was obvious who made this. The person who crawled out of that alley covered in blood was the short old man in front of me.

“All of this… you? With that blunt greatsword?”

“I used it thinking it was a blunt awl, not a knife. If you stab the inside of the eyeball with enough force, you can pierce the thin part of the skull. “Six by sneak attack, four by captured guns.”

Bex threw the enemy’s gun, which was leaning inside the alley, as if he had prepared it in advance, to Ian and pointed inside.

“The platoon guarding this side was annihilated. Let’s get out. “If we just go through this alley, it’s a short walk to our truck.”

Ian couldn’t help but chuckle as he saw Bex urging him on, shaking his head as if he was a little dizzy.

The red boot prints and handprints on every wall, window, and pipe in the alley told how he moved.

“The professor is so talented that he picked up something like that from somewhere…”

“huh? what?”

“Hehehe, I’m talking to myself. Take the lead!”

Whatever it was, it was a good thing. If I can get out of this alley and get to the truck, I’ll be able to escape from this guy who doesn’t move very fast.

Dom? Raptor? election? A monster that can overthrow the entire District 47?

‘Is this my part-time job? If the professor doesn’t wake up like this, stop by the shelter, take only food and water, and leave Area 47.’

Living in a wasteland means that you have accumulated the experience of loss over that time.

“Just stay alive, Professor, just stay alive!” “I’ll take you to the doctor in no time!”

Therefore, Ian knew better than anyone else what was most important in moments like these.

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Rumble- Kwaang!

“hey! Close it gently! Don’t you know that shock is poison to a person with a head injury!! “I lifted him up so he could lie down slowly!”

“Did Hepburn hurt her head? Are you serious? As for the status! “Can you wake up?!”

“Aww! Don’t cling! How do you know it’s me! “I’m not even Old Man Woojin!”

“What happened when I passed out! Did you hit your head hard? No matter what the monster does to the professor…”

Whirring bumbling!

Ian thought there would be no end if he continued like this, so he started the engine. The outside of the alley where the play was staged was so peaceful that my worries were in vain. They crossed the empty, old-world streets without blood, gunpowder, corpses, or people, leaving behind red military marks, and were able to safely arrive at their armored truck.

“What if the professor doesn’t wake up?”

“We go to the shelter and escape with only a week’s worth of food. Let’s go to area 45. The area around the underground bunker is crowded, but the area nearby will be quieter as the number of scavengers has decreased. You lived there, right? “I know the geography well, so I’ll leave it to you.”

“What if I run away and don’t wake up? I saw it too. His fantasy. That was… it was showing my worst memory. Losing your mind means you couldn’t bear it. Maybe the professor will never come back like this…”

“You idiot!” hey! Do you want to sound unlucky? So what if the professor never wakes up? “Abandon us and leave?!”

“Sounds like that! I! “I didn’t mean to do it!!”

“I …..

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Ian was so upset for a moment that he grabbed Bex by the collar, but was embarrassed and let go.

‘I can’t maintain my senses.’

The excitement of battle, emotions exposed to the outside world as they are caught up in the mental waves of old pictures. In addition, their situation was exposed without a plan at an urgent moment. It was the professor’s plan that caused the monster to run away one step ahead of the executive branch’s plan before it was completed. There must have been a plan in the professor’s head about what to do with the monster that arose like that.

But the professor was now asleep and pretending to be cool-headed, but Ian himself was just as anxious as Bex, not knowing what to do now.

“Hey…”

“Damn it. I am a merchant and a fighter, not a tactician. I know that if we run away like this, this whole incident will be blamed on us, but what should we do if we get caught between that monster and the Dom Raptor…” “

Hey!”

“Oh what! “Why do you keep calling me from earlier…?”

Ian got irritated by the repeated calls and tried to turn his head, but stopped for a moment.

‘wait for a sec. Vex is facing right in front of me. Then… who?’

Ian’s face turned toward the backseat.

Now, Bex had a face like Mary who witnessed the resurrection of Jesus right before his eyes, so all that was left was…

“Oh. It’s metal. Vex. The air outside is refreshing…but not stale. “Nice to meet you all!”

professor. There was a professor who woke up and wiped the nosebleed with the back of his hand and smiled like an idiot.

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“Professor Kyoaa!!”

Ian was filled with all his suppressed emotions and rushed towards the professor.

Wow!

“Fucking hell! He seems like a really good guy with luck! After all, you won the lottery!”

“and! I never thought I would be welcomed so warmly! thank you! “I really like you too!”

Ian, who was sniffling and hugging the neck of a somewhat fierce professor, felt something strange. If it were like usual, I would have thought, ‘Ugh, gross! dirty! Get away you lumps!’ The professor, who was supposed to say the same thing, was not only holding him in his arms and hugging him, but was even rubbing his cheek against his bearded face!

“Park…Professor?”

“Hehehehe. Are you dull? Or do you just not want to admit it? Metal Joe Ian?”

For a moment, Ian got goosebumps without realizing it and took a step back. He was able to see Bex’s expression that changed from a face full of joy to a contemplative look in an instant. He also felt it instinctively.

That what is in front of you is not a professor.

“You you you you… who are you?”

“What about it? I understand that asking questions is an act of trying to find out what you don’t know. Looking at your expression… I don’t think what you’re asking is a question, right?”

“Damn it…what happened to the professor?”

“The connection cannot be made because the customer is away. “It goes to voicemail, so when you hear the beep – talk to Hyde!”

Hyde raised his finger and put his face between the two, smiling as if he couldn’t help but be happy.

“Beepee-”

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“This… rotten bastard…!”

Needless to say, the tendons on Ian’s forehead bulged at that mischievous look.

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Wow!

Ian put his arm around the professor’s neck, which was stretched forward, and tightened it tightly.

“Keeek! Ugh, is this a ‘prank’, an act of communication accompanied by extreme skinship between individuals in a friendly relationship? Quite shocking… Cough! Hey, let go. Let go. Kehehe!”

Crack, clap, clap!

“In my memory, when I tap my arm… The rule is to let go if you tap…”

“You. That’s it. “That psychotic parasite that was said to be inside the professor’s head.”

“Leave it alone! “I’m going to die like this-”

Ian thought as he put more strength on his forearms. If the professor lost consciousness and this guy came out, wouldn’t it be possible to get the professor back by blowing this guy’s consciousness?

Between Bex and Ian, who were stamping their feet like that, Hyde, who was making a frustrated sound as if he was suffocating, suddenly started giggling.

“Kehee hee hee… Metaljo, I know what you’re thinking, but if I lose my mind like this, will I really die?”

“….Shit.”

In the end, Ian had no choice but to let him go. I couldn’t tell if what Hyde said was a lie or the truth, but it was the professor’s life that was at stake.

“Kellok Kellogg! Oh my, my neck. Suffocation. Something different from what you thought? I think the shell was really excited about this… but no. Did you hate going into the water at first? If I do it, will it get better? Hey metal. “Can you do it one more time?”

“Stop talking nonsense and just say what you said before. What happened to the professor? “What do you mean, if you lose consciousness you’ll die?”

Giggling!

Even though Hyde was receiving hostile looks from Bex and Ian, he was so happy that he almost lost his mind. Clearly, they both hated him. However, those feelings came from affection for the shell that was currently sleeping inside him, and as a result, Hyde was a fountain receiving both their affection and their anger.

‘Ahh have fun! You can feel negative and positive emotions at the same time! Hey shell! I can’t believe they prepared a place like this! ‘This is so extravagant!’

“I really can’t hate you…”

“What?”

“He said he would help. There are things I have been asked to do by my shell, and it seems like things that are fun will become less enjoyable as life outside becomes difficult. Hey driver! depart!”

“depart? “I’m sorry, but we have no reason to follow your lead, parasite.”

“Phew!”

“Smile?”

Hyde waved his hand in response to Ian’s growling words.

“No, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to laugh at you, but it’s a bit funny to think that you say something so confidently and end up following it… Oh sorry. “Then it’s true that I laughed at it.”

“word. upright. If you don’t make me understand. I’m going to torture you until the professor comes out. “There are more ways to torture the body without causing serious harm than you might think.”

Before we knew it, Bex came to the side and gently pressed under Hyde’s fingernails with his thumb nail. Looking at that icy face, it was clear that if he said even one more offensive word, his blunt thumb would get stuck under his fingernails. Does it hurt? It must hurt. Because that guy seemed like an expert in this field.

“Tsk tsk tsk. This is the problem for people outside. They say everyone moves before thinking. The shell thinks and moves more than two or three times in an instant. “Well, I chose the right people.”

Hyde, who joked and paid no heed to Vex’s threats, finally decided to give them the answer they wanted.

Knock, knock.

Hyde’s finger pointed to the Old Picture seen between the buildings in the distance.

“Because the shell and I share memories. “I also saw the ‘next’ plan he came up with before he lost his mind.”

“And then… plan?”

“okay. A plan to put that big crybaby to sleep and stop the executive team, who knows that something is wrong and is going on a rampage, and the Raptor, who is running until his tires are worn out. So, “

Pangpang! ”

“Come! friends. “There isn’t that much time!”

Ian and Bex’s expressions became even more wrinkled as they smiled and cheerfully patted their backs.

“Sickness. When all sorts of really shitty things happen…”

“Wahahahahah! “I was born a nonsensical person, so I guess that’s all I get involved in!”

“…..”

“Lighten up your face, little friend! I promise to use it well and return it! I can’t hold on for a thousand years! “When the shell wakes up, the baton touch will happen naturally!”

Boom-!

In the end, as Hyde said, Ian had no choice but to get behind the wheel again in the direction he pointed. Toward Old Picture, who desperately escaped by holding his head just moments ago.

Bex’s anxious expression Unlike Ian’s dissatisfied expression,

“What a Day! What a Lovely DAY!!!”

What was so good about it was that Hyde’s face was full of happiness.

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