Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint Chapter 12

EP.12 Humans are animals that use tools

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Today’s alarm clock came to me with more pain than noise.

What if a cicada made of steel cries violently? It seems like they are cutting their ears with a sharp blade. I couldn’t stand it, so I jumped out of bed in a fit and turned off the wall-mounted alarm clock.

The process of headaches becoming a daily routine was not very pleasant. He clutched his throbbing head and gritted his teeth.

“Ah. That damn alarm clock.”

The military alarm clock can advance the alarm time, but it cannot delay it. No matter how late you set it, it automatically rings at 8:00 am. The noise was close to an attack.

It’s not for nothing that there is a joke that if you want to find a dead body, you have to find a house where the alarm clock hasn’t turned off. Because that noise can’t be endured without dying.

If you want to sleep in comfortably, you have no choice but to break it, but only then you are not guaranteed to wake up tomorrow. In a military country where daily routines are meticulously meshed like cogs, being late is a crime.

“Naughty bastards. If you make me stand up a little more moderately, it will get worse.”

After stretching to the fullest, I stand in front of the sink and look in the mirror. Inside the broken mirror is my face cracked by incontinence. The corners of his mouth were exquisitely twisted, and his expression could not be seen.

The clothes he wore were a cheap shirt. It was the clothes that the military government issued before wearing the straitjacket. The shirt he had been wearing for days was already wrinkled.

“I have to do laundry soon. Also looking for spare clothes. You can’t be a single-breasted gentleman with just one shirt.”

This is also a place where people lived, so there must be clothes left to wear somewhere. After I finished washing my face, I headed outside, determined to find even some worn-out clothes.

“bruise.”

And then closed the door again. I tugged on the doorknob and pressed my foot against the door, thinking about it.

Why is that hairball waiting in front of my door? Are you going to take me out for a walk in the morning?

“Woof woof.”

no. Absolutely not. There is a lot to do here. I am the only one who will take care of him, so I have to cook every day. I wouldn’t even have my personal time if I took this nasty insectivore for a daily walk.

How about just taking a walk? The opponent is the dog king. It means walking like a king.

“Woogh-wong-wong.”

I hear the paws scraping at the door. There are no locks in the laborer’s quarters, so every time my front foot hits the door, the door rattles and my body shakes.

Aji doesn’t even think about breaking down the door right now, he’s just scratching. The problem is that even with just that much motion, you feel the impact of being hit by a battering ram. If I keep going like this, I’ll run out of power before the door breaks through.

When a siege warfare occurs, even though there are few troops, they often try to open the gates and charge. Not because they are stupid, but because they want to do something before they collapse helplessly from exhaustion.

I also put my hand on the doorknob with the heart of a longevity ahead of the fall.

“It’s a win. You fucking beast.”

afraid. How could I not be afraid to fight against a monster that could separate me into blood, flesh, and bone with a single gesture?

However, dogs are inherently loyal to humans. Aji, the king of dogs, has infinite affection for humans and rarely attacks. They may bite me lightly as a sign of defiance, but they won’t tear me apart at all.

Until now, I treated him like a boss, hoping to build up a good impression, but from now on, that won’t be the case.

Humans are no longer defeated.

Do not give in to the demands of the beasts.

will fight back Even if it means dying.

When I opened the door with a firm resolve, Aji, who was sitting in front of the door, looked up at me.

I shouted with a solemn attitude toward Aji, who was sitting camped in front of the door like a serviceman who had come to collect money.

“What did you come here for, you terrible beast!”

“bruise?”

If you shamelessly ask for a walk in the morning, put on a leash and throw it away, and if you ask for food like a pig, I will make a special dish sprinkled with spices and serve it as dog food.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have the ability to fight and win. What matters is my attitude. Ogi who can’t sit still and lose!

It’s a win, mutt!

“bruise.”

As I made that promise, Aji crawled up to my feet. Then he sat back down and yawned profusely.

what. Aren’t you asking for a walk? Aren’t you begging for food?

I waited for about a minute just in case, but Aji stayed still, only occasionally tapping me with his tail.

“You just came. phew. thank god.”

The dog king is also a dog. It requires human interaction. But the other humans here are a bit flawed when it comes to interacting with dogs. There is no room for regressors, and there is no life for vampires. Right now, I’m the only person the dog king can properly communicate with.

I relaxed and slowly reached my hand down. Aji, who was yawning droopingly, looked at my hand and rubbed his face.

“okay. That’s why it’s a pet. You have finally realized where you are!”

The undisputed ruler of the earth is human. That is why the kings of beasts were able to speak the language while wearing human skin. Because the king of beasts, the prophet of a species, had to be able to communicate with the dominant species on earth.

Like all dogs, they are overly active and secretly stubborn, but with the difference that they can communicate at any time. He stroked Aji’s hair and twisted his lips.

“Quack-quick. yes not good How nice is it to be pure? I don’t even need to use my hands!”

There is no other beast as good as a dog if you listen carefully. what good You can look at it that way.

“It’s compliant, so I guess I can use it well. Follow me, Aji! You’ll have to use your nose to search the management office.”

“bruise!”

I headed for the administration office and Aji immediately got up and followed me.

If this was a normal prison, a tall tower would have been built next to it.

The tower must have looked down at the prisoners and laborers, who were infested with ants, with their heads erected stiffly two stories above the roof of the education college. They would have meticulously monitored each prisoner with countless searchlights hanging like the eyes of a deep-sea fish. If some prisoners hide in the dark, away from the light of the searchlight, they will somehow find them, screaming like a child who has lost his toy. I don’t need to tell you what to do after that.

But this is Tantalus. A place where only the heinous prisoners who cannot be controlled by the military are confined.

In order to manage prisoners and survive here, the military needs to make that kind of investment. Deploying troops or dispatching strong generals.

Of course this is impossible. It’s extremely inefficient to waste that much energy as a prison janitor.

Rather than pouring manpower and resources into management, he made the calculation that it would be more economical to leave it completely unattended. Kill or save each other, whatever you want.

Anyway. Maybe that’s why, instead of a tall and authoritative watchtower, Tantalus only had a square temporary building that looked like a warehouse. It was a container building separated by a modest fence.

It wasn’t even in perfect condition now. I climbed over the collapsed fence, frowning.

“Ugh, it’s such a mess inside.”

One wall was completely destroyed. Looking at the shape of a large handprint, it seems that someone smashed the wall with their palm. The iron plate attached to the building had dozens of small holes, as if someone had shot an arrow at the target, and there were traces of melted iron on the edges of the holes. what did you shoot You wouldn’t be able to make something like this with a flaming arrow.

The roof had collapsed terribly. There was no need to find out why. This is because the roof was hit by a huge steel framed concrete that can only be seen at a construction site. One of the four corners of the building was missing in the shape of teeth marks, as if it had been bitten by something.

what the hell happened I was walking cautiously with a lot of crouching, but the ground suddenly shook. I quickly lowered myself and looked down, and there were traces of someone cutting the concrete floor as clean as a cake. This is probably the work of a regressor.

Something seems to have happened, but I’m still a mind reader. It is unknown what happened in the past. I can only speculate that an immense amount of hatred and violence swept through it.

Unable to move my feet, I scratched my chin and looked back at Aji.

“Hey, do you remember what happened?”

“Wow! Everyone fought!”

“Uh, so who? why did you fight Can you explain in detail according to the 5-W-W?”

“bruise?”

“no. It’s my fault for asking you.”

Aji would not have sided with anyone. To be loyal to all men also means to be equally indifferent to all men. Even if I build up a crush like this, if I fight with someone else, I won’t take anyone’s side.

Thinking about it makes me angry. I’ve been so good to you, but won’t you take my side?

“ha. The effort put in is worthless. No matter how much you feed and walk a dog, in the end a dog will be a dog…”

“I like to go for a walk!”

“I know. It’s because I don’t like going for walks as much as you do.”

“bruise?!”

Aji opened his eyes wide in shock. Was it that shocking that he didn’t like to go for walks?

Aji jumped up and down, perhaps feeling a little nervous, and began to speak the most fluently I’ve ever seen him.

“bruise! Good for a walk! Cool! I see strange things sometimes! Fun!”

“Yes, yes.”

“There are so many good things to do on a walk! Good mood! wide! Run around!”

whatever. Are you trying to convince me? Ha ha, no matter how much I became a prisoner, will I be persuaded by a dog?

Aji, who diligently preached the good points of walking while using advanced vocabulary in his own words, looked up at me with bright eyes and said,

“Do you like walking?”

“I like to go for walks.”

“bruise!”

It’s too early to rejoice. Seeing Aji spinning around, I added briefly.

“I just much prefer lying down.”

“Meong?!”

“late. let’s go.”

okay. What should I ask you to use? Eventually I’ll have to find out

Conversing at eye level, I crossed the three-pronged door and entered the management office.

What did you do to make the door torn like a piece of paper? Is it still iron?

Should I just go back?

The building was dark with no lights. If the roof was intact and the walls hadn’t collapsed, the inside without a single light would have been dark and nothing could be seen. Fortunately, light leaked through holes not designed by the architects, and the interior was bright enough to discern objects.

As befits a management office, things that were once mechanical devices could be seen among the collapsed and broken wreckage. The reason why it is in the past tense is that it is now damaged to the point where only the shape is barely recognizable. Scattered bolts and nuts. The instrument panel with the rim of the cracked cog wheel ripped off. The golem’s arms and legs were horribly ripped off.

The mechanical devices and magic golems that once managed this place were completely destroyed by an attack by something.

“Looks like you broke everything while escaping. I can understand that.”

Since I owe a lot, let’s make it into a situation where I owe a lot. That’s a very correct attitude. I muttered meaningless words as I rummaged through the mountains of rubble. If there are any items or equipment that the military government has not yet retrieved, I intend to pick them up and use them.

But there was a lot of wreckage and it was dark inside. In the dark, not knowing where to start, I straightened my back and sweated. The building, which seemed narrow from the outside, seemed annoyingly wide when I was in the position to search it myself. In addition, the wreckage was so heavy that you had to groan each time you lifted it.

Even if there is a treasure hidden in that darkness, I have no way to find it or the ability to obtain it.

“Oops. Is it bullshit?”

Just as he decided to return, Aji suddenly turned his head and burrowed into the rubble.

Every time Aji dug up the ground with both hands, large debris flew through the air with a strange sound. I hid under the collapsed roof and waited for the chaos to end. Aji, who simply tossed aside the reinforced concrete and large antenna, pointed to a small cabinet strewn across it, wagging his tail furiously.

Recognizing its true identity, I quietly raised myself.

“It’s an important item locker, isn’t it? I managed to find it.”

“Did I do well?”

“okay. good good good You are the best puppy.”

“bruise!”

As I stroked her hair with compliments, Aji jumped around the cabinet. I pulled the handle as hard as I could on the side of the cabinet.

However, the cabinet with a dent in the side could not be opened even if it was firmly locked or if something was caught. It seemed that something had caught on and was structurally broken. It’s not that I lack power.

But who am I? He is a human being with intelligence. A human characteristic is tools.

“One kind, two kinds. and three species. How many levers are needed in this case?”

“bruise! walk!”

“It is one piece. stupid.”

“bruise? I’m not stupid!”

I inserted the steel frame into the crack and pressed it with all my might.

…didn’t open.

Hmmm. But who am I? He is a human being with intelligence. when my strength is not enough

“Hey, can you help me?”

“bruise? I’m not stupid!”

“Yes, yes. Alright, so come on, doggy punch!”

“Woof woof?”

“It means to hit this place with your paw. Harder.”

“bruise? like this?”

As soon as I saw Aji lift his foot, I turned and ran away. Aji’s arms curled up behind me.

Kwaaang.

With a roar, the cabinet rose about 3 meters into the air. The door, which had been locked tightly, spun and flew up there and got stuck in the roof, and the steel frame that had been used as a lever bent in a V shape and fell to the ground. The cabinet, which was floating in the air, fell headfirst to the ground.

The doggy punch performance is sure.

“Aw, that’s nice. After all, you are the best puppy in the world.”

“best?”

“okay. best.”

“bruise! I am the best!”

Leaving behind the triumphant Aji, I looked inside the cabinet. Inside, I could see several crystal balls and some paper documents that seemed to have been set aside as spares. Is this the end? I miss something.

When I cast my gaze once more into the cabinet with regret, I saw a round object that glowed leaden from there. It was dark so I couldn’t see well. I reached in and pulled it out.

And without realizing it, I exclaimed.

“oh my god. did you have this left?”

This can be used.