Episode 52 My
vision is red.
The water entering my nose, ears and mouth was as cold as ice.
The fishy scent numbs my head. Water that entered my nose or ears penetrated my brain, and water that entered my mouth tied my tongue. The stuff that had blocked my esophagus soon filled my stomach, and before I knew it, it had filled my lungs and suffocated me.
Even in the midst of this, a transparent light on the water surface was visible. The light blooms in a wave shape, swaying in the calm wind and creating a summer-like haze.
I turned my gaze away from it and looked at the floor where I would fall,
“….”
I couldn’t see the end.
Gulp.
Air bubbles coming out of the body head to the surface of the water.
The thick, blood-like lake water tormented my eyeballs, but my red-tinted vision could not completely block the sight in front of me. I could see that the hole, which resembled a sinkhole, was filled with this bright red water.
And on the wall, you can see things covered with vines that come down the steep cliff like tree branches. Thick, thorny vines were entangled here and there, trying hard to hide them, but without realizing it, they came into my field of vision and tickled my eyes.
A long, large pillar. Numerous entrances next to the pillars. A wall with a geometric pattern carved into it and a rectangular stone dividing the floor…
At that moment, a green-colored monster reaches out its hand.
Kuuk.
“….”
When it grabbed my neck and crushed me, leading me to my death.
‘…ah.’ It was like I
suddenly
saw its face.
It was an extremely familiar face.
* * *
“…Ha.”
Come out.
Lee Jae-heon, who was holding back his breath that was about to burst out, shook his body.
I tried hard to stop my coughing, but it was no use. Even if I covered my mouth with both hands, water was leaking out of my nose and ears. I just prayed that they wouldn’t make a loud noise as they fell without knowing what to do.
In the end, he couldn’t bear the nausea and had to run out.
“Hmm. Ugh.”
Huh huh.
A cough escapes from my mouth covered with my hand.
In order not to wake up the sleeping companions, I had to be careful with my movements, and even though I tried to move my feet as quickly as possible, my limping legs were limited.
In the end, it wasn’t until they were far away from the shelter where they had settled down that Jaeheon Lee was able to open his mouth.
He leaned his hand against a tree and lowered his head.
“…Uuuuuuuuuuu.”
Patter.
Huge water droplets fell at his feet.
‘I’m going to die like this.’
The feeling of a foreign object coming out of my throat was unpleasant, but even more than that, it made me suffocate.
But is it because the water got into a place where it shouldn’t? Lee Jae-heon had to continue coughing violently until his lungs returned to their normal condition. Gastric juice came out and the inside of my throat and mouth were sore, but I couldn’t stop now.
The pain was much different from that of nausea after eating or drinking too much. My lungs, which had been at rest before I knew they were there, were damaged from vomiting water several times, and the intense, dizzying pain pierced my lungs. The feeling of it coming out of my nose or mouth again was always new and painful.
I felt sick to my stomach to the point where I wondered if I had vomited all the water. My throat stung as if it had been scraped with sandpaper, and my nose and mouth, which had been blocked, were finally able to breathe and I was panting. After realizing my past life, I felt dizzy because I had only felt pain due to external causes until now, and this was my first time feeling nausea as strong as this.
Lee Jae-heon, who vomited out all the lake water in his body in one go, straightened his body using the tree he was leaning on as support.
“…Cough!”
Immediately after that, he coughed violently again.
‘What is it? What is it really?’
From my experience, I felt like I had vomited everything, but I didn’t know why I was coughing again.
No matter how poor my current body is compared to my previous life, what on earth is this? I can’t believe it’s a mess like this when it breaks down just because a little water got into it. If the teammates from my previous life saw it, they would click their tongues and laugh at me.
And it was all because of that damn lucid dream.
‘What a fucking dog…!’
In fact, remembering his last experience, Jaeheon Lee had no intention of going into the lake. What excuse can you make if you vomit out blood-like lake water like last time while we were all asleep?
So he tried to die in the easiest way possible. Of course, there was a way to stay still until someone outside woke me up, but since this was a hidden world, I was anxious that if I did that, I would wake up. However, it was clear that he would be in trouble again if he strangled him or died in the water like last time.
In the end, the easiest way was to be killed by a monster.
‘If you draw aggro once, concentrate the enemy, and then quietly wait for death…’
There was no way to wake up from the dream more cleanly than this.
Lee Jae-heon had no doubt that his plan was perfect, and he was thrown to the bottom of the lake for overconfiding his physical strength.
“Kkulkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…”
The power of the green algae monster was stronger than expected.
‘You water demon-like bastard.’
The intense nausea made me physiologically shed tears, but I didn’t have the presence of mind to wipe them away. Excluding company dinners, Lee Jae-heon, who was really good at managing his diet both in this life and in his past life, suffered from internal injuries like this even more than having his head cut off by a monster.
So the type of death that Lee Jae-heon hated most in his past life was poisoning.
‘I’m really dying.’
In fact, I could have endured any external injury. Because I could see it with my own eyes, I was able to clearly check the extent of its condition, and I was able to treat external wounds on my own.
However, in the case of internal injuries, it was much more inefficient because I couldn’t cut and sew the wounds myself. Another reason was that it felt much worse than the trauma.
The bottom line is that it is a lucid dream.
‘Fuck, that bastard might not have been dreaming.’
really. sincerely.
It’s not a joke; there was a high probability that it was something other than just a dream. No matter how much the inner world is greatly influenced by the mind, there is a degree.
‘How can I possibly understand the fact that you were scratching your neck in your sleep, but no matter how much I think about it, my dreams these days are too vivid and realistic.’
What are you going to do if you literally drag your dreams into reality?
He coughed so violently that it became almost impossible to breathe, and from the exhaustion of his mind and body, he was half dazed, leaning against a tree and staring into space. No wonder my head hurt.
It’s been a long time since I’ve vomited like this….
“….”
“….”
What the fuck.
“…who are you?”
What am I saying?
‘Who is that bastard again?’
Between the trees, I saw a man in a pitch black suit holding a lighter.
Lee Jae-heon blinked several times due to blurred vision, and only then did he realize that he had vomited and physiologically shed tears. It was only after he swept his entire face once that the other person’s face was visible.
Lee Jae-heon consciously painted a wary attitude toward others on his face, but at the same time, he recalled the contents of the novel. To be honest, I was so dizzy that I couldn’t even remember what the story was, but I was able to roughly recall it.
An expressionless face and a black suit. Navy blue tie. Angled glasses, unlike the main character’s. And pomade hair…
“…Who are you?”
ah.
‘He’s a detective.’
Detective Hong Gyeong-jun was the opposite of the main character in the story.
There was no time to have a proper conversation as they were busy boiling water and filling their stomachs right after the foraging team, including Chief Kang and Employee Kwon, returned. Therefore, Lee Jae-heon could not tell whether the main character and his party had met the detective in front of him while he was away. Although mentally I am almost certain.
‘Then…’
What attitude should we take in a situation like this?
First of all, he looked wary as he was an unfamiliar person, but if he was suddenly labeled as a potential criminal from this point on, his future plans would be disrupted. Even though I wondered if he would do that to someone he met for the first time, the person he was dealing with was Detective Hong Gyeong-jun. As this is a character that pretends not to have screws, it would be better to pay attention to what you can.
As Lee Jae-heon was just watching, Detective Hong blinked and answered.
“Oh, sorry. “My name is Detective Hong Gyeong-jun.”
“…police?”
“Yes. “I was patrolling the surrounding area…”
How far did the patrol go?
Although he grumbled for no reason, Lee Jae-heon thought quietly.
‘So you met police officer Kim Yeon-woo.’
Detective Hong Gyeong-jun himself didn’t know it, but he had a slight crush on police officer Kim Yeon-woo. In the first place, it would be foolish for him to commit suicide due to the mental damage caused by her death. Of course, it wasn’t entirely because of that, but it couldn’t be said that the stake was small.
Even if he was unconscious, there was no way a guy like that would leisurely patrol without even looking for Officer Kim Yeon-woo, so he had already met with Officer Kim and had been properly sorted out internally. He was not a great person to go outside without first organizing the inside.
‘…Then should I pretend to know?’
Since Police Officer Kim was also a police officer and the other person also introduced himself as a police officer, I thought I should pretend to know him at this point. If I pretend not to know, but later on, if Police Officer Kim pretends to know, I might cause some unnecessary misunderstanding.
However, the problem is that it was not a relationship created to be used in the current situation.
‘It was designed to lower excessive levels of vigilance, but I don’t know what effect it will have if I use it now.’
In any case, the opponent was also wary of Lee Jae-heon.
Of course, Lee Jae-heon is acting as if he is on guard, but Detective Hong Gyeong-jun, who does not know that fact, is probably thinking that they are on guard with each other. Even if an unexpected situation were to arise, it would be a good excuse to say that I couldn’t think of Police Officer Kim at that moment due to my wariness toward strangers I was meeting for the first time.
Lee Jae-heon nodded inwardly and decided not to pretend to know. It’s not that there’s a big problem, but it’s because the card wasn’t designed to be used in such an unexpected situation in the first place.
“…I know what you were doing, but why did you call me?”
“Well, in a situation like this, I can’t help but be glad to see survivors for the first time. “I was walking around nearby when I heard a noise, so I came back and found the teacher there.”
“Do you like seeing someone puking?”
Jaeheon Lee frowned at the expected reaction. If you saw him vomiting all the time, it would be strange for him to be calm, so I was thinking of going with the idea that his mental state deteriorated along with his physical condition.
And the other person answered.
“It can’t be. “I think you’re in much worse shape than that.”
“Then are you healthy?”
“No way. “You wouldn’t say someone who vomits blood is healthy.”
“….”
Wow.
Jaeheon Lee stuttered as he opened his mouth.
“…Did you see…?”
“If you are vomiting blood as much as a small bottle of water, then yes. “I saw it.”
“….”
You saw it, you bastard.
‘Nothing works.’
Lee Jae-heon’s face suddenly stiffened.
Since it was so dark and it was early morning when his mental strength was low, Lee Jae-heon naturally thought that the other person would not have seen him clearly. Even if you hear the sound of vomiting, you won’t be able to see anything.
‘The smell of blood won’t even reach there.’
However, it seems that Detective Hong Gyeong-jun’s five senses were better than expected.
“Maybe it’s because I’ve been through some rough times, so I can smell blood easily. “I don’t have good eyesight, but everyone knows that it’s not normal for something dark and red to come out of someone’s mouth.”
“….”
“Of course… you don’t look particularly normal on the outside.”
Even though the distance between the two of them is not that close, if it is enough to know what was thrown up, shouldn’t it be seen that that bastard not only has good intuition, but is capable of anything biologically possible?
Detective Hong, who raised his eyebrows as I gaped at him in a bit of confusion and confusion, continued speaking.
“Are you trying to hide it? “I wasn’t considerate enough. I’m sorry.”
“…No…”
“But you shouldn’t hide your pain when you’re even vomiting blood. Have you ever suffered from a chronic illness? Or have you been seriously injured by something since coming to this world…”
“No, no. “No, it’s done.”
Jaeheon Lee shook his head.
“I’m fine, so I would appreciate it if you could go on your way.”
“Why?”
“I just…I think that would be good.”
This bastard is in my mind and body.
