182 – EP.33 Easter Egg-8
After many twists and turns, I succeeded in entering the laboratory. However, there may be some danger lurking inside the laboratory.
Since we faced a terrifying monster from the entrance, the inside might be even worse.
It was necessary to always look around and proceed carefully.
“But contrary to what I feared, it is very quiet inside. Am I the only one who thinks so?”
“I feel the same way. I tried to put my senses on edge, but I couldn’t feel any special presence.”
“The detector is constantly detecting mutations, but since there is no movement, it seems that they are all in this state.”
Alice tapped the capsule near her with the back of her hand.
Inside her capsule, which she tapped, contained her unknown liquid and a mutant-like creature.
However, it felt like it was simply a sculpture used for the background in the game.
“Still, mutants might suddenly burst out of the capsule, so wouldn’t it be better to be prepared… ?”
“It would definitely be better to prepare in advance.”
“Why don’t we break the capsule first and kill the mutants inside in turn?”
“Not bad, but a waste of time. Besides, I think it would be better to deal with them all at once rather than one by one.”
“Let’s go! No matter how many of them attack me, I can take them all down! Except for that big monster…….”
The monster Tia mentioned must be a muscle mutant isolated outside the lab entrance.
Certainly, if such mutants swarm in groups, we will be annihilated.
I haven’t tried it properly yet, but the physical itself is enough to match Shinsoo, so there’s no doubt.
Anyway, the mutation might flock in droves.
So it was better to proceed peacefully without causing any commotion.
‘Anyway, how can I find Yata when it is so wide? ….’
In the system message sent by Yata, he informed that he was in the deepest part of the laboratory, but he did not know what was going on inside the laboratory.
There is no map, nor even a map of the internal structure of the research institute.
That’s why she was moving as her heart went, but at this rate, even if she spent the whole day, she might not even be able to find her hair, let alone Yata.
“Yuu, there’s something over there!”
“Huh?”
While she was searching for a way to find Yata, she grabbed Tia by her sleeve and pointed her finger somewhere on her sleeve to see if Tia had found something in her.
Beyond Tia’s fingers, there was something quite different from the laboratory landscape she had seen so far.
A small red button and a sign with words written on it were attached to the wall.
[Never click.]
The text on the sign contained a warning.
It was a trap that made you want to press it, but forced you to never press it.
“It’s a trivial trap. Let’s just ignore it and move on.”
“I see…” .”
“What an obvious trap.”
“The classic trap, cliche.”
“… ….”
The moment when all of my companions agreed with my opinion and were about to press the button.
Kuck-!
A dainty sound came from our rear end.
So everyone including me looked back, and Tia, the only one who didn’t say anything, pressed the button.
Tia was openly caught in a trap that showed her intentions.
“Ti, Tia? Why?”
“I can’t stand this!”
“Ah… ….”
A baby dragon who was more faithful to his instincts than reason because he was still young.
The little flapping of her wings created a butterfly effect that returned as a typhoon.
Geuggeuggeug-!!
The inside of the lab started shaking like crazy, showing signs of something happening.
“uuu!”
“Seobang! Come on, take my hand!”
It wasn’t easy to hold Miho’s hand in a situation where he was shaking all over the place and couldn’t control his body properly.
I tried my best to catch it somehow, but the intensity of the vibration got stronger.
In the end, I ended up lying on the floor without holding Miho’s hand.
Soon, a solid iron plate fell from the ceiling and created a wall between us.
“What the hell is going on!”
I knew it was a trap, but I was embarrassed because I didn’t know what it was.
A new notification window appeared in my field of vision.
[Cooperative mission starts now!]
“Cooperative mission… ?”
What do you mean by a sudden cooperative mission?
However, as if not accepting objections, the notification window continued to update the content.
[Currently, the inside of the laboratory has become a maze. The end of the maze is the deepest part of the laboratory, join the others and escape the maze together.]
[There is no time limit. However, as time passes, the difficulty of escape increases, so please keep this in mind.]
I saw Yata’s will to cooperate with the scattered divine beasts and come to where he is.
It was a headache to find the divine beasts he had gathered so far, but the story that the end of the maze was the original destination, the deepest part of the research institute, was good news.
Even if it wasn’t so, there was no clue about the deepest part, so it was only the body struggling.
‘But how to escape the maze and how to meet the divine beasts… ….’
Even though the big problem has been solved, another problem has been added.
In conclusion, I have to grunt again and roll my head hard.
However, a thought flashed through my head, so I lightly let out a word.
“Miho.”
I tried putting her name in my mouth, wondering if Miho would come if I called her.
However, there was no way they would come back to me when less than 3 minutes had passed since they had dispersed.
“Impossible even for Miho…”
“Yes, did you call me?”
“hehehe!”
Miho appeared from behind, and again my expectations were wrong.
As if it had already appeared after only a few minutes had passed since they dispersed, she was still an unpredictable fox.
“I’m really curious, so how did you come here so quickly?”
“You ask all the weird questions. I am the one who finds you wherever you are in the world.”
“Yes, yes. Then, maybe we can find out the location of the other priests?”
“You ask another strange question. Do you think I will be interested in something other than Seo? With only the two of us left like this… ♡”
“Ugh!”
Miho, who had been smiling, floated with the eyes of a predator.
At the same time, as I was licking her lips with my tongue, cold sweat began to flow from my forehead.
“Whoops, I’m kidding! I know the path to join the rest of the divine beasts.”
“Ha! hahahaha! No, that was a joke… !”
Miho returned to his usual self and grabbed my hand.
My hands were damp from the cold sweat, but Miho didn’t care at all and smiled faintly.
Then, with her hands clasped, she urged me to go with her.
All the predictions I’ve made so far have been wrong, but this time, there was one that I felt was certain.
The moment I let go of this hand, Miho will suddenly change into a terrifying side like before.
I was able to understand this prediction even without Yata’s ability.
That’s why I had no choice but to follow Miho, who even hummed and proceeded with excitement.
“By the way, Mr. Seo, there is something I’ve been curious about since before.”
“Huh? What?”
“Why are you rushing to meet that nasty crow b*tch?”
“Ah….”
“If it is difficult to explain the reason, it is okay not to say it. Just don’t be fooled, please. I’ve seen everything from Seo-Bang’s words and actions.”
As Miho said, looking back, there were many times when I indirectly expressed that I had to go quickly.
To the extent that even other Shinsoo knew about it, even if it wasn’t Miho who was quick-witted.
But because of my urging and frantic incidents, he must have deliberately kept quiet.
“Is it difficult for you to tell me?”
“No, it is not. However, to be honest, it is difficult for me to speak properly.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know why I’m so frustrated. A dream I had last night made me who I am today.”
“…… A dream?”
“Yes, it was a dream I missed very much. Even though it was definitely the first sight I had ever seen. Even so, the flickering feeling as if I had come back to my old hometown broke my heart. That’s why I tried to meet with Yata to find out why.”
“As soon as the game is over, shall we recreate the dream Seo Bang had as a hallucination?”
“No, it’s okay. I can hardly remember the contents of my dreams now.”
“It’s a pity that there is nothing I can do to help…” ….”
“That’s not the case. Even just having you go to Yata’s place with me is enough for me to be grateful.”
“Ah, Mr. Seo… !”
Miho’s face, which was dyed in a delicate red color, was filled with emotion and joy.
She was feeling the joy in my heart, which I confessed without a single lie.
It felt like I was trying to fool Miho so much that I felt bitter in my mouth.
“Don’t worry, I’ll get you out of this maze no matter what.”
“Thank you.”
“In order to do that, I must first meet the other divine beasts, right?”
“I guess so.”
“Then let’s take a shortcut instead of the current route.”
“Is there a shortcut here?”
“Sure, this way!”
Miho pulled my hand and turned around.
The place Miho led me to was a road that looked blocked on three sides even from a distance.
“Wait a minute, Miho! Isn’t that a dead end road?”
“No. That’s a shortcut.”
“Is it blocked by a wall like that?”
“Originally, shortcuts are meant to be pioneered.”
Miho raised one of her free hands. In that state, she ran all the way toward a dead end. The moment she finally gets close to the wall.
She threw her raised arm in front of her and collided with the wall.
Kwaang-!
The iron wall, which looked solid, was dented by Miho’s fist, and soon it could not withstand her impact, creating a hole.
“How about it, isn’t it that easy?”
The pace is too fast.
Isn’t it a progress that I couldn’t reach before?
“No matter how hard it is, I think it’s a foul to break down the walls of the maze and make a path.”
“Yes? Isn’t everyone like this?”
“No, you are the only one who would do something like this.”
“Hmm, but there seems to be someone over there who has the same thoughts as me.”
“Yes… ?”
Koo-ung! Coo-! Coo-!
A roar coming from beyond the hole.
I was speechless when the thick dust dissipated and the view through the hole came into view.
“Cutcha! Catchcha!”
Koo-ung! Coo-!
Tia is knocking hard on the wall blocked by the mutant capsule.
Even though the mutants inside the capsule were being crushed, Tia didn’t care and broke down the wall.
Even with a bright red warning window right above it.
[Please stop the sabotage immediately!]
However, Tia’s hand did not stop, and the girl broke the wall with her capsule.
Behind that smashed wall lay the familiar sight of a gray-haired woman knocking on the wall.
For some reason, it seems that the same scene is unfolding behind the wall the woman is knocking on.
“Did you see it?”
“… ….”
I am proud of my pets.
Even if I came here and became a human, the idea itself was still the divine beast itself.