Chapter 112 – Kidnapping (3)

Actually, bears aren’t that dangerous of an animal.

No. Let me correct that.

[When they’re full], they’re not that dangerous of an animal.

What does that mean, you ask?

Bears that have completed their preparations for winter aren’t very dangerous. Why would they waste energy trying to catch something like you when their bellies are full?

They’d just think, ‘Oh, it’s a human,’ and that’d be the end of it.

Of course, if you were to mess with their cubs or piss all over their territory, they’d turn into [a/beast], but still.

That’s why most of the bears you see in photos are the ones with thick, full fur.

And in that sense, I was pretty screwed.

The bear in front of me right now was the most dangerous kind, at least to humans.

‘A bear that failed in the food competition and is starving.’

In other words, a bear that was ready to chew up a human.

-Grrr.

See? Just by the sound of it, you can tell it’s a cry full of intent to kill you, no, to eat you.

Thanks to that, I was building up my own momentum.

As I quietly released my killing intent, the bear seemed very cautious, despite being much smaller than it.

It must be instinct telling it that catching me would be dangerous.

That’s why momentum is so important in a fight with an animal.

If you lose even a little bit of momentum, it’ll turn into a beast and attack.

So, Takuya was trying to slowly pass by the bear while engaging in a battle of wills.

And at that moment, the watch on his wrist started to beep.

-Beep! Beep!

It was an alert that the villain’s location was getting further away.

‘Damn it, I don’t have time.’

Hearing that alert, Takuya decided he didn’t have time.

The further away the distance, the higher the chance that Momiji would be subjected to something strange.

Didn’t Momiji escape on her own in the game?

That was true, but it was also a maze puzzle game, and there were tons of events where she would get raped if she failed, so it was better to go quickly.

‘What should I do?’

Thanks to that, Takuya’s worries deepened.

He was already slow because of the bear in front of him, and the villain was getting further away… Nothing was going right.

After thinking for a moment, Takuya looked at the bear.

‘Wait a minute, bears are pretty fast in the mountains, aren’t they?’

Then, a brilliant idea came to him.

‘I had a taming skill, didn’t I?’

Well, it was actually hypnosis, but still, if he had that, wouldn’t he be able to tame that bear right now?

As Takuya’s mind quickly went into happy mode, a plan was formed.

‘I need to give it some food first. If I try to hypnotize it like this, I’ll get eaten before I can even hypnotize it.’

As soon as Takuya thought that, he took out 500g of meat he had stolen from the refrigerator (in my house) from his subspace pocket and threw it.

This was just the beginning, and after that, countless foods… or rather, ingredients closer to raw materials, came out.

The bear was wary when it saw the food Takuya threw.

But Takuya didn’t do anything and just kept emptying the food from his pocket.

‘Hmm, let’s see, chicken, beef, pork, oh, there’s fish too.’

Countless ingredients poured out of Takuya’s subspace pocket.

If someone saw it, they would think it was enough food for one person to eat for a month.

Looking at the pile of food, the bear glared at Takuya.

It was like it was saying, ‘You’re trying to buy me off with just food?!’

But for a bear that had been starving for a long time, there was no choice.

The bear started eating the food I gave it with a resentful expression, and Takuya hypnotized the bear while watching it.

The hypnosis Takuya used wasn’t anything special.

It was just to ask it to act as a vehicle to take him where he wanted to go.

Come to think of it, he thought that even if he didn’t tame it, just having it take him there would be enough, so that’s the hypnosis he used.

Fortunately, Takuya’s hypnosis worked very well.

[Taming List]
[Hachishakusama]
[Yuki-onna]
[Wild Bear (Name can be changed)][NEW]

He even managed to tame it.

It seemed that giving the bear food had a big effect.

Or maybe the hypnosis was just that good. Either way.

When the bear had eaten most of the pile of food (by human standards).

Takuya, who had been watching the bear’s live mukbang, was checking the villain’s location.

‘Is this where the warehouse where Momiji is being held is?’

The villain was using a warehouse with a suspiciously large bunker, considering how he had made his money.

It was so big that you could get lost if you didn’t know the way properly.

‘But who the hell installed this? Building such a huge bunker in the mountains.’

Just as Takuya was thinking that, the bear, having finished its meal, spoke.

-Kuhung.

The bear tilted its head as if to say, ‘Get on my back,’ and Takuya nodded and climbed onto the bear’s back.

And just like that, Takuya got a ride (a bear) with a smooth ride.

No. This wasn’t just any bear.

[Taming List]
[Hachishakusama]
[Yuki-onna]
[Kim Chun-shik][NEW]

“From now on, your name is Chun-shik.”
“Kuhung!”

From now on, your name is Chun-shik.

***

While Takuya was speeding through the mountains on Chun-shik.

“Haa! Haa! I finally made it!”

Tsutomu, who had kidnapped Momiji, put down the bag containing Momiji and wiped his sweat, having followed the pre-planned route.

Then, he looked around at the scenery.

If the building had been properly maintained, it would have been a very warm and cozy place, but because no one had maintained it, it was filled with an eerie atmosphere that would have terrified ordinary people.

But this kind of atmosphere was the best for Tsutomu.

‘This way, people won’t come here often.’

Sometimes, weird occultists who like haunted spots might come, but that’s only the outside. They wouldn’t be able to get inside.

Inside, there was an underground bunker that could hold hundreds of people.

Of course, Tsutomu didn’t build this place.

Tsutomu didn’t have the resources or money to do that.

This was a place that was said to have been built by some rich person.

‘No one uses it.’

It seemed that no one was using it now, so Tsutomu had secretly come and modified it for his own use.

What about the owner of the house?

In the years he had been coming here, there were no signs of anyone coming nearby.

That’s why Tsutomu was using it as a kidnapping location with peace of mind.

Anyway, after resting for a while and looking around, Tsutomu shouldered the bag containing Momiji and went inside.

-Thud, thud.

Each step down into the basement echoed with the sound of his heavy weight.

And by that sound.

‘Ugh, where am I…?’

Momiji woke up.

‘I can’t see anything!’

Momiji was startled for a moment by the darkness that enveloped her vision, but she realized what had happened to her.

‘I’ve been kidnapped!’

She realized that she had been kidnapped.

‘B-but, I remember a man at home earlier…’

And who had kidnapped her.

‘Oh, what should I do? Did Takuya get my text? Ugh, I don’t know…’

But even so, Momiji’s mind was more than just complicated, it was chaotic.

Why was she being subjected to this, where was she, would Takuya come to save her, and so on.

Her emotions were complicated.

But, Momiji didn’t cry. No. She wanted to cry, but she couldn’t because she remembered what Takuya had said.

Takuya had unexpectedly given Momiji a lot of advice while protecting her.

No. To be precise, he told her how to survive in a possible situation.

‘Momiji, if you ever get kidnapped, listen to what they say.’
‘Why? Isn’t it better to resist?’
‘That might be the case for adult men or women, but for kids like you, it’s better to listen to the kidnapper to increase your chances of survival.’

Takuya said that and gave Momiji other advice.

‘If you fall asleep from drugs or something and wake up, pretend to be asleep and don’t move.’
‘Why?’
‘It depends on the person, but there are more guys who enjoy doing it while enjoying the victim’s reaction when they’re awake than when they’re asleep. Especially criminals.’

Momiji remembered nodding her head without realizing it at the strangely vivid story.

Thanks to that, Momiji listened to Takuya and just pretended to be asleep without doing anything.

And as a result, Takuya’s education was definitely helpful.

When Tsutomu arrived at the room in the basement where Momiji would stay.

Tsutomu roughly threw Momiji onto the bed and then went to take care of his own business.

Normally, he would have done something, but Tsutomu, who had already exhausted a lot of his stamina by climbing the mountain with his large body, headed to another room to rest before doing anything to Momiji.

As soon as Tsutomu disappeared, Momiji quietly, very quietly, sobbed so that no sound would be heard.

This situation was too cruel for the still young Momiji.