Chapter 107 – The Next Expedition

[Oh! Guys, we have another important announcement.]
[As of today, you can use the uninhabited island escape function after the 10-day trial period has passed!]

“… What?!”

Why are you saying something so important now?
What he added as a bonus was much more important than what he had previously said about rankings.

Uninhabited island escape function.
Until now, I was so busy surviving on this island that I couldn’t afford to care about anything else.
However, from now on to a certain degree of safety, I had to think about escaping from this island.

But there’s no way they’ll let you go easily. Considering what they’ve done so far, it must have been a ridiculous condition. And those guys will enjoy watching us struggle to meet that condition. Shit.

It’s frustrating, but I can’t help it now. For now, surviving is the priority.
I controlled my emotions and focused on the story that followed.

[To escape the island of miracles, you must first find an ‘escape port’ hidden somewhere on the island.]

[And just put fuel for the number of people to escape into the escape port and you’re done! How is it, is it really easy?]

Suddenly, my impression was frowned upon.

“An escape port? Fuel? Where is it?”

Escape is the most important story for survivors. Even so, the explanation on how to escape ended in just two lines.

[Then, today’s message ends here. Thanks for listening to the long story. I’ll come back in 10 days. Hello~!]

“Oh shit!”

Sure enough, the information about the escape was not given as much as ant urine.

The only clue is that there is an escape port somewhere on this island, and that it needs as many fuel as there are people.
There was no mention of where the important escape port was or how to obtain fuel.

“Anywhere to get a grip…”

There was.

Open the map on your terminal.
A place further southeast of the red danger zone where our hideout is located.
There is a [?] Area that is painted black.

“The escape port is probably here.”

A place painted black, leaving the blue light (safe zone) – yellow light (boundary zone) – red light (danger zone) of traffic lights. No matter how you think about it, it was a dangerous place.

Tyrannosaurus runs around like a rabbit, poison damage comes in even if you just breathe, and you walk on the dirt floor thinking it’s a swamp, but you just fall into it and die…

I don’t know, but it was more dangerous than I could have imagined.

“To rot.”

Do you have no choice but to go in even though you know it’s obviously dangerous?
If the escape port was really there, there was no other way.

… No Think carefully.
If it’s these cubs, they might rather use that psychology to hit the back of the head.

That black area is suspicious to anyone. It was designed to make anyone think the escape port was there.

There is no choice but to escape. Having judged that, I risked entering the black zone.
However, the escape port was actually in the wrong place, and I risked my life to escape and crawled into it, and I was killed by a dog. And the women left behind find an escape port in the safe zone belatedly and get frustrated. Alas, don’t send it then!

… I could also think of a scenario called.

“These bastards… !”

Just imagining it gave me a fever.
Actually, I haven’t come to that conclusion.
However, based on my experience so far, it was a story that was likely to be enough.

“… No. Be cool.”

Take a few deep breaths and organize your thoughts.

The problem now is that there is too little information.
Where are the escape ports and fuel? With that information, I could do anything. If anything, information about that black [?] Area.

This time, the ‘management management message’ said that it would come again in 10 days. New information may come to light then or the next.

… Wait.
Information… Information?

“Ah! The woman!”

A bolt of lightning fell on my head.

Why did you forget
A group of survivors I found while scouting yesterday. There was a woman who claimed to be related to Metafia in it, right?
That pervert bitch who asked her little boy to lick her cunt while letting her meet her mother.

… Wait. What did I do with her?
I don’t remember killing him.

“Ah.”

It came to mind.
I wrapped tape around her limbs and left her mouth covered with tape.

“… Could she be dead?”

People don’t die that easily. Even if he was tied up for a day or so, he wouldn’t have died.

But it is a border area. Maybe a hungry beast smelled a person and came. Then the woman whose limbs were bound would have no choice but to die.

“Okay… Shit!”

Annoyed, he scratched his head.

No matter how tired I was after killing people, how could I forget that? I was dumbfounded by myself.

“Ah~ I don’t know.”

It was useless to think about it now. It’s impossible to go back now.

Even if she goes, the woman will be dead anyway. She may have been eaten by the creature, or she may have been killed by the other women she then released. It was because she seemed to have done something ignorantly bad.

“Eh. You should sleep.”

She went right back to bed.
And the woman forgot and went back to sleep.

*

And the next morning.

“It’s Changjae. Are you leaving again?”
“Yes. It reminds me of something I forgot.”

… After sleepless contemplation of her all dawn, I decided to go see her again.

She’s a scoundrel anyway, and she’s a cheap woman to die for. Even if I go back to her now, I don’t know if she’s alive or dead.

Still, a feeling of uneasiness remained in my heart.
Maybe she really did. That woman might have important information. That she might be one of the keys to reaching the true ending.

Multi-ending game.
A game in which the ending changes depending on the player’s actions.

In such a game, seeing a losing ending without a strategy book is like picking stars from the sky. Inevitably, you have to go through countless bad endings.
The true ending can only be seen when you go through each option and select all options correctly. There are cases where even a really trivial option is a necessary condition to see the true ending.

My current situation was like a multi-ending game that I had to play without a strategy book.
There is only one happy ending route. However, there are countless bad ending routes.
Without a chance to repeat the game multiple times, I have to find a one-tri losing ending.

Even to protect my mother.
I couldn’t miss a single option.
She told the woman that she had to extract the information, even if she did all kinds of torture, including sexual torture.

“Isn’t it dangerous outside? I heard it was so dangerous yesterday.”
“Are you okay. Because everything was dangerous yesterday. Today, I am just following the same road I took yesterday.”

Seeing me about to leave in the morning, my mother is worried as expected.
I said with a light smile as if it was nothing special. It’s actually not even a big deal.

“It’s okay because I have this today.”

Tap the top pocket of your combat uniform.
It contained a diamond brooch borrowed from Seunghee (?).
With this, it will be much better than yesterday. A crossbow would work just as well.

For reference, this combat uniform I am wearing now is a new combat uniform that I bought because the one I was wearing was torn. While changing clothes, I thought about wearing casual clothes, but due to the nature of this island with many forests, I decided that combat clothes would be the most advantageous. Because discomfort is not more important than safety.

“I get it! Is it because of the woman? Are you leaving the woman behind?”

Seunghee is sharp today.
It’s exactly what he said, but it was only right that he go out today because of a real woman.

“Is that when you open your mouth?”

I deliberately gave Seung-hee a face mask to be evasive.

“Until I come, don’t make any accidents and stay calm. Understand?”
“Ahhhhh! Aha!”

Grab Seunghee’s cheeks and pull them left and right.
Oh oh. Growing well It’s like glutinous rice cake.

“Kaley. Please take good care of me while I am away.”
“Yes. Do not worry.”
“Woo! It hurts!”

Ignore Seung-hee, who is jumping up and down, and ask Kaylee once again.

“You remember how to use a gun, right?”
“Yes. I’ve shot a lot of guns before, so it’s okay.”

The pistol was loaded with six bullets and left it with Kaylee.
Yesterday the gun saved my life too, but today nothing will be as dangerous as yesterday… Won’t it be? I hope not.
So I entrusted it to Kaylee to protect someone as precious as my own life.

As an American, Kaylee was used to handling her gun. After all, should we say the United States, the country of freedom and guns? You’re trustworthy.

“It would be best not to have anything to write about, but if you have to write something, don’t hesitate to shoot it. Even if I kill you, there is no one to catch you.”
“Yes.”

Kaylee answers my words with a firm face. It was unreliable.

“It’s Changjae.”

I was about to leave the hideout when my mom stopped me.

“Put this on.”

Then, my mother took the silver bracelet off her wrist and put it on my wrist.

“… Ah.”

The bracelet was familiar to me too.

[Bracelet of Protection]
[Rating: Unique]
[Prevents minor injuries to the wearer.]

Guardian Bracelet.
When she first came to this island, it was a memorable item obtained from a successful unexpected mission to steal her mother’s change of clothes.

It probably won’t prevent major injuries, but… It didn’t matter. Because the heart of a mother who gave this to me is important.
I decided to wear her mom’s bracelet.

“Thank you, Mom.”
“Never get hurt. I know I will be scolded by my mother if I come back injured. Understand?”
“Yes. I will never get hurt.”

And her mother hugged me tight, like a mother sending her child off to war.

“Please come back safely. Our son.”

I could see at least that my mother never said these things lightly.
Maybe my mom is sending me in the mood that she’s really sending her troops. In her mind, she would want to hold on to her.

“Do not worry.”

In order not to make such a sad mother, I shouldn’t get hurt today.
I made a calm pledge and left the hideout.

Time is morning.
It was the time when the sun was about to rise.