Chapter 91 – Another Group of Survivors, the Second

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Today’s hunt was also a failure.
Returning empty-handed, the leader of the survivor hunting team, Lee In-cheol, took heavy steps.

It has already been 9 days since I landed on this mysterious uninhabited island.
It was a dangerous point if we did not find a solution soon.

Fatigue and resignation sit on the faces of the men who went hunting together.
Even if you don’t say anything, you’ll be dissatisfied inside. It was only the first few days that I was able to take a shower, but now I was worried about even eating a meal, let alone washing properly.

“Everyone, let’s try harder.”
“Eh.”

Even if Incheol tried to fight, there were not many people following him.

In-cheol, who was a Marine Corps graduate and was even the head of a prestigious university, was confident in leading people. So even when he was on this island with people he didn’t know, he took the initiative to lead the group as the leader.

But the reality was not so rosy.

In-cheol felt keenly that leadership in society was only possible because the structure of society was functioning properly.

An extreme situation in which all materials are scarce. It was not easy to overcome the situation with honest leadership like In-cheol. In this case, a more clever person than he might have been suitable for the leader.

If so, he could have done the ‘mission’ and been rewarded.
Incheol couldn’t accept the mission all the more because he was the leader.

[Sudden Mission: Steal a partner doing business.]
[Time limit: 5 minutes]
[◎Peeking at your partner’s genitals while urinating]
[Reward: 100 coins]

It was the contents of the mission that made me doubt my eyes. Stealing your partner’s genitals while urinating.
Moreover, his partner was his younger brother, In-young. He never could

The mission came out in the early stages, and I didn’t know how much the coins given as rewards were worth. I heard the explanation that there is no legal punishment for doing anything on this island, but I had no idea that I would carry out the mission no matter what the law on this island was.

‘If I hadn’t been the leader…’

If someone else was the leader.
He could have urged other leaders to carry out the mission as a responsibility as a leader while he himself was against it.
However, as long as he is the leader, Incheol couldn’t tell the other members to carry out the mission without doing it himself.

In the end, In-cheol gathered the male members of the group and agreed not to carry out this mission together.

Other men also suspected that the island was like a hidden camera that tests people’s morality. So, when they left the island, they decided that it would be better not to do anything embarrassing to each other.

And no matter how survival it is, if there are deaths, there will eventually be some movement on the part of the production team. So, the common opinion was to endure as long as we could.

‘That’s also a story when you’re worth living.’

Incheol smiled bitterly.
At first, the survivors agreed to some extent. There is a degree of friendship between the members who share the joys and sorrows.
However, dissatisfaction grew as the daily difficult life was forced. In particular, the dissatisfaction of some of the female staff grew so great that four men and women who eventually exploded in dissatisfaction left the group two days ago.

‘That would have been better, but…’

It is rather fortunate that the seeds of discord have escaped.
However, unless the fundamental problem is resolved, the same thing has no choice but to happen again as time passes.

Shortage of materials.

Hunting is poor, and the skill to make tools is lacking. It would be nice if I could get at least some food to eat. What should I do…

Then, the temptation of the mission comes to mind again.
Incheol shook his head and brushed it off.

‘That’s all, absolutely no way!’

After the first peek mission, there were several more missions.
However, most of them were about touching the body of a partner or urging sexual activity. It was a mission that they couldn’t possibly carry out as siblings.

Without coming up with an appropriate solution, In-cheol and the men returned to the hideout empty-handed. I couldn’t hunt a single rabbit, but I was tired from walking for a long time.

“I’m home.”
“Brother!”

Today, In-cheol’s younger brother, In-yeong, came out first to meet him.
Looking at her younger brother who did not lose her smile even in difficult situations and her eyes twinkled, In-cheol, whose heart was about to weaken, gave strength once again.

“Inyoung-ah, did something happen?”
“Yeah, but oppa, I got some meat.”
“… Meat? What kind of meat?”
“That’s right, Mr. Incheol. Come quickly.”

The other survivors who remained in the hideout were also huddled in front of the campfire.
And in front of the campfire was a vacuum-packed lump of meat.

“Meat… Where are you?”
“Lol. I picked it up.”

It was her younger brother, In-young, who answered. But the story didn’t make sense.

“You said you picked it up? Where?”
“Huh. It fell in the grass over there.”

Then Inyoung pointed towards the forest.
You were in the woods… A vacuum-packed hunk of meat? Is that three pieces?

Another female survivor stopped In-cheol, who was puzzled and tried to go to the place indicated by In-young.

“Incheol, you don’t have to go. We looked everywhere to see if there were more of us.”
“That’s right. I searched all over and even stepped on the shit. How big is the poop again—”
“Aww. Stop talking about his shit. He doesn’t even know he’s cheap.”
“Because I wasn’t cheap there?!”

Even the members who were on bad terms were not so bad today, perhaps thanks to the presence of meat. Perhaps the atmosphere would have been even worse if they had returned empty-handed without this meat. Incheol was relieved and stroked her chest.

“Shall we buy a large frying pan and grill pork belly?”
“Oh, good.”
“Does anyone have any coins left?”
“Do you have a knife? Mr. Incheol, can you cut some? I’m not good at cutting knives.”
“Does anyone know how to cut?”

Both men and women could not hide their excitement in front of the meat.
Incheol calmed people down calmly.

“It’s a long-awaited piece of meat, but isn’t it a waste to eat it grilled? The amount doesn’t seem to be that much. Why don’t you boil it as soup in a big pot?”
“Soup? I like to bake…”

The members who were looking forward to grilled pork belly became sullen.
Incheol persuaded him a little more.

“If you bake it and lose the oil, the amount won’t be much. Besides, if you haven’t been able to eat for a while and then suddenly eat pork belly, you might get a stomachache.”
“That’s right. If you boil it with soup, the quantity is large and the speed is good, right? You will be able to eat as much as you like.”

Other members also helped Incheol. Only then did the sullen faces of those who were sulking a little better.
Whether it was grilled or soup, it was important for them to be able to eat as much as they wanted.

“If Mr. In-cheol were to do that, would he do that…”
“Let’s quickly prepare anything. Shouldn’t the pot be big? Anyone with coins?”
“Mister over there, I know you’re hiding coins, right?”
“What? Sue, who hid it?”

Even those who had been lethargic were full of energy when they had something to eat. People who had been saving coins somewhere could come out and buy large pots, vegetables for soup, and cooking utensils.

“Inyoung-ah. Wait for a sec.”

After watching the other survivors put the pot on the bonfire, In-cheol took In-young into the forest where he said he had picked up her meat.

“You were away from here?”
“Huh…”

If there was really nothing to eat, it was necessary to release personnel to search the surroundings. Maybe it’s because it’s somewhere else.

As she looked at her brother who looked around her with nothing in sight, In-yeong twisted her body around her, as if her mouth was itchy.
And she finally confided her story, which she had kept secret.

“Brother. Actually, I didn’t say this… There was a soldier uncle here.”
“… Soldier?”
“Huh. I was scared because even her face was covered with a mask, but it turns out that she is a good person!”

In-yeong babblingly explained to her brother what she had done here, even though she was resentful of what she had kept secret from others.

“So, he said he gave away the meat?”
“Huh. Like this, she took it out of her backpack.”
“Okay… Have you heard the name?”
“Ah. That’s right. It was Wilson.”
“… Wilson?”
“But the uniform had a name written on it. My name is Kang Chang-jae. Hi-Hi.”
“Okay…”

Kang Chang-jae. Wilson.

Incheol felt grateful for the fact that there was a survivor who helped his younger brother, while feeling a chilling feeling about what would have happened to his younger brother if he had been a villain.

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I paused while aiming my spear at the man’s chest.

Until the end, my head was complicated.
Even if I pretend to be cool, I’m just a mediocre citizen. That cool act was actually close to a defense mechanism to protect my sanity. My defense mechanism is that I won’t be hurt by things like this.

If he stretches his arm forward like this, the man will die. There are no witnesses, no penalties, and rather coins come to me. In terms of efficiency, there was no reason not to do it.

“Growl.”

The man snored his nose.
A faint smell of alcohol.
Have you been drinking since broad daylight?
If you stand in the sunlight in a clear forest while drunk, you will be able to fall asleep. To the point where you wouldn’t even know if someone was holding a spear right in front of your nose.

“…”

Got the window

I don’t know about this man yet.
Is he a bad person or a good person, whether he set up a trap or is taking a break after dismantling it, is there a young daughter waiting for her father to return in the hideout–

It won’t be too late to get my hands dirty, even after I’ve looked into it a bit more.

I fell for a man
Then we passed him and headed north again.

There must be another group of survivors north of here. At the point where the man was, 8 new survivor markers were already floating on the map.

Excluding this man, 8 people. So a total of 9 people.

The male and female pairs did not match.

Is one on guard in another?
Or is he dead?
Or is it actually a much larger group, with some even out hunting? Like the group did a while ago?

I arrived near the hideout, thinking about various questions.
There was a house built there that was much more plausible than the previous group.

First of all, there is a rather large tree house. It is a quality that cannot be imagined that a human who fell on an uninhabited island built it with his bare hands. The roof, doors, and windows were also quite plausible.
It’s probably built with coins. At least a thousand coins seem to have gone in.

There is a small hut a short distance from there.
A flimsy hut built with mud, grass, and tents. It’s shabby to call it a house, but on this uninhabited island, this must be great. If you think about that group just a moment ago, that’s the case.

Other than that, there were also poor facilities such as warehouses. Food and weapons were randomly piled up. Even if it was lax, it had the basic living environment. At least compared to the previous group.

I zoomed in on the map to check the survivors again.
Two survivors were in a small dugout, and the other six were in a large tree house.

“…”

Where should I go
First of all, I headed silently to a dugout with few people.