Chapter 13: Hwaae High School (9)

But I couldn’t just leave.

Let’s organize the situation.

To survive, I had to get out of this cafeteria before lunchtime ended.

The Nutritionist was watching the entrance, and the Professor was blocking the exit.

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‘The achievement didn’t have any warning for failure. athlete I don’t have to do it.’

Though that didn’t mean I intended to eat it.

To be able to leave, finishing the entire lunch was mandatory.

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“Hey. audit Give me your tray.”

“Don’t fuck with me. apple I have to go upstairs right now, so hand it over already.”

A few tables behind me, Team Leader Yong had an arm around the shoulders of an anomalous student.

— ……

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It turned out he was threatening the entity.

No.

I had been wondering what he was doing.

If this weren’t a paranormal phenomenon, it would look like a situation that should immediately be reported as school bullying.

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I found it hard to believe.

‘Does that actually work?’

Rather, someone should report that a grown man was harassing a student.

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The anomalous student, unable to stand up to Team Leader Yong, exchanged trays with him amid metallic clattering.

But it worked.

‘This man isn’t afraid of anything.’

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I don’t think so.

“I’d better do it my way.”

I wasn’t even confident that I could naturally imitate those gestures and that attitude.

Could I do the same?

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“Eat, eat.”

The anomalous student who was eating turned his head toward me, but I simply waved a hand and picked up my utensils.

— ……?

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As if I were gathering the leftovers to throw them away.

Then I began dumping everything on my tray into the soup bowl.

The deep-red side dishes and rice mixed with the watery soup until they became a liquid mush.

‘This should be enough.’

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When I got close enough to the tray return area, I naturally pretended to lose my balance and crouched down.

‘Here.’

I picked up the tray and stood at the end of the line of students heading to throw away their leftovers.

As the line slowly moved forward, all my senses were focused on one place.

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— ……

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“What are you looking at?”

The anomalous student behind me stared at me.

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The awkward and strange standoff continued for a few moments.

Maybe there were things only certain people could do.

I guess this won’t work either.

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“Sorry. abandon Go ahead.”

The students behind him mechanically re-formed the line.

Only then did the anomalous student pass by me and move forward.

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If I couldn’t throw the leftovers away in the proper place, I would use the drain.

What was I planning to do?

Meanwhile, I lifted the soup bowl.

Splash.

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In this school, one of those open drains happened to be right on the path toward the tray return area.

Moreover, since lunchtime was coming to an end, they had already started cleaning, and water was flowing through the drain.

And to do that, they need drains.

Because of their very structure, many school cafeterias need to clean their floors with water.

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I think I just made eye contact with the ‘Professor.’

“……”

It was perfect for discreetly emptying the bowl.

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The smiling face of the Professor, who was looking in my direction, was hidden by the students continuing to move forward.

There was no one there anymore.

When the space cleared again.

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‘Maybe it was just my imagination.’

I tried to convince myself of that.

Even so, no one tried to stop me.

But then, what was that unpleasant feeling twisting my stomach?

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Finally, it was my turn.

“Ahem.”

Like the other anomalous students, I lifted the tray and tapped it twice against the tray return area.

So I finished emptying the entire contents of the bowl and naturally joined the line.

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“Is something wrong?”

The Professor’s voice stopped me.

I forced my racing heart to calm down and asked as calmly as possible.

“Wait.”

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The Professor’s hand slowly approached and brushed against my chin.

“…I did?”

“You got something on yourself.”

On the tip of that abnormally long finger was a reddish substance.

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I had thrown it away.

I had definitely thrown it away.

Why was that on my chin?

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With my own hands.

As if hypnotized, my gaze followed that hand down toward my clothes.

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Even the white T-shirt I wore underneath was completely filthy.

And that wasn’t all.

My hands were covered in filth too.

My uniform was covered in dark-red stains.

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My stomach felt completely full.

My entire body was damp.

Sticky.

Every time I breathed, a revolting stench came from inside me.

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Fragmented memories stabbed into my mind like shards of glass.

Me, stepping out of the line and crouching down.

My vision began to flicker.

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Bringing them to my mouth.

Swallowing.

Plunging the chopsticks into the soup bowl.

Picking up the chopsticks.

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I brought that to my mouth too.

Swallowed.

As if that weren’t enough, I picked up the spoon.

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Like a starving man I shoveled the food into my mouth by the handful lifted the entire bowl and poured its contents directly into my mouth some of the food spilled because it wouldn’t fit but I didn’t care I kept eating and eating I had to finish it all so I ate everything.

Faster and faster.

“Ah.”

Drip.

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It felt as though all my organs were burning.

My vision turned red from the liquid beginning to pool in my eyes.

No.

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And as if it had been waiting for that exact moment, thick blood began pouring from my nose, mouth, and ears.

I opened my mouth from the pain.

More precisely, as though something were devouring my tissues.

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I staggered backward until my back hit the wall.

I could no longer remain standing.

“Cough, urgh, haa…”

“Are you just going to stand there?”

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And my entire body, consumed by pain, screamed at me to run away from there.

The ‘Professor’ who asked me that terrified me.

I was scared.

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I could barely see.

Even breathing was difficult.

I could barely hear.

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“Bo…!”

Anywhere.

Out of the cafeteria.

Even so, I ran without thinking.

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Nor could I stop.

I think Myeong Haebin called out to me.

But I couldn’t answer.

It felt as though every organ inside my body were melting.

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At what point had everything gone wrong?

I pressed my cheek against the cold wall as I staggered forward.

I wanted to live.

When had I stopped realizing what was happening?

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The phone vibrated inside my pocket.

Bzzz—

But with my brain melting inside my head, it was impossible to think clearly.

I wanted to live.

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But with my vision flooded by tears of blood, I couldn’t see anything at all.

I clung to it as though it were my only lifeline.

I wasn’t even sure I actually had the phone in my hands. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.

I have to see it.

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At that moment, someone calling my name faintly from behind grabbed me tightly in his arms.

It’s the only thing I can rely on…

“Kim Hanmu!”

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***

“What the hell is he doing over there?”

Team Leader Yong thought the rookie had gone insane.

My memories cut off.

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“Move already!”

— ……

He had taken his tray and gotten in line, but suddenly he stepped off to the side and began frantically devouring everything on it.

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Then, just like the other students, he began spewing blood from every orifice on his face.

When he stood up, thinking he had to stop him, the line had already become packed, and no one was willing to let him through.

Meanwhile, Kim Hanmu, his mouth and clothes completely covered in blood, stood up and staggered until he was standing in front of the Professor.

‘I should’ve kept him by my side. arch Damn it.’

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Team Leader Yong cursed as he roughly handled his tray.

When he finally caught up to him, Kim Hanmu, leaning against the wall, was beginning to lose his strength and collapse.

He emptied it in such a hurry that he didn’t even know how he had managed it and ran out.

“Kim Hanmu!”

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“Mister! amber What happened in there? adopt What’s wrong with Boss?”

“Ugh…”

“Wake up. avalanche Hey, wake up!”

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His breathing sounded terribly obstructed, as though something were lodged in his throat.

The young man, who already seemed to have lost consciousness, was struggling to breathe.

“Move aside.”

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But he didn’t want this one to die.

He had to do something.

Team Leader Yong didn’t like reckless rookies.

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Once.

Twice.

He pressed his closed fist against the pit of Kim Hanmu’s stomach, placed his other hand over it, and thrust forcefully upward.

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Crack.

And three times.

“Cough! arrow Cough…!”

The unpleasant sound of his ribs shifting could be heard, but he didn’t reduce the force and continued compressing his abdomen.

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“Let’s move him.”

A grotesque mixture of gastric juices, blood, and food spilled onto the floor with a wet sound.

“The blood…! alpha The bleeding has slowed down a little!”

“Do you think… he’ll survive?”

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He had a superstition that if he said something he desperately wished for out loud, it wouldn’t come true.

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Team Leader Yong wanted the rookie to survive.

But instead of saying it aloud, he hoisted him onto his back.

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[Notification > ]
! timber You ate lunch and escaped from the cafeteria. silence (Completed)

But no one saw that notification.

The phone screen flickered in Kim Hanmu’s limp hand.

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The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was the smell of dust-laden air, even with my nose completely congested.

***

‘It smells like dust.’

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“Mister! atom Boss woke up!”

How did I survive?

Was I in the Home Economics Practice Room?

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“How…? orbit Look at me first.”

His touch wasn’t particularly rough.

Team Leader Yong abruptly stood up, approached me, grabbed my chin, and looked directly into my eyes while turning my head from side to side.

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Even so, I felt a stabbing headache, and my vision shook so badly that I weakly pushed his hand away.

It wasn’t that I had lost the ability to speak, but my throat was so irritated that it felt like it was burning.

“I’m dizzy…”

I couldn’t finish speaking.

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“…My head and chest hurt… My ears too…”

“You’re hard to kill. aluminum As long as you’re alive, that’s enough for me. sphere Do you notice anything else?”

I had to frown and concentrate to understand him.

His voice reached me muffled and distant, as though my ears were blocked.

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Why are my ribs broken?

I didn’t even have the strength to answer, so I silently accepted the plastic bottle Myeong Haebin offered me and drank.

“It looks like you’ve got some broken ribs too, but the fact that you survived is already a miracle. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. voyage Do you want some water?”

Did they perform CPR on me or something?

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When I took a sip, I also swallowed the blood pooled in my mouth.

Bzzz—

My throat still burned, but I felt much better.

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Right.

The phone inside my pocket made its presence known again.

I had tried to look at it earlier, but I couldn’t.

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“I’m fine.”

“Okay. agent Clean yourself up a little. arrow Do you want me to help you?”

My body was clearly not in normal condition.

“I’m going to… use the sink.”

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‘After nearly dying, I guess this isn’t that bad.’

I turned my back on the two of them, who were watching me as though they were looking at a newborn fawn trying to walk, and turned on the sink faucet.

I had to stand up unsteadily because it felt as though the floor were swaying beneath my feet.

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[Achievement]

Reward: Improved digestive function +??

The reward that had previously been hidden could now be seen.

! agent You ate lunch and escaped from the cafeteria.

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I couldn’t shake the thought that, if I hadn’t had this app, I probably would have ended up exactly like him.

I remembered the Exploration Team member who had died after eating lunch.

Improved digestive function.

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‘The question marks still haven’t been unlocked.’

When I tapped them, another window appeared.

A risk I never wanted to experience again.

High risk, high reward.

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[Available after completing the cleaning currently in progress.]

The water from the sink seemed suspicious too, but I had no other choice.

‘Then I’ll have to check it once I get out of here.’

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“How long… was I unconscious?”

“Quite a while. meadow Eighth period is about to end.”

After cleaning the blood from my mouth and nose as best I could, I slowly raised my head.

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In other words, they had skipped class.

“Ah, that? portal The Professor came by here more often, but it seems that as long as we stay inside, he can’t find us.”

“And… that?”

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Apparently, they hadn’t just sat around doing nothing while I was out cold.

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“While you were unconscious, we also found the key!”

Myeong Haebin showed me a small key.

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No wonder the route through the window had been so complicated.

“What is it for?”

“For the lock on the Home Economics Practice Room. galaxy It was stuck to the bottom of one of the counter drawers.”

So there really was another way in.

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“We uncovered them completely so you could see them when you woke up!”

“The scribbles on the counter.”

Ah.

What else had I been trying to do?

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“Let me see.”

I wanted to get out of this damn school as soon as possible.

I had to read what came next.

The scribbles talked about doing something behind the teachers’ backs during night study.

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ㄴ How reassuring; but can we really keep skipping class like this?

ㄴ I had it written down in a notebook. crystal But the teacher confiscated it. matrix Guess we’ll have to do it by intuition.

ㄴ But do you know how to do it? antique I’ve only heard the name.

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ㄴ As long as they don’t catch us, they don’t even come in here lol.

The last one seemed to confirm that the Home Economics Practice Room was a safe zone for skipping class.

Where did things confiscated by teachers normally end up?

A notebook.

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“In the teachers’ office.”

That room was probably packed with those grotesque ‘Professors.’

I had just escaped death, and yet the road ahead of me seemed to be getting longer and longer. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

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“Next is cleaning time, then the end-of-day homeroom, and after that, night study.”

One phrase immediately lodged itself in my mind.

“How much time do we have left?”

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Cleaning time?

Maybe that would be our opportunity.

Something sweet forced its way into my mouth.

“Then, during cleaning time… Ugh.”

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It was an energy bar with nuts and cereal, hard but brittle enough to break apart with my teeth.

“Where did you get this?”

“Eat first. echo Ah, can you swallow?”

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Team Leader Yong had already taken a bite and was chewing like a ruminating cow.

“Where do you think I got it? acquire I brought it with me.”

The nuts, packed tightly into the bar to concentrate as many calories as possible, were painful to swallow even after chewing them thoroughly.

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“Is this also some kind of company-issued supply?”

Even so, hoping they would help at least a little, I resolutely chewed and swallowed.

“No? matrix I bought it with my own money. athlete At a convenience store.”

Despite the pain, the sweetness of the chocolate coating eased the tension throughout my body.

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But he seemed used to it and simply laughed.

“Our company doesn’t cover food expenses while we’re working. apple Besides, a lot of the time we can’t even eat what we bring inside, so they don’t recommend it. action Strictly speaking, this also violates the rules.”

“People have to eat something. galaxy How are you supposed to keep going without eating anything?”

Myeong Haebin nibbled on the energy bar like a squirrel eating an acorn while criticizing Team Leader Yong as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

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After all, you work so you can live.

Only after we had completely finished the energy bars did Team Leader Yong ask again.

As I carefully chewed until what was in my mouth had turned into a paste, I found myself nodding without realizing it.

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But the only time we had left was cleaning time.

“I’m thinking of going into the teachers’ office during that time.”

We could have barged in during the break with any excuse, like asking about something we didn’t know.

“So, what were you saying about cleaning time?”

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And besides, it seemed like a time specifically prepared for me.

Team Leader Yong’s eyes darkened noticeably as he stared at me.

He seemed to be thinking something like that.

‘This idiot nearly died and still hasn’t learned his lesson.’

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And even if it wasn’t, I didn’t care.

Though that was probably just my imagination.