Become a Light in The Dark Sea - Chapter 368

368. Survivor (2)

I said as I waited for people to swim to the beach.

“I prayed a lot for the world to fall, but it didn’t fall that easily. A world that won’t fail anyway. “Let’s live by making things better little by little.”

I poured another handful of sand on Kim Jae-hee’s head and walked to the beach. Kang Soo-jeong was the first to break through the waves and come out of the sea. He then waved his hand in our direction as he walked slowly down the beach. I was out of breath, probably because I had just been swimming in the ocean. As I saw Kang Soo-jeong approaching, I smiled and spoke to her warmly.

“long time no see. Mr. Sujeong.”

“Mr. Muhyeon! It’s nice to see it on the beach. “You came out earlier than I did on the escape boat?”

Kang Soo-jeong asked me in a puzzled tone, and then said as if she felt sorry for me when she saw that my left hand was wrapped.

“oh my. “Is your left hand injured?”

“yes.”

“Have you been to the hospital?”

“I’m going to go see it later.”

Kang Soo-jeong exchanged a few words with me, who welcomed her, and then turned to talk to Kim Jae-hee, who was lying down on the beach. Kim Jae-hee said that the assistant team leader of her team swam as vigorously as a dolphin from the ocean to the beach, but she did not even look at her.

“Jaehee. How did you live? We thought you died because you went out in a broken-down escape boat. Why are you so weak? “Are you hurt anywhere?”

“······I’m already dead. If the mind dies and only the body lives, is it right to be alive? “I want to do nothing and just be a squid.”

Kang Soo-jeong, who had been observing her teammate for a few seconds, looked at me and asked.

“Jaehee, did you pick up or eat anything strange? “The kid is weirder than usual.”

“ha ha ha. “I don’t know either.”

I’m in a state where I have to pick up a strange religion and spit it out. I had a feeling that from now on I would have to say “I don’t know” to everyone I met as a greeting.

Listening to Kang Soo-jeong speak, it seems like she only remembers what happened in her episode. So I guess I’m the only one who remembers all the episodes. I think it would be a disaster if we collected all the eyewitness accounts of the survivors and tried to recreate them. I was already starting to get worried.

“What happened to the people who went out on the escape boat with Sujeong?”

“Ji-hyeon and the others are floating on the escape boat right now. You won’t be able to see it clearly from here. “I didn’t know if Daehan Island would be safe, so I decided to come alone and the rest of us would stay in the escape boat.”

Kang Soo-jeong pointed to several escape boats floating in the distance. He named people floating around his escape boat, such as Lee Ji-hyeon, Yoo Geum-i, and Henry. I was deeply relieved when I heard the names of the survivors.

“Do you know where our team leader Shin Hae-ryang is?”

As soon as I heard Soo-jeong Kang’s question, I was taken aback. The last thing I remember, Shin Hae-ryang was scuba diving on a nearby shore, protecting the injured from sharks. I was speechless trying to explain this to Kang Soo-jeong.

“Uh… well… so…”

Did Shin Hae-ryang escape safely? I imagined a shark attacking Shin Hae-ryang’s side and Shin Hae-ryang attacking the shark’s nose with his fist. ······Must be much better than me. Please take Rico out of the water safely. I’m not sure if he’s alive.

“······I do not know. “Maybe he’s alive?”

“Do you remember when our team leader told me nonsense to drive a boat?”

“Uh oh. yes.”

In fact, I had completely forgotten about it until Kang Soo-jeong said it. Did you say you have a boat and a satellite phone? I remember Kang Soo-jeong telling me to drive a boat.

“I have to cross Daehan Island, but it’s too far to swim from the escape boat. I’m going to go on foot. If Team Leader Shin escapes successfully, I don’t have to drive the boat. I guess I really don’t have to drive it, right? “Do you know how to drive a boat, Moo-hyeon?”

“I don’t know how to drive either.”

Kang Soo-jeong seemed at a loss just thinking about having to drive a boat, pick up the people in the escape boat, and escape Daehan Island. Kang Soo-jeong, who was weighed down by a mountain of worry, asked the only member of her team on the beach.

“Jaehee. “Do you know how to drive a boat?”

“Why should people live? “Why should boats live?”

“······no. done.”

Kang Soo-jeong kicked the sand towards Kim Jae-hee and splashed it. But she asked me a question very politely.

“Do you know what happened to Aeyoung from our team?”

“Aeyoung escaped with me. She came to Daehando and split up midway, but she must be wandering around the island somewhere.”

“is it so? Jaehee. Do you know what happened to Sanghyun? “I remember going out on an escape boat just like you.”

“I don’t think, therefore I don’t exist.”

“Are you going to come to your senses?”

Kim Jae-hee was hit twice on the back by Kang Soo-jeong. He hit his back with his palm and boom! Wow! I heard a sound. It sounded like an internal organ bursting open. Kim Jae-hee didn’t want to be hit anymore, so she stood up and walked away, putting distance between herself and her assistant team leader.

Seo Ji-hyuk arrived at the beach from far away, but he didn’t come straight to where we were. He jumped up and down, gave one big wave of his hand, and then he was off to the end of the beach. Kang Soo-jeong frowned, looked at In-young who was walking away, and asked.

“Is that Jihyuk? “It’s hard to see because of the distance.”

“yes. that’s right.”

“Then I don’t know why they don’t come this way and go that way.”

“Iknow, right.”

Most of the people who escaped by escape boat stayed in the escape boat. Only a few people who were confident in swimming swam to Daehan Island. As soon as Seo Ji-hyuk swam to Daehan-do, he made a large circle around the beach to check for danger and then came to where we were. Seo Ji-hyuk was walking leisurely from afar, smiling brightly.

“You’re safe!”

“I’m glad you escaped safely.”

I tapped Seo Ji-hyuk’s arm as he approached me. The people gathered briefly shared the joy of survival. Seo Ji-hyuk looked at my hand and asked if I was injured. When the Wuhan believer said that he had cut off his finger and taken it, everyone around him could feel the shock.

Seo Ji-hyuk, who was quickly sharing information about survivors and injuries, spoke to Kang Soo-jeong as if he was quite embarrassed.

“There’s a problem with Sanghyeon. First of all, I’m reporting to the deputy team leader because I don’t know where our damn team leader has gone. ······ah. really. “I only have it when I need it.”

“okay? “What’s the problem?”

“I heard that Sang-hyeon made a mistake on the escape boat and fell into the sea, but we couldn’t find him.”

As soon as she heard Seo Ji-hyuk’s lowered voice, Kang Soo-jeong’s expression suddenly changed. Kang Soo-jeong thought it wasn’t a big problem, but she seemed surprised.

“What are you talking about? Did Sanghyun fall into the sea from the escape boat?”

what? Seo Ji-hyuk sighed three times, his legs shaking violently, and he looked up at the sky twice. He then spoke in a whisper so that Emma, ​​who looked the youngest, could not hear.

“Next to Sanghyun’s escape boat, Takahashi’s escape boat was right next to it.”

“Uh oh. Yuri Takahashi? however? “What does he have to do with Sanghyun falling into the water?”

Seo Ji-hyuk frowned and explained by comparing his left hand to Haksajeong and his right hand to Jeong Sang-hyeon.

“Sang-hyeon must have suddenly gone crazy… He was trying to jump over to the Takahashi escape boat next to him, but he slipped, hit his face hard on the body of the escape boat, and fell into the water.”

Seo Ji-hyuk’s right hand continued to move downward. Kang Soo-jeong was shocked and lowered her voice to ask.

“······so? What happened? “Did you miss it so much that you couldn’t find it?”

“I only managed to salvage a few teeth that were stuck in the escape boat’s body.”

When Seo Ji-hyuk tried to show me whether he had put the teeth and pieces of flesh he found in his clothes pocket, I went over to take a look, but Kang Soo-jeong shook her head vigorously, saying she didn’t want to see. Seo Ji-hyuk took his hand out of his pocket and said.

“I think Mark, who was next to me, witnessed it from beginning to end. Mark told me that the asshole on your team fell into the water. There was some distance between them and my escape boat, so it took some time to swim to get there. “Sanghyun dived around the escape boat to look for it, but couldn’t find it.”

Then you’re dead…? Even as I was picking up the story from the side, I had no sense of reality. Seo Ji-hyuk kept his mouth shut, and Kang Soo-jung, who was briefed on the incident, did not say anything. The sound of the waves was unusually loud. After the sea breeze passed several times, Seo Ji-hyuk scratched the back of his head and said:

“I think the people who were watching it from the side kept their mouths shut and told me late. The other witness, Bart, also said nothing. Mark said he would let me know 10 minutes after Sanghyun fell into the water. Thank you, right? They were saying things like that. “What should I do with this?”

After hearing Seo Ji-hyuk’s report, Kang Soo-jeong looked like she had aged 10 years. Kang Soo-jeong, who is the deputy team leader of the engineer team and has to manage the team members in place of the missing team leader, rubbed the area around his eyes and said in a tired voice.

“······What do we do? ah. driving me crazy. ah. What do we do!”

After hearing the news that one of her team members had died at work, Kang Soo-jeong suddenly groaned as if she had a headache. Kim Jae-hee, who had been listening quietly, grinned while looking at the sea, and then she said something.

“This is the most hopeful story I’ve heard recently. I guess the sea also accepts people like Sanghyeon. “They also reject pseudo-religion.”

“Jaehee. If you don’t have the confidence to speak in front of Sang-hyun’s parents, stay quiet before I hit you with my fist. “I took the lenses out so I couldn’t see anything.”

They say you shouldn’t wear contact lenses or glasses when riding an escape boat, but Kang Soo-jeong seems to have always had poor eyesight so she wore contact lenses. How can I box when my eyesight is bad? I can’t see clearly, but are you shaking your fist?

I was given a ride on an escape boat that was more valuable than any other jewel from the undersea base, but what did I do when I got to the surface of the sea? What’s important for survival is your daily behavior, not whether you have an escape boat or not? I quietly asked Seo Ji-hyuk.

“What about Mr. Takahashi? Are you okay?”

Kang Soo-jeong was startled by my question, looked at Seo Ji-hyuk and asked urgently.

“right. okay! Takahashi says you’re okay? “Did you get hurt because of Sanghyun?”

“It seemed okay. “I was relieved that Sanghyun didn’t come up after falling into the water.”

Kang Soo-jeong sighed deeply while looking at the sky.

“Aeyoung and our team leader should be fine. “It’s going to turn.”

Seo Ji-hyuk tapped Kang Soo-jeong on the shoulder and said.

“Aeyoung is hiding in the corner, armed. If an armed person approaches, I’m going to shoot him. “I solved one problem.”

“Thank you so much. “I cry because of my teammates.”