Securing Supplies
Han Yuna couldn't take her eyes off the small face in front of her.
Kim Seokhun.
His face, which had been sweaty just moments ago, was a bit flushed.
With that face, he asked with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Your face is really red. Are you feeling sick?"
He was clearly teasing her, knowing exactly what face he was making and why she was so flustered.
"H-hot..."
Why did this ordinary sentence come out stuttering?
"If it's because it's hot... then you should have rested properly."
"..."
He knew all along.
It was meant to tease her.
Pretending not to know until the end... that was his pretty-boy privilege, I guess.
Han Yuna secretly turned her gaze to the side.
Honestly, she had never been this flustered in front of another man before.
She hadn't lacked men showing interest, but she didn't care much about those things.
But in front of Kim Seokhun, she became like this.
'...Is it because he's too handsome?'
That was definitely one reason.
His small stature also made him strangely disarming.
On top of that, the guilt of suspecting him, yet gratitude for coming to save her.
These mixed emotions made her even more attached.
Her actions started to feel more noticeable.
'Why am I acting so awkwardly?'
Han Yuna swallowed a sigh.
At least... it was fortunate that there were other things to focus on now.
Meanwhile, Kim Seokhun took off his pants and stepped back.
Since he was busy thinking how to escape the water park, Han Yuna filled her mind with realistic problems.
He was wearing shorts, and like how Yuna was sitting behind him, he plopped down nearby.
"Ah... I'm tired."
Kim Seokhun let out a long sigh and shook his wet hair.
His actions looked casual...
'Not acting on purpose, right?'
He seemed incredibly relaxed.
Then, their eyes met.
At the moment Han Yuna flinched, Kim Seokhun opened his mouth with a completely normal face.
"If we go up, let's check the rules of use."
"Got it."
"We should look for something in the central control room..."
"..."
"..."
That ended the conversation.
It was strangely awkward.
Or maybe only Han Yuna felt that way.
Her gaze was about to drift downward again.
She thought to turn it to the other side.
So, she opened the gallery that only showed Han Yuna.
I leaned against the wall and rested quietly for a while.
After the coolness from the damp wall felt refreshing, quite some time passed.
I had some certainty about the 'common sense' of this world.
Han Yuna was sitting a bit away, head down, fiddling with her water bottle.
No matter how you think about it, a woman with Han Yuna's looks acting so awkwardly was strange.
Of course, her personality seemed very honest, and she wasn't skilled at hiding emotions, so it wasn't too unbelievable.
'Just weak in this area.'
But she could make cold judgments when needed...
Anyway, even if that was the case, I had no intention of changing my behavior now.
I had no intention of acting like a real woman just because I looked like one.
'I fell into a horror story by chance...'
Originally a cool-headed person, but now proving it here was impossible.
'Ha...'
Of course, calmly thinking like this was a huge step.
I wasn't a ghost in a horror story, but a weird... alien-like monster, so it was understandable.
Anyway, we continued resting without much conversation.
It felt like we were resting properly for the first time since falling here.
But soon, I felt it. If we rest more... our bodies would become sluggish.
The tension and alertness I had been holding would sink back to sleep.
I realized it was time to leave, and with determination, I stood up.
"Let's go."
Han Yuna looked up.
"Already?"
"Yeah. If we rest more, we'll just collapse."
Han Yuna didn't object.
I lightly jumped in place, twisted my waist, and rotated my shoulders.
This was the best when needing to make difficult decisions.
Screw it, just move.
Finally deciding to leave the rest area, I put on the protective suit and slung the bag over my shoulder.
Water bottle, snacks, towel, tools, and a baseball bat slanted in, making it quite heavy.
I held the remaining baseball bat.
"Not heavy?"
"It's fine. You have to carry that."
My gaze went to the hammer on the floor.
Han Yuna grabbed the handle without saying a word.
The bag and miscellaneous items were my responsibility, and Han Yuna took the hammer to focus on combat while keeping her body light.
"Let's go."
"Got it."
We left the rest area.
Destination: 1st floor.
On the way, there was the kids' pool, but we didn't even glance at it and went straight up the stairs.
Clang.
Han Yuna opened the stair door.
We went up to the upper floor.
Climbing the stairs was easy.
Soon we arrived in front of the door leading to the 1st floor.
The first thing that caught our eye was the corpse lying on the floor.
No, it should be called the monster's corpse.
Seo Jiyeon... the monster that used that name.
...It didn't seem like it would automatically disappear after some time.
'I guess I adapted.'
Seeing the gruesome, blood-soaked monster corpse and still thinking that.
Originally, that would have been impossible for me, but extreme situations had made it so.
"...Opening the door shouldn't be a problem."
Han Yuna said that and passed the corpse first, opening the door to the inside of the 1st floor.
The passage that came out first was quiet. No monsters.
This was also information Han Yuna had heard.
After passing the passage, a wide space unfolded before us. Different in scale from the kids' pool in the basement.
It seemed like there was a large pool, and the space continued far away.
Silhouettes of slides and various playground facilities were faintly visible.
For now, we hadn't found the place connected to the outside...
Right in front of where we came out, two monsters were standing.
Gopdeung-i Monsters.
One near the right wall. The other a bit further in.
Both were crouching strangely, as if not properly recognizing us yet.
We immediately pressed against the right wall.
This was the pre-agreed method.
Since they didn't approach if stared at, we could calmly deal with them one by one without random attacks from all sides.
So, unless near the pool, stick to the walls as much as possible.
After pressing against the wall stealthily, I firmly held the bat and whispered softly.
"Take one each?"
"No."
Han Yuna immediately answered.
"No need to take the risk that way."
She lightly placed the hammer on the floor and scanned ahead.
Han Yuna, who had been gauging the distance between the two monsters, pointed with her finger to the closer one.
"First, you just stare at that one."
"Got it."
"I'll handle the other one. Just in case they hear the sound and another monster comes..."
I fixed my gaze on the monster Han Yuna pointed to.
The long, round black eyes of the monster.
Han Yuna moved without hesitation.
Although I hadn't seen it much, it was impossible to avoid the eerie feeling every time.
But when our eyes met, the monster's movement stopped abruptly.
It kicked off the ground and jumped, then used that momentum to swing the hammer.
Thud.
Since the distance between the two monsters wasn't far, when the hammer struck the side of the monster's head, I could see the head bursting out intact.
'...Their strength is really strong.'
The power I wielded seemed on a different level.
The monster couldn't even make a last sound and fell to the floor with a thud.
Black blood spread instantly under its body.
Han Yuna, suppressing her voice, scanned the surroundings just in case another monster came hearing the sound.
But there was none, and Han Yuna immediately approached the deeper monster and swung the hammer.
Since it was stuck to the wall, the hammer inevitably crushed its head and hit the wall.
A heavy impact sound echoed in the wide room.
Boom!
As the sound echoed, this time I pulled my gaze from the monster and scanned the surroundings.
But it was quiet.
"..."
Why was it quiet but even more eerie...
It meant there was a monster hiding in the darkness listening to the sound.
Han Yuna seemed to have the same thought, and after staring into the darkness for a moment, she opened her mouth.
"...Let's keep going."
We moved against the wall again.
When encountering monsters, one would fix their gaze while the other approached and attacked, advancing step by step.
We easily dealt with a few more monsters this way.
'Indeed, it got easier.'
I felt it with my body too.
But the reason I couldn't fully relax was... because of the water monster.
I knew the most dangerous thing here wasn't the Gopdeung-i Monsters.
'But at least, has he violated any rules of use in his actions so far?'
From the fact that there were no problems so far.
We continued moving along the wall, and soon arrived at the destination.
"Is this it?"
Han Yuna looked up.
I checked the sign attached to the door.
Convenience store. It was a small convenience store form often seen inside stores.
The state was as expected: messy.
One side of the glass door was broken, and the shelves were toppled.
Accordingly, snack bags and drink bottles were scattered on the floor here and there.
We first checked around the entrance.
I shone the flashlight into every corner, and Han Yuna, holding the hammer, scanned for movement.
"None?"
"Yeah. For now, nothing visible."
Only then did I cautiously enter inside.
The first thing checked was, as expected, food.
I was stocking up on protein bars, chocolate, water, drinks, ramyeon, etc., when I suddenly felt something was off.
I went to the refrigerated display I hadn't intended to look at and picked up a triangular kimbap.
I tore the packaging and smelled the inside.
No sour or pungent smell...
Just in case it was just one accidentally good one, I picked up another and tried multiple times.
All of them were fine.
'...It doesn't seem like it's been that long though?'
Since even someone not very sensitive to food status could feel it, it seemed it hadn't been long.
'But does this make sense?'