Chapter 3 (2/2)
With the fallen Takashi+et first-aid and CPR, I didn't even do a pulse check
I mean after all, his face is coaping open with traces of blood flowing out In addition, mouth, nose and ears also had similar traces of blood
It's not hard to tell he'd bled out from every known orifice on his head And now the blood was in the process of hardening and beco dark clumps
Takashi+ma-kun is dead, no doubt about that
”W-hy”
Why did he die, how did he die- I had no clue which one I wanted to know
But in front of this corpse that suddenly appeared before ine it That soon, I'd be like that too
”C-calm down relax think, a way to not die I can still survive!”
If I panic here, it's all over Crying and begging won't do a thing, the Armor Bear will just follow its instincts and devour me
Just, just a little le and find a way to survive till the very bitter end
I'h I've lived with ive up on my own life!
”- Oh yeah, the lunch”
With a jump, I
Please God, it's the plan I thought up really hard Please, I beg you-
”Found it!”
Transparent tupperware in a plastic bag That was Takashi+ma-kun's lunchbox
He was a big guy, I recall, ae sized tupperith food stuffed in,his build
Half white rice with dried pluu sauced with deoyaki Finally, a bit of red leaf lettucesunny lettuce and baby toht
”It'll work, this can work!”
I made a silent thanks to Takashi+ma-kun, or rather, his mom who made this lunch, and opened the lid
In the sa everything inside, took up the desired item
Of course, that is, the Red Shrooe to the Armor Bear, this poison item
”Three in all No, with this size, one could be the limit”
The Red Shroom is around 10-ish centiht about it for a couple seconds, and decided to use one and half of them
Like when th-wise For now, I put the julienned Red Shrooms, on the steak
Next, I grab the rice Yup, there's quite a bit I can't hold it all in round Well, it's fine, I don't have to be elegant here
That's right, I'iri Seasoned in Red Shrooms, poison riceballs
Since the Red Shroom should work on the Armor Bear, it wouldn't atte to avoid it
Thus, the plan is to rant sauce and steak, and furtherive it an inconspicuous visual cae
No idea if it'll work But, at this point, I have nothing else but to bet on this plan
It's probably been less than three minutes Just then, the bushes behind me shook with a rustle
”-!?”
It was no illusion, the large ain, slowly appeared before oes into a shi+ver
Sio, this tiround
But that's fine This poison mushroom riceball is already complete I'd suddenly dropped it, but the plan was to run anyway In fact, doing it naturally like this would likely invite less suspicion too
Now, the gains
”C'mon”
With a ss Facing the Arravate it, and certainly not showingoff
The Ar out the riceball and the overturned tupperware beside it
Its long red tongue licks the sauce sticking to the tupperware Du main dish other there?
”Eat it eat iiit”
And, GoaAAA! the Ars the size of huers are revealed inside the mouth
”Uwa, I'm sorry!”
I'd loudly apologized by reflex but, just then, the Arle bite
The riceball Mixed with Red Shrooms, the poisonous riceball!
As I rejoiced, the Ar noise and sed
And, as if not having had enough, it turned its sharp eyes atin
”Eh, huh, did it notwork?”
There's no change in the Arain took a step with its four thick, stout legs
Y-you mean, the Red Shroom isn't immediate effect!?
It's not really impossible if I think about it In thrillers, you often find scenes where they die in pain right as the poison touches their uarantee all poisons ork like that Delayed effect, as in, taking effect after a few days, or a feeeks, that pattern is entirely possible
Rather than weeks, if that Red Shroom doesn't work in the next feweither, because of that still unsatisfied bear
Ah, da it to eat the thing, I hadn't considered the acuteness of the poison at all Even the Intuition Phar, it doesn't provide that much info
”I,I'm done for”
I was about to give up But then, the Ars stopped abruptly
GAA! it raises a sharp roar, and stood up on 2 legs and- then fell over right there
It also started struggling with ragged breath
”I-it worked! It fucking worked!”
The poison taking a toll on its body was obvious froht
The Arly fierce Every tiroans, endless a into the round, and leave claw marks on the tree trunks
However, its instinct for desiring prey yet reht its eyes towardsArs, and took a step
Right now, I could turn around and get the hell out of here, but no, in the second step, it'll catch or from the Armor Bear
”shi+t, not enough dae! I don't have-”
No, I do If the Ar poison of the Red Shroo fever, a way to worsen that condition is so I possess!
”Plunge into permanent swelter, and curse the body - ”Red Fever”!”
The spell I shout out is the first Curse ”Red Fever”
This curse that instigates slight fever probably doesn't haveit on this guy who'll go beyond the lirees, may just push it over the deadlinethreshold
Yet, the Armor Bear moves A step Distance to me: 3 meters
”Plunge into permanent swelter, and curse the body - ”Red Fever”!”
Die
Another step Distance: 2 meters
”Plunge into, permanent swelter, and curse the body - ”Red Fever”!”
Please die
Yet another step 1 meter
Plunge, into permanent, swelter! and curse the body?!”
Just die please
The Armor Bear's steel arms, rise
”RED FEVEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!”
As a great is downnails was brought down
-Gaha!?
Before I noticed,brown earth I perhaps fell, or maybe tripped No, more importantly- it's hot
”A-ahh”
Belly, feels hot Like burning But it felt hen I touched
My right hand is dyed in blood Ah, this is, my blood
The Armor Bears blow had struck It's knife-like sharp nails had torn at my abdomen
That implied, it must've activated The second Curse, ”Pain Return”
”Ha, haha I did it”
Raising ht a bit, there, lay on its back, was the Ar an inch
On the sh lines etched on, from the insides of which poured out copious amounts of blood
Under unbearable te its belly shredded, finally, the armored monster died
I finally did it I beat it- Just as I realized that fact, as if break time was over, reality struck
”A, AaAAUAaAAAAA!”
Scorching pain running through the abdo out as blood Right now, the reality of death was co for me
”L-like hell, I'll die here No way, I'”
One more Just one more time, ith me Move, c'mon, MOVE, body!
With ht hand I reach desperately
It's destination,it, I see the Red Shroom and- the bunch of Non-delions
Non-delions, these have the hemostatic effect I need to use them, here, now I have to bet on that effect!
Grabbing a hold of the jagged leaves with my blood soaked hand, I so face up
As I properly look at the wound Aa, I shouldn't have looked It's so red everywhere, I have no idea what I'
But I olden button ofonly the belly part of the dress shi+rt underneath, I forcefully raise the t-shi+rt under that
Uwa, this is terrible No, well, it's not like ht be not too deep a wound But still, if I leave this profuse bleeding alone, I'll definitely die
”C'mon work please just work”
No wait, will just putting the leaves on there really work? fuck, should've mashed it earlier- No, I can still make it
”U, uu Uu Eehh, so bitter”
The Non-delion leaves I'd put in my mouth, tasted just like the dandelion leaves I once put in my mouth as a stupid kid Bitter Not edible at all, in fact, it's not even food
Even so, wanting to raise the effect even a little bit, I bore the shi+tty leaf flavor andit into a paste I can apply directly
I had doubts whether this would really be more effective, but Intuition Pharmacy assured me that ”This is fine” Didn't think much of it when I discovered it, but this could've been a giftservice from Curse God Ruinhilde-sama
”I-if I die now I'll curseeven God”
And with the bitterness in ot really sleepy Ah, so tired can't last, any