Chapter 31 (2/2)

“I saw.”

They could see what they estimated to be 40 to 50 dead bodies. It could not be people. It had to be cannibals. It seemed there had been a great battle.

Among the cannibal corpses, there were the bodies of Lloyd, Henry, and Martin.

They had died in a gruesome way. It looked like they had fought back until the end and were hacked up. Could it be that they thought it unfair that they died? There was anger in their widely open eyes.

Cha Jun Sung touched Lloyd’s body. It was still warm but some time must have passed since his death because it was starting to cool. This was the same for Henry and Martin.

“What about Carlyle and Campbell?”

“Do you think these three died while opening up a path for them?”

“Could be.”

Cha Jun Sung walked away from the bodies. They could make money by selling their gear, but he did not need it and did not really want to do it.

They found Carlyle’s body not far from Lloyd and the others. He had his face down in the sands.

“They opened up the path for him for nothing.”

“Tsk!”

Park Jin Hyuk had a bitter look. He did not like the man, but he had never wished for his death. He just did not like him, it was nothing more and nothing less.

Cha Jun Sung felt something strange while examining Carlyle’s body.

“What are you doing?”

“The cause of death is unclear. Other than his blue face, there isn’t any wound.”

“What about it?”

“There isn’t a cannibal’s body nearby and he’s dead alone.”

He looked for a mortal wound to figure out Carlyle’s cause of death, but he was perfectly fine. Other than his blue face, there was nothing that could have killed him.

“I think he suffocated.”

“Suffocated?”

“They say when someone suffocates, their face turns blue. I saw in on TV.”

Cha Jun Sung thought that Park Jin Hyuk’s explanation made sense.

“Fight against me.”

“What? Kuk!”

Cha Jun Sung went behind Park Jin Hyuk, put his head in a headlock, and squeezed.

Park Jin Hyuk flailed. The impact tights expanded and pushed against Cha Jun Sung’s strength, but it was loose. He had discovered a new vulnerability.

“Ow….. My neck.”

“What do you think?”

“I think suffocation is right. The impact tights don’t function against it.”

“But there was a repelling force.”

“You have a lot of muscular strength because you went through body modification. How could I withstand it?”

It sounded like the impact tights would have been able to protect him if he had not gone through body modification. A cannibal would not have done something so onerous.

“Campbell…..”

“Are you saying he went through body modification and is the one who killed Carlyle?”

“In context.”

The only other survivor in this mission was Campbell. It could not help but raise suspicion. It would be a PK if it were a game, but it was murder since it was reality.

“That guy completed a Level D mission and opened the store!”

“Since I’m not the only one who’s special.”

“Why do you think he did it?”

“The reason why he did a PK? There’s a different pleasure in killing users than in killing mutants. Or he’s doing it to gain experience.”

“But this is reality. What experience? He’s psycho.”

“Point.”

“Huh?”

“Do you think he can take another Lifer’s points if he kills them?”

It was not information that was recorded in Lifer World. Of course opinions were divided. Would they be rewarded points even if they killed Lifers? Was there someone who had killed before?

“I’m sure there are a lot. A ton.”

There was no way murderers did not exist in this crazy world. If they were given points? They would tell people not to share the information in the greed of wanting to take all the points.

“Kill someone to confirm?”

“Probably.”

“If you find Campbell?”

“I’ll probably kill him if it’s possible, but I have no intention of going out of my way. Let’s look and decide.”

As he continued with Life Mission, there would be a day when he killed a human and not a mutant with these hands, wouldn’t there? The only difference was whether that day would come sooner or later.

“He’ll be close by.”

“How do you know?”

“Lloyd’s body was cold, but this one is warm. He’s close.”

Cha Jun Sung lifted his head. They needed to go to the summon area if they wanted to complete the mission. Campbell would be heading towards the summon area as well.