Chapter 66 (1/2)
Bang bang!
Explosive bombs came flying without an end. Park Jin Hyuk created a scenario in his mind. The baby is easily scared. If it feels threatened, it will try to run away.
But if running away is not feasible? Then it will likely withdraw. He will aim at the entrance a few times and show that it is dangerous.
Since it could go out through the window as it had done before, he will destroy the prison wall.
There is more space for it to run away if the walls come down, but it will already be after the scared baby is deeply convinced of the danger.
He once saw an experiment done on animals on TV. He is applying it to mutants. If it works, it is a success. If it fails, he can keep doing what he was doing before.
His scheme worked. The baby hid in the corner, shaking in fear.
An adult would have seen right through the sleazy tricks, but even a newborn tiger is indistinguishable between a tiger and a cat.
Kung!
The male was taken aback and tried to go to the baby. Cha Jun Sung and Koharu stuck to it. The Lifers also blocked the female’s actions to try to rescue the baby.
Keureung!
Kung!
The female roared and took action. It is only up to here. It wants the Lifers to go where they please, just leave the family alone.
There are various and complicated reasons mixed in. Cha Jun Sung and the Lifers gathered to one place. The Slayers were showing signs of retreat.
The male cleared the debris, went into the prison, and brought the baby out.
It shook so much its muscles flapped. It is not a fitting appearance, but it is still a baby. As soon as it saw its parents, it stuck to them and would not separate.
The female took the baby and went to the mountain on the opposite side. The male kept awareness of Cha Jun Sung’s group and followed. As the distance between them grew, the alarm sounded.
[The Slayers are giving up on battle in order to ensure the baby’s safety. It is possible to quit the mission. Please halt your attack and wait.]
A helper mediated the fight and urged quitting the mission. The Lifers could not fight and win against the Slayers.
Park Jin Hyuk heard the alarm, stopped shooting, and observed the Slayers. It is impossible to communicate with them. They must not let down their guards until the very end.
Papat!
Sure enough, the male showed unexpected behavior. It suddenly changed its course and ran in the direction of the prison. Cha Jun Sung’s group misunderstood it as an attack.
Pung!
Park Jin Hyuk had been watching all of this, and launched his last explosive bomb. If he aims to hit it, it will just avoid the shot. He aimed where he thought it would move.
Park Jin Hyuk had made a big mistake. He should have left the male alone.
Animals are different from humans in that once they make up their minds, they follow them foolishly.
Mutants are similar to animals in that sense. They are not all like that, but Slayers do not change their minds for the most part.
The baby’s life is at risk. If it had decided to retreat, it would have retreated. The male had gone back to the prison because it wanted to retrieve the body of the older child.
But Park Jin Hyuk had fired an explosive bomb. It can understand up to here. It is normal for weak prey to try to defend itself.
The explosion came with a multitude of fragments and dust.
The male was resentful, but looked past it. The wounds from fragments embedded in its skin would heal in a few hours. More important is the body of the older child.
The dust cleared up. The male thought something was wrong with his sight. The body of the older child had been intact, but was now a mess like the meat it used to eat.
The last bomb that Park Jin Hyuk set off had taken half of the body and the rest was splattered on the prison wall.
Kung!
The angry male goes in a craze. It acts like a person who does not know what to do. It even starts drooling as it glares at Cha Jun Sung and the Lifers.