Chapter 87 (2/2)
“You unlucky man. Where did you even come from?”
“The sky?”
“Don’t talk nonsense. When do I need to go? Tell me for certain now because I never want to speak to you again.”
He said the date with a blank expression. As soon as the red-eyed man heard the departure date, he greeted his father and left.
“I would have beat him if he were my child. Should I do it before he goes?”
“I’ll apologize as his father. Don’t worry. Even if he talks like that, he will deliver it properly since I told him to do it myself.”
He naturally needs to do it. Delivering the notepad is the ultimate goal.
“He’ll be really surprised.”
“I’m sure that’ll be fun in itself. I was really surprised at first, too.”
They look at each other. They have a surprising resemblance to each other. Their atmospheres are different, but their overall appearance is so similar that they could be twins.
“Right? It’ll be fun?”
“Fun? You said fun?”
The father could not speak. The man did not ask for a response either. He knew what the father would say.
‘Just do it well, mutant son.’
The silence continues. All he can do is hope that he will get what he wants.
When building a ship for a singular reason, the aims for creating it are bound to show themselves in its design. So much so that the purpose can be determined by looking at it from the outside.
A warship contains all types of firearms and emphasizes practicality.
A ferry highlights the grandiosity that will catch the customers’ attentions, and a cargo ship expands the space to load cargo to create the optimal loading dock.
Even a submarine is shaped for aquatic activities. Not just with boats, but most things appear to be what they are made for.
When they entered Dead Ark and got on a boat to where they thought the ark was, however, the force members were unsure of what it was.
“Is that really a boat?”
“It must be since it’s floating on the sea. Wow! The view for one is amazing.”
There are curves everywhere but overall, it is a huge cubed structure floating in the middle of an open sea. It is ginormous.
If they say that the spot they set foot on is the center, they cannot get a view of the ends. The length is estimated in kilometers and it seemed like it would easily reach over 100 meters in height.
They cannot know because they cannot see the side but when looking from the top, all they could see was a vast steel floor that looked like several gymnasiums combined.
Without exaggeration, they could play soccer without the ball falling into the sea.
Zing!
Among the force members, Hercules looks at a spot as its eyes light up. It is scanning something that can be seen lightly in the distance.
“Land discovered ahead. Estimated distance 20km, error range is 2 to 3km!”
The force members adjacent to Hercules turned their heads. That is the infected city. If it had been a plane, it is close enough that they would arrive in a few hours.
That place is a different world to them because there is no reason for the boat to anchor there.
-[Master, I found a ladder to go inside on the right.]
-[Wait.]
A radio came in from Lim Si Hyun. When comparing the boat to a building, the force members are on the roof. There has to be a ladder to take down.
The force members gathered to the ladder. The gentle wind is peaceful. The moment they go down the ladder however, they need to fight with their lives on the line.
Lim Si Hyun told them to see how many ladders of this kind there were.
They split into parties. Since there is no particular danger, there are no restrictions to their movement. After searching for 1 hour, they found that there are 18 ladders.
7 at the stem, 5 in the center, 6 at the aft. The goal of this mission is to remove the source.
If they knew the source’s location, they would be able to end it quickly without bringing warfare, but they need to choose 1 of the 3 regions because they do not know.
They will be close to the source if they are lucky, but they need to go to the farthest place if they are unlucky. They would need to make a full round around a boat the size of a small city.