The World’s Best Childhood Friend Episode 1019 (1019/1020)
Shh …
The body that had been flying for a while falls to the ground.
He landed on the rock and shook his body briefly.
He hit the back of the neck hard and pulled it off, frowning and shouting.
“What are you doing!”
He waved his arm away and spoke to Cheonma. I was ready to fight, and now you’re dragging this away?
“You never even got involved when we were fighting. Why is this chaos?”
“Why did you bother me?” Cheonma said to me when I asked him that.
“Who was there?”
“what……?”
He frowned at those words. Who was there?
“where?”
“Nearby.”
“… … Aren’t you talking about that little guy?”
“Yeah. Something else. A bird.”
“bird?”
“Yeah. Bird.”
Not a cow, but a bird? I rolled my head at Cheonma’s words.
‘Was there something…?’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t feel any movement. In the first place, I didn’t feel any movement except for the leader.
‘He felt something?’
Cheonma said that he felt the presence of something other than the leader during that time. Is that why he ran away with me?
‘… … Is it real?’
I don’t have a firm belief, especially since I didn’t feel it.
“… … .”
As I looked at the Cheonma quietly staring at me, I couldn’t think of anything else to say.
Could it be an aftereffect of the past that has persisted until now? I had a sneaking thought that it couldn’t have been done without a reason.
‘……shit.’
It’s not good. I don’t think it’s a good thing that people have unnecessary faith in Cheonma.
That’s actually the case.
‘Because he didn’t do anything particularly harmful to me.’
If I think back on all the things Cheonma has done so far, he hasn’t done anything that would cause me trouble.
Rather, he did help, and there was certainly no harmful behavior.
That’s why it’s more like that.
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The reason why I started to secretly believe in Cheonma.
‘… … Come to your senses.’
I shook my head, trying to shake off the thoughts. I had to get this out of the way, just in case.
‘You never know.’
You never know what they might do later on after giving you this much trust. You can’t let your guard down.
but.
‘… … This time.’
I figured that Cheonma wouldn’t have done it without a reason.
I also heard the reason for that.
‘There’s something more. Something I can’t even notice.’
What could it have been?
‘I said it was a bird.’
A bird, not a cow. The significance lies in the fact that Cheonma expressed it that way.
‘Sarah… … ‘
What is it? What is a bird? I thought about it for a moment, and then a thought suddenly occurred to me. It’s somewhat unrelated to my current work, though.
“hey.”
“huh?”
“You, but. Were you fast?”
“… … .”
When the words were brought up, Cheonma flinched for a moment.
I just felt it when it was snatched and flown in.
“I think it was roughly similar to me?”
It was completely different from when I tested my speed before leaving for Maryeongsan from Hwasanpa. At that time, I thought it was significantly slower than me.
“Now that I look at it, it’s not. Right?”
It seemed like he was a lot faster than me just now. It was just a vague difference compared to me.
It seemed a little slower, but if we moved together, there would be no particular loss.
“… … .”
After hearing what I said, Cheonma slowly averted his gaze.
“What are you doing? Are you doing it on purpose?”
“……no.”
“No, that’s not true. Look me in the eye.”
“… … .”
He doesn’t turn his head, but just looks at me with his eyes. This kid?
“Ah… … I’m hungry. I need to eat.”
Then, all of a sudden, he moves away from me.
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“You’re talking nonsense. Why don’t you speak properly?”
Who flew that thing for seven days and nights, and now you’re saying it was actually fast?
“Hey! Come here!”
He approached with a loud noise, but Cheonma quickly left the place.
* * *
After a long struggle, some time passed.
The night has passed and day has come over the sky.
During that gap, I was looking around carefully without leaving Mt. Maryeong.
At the same time, I was recalling the situation while replaying the battle with the leader.
‘He’s a tough guy.’
The decision was made.
Although they are the same generals, the leaders are similar yet different from the times of the war.
‘It still seems wild and unpredictable in its movements.’
The methods are different otherwise.
First of all, as I expected, it was true that they were desperately rushing forward based on the advantage of immortality.
‘Even in there, the judgment of the situation is quick.’
Rather than just throwing my body around in a reckless manner, I could feel it moving in the most efficient way possible.
It means that contrary to appearances, he is not as stupid as he looks.
‘What a nuisance.’
If he had just been an ignorant guy, it would have been easy to deal with him. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case with the leader.
And what about strength?
‘… …too strong.’
The power he possessed was so strong that even one wrong hit could kill him.
‘If it becomes like this.’
It meant that you had to dodge here and there and take all the effective hits from the guy who was charging at you recklessly.
‘The good news is that the name works.’
If you use that, it doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to deal with.
‘I wish I had seen it a little more clearly.’
It is a great pity that I did not look into other things closely.
‘I guess greed will work.’
I could feel the power of immortality because I witnessed it firsthand. Even a severed arm would regenerate and a wound would heal in an instant.
‘The speed and quality are different.’
It was incomparable to the leader’s recovery.
I can still clearly see the image of my stomach recovering in the blink of an eye.
‘Can you stop that, Tom?’
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I’m not sure because I haven’t tried it. I just believed it would happen.
‘and.’
The look you showed at the end.
‘It was all turning red.’
I remembered the black leather and fur turning red, as if it was transferring heat.
‘So the sense of presence actually disappeared.’
What kind of effect did it have? I don’t know because it escaped right before the fight.
If there is a problem here.
‘That bastard’s feelings.’
The gaze of a guy who knew my location even when I greatly reduced my presence and made no sound.
That took a while.
‘You can’t just say it’s a good feeling.’
This also feels different.
There were more than a few things that seemed strange to me, to the point where I thought he had simply noticed me because he had a good intuition.
‘There is something.’
There was something secret in that bastard’s senses.
I don’t know if that would actually help in combat though.
‘Even when I saw the reaction, it was like that.’
It wasn’t that he came to me because he felt the aura I had given him. At first, I thought so. But after seeing what the leader said, I realized it wasn’t true.
‘He just knew.’
Ever since I came to Maryeongsan, the leader had noticed.
‘How is that possible?’
Is the sense of direction really that broad and clear? It can’t just be that.
‘The similarity was good, but it was completely different.’
It won’t end with just a good feeling.
It’s something beyond emotion.
‘Even if I ran away, do you still know my location?’
In the worst case scenario, they might detect my presence just by being on Mt. Maryeong.
If that happens.
‘It means there’s no point in getting out.’
The destination is inside Maryeongsan Mountain, but if he knows everything I do here… … .
‘Things are getting complicated.’
The goal was to kill the leader by any means necessary.
“Tsk… … .”
I clicked my tongue briefly. I had a lot of information, but the situation was somewhat complicated.
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‘This land itself is a strange place to begin with.’
How can there be no sign of life on such a wide and tall Mount Tai?
‘Even a dead tree can have life.’
Even in dead trees, bugs still live.
Even in places that have been reduced to ruins, beasts still make their home there.
It was said that no matter what the situation, there is no case where living things disappear.
Still.
‘Why here?’
How can I not feel anything on Mt. Maryeong?
An unpleasant sense of alienation from there kept poking the back of my neck.
Dig a little deeper.
There’s something to be found out in this situation.
That’s how my instinct prickles me.
Cook cook.
Cook cook.
The sensation was so vivid. It was as if I was really being stabbed.
Cook cook.
Cook cook.
… … No, you were really stabbing me?
“… … What are you doing?”
I turned around and glared at Cheonma. It was Cheonma who had been poking me.
“I already have a lot to think about, so why do you keep making a fuss?”
“excuse me.”
“what.”
Cheonma, oblivious to my irritation, points somewhere with his hand.
It was still a mountain with only rocks. It was a background that was no different from what was seen everywhere.
Why are you pointing at something that’s not there? I asked Cheonma, squinting my eyes.
“What is that?”
“There is someone.”
“No, what is there… … Huh? What did you say?”
Someone is there? He widened his eyes at Cheonma’s words. Then he immediately strengthened his heart.
It’s for using the base, but it’s not as wide as last time.
Just in case the leader reacted again.
Carefully, carefully. He expanded his energy in the direction that Cheonma was pointing. The energy that was slowly penetrating him gradually expanded its range and flew far away.
At the end of the energy that flew away like that.
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“……her?”
I really caught something. I felt it and let out a gasp.
“What is this again?”
I hadn’t felt anything until last night, but this time it was different.
I feel a presence.
It’s the sign of life.
That too.
“There are a lot, right?”
I could sense not one or two, but a very large number of presences.
