Surviving In A Broken World - Surviving in a Ruined World - Episode 196

#14

“… … Jaeyoung Kim?”

Let’s call this guy’s name carefully, gang! A loud noise rang out. It was the sound of iron tools and locks clashing. For a moment, I felt a chill in my back at the thought that the person outside was not Jaeyoung Kim.

‘Who is it? Are you a police officer? But the police wouldn’t slam down the door without any explanation… … .’

Whoa!

“Ahh!”

I must have missed the lock while hitting it, and a piece of iron came through the door. I screamed, pulled the blanket over me, curled up in the most corner, and shivered. The person outside pulled out his tool and struck the lock a few more times. Not long after, I heard the sound of a lock falling to the floor. I quickly looked around. Unfortunately, since he was being held captive by Kim Jae-young, there was nothing in the room that could be used as a weapon. Moreover, his hands were not free because of the handcuffs.

‘come… … .’

The door opened, and a middle-aged man, heavily intoxicated, appeared. He was over one hundred and eighty years old and had a fairly large bone structure, but he had thin cheeks and a thin build. He had a face that was assumed to have been quite handsome in his youth, but when I met his wide eyes like Dong-tae’s, goosebumps appeared on my face.

“It’s you.”

As soon as the man made eye contact with me, he smiled and opened his mouth. He held an ax in one hand.

“I didn’t know it was hidden in a place like this.”

“Who are you?”

“I thought we should find it before the police find it first. “I need to find him and kill him right away.”

The man held the ax tightly as if he was going to swing it at me at any moment. Are you going to kill me? Does this person have a grudge against me or my family? What should I do now? The only place to escape was the small door through which the man entered. I forced a smile and shook my head in an attempt to somehow convince the man.

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. mister. I think there is some misunderstanding… … .”

“If you die, will that monster even understand the pain I went through?”

“Don’t come, don’t come!”

“No, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. “Because today is the day to prove that he is a true devil!”

“Ugh!”

I used all my strength to dodge the axes raining down on my head. The ax hit the wall where my head was just moments ago and boom! made a sound

“Crazy, crazy! To kill a real person… “Ahh!”

As I was trying to crawl away, the man grabbed my hair and pulled me towards him, whispering in a low, ominous voice.

“If you want to blame Jaeyoung Kim, blame him.”

A deep murderous intent dripped from the man. Could it be that everything that has been said so far about monsters and devils refers to Kim Jae-young? I was angry at why they called that pretty and kind boy such a shitty word, even when his death was so close. At that moment, the traces of abuse embedded in young Kim Jae-young’s body came to mind. Anger boiled over, along with a cool feeling of the blood draining from his entire body.

“This abuser… evil!”

As soon as I realized that the man was Kim Jae-young’s uncle, I was thrown to the floor again. The man raised his ax high in the sky.

“Stop dying!”

“You die!”

I kicked the man’s knee while he was still in the prone position. The man stumbled over his body and brought his ax down quickly. This time, the ax hit the wall above my shoulder. The ax blade grazed my trapezius muscle, and blood flowed down. I gritted my teeth and grabbed his handle. The man pulled hard to get the ax out of my hand. After struggling for a few seconds, the ax suddenly slipped out of his hand. The recoil caused the middle-aged man to fall backwards.

“Ugh!”

“Huh, huh, fuck… … !”

I took advantage of this opportunity to get up and run away. I couldn’t put any strength into my shaking legs. Just before I could barely cross the threshold, a man’s hand grabbed my ankle. As I was struggling to keep my balance, I was unable to handle the force pulling from behind and fell, hitting my chin on the stone floor beyond the threshold. There was a loud sound and my jaw rang so loud that I thought my jaw might have been broken, but I was so scared that I didn’t feel any pain. When I quickly turned around, I saw the man holding my ankle and grabbing his axe.

“Oh, no… … .”

The man raised an ax with the intention of cutting off my ankle. I closed my eyes tightly.

Phew!

I heard the sound of the ax being struck, but there was no pain. Hot liquid was dripping down my legs. I slowly opened my eyes and forgot to breathe at the terrible sight before me.

“Ki, Kim Jae-young… … .”

The ax that the man struck hit one of the shoulders of Kim Jae-young, who stretched out his arm without hesitation to cover my leg. Jaeyoung Kim swallowed his screams and raised his eyes and looked up at him. As the man removed the ax blade from his shoulder, the dripping red blood poured all over the yellow floor. I have never seen that much blood in my life. Jaeyoung Kim stood up with his back to me and confronted the man, even as his face was contorted in pain.

“You’re doing something out of character.”

The man laughed at Kim Jae-young, who was bleeding. How could his uncle inflict such great pain on his nephew and even look happy without a trace of guilt? I couldn’t believe that Jaeyoung Kim lived with someone like that.

“… It’s Eunsu. “Get up and leave.”

“Uh, where…” … .”

“There are stairs next to the bathroom that go up to the ground. If you go up and go straight, you will see the entrance.”

“So, what about you?”

“I won’t kill that person anyway.”

There was not a trace of fear in Kim Jae-young’s voice. You must be so used to this kind of situation that you are so calm… . I slowly got up with my trembling body. Every time I moved, the man’s keen gaze followed me, giving me goosebumps.

For the first time, I came out of the room without covering my eyes and realized that this was a maze-like basement. At the end of this road was the bathroom where Kim Jae-young was taken blindfolded, and next to it were steep stairs leading up to the ground.

“Get out quickly!”

“Yes… … .”

Jaeyoung Kim must have sensed my hesitation even when my back was turned, so he shouted loudly. Shocked, I moved my shaky legs towards the stairs.

There was an iron door at the end of the stairs. The iron door had to be lifted overhead to open, and it looked more like a lid than a door. From behind, I heard the sound of Jaeyoung Kim and a man struggling. The man tried to chase me, and Jaeyoung Kim stopped the man even though his blood was dripping.

‘I am… ‘Why am I running away alone?’

That guy hates Kim Jae-young so much, what guarantee is there that he won’t kill him? If Jaeyoung Kim dies… Fuck, I’d rather die together than live alone! I opened the bathroom door and entered, not the stairs. The inside of the bathroom was dark without any light. I fumbled with the wall, turned on the light, and grabbed the mop in the corner. I turned over the dry mop, grabbed it with both hands, and ran towards where Kim Jae-young and the man were fighting.

“You crazy bastard!”

Just a little while ago, my legs were shaking and it was difficult to walk properly, but a superhuman strength came out of me. I ran at high speed and hit the man’s face with the head of the mop. The man stumbled and took a step back. Without missing the opportunity, I swung the mop and pulled the man away from Kim Jae-young.

“Kim Jae-young, run away quickly!”

However, even though Jaeyoung Kim increased the distance, he did not run away. He took the mop from my hand and blocked my path again.

“I am… “It’s really okay, Eunsu, let’s go.”

“It’s not okay at all! You shed too much blood. “You have to go quickly and get surgery, blood transfusion, something like that.”

When Kim Jae-young took the mop away, there was nothing left in his hand. I grabbed his arm. As I clung to him with a determined look on my face as if I would never let go, Kim Jae-young looked back and forth as if measuring the distance to the man and the distance to the stairs.

“If you say one, two, three, let’s run together.”

“Are you really going to run?”

“huh.”

“one… two… three! run!”

I grabbed Kim Jae-young’s arm and ran like crazy towards the stairs. Kim Jae-young, who had a pale face as if he was about to collapse at any moment, ran noticeably slower as he blocked the man running behind him with a mop. I almost dragged Jaeyoung Kim until I reached the stairs. Jaeyoung Kim pushed my back as if telling me to go up first. She wanted to send Jaeyoung Kim first, but there was no time to change her place. I hurried up the stairs and looked back to see how far the man had followed me.

“no!”

Damn it! The man threw an ax! I put his handcuffed hands around Jaeyoung Kim’s neck and pulled his head. Kim Jae-young fell forward and went straight down, and the ax flew round and round… … .

puck!

It hit my forehead.

Not the blade of the axe, but the blunt part.

“Eunsu!”

Jaeyoung Kim’s voice rang out in fear. Thinking that it might be her last time, she wanted to see Kim Jae-young’s face, but her vision turned white and her eyes rolled over.