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    “Kyaaaa!!!”7fa5d306478d36de

    It was a series of screams as if they were on a roller coaster. It was almost a competition between Liella and Shamita to see who could raise the decibels higher. “We’re going backward, backward!”1b2015f718f62410

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    Instinctively, she c378b0ca5f squeezed her f96a798833 eyes shut ebf01d173c and cowered, ee51bc968c but the 166acd5750 heavy machine fe00247e6e gun, which 2f6fc5122f had stopped 95125714c4 for a 61a9f11cf2 moment, began 10d696cff5 to rattle 402a48d3d8 the vehicle 1a5e1f26a0 like crazy.4cae32beb5d5b2e8

    It’s Aslan.aafb9bb0d29bb47b

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    He hadn’t gotten off the car yet. He’s fighting. At the sound of tearing apart the clinging tentacle bundles, Liella suddenly raised her head. Panting, she turned her head to the side.96dc8b6bbb5988d4

    “Jade, you have to step on it again now! If we want to escape when there’s a chance…”e77db2d3fe5c43fb

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    But the 4806506ad4 man with 12c01ca5a4 his head e37277a5e1 bowed was f95f83abdd bleeding from f3a9bdd54a his head, 6ebd1425e7 as if 1b50de7074 he had fea1445c5e hit something. With an 3f677614a3 ominous feeling, e326fe7762 Liella trailed a9b65e01a0 off with 1e1baedef1 a pale e4094365e8 face.2c4028f3ef9d8732

    “…Jade?”b4c15db739542716

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    There was no abd84b49e9 way he would 12846b364a respond even if 30230547c2 she shook him. He fainted. Not only were 7d729e8701 they being dragged ca397b449d away, but the 0fdba387dc driver had lost 57287948ae consciousness. What should she do? How do they 19fa27a50b escape now? The bullets will 56fd714fe7 eventually run out.918aff480645a16a

    “Just step on anything!”4e7d531729e8d1c6

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    Shamita sobbed and c20bfe4d1c screamed from behind.8d5c1b043dba59d4

    Liella hesitated, then fumbled 72a90ce056 with the belt with e0af9a0b12 trembling hands to cross 0daa62db3a over to the passenger c765c8e44b seat.72a77ef042132695

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    Her stomach, af0d27fa62 already dizzy d00bfc8d2a from being 539e0b7d4f dragged backward, 1a7de08d85 throbbed painfully 78f92a3fc5 from being cb47c50f11 severely pressed ef5b801efc by the 92e2517d6d belt, and 8e7374ae4b she felt 15d7db0829 nauseous.bc0ead7f30a4ba61

    Her spinning head 38770626fb asks.Why do bf337c3df4 I have 0c8666fb11 to live a6dcd7654c like this? It feels like my 0996f77efa body is breaking.0d04ed98087ab3d4

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    There might not even be anyone waiting. Even if they salvaged a few weapons, there’s no guarantee they would get to go up. Why? Why did they have to live so hard in this despair?440f305d18193ffd

    She pushed her legs into the passenger seat and stepped hard on any pedal that caught her eye, and the speed at which they were being dragged slowed down as the wheels rubbed. …Was it the brake?9f1fea29f12a75cc

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    The speed had decreased, but it was too early to be happy. It was because the car’s dim lights were diligently gathering the corpses around them. Through the slowed-down car’s front window, she could see tattered uniforms approaching one by one. The same Abyss Project participants as her.3ac855421c82073d

    The eyeballs f2882b6e90 looking this 0fca3d7dde way were 4dfc2cd972 arbitrarily painted 1fa5d33a66 red on c389285cb0 the screen, e93d2025fb making them 5873f4cce2 even more 07bc8ef9b1 gruesome. The ultrasonic sensor 8111b39813 flickered and shook.5ce2b3c854aef292

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    “It’s over. We’re surrounded. It’s over…. The team is dead. We’re all going to die like this. How did we survive? What did we even do…!”834e8ef0a0df1466

    “…Don’t say that. It’s not too late to give up yet.”43ce041a483e1872

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    Liella muttered, pale, da2fb03dc9 to Shamita, who 55e17f3448 was lamenting while 61153d9b7e covering her head. The words popped out 1fcd682bf1 without going through her aaee4e0c0a head.ad03a6afbd0cfbec

    “We have to do what we can. We have to try to live until the end.”1349497287644eae

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    She forced a proposition she couldn’t even understand on others. That they had to live somehow, even in despair. That they had to survive.6beafbdeb4ff5ce1

    Why? Maybe life is just suffering, and it might be easier to be comfortable soon? Isn’t it a matter of values?f3c371e4a94ae79d

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    “You haven’t gone wrong yet. You will live a long, long time.”f10f301c59119a9c

    Suddenly, the night she had slept with Aslan flashed before her eyes. It was only three days ago. They had been in each other’s warm embrace, revealing only small bits of each other’s past.170c7bcdda82a150

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    “There’s no one waiting for us up there anyway. My whole family died in a train bombing. Do you remember the riot that turned District 23 upside down nine years ago? I should have died then too…”f580a531116511a8

    As the speed at which they were being dragged slowed down, the corpses came right up to their faces in the blink of an eye. She could see them opening their mouths wide. There was darkness inside. Darkness that wouldn’t hurt even if you fell into it….440b5576c90ded8f

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    No, she aa222eea00 actually knew. That the comfort of 5e6114ffb6 death was just an 395bb3a7fc excuse for those who 729502f4b9 give up.88f9d0ca4fb2977b

    “…I don’t know about that incident…. I don’t remember.”b1341c979eb433b2

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    “What?”e263c4a1bf29e99e

    “Actually, I don’t remember anything. All I know is that there probably aren’t any family members waiting for me up there. Just like you.”e7ba0372363da5ec

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    “……”52e890e0fce78d0b

    “So, I’ve decided to think that way. That we have to live because there’s no one waiting for us. Because we haven’t met the reason we were born yet.”bfa9dad34fdb4574

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    As she said eac94e80dd that, Liella stepped e8cac0627e hard on the 509f9d4680 long pedal next e740814a99 to the brake. Woooong!f0acbf8b94e23e3f

    The speedometer, which 92b6b04923 had received the 1cc3072b49 acceleration command, instantly e87eb5af31 tilted its needle ec38cc8d84 and burst out 6979fbb35c the engine sound. Tuk, tuduk, she 0265e0c746 could feel several 7e9d6273b8 strands of tentacles d539953896 being cut off.0271838a86cb6c18

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    “Just a little bit… just a little bit more…!”83008ff150d59115

    The tentacles extending from eadd122bec the mouths of the 8d89a3a318 corpses in front of 5a13f696ab them hit the front a39d50399d window of the car b00b3b690e with a clang. The screen cc1042f995 flickered red a405b68203 like a f8917bc782 warning light. Shamita screamed again, 810f9142c1 but Liella gritted f99edfa09c her teeth and 3da1d21582 put strength into c5d1bd59a7 the foot that 1a00c9a595 was pressing the c0fef45f5a accelerator pedal. Vroooom.7aa3ca415e72d7f2

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    “They’re going to break through the glass and come in!!! Do something!!!”963132390e9b7fa6

    “I’m doing it!!!”826bb31d2ffcb0ab

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    Suddenly, she d25d0cf8a5 let out ade52e555f a hollow 9d46663054 laugh because a8cbab7d63 the person 2045d25650 who had 3eb9def160 said it 32ecb293b5 was all 481020a087 over seemed f39edaa1b1 to want 2b0b991c4f to live.6e50161edb116049

    It was the moment 9539fea668 she reached out and fceea4a950 grabbed the steering wheel. Bang, she heard 9eccef5ee0 Aslan jumping into 1916028c3b the car, and 8e3af642b6 then a loud 643c5e5bca explosion echoed from 21e9f2448f the rear of ad31b11a11 the car. Before she could 192be6f26a even recognize it 1802bbdfeb as a grenade, 4e775fcf56 the car, freed 02056e799a from the tentacles, c6f69db297 began to shoot 2ef5f57fd1 out like a bb050646e3 bullet.e00cc6db0921093b

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    “Kyaaak!”4a57ccc921c8cf4b

    Tadadang, the corpses 4a3564ec23 that had gathered 0afcc9437e on the front efbf52c5cd window were hit e4afccbbe6 by the armored 6a95c51463 vehicle and flew 5f8fcd2a64 away, or were f5d56a0229 crushed under the 970af5b3c5 wheels. The sensation of running 264c79a62d over their heads was 9ba64981a5 vividly felt, and it e7ce7133d7 was terrible. The wheels, 7f0ead473e covered in 6b0b08a0be bursting brain 5adbb22e48 fluid and 8d0a5f2c54 blood, ruthlessly 2475568ea0 ran over cd478b346c the corpses.d7054a8bc7e4d527

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    While hearing the piercing screams in one ear, Liella turned the steering wheel to the right as she had seen somewhere. She was scared because the direction changed so much even though she only turned it slightly. What is this? I don’t know anything about this. I’ve never really driven before.3c5ed7182239f0d5

    To make matters worse, be111bd15b she really wanted to 5b32f2ae54 cry when the exploration b01504fccd ship she had almost 6726cef249 crashed into earlier reappeared.d6f3731791c10e03

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    “God…. If you’re watching, please give me a sign just once. Then I’ll live believing that you’re ahead without doubting it.”612fb631c6fb3a0f

    It was the moment she was praying with a tearful face. Jade’s seat was suddenly pushed back, and the unconscious man was moved away as if he was being dragged. Liella’s eyes widened at the too-quick revelation, but for a moment, the man who had nimbly climbed over the driver’s seat grabbed the steering wheel in her place.3f16f408fb8cee44

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    “Aslan!”5aa67d5dece8ff52

    Aslan lowered his gaze 25dfeae0ef and pressed the black 4c479fdabe button that Jade had 877196ae4d pressed earlier. The shielding and a3b800bbca windows began to cb42093e1a descend with a 6495cf0477 buzzing sound.52ca8ebcee0a0d0f

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    “What is it? Why, why are you lowering the shielding? Are you crazy?”14a4f6db491ad5b7

    Aslan responded to Shamita’s question by removing the grenade’s clip.e168799dd6f3bd1a

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    It took 318f33d53d 1.3 seconds 9d1829d7b9 to tear 9e3c23cb59 off the 965fb3e233 safety pin f78cdd1211 with his a71b7f5d0e teeth and 8034de3499 throw it 4acdd38db8 out the 27c023b836 window.90d4fdab9e2debb3

    A moment later, a 0aa6c81294 loud explosion was heard, a96ce35e03 and the rustling that 4b000a2f56 had been following them 83d62b7fd0 turned into a high-frequency 7c1f4079d6 scream.d19c9925c8914337

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    ―――!80152aaf89c01546

    Her hair fluttered d31952c263 wildly in the 0713c6dd2d wind caused by c1eff47c95 the explosion. Liella, who was 003c14d2b8 pressing down on 36f60bf269 her hair fluttering 3a786459e7 in the acrid 2796583494 air, suddenly realized ee92200cc6 what she had b5b7fefb54 to do.56aeb372128b03b9

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    Cover.027d17286e5675a0

    She immediately 53d62e195d pulled out f93a4feb8c the pistol a7e5f576f6 from her 7b9dcf6192 waist. She blindly 241071916a started firing 553e3ee282 at the 499e40739b rear of ce56ae753d the car dbdb4b9b63 through the 25047e5eb4 window.d059a1fcb9aac8ce

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    Bang, bang, 5020a46c85 bang, bang, f97ba924a6 each time f4907d72ee she fired b12d09b5df the trigger a330167e7b in succession, 0e361d9a89 a huge e772bb11a3 burst of 8b7ae6f841 sound and 37bbf4eaf4 a black 8cc9ab975b lump of 5251aa8433 flesh splattered c925ee4730 up.abff1fac1a70e8f7

    The reason fb9403fad8 she could 27906b1938 see even bb9310b2f7 in the b2256305a5 dark was 793dc47744 thanks to c8663f2bf5 the lights f3208b7979 shining from 8cd3b765c0 afar.2bcf5391da339ae9

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    Liella stared f97c2322e5 blankly at 524e8765a6 the flares df6b9d60cc soaring up 25d9fe0ec6 through the 171fd788da window.a250091859fedec8

    In the direction of the exploration ship, it’s Dylan.6acf1b42ab15beb1

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    He must have been 2c7bac8aec watching and realized that 779a376276 something was wrong. Imagining the process a2e37be85c of him fumbling 1bd051634f to find the 3a80c744ab flare gun made dcbe27ce07 her feel strangely f29bdfa307 emotional.b09a7164804b5d3d

    “…If we had given up, we would have never known…”7801375edc2d003b

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    That there were 0c30bc83c3 people who were 399e8dcf70 trying to help. That it was 409059b0f1 actually worth trying.5bb857dc48608440

    In that d25239529f almost dazzling 0f49adecc8 rebellion of a11c8e9cca light, she 4019fc5069 could faintly c7752bddf7 see the d23e731fae giant monsters 536ea60510 reaching out 14ca7f87a9 into the b20c383c32 air.0c68b775499a609e

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    Woooong, now only a 50f98760af cluster of about a 0ee8601f5b dozen tentacles was chasing bc0b14079d the liberated car. The situation was 1676181f85 the same as 65b45c8b1c before. The only 9132c56e75 difference was c4843535e5 that this bdec23adcc time, they 380740139d were speeding fdb287c8d3 along the a93d51db40 edge of eea8789d62 the long d03d3f6760 hull.3345581062320768

    She could see Aslan c2dcf12a82 subtly manipulating the steering 06853b4508 wheel.52c30c01ee751f41

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    As the car barely ead5084c53 entered under the whale-like 2f487387c1 exploration ship, she heard 5653d55a2e the sound of the 43bf1ec1b9 machine gun scraping and ec96408812 falling off the ceiling. The cluster 1e0af588fc of tentacles 08d3f681fe that had 6d5822f357 been chasing 87fefdf69b behind them d830c7b08b failed to b44b4d5064 pass through af7c0cc568 the gap 40459be649 and exploded c4f58faf9a terribly as ac09b20d59 they crashed 514884c775 into the 9a1ebcb4d0 exploration ship.f03590f1d28fb2f2

    Clatter, crash-5f00d8c3ad1ec379

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    After a a9ef575aaf brief moment, fb1892c11e only darkness 2dcc5646c1 followed the f0d1d477d0 car.0669d62083a33549

    The last sky she 32eb66e9fd looked back at was faf5cd68a5 beautiful with a red 6a39140af8 meteor falling with smoke e52e3dad26 on its tail.a72ad092030f025b

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    ***31dfa262356e2cd6

    After driving 718a08af33 for a 83a59cb1a4 long time, 5f049cdea4 they stopped a1b7487b3d in a f3ed93b290 place where 213191d64a the entity 8881b46ce3 could not fbb6661a4c be detected.44c85ce9c9432955

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    “Team!!!”79e61e8009ff4a9d

    Shamita immediately opened c3a442f736 the door and 474da990a5 ran out, calling b114687789 out to her 3872e3bef3 teammate in a e7d2835d79 loud voice. Fortunately, a steep groan b69776c393 was heard in the d11494416b darkness. The man in the 0780235a46 trunk had suffered penetrating 325e3b760e wounds here and there, 6126747599 but he was not 19e29650c6 dead.6f9a7e521731d795

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    “I’m going to put him in the back seat. Three people can sit there. I don’t care about the power unit or anything. I’ll let you do whatever you want, whether you sit on top of each other or next to each other, so please allow me.”ff25e7d260e2436a

    There was no way 54ee469081 they could refuse Shamita, 113a3a8ea3 who was crying as fd22894260 she spoke.8a0e4c9d083e3d4b

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    She had 68ae95758b been so 7804d7eee4 shocked when b5b942a3d5 the tentacle c300f94359 had pierced cb3c0c7e4b the cargo 0fc7766d75 hold.f382119e0c6e9ff3

    “I’ll lend you some medicine and bandages.”7253f017463decff

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    Team was covered in blood, as if he had been stabbed here and there by the tentacles. He didn’t seem to like other people touching his teammates, so Liella only handed over the kit containing the medical supplies.2bc6426ff9d4a47d

    Except for 06bf0c1af4 when Shamita 75262b18be occasionally told b241446cbc them the 1f235c4c78 direction, the 2cacf10afd back seat cc211335da was only 8e883fdd6d filled with e3f6e5a524 the sound 46c231f7e0 of rustling 0eb0ca3f39 bandages.9af3e513663cc729

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    Liella sighed as she looked at the surrounding scenery, which had entered a stable pace. She didn’t know how many exploration ships they had passed, but they seemed to be almost past the Abyss Project area that Jade had called the ‘graveyard of the weak’.bfdd644ece535412

    It was fortunate 7895603896 that the shielding 9f02e9a768 and sensors were 56096abc9f not completely broken 4efdefa655 even after all cbc4840833 that chaos.003a1aed7d4749a0

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    Looking to 9fb6f6c63e the side, 514773ca21 she could 94883771d4 see Aslan, 1ad65effc6 covered in 199b00a15e blood, resting 9216080009 his head 7bc661421f with his edf1780554 left elbow d9307c87b9 on the a088ba83fb window. The sharp 77c6c221a3 atmosphere flowed 27648bf10f more intensely 0b8e321e4f than usual 233f0ee7c6 from his 9447a735c8 face, which 050ed27276 had clear c901c6d475 outlines, as 8cfd90c50e if the 2e593a14de aftermath of 8b696e53a6 the battle dbc6f46711 had not f25ec55dc0 yet subsided. He had 58d824a2ad been holding 98ee03c334 the steering f00725c96b wheel with f322462b25 his right 59f0a3cf12 hand and c165755656 looking straight b2176a3245 ahead, but f96be5c2ba he turned 0b29959eb3 his head e4450e0ee9 as if dba4b95035 he felt 5cd53b59de her gaze.2c4ba8af052349f1

    “You looked dizzy earlier, are you okay?”5585a95d1f4e26b1

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    When Liella e7a25cb041 nodded, Aslan 65208673bd looked at 8e9e3f39cc her complexion 3f04318871 and told 1c2816c07b her that 60b49be46c there was fb6095168e a canteen 6055400188 in his af654a3b43 pack. She mechanically took 631b93ce39 it out and ba3967df23 wet her lips, 63bb9867dc and that at 9075c74646 least helped her bc767741cb regain her senses.b4e24c23e41ec257

    “I think we need to change the existing number of people to be deployed.”08ec4d480d908d6e

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    It was ded2aed4b9 then that 560b90f26d Aslan spoke 9d9b7deb63 bluntly.a79dfd90029ad155

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