coobybook Chapter 65 : Chapter 65
Chapter 65 : Chapter 65
Chapter 65
There was no interaction like before a battle.
April ran straight without a word.
In his hand, the Giant Hammer, the medium for his explosion ability, was held.
Lack of respect.
Then again, what is the use of chivalry inside this Money Game.
I strongly pulled the leather gloves, adjusting them to fit tightly between each finger.
"You certainly are impatient. Even if you don't hurry, there are plenty of seats on the non-stop train to the afterlife."
April leaped and swung the Giant Hammer vertically while falling.
It was an event that happened at a point exactly 5 meters away from me.
Boom!
As soon as the hammer struck the floor, an explosion occurred.
The concrete floor split in an instant, and broken fragments popped out like arrows.
Far from avoiding the threateningly flying fragments, I instead jumped into the barrage of fragments.
Fragments struck the front of my body in clusters.
Ability activation, Damage Doping.
The damage I absorbed became the ability activation trigger just as it was, pulling up my physical abilities.
Speed gradually built up in my movement going forward.
"I don't know who you're overlapping me with, but don't take your anger out on the wrong place."
While stimulating April's trauma, I pulled out a small blood bag.
And after biting the corner with my mouth and ripping it long, I threw it toward April as if sprinkling it.
In the air, the red liquid scattered grain by grain like a red bead necklace with a broken string.
April lifted the Giant Hammer vertically and then stuck it right to the front of his body.
In order to block the ability to turn bodily fluids into blades, he had raised his guard using the Giant Hammer as defensive gear.
However, the red liquid did not turn into blades, and after sticking to the Giant Hammer viscously, it soon flowed down moistly.
April's nostrils flared.
"Is this... paint?"
In an unexpected situation, April's concentration was disrupted, even if only for a very brief moment.
Without missing that moment, I closed the distance at once.
I dug into April's embrace and twisted my waist.
"There's no law saying that only blood must be contained in blood bags."
Using the strength of my waist, I landed a compact body blow on April's abdomen.
Thwack!
"Ugh!"
The muscle mass of a 2-meter giant momentarily bent into the shape of the letter 'L'.
Even so, since April was someone whose innate physical conditions were exceptional, his recovery was fast.
April pushed me away by thrusting the pole of the hammer held with both hands forward.
At the same time, he himself was also pushed back by the recoil.
"Playing tricks in this situation? You must be out of your mind."
I pulled out four additional blood bags and made a pun.
"A feint using paint. How is it?"
The amount of blood that can be drawn in a short period is limited.
It was impossible to draw and use 200~300ml at intervals of three or four days, and to take care of both economy and practicality, I devised the means of fake blood bags.
Since the trick itself was trivial, the person who was fooled couldn't help but be annoyed.
April set down the Giant Hammer and reached his hands behind his body to place them on his waist.
"You bastard, you had another hidden ability. The ability to make every opponent hot-tempered."
"Heh, please call it a treatment for low blood pressure."
"That mouth of yours. I'll make it so you can never babble again."
April stretched his hands, which had been behind his back, toward both the left and right sides.
One small hammer about 10cm long was stuck between each of his finger joints.
The length when both arms were spread left and right, the commonly called wingspan, was wide, giving a feeling like the wings of a bomber equipped with missiles.
April threw the small hammers stuck between his fingers like a catapult.
"Huuu!"
Four in one hand. Eight in total when combining both hands.
A multitude of small hammers traversed the air threateningly.
I overlapped the blood bags and turned my head strongly to the side while holding the vinyl edge with my teeth.
Rrip!
The top of all the blood bags was roughly torn and the openings opened.
Thrown toward the front simultaneously with the opening.
The combat, which had been close quarters, turned into a long-range battle in an instant.
Ability to turn one's own bodily fluids into blades.
Out of the four blood bags, the amount of blood from one bag turned into razor blades the size of fruit knives.
The large razor blades intercepted six small hammers in the air.
A fierce explosion occurred at every point of collision.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two small hammers that could not be intercepted fell at my feet and caused additional explosions simultaneously with striking the floor.
Boom! Boom!
I quickly escaped from the explosion range while performing a backstep as if bouncing.
Meanwhile, April strongly grasped the Giant Hammer that he had set upside down on the floor as if snatching it.
His swollen biceps and forearms fluctuated as if they would tear his suit sleeves.
Cleaving through the dust floating from the aftermath of the explosions, he approached me in a straight line.
Against the approaching April, I maintained the distance by retreating backward continuously.
1 step, 2 steps, 3 steps, 4 steps, 5 steps...
Soon the limit approached.
Thud.
My back touched the wall.
A position where there was no more place to retreat.
"It's the end."
April pulled the hammer deep behind his right shoulder.
A large shadow against the bright lights like the scorching sun covered me.
I murmured quietly, very softly.
"Just because it's a battle in Area E1, there's no law saying you must only use what's inside Area E1."
"What?"
By the time he detected something strange, the situation had already met a sudden reversal.
I threw a punch at the wall while twisting my body.
Thump!
And.
Crash!
As the shattered bricks and metal fragments scattered as if exploding, a large hole was pierced in the middle of the wall surface.
Subsequently, I threw my body to the right and rolled once.
April's Giant Hammer passed through the place where I had been standing.
"Wh-What?!"
April's shout followed belatedly.
Beyond the wide-open hole, a Bronze driving an electric forklift to move the male lion and two Bronzes guiding the electric forklift were in the middle of cleanup work.
By delivering an additional blow to the wall of Area E1 corresponding to the opposite side of the wall in Area E2 that had been made loose in advance, I had opened a tunnel connecting the two areas.
The Bronzes were quite flustered upon encountering the sudden tunnel opening.
"Aaaaaah!"
"A-April-nim!"
The Giant Hammer, which had gained inertia, did not know how to stop.
Eventually, the iron mass harboring powerful strength struck the crown of one Bronze's head.
The following explosion made the Bronze's survival probability zero.
Boom!
One Bronze was reduced to a state too miserable to describe.
The remaining two Bronzes gagged and then fell into a state of panic.
"Ugh! Bleegh!"
"W-We are unrelated to the game... But why..."
A situation where they were suddenly killed by their ally, a Dealer.
As much as they were not game participants, their firm belief that they were in a position where they would never die was broken, so it was not unreasonable for them to fall into confusion.
Eventually, the two Bronzes ran away toward the eastern gate of Area E2 while screaming.
That appearance was like looking at ants that start running around haphazardly when you suddenly step on them.
I brushed off the dust on my clothes and recited the main rules of this game.
"It was certainly stated that if someone other than the combatants dies, it will be judged as a foul loss for the side that caused the death."
Just as April had forced the intervention of a third party to make us pay a fine, I satisfied the conditions to make April pay a fine by making him intervene with a third party in reverse.
Meticulousness stood out in that I sacrificed organization people so that there would be no sacrifice of our members.
A moment later, a change occurred on the electric scoreboard in Area E1.
[Current accumulated prize money : 360 million won]
The organization itself had admitted that there was absolutely no problem according to the rules.
April's foul loss.
Put the other way, it could be called a victory for the player side.
By winning in the area where the exit is located, I gained the right to escape the maze.
In the south of Area E1, the thick iron door opened wide along with the sound of hinges twisting.
In addition, the cheers of my companions were heard.
"O-Oppa! We won! We won!"
Seo So-hui pulled Sim Yong-hun's arm while her lips trembled as if she couldn't believe it.
Sim Yong-hun stayed dazed for a long while in a kneeling posture on the ground, and only then stood up stiffly and opened his eyes wide.
"I can't believe it. To really succeed in erasing the fine. And in such an extraordinary way... It's truly amazing."
Sim Yong-hun's eyes turned red.
A situation where, until a few minutes ago, it wasn't even known if we could survive while carrying a 10 billion won fine.
But after it ended, only the most ideal result remained.
Park So-yul did not spare her praise toward me.
"My goodness. This is something that could never have been done if it wasn't for Ju-seong. It's like..."
"Like a person possessed."
"Yes. That's right."
On the other hand, someone was trembling in rage.
Grit.
On top of the concrete fragments where the aftershocks after the explosion had not yet subsided, April slowly raised his head while leaning on the Giant Hammer.
His eyes under the mask shone sharply like a beast filled with murderous intent.
"This fight ends in this kind of way?"
April struck the hammer on the floor as if venting his resentment.
Tingle, the concrete surface trembled and cried.
"I can't accept this. This isn't a match or anything. It's purely a scam!"
I approached closely to the hole through which wind was passing freely.
And I said toward the other side of the hole.
"But the organization has declared your foul loss."
"You bastard!"
"If you absolutely want to reach a conclusion, it's not like I can't yield to you."
A thick ripple occurred in April's bloodshot eyes.
I pronounced with a calm tone.
"A one-on-one deathmatch, how about it?"
As I finished speaking, silence weighed down the space.
April, the surveillance cameras, and even my three companions who were heading toward the exit. All stopped at once.
In the midst of that, only I was active normally as if I were the only person allowed to move in this space.
"The game is over, but the nano-machine self-destruct function is still in the state of being turned off. How about a round of a mini-game unrelated to the game?"
A meaning that only those who know would understand was contained in my suggestion.
The meaning was that... I didn't kill April earlier because I had to obtain a foul loss to erase the 10 billion won fine.
A nuance that I could have killed April whenever I wanted if I had intended to kill him was deeply permeated in every single syllable.
April was not someone who wouldn't realize the meaning implied in my statement.
"Urgh, a mere debtor..."
"However, there is a condition. The winner receives the entire balance of the loser. If it's that condition, I'm fine with having a deathmatch."
"As expected, money was the goal. You detestable fellow."
In order for the condition I put forward to be established, the organization had to give approval.
My balance would be automatically confiscated by the organization if I died, but in April's case, I could only receive the money if the organization took action.
The condition was approved through an unexpected route.
Beyond the wide-open iron door of the southern gate of Area E1, another dealer walked out.
"It's a series of interesting situations. The condition Ju-seong put forward, I can handle it within my discretion. I shall approve it."
The number '7' engraved on the mask.
The person who appeared was July.
As a possessor of a personality where one doesn't know where he might bounce off to, he was enjoying this situation itself, which was a deviation within the Money Game... that is, a deviation within a deviation.
April accepted my condition without any hesitation.
"Fine. I'll accept it. I'll make you realize that you dug your own grave."
"I wonder. I just want to keep the declaration that I would reduce the twelve dealers to eleven."
July took charge of the battle start signal.
July placed a coin on his thumb and flicked it strongly.
Ting!
The coin spun around and ascended vertically, then fell quietly amidst a multitude of heartbeats.
Eventually, when the coin touched the floor.
April tried to pass through the hole and cross over to Area E1 like a fierce dog whose leash had been released.
"Craaaaa!"
At that moment, I grabbed a rebar that was sticking out from the gap in the collapsed wall.
The thick rebar that had been buried in the concrete layer was rusted in places over the years.
It was a material perfectly suited for exercising my other ability.
Ability to turn scrap metal into traps.
Dozens of intertwined rebars turned into traps that ejected spears in an instant.
As April passed through the hole, various parts of his body collided carelessly with the protruding parts inside the hole.
Among the collided positions, trap triggers were also included.
A situation where his large frame, which would have been an advantage originally, was replaced by a disadvantage.
Dozens of thick spears popped out from all directions and pierced through April.
Squish! Squish! Squish!
April's movement stopped.
An expression of disbelief was staying on his face.
"You... you bastard... don't tell me you foresaw even this far.../"
I placed my hands vertically against each other.
I activated the ability using the sweat formed inside my palms as a medium.
When I took my hands apart, a well-forged dagger remained in my grasp.
It was a majesty that was small but impeccable for decorating the grand finale.
Holding the dagger and applying strength, I stabbed it diagonally into April's left armpit.
Squish!
And twisting the dagger mercilessly, I said in a low voice.
"Of course."