“So how did you meet them?”
Almost all of them died.
So we were talking leisurely.
“We were close friends in my hometown when I was young.”
"hometown?"
“Yeah, back then, we would knock on each other’s doors and come out and we would always play together.”
Seokjin was looking at the dark sky of the bunker as if lost in memories.
- Before the second round begins, we will have some time to regroup.
A, who had climbed onto the stage amidst the screams of those who had not yet completely lost their lives, spoke.
Soon after, the bunker caught fire.
Some people died while trying to escape the fire, while others were seriously injured.
The brutal scene of those who would live and those who would die dying disappeared in 30 seconds.
Those who barely survived the first round died while dealing with those who were still alive despite being eliminated.
“...It’s funny.”
“That’s right. It’s like a cockroach struggling to survive and then dying, just trying to cling to life.”
Sohyun leaned against the wall of the bunker and stared at her hands.
“Kim Seok-jin, the kids you brought, are they good at fighting?”
"At least they won't die soon. They won't be so bad that they can't even take care of themselves."
Sohyun nodded without saying anything and looked at the six people sitting silently to her left.
“…Can we win?”
“I hope so.”
As Seokjin finished answering, A continued speaking.
- I will call out the teams for round 2.
- Team A participants are Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin, Kim Taehyung, Min Yoongi, Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook, Jung Sohyun, and Jung Hoseok.
Then, when the other team's name was called, all eyes were on Sohyun as she walked towards the men.
"hi?"
“... Are you the girl who can’t protect Kim Seokjin and is so impatient?”
The one who asked Sohyun the question was a rather thin-looking black-haired man.
“Yeah, I can’t completely trust the kids here, but since Kim Seokjin said I can trust you guys, I’ll give it a try.”
The man who had been quietly throwing arsenic at So-Hyeon, who seemed to be taken aback by her confident attitude, asked So-Hyeon again.
“Yeah, well. What’s your name?”
“Jung So-hyun. What about you?”
"... jimin park."
Yes, that man's name was Park Jimin.
“Your name sounds so weak.”
“Actually, you’re the one who’s going to die first here.”
Seokjin, who was watching the fight unfolding, smiled faintly behind his back.
“Hey, Park Jimin, if you touch Jung Sohyun, you’re screwed. Just die.”
“How strong is that girl?”
“He must have killed five or six strong guys.”
There were signs that a group was forming.
Since three people had already announced their names, the remaining five had no choice but to announce their names as well.
A man whose face looked the youngest, but whose body looked a little more stocky than Seokjin's, spoke.
“I’m Jeon Jungkook. I’m probably the youngest here.”
“I don’t need to know your age. If I die here, it’s over anyway.”
“So, we have to survive.”
Jungkook, who had been tapping his foot absentmindedly, answered.
“So, say your names in a clockwise direction. I have to call you guys.”
The men sitting clockwise from Sohyun's perspective said their names.
“It’s Kim Namjoon.”
"yunki min."
"... taehyoung kim."
“I am Jung Ho-seok.”
Sohyun asked a question to Hoseok, who seemed excited somewhere.
“What are you laughing at so well?”
“I just thought I wouldn’t be seeing only brutal scenes in a place full of men anymore.”
For some absurd reason, I asked Ho-seok a question that wasn't a formal question.
“Where does it hurt?”
“If I was sick, how could I have killed them?”
Where Hoseok's gaze stopped, there were about 13 corpses that had already turned black and looked like ashes.
“Did you kill them all?”
"huh."
“...I guess I’m not lacking strength.”
A spoke from behind Sohyun, who was noisily scratching the floor of the bunker with her index finger.
- Round 2, start.
Sohyun rolled her eyes in confusion at the sudden start of the fight.
Then, when their eyes met, Jeongguk quickly grabbed Sohyun's hand.
"Are you crazy? How could you just blankly stare like that? There was a guy coming up behind you."
“... It’s ridiculous that it started out of the blue like this.”
“You have to live, whether you have it or not.”
It was Yoon-gi who killed with his bare hands the man who tried to hit So-hyeon on the back of her head with a thick iron bar that he didn't know where it came from.
“You idiot. What are you doing talking like that while holding onto me? You should kill me.”
Yoon-ki scratched his head as if he was disillusioned and kicked another man with his foot.
“What’s so complicated about this?”
Hoseok was already fighting off the people who were attacking him, while Seokjin was just throwing and catching the small stones he was holding.
“Kim Seok-jin, come to your senses.”
Sohyun shouted loudly at Seokjin, who was out of focus, as if he was lost in thought.
And then he showed an ambiguous expression to Sohyun, who was either smiling or expressionless.