Old People Don’t Hold Hands - Chapter 131



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Episode 131, The Frost Queen’s Crown (3)

I cringed as I watched dozens of guns pointed at us.

I don’t know why, but I feel like I have to do a cheering pose.

… … Well, even if I knew it was a hallucination.

Since the setting is Seoul, it may be because my self as ‘An Si-geon’ has come out again a little bit.

First of all, the reason why it is difficult to take any action when a gun is in front of you is because

Because I couldn’t guarantee that I would be able to survive if I got shot in a situation like now.

So, it’s a situation where you can’t use your power properly like now.

From what I’ve seen so far, it seems like the only thing stopping here is the ‘authority’ limitation.

Inogen’s power, which was different from ordinary powers, could be used without any restrictions.

Of course, is it only the power of the successor who comes from God that is blocked?

Is it possible that even the power of an independently blooming manifester is blocked?

Or maybe it’s just my power that’s been blocked, but we’ll have to wait and see…

For now, all I could tell was that there were some limitations to the blocked powers.

After checking, I found that powers that activate like emission, wealth, and ignition could not be used at all.

I tried it every time I went down the building and fought against the spoders, just in case… … .

The result was always the same.

The power of the flames went out before it could even erupt, emitting pitch-black smoke.

The power of absorption simply dispersed and disappeared as soon as the chains were released.

However, if you look at the effect of applying the steel effect, the physical strength enhancement, it remains the same.

Powers that need to be cast are unconditionally blocked, but some effects that do not require separate casting, such as stat adjustments, are applied as is… … .

Well, it’s something like this.

Although it is simple to organize it like this, one question still remains.

It’s not a separate cast, but it seems that the steel effect, which is close to being ‘activated’, has been blocked.

I don’t know for sure since I can’t test it right now.

As I expected, the steel version would also be unusable.

So, it’s hard to remain calm in front of dozens of guns with the same body as now.

“… … Stop!”

But the soldiers, just like me, were tense and stiff, pointing their guns.

As if on guard for something to jump out from inside the building.

… … Now that I think about it, it’s strange.

Clearly the spores are crawling out from the hole.

So many soldiers were waiting in front of this small building?

“… … Krung.”

As the humans gathered together and stood on guard, Inogen also growled softly as if he was not pleased with the situation.

Let’s also remain silent and quietly look at the soldiers blocking our way.

They exchanged glances with each other in confusion, but still aimed their guns.

“… … ?”

After a brief silence,

The man in the lead, who had shouted to cease fire, approached and asked:

“Excuse me, may I ask your name?”

“… …What is your name?”

“Yes, please tell me.”

After that, the man glanced at Inogen, who was standing behind me.

Still me… … .

No, if you look closely, he’s pointing his gun at Inogen.

“Excuse me, do you know this woman?”

… …Why on earth are you doing this to Inogen?

“We know each other, but what’s going on?”

“I received information from nearby. Please cooperate.”

“… … I am An Si-geon.”

As he said this, the man pointed his gun at Inogen again.

“What is your name?”

At the soldier’s words, I looked at Inogen together without saying a word.

Inogen, who had been growling, reluctantly opened his mouth.

“… … I am Inozen.”

“Inogen? Are you a foreigner?”

“……what?”

“Ah, for now, yes.”

I answered appropriately, and the man nodded as if he understood and made a reception signal.

Only then could all the guns aimed at Inogen be withdrawn.

… … Phew.

I don’t know what it was, but after Inogen spoke, the guard seemed to have let down a bit.

“But why do you need a name?”

When he asked like this, the man glanced at Inogen again.

“There have been reports of a monster in the form of a human female breaking into this building.”

……aha?

That’s because it flew in after transforming at that time.

“Once the report came in, I couldn’t help but be on guard, but now that I’ve confirmed that it wasn’t true, it’s okay.”

… … Is that so?

So what they’re saying is that they think monsters are so unintelligent that they can’t even communicate.

Well, that was half true.

Because low-level monsters like Spoders have low intelligence and cannot communicate.

Of course, if you go to the higher floors, there are some people who are smart enough to even converse with humans.

Anyway, I figured out that the monsters in the labyrinth were mutants.

It seemed that Inozen, who was rational and communicative, could avoid suspicion.

In the end, it was a fortunate thing.

“Then would you like to go to the shelter? Come with us.”

“There is a shelter?”

“Yes, at the nearby elementary school… … .”

Before the man could even begin to describe the shelter.

Kieeeek!

The spores immediately began to rush in quickly.

One of them ran towards me screaming.

Two nearby dogs started to chase after him.

Even though the three were approaching in a flock, the man didn’t show any sign of panic and gave a hand signal.

The soldiers lined up and fired at them all at once.

But what’s quite surprising here is… … .

Unlike the soldiers we saw earlier, this time they were aiming precisely at the inside of Spoder’s legs.

When they lift their legs and the inside is exposed, that’s the exact spot.

Or maybe it was because he persistently attacked only the legs.

Height, height, ahhhh… … .

Even if you can’t kill them outright, you can easily stop them from running towards you.

… … Well, this was unexpected and surprising.

It hasn’t been that long since the spores started popping out of the hole, and they’ve already found a weak point.

As soon as he stopped the spoofs from swarming, the man put his gun away and spoke to me.

“We’ll take you to the shelter first, so you can move.”

“… … Are all the civilians going that way?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

After hearing the man’s words, I took a quick look around.

All survivors found inside or outside the building were moving somewhere following the soldiers.

In a situation like this where monsters suddenly appear, it’s a bit awkward to have to follow their orders…

“Then most of the survivors will be there.”

“If you had contacted us, it would have been so.”

First of all, if you don’t get attacked by the Spodars and are discovered by soldiers, most of them will have moved to a shelter.

“Then I will go.”

First, let’s go to the shelter and check if it’s there.

The man nodded once at my words.

“Sergeant Son Tae-im!”

As soon as I shouted someone’s name, a man with a gun jumped out from behind.

… … It’s so tight that it almost seems excessive, but somehow it feels unpleasant.

“Bring it to me.”

The man in the lead pointed with his chin and spoke.

“Yes! I understand!”

Sergeant Son Tae-im shouted again loudly.

It was a bonus that the voice almost got Spoder tangled up for no reason.

… … What, even if there is a shortage of people, are you just going to give them this kind of person?

As we looked at Sergeant Son Tae-im with a trembling expression, he was instead looking at us with a determined face.

“Then, citizens! Please follow me. I will, I will protect you safely!”

“… … Ah, yes.”

I don’t know if I can believe this, but… … .

I guess there’s nothing we can do given the circumstances.

***

On the way to the shelter, I didn’t encounter as many spores as I thought.

Of course, it’s hard to say that there were no problems at all…

“Huh, hhhhhh! It’s a monster! Sa, fire!”

… …Sergeant Son Tae-im would panic and start to panic every time the spoder would rush in.

“… … Inozen.”

“Huh, I get it, human.”

Inogen kicks a rock with his secretly transformed leg and hits the spoder.

I was able to help Sergeant Son Tae-im, who was in a panic, subdue the Spodars.

Kkwaduk!

Height, height, height… … .

But the spoder, whose side was completely crushed by the rock kicked by Inogen, died instantly.

If there is another variable here… … .

All the way to the shelter, Sergeant Son Tae-im began to think that the guys were falling one by one from the bullets he was shooting.

After fighting a secret but not-so-secret battle without Sergeant Son Tae-im knowing about it.

I was able to join other soldiers and enter the shelter.

The shelter was, as the man I saw earlier had said, the gymnasium of a nearby elementary school.

Well, it was a place that was hardly worthy of being called a shelter at the time.

Thanks to the barricade and the continued burning of fires nearby, the approach of the spoder was definitely blocked.

It was a wise move.

The fire-weak spores wouldn’t normally even think of coming through here.

So, let’s reach the inner entrance together with Sergeant Son Tae-im.

I immediately made eye contact with the soldier guarding in front of me.

But before we could even make eye contact.

“Captain Lee Jin-hyeok! On my way here, I saw monsters… … .”

The soldiers’ gaze was focused on Sergeant Son Tae-im, who was walking towards them with a stern look on his face.

Well, I couldn’t hear you properly because you spoke in a low voice.

It seemed like he was talking about how he had easily cleared out the spores on the way here.

I wonder if Captain Lee Jin-hyeok knows what kind of person Sergeant Son Tae-im is.

But he looked like he couldn’t believe that.

Given the circumstances, it seemed like they were taking what he said seriously to some extent.

As I went inside, I saw Sergeant Son Tae-im seriously reporting to the captain.

There were quite a few people gathered in the gym.

… … Even though he couldn’t do it, he looked like he was well over fifty.

If there is another feature.

The thing is, most of the people here are clean, without a single scratch.

If you’ve encountered enough spores to survive the soldiers’ gunfire and injure civilians, you’re probably already dead.

And here I saw some dirty little children.

“Ugh, that awful human smell… … .”

Inogen doesn’t seem to like the sight of humans gathered together.

First, I looked around the inside of the gym.

Hmm, let’s see… … .

If everyone were alive, they might be in a place like this.

When I walked around like that for a while, looking around.

“Uh, uh, uh… … !”

A young girl walking towards me, carrying a blanket larger than herself, lost her balance and fell down right in front of me.

“Hee, hee, uh, uh… … .”

… … Huh?

And even though I didn’t bump into him and fall over, he acted like it was my fault.

He looked up at me and started to shed tears.

“What is this… … .”

The moment I leaned down towards the child to try to calm him down a little.

“You, you, you little shit, what the heck are you!”

Someone ran at full speed and shoved my body out of the way.

… … Of course, no matter how much I pushed, my body, which had a high stamina value, would not be pushed back.

“… … Profit, you, what, what are you?!”

Unlike me, who was standing still, he bounced off on his own.

When I made eye contact with the woman who had just gotten up and dusted herself off.

I couldn’t turn my head and could only stare at the woman.

That makes sense, this woman in front of me.

Anyone could tell it was Biella.

… … Of course, I was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, as if I were a modern person.