The Trash Wants to Live

It’s Cookie…

It was the pet dog that I raised. Next to that thread was another thread that was connected only to me with nothing on the other end. I instinctively knew that it could be connected to other animals.

I exited the pit. I didn’t forget to hide the unconscious Yi Joon well before I left. After I laid him down in the deepest part of the pit and covered him with leaves to keep him hidden, I closed my eyes.

I felt that there were some animals not far from me. However, not all of the animals could be connected to the thread.

This thread is too thin for that animal.

If I wanted to connect it, I could connect it, but I had a hunch that it would break right away. Of course, I knew that over time, the thickness of the thread would increase and that there would be a greater number of threads. However, this thin thread was the only thread that could be used right now.

So I abandoned my greed and chose the strongest animal I could connect with. It was a black bull that was smaller than that dinosaur but had a solid body.

When it was connected to the thread, I was able to read the bull’s thoughts and give it orders. The bull did not attack me, but followed me gently to the place where I wanted to go. When I reached the place where the dimensional stone was, I found Yoon Jae in danger.

“No!”

I was about to give it an order to attack, but I stopped. Where should I attack? I thought it would be too late if I attacked the dinosaur.

Then…

As Yoon Jae explained earlier, the boss monster would protect the dimension stone. Then, shouldn’t I attack that?

As a result, my gamble was successful and I was able to keep Yoon Jae safe.

I carried the collapsed Yoon Jae, dug out Yi Joon, who had been buried under the tree, and put him on the bull’s back.

The dinosaur may have chosen to stay still to protect the dimension stone, but I wasn’t sure, so I decided to move to another place with the bull and two unconscious people in tow.

* * *

“Yoon Jae-ya…”

Hyun Joo was anxious. After Yoon Jae called, she planned to move quickly to save him… she’d promised to be there in half an hour, but two hours had already passed and she still hadn’t entered the crack.

It took an hour to gather and equip the guild members. However, even after arriving, she couldn’t enter, so they were delayed further. It was all because of these strange Westerners.

When they saw the crack in the air, they talked amongst themselves. The fact that Hyun Joo could eavesdrop meant nothing to them because people who seemed to be agents of some sort surrounded her, preventing her from getting close.

“Here… ability… force.”

“Great power… Really talented…”

“Different dimensions…”

They were conversing while using a machine to measure something. Hyun Joo had protested, saying that it was all good and well for them to talk amongst themselves, but there was someone inside that they had to rescue. However, they ignored her and kept repeating that it was dangerous instead.

“Miss, they’re probably dead. If they were alive, they would have come back out. So give it up, Miss.”

They kept saying things like this. Hyun Joo clenched her teeth.

How dare they ignore Sungwoon?

She was also a member of Sungwoon. It was an absurd notion to ignore a member of Sungwoon in Korea, where Sungwoon dominated, but, at the same time, it was difficult to understand how the situation had turned out this way even though they knew that the heir of Sungwoon was amongst those who entered.

If someone was going to be a U.S. government agent or whatever, then, they should reserve acting this way in the U.S. For what reason were they acting like this in a foreign country? When Hyun Joo took a step forward with the intention of ignoring and destroying international relations, there was someone who stopped her.

“…Kwon Jae Hyuk.”

“I can’t wait any longer. I need to go in.”

“What?”

“Just send the other guild members back. The others will just be a hindrance. I, alone, am enough.”

“What are you talking about?” What can you do alone? …Ugh!”

The figure of Jae Hyuk, who had been talking with her until just now, became blurry, and a sudden wind blew hard. Hyun Joo’s eyes widened as she saw Jae Hyuk approach the agents in an instant.

When the agents saw him suddenly appearing, they tried to pull out their pistols, but Jae Hyuk’s hands were faster.

“Argh!”

“Ugh!”

Jae Hyuk punched all the agents with his fists, as if doling out punishment for keeping him waiting, passed the startled researchers and went into the crack.

The fallen agents hurriedly got up, but Jae Hyuk had already entered, so the agents were left to fuss amongst themselves and contact somewhere else.

“Was he that strong?”

Hyun Joo knew that his ability was as a Weapons Master. Still, knocking down skilled agents bare-handed?

Martial arts training was included in the guild members’ training curriculum. However, it was a class conducted only with the intensity of teaching self-defence, rather than a proper class.

And what was that move?

A movement ability where he had abruptly disappeared and then reappeared as if it was teleportation. If it wasn’t a superpower, how else would you explain it?

Several agents, who appeared to be in a hurry, approached to ask about Jae Hyuk, asking if he was a member of Sungwoon, but Hyun Joo ignored them.

They said that if you went through the crack, you could be written off as the dead, so Jae Hyuk was also a dead person anyway.

It was then that someone approached Hyun Joo, who laughed at the agents returning with uneven faces.

“Hyun Joo Noona…”

It was Hyun Seo. Behind Hyun Seo, Eun Seo stood with an uneasy face.

“Shouldn’t we go in too? To save Yoon Jae Hyung?”

Hyun Seo seemed to want to jump right in and follow Jae Hyuk. However, after Jae Hyuk had entered, more personnel had gathered around the crack, blocking it.

She was just as worried about Yoon Jae and wanted to drag people inside, but strangely enough, Jae Hyuk’s confidence had caught on.

If, as he said, other guild members would just become a hindrance if they entered…

Hyun Joo was a rational person. That was why she didn’t believe in intuition or luck. Nevertheless, oddly enough, for once she wanted to follow her instincts.

“Let’s wait for now… If you think Kwon Jae Hyuk is taking too long… Then go in.”

Hyun Seo looked disappointed at her words. Hyun Joo hoped that her judgement was not wrong and that Yoon Jae would return safely.

* * *

When I opened my eyes, I wondered where I was.

“Are you awake?”

When I woke up in a cave, I saw a large bull lying on its stomach and Jung Yi Joon lying beside it. Jang Eui Yeol, who was sitting by the entrance looking blankly, noticed my presence and smiled at me.

“This… Where are we?”

“Hmm… I don’t know either. It’s a little far from the centre.”

Jang Eui Yeol scratched his head while saying that. It would be dangerous to be close to the centre, so he carried me and Jung Yi Joon on the back of the bull and moved.

“I found it while I was on the move…”

“I see…”

Nodding my head absentmindedly, I breathed in. Come to think of it, wasn’t this bull one that Jang Eui Yeol tamed with his ability?

I didn’t know why his ability, which should have manifested after the age of 20, had awakened now.

“Eui Yeol-a… you…”

Could it be that you are a gifted person now? Strangely, my words became stuck in my throat. It was because I felt like I was on the cusp of interrogating him. Obviously, according to the original novel, Jang Eui Yeol would still be incompetent. This was because the original story began with his awakening after the age of 20, and his bad relationship with Ki Yoon Jae continued from then on.

…In fact, the original work has already changed a lot.

That’s why Ki Yoon Jae didn’t meet him in high school… And they weren’t in the same class… Besides, the fact that the first gate opened in Korea… wasn’t a part of the original story until we got caught up in an accident at this gate…

It was hard to imagine that the story had become twisted like this. When I hesitated, thinking about what to say next, Eui Yeol said,

“I suddenly got this ability.”

“Oh…”

“Taming… It’s written in the status window.”

Eui Yeol said with a shy smile. When he was left behind, his heart suddenly pounded and this ability had manifested, he said.

Really…?

How could this happen? Just by hearing the explanation, it was right to assume that Jang Eui Yeol awakened. Originally, when a gate appeared near his house, he’d meet a monster running out of the gate and awaken thinking that he didn’t want to die…

I couldn’t grasp why the main character had manifested his ability at this time. It was supposed to manifest against his desire to live, but…

Eh, isn’t it similar? Because we are in a dangerous situation…

I got up, approached Jang Eui Yeol and sat next to him. I leaned on Jang Eui Yeol’s shoulder and said,

“Thank you for saving me.”

“…Me too.”

Jang Eui Yeol laughed at me. Since the original version was already all messed up, should I mess up once more? Thanks to his earlier awakening, he became promising, so it would not be bad to introduce him to Ki Hyun Joo whilst no competitors were in sight.

T/N: Anyhow, let’s just continue. I mean it’s too torturous for you guys if wait too long… I’m so kind