Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Hae Song-ha rolled his eyes anxiously. I tilted my head at him.

“What do you mean there is something wrong?”

“That’s...”

Hae Song-Ha, who was grunting like a puppy, stared at the cave entrance to Area 2 and turned to me with a somber expression on his face.

“I can’t detect it at all...”

“You mean... you can’t detect it?”

Hearing Hae Song-ha’s words, I also glanced at the cave entrance of the second zone. I could tell he was referring to Area 2, but I asked again just to be sure.

“You mean you can’t detect Area 2?”

“Yes.”

“Absolutely can’t?”

“Yes.”

Hae Song-ha’s already dark face darkened even more, resembling a looming black cloud. And my face also turned serious.

“Isn’t Area 2 very complicated because it’s inside a cave?”

“That’s right...”

Unlike Area 1 which is wide open surrounded by a beach, Area 2 which is in the form of a narrow cave is said to have a very complicated path like a labyrinth. It was said that if one failed to navigate properly, they could get permanently lost. The thought of getting lost and wandering in a dark cave filled me with despair. I hurriedly called Kang Soo-hyun.

“Hey, Kang Soo-hyun!”

“...?”

Then Kang Soo Hyun, who had been wandering around in front of the cave entrance, turned around. As soon as I beckoned, he quickly approached me.

“What’s wrong, hyung?”

“Are you unable to detect Area 2 too?”

“Ah...”

Kang Soo-hyun’s eyes fell on Hae Song-ha. They nodded slightly as their eyes met.

“Yes, I can’t detect it at all.”

“How could that be...”

S and A-classes detectors couldn’t detect it at all? Does that make any sense?

“Should I say it feels like something is blocking my view...”

“I just feel like there is a black drawing paper in front of me.”

“Hmm...”

Anyway, if both of them are unable to detect anything, I think this is a huge problem. After all, there’s no point in worrying about it on our own. Song Cha-hyun and Song Yul, as well as several Valkyrie members who were resting, started to have a brief meeting.

“You really can’t detect anything?”

“Yes. We should have felt something near the entrance, but we didn’t feel anything like that.”

“Area 1 is still detectable, but only Area 2?”

“Yes...”

“...”

There was a brief silence at Hae Song-ha’s words. Then Han Yeo-reum opened her mouth with a blank face.

“What, there’s nothing in there. Then what?”

“That can’t...”

The slightly tongue-tied Sung Yoo-bin glanced at Song Cha-hyun. Sung Yoo-bin asked with a troubled face.

“Isn’t this the first time this has happened?”

“...That’s right.”

Song Cha-hyun answered calmly and started asking Hae Song-ha follow-up questions. However, Hae Song-ha repeatedly shook his head, refusing to answer any further.

“...I can think of two cases.”

Song Cha-hyun, who was pondering for a moment, opened her mouth and spoke.

Kang Soo-hyun’s eyes drooped down as I looked at him with a frown.

“So I just hold your hand?”

“Yeah, then?”

What else is he gonna do?

When I asked because I was dumbfounded, Kang Soo-hyun’s head tilted slightly. He uttered a short groan and said with a big smile.

“Kiss on the cheek?”

“Fuck.”

What do you mean men kiss each other disgustingly? I glared at him with disgust, but it suddenly became noisy everywhere.

“Wait! I haven’t even held his hands yet!”

“Hey, grab Sung Yoo-bin! Stop her!”

“Unnie, calm down. Whoa, whoa.”

“Kkyaau! Kkyau!”

There was commotion around me. When I looked around with a bewildered expression, a hideous murderous look was fixed on Kang Soo-hyun.

“Yi-jin-ah, should I just kill him?”

“...”

I couldn’t believe the hostile gazes coming from Eden, who was spewing out harsh words, and Kang Yoo-hyun, who had a menacing glare on his younger brother. I mean, what kind of person would dare to threaten someone just for a joke?

I poked Eden’s waist with my elbow and extended my hand to Kang Soo Hyun again.

“Stop messing around and hold my hand.”

“Tsk.”

With pursed lips, Kang Soo-hyun stretched out his hand as if he had no other choice. And his big hand wrapped around mine.

I immediately concentrated, using the skill more carefully than I had before. It was because my skill became more important than before when it was impossible to detect anything due to the sudden change in difficulty in Area 2.

If Kang Soo-hyun and Hae Song-ha couldn’t detect anything even with my auxiliary skill, we might have to attack in the worst case scenario where they couldn’t even find a way.

This made me more nervous than the last two times. Unknowingly, I squeezed Kang Soo-hyun’s hand.

“It’s all right.”

“Huh?”

“It’s not Hyung’s fault if I can’t detect anything even after using your skill.”

“Ah...”

Kang Soo-hyun, with his youthful face, smiled. I didn’t expect to hear this from someone younger than me. I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

“I see, thank you...”

“Hehe.”

I tried to let go of his hand, thinking that it was enough, but Kang Soo-hyun didn’t release his grip and looked at me blankly.

“Hey, let go of my hand already.”

“Are you done already?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm.”

Kang Soo-hyun, with his head tilted, asked again.

“Are you sure you applied your skill? I didn’t feel anything.”

“Your hands were hot earlier, weren’t they?”

“I didn’t feel it.”

“Really?”

Then Kang Soo-hyun closed his eyes and answered with a big smile.

“Yeah, really.”



T/N: There will be some changes later once my editor done with the editing so please bear with my poor english. Anyway, tomorrow is up too. I’m trying to release 3 chaps/week for now. Please stay tune! ❤️✨