Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 212. Connecting Back with a Calm Feel
For a few minutes, Song Haneul cried. All three could only wait in silence. Kino put her laptop on the floor and opened the drink given to her. Slowly, he stood up for a while then knelt down in front of the woman.
“Song Haneul-san. Don't cry anymore and we think of a way out with”
“Hiks...hiks..”.
“...Song Haneul-san.
“I still...I still can't believe..hiks...”.
“Song Haneul-san, drink first. We're going to talk about how to solve all this. We can still do something, believe me”
“But everyone is dead!”
“Not all. As long as there are people alive, we can do something. At the very least, we should save everyone who is still alive and get out safely”
“But..”.
“We will help you and everyone in the archive building to get out. Don'worry. Although it is very late, but as long as there is still a living.hope will always be there”.
Kino gave her smile to Song Haneul. At least, Song Haneul's tears began to stop and he received the drink Kino gave him.
For a while, he tried to calm himself down.
“Thank you so much for making me better”
“Thank God” Kino said with a smile
One person is better, the other two are Ryou and Kaito. It was obvious that Ryou seemed so upset by all these unexpected results and Kaito was not much different from Ryou.
‘Not the jewel belongs to Kaito and now we have to find Jung Leon's body to retrieve the gem?! Just be right!’
‘I think I will soon find the gem and be free of this place. Although there is a possibility that other gems are still scattered in this ‘world’, I am tired of killing the undead. And now, I have to accept the fact that the corpse I kicked had the jewel I was looking for. It's crazy!’
Indeed, beyond the predictions of the three, at least one in three teenagers has received it with the airy chest and trying to move forward with a new plan.
It seems that the other two teenagers still took a little longer to calm down and accept reality.
“You all right?” Kino asked both of them
“Kino, let me think first. I still can't breathe with relief” Ryou said with a tense and serious face
“I'm sorry, Kino. Let me calm down for a moment. After this, we can talk everything”
“I...mengrei”.
Kino could not say anything and only remained silent after hearing their answer. For a few seconds, the two began to take a slow breath and exhale. Ryou said to the older brother.
“Alright, I've been better. Thank you for waiting”
“So. Thankfully”
Not long after, the phone rang. It was one of the phones that was inside the shopping bag that Ryou had brought before. He picked up the phone and saw a number calling him.
“This..it might be Seo Salt or Kang Ji Song”.
“Ryou, give me the phone. I'm afraid you'll say something as strange as Kaito-san”
“What?! Don't be like that to your sister!”
“I've given you advice before this”
Kino took the phone and pressed the button.
“Halo?”
“Halo, Kino? It's Kino, right?!”
“This voice...Seo Salt-san?”
“Kino! Kino, how? Is sunbae...has Song Haneul-sunbae been found?! Is sunbae safe?”
In the archive building, Seo Garam who contacted Kino looks so rushed and anxious.
“Kino! How?”
“We managed to meet with Song Haneul-san and she is fine. We all survived”
“Garam-san...is there you are activating the speaker?”
“True. We want to make sure you're safe. Where are you guys now? Is sunbae now with you?”
Kino looked the other way. Song Haneul asked him.
“What's up? What is Garam-hoobae?”
Kino replied in a soft tone while covering the phone screen with her hands. He spoke slowly.
“True. He wants to know our situation. Didn't Ryou tell you about Song Haneul-san's whereabouts when he returned to the archive?” Ryou also spoke in a soft tone like his older brother did
“No, I purposely kept it a secret. It can be very troublesome if they know about it. After all, Song Haneul's state was still unknown at that time so I thought not to tell our information back then”
“It's okay, Kino. Just let us know our situation on them” Kaito gave instructions to Kino
Kino nodded and spoke to them.
“We. But I'm sorry, we have to think of a way to get out of here. Out there are many zombies gathered”
“What?! A zombie? Didn't you guys say those zombies have already gone somewhere else?!”
“That's true, but where Song Haneul-san was hiding was the territory that the zombies came to. In other words, we're being cooped up now”
Seo Garam and all the students in the archive building looked pale to hear it.
Ha Jinan started to hysterically and yelled towards the phone that Seo Garam was holding
“Kino-ssi! Kino-ssi! You okay?!”
“Ha Jinan-san? I'm doing fine. Ryou and Kaito-san too. We apologize for being late in contacting you. The four of us survived and were unharmed”
A smile of relief was shown by Ha Jinan. Kim Yuram who heard that Ryou is fine is also happy.
“Thankful” said Kim Yuram slowly
Kang Ji Song held Seo Salt's hand and pointed the phone that Salt was holding at him.
“Kino! Have you found a way to solve all this?”
“We will try it. There are ways that may work but are risky. It was because of the zombies that surrounded this place. No matter what happens, all of you don't get out of that place. We cannot guarantee this condition will last long so..”.
“We understand. The three of you and Song Haneul-sunbae must survive! We will as much as possible stay here according to your instructions”
“Thank you, Kang Ji Song-san. I have to hang up. Thank you for contacting us. If there's anything, I'll call you back”
“Aa”
Calls closed. At the place of Seo Salt and the others, those who were originally silent turned into happy.
“They found sunbae! Great one!”
“Thank God Song Haneul-sunbae is alive! This is an opportunity for us”
“I know they're great. The four of you are amazing to find that new student in your group” said one student to Kang Ji Song
“I was lucky to choose to stay with them, even though I was initially stupid enough to think they were as good as”
Kang Ji Song clearly remembered him and Ryou had originally gone all-out with Kino as the one who kept him quiet without being able to reply.
‘If I hadn't fought with the two sisters back then, I'm sure I would have fared the same as Park Cho Joon’ muttered Kang Ji Song with a faint smile on his lips.
Seo Salt returns Ha Jinan's phone to the owner.
“Thank you, Jinan. I'm so glad you had the idea to contact Kino-ssi”
“I. Besides, I'm sure our deteriorating state before this could also possibly be better after hearing from the three of them”
“That's right, now everything is better and the living light in the eyes of the others is starting to show. Thankfully, Kino-ssi and the others managed”
“Mmm” Ha Jinan nodded with a smile
At least for now, the atmosphere in the archive building was starting to improve. After connecting with the three teenagers, they felt that everything would be fine.
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