[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 145

Thud─!

“What the heck.”

A loud noise was heard, and when I looked around, one of the participants was lying motionless on the ground.

After some time passed, the rescue team mentioned by the game organizers rushed in and carried away the participant who had been lying there.

As I got closer, I could see the participants gathered and murmuring.

“Looks like they fell while trying to hastily pick a coconut.”

[Isn’t everyone here just a bunch of amateurs?]

[Can’t they even pick one? They do it just fine on TV shows.]

“It’s different here.”

As I gestured, the drone floating nearby immediately rose high into the sky and started filming the coconut tree.

[What’s this?]

[LOL, that was close.]

Too hasty.

Even though the forest and sea are called natural treasures, they were way too hasty.

Even though the deserted island is vast, with over a thousand people gathered, it seems they were anxious about resources running out.

[Damn, how many meters is that?]

“Hmm, about 15 meters?”

My neck hurts just looking at it.

The shorter ones seem to be around 10 to 15 meters.

As the viewers said, only those who are somewhat skilled are gathered here, but that’s not enough.

Of course, more mass means more strength, but muscles are heavy too.

If that were enough, bodybuilders would dominate the climbing scene.

─Click, click.

“Phew─”

Nature, untouched by human hands, doesn’t easily give up its treasures.

“Hey.”

Suddenly, a muscular woman who looked a head taller than me approached.

As I turned to glare at her, she looked down at me.

“Huh… You’re disgustingly pretty.”

“What’s your problem? Wanna die?”

As she spoke, a script I’d never heard before swirled in my head and then unraveled like a thread.

“…Do you speak Russian?”

“Mother Russia, baby.”

“Ha! Great Mother Russia!”

Suddenly, she slung her arm around my shoulder.

Is she crazy?

“Friend. Who’s the little friend on your head?”

“Why should I be your friend? This is Baekseol.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Nella.”

“Don’t care. I’m Han Ga-eul.”

[What’s the room master saying?]

[The way she’s rolling her R’s, it sounds like Russian?]

[How many languages does the room master know? Her tongue’s going wild LOL.]

When I slapped her hand off my shoulder, her eyes widened.

“Hehe! You’re so soft, but you’ve got some spirit.”

“Don’t touch me, it’s hot.”

“My bad.”

Anyone who sees Nella would think of this word.

Warrior.

Her muscular build doesn’t match her awkward smile, but she doesn’t seem like a bad person.

“Can I bum a cigarette?”

“What, didn’t you bring any?”

I pulled out a cigarette and put it in Nella’s mouth, and she smiled awkwardly again.

“You didn’t really read what they sent, did you?”

─Click, click.

“Inhale, exhale─ Well, thanks, friend.”

“I’m not your friend.”

“Hehe.”

Me neither.

I didn’t read it properly, but I skimmed through what I needed.

At first glance, it seems like they came here relying solely on their own body, without any plan or backup.

“But, is it okay to use a lighter?”

“You can use it when smoking. Of course, if you use it for anything else, you’re out immediately. Even if you sneakily use it, you’ll get caught by the monitoring, so don’t. There are cameras everywhere.”

This also seems like a trap set by the organizers.

If you don’t have one, it’s fine, but if you do, it’s harder not to use it.

“Friend, I didn’t even bring a lighter.”

“That’s something to brag about.”

“Haha.”

Seeing her laugh heartily and point at Baekseol, I can roughly guess her personality.

True to a country that can’t live without alcohol and cigarettes, she smokes away boldly.

“Phew— friend. Since I borrowed a cigarette, I’ll repay you by getting that for you.”

“Huh?”

Turning my neck again at Nella’s words, I saw a palm tree swaying endlessly in the wind.

“That? Didn’t you just see someone fall and step into the afterlife?”

“Pfft. Speak nicely, friend. It’s a waste of your face.”

No matter how I look at it, it’s a palm tree that seems over 10 meters tall.

The participants around were just looking up hopelessly, not daring to think of climbing.

“I’ll get it for you, so wait.”

Without any warm-up, Nella swung her arm around once and started climbing the tree slowly.

A warm breeze blew by.

“Nella, if you fall, you’ll be in a wheelchair for life. Got it?”

“Ga-eul, please shut up.”

Nella, who was slowly climbing, had already reached the top.

“Be careful down there.”

She took out a knife from her waist and swung it at the coconut.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

“Nella, get the one next to it too!”

“Ga-eul, you’re treating people too harshly!!”

After dropping a heavy coconut one by one, Nella soon came back down.

“Phew! See that?”

“Yeah, I saw. It’s amazing you didn’t die.”

“…..”

Nella, who came down and dusted off her hands, looked at me with a disbelieving expression.

“You worked hard.”

Nella’s core strength is, of course, remarkable, and her body is flexibility itself.

It’s understandable that she jumped in without any information.

“Let’s drink quickly!”

“What about the water we shared?”

“I drank it all as soon as I got it?”

This girl is really something.

Well, considering adults would finish it in a few sips, it’s somewhat understandable.

There were nine coconuts that fell to the ground.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Crack!

Now there are eight.

“What are you doing?”

Nella, who was swinging a coconut at a nearby rock, came back soaked.

“Isn’t this how you drink it?”

“Ugh, give it here.”

When I brought the supplied knife to the coconut and applied force.

Thud!

The hard coconut shell came off easily.

“Wow.”

“Nella, you didn’t throw away the empty water bottle, right?”

“Yeah, it’s still there.”

Nella, rummaging through the non-woven bag tied to her side, pulled out a plastic…

I took out a water bottle.

“Give it to me.”

I carefully sharpened the open coconut lid a bit more and tilted it, gradually filling the bottle with coconut water.

“Here, drink it.”

“Wow…”

Nella suddenly gave me a strange look.

“Stop staring and drink it before I throw it away.”

“Hot. If only I hadn’t opened my mouth, I would have taken Ga-eul with me.”

“Shut up.”

Russia is supposed to be very closed-minded about homosexuality, yet she keeps saying things like that.

[What is she saying?]

[You should download a voice translator. It’s not accurate, but you can roughly understand.]

Gulp, gulp.

As the coconut water went down Nella’s throat, her neck twitched.

“Ew!”

“Puhahaha!”

“Ga-eul!”

“Hahaha!”

Nella’s face twisted, showing how much she disliked the taste.

[That laugh is so evil lol]

[Is it that bad?]

[It’s a polarizing taste, but most people don’t like it lol]

[Damn, it’s like dirty water]

I took the trembling water bottle from Nella and poured it into my palm.

“Baekseol, let’s drink some water.”

“Yes!”

Baekseol came scurrying down again.

“If it tastes bad, spit it out. Got it?”

“Yes!”

She licked her tiny tongue and tilted her head.

“Is it bad?”

“It’s tasty!”

“That’s a relief.”

After finishing the coconut water I poured for her, she licked her empty palm.

“Such a tiny thing eats so well…”

“Russia’s warrior is picky, huh?”

“Tch…”

When I poured the leftover coconut water into my mouth, a bland sweetness filled my mouth.

Coconut water is overly romanticized because of the idea that people stranded on deserted islands enjoy it.

In that situation, you’d drink even urine if you had to, so it’s not like it’s some amazing taste.

“Hey, share a little?”

As I drank the coconut water, the surrounding participants started gathering one by one.

“Get lost.”

“Ha.”

They approached with a forced laugh, ignoring me.

Swish—!

I swung the knife I had, leaving a bloodstain on the cheek of the approaching participant.

“Ah!!”

“She, she really swung the knife!”

Even Nella’s eyes widened beside me.

“You’re insane. You’re disqualified! Staff!!!”

With each step I took holding the knife, the gathered participants stepped back.

“Get lost if you don’t want your neck cut.”

They all had expressions like, “What kind of crazy woman is this?”

They grumbled and kept their distance.

Only after the participants had completely moved away did I turn back, and Nella was making an unusually worried expression.

“Ga-eul. Is this really okay?”

“The first absolute rule of this game. You must not kill other participants.”

“Right…?”

“Cutting limbs and cutting necks are different.”

I shook off the blood-stained knife, and blood droplets flew out.

“I don’t know what the intention was behind making the rules like this, but this is just a game.”

“…..”

As time goes on, participants who figure out the loopholes in the rules will start to appear one by one.

“Nella. The slower you adapt, the more your life will be in danger. If you don’t want to end up with your limbs chopped off, get your head straight.”

The problem is when you realize it.

The sooner it happens, the more dystopian things will become.

There will be an overflow of people shedding blood.

I don’t know if the organizer’s head is a flower garden or if they’re a psychopath, but they’re really pulling off something that would be globally condemned.

*Crack!*

After washing the knife with the remaining water, I split the coconut in half, and the white flesh popped out.

I inserted the knife tip and wiggled it left and right, creating a groove, and a piece of flesh fell out.

“Baekseol.”

I lifted a small piece of the flesh above my head, and Baekseol took it, happily munching away.

“It’s delicious!”

“Tasty?”

“Yes!”

“Eat a lot.”

She seems to like the coconut flesh, shaking her body as she eats.

I think I should try squeezing coconut oil from the remaining flesh.

Meanwhile, Nella’s face grew serious.

“Nella, this time I’ll make something delicious for you.”

“….Huh?”

“I said I’ll make something delicious. In such an extreme environment where even breathing is hard, people collapse quickly. You need to replenish your nutrients. You should know that better than anyone.”

“Uh… Yeah.”

Not having eaten for a while, hunger started to creep in.

Whether it’s finding a spot or doing something else, I thought we should fill our stomachs first.

“But how?”

Nella, looking around, expressed her doubts.

If you go deep enough, you can see a place where trees gather like a forest, but it’s quite far from here.

“We’ll have to dive into a natural treasure trove.”

I stripped off the clothes I was wearing, and both Nella and the viewers went wild.

[Kyaaaaah!]

[Do it when you’re alone!]

[Kick that bastard out!!]

“Ta-da.”

[Wow]

[Kya]

“How is it, pretty?”