The Jelly Alien Will Save You! Chapter 31

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“Purify!”

 

This too.

 

“Purify!”

 

That too.

 

“Puuuuurifyyyyy!”

 

To think even this and that won’t work. 

 

In that case…….

 

“Hyaaaaaap……!”

 

I clasped both hands together and gathered my energy.

 

Captain Gong Ju-won watched me with eyes full of anticipation.

 

I don’t want to disappoint those eyes!

 

“Earthlings! Give me your strength! Haaaat-!”

 

“I shall lend you mine!” 

 

Gong Juwon and my brother lent their strength from the side.

 

“Kkeuaaaap!”

 

“~~~~~!!”

 

“Heuaaaap!”

 

Cha Haeeon, who had brought the dining table, looked at us and said.

 

“You’re just playing around.”

 

Right on cue, the power of purification shot out from my hands.

 

The rainbow light of purification lightly brushed past Captain Gong’s left arm.

 

“…!”

 

Finally, the rainbow light appeared!

 

Of course, his arm remained the same, but it seemed the pungent smell had faded a bit.

 

However, having exhausted my strength, I turned stark white and collapsed in a heap.

 

“Jelly-nim!”

 

“Captain Gong…. My purification ends here….”

 

“To think you worked so hard for me until you became a snow-white jelly……” 

 

“This much is nothing…. We are comrades in arms.”

 

“Jelly-nim……!”

 

Meanwhile, Cha Haeeon set the dining table down on the veranda.

 

“Stop playing around and eat your food.”

 

I slowly got up and sat up straight at the head of the table. Then, picking up a spoon, I said.

 

“Sorry, Captain Gong. It seems my purification power is lacking.”

 

“Not at all. It’s alright. Rather, I’m just grateful that you worked so hard for me.” 

 

I had revealed that I have purification abilities as soon as we returned home.

 

“This is really our own secret that you absolutely must not tell anyone! I’m telling you this trusting in our Deli Manjoo friendship, got it?”

 

“Yes, understood!”

 

But if the problem was that it didn’t have much of an effect despite such a solemn revelation, well, that was the problem. 

 

In the end, Captain Gong Juwon decided to live with us until his contamination was purified.

 

Captain Gong shouted loudly, “Thank you for the food!” and started scarfing down his meal. Although one of his arms was contaminated, his mind was perfectly fine and the rest of him was healthy.

 

“By the way, Captain Gong, is that… job of yours okay? You know, the VM or whatever you were doing.”

 

At my question, Captain Gong Juwon swallowed his mouthful of food and then said.

 

“The mission will continue. Because I can report the situation without directly contacting the unit.”

 

“How?”

 

“There are a few locations designated as contact points. I just have to fire a flare from there.”

 

“Contact points?”

 

“Yes. We selected places without Calamities, and there is exactly one such place in Yongsan.”

 

Ho. A place without Calamities.

 

My eyes sparkled.

 

“Then is it safe, with absolutely nothing there? Like our house?”

 

Captain Gong Juwon laughed “Haha,” but soon turned serious and said.

 

“There is no such place in Yongsan.”

 

“Yeah…. I suppose so.”

 

“Instead, it’s a slightly safe place. Because there are no Calamities. It’s a hospital where there are only some safe zombies.”

 

I narrowed my eyes. How could a place with zombies be safe?

 

“Haha. That place is an amazing farming spot for Hunters. Zombies have low intelligence, so they aren’t threatening, plus the hospital regularly generates medical supplies.”

 

“…Captain Gong is a Hunter too, right?”

 

“Yes, our special forces unit is comprised entirely of Hunters.”

 

As expected, his brain was a bit paralyzed. Living up to their reputation as the strong, most Hunters had their danger alarms paralyzed.

 

“Jelly-nim even knows the word Hunter.”

 

Captain Gong Juwon was a bit surprised and stroked me.

 

He must not think of me as a ferocious jelly since we’ve gotten close lately. Rather, feeling that he thought of me as soft and squishy, my title (Increases the majesty given to the opponent twofold when looking ferocious, and increases the happiness felt by oneself twofold when looking squishy) activated, making me feel good.

 

I spoke in a needlessly sullen voice.

 

“I know everything. It refers to a native Earth species that awakened and became strong.” 

 

Literally, Hunters meant superhumans who were stronger than civilians.

 

However, those who awakened special powers (skills) like shooting fire or firing electricity, as seen in comics or novels, were extremely few, and they were usually classified as S-rank.

 

Suddenly, I stroked my brother, whom I was holding in my arms.

 

The guild my brother created, ‘Quasar,’ was a top-tier guild made up entirely of S-ranks. 

 

But does that mean the Yongsan Dungeon was so immense that even they couldn’t stop it?

 

“Then are you going to ‘Hanseong Hospital’?”

 

Cha Haeeon, having emptied his bowl, asked Captain Gong Juwon.

 

“That’s right, as expected, you know of it!” 

 

At that, Cha Haeeon narrowed his eyes and rested his chin on his hand.

 

“And what are you going to report when you get there? That Lieutenant Colonel Cha Haeeon, who was thought to be dead, and a purifying jelly are living in Yongsan?”

 

Black smoke seemed to billow around Cha Haeeon as he spoke slowly.

 

Captain Gong Juwon lowered his tail, looking as if he would let out a yelp at any moment.

 

“The military is going to make a huge fuss trying to find my house. Isn’t that right?” 

 

Cha Haeeon twitched his eyebrows and smiled chillingly.

 

Look at him smiling so scarily.

 

I decided to take Captain Gong Juwon’s side at this point.

 

“Captain Gong promised me. That he absolutely wouldn’t say anything about me. Right?”

 

Gong Juwon nodded vigorously.

 

“Th-that is correct. Since we formed the Deli Manjoo Treaty, I will only report my situation and the cherry tomato juice that Jelly-nim sells at the vending machine.”

 

Cha Haeeon frowned, seemingly displeased with even that.

 

But I blurted out an answer.

 

“Great!”

 

“Why? What’s so great about it?”

 

Cha Haeeon looked like he couldn’t understand at all.

 

“Because for a vending machine, money only piles up when many people use it.” 

 

“Why do you keep talking about earning that damn money in a ruined world? If you just go out and keep growing cherry tomatoes, we can make a living.”

 

“Cherry tomatoooos? How can we live on just that! You wait and see. Who knows what I might be able to get from the vending machine, huh? Who knows if we’ll be able to eat a slice of Spam on a bowl of piping hot white rice!”

 

When I revealed my grand ambitions, Cha Haeeon shook his head from side to side.

 

He doesn’t believe me, again.

 

On the other hand, Captain Gong Juwon made a big fuss, asking ‘How does Jelly-nim know about Spam on white rice?’ and coddled me.

 

They’re both treating me like a fool. Pouting, I stuck my lips out.

 

Hah! It’s fine. Because soon, the cumulative coins will hit 1,000!

 

[Cosmic Coin Balance: 891cc]

 

Once 1,000 coins are gathered, I’ll be able to order new items.

 

Thinking of it, I opened my survival handbook.

 

Even now, coins were being diligently collected.

 

+35cc 

+35cc 

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“….”

 

But unfortunately, the selling speed was much slower than before.

 

It seemed to be because of those yellow hazmat suits monitoring the vending machine.

 

I went into the spaceship and let out a deep sigh.

 

“Phew.”

 

If I could just place a few more vending machines in places with high foot traffic, it seems like it would be roughly resolved…….

 

The more people looking for it, the better the items will sell, and the evil clutches of the yellow hazmat suits daring to manage my vending machine will naturally be dispersed.

 

I was having those thoughts.

 

When the screen of the survival handbook flashed.

 

[Cumulative Coins 1,000 achieved!] 

[Upgrade to Cosmic Universal Vending Machine Lv.2 is available.]

 

“Huh?”