The Jelly Alien Will Save You! Chapter 39

“Whoa…!”

 

It definitely looks like something special. 

 

Even though it’s just a worn-out, junk TV on the outside……! 

 

‘But why is there something like this alien tech in our storage room……?’

 

Then again, thinking about it, it wasn’t something to be surprised about. Since this house was the place you’d end up when pressing the ‘Home’ button in <Squishy Squishy! Planetmon!>.

 

“Was this what you wanted to show me?” 

 

At my question, my brother nodded.

 

It seemed he had seen it when he followed me into the storage room earlier.

 

“Do you know what this is?”

 

My brother blinked, then gave a vague nod.

 

But even if I could read the jelly octopus’s expressions, it was difficult to understand a detailed explanation. 

 

I placed my hand on the TV to check the information.

 

[Cosmic CCTV] 

An observation system based on Cosmic Satellites. You can observe from above the region scanned by the satellite. 

 

Just then, my brother poked me with a tentacle and pointed at the TV screen.

 

“Hmm?”

 

[Battery under 1%….]

 

It has no battery……?

 

“Ah!”

 

I immediately took out the Energy Injector.

 

Piyong!

 

With a cute sound, a laser shot out towards the TV.

 

Zap! The sound of electricity flowing was heard, and then…….

 

Bzzzzzzzt—

 

Along with a static noise, the TV screen flickered on. 

 

As I carefully turned the dial next to it, the channels flipped quickly.

 

On the first channel, ‘Base #1’, our house was shown. As I changed the channels, going through Base #2 and Base #3, different sceneries passed by.

 

It felt like looking through CCTV.

 

My vending machines were marked as Base #2 and Base #4, respectively.

 

‘How do I designate a target? Bora Unnie, Bora Unnie, appear!’

 

And it was when the channel moved to Base #13.

 

Woooooong—.

 

A low, long sound that shook the speaker.

 

It was the ship’s horn sound I heard on the roof back then.

 

“Bora Unnie?!”

 

A massive shadow covering the sky.

 

And a…… bullet aimed toward that shadow?! 

 

Bullets flew across the screen.

 

Bzzzt!

 

“What is that!” 

 

As I shouted in excitement, something like rough breathing leaked from the TV speaker.

 

It was a human voice. And multiple people at that. 

 

The voices were urgently mixed together and hard to make out, but a few phrases among them came through clearly. 

 

<Bullets aren’t working!> 

<Aim for the eyes!> 

<No! Dodge!>

 

The next moment, the screen went black. My vision was blocked by something, then opened again.

 

A massive tail swinging through the sky had covered the screen.

 

Woooooong—.

 

The ship’s horn sound rang out again.

 

My palm touched the TV screen on its own.

 

“She’s being attacked….”

 

Someone is targeting Bora Unnie.

 

Judging by how their attire was similar to the people we met at the hospital, they seemed like Scavengers. 

 

I gritted my teeth.

 

Just then, Brother’s tentacles tightly gripped my wrist. As if telling me to calm down first. 

 

“But Unnie is……!”

 

But before I could even finish my sentence, Unnie’s mouth slowly opened.

 

It looked as if the sky itself was tearing apart.

 

It was of a size that could swallow a whole city inside. 

 

The Scavengers quickly scattered.

 

Someone threw themselves behind a container, and someone else under a collapsed overpass.

 

Bang! Bang! Bang!

 

Gunshots rang out in succession.

 

The bullets struck near Bora Unnie’s eyes, but Unnie didn’t even blink. 

 

Wooooong—

 

<No! It’s coming again!>

 

One Scavenger screamed. His body floated straight up into the air. 

 

The two people beside him pulled on his legs, but it was no use.

 

A black whirlwind formed inside the massive Calamity’s mouth, and a person was sucked in like a piece of paper.

 

<Aaaagh—!> 

 

Unnie opened her mouth again.

 

This time, even wider. 

 

<Shoot! Shoot!>

 

They fired simultaneously, but it had no effect.

 

And soon, everything started getting sucked into Unnie’s mouth.

 

Until the screams bursting out from everywhere died down, Unnie didn’t stop.

 

“….”

 

Watching that spectacle, I fell silent with my mouth wide open. 

 

Brother seemed to smile, as if saying, ‘See? There’s nothing to worry about.’ 

 

As my brother implied, it didn’t seem like I had to worry about her being attacked by Scavengers.

 

But a new worry sprang up.

 

Could I save Unnie? It didn’t seem possible with my current purification abilities. 

 

Unnie was different from the mutants Fray brought in every morning.

 

‘…Because Unnie has become a ‘Calamity’.’

 

The title Calamity isn’t just given out randomly. It refers to an entity of terror that humans dare not handle… an unapproachable existence.

 

It was then.

 

The massive whale began to descend from the high sky.

 

“…?”

 

I rubbed my eyes, wondering if I was seeing things wrong.

 

It’s strange. It seems to have gotten a bit smaller. 

 

As I kept watching, I could tell for sure that it wasn’t an illusion. 

 

When its body, which had been above the clouds, came down to the height of skyscrapers, the change in size finally became apparent. The body, which had spanned tens of meters, was gradually shrinking in time with its descent.

 

‘Why is its size shrinking?’

 

It was then. Unnie, now noticeably smaller, moved towards the roof of a certain building.

 

On the roof, an outdoor AC unit and a few old office desks were gathered by the railing, while the center was relatively empty and wide.

 

Unnie descended accurately towards the empty space there.

 

Woooooong—.

 

A crying sound followed, and then.

 

Crack— Cra-crack— 

 

With the sound of bones snapping into place, Unnie’s body began to transform.

 

“…!”

 

I couldn’t take my eyes off the bizarre sight, covering my mouth.

 

Cra-crack— 

 

Before long, when the transformation ended, standing in that spot was a single human. 

 

Having become human, Unnie began to stagger towards where the old desks were gathered.

 

The whale’s tail, which hadn’t fully humanized, swayed below her waist.

 

Thud. Thud. Thud.

 

With every step she took, equipment or food fell from her body. Probably from the Scavengers earlier.

 

Without even glancing at the equipment, Unnie picked up a few pieces of emergency food. Then, she went under where the office desks were stacked.

 

Over there, small cotton plushies were placed side by side. 

 

Unnie sat down, placed the food in front of the dolls, and smiled faintly.

 

<You were all hungry, weren’t you? Eat up quickly.>

 

I stared blankly at the screen, at a loss for words.

 

The scene earlier wasn’t the Scavengers attacking Unnie.

 

It was Unnie plundering food from the Scavengers.

 

To give food to the dolls she believes are her guild members…….

 

In front of the dolls showing no reaction, Unnie gathered her legs and wrapped them with her whale tail.

 

<I’m sorry I lost the Guild Master. The Guild Master must be hungry too….>

 

Unnie’s eyes, wandering the empty spaces between the dolls, were clouded over. Like someone possessed by something.

 

<Without the Guild Master… I’m worried about Damie….>

 

Just as my name suddenly reached me, causing my shoulders to flinch involuntarily.

 

The TV turned off with a pfft-, perhaps because the Energy Injector’s effect ran out.

 

Looking at the blackened screen, I clutched the plush keychain tightly. She was sad because she lost this…….

 

My eyes grew hot. My heart ached, and my throat tightened.

 

Wiping away my tears with the back of my hand, I looked at Brother. 

 

Tears were also dripping down in drops from Brother’s bright yellow eyes. 

 

I wiped my brother’s tears with both hands and said.

 

“Oppa, let’s go save Unnie.”