"You crazy bastard!"
"We're all going to die? You've completely lost your mind, haven't you?"
"I thought he was normal..."
"Were the Zerg really that scary?"
Fuck. Assholes.
Even when I tell them, they don't believe me.
There's nobody else who believes me like Sera does.
Even I know it's hard to believe, but it's the truth.
"Please, somebody, just listen to me..."
"Shut up, you fucking retard!"
How many times had this been now?
No matter how hard I tried, nobody believed me. Saving my comrades was difficult.
Was there really no choice but for the two of us to clear this?
"Fuck! Just believe me, you assholes!"
Frustrated, I shouted.
"That guy's lost it."
"If you're scared of Zerg, you shouldn't have enlisted."
"Exactly! What's so scary about Zerglings?"
The result was the same.
This time, too, it was just Sera and me.
Just as I was about to lower my visor in despair—
"Hey!"
A voice came through a narrow gap.
I turned my view diagonally and saw a man looking at me.
"Huh?"
"Is it true?"
"Huh? What is?"
"That most of us are going to die."
"Yeah. It's true."
"Then what about me?"
"Huh?"
"How do I die?"
"...Well... Ah! You die horribly. A Zergling smashes your head in..."
I just made something up.
How was I supposed to remember that? I didn't even know his name.
"Then what should I do? If I want to live?"
"...Just do exactly as I say."
"All right. I'll do that. I've got nothing to lose anyway."
"Yeah. Ah! But not now. Next time..."
"What? Next time?"
"Yeah. Next time. It'll be hard to believe, but..."
I quickly told this man about my ability.
Since he'd forget it all when I died anyway, I told him everything honestly.
The result was—
"So you really are a lunatic."
I became a complete lunatic.
Fuck. Then why'd he pretend to believe me when I said I could see the future?
Red lights blinked on and off.
The Barracks would be landing soon.
Couldn't be helped.
"Sera, follow my instructions carefully."
"Okay."
As I resigned myself to it, a voice called out.
"Hey, Jack!"
"Huh?"
"If I die and we meet again, say this to me."
"..."
"'Tomtom, Merian asked you to, so listen to me.'"
"Tomtom, Merian asked... What does that... mean?"
"Just say that to me. If you really have an ability like you said, then if you tell me, 'Tomtom, Merian asked you to, so listen to me,' I'll do what you say."
"...Yeah. I'll do that!"
Would he really believe me if I said that?
I didn't know, but it seemed I'd gained a comrade.
"Go, go, go!"
As the Barracks landed, the Marines disembarked.
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—
"Aaaaargh!"
"No!"
Sorry, Sera, but this time I focused solely on Tomtom.
I fixed my view on Tomtom and watched him.
"Get away, get away!"
"No, no!"
The one who had just shouted was Tomtom.
"Kieeeeeek!"
"Kieeeeeek!"
"Kieeeeeek!"
"Kieeeeeek!"
"Aaaaargh!"
He was the guy who always said the same things before dying the moment he came out of the Barracks.
I didn't know whether a guy like that would be any help, but for now, I went back again.
"Sorry, Sera!"
Bang!
At the same moment my head was blown apart—
"Sera!"
I shouted.
"Huh? Jack, all of a sudden..."
I spoke to Sera, who always believed me, and immediately—
"Tomtom! Merian asked you to, so listen to me!"
"...How do you know that name...?"
"Shut up! Merian asked you to, so listen!"
"...O-okay."
It really worked.
"When I say so, shoot in that direction immediately."
"Okay."
He was following my orders without even questioning me.
It worked. Now it would work.
With one more comrade, maybe we could get past the section that had stopped us.
At last, I had hope of getting out of this chapter.
"Go, go, go!"
The Barracks landed.
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—
"Aaaaargh!"
"No!"
The instant we disembarked, I ran straight to Tomtom.
And before his scream could be heard—
"No, no!"
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
"Kieeeeeek!"
I took care of the Zergling that had killed our Tomtom.
"Get up, quick!"
"Okay!"
Good. It was starting.
With one more person, giving orders had become harder, but time would solve all of that.
So for now, I needed to figure out how Tomtom acted—
"Aaaaargh!"
Ah, fuck. What a useless idiot.
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