Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 182

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“That’s enough. I’d rather die than suffer. Damn it.”

Levy looked genuinely pissed as he stormed out. I just chuckled awkwardly.

The ‘me’ from the 3rd timeline was busy giggling.

“He’s fun to tease.”

Seeing myself lazily smiling while wrapped in bandages made my feelings a bit complicated.

‘Looks like it’s time to find those shark bastards and deal with them.’

This was right before declaring war on the land dwellers.

Before starting the war, our Orcas and aquatic animal shapeshifters had one task to resolve.

It was to eliminate the sharks, who were like malignant tumors among the aquatic animal shapeshifters, and eradicate their evil deeds.

Waging war without dealing with them would be very dangerous.

The sharks were constantly aiming for the position of leader among the aquatic animal shapeshifters.

They were divided into several species as well.

But they gathered as one group, like land turtles, solely to kill Orcas.

Like a religious terrorist group on Earth, they gathered for one goal and waged guerrilla warfare.

They harassed or plundered the weak shapeshifters, just like Baiyan did when Grandma was alive.

And they used the resources obtained to attack the Orcas.

‘It was fine when the sharks had a proper leader a long time ago. But after that leader died and another one rose, everything changed completely, right?’

While Aquasiadel was busy with the succession war, the sharks allied among themselves and gradually increased their power.

Eventually, after I became the leader, I had to play a long game of tag.

In group battles, the Orcas were overwhelming.

Of course, the sharks knew this too.

So, they took advantage of their strong attack abilities and excellent individual skills to strike and run, ruining the major projects I had established.

I was chasing after these guys, determined to root them out, and ended up injured like this in a collapsed building.

‘Thanks to that, I remember almost crushing the sharks.’

The ‘me’ from the 3rd timeline stretched with a rather refreshed face, casually grabbed a top in one hand, and headed out the door.

“Chieftain!”

“Damn it, Chieftain, what happened to you? Are you okay?”

“Oh, please, we told you to wait a little longer!”

“Okay, okay, minnows. Be quiet. My ears hurt.”

‘I’ casually waved to the subordinates waiting in front of the door.

It felt strange.

‘Yeah, this was my daily life.’

They were faces I hadn’t seen in a long time.

Some were wrapped in bandages like me, giggling, and playfully waving their scars, calling them marks of honor.

Why didn’t I remember this when I started this life?

‘Of course. Why would I remember something that didn’t end well?’

I gritted my teeth. And I closed my eyes to hide my resentment.

“Chieftain.”

‘I,’ who had been casually answering or tapping shoulders, stopped walking.

There stood a man with dark navy hair.

He had a sturdy build, and his long bangs slightly covered his eyes.

He naturally approached and leaned his head on ‘my’ shoulder.

“You’re alive?”

“Yes……”

“You need to fix this habit of clinging.”

‘I’ naturally patted the man’s head. It was a gesture that wasn’t burdensome, like the ones I gave to the other subordinates.

That guy was a Humpback Whale shapeshifter.

He boasted overwhelming combat abilities among the subordinates, but he was particularly lacking in affection.

I scanned the faces I hadn’t seen in a long time and then looked down.

It was a past life.

Still, I couldn’t say I had no regrets.

It was the happiest time among countless moments.

I shook my head.

‘It’s okay. I’m happy now too.’

This moment of letting go of memories wasn’t sad or regrettable.

The subordinates seen here would still be alive, and this time, I wouldn’t let them die in vain.

“See you again.”

After all, I would need them again to deal with the sharks in this life.

‘Of course, that will be after I become the chieftain.’

As I slowly blinked, the figures of the subordinates, including the affection-starved Humpback Whale, shattered and disappeared like puzzle pieces.

At the same time, the door I was holding opened with a creak.

‘What? It opened this time?’

Since Ekion wasn’t here, it seemed right to go inside.

As I was about to go in, looking around, the person who should have been there was missing.

“……Huh? Where did the chieftain go?”

Even though the 3rd timeline started showing again, I thought it was strange that he didn’t say anything.

I just thought he was annoyed and watching.

‘What do I do?’

While I was pondering, I heard Ekion’s voice from beyond the door.

-Calypso…….

It was Ekion’s voice.

Even so, as I hesitated to go over, the light flowing from inside the door grabbed me and pulled me in.

“……W-Wait!”

Before I knew it, I was caught by the force and absorbed.

“Ugh…….”

When I fell on my butt and got up again, I was standing in a new space.

It was a vast prairie.

‘This scenery is like an African prairie from TV.’

I looked around, busy figuring out where I was.

I had never been to such a space in my past lives. So, wouldn’t this be a place unrelated to my life?

Ekion’s voice wasn’t heard again.

For now, I had to put aside where the chieftain had disappeared to and figure out my situation first.

‘It’s said to be a gap in time, so it wouldn’t be strange no matter what came out.’

If I were to recall Tus’s words, it seemed like I had to meet Ekion no matter what.

It was at this moment that I thought this.

Doo-doo-doo-doo!

Kkirik! Kkieeeeek!

I was startled before I could even turn my head.

‘What is it?’

I jumped up and looked down from the air, and something huge rushed past the spot where I had been standing.

Screech, stopping to draft……. No, wait a minute.

‘It’s a white…… elephant?’

It was a white elephant. One of Dad’s ingredients! But now it’s an extinct animal!

I investigated it to get the ingredient this time.

The ‘white elephant’ that existed a long time ago was very violent, unlike ordinary elephants.

It was an animal that smashed everything it saw.

I quickly looked around.

The vast prairie was newly visible.

‘Could it be that Ekion brought me here?’

I blinked.

I wondered if Ekion was somewhere, so I turned my head around, but he was still nowhere to be seen.

Anyway, I don’t know what’s going on, but that angry elephant first…….

Let’s beat it up!

It seems like a free meal, so I shouldn’t kick it away.

Even if I can’t eat it, I’ll go for it! Of course, there’s no way I can’t eat it.

“Ugh, sorry about this, elephant.”

I clenched my fist tightly.

Kwaaaang!

I swung my fist with all my might for the first time in a while and landed a big hit.

The elephant with the huge body flew into the air and crashed into a tree.

Crack. It stopped only after breaking a tree with a very thick trunk.

I stood on the ground and clenched and unclenched my fist as if doing jam-jam [a playful gesture of flexing muscles].

Do I need one more hit? No, I don’t think so.

Looking at the elephant that had collapsed with its tongue sticking out, it seemed like this was the end.

I groped my body and took out a short blade. It was a knife that Tus had asked me to cut paper with…….

‘Can I cut the ivory with this?’

What else can I do? I have to try.

I can make it work even if it doesn’t work. Yeah.

However, I stopped walking to cut the ivory.

This time, it was because I found a bird chirping in the tree.

The bird was chirping angrily at the elephant, probably because it was in the tree that the white elephant had crashed into.

Surprisingly, it was a bluebird.

‘……What a windfall?’

I needed the tail feathers!

“……Um, but they say it has quite the temper.”

Even though it wasn’t moving, it was pecking at the elephant, which was dozens of times bigger than its body, like crazy.

I chose to approach quietly, lowering my presence.

Soon after, I nimbly jumped up and succeeded in catching the bluebird in one hand.

“Ugh, my ears.”

The bird that was crying out, Biiiiiiik-! was so loud that I wondered if this was what an eardrum attack was like.

It was a bird that emitted sounds close to the ultrasonic waves used by dolphins.

If the body wasn’t strong, the eardrums would have burst.

‘Were the shapeshifters of hundreds of years ago raised tough?’

At the same time as thinking about this and that, my hands moved diligently, and by the time the bird was about to fly away again, I had a generous amount of tail feathers plucked in my hand.

‘Finally……!’

I collected the most problematic materials.

I felt relieved first.

Because now I had hope that I could save Dad.

The problem is.

‘……If I can go back properly, that is.’

After that, I don’t know what was going on, but it was a bonus to find a swamp that was about 100 years old or a bracken [a type of fern] that seemed to have lived for hundreds of years while wandering around the prairie.

This place was a bonanza [a situation or event that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits].

‘Wow, it’s really like striking gold.’

By the time I had gathered the tricky ingredients, the small handbag I was carrying or my hands were full.

Nevertheless, I felt a sense of helplessness as I looked at the vast prairie.

‘Now, how do I get back?’

Could Ekion be somewhere here?

To find a boy in a vast place.

I thought it would be easier to be the chieftain three times after regression.