The Author's POV

Jin carefully moved around the room, feeling the hard texture of the walls. At the moment, he was searching for anything that could help him escape.

He had no trouble seeing through the darkness, thanks to his extensive training in the darkness, and it was because of this that he also had no trouble moving around the small room.

In fact, he was almost like a fish inside of a pond.

"Hmm "

As he raised his head, he noticed a small hole above him.

He was instantly able to tell what it was as he looked down at his clothes which were covered in filth.

'Should I perhaps wait until when they open up again and take a chance from there?'

Jin thought to himself as he carefully observed the tube.

"That won't work."

He soon shook his head.

The whole was a bit too small for him to fit in and even if he managed to somehow deal damage to the person above, it would only serve to anger them which in this situation would prove fatal.

"...Just what am I supposed to do?"

Moving toward a certain section of the room, Jin placed his finger on a certain area of the wall where he felt a slightly wet sensation.

Without further ado, he brought it to his mouth and drank.

'I'm glad all of my training is paying off.'

Jin thought as he tasted the water in his mouth. From a glance, he could tell that it was water and not poison as it did not release any strange smell that he was familiar with.

Of course, that wasn't the only reason why Jin could tell it wasn't poisonous because there were several other clues that indicated to him that the liquid was drinkable.

One such example was the fact that it left no trace on the wall behind it as typically, with strong poisons, it would leave corrosive lines on the hard rock. Further adding onto that, the moss around it did not decay but seemed to rather thrive on it.

That alone was already an indication that it was unlikely that the liquid was poisonous. Regardless, Jin didn't really care as his body was immune to poisons.

With the amounts of poisons he had tasted in his lifelines, he wasn't afraid of any of them.

Given his profession, this was a must. What sort of assassin could not withstand poison?

This place.

...It was like the back of his house.

Bang—!

It was at that moment that Jin suddenly heard a muffled banging sound coming from the other side of the room he was in.

"Hm?"

He immediately became startled.

"What was that?"

Bringing his ear close to the wall, he tried to see if he could hear the sound again.

Bang—!

Once again Jin was able to hear the same muffled banging sound. It felt as though someone was punching the wall with full force.

'Are there other people here?'

Was he perhaps not the only one that was trapped in this place but there were in fact others too?

The thought suddenly reanimated his mind as he carefully placed both hands on the wall to better hear the sound.

Bang—!

Bang—!

Bang—!

Over the next few minutes, Kevin would continuously hear the same banging sound coming from the wall.

Keeping track of the intervals between each punch, Jin slowly took a step back.

"Eight seconds delay for every sound."

Sometimes a little bit less and sometimes a little bit more, but that was more or less the time interval between each punch.

Counting down from eight, Jin's brows furrowed.

"It stopped?"

Waiting another couple of seconds to see if the sound was going to appear again, he soon realized that whoever was the one responsible for making the sound had stopped.

might be a gamble, but it's worth a

was quick to come up with a

he pushed

Bang—!

***

"Akh."

out in pain, my knees buckled and I kneeled

hurts

Drip—! Drip—!

heavily panted for breath as I

was an essential thing that I needed

how hard I pounded the wall if my breathing was incorrect as incorrect breathing would give me no benefits and would make everything that I had

Gulp—!

saliva, my head turned toward the direction

bottom of my lips, I forced myself to stop

thought about it, the

'Fuck.'

once again cursed as I felt my mind

ears pricked up a muffled

Bang—!

"Hm?"

head snapped in the direction of where the sound came from as I slowly stood up and walked toward the side of

my ear on the side of the wall, I tried to hear

Bang—!

I wasn't

after I pressed my ear against the side of the wall, I heard the same

eyes lit up when I heard

someone close

however as I quickly grew

is making the noises is one of the people

very real possibility that I couldn't exclude as my excitement

Bang—!

Even then.

back from my spot, I tensed my back and

Bang—!

improbable it was, this was my only hope at the moment. While I still had energy, I repeated

"Huuu..."

***

Bang—!

Jin merely frowned at the pain. With how sturdy his body was, he only received minor

"One, two, three..."

once more, however, just as he was about to punch, he suddenly heard another muffled banging sound coming from the

Bang—!

smile spread across his face as he

like he

immediately punch the wall like the last time he did. With a rather complex look on his face, he took a small

whoever it is that's on the

second, he punched the wall in short and

Ba..Baang..Bang..Bang...

***

Ba..Baang..Bang..Bang...

"Hm?"

the wall once again, my hand suddenly froze as my eyes opened

"This pattern..."

Ban...Bang!..Baaa!..Bag...

chip inside

long before

'It's Morse code.'

of long and short standardized sequence pattern...It closely resembled

not get ahead

on another planet. What were the chances of

Unless...

proceeded to listen to the

Baaa...Bang!..Baaa!..Bag...

(Dark Room)

the aid of the chip I was able to instantly make out the message,

"...Human."

This confirmed it.

a human, and they were

no doubt about this as I crossed my arms

"It's most likely Jin."

mumbled to myself after a

came up with after contemplating it

of thought wasn't complicated. Rather,

a planet where

the portal expanded Jin was resting on top of my shoulders, this was the only logical conclusion I

on the other side

again reaffirmed to

Kevin, but at the time he seemed to have entered the portal without any problems,