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.

be a gamble, but it's worth

come up with

hand into a fist, he pushed the wall as hard as he

Bang—!

***

"Akh."

pain, my knees buckled and I kneeled on both knees

it hurts like

Drip—! Drip—!

the ground, I heavily panted for breath as

an essential thing

the wall if my breathing was incorrect as incorrect breathing would give me no

Gulp—!

toward the direction of where the

of my lips, I forced myself

more I thought about it, the thirstier

'Fuck.'

again cursed as I felt

over my circumstances, my ears pricked up

Bang—!

"Hm?"

snapped in the direction of where the sound came from as I slowly

the wall, I tried to hear the sound

Bang—!

wasn't left

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

eyes lit up when I heard

someone close

did not last for long, however

of the

couldn't exclude as

Bang—!

Even then.

back from my spot, I tensed my back and

Bang—!

at the moment. While I still had

"Huuu..."

***

Bang—!

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

"One, two, three..."

as he was about to punch, he suddenly heard another muffled banging

Bang—!

thin smile spread across his face as he heard the

like he

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

whoever it is that's on the other side, they

single second, he punched the

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

***

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

"Hm?"

was about to hit the wall once again, my

"This pattern..."

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

my mouth with my hand as the chip inside of my head started to

wasn't long before I realized

'It's Morse code.'

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

get ahead of

on another planet. What were the chances

Unless...

my thoughts there, I proceeded to listen to the

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

(Dark Room)

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

"...Human."

This confirmed it.

me at the moment was a human, and they were in a similar situation

about this as I crossed

"It's most likely Jin."

myself

was the conclusion I came up with

wasn't complicated.

planet where

the other person was human and that during the time the portal expanded Jin was resting on top of my shoulders, this was

that the person on the other

again reaffirmed

the time he seemed to have entered the portal without any problems, making the