Even though he was exposed to the schemes of evil and tyrannical, he continued to run.
“I used to not like running marathons, but now that I’m doing it, it’s surprisingly fun.”
He smiled and blew away the wind.
It was a refreshing sight but behind him,
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The screams of being run over never ceased.
The men were being rolled around and crying out with dust and sand all over their bodies.
“Stop! Stop! Stop! Please!”
“Please stop! Leopin-kun! No, Master Leopin!”
“I’m going to die! I’m gonna die! I’m gonna die!”
He was wearing real earplugs, so Leopin couldn’t hear him.
The ropes that held them together had a “weight ignoring” effect, so no matter how hard they were dragged, Leopin couldn’t feel it.
The men resist, stomping like dogs who don’t want to come home from a walk, or clawing like cats who don’t want to go to the hospital.
But these actions were meaningless to Leopin, who ran like a horse.
Leopin kept running, completely forgetting that he had his classmates behind him, who looked like dried persimmons.
Through the jagged wasteland, jumping over streams, leaving footprints in the sand, and clambering over stepping stones in the swamp, Leopin entered a strange forest.
Then, as he entered a strange forest, he felt a slight resistance in his waist.
Finally, Leopin slowed down and looked back.
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I looked behind me for the first time in hours, and my heart jumped.
The scene was so horrifying.
Nick Bakker-sensei and the boys had turned into mud puppets.
They were reaching out as if to drag me into the mud.
If someone’s body hadn’t accidentally gotten caught in a tree, I wouldn’t have noticed.
I took off my earplugs and crouched down beside the muddy figure.
“Are you okay, Nick Bakker-sensei?”
Nick Bakker-sensei said breathlessly.
“Ugh. …… Ugh! Mee- MEAT! Hee “Hell Marathon” is …….”
“This is the end of …… and …… to …….”
“What? But isn’t it supposed to go on until the last person goes down ……? I can still run, can’t I?”
Then Nick Bakker-sensei got scared and said, “Hiya”
As if it was a forbidden word, he covered his face and started to cry.
“Ugh! Ugh! ……! Mee, meat ……! No, don’t run ……! Don’t run anymore. ……!”
I felt like a marathon runner who had just been diagnosed with a serious illness, and running any further would shorten my life expectancy.
But I couldn’t keep running if I had to.
I untied the rope around my waist and took the mud dolls by the hands and tried to make them stand up.
But they immediately fell like a newborn fawn.
It seemed that their legs and feet were hurt pretty badly.
The boys crawled to their feet and let out sobs.
“Ugh ……! Ugh ……! If it’s true, if it’s true,……!”
“That guy●● should have been like this,……! Ugh!”
“Hiccup, gosh! Why, why, we’re the …… ones!”
“Ugh, ……!”
Everyone finally started crying, and I was in trouble.
“Hmmm, I’ll go for a run and call for help.”
But immediately, the mud dolls clung to my legs, “Don’t go!”
“You’re going to leave us here and go back alone!”
“It’s not fair! It’s all Leopin’s fault we’re in this mess!”
“Take responsibility! You’re going to send us home in one piece!”
“Yes, yes, yes! If you don’t, I’ll tell the vice principal!”
The mud puppets united in their condemnation of me.
I was about to abandon them and go home, but then I thought of something.
“Oh, yes, the ‘distress signal’ ……. If I use that, I can call for help.”
As I reached into my pocket, I realized that I wasn’t wearing a coat.
“Oh no, I left my distress signal with my coat.”
I ask them.
“Hey, does anyone have a distress signal?”
But the mud puppet students shook their heads, saying, “Of course not, it’s a gym uniform.
But the bigger mud puppet says, “Meat! Then I’ve got it!” He raised his hand.