Language Cheat Reincarnation – Young Girl VTuber Saves the World
Chapter 360

Chapter 360. [The Gift That Sustains Life]

Why are wild animals here!?

Could they have been waiting for the rain to stop!?

"...Gulp"

I can't escape.

The Secret Service woman would be left behind.

I move slowly, dragging my feet.

I stand between her and the wild animals to block their gaze.

"...Haah, ...haah"

My breath becomes ragged with fear and tension.

The wild animal growls with a "grrrr" and drools.

Just a moment ago, I was thinking about food. So, it's hard not to focus on it.

It felt like the animals were saying:

"Now, it’s your turn to become someone’s 'meal'."

The food chain, survival of the fittest.

That’s the natural order of life. But I had never thought about it before.

Because, right?

Have you ever worried about products at the convenience store or supermarket attacking you, eating you alive...?

It had always been normal for humans to be the predators. That was just how it was.

If I thought about it for a moment, I should have realized how unnatural that was.

"...Haah, haah, haah..."

It’s hard. I can’t breathe properly.

Before I knew it, my breath had become shallow and short.

But I can’t take my eyes off the wild animal.

We continue to stare each other down...

"...Are we saved?"

With a rustling sound, the wild animal disappears into the forest. I exhale in relief and collapse to the ground.

I can’t get up.

All the tension drained from my body, and my legs gave way.

"That was close."

The wild animal is much smarter than we imagined.

It didn’t let us go; it’s just waiting for us to weaken.

It knows we won’t last long.

It seems this time, it judged that we still had the strength to resist...

"Next time, there won’t be a chance."

For the wild animal, hunting is not a one-time challenge; it’s a part of life.

Next week, next month, it must continue hunting to survive.

It’s trying to minimize the risk of injury.

And it knows we can't escape.

"What should I do?"

The next dead line is approaching.

This place has already been marked by the wild animals.

I want to move, but as long as the Secret Service woman is here, I can’t move far.

The way to survive... fight and win?

"No, that’s impossible."

In that moment earlier, I couldn’t even pull out my gun.

If I made any move, I thought I’d be attacked and killed immediately.

"Ugh... bleh!"

I gag. I need to think of a solution.

But my physical condition and hunger were getting in the way of my thoughts.

I lie down in exhaustion.

All that tension had drained me.

"If I stop thinking in this situation, I’ll die."

I knew that.

I don’t have the physical ability like A-ne. All I have is this head.

"I know that, but..."

There wasn’t enough energy for thinking.

Thinking consumes a lot of calories.

Hunger keeps making me think about food, and that burns more calories, making me even hungrier.

An endless vicious cycle.

I think I was starting to lose my mind from hunger at that moment.

Before I knew it, my gaze fell on the grass in front of me. And then...

“Chomp... ugh!? Spit! Spit!?”

I realized I had put it in my mouth.

Immediately, a terrible bitterness and astringency hit me.

I spat it out in a hurry.

My tongue tingled.

"What the hell am I doing?"

I muttered, my eyes frantically searching for something else to eat.

I couldn’t think about anything but food anymore.

Then, my gaze stopped at a certain spot.

"Gulp"

"...It looks delicious."

I dragged my body toward it, pulled in by the sight.

Looking down at it, the Secret Service woman lay there.

"...Haah, haah..."

I slowly got closer.

Saliva filled my mouth, dripping onto her feet.

The smell of iron... the scent of blood filled my nostrils.

Now, it felt like a rich sauce to go with steak.

《...Ugh...》

Just as my tongue was about to touch, the Secret Service woman moaned.

In an instant, I snapped back to reality.

"What!? Ughhh!?"

I rolled away from her.

Wait...! No, I didn’t mean to!

"Ah, ugh, aaahhh!?"

I curled up, clutching my head.

I was terrified of the thoughts I’d just had.

I hadn’t actually intended to bite into her flesh.

I had only wanted to lick the blood soaked into her clothes and the jacket she used to stop the bleeding.

"No, that’s just an excuse."

Next, I might have escalated to licking the wound itself...

I can’t deny it.

In the wild, humans are also food.

Maybe it was the wild animals earlier that triggered this way of thinking?

"No, no. I need to think about something else, distract myself."

If I don’t, I’ll...

The first thing that caught my eye was the bag lying nearby.

"Right, the bag! I’ll organize the contents."

It was soaked and muddy from the rain. When I opened it, the inside was a mess.

I started sorting through the things that were ruined, discarding what was no longer usable.

"------"

But all I could think about was food.

At that moment, my fingers brushed against something.

I slowly picked it up.

It was...

"---A gift from Ogu."