Trail, Chapter 6: Crossroads

Chapter 6: Crossroads

At 8: 13 a.m.

The sun has risen out of the hills.

The morning fog burned until the sun thinned.

The sky is bright dark blue.

A white cloud floated slowly over the top of the mountain.

The temperature moved up to 29 degrees.

The weather is getting hot.

But the humidity is still so high that the sweat doesn't dry.

The huntsman's running shirt is soaked whole.

The island attached a back plate like a wet cloth.

The shoes are full of reddish brown mud stains.

The treads that used to be clean when they were out now seem past the war.

He's still standing on the curve.

Staring at the spot where the mystery man disappeared into the woods.

The wind blows together.

Sag...

Sag...

Sag...

Like a whisper.

While the other runners still gradually passed.

Nobody cares about anything but the finish line.

But the huntsman is standing at the crossroads.

One way is Krishna.

The suspect he was sent to follow.

Alternatively, the puzzle man.

Someone who shouldn't be on the racetrack.

He decided within three seconds.

And then out running.

According to...

Krishna

The servant is not a police officer.

Not a detective.

He's a hunter.

And a good hunter won't abandon the main notch.

To trace the secondary.

Kilometer 21

The route began to climb the ridge again.

The wind is stronger.

The soft golden grass waved in waves.

Below is the widest piece of forest.

Many shades of green overlap like the sea.

Krishna is less than fifty meters ahead.

Still keep the same rhythm.

No fatigue.

No accelerating symptoms.

No panic.

Like a mystery man moments ago, never existed.

"This person is too still..."

The servant thought

Most people, when running more than twenty kilometers,

The body will begin to reveal its identity.

Some people are frustrated.

Some complained.

Some people lose focus.

But Krishna never changed.

From the first kilo until now.

Kilometer 23

A rest point on the top of the mountain.

Several runners sat piled under the tent.

Some people are massaging their calves.

Some people take off their shoes.

Some people start having cramps.

The servant took the drinking water.

After filling with granular mineral salt

He felt pain.

But hold on. I'll let go by the wayside.

When going out to run

He teased a leg massage.

Then secretly looking at Krishna

A big man is sitting on a rock.

Open the palm, look at something.

Just a moment.

Before holding it as before

A small piece given by the puzzle man.

Still with him.

The servant walked in.

Sit about two meters away.

Act like a normal tired person

Both were silent for a while.

The sound of the wind blowing through the top of the grass is loud.

The smell of orange-flavored mineral salt floated from the service table.

"Have you been running long?"

The servant asked

Krishna raised a bottle of water to drink.

Before answering

"Twelve years."

"Not bored?"

"Bored."

The answer was short until the groom almost laughed.

"Then why still running?"

Krishna looked at the distant mountain.

Several mountains lined up until the color faded with distance.

Like a green ocean wave.

Before answering softly

"Because somewhere..."

He stopped.

. "..You have to walk to yourself to understand. "

The servant is quiet.

That sentence sounds like a running story.

But it sounds like anything else.

At that moment

The heck sounded from the other side of the break.

Many runners are thatching something.

The servant turned

Saw a field officer holding a phone.

The pale face

"Someone's hurt!"

Somebody yelled.

The atmosphere immediately changed.

The sound of talking is quiet.

The officer ran busy.

Many runners stood up.

"Where?"

"Twenty-six kilos!"

"Unconscious!"

The servant immediately got up.

According to instinct,

And Krishna got up, too.

But what stumbled upon the eyes of the servant

Not news, people hurt.

Is the face of Krishna.

Just a second.

Before coming back still as before

He clearly saw that.

Krishna was shocked.

Not a typical runner shock.

But was shocked like people who knew that

This incident...

Could have something to do with it.

"Know people hurt?"

The servant asked immediately.

Krishna turned to look

That pair of sharp eyes remained still for two seconds.

Before answering

"Unknown."

And walked away.

But the huntsman noticed

Krishna's right hand.

Stronger than before

Until the veins on the back of the hand are clear.

The wind on the mountain top blows stronger.

Large clouds began to move in, obscuring the sunlight.

Its shadow stretches through the woods below.

Like a gray cloth covering the whole mountain

And for the first time,

That the huntsman began to believe

Krishna may not be the culprit.

But being scared of someone, too.

End of chapter 6.