The Fish of the Drug Efficacy Testing Institute (5)

With his sword in hand, Cheong Haesang glanced down at the black abyss beneath his feet.

Beneath the pitch-black sea, the eerie feeling that something was watching him from the depths prickled at his nerves.

A chilling gaze swept over his entire body, raking across his nerves as if slashing them, and stiffened him from head to toe.

Though the sensation was unmistakably real, all Cheong Haesang could see was pitch-black darkness.

‘···I can't just write it off as an illusion.’

He decided to watch his footing.

Fortunately, water splashed in response to his steps, but he wasn't sinking. He had no desire to sink in the first place.

Max saw the languor vanish from Cheong Haesang's face, replaced by tension, and curled his lips into a smile.

“Would a freshwater fish find seawater stifling?”

“Nonsense. You know neither of us is in a complete enough state to exert our influence.”...