147 Alien vs. Alien

Of course, humans weren’t given the ability to fly. They did have bones called shoulder blades, but it was impossible to use them to fly through the sky. So one had to rely on tools to do anything even remotely like flying with a bare body, and unfortunately, Ian had no such tools.

What did that mean?

It meant he had no choice but to fall according to gravity.

Swaaaaaaash!!

“Ghk!”

The gas mask rattled in the rushing wind. The strap, unable to withstand the acceleration, trembled violently before coming loose with a pop. Freed in an instant, the gas mask shot up with the wind and then collided with a pigeon, shattering to pieces.

[Piiip!]

The pigeon’s body split cleanly left and right. Hot blood poured down like rain, and Ian grimaced as he was hit squarely by the spray. The words bird flu flashed through his mind for an instant, but that wasn’t what mattered now.

‘If I keep falling like this, I’m dead for sure……!’

If it were only the impact of falling from the fifth floor of an apartment building, the coat could absorb it just fine. It would ache a little, but he could leave the place without a single scratch...