Chapter 18 - Stupid Bravery

"So this person knew me," I said to myself as I started to hear the noise.

A low rumble. Elephants.

Unlike last time when I was hopeless, now I had a slight chance to survive this.

Without further thinking, I sprinted toward the gift shop.

There was quite a distance between me and the elephants this time. Probably because of how quickly I reacted.

But I couldn't afford to relax. I had died a few times already, I didn't wanna feel that pain again. I had to be quick.

As I was running with my all might, I saw the gift shop.

I didn't think of trying to open the door since I knew that it was locked. My other option was to enter from the large tempered glass that exists to showcase what is inside.

I knew about that type of glass. Unlike normal glass, tempered glass is durable enough to take a full hit from an adult. But the corners of it? They are the weak spot. When you get hit in them, they shatter into little, tiny pieces that won't even be able to cut you. It basically explodes.

However, the problem with these glasses, especially ones that are in use, is that they have softened corners. So you need a strong hit to break it.

I knew that I couldn't break it, but there was nothing to hit with. I also didn't have time to try another place; if I try, I may get killed on the spot.

To check the gap between us, I looked behind. There was enough distance for me to try something fast. But what? What could I try? The only things I have are me, paper, and a bunch of elephants.

Wait, what if…

What if I used elephants? The only thing that could break the tempered glass was elephants. But I had to act fast. Worst case scenario, I die.

"No, no dying," I said to myself as if I had woken up from a dream.

As teenagers, we sometimes take things lightly. One of the examples is dying. And if dying is what I experienced, I don't want it. I refuse to die.

There were 5 meters between me and the gift shop. As I closed the gap, I heard elephants getting louder and louder.

I arrived at the gift shop, stood in front of the corner of the tempered glass, turned towards the bloodthirsty elephants, and opened my arms as if I were welcoming them.

"Heeeey," I screamed.

I was still scared, but it looked like adrenaline was doing its job. I could move and think clearly now.

Seeing me screaming, one of the largest elephants increased its speed and got away from the others.

This was what I wanted. One is easier to deal with.

I didn't move. I waited a few more seconds for the elephant to close the gap.

When there were 2 seconds to close the distance, which I calculated on the go, I quickly moved to the door side, leaving the tempered glass open.

Since elephants are big animals, I hoped that it couldn't change its direction in that short amount of time and crash into the glass.

As I successfully ran away, I saw elephants looking in my direction and trying to stop. But as I guessed, it couldn't and crashed into tempered glass head-on.

Boom!

Glass shattered like a bomb!

It was the same as I had seen in the movies: loud noise, little glass pieces, and everything happening in less than a second.

But realizing I was not in the movie, I lifted my arm to cover my face and turned my back to the explosion.

Shattered, thousands, if not millions, of glass pieces spread through the street while some of them hit my back, not piercing but just slowly tingling.

Shhhk-Shhhk

All the pieces fell on the ground like rain.

At that moment, I heard all the elephants screaming. Looks like the explosion had scared them.

The one that broke the glass was too scared; it walked backwards, leaving the entrance to the shop open.

Using their shock, I rushed to the gift shop and successfully entered the building. I knew their shock wouldn't last, so I had to take a risk.

As I entered the building, I rushed to the second floor as fast as I could, just in case. There were no bicycles on the first floor either, so it was not a problem. Now all I had to do was plan something out while I was safe.