Language Cheat Reincarnation – Young Girl VTuber Saves the World

Chapter 387. [Countdown To Escape]

"Please! I beg you...!"

I continued to raise my hands in prayer to the heavens.

The smartphone screen reflected the setting sun, shining brightly.

For several minutes, I endured like that.

But, I was reaching my limit.

Was it really hopeless?

Just as I was about to give up...

"We got a connection!"

In a panic, I tried to send a message and share my location...

"Ah!"

But at that moment, my hand slipped, and my body was flung into the air.

Am I... going to die?

If I fall from this height, there's no way I'll survive.

I clenched my eyes shut...

‘――Are you okay, girl?'

Thud—my fall was halted midway.

The local who had pushed me up here had managed to catch and save me.

‘Ah, thank you so much.’

'We can’t go any further. We’ll lower you down, so stay still.’

‘Y-yes.’

The terror of nearly dying and the strain on my muscles left my hands trembling uncontrollably.

I was passed from hand to hand, like in a bucket relay, until I was finally lowered to the ground.

"Hah, hah..."

My heart was still pounding.

Looking up, the treetop where I had been just moments ago was so high I couldn’t even see it.

"Wait, that’s right!? What about the message!?"

I hurriedly checked the smartphone screen.

The result was...

"...No way."

It hadn’t been sent.

I hadn’t tapped the screen in time.

And I had wasted so much time.

Before I knew it, the forest was being enveloped by night.

Had my actions been in vain?

Just as I was sinking into despair...

'Girl! Girl! Come here!'

One of the locals called out to me repeatedly and grabbed my arm.

I was dragged along forcefully.

'Uh, ouch... wh-what’s going on!?'

‘――She’s awake!'

‘Huh!?’

The situation was beginning to change rapidly――.

***

《――What on earth were you thinking!? Iroha-chan, you idiot!!!》

《I-I’m sorry~!?》

I was being scolded vehemently by the Secret Service woman.

The woman I had thought might never wake up again was now shouting at the top of her lungs.

《Honestly! Really, I can’t... cough, cough!?》

《A-are you okay!?》

《Iroha-chan, you don’t have the right to worry about me!》

She said, gulping down water.

After exhaling deeply, she finally calmed down.

《Um, I’m sorry for worrying you.》

I apologized again.

I had almost made the wrong choice.

"......"

Even now, thinking about it sends a shiver of fear through me.

Losing my composure in the forest was akin to inviting death.

If I hadn’t noticed the portable battery there...

Or if I hadn’t climbed the tree for satellite communication, wasting time...

I would have definitely left the village.

And with how weak I am, I would have died easily.

《Iroha-chan, promise me you’ll never go into the forest alone again. Understood?》

《B-but! I failed to send the message too...!》

It’s true that this time, she managed to recover and wake up.

But there’s no guarantee the same thing won’t happen again.

At the very least, her complexion looked worse than before.

Admittedly, we’ve bought some time.

So, I planned to prepare more thoroughly before... entering the forest again.

Waiting won’t bring rescue. I have to take action...

《Calm down. You still have some battery left on your smartphone, right?》

《Just a little, though.》

《Then there’s something you should do before entering the forest, right? Let’s keep trying until the battery runs out, okay?》

《...You’re right.》

《And you did get a connection, even if just for a moment, right? Even if we didn’t send a message... if they’re tracking the GPS signal, they’ll notice.》

《Really!?》

《Yes—of course.》

I had no idea that was possible.

I hadn’t even considered it.

But then again, she is Secret Service.

Her breadth of knowledge is impressive.

《So――rescue will come eventually. What Iroha-chan needs to do is believe that help will come and keep waiting. No matter what happens, okay? ...Even if I die.》

《Wha!?》

《Iroha-chan, so... promise me you’ll never go into the forest alone again.》

The Secret Service woman repeated her words with a serious gaze.

I couldn’t say yes or no.

But at the very least... I decided to keep that promise until the smartphone’s battery died.

***

'How did it go?'

'No luck.’

'I see. Well, thank you anyway.'

I took the smartphone from the local who had climbed down from the tree.

...Another failure today.

Since then, I had been trying satellite communication once a day.

But unfortunately, it hadn’t connected even once since that time.

"Though, I haven’t been able to check it with my own eyes."

Because climbing the tree was too much for me now.

Back then, I hadn’t noticed due to the adrenaline, but my hands were torn up.

And the locals had forbidden it, saying it was "too dangerous."

Instead, they had started climbing the tree themselves to try the communication――.