I was able to survive thanks to mayonnaise jar and rock candies that I always brought just in case, and water trickling on the passage wall.
However, it's getting bad.
I had ran out of mayonnaise on the second day, and the rock candy that I just ate was the last.
Above all, a mantis bastard got stuck on the trap right beside the water source. My life would be in precarious state if I couldn't drink water.
The special bullets, three remaining.
Although, even if I use the gun, there's no way I can win against that mantis bastard.
"Aah.... this is the checkmate huh."
A bullet for the death with dignity--.
"You half-dead person over there, can I have your time?"
--Is it an auditory hallucination?
"If you can give me the knowledge I seek, I can grant you one wish you see?"
--Or perhaps the devil?
Even the devil's fine.
Cure me from this thirst.
"Give me water."
"Here you go."
The water I got was a cold water that was so good it couldn't be expressed in words.
It feels like it's penetrating deep into my body.
After escaping from the extreme situation, I talk to the man with my brain that finally starts to work a bit.
"What do you want to know?"
It's fine if it's just the way to make smokeless gunpowder or internal combustion engine, but it'd be bad if he asked the way to make nuclear weapons.
It'd be the worst if he asked the way to make potassium cyanide or sarin.
"Teach me how to make dried gourd."
"--Ha?"
I unintentionally let out a stupid voice.
What, did he just, said?
"You don't know how to make 『Dried Gourd』?"
"No, with bottle gourd, you--"
I teach the man the way to make [dried gourd] while recalling it from my memories.
"I-it is that simple?"
"Yea, the 『Dried Gourd』 that you want for sushi roll should be with that recipe."
Apparently, he really wanted to know that.
I can't see well with my hazy vision, but the man's delight didn't sound like an act.
"Thank you! D-don't tell me you know how to make cola too?"
"Y-yea..."
I answered the questions the man asked.
I feel like I even answered knowledge that I shouldn't have known too, but that must've been my imagination.