r/junglejuicewebtoon

The following morning, the rest of the Straydogs alongside the Wasp team leader arrive at the coastal city after the Propolis seniors requested additional cleanup support. Though they’re on a mission but their outfits suggest otherwise. The first thing they do upon stepping off the bus is strip down to their swimsuit. Seeing the Wasp girl handles the Pet Shop guys in her swimsuit and instead flustered when Jaesong tells her to take it easy is so funny. Meanwhile, Dohwa and Woochang flex their muscle power by rearranging heavy shipping containers while turning the labor into a petty contest.

By evening, the crews prepare for departure, Dohwa is nowhere to be found. Hyeseong tosses his bag aside and dashes to the only location he thinks she might be at. At the local daycare, he spots Dohwa sitting alone and quietly watching the kids play. Saying that she’s about to leave anw, she questions why would he’s worrying about her (IM STRONG AS HELL MTFK - Dohwa didn’t say that). Hyeseong tells her to cut the act, pointing out that he can always tell she’s struggling by looking at her tail, and that’s it’s been like that ever since Junhyung left. Caught off guard in the moment, Dohwa tries to deflect but Hyeseong suggests her to confide in him instead of hiding things all the time. Dohwa calls Hyeseong a pervert for looking at her butt and then breaks down crying on his shoulder.

After a while, the duo returns wearing horse masks, lying that they were at a nearby festival. In reality, Dohwa felt embarrassed if anyone knowing she cried, while Hyeseong also puts one on so she wouldn’t look out of place. After the mission (trip) wraps up, new doors open for some while closing for others: Hyeseong wonders if a spark has ignited between him and Dohwa, while Bom is pissed off watching Suchan and Heijin holding hand all the time.

Back at NEST, Songha meets up with San at the indoor pool to deliver the rare mushroom. When he questions why a pool, to which San replies she just wanted to get into the spirit after hearing everyone was at the beach, since she’s still on probation and is not allowed to participate in outdoor activities. San admires Songha efforts and he beams like a loyal errand boy with pride (wait… could it be…), he then says if only she could admire his feelings the same (I KNEW IT). San coldly rewards him by stepping on his face asking if men don’t enjoy when the woman they love do this. Switching to her professional mode, she verifies whether Songha give it the anyone else, revealing its other serious side effect. The mushroom is secretly an aphrodisiac that can last up to over than a week. The scenes switched to Suchan, he’s taking a shower and staring at his lower body like there’s something wrong…

From what I know most military have some sort of standard unarmed combat they teach, and in NEST their defense force seems to be made up of those with ant or beetle complex, as well as their wasp unit, so couldn't they come up with some basic stances to teach them so they have another form of combat instead of just guns. After all theyre bug humans fighting other bug humans bullets probably wont work on most food trained types especially those with hard carapace.

After asking Ara about Huijin’s whereabouts, Suchan learns she was last met with Songha, to make the matters worse, Ara warns him that Songha has a bad track record with women. Flying along the coastline in anxiety, he eventually spots footprints leading to a cave and dives straight inside.

The cave is very deep and has a confusing layout. After navigating around for a while, Suchan stumbles upon them. Songha has his hand on an unconscious Huijin’s cheek, like he’s about to kiss her. Blinded by rage, Suchan delivers a punch that sends Songha flying in the blink of an eye. Songha quickly claims it’s all a misunderstanding, but Suchan doesn’t give af and even threatens to neuter Songha for good (I’m scared…save me mommy). Suddenly, a swarm of insect-humans surrounds them. A man - likely their leader speaks up, saying he’s finally cornered those “NEST bastards” which means there was a conflict between them not long ago.

Songha tells Suchan the truth. Earlier, he had asked Huijin to help locate a rare mushroom only grows in this area using her antenna. He couldn’t tell the seniors because if they ever discovered the mushroom’s true properties, they’d rip him in half. Songha explained that leaf-cutter ants can only cultivated mushrooms from leaves, they’re not good at finding fungi fr other sources, meanwhile cockroaches are excel at detecting molds. Huijin initially hesitated, but the moment Songha let her in on the mushroom’s secret effect, she instantly agreed to help. Their hunt quickly turned into a mess when they stumbled upon a group of Pet Shop runaways hiding in the cave. The leader is a Mushroom Worm so he’s immune to Songha’s complex. He consumed several mushrooms to boost strength and knocked Huijin out with a poison attack. Songha considered fleeing for backup, but after hearing Huijin mumble about wanting to reconcile with Suchan in her unconscious (maybe she’s experiencing hallucinations), he refused to abandon her. Songha temporarily halted them with his claws attack (how the fck does he do that? Another mystery!), grabbed Huijin and retreated.

Back in the present, Songha urges Suchan to leave with Huijin while he handles the mob. Instead, Suchan coldly grabs Songha’s shoulder demanding to know the mushroom’s true effect, to which Songha promises to spill the tea once everything is settled down. No need further explanation, Suchan enters combat mode and makes quick work of the crowd.

The next morning, Huijin wakes up on the beach to see Suchan sitting beside her. Suchan pulls out the mushroom and reveals he had known of its “truth serum” effect, causing whoever consumes it blurt out their deepest feelings. Huijin admits she originally planned to eat it so she wouldn’t chicken out again. Reflecting on his journey, Suchan looks at Huijin and finally replies to her - “I like you, too”. The final panel cuts to a half eaten mushroom lying on the sand as the story comes to an end (so our boy ate it oopsie)