Black Badger - Chapter 386



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386. Shutdown (1)

I walked briskly towards the shooter.

“Let’s go to the hospital ward. Please lift me up.”

“Don’t be so excited. I can walk on my own.”

Yoon slowly straightened his back.

He looked straight ahead and didn’t move for a minute, then slowly walked towards me.

The shooter who reached next to me let out a short sigh.

“I’ll go straight to the isolation ward, so you go and do your work.”

“no, I do not want.”

He answered with his eyes wide open.

Yoon shot a look of bewilderment at the answer that sounded reckless.

I laughed heartily.

“I came back from work.”

“Then go and get some sleep. Do you think I can’t even walk to the isolation ward?”

“There’s probably no one around here who’s as fit as I am right now.”

He replied with a smile.

It’s true.

Now that I’ve recovered from my physical decline, I’m in better shape than ever.

It would be nice to gain more muscle, but anyway.

Yoon snorted and walked out of the bathroom.

“I’ve become a lot more arrogant since I got my strength back.”

“Please tell me that I have regained my confidence.”

“What confidence….”

The conversation was interrupted midway.

Yoon lowered his head and let out a cough. It wasn’t a light cough, but a heavy cough that made the listener uncomfortable.

I hardened my face and approached him.

“senior.”

The man whose cough had subsided ignored me.

He stretched his body and walked out into the hallway. He walked slowly with a tired face and stopped in front of the stairs.

A body that doesn’t move, with a slight frown between the eyebrows.

I know because I’ve suffered through it myself, it’s so exhausting that you don’t even have the energy to walk.

I don’t want to see that kind of sight… .

He stood next to the shooter without showing his displeasure.

“Can I carry you?”

“Move without getting motion sickness.”

“I will try.”

After smiling brightly, he returned to Yoon and lowered his body.

“Get on board.”

Yoon slept while I slowly walked to the isolation ward.

I couldn’t tell if I had slept or if I had just blacked out for a moment due to lack of energy. Either way, I was upset.

Your body temperature is higher than usual.

But the moment he arrived at the isolation ward, he opened his eyes like a ghost.

Yoon’s voice came out locked.

“Please bring my laptop from the lab.”

“Stop researching and take a rest.”

“If you don’t bring it, I’ll go get it myself.”

“Oh really.”

“Or we should just take Yehyun’s laptop and do it.”

I let out a deep sigh.

After telling him that he was bringing it, I handed him over to the medical staff. I waited until the shooter was examined and found to be positive, and then I pushed the bed he was lying on to the corner of the isolation ward.

White tents lined up in a row.

Naturally, he was assigned to the same tent as Ye-Hyeon.

Who else but Gana Ami would want to share a tent with Yehyun, other than me?

Ye-Hyeon, who was looking at her laptop with the ringer in her hand, widened her eyes as soon as we came in.

“Yoon?”

Ye-Hyeon got out of bed in shock.

“Did you test positive too?”

“Get ready to shut down.”

Yoon grumbled, looking up at the sky.

The shooter ignored all of Ye-Hyeon’s words, such as asking about her symptoms and telling her to go home instead of staying locked up in the lab.

The person who had been silent spoke only after all the medical staff had left.

“It also seems like a good idea to increase the number of wards.”

Ye-Hyeon stares at Yoon.

That’s what happened. The leadership added another isolation ward and prepared a shutdown statement. It was only a matter of time before the organization became dysfunctional.

In the meantime, I went to deal with the reporters who had gathered.

Since civilians were not infected, reporters swarmed the isolation ward like bees. They were making such a fuss that the energetic badgers started swearing and engaging in a war of nerves with the reporters.

Fortunately, when I approached those who were firing off flashes and told them that “if mutations occur, civilians may also get sick,” many of them became scared and dispersed.

There were some reporters who laughed at it though.

“We all know that they’re just making up stories to get us kicked out.”

“That’s what Yoon said.”

As he blinked and answered, the smile disappeared from the reporter’s face.

“I was just relaying what I heard. Even within the highly resilient Badgers, there have been deaths, and if this were to spread to civilians, things would get much worse. And it could mutate. Remember the Corona mutation?”

After he finished speaking, the remaining reporters dispersed.

I’ll probably pick up a mask from somewhere and come back.

I returned to the break room, relieved to have chased away the reporters, even if only for a moment.

***

As the sun rose, the number of patients increased further.

I picked up Scar Owen, who was lying asleep in the conference room, and threw him into break room number one.

And he pulled the blanket up to Scar’s nose while he was washing his face.

“If you don’t go to sleep now, the leadership will truly be vacant.”

“Can you go and see Rick?”

Scar did not rebel.

Instead, he gave me instructions while setting an alarm on my cell phone.

“I called you briefly yesterday and you didn’t seem to be in good shape.”

ah.

It was already on my mind. Even though he was wearing a mask, he had come into contact with Jonathan, so there was a high possibility that he was infected as well.

When I said I would go and check it out right away, Scar told me where Rick’s patrol area was.

“We’ll be covering Jonathan’s area.”

I ran out of the room without listening to what was said.

For the first time in a while, I went to the underground parking lot instead of going to the portal zone. There were no portals nearby in the area Ricardo was covering. However, it was not too far from the headquarters, so it was faster to go there by motorcycle.

After contacting them to say he was going, he went to find his helmet and put it on.

At that moment, a call came in.

“now?”

I let out a small sigh.

I need to check Ricardo’s status.

[Hilde! This is Area C! Grade 6! Grade 6!]

“I will go now.”

I’ll finish everything and come back within an hour at the latest.

I swore to myself, threw my helmet away and ran into the portal zone.

***

I finished work and came back in 55 minutes.

After slaughtering the creatures with three swings, people started talking to me as I ran through the portal.

It seemed like there were both thanks and questions.

Of course, there was no time to listen. As soon as the creature subjugation was over, I shouted ‘I’m sorry!’ to the people who had come out of the building and jumped into the portal.

After running out, I headed towards the underground parking lot without stopping.

Boooooooooo!

He probably hasn’t gone home yet.

There was one good thing about riding the Black Badger motorcycle. People were very good at getting out of my way. They would stop for me like a fire truck or an ambulance, which allowed me to get to Ricardo’s patrol area quickly.

It’s not like you can see Ricardo right away when you arrive.

I paused for a moment to check if there had been a reply to the message I had sent an hour ago.

You didn’t read it.

It was full of messages from other people. I quickly checked the messages from those I needed to read. Since it was an emergency, I had to discard anything that wasn’t urgent.

After making sure there are no additional calls, he starts the motorcycle he had stopped.

We drove along the route that the Badgers usually took when on patrol.

A road with not many pedestrians as it is not rush hour.

Still, it’s a good thing that no high-level creatures appear in this area… .

“Rick!”

I discovered Ricardo.

A man wearing a black Black Badger costume turned to me.

A senior wearing a black protective mask whose expression is not clearly visible.

I parked my motorcycle nearby, took off my helmet, and ran towards him.

“Rick. I came here after hearing the order from Assistant Scar.”

I ran towards the green-eyed man who turned towards me.

“I heard you’re not feeling well… .”

“Hilde.”

The senior called my name.

That one word was heavy.

The moment I took a frightened step towards him, Ricardo’s body fell forward.

I was so surprised that I couldn’t even let out a sound. I reflexively accepted the body collapsing towards me and looked down at the opponent in amazement.

Hair soaked with cold sweat and eyes tightly shut as if in pain.

My heart sank.

“Rick.”

I hurriedly hugged him and called his name.

“Ricardo?”

No answer came back.

It was just like Jonathan. He was lying there, unable to open his eyes or respond. His wheezing breathing pierced his ears.

hospital.

I grabbed the senior and ran to the motorcycle without thinking.

Hospital right now.

I should have come a little sooner.

Why did this man endure this much if I didn’t come?

I was so worried that I suddenly got angry.

But even if I got angry now, he wouldn’t listen. I tied Ricardo and myself together with wires, and made him sit in the back seat and lean against my back.

After making sure he wouldn’t fall off along the way, I started the motorcycle.

“If you get better, I’m going to nag you a lot.”

I grumbled, knowing that she wouldn’t listen because her worries and anger wouldn’t subside.

“What would you have done if I hadn’t come?”

An answer that doesn’t come back.

I bit my lip and drove the motorcycle faster.

***

Black Badger has been shut down.

The official announcement was made. The announcement was made in the spokesperson’s office. The reporters who had disappeared for a while gathered again in the isolation ward wearing masks. They were trying to squeeze in one after another, so regular staff had to step in with flashing lights.

A noisy ward.

Flashes explode here and there, much to the annoyance of medical staff and general workers.

When the argument got too heated, Ye-Hyeon would often go to the reporters and calm them down.

Meanwhile, the news of Black Badger’s suspension of operations spread like wildfire. Not only Ye-Hyeon’s phone, but my phone started to blow up with calls. After the amusement park incident, reporters who had managed to get my number started sending me messages again. The phone rang so incessantly that I had to turn off the sound.

Now the citizens can no longer expect help from the Black Badger.

I heard that the military and police are on the move. They are going to be guarding the center core with guns.

The other cores were unharmed by the plague. Yehyeon and Scar did not call in the badgers from the other cores. It would make no difference if they did.

Ye-Hyeon was constantly on the phone with the president and the military and police leadership.

The atmosphere at Center Core changed. In an instant, tension froze over, and people refused to come out of their homes. I heard various stories from the gathered reporters. Food hoarding. Weapon hoarding. Security company prices skyrocketing.

The rich are said to be buying small cores at jaw-dropping prices.

That’s why A-Tech is busier than ever.

Of course, pharmaceutical companies have jumped into the development of antibiotics.

And the Badgers who still survived the infection… .

“Senior Walker?”

I widened my eyes when I saw the senior I encountered in the portal zone.

“Are you okay?”

William Walker looked back at me.

The most powerful Black Badger in existence.

Honestly, I thought the author was the strongest person on earth.

Who could tear apart the warlock’s veil with just brute force?

A Black Badger talent who was specially hired by the HR manager and even received forgiveness from Ye-Hyeon.

His dark eyes gleamed sharply within his sunken eye holes.

“I’m fine.”

“Are there no symptoms?”

“at all.”

ah.

I heard that it was William Walker who carried Richard Green and Sylvia Keefe around yesterday.

Two days ago, he said he brought Lucia Kwon.

Despite coming into contact with so many confirmed cases, William Walker appeared perfectly fine.

Aren’t you really mixed race?

I blankly watched Badger’s back as he walked out of the portal zone.

So, even if it’s not contagious, Skandar Army, or Kal, it may have excellent immunity.

Rather, it seemed more likely that he was mixed race.

If we provide biometric data to Heath and others, wouldn’t we see some kind of breakthrough?

With the condition of my seniors not improving, I was desperate enough to grab the dragon’s beard.

“Senior!”

So I followed him without hesitation.

“Senior Walker!”