Infected - Chapter 16



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Episode 15

Finance, who was climbing the hill, was at a loss as to whether it was worth it or not.

It wasn’t simply a question of basic physical strength.

It’s already been 24 hours since I’ve slept, and it’s been a while since I’ve had a proper meal.

But neither Jae-jae nor Beom-sik could tell anyone to take a break.

It was because of Youngman, who was able to climb the mountain faster than them without even groaning.

Is there any special way to climb a mountain without getting tired?

There was not the slightest sign of fatigue on him.

Young-man, who had been walking ahead for a while, suddenly turned around and opened his bag.

“I was thinking too much about myself. I know you won’t like it, but please eat this.”

What Youngman took out of his bag was a small biscuit.

“In this situation, a high-calorie meal is better than a single meal. If I eat a meal, I’ll just fall asleep. We’re almost there now, so let’s get going. If we just pass the pavilion over there, we’ll see the hospital.”

As Yeong-man had said, a pavilion appeared on top of a hill not far away.

Finance felt a new sense of respect for the people who must have passed through here carrying the building materials to build it.

It was when the three people, who were stuffing biscuits and water into their mouths, began to slowly pick up speed.

As the finances in the lead reached the area around the pavilion, they hurriedly lowered their posture and raised their hands.

He quickly lowered his body following Jae-gye’s gesture, but Young-man and Beom-sik, who were curious about what was going on, also came closer.

As expected, the sound of people talking was heard.

The voice was quite loud, so even though there was a distance, it sounded as if he was speaking right up close.

“Don’t do this. There are children in the tent. I haven’t fed them anything since last night.”

A man and a woman holding plastic bags filled with something were speaking to someone as if pleading.

The two appeared to be a married couple, and judging from their conversation, they seemed to have escaped into the mountains and were on their way back to find food to feed their children.

The problem was the two men standing in the couple’s way.

The men, who looked younger than the two, were swinging the knives they were holding in their hands carelessly and making threats in a clumsy manner.

“Think carefully. You could die trying to protect just one thing. Hand it over quickly!”

“I, I’m really going to stab you!”

When things got out of hand, one of them raised a knife and made a violent threat.

The pose was quite threatening, as if he would harm someone at any moment.

It may seem awkward because he was not used to such things, but that made it even more dangerous.

Because it is unpredictable.

“Take it. I don’t know how long you can hold out by taking from others, but you can’t do it forever.”

“honey!”

The man who appeared to be her husband threw the plastic bag he was holding.

His wife quickly grabbed his arm and tried to stop him, but it was too late.

It was a situation where if any other choice was made, one of the two might die.

My husband thought that we could always get food.

If only I could get through this situation right now.

But the man’s attitude suddenly changed when he got his hands on the food.

The couple was once again blocked from going to where the children were.

“Why is it like this?”

“Wait a minute, I changed my mind. Leave the woman behind.”

“Hey, what are you talking about? I said I’d only accept food.”

“Shut up. That was your idea. Hand me the knife. Back off. Don’t… … .”

The embarrassed colleague tried to stop him, but instead, he ended up having his knife snatched away.

The husband, startled by the conversation between the two, instinctively pulled his wife behind him.

Things were going badly.

“If you take even one step, I won’t stay still. If you want to take my wife, you’ll have to kill me.”

“Yeah, if you do that, I’ll feel better too. It’ll give me an excuse to stab you.”

It was a tense situation.

As the man holding the knife took a step forward, the husband also took a step back with his wife behind him.

If left alone, it didn’t seem strange that something would happen.

The moment when the desperate finances are about to rise.

Young-man looked up at Jae-jae, holding his collar tightly.

“Just go.”

“What did you say?”

Jae-yi’s forehead twitched as he asked in a whisper.

“Even if you get involved, it’s a situation where someone will have to die in the end. Fights over food never end well. And I know you’ll hate me for saying this, but I don’t have time to waste on this. I have to go back down… .”

“Whoa!”

At that moment, a sharp scream pierced through my head.

The finances turned quickly.

There, her husband was bleeding and groaning from being cut by a swung sword.

“These crazy kids!”

The man holding the knife looked back in surprise at the shouting and cursing mixed with finances.

The sight of a large, bear-like creature running nimbly down the trees was terrifying in itself.

And he wielded a hammer, too.

But before the finances could arrive, one of them fell down, hitting his head on a tree.

Beomsik, who had been flying up after stepping on a tree with its lower part cut off, kicked the man with a knife in the jaw.

The fallen man wasn’t the only one surprised by the sudden appearance of Jae-jae and Beom-sik.

Not only his colleagues, but even the couple who were in crisis had faces that seemed unable to understand the situation.

“I, I, I’m not. I wouldn’t even think of doing this… Ugh!”

The stunned man waved his arms with a frightened expression, but he could not stop the digging fist of finance.

Sticky drool flowed from his mouth as he fell down after being hit in the stomach.

“Police here. You guys over here… … .”

As Finance approached, rummaging through his pockets, the husband, who had been holding onto his wife’s cut arm, instinctively grabbed her and stepped back.

It was an obvious state of alertness to anyone who saw it.

“No, I think there’s a misunderstanding… I’m a police officer. You don’t have to be so scared.”

“Okay, take this and go quickly. The kids will be waiting.”

Beomsik picked up the plastic that was rolling on the floor and handed it over.

Then, the couple who had shown such aversion to Jae-jae repeatedly bowed to him and then disappeared.

The two were busy looking back on their finances the whole time they were out of sight.

“These are really strange people.”

“More than that… … .”

Beomsik trailed off as he watched the couple moving away.

“Why are you like that again?”

“No, but where did the inspiration go?”

As Beomsik was absentmindedly looking at the pavilion on the hill, Jaejung tapped him on the shoulder as he looked around.

Young-man, who was thought to be in the pavilion, was now standing between the two men, holding a machete.

The men were shivering on the floor.

The look in Youngman’s eyes as he looked down at me with a machete in his hand was unbearably terrifying.

A worried ‘no way’ crossed Jae-jae’s mind.

Beomsik, who was silently watching the scene, was also nervous.

How much time has passed like that?

Snap!

The drooling man’s face turned roughly.

The man fainted with a dull thud, as if his jaw was breaking.

But that wasn’t the end.

This time he approached the man wielding the knife and suddenly took off his shoe.

The man struggled to keep his shoes from being snatched away, but that was as far as it went.

Young-man, who was sitting on the man’s butt, looked down at his heels with his socks half off.

Then he grabbed my ankle roughly.

Boom!

With a creepy sound, my previously healthy ankle shifted into an abnormal position.

“Eww!”

The man screamed in agony and went crazy, but Young-man did not stop and broke him once more.

Boom!

“Kwaaaaak!”

That was the end of it.

The man’s ankle was turned completely in the opposite direction.

All ligaments, muscles, etc. would have been torn.

Yeong-man started to climb up to the pavilion, leaving behind a scream that felt like death.

The man who had been screaming madly lost consciousness along with his colleague.

Yeong-man, who returned to the palace after finishing his work, closed his eyes tightly as soon as he saw Jae-jae and Beom-sik.

“If you recklessly interfere in other people’s business one more time, I’ll make you leave. Moreover, if you’re going to handle things this way, then you shouldn’t even bother me in the first place.”

“Do you really need to go that far? If the sound leaks out and they flock to you, what are you going to do when you get back?”

Finance asked bluntly.

“If I hadn’t touched them, those humans would have gotten up again and chased the couple. Their clumsy actions to help others only brought about greater trouble. That guy will live the rest of his life limping. Or he can die like that. If you’re going to punish evil, do it properly. No one knows when or how we’ll run into those who’ve seen our faces.”

“Still, that’s too much.”

“I was going to cut my throat, but I held back because of you guys. Also, I was afraid that I would get dirty and get contaminated with the blood of a living person on my way to find Min-yeong. So if you’re going to nag me, don’t cause trouble in the first place.”

With those words, Youngman quickened his pace.

“Ha, right. I don’t know what to say. What’s wrong with you? Since earlier.”

I asked Beomsik again, whose finances were seriously in jeopardy.

“… It just passed.”

“what?”

“It’s only been a day.”

“What are you saying? Speak clearly.”

Beomsik, who had been lost in thought, raised his head and looked straight at Jaegye.

Jaejae felt a strange feeling when he saw those eyes.

What should I say?

A look of disappointment in the eyes.

“Even though things are at their worst, it’s only been a day since this happened, and people are already acting like it’s been weeks… … .”

“hmm…….”

Jae-Yeong’s eyes narrowed as he let out a long breath.

The more you get to know Beomsik, the more you realize that you don’t know him.

It’s so out of place to say something like that.

“That’s how it was originally, Inma.”

As Beomsik looked around, Jaejae continued speaking.

“That’s how it was originally. Do you expect something like that in this great world? Do you think people will come together and do something? There’s no such thing. How selfish are humans. Let’s stop thinking about nonsense and go.”

Jae-jae thought of Beom-sik, who was standing there blankly, as he grabbed his arm and pulled at it, thinking that he was a guy who had a strange way of reaching out to others.

Aren’t you having thoughts that don’t fit together, or are you lost in your own thoughts, feeling bitter?

Jae-jae shook his head to clear his thoughts and started walking again.

On the hike that started again like that, the group ended up drinking all the remaining water.

Not only was the amount insufficient to share, but it was also getting hotter as the sun rose.

It was when Jae-jae, who had poured the last few drops into his mouth, was licking his lips in regret.

“They all came.”

Young-man, who had arrived at the end of the mountain, muttered as he looked down at the large general hospital that was in sight.

When I actually arrived, I was worried about finances.

Because the hospital was much bigger than I thought.

There were three buildings the size of the main building, lined with smaller buildings and parking lots.

Where should I start looking?

Even if you knew where the person was working, there was no guarantee that someone who had fled the infected would be there.

“It’s so dirty and big.”

“Don’t worry. You don’t need to look at the rest of the buildings. You just need to search the annex behind the large buildings.”

The annex that Young-man was pointing to was small compared to the other buildings, with only a few floors.

But something was strange.

It didn’t seem like there was even a single rat running around, let alone an infected person.

Jae-jae looked down at the empty hospital grounds and spoke worriedly.

“This will make things more complicated… … .”

“what’s the matter?”

Beomsik approached Jaejae and asked, shoulder to shoulder.

“I don’t see any of these kids.”

“Then isn’t that a good thing?”

“No. It’s more strange that there isn’t a single one in this large space. There could be a problem. For example, if they’re gathered somewhere in a group, or if we accidentally trap them. If we open the door to where they’re gathered… … .”

At this rate, it seemed like there would be no use for the items I had prepared.

You might ask, ‘Isn’t that a good thing?’ but for them, the emergence of a variable that was completely unplanned was not a very welcome thing.

It might have been safer for them to be visible.

“That’s true.”

Beomsik also just nodded his head, as if he had no other choice.

“There’s no other way. You have no choice but to go and see for yourself. Follow me. I’ll take care of you.”

“Just like that?”

“What can I do? When you don’t know, the best way is to see with your own eyes.”

Finances took the lead and went downhill.

dump!

The group, who had been guarding their surroundings with tense faces, jumped down the wall one by one.

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