Infected - Chapter 22



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Episode 21

I felt like if I left Anna like that, something bad would happen.

I couldn’t tell if that was his original personality or if he had become extremely sensitive due to the virus.

Young-man, who had been watching this, stepped in to mediate.

“Then let’s do this. Since we’re going to bring people together and persuade them, it’s better to be a little gentler, so I’ll take that guy with me. He looks good, and there’s no reason for people to feel uncomfortable.”

“…me?”

Beomsik’s eyes widened at the unexpected words.

But to the group, it was a strangely persuasive statement.

Anna was also taking it a step further.

“Yeah, that’s a good idea. There are no zombies on the second floor anyway. It’ll be enough for me and that big guy to go.”

“Then, if there are no other opinions, let’s do it that way. What do you think?”

Young-man looked around and asked again.

No one raised any objections.

Beomsik also nodded obediently.

I didn’t really want to pour cold water on the atmosphere where the majority was in favor.

‘I guess the woman will have to explain and persuade the stubborn people downstairs.’

Beomsik just wanted to stand still.

“Then let’s get moving.”

Jaejae, who had a saddlebag as long as his head on his shoulders, said as he stepped away.

Young-man, Beom-sik, and Min-yeong, who were still left behind, were discussing something.

Anna, who was walking up the stairs, quickly overtook Jae-jae when she realized that he was too big to see in front of her.

It wasn’t difficult, thanks to my naturally tall stature and physical condition that was significantly taller than that of most women.

“however…….”

Finance opened his mouth first to see if he had anything to say.

“Tell me.”

“I’m not an old man.”

Anna, who was walking ahead, looked back with a frown.

“Oh, what is it? Just do it roughly. Does that matter?”

“It doesn’t matter. Hey, is it okay if I call you an auntie?”

“Ha, who calls me an auntie? That person is weird.”

Anna said with a laugh.

Jaejae frowned at the confident assertion.

“Me too. Huh? Who called me an old man… … .”

“You look like an old man?”

“What? How dare you say I’m an old man!”

Finance got angry without realizing it.

Anna stopped and looked up and down, wondering if such a financial reaction was amusing.

“Yeah. Well, it’s good because it’s good. But honestly, regardless of whether you’re married or not, I think there’s a big age difference between us… Don’t you think you’re a bit too much, oppa? Should I call you uncle?”

“Uncle, ha… do you know how old I am?”

“How old are you?”

“Okay… let’s go.”

Finance stood in front of the door, passing Anna who was looking at him with eyes filled with curiosity.

Finance, in particular, would get upset whenever someone judged him externally.

‘Who wanted to be like this?’

Still, I’ve always thought that it’s good for men to be manly.

People around me used to say that men need to look a bit rough and tough so that no one would dare mess with them.

“Yeah, I guess that’s true for people who have something to protect… … .”

Finance muttered something faintly, and grabbed the handle.

“Get ready to shoot.”

“I told you there’s nothing here.”

“Have you seen it?”

“That’s not true, but think about it logically. Zombies can’t climb stairs. You know that, right? If they can’t open doors or climb stairs, how did they get up here? Am I wrong?”

Anna said with a frustrated look on her face.

“It won’t hurt to be careful. I’ll take the lead, so you just get ready to shoot. That bow, you’re holding it to kill zombies, right?”

“Yes, yes.”

Zombie.

Finance had a look of absurdity on his face even after he said it himself.

It was true that their behavior and method of transmission were exactly the same as the zombies seen in the movies, but there was a difference between seeing them as similar and calling them that.

Anna called him a zombie first, so he said the same thing without realizing it.

Somehow, saying zombies made me feel like it was less realistic.

It felt uncomfortable because it seemed like someone was joking and talking out of touch with reality.

Especially when Min-young repeatedly called them ‘zombies’.

Well, there wasn’t really a set word to call it.

Jae-jae shook his head slightly to clear his mind of useless thoughts and carefully opened the door.

The second floor was lined with all sorts of miscellaneous rooms.

The only difference from the third floor is that all the windows have blinds drawn, making it dark.

Finance swallowed dry saliva.

No matter how fast a bow is, it has to be reloaded after each shot.

And if you don’t get the head right the first time, it doesn’t help at all.

At least that’s what archery was like for Jae-jae.

In that case, the only thing that had to be dealt with directly was finances.

No matter where I looked at Anna, I couldn’t see any weapons other than a bow and arrows.

“Where are you looking?”

“… That’s not it.”

Finance answered, suppressing his angry feelings.

“Then why do you keep looking up and down?”

“You can only fire one shot with a bow, and there’s also the reload time. That’s why I was just checking to see if you had a weapon that could be used in close quarters.”

“Aha, I again… … .”

“You’re the weird one who thinks like that. What kind of people are you surrounded by… .”

Anna pretended not to notice the finances’ strong reaction and coughed in vain, looking around.

“But how did you end up here, oppa? What did you do originally?”

“What should I start answering?”

Finance answered as it turned the corner.

When searching such a dark and quiet place, it would be better to talk.

If there are any of them, they will react to the sound first, and then it will be easy to determine their location and number.

At least there won’t be any situations where you suddenly encounter each other.

“What did you do?”

“police.”

“Oh, really? Where? Traffic?”

Jaejae, who had been walking with his posture lowered, straightened his back and looked back.

“Hey, that’s a bit… … .”

“Are you ignoring the traffic lights?”

“That’s not it… Would you be in the transportation industry with this size?”

“You can tell at a glance that it’s the violent crimes unit. Right?”

“They call it the Strong Forces Squad.”

“That, that. Oh, a detective from the violent crimes unit. Does that make you feel a little better?”

“It’s nice to hear that.”

Finance turned the corner and entered a long hallway with doors lined up on both sides.

The view was clear thanks to the sunlight occasionally streaming through the blinds.

Since the electricity is out anyway, the only thing we can rely on is natural light.

After the search was over, Finance thought he would have to rip out all the damn blinds.

“What did you do? An archer?”

“As you can see.”

Anna pointed at the bow with a smug look on her face.

Jae-jae, who had actually asked the question, did not even look up and put his ear to the first door on the left.

And then he knocked.

dripping-

There was no response.

If they were there, they would have rushed at me as if they were going to kill me.

Finance walked towards the next room.

“Did you do well in archery?”

“You’d be surprised if you heard where I was going.”

“Where were you going?”

“National team selection.”

Finance looked at me as if it was unexpected.

Anna raised her eyebrows more smugly than before.

“But… you seem a bit old to be going to the preliminary round? Am I imagining things?”

“That’s why I came a day early and stopped by the hospital where I had the surgery for a checkup. I was going to quit after taking a few years off because of the shoulder surgery. But, well, the rehabilitation went well.”

Jaejae frowned as he watched Anna pull down the shirt she was wearing over her shoulders to reveal the surgical scars on her shoulders.

“Hey, Inma. Why are you so fearless? Don’t show off your clothes to just anyone. There are so many crazy people in the world.”

“When did I take off my clothes? I just showed my shoulders. It’s crazy to think that.”

“You speak strangely informally? Pretending to talk to yourself?”

“Why are you doing this now? You didn’t say anything until now, and now you’re acting like this because you feel like you’re at a disadvantage.”

Anna said, pouting.

Finances brought the topic back to the conversation.

“Anyway… So you came to the hospital and then came here. Alone?”

“No, with dad.”

Finance kept its mouth shut.

Anna’s attitude was so confident and bold that it almost seemed arrogant, so I didn’t think about it.

How many people have their families intact in this chaos?

In a single day, countless people lost their loved ones.

“that…….”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to comfort me. I was going to die too, but the more I thought about it, the more angry I got. I can’t die until I wipe out all those bastards.”

Anna gritted her teeth as she looked out the hallway window.

Before she knew it, Anna’s eyes were filled with tears that looked like they would fall at any moment.

Finance turned his head away to pretend not to know.

Somehow I felt like I had to do that for Anna.

That was when.

“…for a moment.”

I thought I heard a sound.

“Why is that?”

Anna asked, quickly loading her arrows.

It was such a fast movement that it was hard to believe even after seeing it again.

Finance gently pulled Anna’s shoulder and took a step back.

“Slowly, slowly.”

The two of them began to back away silently like thieving cats.

‘why?’

Anna’s eyebrows twitched as if speaking.

But Finance didn’t take his eyes off the end of the hallway.

He just pulls Anna’s shoulder and continues to back away.

As Anna was backing away, drawn by that force, something began to flicker in her vision.

A pale hand appeared from the open door.

The hand extended out of the door extended to the wrist, then past the elbow and up to the shoulder.

Anna couldn’t take her eyes off him.

And the moment his face appeared past his neck, he was led around the corner by Jaeyi’s hand.

Finance lifted the hamster as soon as he left the hallway.

Someone was holding a hammer with one hand that couldn’t be lifted with both hands.

On his thigh-sized forearms, veins bulged out in colorful patterns.

If zombies could think, this human would have escaped, Anna thought as she watched.

“Did you see it?”

“Oh, I saw it.”

Finance nodded.

I guess I was seeing something similar to Anna.

“It was a zombie, right?”

“maybe.”

Finance peeked out into the hallway.

A dark-skinned infected person was walking unsteadily.

I looked up again and looked at Anna.

‘There are no zombies on the second floor? Then that’s right.’

Finance closed his eyes tightly.

“Why? Move aside so I can see too.”

Anna tried to look into the hallway but was blocked by Jaegye’s arm.

“It was a good thing I didn’t believe you. Don’t stick your head out. I’m coming here.”

“That’s strange. How did they get up there? How many are there?”

“One. It could have come up somehow. It could have come bitten before it changed. That’s not the problem, but it doesn’t seem like there’s just one… … .”

Boom!

Jaejae, who was talking, couldn’t close his mouth.

Anna, who had passed by in an instant, turned into the hallway and fired an arrow.

The arrow that had left the protest pierced the infected person’s head with a squeak.

It happened in an instant, without any time to react.

But that wasn’t the problem.

The infected who discovered Anna screamed loudly during the short time the arrow was flying.

The sound echoed all the way to the other end of the hallway.

Whaaah!

Whoaaaaah!

Jae-jae snorted at the eerie roar coming from afar.

At the end of the corridor, several dozen meters away, dark shadows began to appear in groups.

“Oh, you’re done?”

A short exclamation mixed with a curse burst from Anna’s mouth.

They were running towards Anna as if they were going to swallow her up.

Finance’s gaze turned to a pillar not far away.

Once you pass through there, there is an iron gate leading to the stairwell.

If you were going to go, you had to go now.

He stretched out his arm to grab Anna.

But the finances were just waving their hands in the air.

When I looked back, Anna was walking towards the infected like a crazy person.

“Hey! What are you doing!”

Anna stopped after walking a few steps, took out an arrow and pulled the bow as if ignoring Jae-gye’s words.

Then he took aim at nearly twenty infected people.

Anna was staring intently at one spot.

‘One, two, three!’

The arrow that left the protest flew fiercely through the air.

Infected people