Infected - Chapter 28



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Episode 27

“Listen carefully. This isn’t something that only happened in Seoul.”

“How do you know that?”

The woman’s eyes widened.

Finance wasn’t the type to talk much.

That’s why I couldn’t explain each and every question that came my way.

“I just found out. First of all, ma’am, don’t get too excited… … .”

“You don’t look excited? Are you sure the whole country is in chaos?”

“Yes, I am sure.”

Finance nodded.

Then, simultaneously, sighs erupted from the people.

“What are you talking about?”

“I need to call my mom right now.”

“Why isn’t the phone ringing yet!”

Everyone was thinking the same thing.

I think the current situation is limited to Seoul.

I don’t know who started that idea though.

People tried to access the Internet via Wi-Fi when their phones still couldn’t connect.

But even that hasn’t been connected since the power went out.

Despair appeared on people’s faces.

At that time, Minyoung showed up with someone.

Next to her stood a young man wearing a black hat pulled down low.

He looked like he had just been discharged from the military, and he still looked young compared to his finances and manners.

The man said.

“I saw the electricity going on and off earlier, but I turned on all the switches on the third floor, so try connecting to the Wi-Fi as soon as the lights come on.”

At the man’s words, Minyoung hurriedly told the people the password.

Meanwhile, a few people among the crowd were looking at the man and whispering among themselves.

“Isn’t that person Lee Hyun-soo?”

“Does that seem right? Excuse me… Are you BJ Hyunsu?”

“Oh, yes. That’s right. Hello.”

The man answered awkwardly, lifting the brim of his hat slightly.

It was when he was having a few meaningless conversations with people.

Finances are back before the people.

There was still something left to be said.

“As I said before, we decided not to send a rescue team, so we plan to go to the safe zone in Yeouido ourselves. And no matter what we do, we need to eat something first… … .”

People paid attention to the last words.

I’ve never seen such a light shine in the eyes of survivors I’ve talked to in the hospital.

It couldn’t be helped, because it was past the point where I was hungry and was starting to feel pain.

“We’ll go get some food from the restaurant and mart in the basement of the main building. You don’t have to volunteer to go with us. It’s more dangerous if there are too many people.”

“Then can we eat it too?”

The woman holding the child in her arms carefully raised her hand and asked.

Then Minyoung, who was next to him, quickly nodded.

“I’ll bring as much as everyone can eat. Of course, it won’t be enough, but it’ll be better if we fill our stomachs a little.”

People’s faces brightened.

Finance took a step back with a short sigh.

The people who were about to die were smiling.

It’s as if you already have food in your arms.

“…hey.”

An unfamiliar voice cut through the group.

When Jae-gye looked back, there was the man who had told Min-yeong about the existence of Wi-Fi.

As he lifted the hat he had been wearing pulled down low, his white face was revealed.

He was quite handsome.

Anna raised her eyebrows slightly to examine him, then nodded. It seemed that she did not have an ordinary appearance.

“Please speak.”

Young-man answered kindly.

“Can we go together? To a restaurant?”

“No, what I said earlier… … .”

Young-man tried to dissuade Jae-ja from refusing, but shook his head.

The idea was to just listen to it.

“Why do you have to do that? If you just stay still, I’ll bring you food.”

“I think it’s harder to just wait like this.”

Young-man nodded at those words.

I guess you might be thinking that it’s not youth-like these days.

Anyway, what was important was that I could feel the sincerity in the man’s words.

“I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go together. What do you think?”

Young-man left the choice to Jae-jae.

“I will go with you.”

This time, a man approached us in a relatively neat suit, although there were some wrinkles here and there.

Judging from the name tag on his chest, he seemed to be an employee working at the hospital desk.

He looked physically fit and strong, so I thought he might be of some help.

After some hesitation, Jaeje had no choice but to agree.

I didn’t think it was my role to decide anything, but it wasn’t an easy decision to make in a crisis situation with someone who had no vested interest.

At least that’s how it was for finances.

Most people would say that they would join forces in difficult situations, but Jae-jae thought differently.

If people who don’t even know each other gathered together in an awkward manner, it could have the opposite effect.

Especially when life is at stake.

Jae-yi’s gaze followed the man’s shoulder and rested on the name tag attached to his chest.

Kim Chae-min.

I thought it was a pretty fitting name.

“When you go, take off that coat before you go.”

“Oh, yes. Why is this still… … .”

Chaemin smiled awkwardly.

The man in the black hat who had been standing there blankly also introduced himself after seeing Chae-min’s name tag.

My name is Lee Hyeon-su.

I felt a relatively bright energy.

The group exchanged brief greetings with each other and immediately left the annex.

Min-young came down to the first floor to see Young-man off, and the two nodded several times before disappearing from each other’s sight.

Finance was in a hurry.

Even though we were already pressed for time, conversation took up even more time.

Outside, as expected, heavy rain was pouring down.

I looked up at the sky.

There were more clouds than before, so it was difficult to tell if it was day or night.

Clouds that look like that could be accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Finance took a step forward, hoping that it would be his own.

I went out through the long corridor of the annex where I had previously escaped the crisis by spraying a fire extinguisher.

There is no basement in the annex, so you have to go up to the main building above ground and then go down the stairs.

As soon as I stepped outside, large raindrops soaked my entire body.

Although the infected disappeared underground following the sound of the firecrackers, there was still no peace of mind.

Because there might be one left somewhere.

Everyone took up their weapons and looked around.

Finance modified the handle length of the ohamma to be a bit shorter.

When Anna and the infected came face to face on the second floor, it was because the handle was long and difficult to swing.

Meanwhile, Beomsik acquired a new weapon.

While rummaging through the warehouse before leaving, I found an awl. It was quite long and perfect for dealing with infected people.

It was several times larger and longer than a typical awl.

The newly joined Chae-min and Hyeon-su followed empty-handed.

At first glance, they didn’t look like people who had ever fought the infected.

Even the clothes were clean without a single stain of blood.

The group soon arrived at a small entrance next to the main building.

Beomsik, who was about to turn the doorknob, looked at Jaegwae and asked.

“Do you want to go first?”

“Open.”

Finance shrugged and walked in.

Beomsik, Youngman, Chaemin, and Hyeonsu followed behind, and Anna watched from behind.

The first floor of the main building was a mess.

To be precise, it was unbelievably gruesome.

The first floor of the main building, where the most people come and go within the hospital.

There were various offices including the general affairs department, a cardiology department, an orthopedic department that cared for patients, and a children’s hospital.

But now all that remains here is an unbearable stench and the smell of blood.

Fortunately, there was nothing alive or moving inside the main building.

It disappeared after chasing the sound of firecrackers.

While looking for the emergency exit leading to the basement, Beomsik stopped when he saw something.

It was a picture of a large rainbow painted in front of a children’s hospital and children running around in a forest.

The trees, which should have been green and beautiful, were splattered with blood that no one knew who it belonged to, and the children’s faces were left with only the marks of bloody palms scratching them.

Finance looked closely at Beomsik.

Did I think of my little sister again?

My younger sibling said that they completely lost contact when he was around 10 years old, so he was at the exact age where he would have been running around everywhere like the kids in the picture.

My head is getting complicated.

Just because the world has become like this and circumstances have changed, can values ​​change so quickly?

Jae-jae felt an inexplicable emotion as he watched Beom-sik’s thoughts change.

“Let’s go, we don’t have time.”

As Jae-jae hurried his steps while muttering softly, Beom-sik followed behind him as if he had just woken up from a dream.

The sound of rain could be heard from where the glass window that the infected had kicked through had stood.

The deathly silence made the sound of raindrops hitting the building particularly loud.

Fortunately, the infected people underground did not react to this sound.

There may have been at least a minimal instinct left to distinguish between natural and artificial sounds.

Young-man, who was walking down the hallway, pointed to the emergency exit where the lights were off.

“I guess I can just go down there.”

Because the electricity was out, the further you went into the center of the building, the darker it became.

On top of that, the weather was cloudy and it was getting dark like midnight.

As I opened the emergency exit, the flashlight beams scattered uneasily.

Jae-Jeong stopped walking in front of the door leading down the stairs to the basement.

“I’ll check first. If there’s no one around, Anna will go in first.”

He spoke in a whisper and turned the handle slowly, very slowly.

The handle soon turned with a friction sound of the lock sliding in.

Then, suddenly, Young-man took control of Jae-jae.

“Why am I only thinking about this now?”

“What are you thinking?”

Finance asked back with a surprised face.

“Think about it. We shot the firecrackers into the underground parking lot. The guys on the surface would have followed the sound and disappeared into the parking lot, but this is an underground place with no way out. Unless they kindly take the elevator up to the surface, there’s no way out. So what I’m saying is… … .”

“Oh, now that I think about it, that’s true.”

Finance seemed to hesitate for a moment, but eventually put strength into the hand that was turning the handle.

“I can’t go back after coming all this way. I have to at least check first.”

Click!

Was it because of Youngman’s words?

Everyone stopped at the small sound.

Finance looked inside through a narrow gap.

My field of vision was so narrow that I couldn’t see anything.

First of all, it was clear that it was not right in front of my eyes.

Because I couldn’t hear their voices.

I pulled the door a little further.

When a gap appeared just big enough for a person’s head to fit through, I stuck my head out and looked into the hallway.

Fortunately, there was no one there.

Both infected and human.

It wasn’t as dark as I thought, but it wasn’t as bright either.

Finance frowned to clear his vision, but soon found a source of light.

An outdoor park created in the center of the basement.

Thanks to the light seeping into the park, I could see ahead, albeit dimly.

Judging by the broken glass all around the park, it seemed like those who heard the firecrackers had gone out into the park.

‘But why is there no sound?’

The restaurant area of ​​the hospital that Jaejae remembered was always crowded except in the middle of the night.

If they had been driven into the park, there must have been some noise.

Finance went out into the hallway alone.

He stopped the group that was trying to follow him with his palm and checked everything he saw.

There was still no one in the park where the light was coming in.

Where have they all gone?

Youngman asked.

“What do you see?”

“No. There’s nothing… … .”

The problem was that it was too quiet.

First of all, there was no one within a few dozen meters of the sight.

As Finance beckoned, Anna glided into the hallway, aiming her bow.

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