Infected - Chapter 40



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Episode 39

Everyone was packing their bags and preparing to leave again, but Minyoung was the only one crouching in the corner with his head buried in it.

In the eyes of finance, one person was empty.

“What about you, sir?”

While I was carrying my bag, Youngman disappeared.

Anna pointed to the stairs.

“Why did you suddenly go down?”

Jae-jae glanced at Min-yeong once and then hurriedly ran down the stairs.

Youngman was on the stairs.

“What are you doing here? Not taking care of Minyoung.”

Youngman was speechless.

He was groaning and pushing something out of the building.

Soon a human-shaped skeleton fell into the grass behind the building.

It was Chaemin.

Although all the flesh had fallen off and only bones remained, it was clearly Chae-min’s shirt and pants.

Chae-min, who died from a gunshot wound to the head, was not infected even if he was bitten by the infected.

Because he’s already dead.

Maybe that’s why.

Due to their nature of attacking until they become infected, they ate Chae-min’s body completely.

A horrible thing I never want to experience again.

I watched Youngman’s back carefully.

The reason Young-man disposed of Chae-min’s body was for his daughter.

Even though Min-yeong killed him, it wouldn’t be nice to see a body that was just bones.

After a while.

“Go down first. I’ll follow you shortly.”

After a brief moment of silence, Youngman walked upstairs.

Jaejae, who had been nodding silently, soon went down the stairs.

There wasn’t a single ant in sight in the vacant lot.

The firecracker arrows were worth their weight in gold every time.

What if Anna had never thought of this in the first place?

I might still be in the hospital.

I turned my head and looked at the mountain pass.

The infected had taken over all the surrounding parks.

They didn’t respond.

The group will definitely be overlooked.

It was definitely weak to visual stimulation.

Or maybe you can’t see properly.

Well, it’s not that close.

Soon, one by one, they came down the stairs.

Beomsik came down first, followed by Hyunsoo, Anna, Youngman, and Minyoung.

Next to the entrance to the construction site, a grassy downhill road was visible.

The road was connected to the riverside.

Without saying a word, they took out their rifles and followed the road.

Min-yeong, who was walking down the bumpy road, looked back at the construction site.

The walking speed gradually slowed down.

Knock knock.

Anna patted his shoulder comfortingly.

Minyoung showed a bitter smile.

Although she didn’t say anything, I felt comfort in Anna’s eyes.

Soon a paved path appeared leading from the parking lot.

We were slowly getting closer to the pier.

But at some point, the splashing sound started getting louder and louder.

Everyone reacted to that sound.

“Is that… a zombie?”

Anna’s mouth opened.

Hundreds of infected people were floating down the river.

They were floating along without even sinking.

“It doesn’t sink.”

As Young-man spoke as if it was strange, Hyun-soo intervened.

“That’s right. It looks like it’s going to drink up all the river water… Wait a minute! But if it floats away like that, won’t it eventually end up in the sea?”

“Maybe so.”

“Then what if whales and sharks are infected?”

“hey.”

Beomsik looked at him with a serious expression.

“If you have time to worry about that, you should at least have the keys to the boat. Stop talking nonsense.”

“No… I was just worried… … .”

Hyunsoo muttered with a gloomy face.

Perhaps because of the work at the construction site, Beom-sik’s gaze toward Hyun-soo was not very kind.

Finance sighed.

That person is the type of person who will explode if he doesn’t like something, so I just hope that nothing bad happens.

“Anyway, it’s clear that they can’t swim. That’s good, because I was wondering. I think I’d wake up in the middle of the night thinking about them doing freestyle in that state.”

Young-man said as he looked at the guys who were frantically struggling.

When I imagined it, it was truly horrible.

If they could swim, they would never die, so they would eventually cross the ocean.

The dock was at the end of a wooden walkway over the water.

It was divided into several sections, and boats and yachts were lined up and anchored between the sections, giving it the feel of an overseas resort.

But there was an unexpected problem.

“Huh? What? It got disconnected?”

Hyunsoo, who was walking in front, stopped.

The path over the water was broken.

A distance of several meters should be enough.

I couldn’t jump over it.

Should I swim there?

Everyone was looking down, but they couldn’t see how deep the water was.

Wouldn’t it be a bit difficult to swim across this?

There may be some people who can’t swim.

It was while I was hesitating like that.

“Oh my, we have a guest.”

An unfamiliar voice heard out of nowhere.

The group reflexively aimed their rifles.

A man in his mid-40s appeared on the yacht with a playful expression on his face.

Of course, across the broken road.

“Are you the owner here?”

“Well, if you’re the owner, you’re the owner. Even though the world is like this, you’re still doing business. But where are you going?”

At Youngman’s words, the man pointed to the anchored ships.

“I plan to go to Yeouido. First, please do something about this road.”

“That’s not difficult… but I guess you should hand those weapons over to me.”

“What does that mean?”

The group’s eyes were filled with suspicion.

“I’m going to the safe zone in Yeouido. I’m a civil servant in the safe zone. Well, I worked in the city hall environment department until a few days ago. Anyway, people who go to Yeouido can’t carry weapons. That’s my job too.”

“If you’re going to do this kind of checkpointing, why did you block the road? It makes no sense. How many people would know that they can cross here by boat?”

Beomsik asked quietly.

“Ha, that young friend of yours is being rude and speaking informally to me from the very first time we met… .”

The man seemed embarrassed for a moment, but then cleared his throat.

“Ahem! Listen carefully. I’ll explain. Why did you block the road? The situation was too urgent. The first priority was to cut off the path they could take. Next question, second. Oh, once everything was cut off, there was no way to receive survivors. That’s why we decided to operate here.”

“So you ask, how many people know about this place?”

“No, how many people would survive in this situation? Do we have to consider all of those possibilities? And with that level of survival ability, you guys should have the brains to get on a boat, right? But I can’t not accept survivors. Crucially, if even one weapon is discovered later, I have to take full responsibility. Man, this is a fucking world. Of course, that’s the government’s policy.”

“government?”

Young-man is delighted.

“Yes, government. Why? What’s wrong?”

“Captain Kang’s words were true. Anyway, I understand. Just wait a moment. What are you going to do?”

Young-man looked around at the group and asked in a whisper.

“I can’t help it, but why don’t I feel like doing this?”

“There’s something fishy about that kid.”

Hyunsoo and Anna glanced at the man and said.

Finance and Beomsik had similar expressions.

Well, the man was somehow awkward.

Of course, it could be because I’m not the owner of the pier, but I guess I’m just talking too much.

He seemed like someone who was always talking to himself to draw attention to himself.

“Just threaten them with a gun. Tell them you’ll kill them if they don’t give you their boat. Why worry about it?”

As Beomsik spoke, turning the safety lever on his rifle to single shot, Jaejae turned the lever back to safety.

“why?”

“We’re not here to fight. We need to think about how our actions will be perceived by the safe zone. It won’t be good to start causing trouble right from the start. And if we shoot here, there’s nowhere to run.”

“Oh, I feel uneasy.”

“What are you so worried about?”

Finance asked urgently.

“I have a feeling that once that kid gets his weapon he’ll shoot us.”

“So what do you want to do?”

“Let’s just leave all the guns here and move on. Or throw them in the water. I told you that as long as you don’t have a weapon, you’ll be fine.”

“Hey, if they’re going to kill us, they’ll either put down their weapons and cross over, or they’ll give us their weapons and cross over, or they’ll kill us somehow. Do you think those guys who kill people would be standing there without a single weapon? If what you said is true, there must be a few of them hiding on each yacht, waiting.”

“Oh, absolutely.”

Beomsik nodded confidently.

In reality, the finances were on the side that did not want to cause problems.

Young-man also looks like he agrees.

As the two agreed, the atmosphere naturally tilted toward cooperation.

Finance spoke soothingly once more.

“That’s what I think. If they don’t search our bodies after we get there, that’s a lie. If Beomsik simply wants to kill us like you said, they don’t need to search our bodies. They just need to remove any weapons they see and attack. However, if they’re really public servants and need to make sure we’re safe before sending us to Yeouido, they’ll definitely check our bags. I told you that if even one weapon is found, you’ll have to go through it alone. Trust me.”

Beomsik nodded reluctantly.

“How was the story?”

The man turned around and asked brightly, looking at Jae-jae.

Even at a glance, it was a forced smile.

Even though I don’t feel like it, I have to try it to know what it tastes like.

If anything, I was thinking of throwing it into the water.

Finance took all the party’s weapons and threw them one by one across the street.

Except for one thing, Anna’s bow.

“Why is that lady holding a bow… … .”

“I’m an archer. This isn’t a weapon.”

“Just a moment.”

The man took out a walkie-talkie.

I briefed someone about the current situation and Anna.

The answer I got back was that it was okay.

The content was that they would just let the bow pass and check inside.

It sounded plausible.

I don’t think there’s any need to lie so thoroughly.

Beomsik was the only one who couldn’t stop looking at him with suspicion until the very end.

“Okay, the bow is fine. I’ll put the gun down first and then let go of your leg, so just wait a moment.”

The man checked the safety levers on each rifle, then slung them over his shoulder and disappeared into the dock.

After a while.

A man appeared on the dock with his companions, holding a long board.

Both of them seemed to be carrying unusual weights.

“Get out of the way!”

As the group stepped back, the man struck the upright board, knocking it over.

bang!

The bridge was created with sound.

“Please understand that I have to do this because there are dangerous people ahead. I don’t want to do this either. It’s so fucking heavy.”

A man turns around, shaking his palms.

Minyoung asked with an innocent face.

“So is it all done now? Can we cross over right away?”

“Yes, of course. Please wait a moment while I bring the key.”

The man smiled again, his bright, incongruous smile.

At that very moment.

Jae-jae took out his hidden mountaineering knife, grabbed the man’s hair, and thrust the knife at him.

The man’s face turned pale in surprise.

“Why, why are you like this!”

“If you tell me honestly now, I might spare your life.”

“What?”

“It hurts to explain. I won’t tell you twice.”

“Just draw it.”

Beomsik created the atmosphere.

The man’s chin trembled.

He rolled his eyes back and forth with a complicated expression on his face, then eventually shut them tightly.

“Okay, I’ll tell you everything. Hey! Come out now! It’s over!”

At the same time, as if it were a lie, sturdy men appeared all over the yacht.

Five people in total.

They were all carrying weapons like bats and pipes.

The gaze of finance turned to Beomsik.

It was exactly as Beomsik said.

“What did I say?”

Finance’s mouth fell shut, as if he had nothing to say.

“Throw it all away, you little shits. Don’t you see this knife? Are you trying to kill me?”

The men hurriedly threw the weapons they were holding into the river.

Only then did Finance release the man.

“I’ll have the boat ready right away. Youngest, bring the key. Hurry up!”

“yes!”

At the man’s words, the youngest-looking subordinate hurried to the wharf building.

While he was getting the keys, the man was at a loss, like someone standing on a thorny path.

It was because of Beomsik’s gaze that looked at him as if he was going to chew him up.

As I looked at the pier, stamping my feet, I saw the youngest running hard.

“Go, go, now.”

“Live well, live well.”

Beomsik hit the back of the man’s head several times in succession.

Then the man bowed his head several times and greeted her.

The sight was so vile that it made anyone who saw it feel sorry.

“Yes, yes. I understand. I’m sorry.”

Only Young-man, who received the key, checked the condition of the boat.

He seemed to know how to drive.

I was going to leave the finances to the men, but it turned out to be a good thing.

It was just then.

Crunch!

“Stop moving. Everyone put your hands up and turn around.”

A chilly atmosphere hung in the air.

When I looked back, the man who had been acting so cowardly just a moment ago was pointing a gun.

He was a completely different person in terms of expression, voice, and speech.

So creepy.

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