Infected - Chapter 44



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Episode 43

Swish! Swish!

The sound of the water cutting through the waves grew louder and louder.

But I couldn’t go back like this.

It was because the distance to the infected people was too close.

If I turned around now and made a lot of noise, it would be just a matter of time before I got caught.

My head was spinning with confusion as I tried to come up with a way to overcome this situation.

They have a keen sense of hearing.

My eyesight seems to have deteriorated considerably, and I have no sense of touch or smell.

I don’t know half of it, but anyway, if I think about the abilities of the guys I’ve found out so far…

I had no choice but to stay still.

Even if I moved now, I would still die.

The only thing you can do is wait quietly.

But it was an inevitable gamble.

Finance whispered so quietly that only the group could hear.

“Turn off your flashlights and stand still. Don’t move an inch.”

A putrid smell began to linger in the air.

Before I knew it, they were right in front of me.

Finance took a deep breath and held it in.

Please, please pass quickly.

Whether he opened his eyes or closed them, nothing happened, but Jaejae closed his eyes and prayed.

Bam.

One infected person bumped into the shoulder of the finance.

I almost let out the breath I had been holding.

Fortunately, the guy continued on through the water as if nothing had happened.

The sound of the party and the infected colliding could be heard here and there.

Everyone united as one and held back their screams.

I was starting to get confused about where I was going because the sounds were coming from all directions.

I couldn’t tell whether I was looking in the back or the front.

How much time has passed like that?

Even if I just counted them by sound, it seemed like more than ten had passed by.

Now there was no sound nearby anymore.

It was all in the past.

Finance slowly exhaled the breath he had been holding.

I was out of breath as if I had been running for so long.

The flashlights began to turn on again, one by one.

The sound of the water cutting through the waves was now completely distant.

The guys didn’t seem to have any particular purpose.

It felt like I was just moving aimlessly in one direction.

As if the tension hadn’t subsided, everyone hurried their pace without saying a word.

I learned the lesson that it’s better to keep your mouth shut unless the situation specifically requires conversation.

Especially if it’s a place where there’s noise.

The quiet advance continued around the corner.

After passing through a long, straight passage that stretched for several hundred meters, the wall that Hyun-soo had been talking about finally appeared.

Of course there was a ladder.

“Where is this?”

Beomsik asked Hyunsoo while looking at the manhole cover at the end of the ladder.

“I don’t know either. What I’m sure of is that it’s around the broadcasting station.”

“I’ll go up first. Hyunsoo, please take this.”

Jae-jae, who had handed over the hammer, held onto the ladder with a flashlight in his mouth.

Then, using his large forearms, he reached the manhole cover in an instant.

It was a tremendous speed.

“There is no Spider-Man.”

Beomsik burst out laughing.

Jae-jae, who arrived at the bottom of the manhole, put the flashlight in his pocket and took a moment to catch his breath.

One, two, three!

A heavy manhole cover weighing nearly 150 kg began to slowly slide to the side.

I pushed it in just enough so that my face could barely escape.

I had to look at the dynamics on the ground.

If you open it with a loud noise without thinking and the guys run into the hole, it’s over.

Several guys were already reacting violently to the sound of the manhole cover opening.

But, as Hyun-soo said, they didn’t look down.

I just ran around, looking around, not knowing where the sound was coming from.

Finance has raised its head above ground.

But… there were too many.

There were really too many.

First, I almost closed the lid and went back down into the sewer.

Young-man asked Jae-jae, who had come down the ladder by jumping over several rungs.

“How about up there?”

“There are too many. I can never just go up.”

“I’ll go and see.”

Anna said, taking out two firecrackers.

“Two is the end?”

“Yeah. The last one.”

“You go up first. I’ll support you from behind.”

“why?”

He had an expression on his face as if he was feeling financially frustrated.

“You need to use both hands to shoot an arrow. How are you going to hang on a ladder?”

“Didn’t you just stick your body out and shoot?”

Anna planned to shoot the arrow by leaning her upper body against the ground while standing on the ladder.

But that was impossible.

At least in Jaejae’s eyes, who saw the situation from the outside, it was impossible.

“Did you hear what I said? There’s a lot of filth outside. You, you bastard, you’ll get trampled to death before you can even light the firecrackers.”

“Oh, I see. Well, do that. I guess there’s nothing I can do.”

The two climbed the ladder like that.

Finance didn’t take notice.

When I looked up, I felt awkward because of the leggings Anna was wearing.

So I needed a place to put my eyes.

“When you go up, do something about your pants first.”

“Pants? Why?”

“You have to look up as you go, but you can’t see it.”

“Can’t you just keep that to yourself and not say anything? I’m not a pervert, really.”

“If I were a pervert, would I say something like that? I would think it’s good. Anyway, your thinking itself is twisted.”

“I don’t know, I don’t want to hear it. Now that you’re here, open this.”

Anna grumbled and leaned to one side.

Then Jaejae reached out and pushed the manhole cover open.

Srrrrung!

With a sound, the manhole opened to the size of half a palm.

“Shoot through this gap.”

“Why are you doing that?”

Anna asked, looking at the finances hanging behind the ladder.

Originally, it was supposed to be facing the ladder, but the finances were attached on the opposite side.

“Just do what I tell you to do. Your back is better than my shoulders or chest.”

“It doesn’t matter, that kind of thing. We’ve done worse.”

“It’s noisy.”

Anna sat on Jaeyui’s back as if she was sitting on a chair.

The weight of one person climbing on top was truly enormous.

The veins on Jae-yi’s arm, which held onto the ladder, stood out.

“Okay, let’s go.”

Chijijik!

As soon as the wick was lit, the bowstring was extended.

Tung-

An arrow flew through a gap in the manhole cover through which light entered.

From the ground, it would appear as if a secretly developed new weapon was taking off from an underground runway.

The arrow, which had been flying powerfully, quickly fell down due to the weight of the firecracker.

and…….

Boom! Boom!

At the same time, a noise so loud that it made my ears go deaf was heard.

As Anna lifted her buttocks, Jaejae quickly reached out and closed the lid.

Hanging from a ladder just below the road, I could hear numerous footsteps and vibrations.

And just as the shaking was about to end, the manhole cover opened again.

Anna’s small face popped out of the ground like a bean sprout.

Okay.

All the infected people ran to the intersection.

“Everyone come up.”

With those words, Anna, Jae-jae, Min-yeong, Yeong-man, and Hyeon-su stepped onto the road one by one.

My cold feet became warm from the heat of the asphalt.

And it’s getting warmer soon.

“Oh, it’s hot.”

Hyunsoo muttered while looking at the sun hanging over the mountainside.

The heat that I had forgotten about has arrived.

“Over there, the broadcasting station.”

Anna pointed to a large building on the next block.

Although it was lower than the surrounding buildings, it was still relatively tall.

“let’s go.”

Finance, which took the lead, moved at a rapid pace.

Whenever a narrow alley appeared between buildings, I hid and kept my guard up.

As expected.

A small number of infected people who had fallen out of line were wandering around.

Finance gave the signal right away.

The one wearing red was Jae-jae, the one wearing white was Yeong-man, and the one passing by on the motorcycle was Beom-sik.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of skulls shattering was heard.

Boom! Boom!

The arrows that left Anna’s hand accurately pierced the foreheads of the two men running from afar.

Perhaps they had heard the roars of the infected who had died earlier.

They fell down without making a sound.

Everyone was dealing with the infected faster as time passed.

The movements were simpler and more accurate than before.

Anna pulled out the arrows embedded in the heads of the infected.

As I shook the arrows here and there, the black liquid that had been stuck there splashed in all directions.

Anna was reusing arrows in this way.

The area became quiet again.

Arriving at the entrance of a large broadcasting station building, the group looked inside through the shattered glass windows.

Human organs and dried blood stains scattered on the floor.

A facility in such a mess awaited the group.

Fortunately, the infected people inside had disappeared after hearing the sound of firecrackers.

Now we just have to watch out for the ones that are still here and there.

As expected, finance took the lead.

He came in, spinning the hammer that had the scabs stuck on it.

There was nothing immediately visible.

Finally, I looked for a floor guide and looked at it.

There were quite a lot of types.

At least three facilities were visible on each floor.

Among them, what caught the group’s eyes was the radio studio on the 8th floor.

“There it is.”

“that’s right.”

When Min-yeong pointed to the 8th floor, Young-man nodded.

“Miss, my legs are shaking, how can I get to the 8th floor?”

Hyunsoo grumbled while rubbing his tired thigh muscles.

Such concerns were not limited to Hyun-soo.

The same was true for Min-yeong, who was in relatively poor physical condition.

But I had to go.

“uh?”

Jae-jae, who was climbing the stairs, stopped.

As soon as we reached the landing, the sensor lights above our heads started working.

That means the electricity is coming in.

That was fortunate.

The arrival of electricity meant a lot of things.

If there was gas or electricity, we could cook and eat food.

You will also be able to take a hot shower and engage in some leisure activities.

It may have been a luxury, but with the abundance of gadgets and resources at the broadcasting station, it was possible to watch movies before falling asleep.

I could watch recorded entertainment shows and listen to recorded radio shows.

A vague sense of anticipation blossomed in the minds of the group.

The group arrived on the 8th floor as sweat poured down like rain, soaking their T-shirts up to their waists.

There was no sound in the hallway beyond the iron gate.

Crunch!

The door to the eighth floor hallway opened with the sound of a lock turning.

Finance’s head appeared through the crack in the door.

I quickly looked left and right.

Kwaaak!

The infected in the hallway reacted violently to the sound of the door opening.

But something was strange.

They were all gathered in front of a room.

I counted the number of people.

Five.

Boom!

Anna took a step into the hallway.

Then Jae-jae jumped up and stepped on the guy who fell down with his forehead bursting.

The raised hammer crushed the next bastard’s skull.

While his finances were in disarray, Young-man and Beom-sik struck out.

The last infected jumped between the two men falling to the awl and machete.

“Get down!”

At Anna’s shout, three men bent down.

The arrow that flew at high speed hit the bastard’s temple squarely.

It was the end.

Hyunsoo, who was holding a baseball bat, scratched his head from a distance.

Jae-jae and Young-man approached the room the men were looking at.

The door with the sign “Studio” was covered in bloodstains and flesh left behind by the infected.

Finance looked inside through a small window.

But I couldn’t see it well because of the curtains.

“Can you see anything?”

“No, there’s nothing.”

“But why were they all gathered here?”

“That’s right. Weird… Wow! What the heck! What is this?”

Jae-jae, who had his face pressed against the window, suddenly shouted and stepped back.

Young-man was surprised by the sight and also took a step back.

“But why?”

“There’s a person in there. A woman, a woman.”

He even stuttered, his words not matching his finances.

This time, Beomsik suddenly stuck his face through the window.

Then he frowned.

Because a woman was standing there holding a kitchen knife.

“It’s surprising.”

Beomsik muttered with a frown.

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