Infected - Chapter 45



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Episode 44

“Go away! Go away? What the fuck! I’ll stab you all to death!”

A woman’s voice, close to her, screaming, could be heard through the door into the hallway.

Beomsik continued to stare at the woman with a distorted face.

That’s why I’m angry.

“Hey, come out and look at me. Who likes to look at me like that? You have to make them let their guard down with a kind face.”

Jae-jae pushed Beom-sik aside and looked inside.

“Ahhh! Aahhh!”

As soon as Jae-ui’s face appeared, the woman let out a scream that was almost like a game.

The embarrassed finances took a bite and retreated again.

While Beomsik shakes his head, Minyoung approaches and knocks on the door.

“Excuse me. We are living people. I am a doctor, and the person you just saw is a police officer. Is there anything we can do to help you?”

Minyoung’s soft voice echoed through the hallway.

“A, a mountain person? A person? Really?”

“Yes, it is true. Zombies don’t talk. Just put down your sword and calm down. Then I think we can go in.”

Click!

The locked lock turned, and soon the gray door opened.

Inside, a woman who had put down her sword was leaning against the wall, seemingly exhausted.

“Are you okay?”

Minyoung quickly approached and checked the woman’s condition.

The condition was not good.

Did you sweat too much?

She looked around the studio.

A fallen plastic water bottle.

Nothing else was visible.

Dehydration was coming.

“Water! Bring me water quickly!”

The group went out into the hallway at Minyoung’s urgent cries and started looking for the water purifier.

Jaejae, who had found a water purifier in the hallway, took out a water jug ​​and brought it with him because he was in a hurry.

Minyoung poured a small amount of water into a cup and fed it slowly.

After feeding it a few times like that, the life returned to the woman’s eyes.

I wasn’t able to stand up, but I could sit down, leaning against the wall.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“Yes, thank you. I appreciate it.”

“It would have been really dangerous if it had gone any further. Were you alone all this time?”

“Yes. I was barely holding on with the water I got from the gas station. I knew that if I held on as long as I could, someone would come to the rescue.”

“Are there any other survivors?”

“I don’t know. I think I’m the only one on the 8th floor. When the infection first started, there weren’t many people around the studio. I was there alone because I was looking over the script for the next broadcast.”

The woman introduced herself as PD Choi.

“But why did you all come to the broadcasting station?”

“Ah, that’s… … .”

Minyoung looked at the finances.

Instead, I meant to ask for an explanation.

“A rescue team will come. Of course, if we can establish communication.”

“A rescue team? Coming to save us? Who?”

PD Choi’s face came to mind.

She had been suffering from the fear of death for several days alone, and was reacting violently to the word rescue.

Probably anyone would have had a similar reaction.

Finance asked.

“How much do you know about the current situation?”

“I don’t know, nothing. I just saw the whole of Seoul going to pieces outside the window. Why? How is it? But other areas are okay? That means rescue teams are coming, right? No?”

Finances took a break for a while.

Because I didn’t know what to say.

Not only was it not an answer that met her expectations, but her overly excited expression left her speechless.

Then Youngman stepped forward.

“To be exact, we don’t know either. Since you can see the situation outside, I can tell you that it’s similar no matter where you go. So, please calm down for now.”

“Ha… Yes, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it. I guess it’s because I haven’t seen you in a long time.”

“It’s okay. By the way, is there a machine here that can transmit and receive? I need to contact the rescue team.”

“Oh, yes. This way.”

PD Choi, who had come to his senses, took the group inside the studio.

She turned on the machine, chewing the biscuit handed to her by Min-yeong.

“What frequency?”

“I’ll set it up. It’s kind of confidential.”

As soon as Youngman performed a simple operation, the noisy noise disappeared.

Then I looked around for the button to use the microphone.

PD Choi, who saw that sight, quickly pointed somewhere.

“Captain Kang, it’s me. Can you hear me?”

As the seconds passed, Young-man’s face in front of the microphone became filled with impatience.

If you can’t get in touch here, things get even more difficult.

If we were back in the middle of the city and the rescue team hadn’t arrived, then there was really no way out.

Yeong-man’s eyes trembled anxiously as they met Jae-jae’s gaze.

That was when.

Chijijik―

[Yes, senior. Sorry for the late reply, this is Kang Jin-hyeok.]

“Oh! You’re alive.”

[You’re still too young to die.]

Youngman’s face brightened.

“Haha! That’s right, that’s right. We’ve arrived at the broadcasting station you sent us the coordinates for.”

[Oh my goodness! You finally made it that far? That’s really amazing. I’ll check and contact you right now to see if a rescue team has been dispatched. Please wait.]

“As much as you want.”

It’s still too early to be happy.

Everyone was sharing water and bread with nervous faces.

Captain Kang said he would definitely check whether a rescue team would be dispatched.

That means it might be impossible.

But we’ve already come this far.

It was absurd to say that it couldn’t be done now.

The answer came faster than I expected.

[This is Kang Jin-hyeok. The rescue team will be leaving in 5 minutes. They will fly by the fastest route regardless of the route.]

“Really? Thank you. I should give you a kiss when you come.”

[My successors will go with the Black Hawk instead. How many of them are there?]

“Black Hawk is enough. There are seven of us.”

[Okay, I’ll see you at base.]

“I see. But what about the situation overseas? Is there anything to say about that yet?”

[… Yes, that’s right. I don’t think it will change in the future.]

“That’s not good news. But isn’t this all a leak?”

[As I said, I don’t even have the manpower to monitor me. In the current situation, it’s not that important of a story, and I just decided that it would be better to share it than to hide it. And I can trust you enough to tell you.]

“Thank you for your consideration. So, we will never be rescued overseas? Ever?”

[I can’t give you any definite answers at the moment. But the South Korean government is still holding on to its power, albeit in a weak way, and there is a national level area called the Safe Zone, right? There may be good news at any time. But that’s only if you’re with us or part of the Safe Zone.]

“If we join you, when can we get to the safe zone?”

[It seems that they will soon move along the river to Yeouido. The government is also considering an escape operation using our warships if the door to overseas travel opens someday. At least for high-ranking government officials. I expect that there will be sequential discussions regarding the remaining survivors. Of course, this is a scenario when everything goes well. Being trapped on the Korean Peninsula forever is also a scenario that cannot be ruled out.]

“Hmm, I guess so. I understand. I have a lot of questions, but let’s meet up and talk about them in detail.”

As soon as the communication with Captain Kang was over, the faces of the group were filled with hope and joy instead of fatigue.

I even felt a sense of awe for myself and my group for completing this absurd journey.

Of course, we would have to wait for international support, but it would be a much safer environment than the current situation.

Moreover, since they said they would soon be moving directly to Yeouido, there was less worry about going to a safe zone.

Minyoung couldn’t hold back her tears.

As the tension I had been trying to hold onto was released, all the fear I had felt turned into tears.

Young-man held his daughter in his arms and consoled her for a long time.

Hyunsoo was in the arms of PD Choi, whom he was meeting for the first time, and he was delighted with a bewildered expression.

In fact, nothing could be happier than this in the current situation.

Jae-jae, Beom-sik, and Anna just stood there blankly, looking at each other.

Although I didn’t react that strongly, my feelings were the same.

How did we get here?

Anna swallowed dryly.

Because when I think back on the past few days, I feel like crying.

Then he looks out the window and says.

“Is the helicopter coming to the rooftop?”

“maybe.”

Beomsik nodded.

“Maybe so. Then you’ll come in through the window? Of course you’ll come to the rooftop. Let’s go.”

The four people remained in the studio, while Jae-jae, Beom-sik, and Anna headed to the rooftop.

The number of stairs was as large as the size of the building.

I started to feel out of breath, but I didn’t stop.

We could have walked slowly, but since all three of us were impatient, we soon found ourselves running.

As we soon reached the 10th floor, we saw the door leading to the rooftop.

But it was locked.

Beomsik and Anna looked at Jaejae at the same time.

Jae-jae nodded and swung his hammer.

Snap!

The lock broke and the door opened.

A huge rooftop space spread out before my eyes.

It couldn’t even compare to the rooftop of the hospital.

As the sun set, the surrounding buildings became brighter.

Almost every building was brightly lit.

This may be because the incident first occurred in the evening.

Most of the buildings were much taller than the broadcasting station.

The glass buildings were transparent.

Nowhere could I see any survivors.

All of them are infected.

After a while, I was done looking at these.

At least on the outside.

Finance came down to the 8th floor, leaving the two people to rest on the rooftop.

It was true that someone had to be on the roof.

Because when the helicopter comes, there has to be no one there.

In the studio, everyone was asleep, sitting in their respective seats.

Well, it’s understandable that you’d be tired.

But you fell asleep even though they said a helicopter was coming soon.

Young-man opened his eyes at the sound and got up.

“Please take a rest.”

“No. Min-young was anxious, so I put her to sleep for a while.”

Youngman drank a lot of water and shook his head.

It seemed like he was trying to shake off the sleep.

The two went out into the hallway so as not to wake the others.

I walked past the corpses of the infected to the window at the end of the hallway.

Perhaps because summer was almost over, a cool breeze blew at night.

“It’s been a long day.”

Young-man said, looking out the window.

“It was long. A lot.”

“I can’t get used to it at all.”

“What is it?”

“This feeling of anxiety. Even though I know rescuers are coming, I still feel anxious. My heart. I’ve been in war zones my whole life, but I still can’t get used to it.”

“We will overcome the big crisis, but we don’t know what will happen next. Isn’t that why you feel anxious? I feel the same way.”

Finance nodded as if he agreed.

“Are you anxious too?”

“Of course. The world has fallen apart like this, how could you not be anxious?”

“It won’t be easy from now on.”

“Maybe. No matter what happens, I might not be able to leave Yeouido. For the rest of my life.”

“I might not be able to make it to Yeouido.”

“Maybe so.”

After that, the conversation was silent for a while.

Jae-Jae came here out of a desperate survival instinct, and Young-Man came here out of a sense of responsibility to protect his daughter.

So I never thought about the future.

Whenever I thought about it, a new situation arose and I didn’t have time to think about it.

It was only when I was at the point of overcoming such a huge crisis that I remembered it.

What lies ahead, the world ahead, and the things we must overcome.

So I had to go to the safe zone.

They will have a plan and the manpower and resources to execute it.

If I didn’t get into it, it might collapse from the inside out, not the outside.

From within.

Infected people