Infected - Chapter 478



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Episode 477

After Yeonhee and Kay finished their conversation, they returned to the campfire where Hanshin and Yukyung were waiting.

Hanshin asked after seeing the two people entering together.

“Did the story go well?”

“So-so.”

Unlike Yeonhee, who answered positively, Kay’s face was filled with shadows.

“Why do you have that expression?”

“… It’s wrong to go back to the boss now.”

“why?”

“I never dreamed that I would meet Jay here. I guess the lie I told will soon reach the boss’s ears.”

This time, Yeonhee asked.

“What happens if it gets into your ears?”

“Well, it’s one of two things. Watch or kill.”

“no way.”

Kay was speechless.

I just sat on my camping chair and stared blankly at the dying campfire.

“Say something. Don’t act so stuffy.”

“What did you two talk about, sister?”

“Did I ask first?”

Yeonhee spoke with a serious expression as if she was driving a stake into something.

Kay shuts her mouth again and becomes lost in thought.

The three people waited for a long time for him to see his unusual appearance.

How many minutes passed like that?

The moment when I was about to give up on the conversation after a tiresome silence.

Kay sighed and opened her mouth.

“Me. Ever since I met your colleagues at the vaccine center, I have been neglecting my duties. Didn’t you find it strange? I used to just say I made threats.”

“What… I guess I was just scared. What do you mean I neglected my duty?”

“As I said before, the boss wants balance. He says so on the surface. He doesn’t want one side to gain power. But why did he grab the electricity and water supply and even the neutral zone? In the end, the boss wants to unite the survival group. He needs time to build up his power before that happens.”

“Now you’re finally being honest. And not talking nonsense like neutrality or anything.”

“…because I have nowhere to go back to. Jay is right. I am a traitor. A piece of trash who betrayed the boss who saved my life and gave me another chance to live.”

Yeonhee stared blankly at Kay, who was confessing his feelings as if he was going to confession.

“Did you see Jay earlier? He thinks I’m crazy. Everyone else does whatever the boss tells them to do, but I always held my own until the end, and I even got disciplined.”

“In what part?”

“It’s the balance I always talked about. I think the boss is wrong. It’s too unrealistic to think that you can control the nameless sect and Raon in this way… .”

Kay shook her head and continued speaking.

“Then I found out about the vaccine center. And I realized, oh, there are people like this in the world. There are people who risk their lives to develop vaccines for the public good. They were so different from the Raon or the Myeonggyo I had met outside. Yeah, maybe these people could do it. They’re not a lot of people, but they’re not people you see everywhere. Right? The aura they gave off was different from others.”

“yes.”

“I went back to the boss, and he told me to go to Gyeonggi-do to deliver a letter. I think it was around that time. Maybe the boss was thinking the same thing as me. But he hadn’t seen any survivors from the vaccine center. It was strange. All he had seen were the names of my sister’s colleagues. He had refused all the requests to go outside of Seoul, but he suddenly accepted them.”

“That’s strange. My colleagues at the vaccination center were constantly moving out, so they probably didn’t have any contact with the survivors in Seoul.”

“Of course, Jo Ik-hwan, who was the work team leader at Yeouido Safety Zone, spread various rumors, but he is not the boss who can judge based on those alone. Anyway, that’s how I met my older sister. And when we went to the archery range together, I suddenly became certain.”

“assurance?”

“Ah, this is fate. How did I meet this older sister when I was in such trouble? Isn’t it amazing? The fact that the vaccine center, my older sister, and the archery range are all connected.”

“Everything is so new.”

Kay smiled with a blank expression.

“At first, I thought my older sister was a dangerous person. But when I saw the process of my older brother and Yu-kyung joining forces, I was very surprised. What should I say? I think I saw something like hope.”

“…That sounds strange.”

“Honestly, it didn’t matter to Yeonhee whether Yu-kyung died or not. I’m sorry to say this, but it didn’t matter to you either.”

Yu-kyung and Han-shin, who had been listening silently to those words, nodded.

“Honestly, I was still confused until I arrived in Gangbuk. About whether my choice was right. But, seeing the way Oh Se-yoon treated my sister, I was surprised once again. There are no coincidences like this. With so many people dead, what are the odds of meeting someone I know? And someone who hangs themselves to my sister. And the odds that that person is the leader of Gangbuk are really… … .”

“Okay, just tell me what you’re going to do next. Don’t hesitate and keep talking nonsense.”

“No matter what I say, Sister… … .”

“Is this what I’m doing? I’m too embarrassed to listen, so just say something constructive.”

Yeonhee muttered as if she was bored.

“Plans. Well. What do you want to do, Sister?”

“I don’t care. I just want everything that threatens my colleagues to disappear. That’s what I want.”

“Well… the future looks bleak.”

“Why is it so dark? Oh Se-yoon said he would help me. There are 50,000 survivors in Gangbuk. Of those, only about half are ready to be armed.”

Kay’s eyes, which had been sitting blankly, widened.

“Yes? 50 thousand people?”

“Yeah. What on earth has your boss been doing all this time? There were so many people in Gangbuk.”

“Well, my leg was broken and the situation down there was so complicated that I didn’t have time to worry about it. But, are you really going to help me?”

“uh.”

“What are the conditions?”

Yeonhee seemed to be thinking quietly, then spoke softly.

“Flower viewing.”

“Flower viewing? What does that mean?”

“Yes, there is something like that.”

“What is it?”

“…Does that matter now?”

Kay changed the subject at the sharp gaze that seemed to pierce through the soul.

“Okay. Then, are you going to lead the Gangbuk people straight to the vaccine center? To your colleagues?”

“No. That wouldn’t be fun.”

“sure?”

“Explain again. What is the situation down the Han River right now?”

Kay took out her bag and started looking through the notebooks and papers.

Then he slowly opened his mouth while stroking his lower jaw.

“Most survival groups are located along the riverside. This is because zombies hate water. In terms of numbers, that’s true, but larger groups aren’t. For example, the nameless bridge and the southern terminal are located right in the middle of the city.”

“How could those people be like that in the first place?”

“I don’t know the details, but the leader of the anonymous cult is no ordinary person. He was the one who found out about the zombie mask and the zombie blood he spread all over his body. It’s clear that he’s an amazing person.”

“Then what about the southern terminal?”

“The majority of them were originally hiding in Umyeon Mountain. Most of them came up from the south. Then they were blocked by the nameless bridge and settled down in the terminal. They are a combination of several forces, so their unity is weak, but since they are people who survived in their own way, they are able to deal with a single zombie in an amazing way.”

“Ignore the small groups on the riverside and talk about the big ones. What are their tendencies?”

“As I said before about the Myeonggyo and Raon, they are the kind of people who never compromise. They are the kind of people who always want to be on top. On the other hand, the Nambu Terminal and the National Army are different. They are both defensive and don’t really care about other forces.”

“Are you saying you won’t do anything that will hold me back later?”

“Yes. Those people are never the type of people to attack anyone first.”

“So the problem now is the nameless church and Raon.”

“That’s right. The Nameless Church operates on a single doctrine and is difficult to deal with because they are numerous, but it’s easy to infiltrate because everyone covers their faces. If you want to deal with 10,000 people, it would be faster to capture the leadership than to fight an all-out war. Of course, most people wouldn’t even think about it. Raon may be small in number, but they are united. You can tell just by looking at the fact that everyone uses the same name.”

“I heard that only a few people came here because they wanted to?”

“Yes. Most of them were captured, but because the internal environment is so good, they quickly adapted. It’s much more organized and safer than you might think. And Raon’s real strength lies in the people outside.”

“hmm…….”

Yeonhee was lost in thought as she looked at the map Kay had made.

The holy place of the anonymous religion is Gangnam-gu.

However, they were spread out throughout the entire region south of the Han River, and apart from the wandering members, there were quite a few believers who resided in various places, making them difficult to deal with.

Even if one side was defeated, they would quickly gather in another place and begin a counterattack.

On the other hand, Laon has a fixed base and is relatively small in size.

Yeonhee’s finger pointed somewhere on the map.

It was a paradise in Songpa-gu.

While fighting an unending battle with the Nameless Church, it was difficult for someone to build up power behind the scenes.

“…Let’s go here.”

“Paradise? Right now, the most urgent thing is the nameless religion.”

Yeonhee shook her head.

“If the majority of those captured are people, you only need to kill a few. You said that. The truly dangerous ones are all out.”

“Even so, it’s still near paradise.”

“It’s okay. In the current situation, it’s more difficult to deal with the Nameless Sect. No matter how many there are, when are you going to deal with all the guys who are spread out everywhere? If you make one wrong move, you could be surrounded.”

“Then you’re going to leave the anonymous religion as it is?”

“No. I’ll talk to Oh Se-yoon about that separately. First, let’s get your revenge.”

Yeonhee’s gaze turned to Kay’s sleeve.

It was referring to the stigma hidden within it.

“Should I call this revenge for my friend?”

“You don’t have to worry about me. I don’t intend to cause trouble.”

“How can you not care? A guy who risked his life to choose me.”

“Sister, please think calmly. If you want to get to Songpa-gu from here, you have to pass by the believers somehow. Even if the people of Gangbuk help you, are you going to walk with that many people? When you consider all the factors, it is not realistic to attack Paradise first. There is nothing to gain.”

“Who’s walking? And I don’t plan on taking the humans here. Just one Se-yoon is enough. And don’t worry about how to get there. You can take a boat or a water taxi. Or you can get a car and go down to Paldang Bridge.”

It was Yeonhee who had previously traveled between Gyeonggi-do and Seoul along the river with her group.

For her, being geographically distant wasn’t a problem.

Kay, who had been listening quietly, blinked.

“So… you’re saying that the four of us will be leaving together with someone named Oh Se-yoon? With only five people?”

“Why? No?”

“No, please come to your senses. I told you Raon is a real crazy guy.”

“The crazy guy is usually caught by the crazy bitch. Ah, this is when Jang Liming should be there.”

“Who is that?”

“Yeah, you’re really crazy.”

“Haa… I can’t understand. Okay. Let’s say we get to Songpa. What are we going to do next? No, Hanshin hyung. Say something. Are you going to follow this?”

Kay looked at Hanshin for help, but he just shrugged.

“You must have thought about everything. You’ve never acted without thinking all the way here.”

“You could really die.”

“I was going to die at the factory anyway. I’m only alive thanks to Yu-kyung.”

“Yeah, that’s right. You should be worried about Yu-kyung too.”

“What do you think, Yu-kyung?”

Hanshin asked Yugyeong’s opinion.

Then, Yu-kyung, who had been staring at the campfire, answered with a faint smile.

“I would have died at the train station if it weren’t for my sister. If I’m going to die anyway, it wouldn’t be bad to die with the person who saved my life.”

“… Everyone is crazy. They are not in their right mind.”

Kay shook her head.

To this extent, it was a religion worse than an anonymous religion.

Yeonhee, who was watching the conversation between the three people, asked Kay.

“Why? Are you afraid of dying?”

“No. That’s not true. I chose you even if it meant betraying you, sir. I can’t let it end like this.”

“What do you mean, finish? Hey, was it hard for you? It wasn’t easy for me to get here either. So stop whining and follow me. Or go back to your boss and beg him to spare your life. What do you want to do?”

At those words, Kay shut her eyes tightly and did not move for a while.

“Answer me, there’s no time.”

“after…….”

Kay let out a long breath and opened her closed eyes.

Then he looked straight at Yeonhee.

“I’ll trust you. But please don’t disappoint me.”

“of course.”

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