Infected - Chapter 486



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Episode 485

“You can’t go out. If you go out now, you’ll get caught wandering around during curfew.”

“That’s your matter.”

“I don’t think so. If you asked me what I was plotting at this hour, what would I say?”

Daewoong’s eyes became sharp.

“… Are you threatening me now?”

“No. I just want some time to talk.”

“What kind of conversation? It’s not normal for you to come here at this hour and talk about something.”

“What is normal?”

Daewoong just stared at Chanyeol quietly as he asked questions.

Because I couldn’t understand the intent of the question.

“Is there anything normal in paradise?”

“so?”

“Come out with us. To paradise.”

“Us? You…did you drag other people into it too?”

“Yes. Sister Su-ah and Mr. Kim have decided to join us. We’ll even make detailed plans… … .”

Chanyeol couldn’t finish his sentence.

Because Daeung, who had approached him in one step, grabbed him by the neck.

Chanyeol’s face turned red as strength entered his thick grip.

“… Have I done anything lacking to you? Have I discriminated against you? No. I tried to take care of you more than anyone else. Because you followed along well. Because you quickly adapted to difficult situations. But what? You want to escape from here? And with other people?”

“First… listen… until the end!”

Chanyeol barely made a sound as he put his fingers between his palms.

But Daewoong did not let go.

“It’s not even worth listening to. If you want to leave, leave alone. Don’t go around waving your hands here and there when you don’t have the ability to do so.”

“Let go of this!”

Was it because Chanyeol twisted his body while struggling, or was it because Daewoong let go?

Chanyeol, who barely managed to escape, spoke out of breath.

“Then you stay here, hyung. You’re going to live watching people die every time they try to escape like me. I can never live like that. What did I do wrong? Did you come here because you wanted to? If it were close, I would understand. Is it common sense to come all the way from Songpa to Gangseo-gu to kidnap people?”

“Okay. So you go out alone. Don’t bother other people. There are many people who came here on their own. There are people who are already satisfied and living well.”

“What are you satisfied with? Who?”

Chanyeol continued speaking with a laugh.

“Brother, don’t get me wrong. I’m not satisfied. I’m just living like a dead rat. I console myself by saying that it’s better to stay here than to wander the streets.”

“Don’t generalize so rashly. This is your final warning. There are people like me who love paradise and live in it. There are quite a few people who feel satisfaction by creating an environment where people can live, little by little. Don’t think of everything based on your standards.”

“How long are you going to live like that, submitting to others? Don’t you have any free will?”

“In this world, all that is luxury. Just be grateful to be alive. If you are too greedy, you will eventually fall apart. I have no intention of falling apart with you. So, go back the way you came.”

“Are you going to reveal everything after you leave?”

Daeung, who was about to turn around, hesitated.

“What are you talking about? I didn’t hear anything.”

“I remember saying, what would happen if I got caught?”

“This kid is really… … .”

“So please help me. You know what I’m saying is right, hyung. We can’t leave Raon alone. He won’t be able to win the fight against the nameless cult anyway, and because of that foolish madness, innocent people will end up dying.”

“That’s your opinion.”

“If this is going to happen, then why are you even listening to the story? Shouldn’t you go out and tell the truth right now? You’re also struggling right now!”

At that moment, Chanyeol, who had raised his voice without realizing it, was looking out the window.

An unfamiliar sound of footsteps was heard from the wooden floor in front of Daeung’s house.

Squeak… … . Squeak… … .

Then a knock is heard, as if the door is about to be ripped off.

Daewoong’s confused gaze alternately looks at the front door and Chanyeol.

After a while.

When Daewoong opened the front door after unlocking it, the manager on patrol was standing in front of him.

“What’s going on?”

“No, nothing.”

“I definitely heard someone else’s voice… … .”

“I must have misheard. Why are you being so scary? In the middle of the night.”

The manager stared at Daewoong.

There was a strange sense of tension in the air, as if something could happen at any moment.

The manager’s face, which had been looking at me suspiciously, suddenly twists into a smile.

“… What the heck, you’re just a big guy, but you’re such a coward? Is that why you’re talking to yourself like that? You can even beat up zombies, but you’re scared of ghosts?”

Daewoong, who overcame the crisis, sighs in relief.

“That’s nonsense… … You know what happens when you’re stuck in the workshop all day. It’s just stress. If you don’t talk to yourself, you’ll go crazy.”

“But don’t raise your voice so late at night. If you do that, rumors will start spreading that you’re crazy, which won’t be good.”

“…Okay. I’m sorry.”

At that moment, Daewoong nodded with a sigh in his voice.

The manager’s eyes widened as he looked inside the house.

“What, what is that? Who is that?”

Daewoong looked back in surprise, but there was no one in the living room.

“Really? Hey, Daewoong, you… I saw you again. You’re scared of something too. You’re scared of ghosts. Right? Ha, you really have a cute side.”

“…Brother, I’m tired.”

The manager turned around and patted Daeung’s shoulder, who was going through a lot of trouble.

“Okay, okay. Anyway, let’s keep quiet tonight. I’m going.”

Daewoong’s face hardened as he closed the door with a wave of his hand.

Despite the cold weather, cold sweat was beading on his forehead.

“Come out.”

Chanyeol’s face, which slowly revealed itself at those words, had an apologetic look clearly on it.

Daewoong sat on the sofa, leaning back after closing all the curtains.

I closed my eyes and tilted my head back, and a headache started to creep up on me.

What should I do now?

I hid Chanyeol without knowing it, but that action led to an irreversible situation.

Even if we send Chanyeol out here, if he gets caught while escaping and what happened today gets revealed, Daewoong won’t be safe either.

Of course, if you go there right away and make excuses, you can save your life.

If you say that you were just hanging around to hear Chanyeol’s story until the end, that’s it.

The problem was that I didn’t want to do that.

I didn’t want to help Chanyeol escape, nor did I want to reveal his plan.

But as always, things don’t go as planned.

Daewoong, who was holding his pounding head, muttered in a whisper.

“…Why do you want to escape?”

“Sua’s father is alive. I also have to go back to my colleagues.”

Chanyeol answered with his head bowed like a sinner.

“Are those people that important?”

“Yes. It’s important. And in the long run, it’s also for the sake of saving the people of Paradise. If my colleagues find out that I’m here, it won’t end with one or two people dying. Everyone who holds a gun will be shot. And then again, because of Raon… … .”

“Okay, so what brought you here?”

“Well, I’m going out with you.”

“Not that. Tell me why you need me.”

Chanyeol told me everything about his conversation with Mr. Kim.

When Raon leaves paradise, he takes advantage of the moment when the managers are away to steal the weapons.

The plan is to subdue the few remaining ones and then send down those who are on guard under the pretext of a summons.

Daeung, who had been listening to the story silently, burst out laughing.

“Did Mr. Kim really say that?”

“Yes. I haven’t been in paradise long enough to know all that.”

“Why are you trying to help me, sir?”

“That’s… because of my youngest son.”

Daeung lit a cigarette without saying a word.

I already knew well how Mr. Kim and Raon came to settle in paradise.

So I knew how shocking it was for Mr. Kim to lose his son right before his eyes.

What I couldn’t understand was why they had to substitute Chanyeol for his dead son.

Suddenly, my family comes to mind.

If there had been a young girl here, if she had been thinking of joining the escape, what would Daewoong have done?

No, that would never happen in the first place.

Because I would have trained you not to do that.

But what if it failed?

If he can’t break the child’s will, Daewoong is left with only one choice.

Keeping that child from dying.

Help the child escape by using all possible means and methods.

Mr. Kim probably felt the same way.

Daeung let out a long sigh and slowly opened his mouth.

“… It’s impossible to get the armory key. Even if you do, it’s too dangerous and inefficient. When Raon goes out, it’s not just the managers who gather. The workers must also stop all work and see him off. If there’s an empty spot, they’ll notice right away.”

“Then… what should I do?”

Could it be because of Daewoong’s cooperative attitude?

Chanyeol’s voice was noticeably subdued.

“Rather than that, it would be better to subdue the managers at Raon’s house and then take up arms and leave. Hide the bodies and call the guards to leave. The direction is good towards the foot of the mountain to the north. It’s easy to escape because of the thick forest. Also, because of the solar power facilities, the guards can’t see each other.”

“… It wasn’t the first time I thought about escaping.”

Chanyeol was sure.

Daewoong’s words were too detailed to be considered an opinion based on Kim’s plan.

In particular, the fact that the guards did not make eye contact was something that could not be known without looking closely with the intention of escaping.

It sounded along the same lines that the northern foothills were a good place to escape to.

“In the past… there was someone who tried to escape like you. I tried to find out about things to help them. But in the end, I didn’t go with them. I didn’t have confidence.”

“…What happened to those people?”

“They died. Every single one of them. They never called my name until the very end. Even when they were tortured so severely. After that, they lived indifferently to other people’s business. I can’t forgive myself for being so cowardly and vile.”

“Then let’s definitely go together this time. The place I’m going to go back to, the people there. They’re people who can help you, not people who can harm you. Mr. Kim’s abilities will also be of great help in the future.”

“It’s not too late to talk about that after you’re out alive. Two days later. The day Raon leaves paradise with the managers.”

“Yes. But this is a personal curiosity. Why didn’t Raon leave with the Russians, but instead left a few days later?”

“Be careful. The advance party will go out once they secure a safe area.”

“ah…….”

Chanyeol couldn’t close his mouth at the unexpected answer.

Raon was using everything for himself from start to finish.

He was also cunning enough to use the nameless sect to gain his position as the leader of Paradise and to unite the Raons.

“What a great kid.”

“That’s great. Do you think leading people and running a town like this is easy? You either have to be really great or crazy.”

“but…….”

Chanyeol unconsciously thought of finances.

In that sense, Daewoong’s words were right.

If Raon was crazy, Jae-jae was a truly brilliant person.

“Which side are your colleagues on?”

“Of course they are the best. Right now we are just among ourselves, but once the vaccine is completed, we are the ones who will unite the survivors.”

“Yeah. It’s the first time I’ve seen you speak with such confidence. There must be a reason for it.”

“That’s right. Anyway, please answer this question.”

“what?”

“I’ll go out with you. I’ll do more than just help you escape.”

“What have you heard so far?”

“I’ve heard it a lot. It’s so choking. But I’ve never heard anything about going out together.”

Could it be because of the emptiness I felt as I came down from the workshop?

Or maybe it was because of the memories of my family that I had been chewing over for a long time while standing in front of the door.

Daewoong felt the emotion of hope that he had long forgotten blossoming little by little.

It is an extremely natural reality to think of them as dead.

But there is an expectation that somewhere, miraculously, he might still be alive.

If only I could leave paradise, if only I could escape Raon’s clutches, and if only I could meet those who could help me.

I wanted to search the entire Seoul to find out whether my family was alive or dead.

I have lived my life ignoring countless moments.

The hope that he thought had disappeared still remained as a small spark in his heart.

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