Infected - Chapter 494



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Episode 493

Raon’s head turns when he hears Yeonhee’s voice.

The sight of him turning around with his face turned pitch black was horrifying, but Yeonhee didn’t show any emotion.

Whaaah!

Raon, running while screaming, and Yeonhee, drawing a dagger, meet in the middle.

Phew!

The dagger was inserted from under the chin up, deeply embedded.

Raon let out a single roar and fell limply, turning into a piece of meat.

It was such a vain end for Raon, who had been ruling the Songpa area for months.

With the irony that he was killed by the person he had kidnapped.

He never got up again.

Yeonhee wipes the black blood off her dagger and looks around at the people.

They were still anxious even though Raon was dead.

Perhaps it is because of the external forces that will be returning soon.

They had been like Raon’s personal guard from the beginning of the situation, so there was no way they could just let this situation pass.

A man standing in the crowd stepped forward.

He was the man who threw a stone at Raon.

“Now… what should we do? The troops that fought in the battle will be back soon.”

Instead of answering, Yeonhee looked at Oh Se-yoon.

She was not accustomed to conversation and persuasion to begin with.

Then, Oh Se-yoon stepped back as if to protect Yeon-hee.

“I’m Oh Se-yoon from Gangbuk. I’ll answer for you. When I fight, I don’t separate my enemies. To put it simply, anyone who doesn’t help fight the Nameless Cult is an enemy. So if the troops that are about to return don’t cooperate, they’ll be my enemies. But that won’t be the case. Regardless of their relationship with Raon, I don’t think they’ll risk their lives to follow him.”

“How can you be sure of that?”

“Well, you can see how Raon died. If someone is struggling to die for someone like that, you have no choice but to kill them. There’s no other way.”

Oh Se-yoon shrugged his shoulders slyly.

But the man thought differently.

“There are not only Koreans outside. There are also Russians mixed in there. Most of them are criminals, and some of them are soldiers who worked as mercenaries overseas. They fled to Korea and were living in hiding. Are you going to fight against those people now?”

“What, mercenaries don’t get shot in the head? If I have to fight, I will. And fighting isn’t done with force alone. There has to be a cause, a cause. What cause would they have at the moment when Raon is dead?”

“First of all… I understand what you mean.”

Oh Se-yoon looked around at the people and said, seeing their darkened faces.

“Laon died and everyone gained freedom, but the fight won’t end here. If things get worse, we may have to fight the troops that will come soon, and ultimately, war with the Nameless Cult will be inevitable. The reason I’m telling you this is because I want to hear the answer. I wonder if you’re all ready for that. Of course, I didn’t help you to get something in return, but since we’re already doing it, it wouldn’t hurt to help each other out.”

“Hey… who is this war you’re talking about for?”

A man who looked to be a high school student raised his hand and asked.

“Of course it’s a war for us. People coming down from Gangbuk to help me and people preparing to fight back at the vaccine center will join us. Yes, it’s unsettling. It’s scary. But one thing is certain. At least we’re not fighting for others. As you heard before, this is for everyone and for the next generation.”

“Then I will fight with you. However, there is a condition.”

“say it.”

“There will be believers in the anonymous sect who have no choice but to act in order to survive. Of course, there will be those who are absolutely loyal to the leader, but I think there are many who are not. If you promise to save those who need to be saved and fight only those who need to fight, I will join you.”

Se-yoon Oh, who had been listening to the story carefully, smiled brightly.

“How old are you?”

“I’m seventeen.”

“You’re at an age where you can fight a lot. It’s perfect.”

Yeonhee, who had been watching, pokes Oh Seyoon in the ribs.

“Do your best. Oh, dear.”

“Seventeen is all grown up. What about the kid… … . Now, what do other people think?”

In the midst of a noisy crowd.

The middle-aged woman who had thrown a stone at Raon muttered loudly as if talking to herself.

“Oh my, really. Even that young student wants to fight, so how can we just sit back and do nothing? As an adult, I feel bad for keeping my mouth shut when I knew it was wrong, but we need to fix this from now on. Teach me how to shoot a gun, too. I used to be a track and field athlete in school, so I’m confident in using my body.”

“Of course. What about everyone else?”

No one answered, but no one particularly objected.

It seemed that they were still concerned about external forces.

At that moment, Hanshin, who had gone down to the main gate, came running in a hurry.

“Yeonhee! People are coming!”

At those words, people began to stir.

Yeonhee, carrying a sniper rifle, went down to the main gate through the commotion.

The group following her included the boy and middle-aged woman we had seen earlier.

Could it be because of the two people’s proactive actions?

People who had been hesitating also started to walk towards the main gate one by one.

After a while.

A hundred or so armed men approached the fence, brightly lit by streetlights.

At first glance, they seemed different from the survivors of paradise.

Their eyes were all fierce, having been out and about for a long time and having fought in many battles.

The large Russian man walking in front stopped and raised his hand.

Then the troops following behind also stopped at once.

It was because of Yeonhee standing alone outside the main gate with her back to the fence.

The Russians who were watching the appearance of the strange woman were talking among themselves.

The numbers on both sides were similar.

Of course, their individual abilities would be far superior, but considering the geographical advantage of the paradise located at a high altitude and the light pouring down from below, the results could not be guaranteed.

If a battle breaks out, both sides will suffer enormous losses.

Yeonhee, who was engaging in a snowball fight with the Russian in the lead, walks down the hill.

Whew!

Her neatly tied hair fluttered back and forth in the wind.

When the distance between them was reduced to about three meters.

Yeonhee stopped walking and met his eye level.

“You said you could speak Korean.”

“Yes.”

“Raon is dead. To me.”

At those words, the eyes of the hundred or so people standing on the slope widened.

Only the Russians at the forefront remained calm.

Judging from the atmosphere, he seemed to be a commander leading troops.

The Russian’s large eyes slowly scan Yeonhee.

A sniper rifle that looks like it has been around for a long time and has a sturdy yet skinny body.

In his opinion, Yeonhee was no ordinary person.

If Yeonhee had intended to kill herself, she would have had a hole in her head before she even got there.

But Yeonhee wanted to talk.

Anyway, it was fortunate for him.

There was nothing to gain from fighting anyway, and everyone was exhausted from fighting all night.

“Why did you kill our captain?”

“Because I wasn’t being a captain. If you have any thoughts, you don’t need me to explain at length. What kind of person Raon was.”

“Leading everyone is hard. Mistakes are made. People.”

“No, that wasn’t a mistake. That was intentional. Do you know what intentional means?”

“embrace.”

“Okay. Then decide. Do you want to follow your captain and die together, or do you want to prepare for another fight?”

The Russian man who had been staring intently at Yeonhee tilts his head.

“Another fight? What do you mean?”

“We will fight the Nameless Sect. I have tens of thousands of troops behind me, including experts. You are a former soldier, so you know what I mean by experts.”

“Anonymous… … .”

As he trailed off, Yeonhee checked her watch as if urging him on.

“Answer quickly. There’s no time. If you’re going to fight, do it coolly. If you’re not going to fight, disarm quietly and come in.”

“I wonder. Why are you fighting the Nameless Church?”

“What are you talking about? After all the fighting we’ve been doing.”

“I did it because the captain told me to. I don’t know why.”

Yeonhee burst out laughing because she was so dumbfounded.

“Tell me what I get, what we get. If we fight and win against the Nameless Church.”

“Do you really need a reason? Do you want to wear a mask all day and worship some stranger as a god? Do you want to wash that kid’s feet and rub his shoulders every morning until you grow old and die?”

At the unexpected answer, Oh Se-yoon, who was listening inside the fence, covered his face and sighed.

The Russian muttered something unintelligible, as if he was also shocked.

“… This is no joke. Do I have anything to gain?”

“Yes. There will be no more wars, so you won’t have to suffer like this. You won’t have to fight on the front lines every time, ready to die, just because you’re great. Do you enjoy killing people?”

“It’s not fun. I’m just fighting to survive.”

“Yes. That’s why I’m saying this. There are many other things you can do to survive. If only the nameless religion disappears, you’ll be able to live without guns. Do you know what I mean? Even if we talk about a hundred days of peace among ourselves right now, if the other person doesn’t have the will to do so, it’s meaningless.”

“I didn’t quite understand. Are you saying that all that needs to happen is for the nameless religion to disappear?”

Yeonhee nodded.

“Just wait.”

After saying that, the Russian turned around and started talking to his colleagues standing behind him.

Later, even the Koreans who followed joined in and started communicating in Russian.

How many minutes passed like that?

When Yeonhee’s patience, which had been waiting with the gun resting on her pelvis, was slowly running out.

After the conversation, the Russian slowly approached me and asked to shake my hand.

“Okay. Let’s do it together.”

Yeonhee looked down at his staring hands.

Then he turned his head and met Su-ah’s eyes, who was standing in paradise.

“Why do you want to shake hands?”

“I won’t attack you. That’s my promise. You don’t like it?”

“Okay. Everything is good, but… there’s something I need to make sure of before that.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Follow me.”

Yeonhee, passing the Russian, trudged towards his subordinates.

They were all white men with large builds.

When Yeonhee, who was standing opposite them, placed her hand on the dagger, tension appeared on the faces of her subordinates.

Yeonhee, who was glaring at them as if she was going to kill them, muttered softly.

“Translate.”

It was something said to the Russians following behind.

“i get it.”

“I don’t care who will command Paradise in the future. All I care about is the war against the Nameless Cult. I’m saying that I won’t get involved in anything that isn’t related to war.”

As soon as the conversation was interrupted, the interpretation began on the spot.

“But until the war is over, I am your leader.”

Yeonhee pulled out her dagger and pointed it at the lower body of the man standing in front of her.

“As your commander, I warn you that if you ever give up being human and act like an animal again, it won’t end with just cutting you down.”

The man who saw the tip of the dagger swallowed dry saliva.

She was a woman much smaller than me, but she was completely crushed in the fight.

“Please be careful not to live your whole life regretting a momentary mistake. If you understand, nod slowly. Don’t make a sound. I can’t understand a single word you say.”

The man who heard the interpretation and his colleagues standing next to him nodded silently.

Only then did Yeonhee turn around and put away her dagger.

With this, negotiations with outside forces, which the survivors of Paradise had most feared, ended.

From the snowball fight that happened when we first met to now.

Every moment was a complete defeat for the Russians.

In fact, it was almost as if Yeonhee had grabbed him by the collar and dragged him around.

The survivors who had been watching the suffocating process finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At first, everyone was scared by Yeonhee’s bold actions, but later on, everyone unconsciously started cheering her on.

In particular, his words that he would not interfere with the affairs of paradise really resonated with me.

They could have easily manipulated Paradise, which had lost its leader, under the pretext of responsibility.

Yeonhee didn’t do that.

To the people of Paradise, such an attitude was perceived as a purity of purpose.

The goal is to absolutely destroy the nameless religion.

But Yeonhee’s thoughts were different.

For her, the chaos of paradise was not worth worrying about in the first place.

Anyway, once the nameless church collapses, small villages like this will naturally be absorbed.

In the end, Oh Se-yoon, K, and Paradise.

To Yeonhee, they were simply objects that needed to be unified.

As she passed through the main gate and looked around, giving various instructions, the people disarmed the outside forces.

Then he called Oh Se-yoon, Han Shin, and Yoo Kyung and told them about the plans and operating policy for the time being.

He also recommended that the survivors vote among themselves to elect a new leader.

Until the nameless bridge was destroyed, Yeonhee would have no choice but to take charge, but after the incident was over, a new leader would have to lead the village.

Yeonhee, who arrived in front of Raon’s house, spoke to the people gathered in the empty lot.

“From now on, divide the number of people according to the number of households and close your eyes first. Everyone worked hard all night.”

“Then who will guard the border?”

Everyone’s attention was focused on the survivor’s question.

Yeonhee answered with an expression that said she was very worried.

“We will be on night watch today until noon. If you understand, go in and go to sleep.”

After saying that, he sat on the porch in front of his house and admired the view of paradise.

People who looked at her like that had eyes filled with admiration.

“K.”

“yes?”

Kay, who was moving the collected firearms to Raon’s house, no, Yeonhee’s house, which is now a two-story house, comes running.

“I’m tired?”

“No. Why?”

“It’ll be dawn soon. It’ll be hard, but you have to go to the vaccination center. Do you know what I mean?”

“Yes. I’ll make sure to convey it to you so there won’t be any problems.”

Kay nodded readily and went to finish what she was doing.

This time, Oh Se-yoon approached, groping, while lighting a cigarette.

“It’s going really well. I could do politics.”

“Politics is my ass… … .”

“Aren’t you tired?”

“Do you look tired?”

Yeonhee looked up, raising one eyebrow.

“No. You haven’t slept properly for days.”

“It’s okay. I haven’t slept in a while.”

Oh Se-yoon blew out cigarette smoke with a completely clueless expression.

“I don’t know what the hell has happened to you. I wonder how people can change like this. I’ll guard the main gate, so you just sit there and take a nap. If you’re tired, go in and take a nap.”

“Don’t talk nonsense and just stand up straight on guard duty. You’ll just get caught dozing off.”

“Yes. Is there any possibility, sir?”

Oh Se-yoon, who saluted awkwardly, waves his hand and goes down to the main gate.

Just as the sky above his head began to turn blue.

A faint smile spread across Yeonhee’s lips as she caressed the rifle.

A new morning was dawning.

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