Infected - Chapter 496



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Episode 495

Long before Yeonhee and Chanyeol reunite.

After Finance and his party returned, the vaccine center was busy.

When Yui, who had been treated for his gunshot wounds, greeted Anna, Lee Tae-seong, and Jake who were lying in the hospital room, and arrived at the rooftop.

Finance was setting up camp on the rooftop with the rest of the party.

The Anonymous Church was likely to point to the group as the ones behind this attack.

Not only was the route of infiltration like that, but the party was the only one that could attack the prison and the armory in turn with a small number of people.

Because the remaining forces were all tied to the president’s mediation.

In addition, since believers were dying one after another in the center of the power, there must have been chaos by now.

What Finance wanted to do was prepare for it.

I would have liked to form a team and infiltrate the Holy Land right away, but I didn’t have the luxury of doing so right now.

First of all, the number of people was insufficient to carry out the operation alone, and since the whereabouts of Beom-sik and Jang-riming were unknown, it was difficult to move rashly.

First, we had to focus on defending the center and join forces with small survival groups, including apartment complexes.

Of course, there was a way to just go to Gongdu and persuade him, but I knew that wouldn’t work.

Gongdu is no longer the gangster who used to lead a few subordinates around.

A leader is someone who has to take responsibility for the many people who believe in him and follow him.

It is impossible to readily step forward and help others based solely on personal feelings.

You must have overcome numerous crises and worked hard to create a safe zone.

There is no need to get involved in someone else’s fight and invite crisis.

Because there will be people there.

These are the people that Gongdu has to protect.

The work of making the rooftop and the center windows serious progressed quickly.

They built a wall using various materials taken from nearby buildings, and created narrow gaps between them to mount rifles.

At the same time, they looked for nearby strongholds suitable for reconnaissance and sniping, and did not forget to create fake positions by tearing out the windows of empty buildings.

Since we were in a situation where we had to fight against the majority with a minority, we had to mobilize everything we had at our disposal.

The odds were fifty-fifty.

The Anonymous Sect may hesitate to attack because the vaccine center is located in neutral territory.

I’m so angry that I could easily break a promise like that.

Finance-wise, we had to focus on the worst case scenario.

But fortunately or unfortunately, the nameless church did not appear near Gangseo-gu for several days.

The problem is, we don’t know why.

I don’t know if my promise with the boss is still valid, but in any case, it was a fortunate thing for the group.

By the time the serious construction was finished.

The power that had been cut off began to be supplied again.

That meant the party had more choices.

Since we couldn’t even use a walkie-talkie, communication was impossible whenever we went out.

Now, we can do various activities without such inconvenience.

Of course, I knew nothing about power supply.

Whether it was someone who intentionally cut it off in the first place, or whether the supply was interrupted and then resumed due to facility issues.

After confirming that power had been restored in the vicinity, Jae-jae immediately formed a reconnaissance team.

Elena and Jake are toward the city center, and the squad leader and Choi Hoon are toward the riverside.

In the future, they will move to strongholds far from the center and watch for enemy presence.

Rather than sending out just anyone, we decided it would be better to send out people who have been working together for a long time.

And Jae-jae decided to take Hyun-soo, Young-man, and Yu-i-go to the apartment complex.

It was to keep the promise to supply weapons, share what had happened so far, and begin to build up power in earnest.

The four people who left the center moved along the sewer along the river.

Even though the travel speed was slower and the route was more complicated, this route was definitely safer.

Even though there were no direct attacks, it was impossible to know when and where the believers would be waiting.

Moreover, having experienced a mutant that was active at night, I was concerned that another mutant could emerge during the day.

In that sense, the riverside sewer where you can hear the sound of water would be a good defense against zombies that hate water.

When I walked for a long time and came back to the riverside.

Youngman, who was sticking his head out from above the grass leading up to the road, muttered softly.

“It’s clean. We can move right away.”

As he said, the area was clean without a single zombie.

There was no place for the enemy to hide, and no sound could disturb Hyun-soo’s hearing.

Yeong-man sighs as he crosses the road between the abandoned cars.

Then Jaejae asked with a worried look on his face.

“why?”

“I’m worried because Anna and Lee Tae-seong’s recovery is taking longer than expected.”

“It hasn’t even been that many days yet.”

“That’s right… Thanks to the electricity, we can now conduct various tests, but honestly, I don’t feel at ease. Don’t you feel the same way?”

“Let’s be thankful that we’re not dead. Where is the thing that isn’t irreparably damaged?”

“That’s true. But, are you deliberately avoiding the sickroom?”

“yes?”

He asked again, his finances standing tall.

“What I mean is, Anna and Minyoung are together, so I’m not going. Whoever I go to see, one of them will definitely not like it.”

“That’s not it. I trust Minyoung and leave it to her.”

“Then… no. It’s nothing.”

“Why? Please tell me.”

“Oh my, it’s different from last year because the year has changed. Sometimes I forget things while talking like this. It’s not important, so I’ll forget. Don’t worry about it.”

A few days ago.

When Elena and Hayeon were crouching outside the hospital room, listening to Minyoung and Anna’s conflict.

Just around the corner stood Youngman.

I woke up and was on my way to the bathroom when I saw something unusual.

The conversation in the open sickroom could be heard all the way down the hallway.

And that night.

Young-man spent the night wide awake.

Even at the beginning of the situation, Young-man only saw Min-yeong.

But as time passed and they went through countless near-death experiences together, Anna had become just another daughter.

Of course, it goes without saying that he felt affection towards his biological daughter, Min-young, but Young-man did not want to put it in that order.

Besides, haven’t the two maintained a close relationship like real sisters?

This was also the reason why Young-man stopped forcing Jae-jae into a relationship with Min-yeong.

Young-man was very concerned about the unexpected conflict between the two women.

In fact, Young-man also knew very well that Anna had feelings for Jae-jae.

But I thought that since my relationship with Min-yeong was so strong, it would be resolved without any major problems.

It’s a process that naturally causes someone to give up.

At that time, Min-young’s confession in the hospital room was truly shocking.

I don’t know what on earth was going on in his mind when he said that.

What was certain was that their relationship could not go back to the way it was before.

But Young-man endured it well.

I didn’t want to burden the already complicated finances with unnecessary burdens due to the situation related to the anonymous church.

It’s something that you’ll naturally find out when the time comes.

I didn’t think it was necessary to scratch it and cause a fuss.

Jaejae didn’t ask any more questions as he watched Youngman walk away silently.

Then, Young-man, who thought the atmosphere had become strange for no reason, changed the subject to Yui Go.

“Look here.”

“yes?”

Yuigo, who had been looking around, opened his eyes wide.

“I was wondering what happened outside, but if the armory was empty, doesn’t that mean they knew you were coming?”

“Yes, maybe.”

“But why did you let them reach the armory? Isn’t that strange? According to the deliveryman, the foreman was already talking about us. It’s strange that you treated them so carelessly even though you knew what kind of person Jae-Jeong was.”

“Well… I don’t know. I’ve heard stories about you, but I don’t know your faces, so I guess I couldn’t guess who you were.”

“That may be true. Oh, and by the way, there are people who died in prison. If there were insiders among the prisoners, shouldn’t you know their faces? You’ve been active and involved in the Anonymous Church all this time.”

“Just because I was a believer doesn’t mean I know the faces of the lower-level believers. As I said, I can’t because of the masks. And according to the current doctrine, believers are not supposed to show their faces to each other.”

“I don’t understand why you insist on doing it that way. It’s just an easy way for the enemy to infiltrate.”

“Isn’t it because they’re trying to hide who the leader is? Only a very small number of believers know the leader’s face.”

“To think that we have to go through all that trouble just to protect one cult leader.”

Young-man shook his head.

“What kind of person is he that people worship him so much?”

“As far as I know, the cult leader never asked people to blindly believe in him and follow him. It’s just that whenever he saved people from a crisis, those around him deified him. In short, I think he intended to use his foresight to unite the survivors.”

“It’s like the bear gets the talent, but the other guys get the benefit.”

“Haha, well. I don’t think the leader would dislike it either. Even if it’s burdensome to be deified, there’s no need to reject people blindly believing in and following you.”

“The world has become so crazy that even people are out of their minds. A religion that worships living people as gods.”

“Well… existing religions aren’t that different.”

“That’s not wrong either.”

“By the way, what kind of people are there where you are going now?”

Yuigo asked as he climbed over the sound barrier that had collapsed in the accident.

“They’re just ordinary survivors. It’s a place where there are many family units of survivors, which is rare to see in these times. I visited there a while ago, and they were in disarray against external forces, so we decided to help.”

“So that’s why you packed all those weapons in your bag.”

Yui’s gaze turned to the bags the group was carrying.

A long sports bag containing rifles and ammunition, as well as a variety of thrown weapons and melee weapons.

They were all things to be delivered to the apartment complex.

“Why do you insist on helping them like this? If they are just ordinary people, it doesn’t seem like it would be of much help.”

“What good would that do in this day and age? And it’s not like it’s going to help at all. They said they’d try to communicate with a similarly sized group nearby before we get back, so maybe they’ll come up with something.”

“I’m worried that we might be dragging in strict people and only creating dangerous situations.”

“There is a reason for everything.”

“Why?”

“Don’t try to get too deep into it. I’m sorry, but I still can’t completely trust you. Even if it’s disappointing, there’s nothing I can do. Even if you were me, it wouldn’t be any different.”

Yui smiled awkwardly.

“How can I, who created this situation, beg for camaraderie? I am grateful that you did not kick me out.”

“That’s fortunate.”

Yeong-man said that and looked away.

The reason he gave was the condition of increasing the power that Gongdu had mentioned.

Actually, it’s not like there’s a problem if Yuigo finds out.

However, there was a request from Jaeyi that he should be careful not to speak only to Yui.

While two people are talking.

Finance, which had been ahead, turned the corner together with Hyun-soo.

Then, an uphill road leading to an apartment complex appeared next to a row of shops.

The fence is more sturdy than before and the security force has increased to six.

The exposed walls on both sides had obstacles made of wire woven into them.

Everything was as Jae-jae and Young-man had advised.

What was even more striking were the rifles the six men were carrying.

The last time I went there, all he had was an air gun that he picked up somewhere.

Now, he was on high alert, even wearing a bulletproof helmet.

As one of them gestured towards the group, several guns simultaneously aimed at the treasure.

Finance raised both hands and showed that it had no intention of attacking.

At that time, we were facing each other at a distance of several tens of meters.

Someone walked out from around the corner of the fence made of fence.

Infected people