Infected - Chapter 508



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Episode 507

The rain clouds that brought localized heavy rain mainly along the Han River are moving away.

A few more days passed since then.

Jaejae sits on the rooftop, his raincoat hanging in the pouring sunlight, and looks out toward the river.

Zombies swarming along the apartment complex.

They were unable to come out onto the streets and were just constantly lingering inside the complex.

It was because all the entrances and exits were blocked.

It wasn’t easy to lure the zombies.

The large horde of zombies they encountered while moving endlessly west was much larger than Jaejae had expected.

It wasn’t like I would just obediently follow along as much as needed.

So Finance took a lot of thought.

With the help of Youngman, who has been running a repair shop for many years, a large speaker was installed on top of the passenger car.

Then I slowly increased the volume and checked the range of stimulation reaching the zombies.

Anyway, the number needed is around a thousand.

As expected, as the volume increased, more zombies reacted to the sound.

Young-man’s OK sign drops as he examines the numbers through a telescope on the roof of a high-rise building.

As soon as Jaejung heard the radio call, he drove straight towards the apartment complex.

I’m talking about adjusting the volume so that the zombies don’t leave midway.

As the zombies chasing the car all poured into the apartment complex, the waiting group completely sealed the back door.

Meanwhile, Jae-jae leisurely slipped out through the main gate, leaving only one song playing.

Since all the materials were already on standby, just one song was enough to completely seal the main gate.

So the zombie luring operation ended successfully.

But the nameless sect never attacked.

Far from being attacked, the area around the center was as quiet as a mouse, except for the zombies gathered in the apartment complex.

The group that had spread out in the shopping district was still holding their ground, and so was Elena and her group that had gone out as a reconnaissance party.

Finance, who was inspecting the city center, blocks the sunlight with the palm of his hand.

Seoul, after the rain had passed, was incredibly sunny.

Several months have passed since the virus began spreading.

After the hot summer, fall and winter, we had finally settled into spring.

A landscape so beautiful that it is almost absurd, but one that contains countless deaths and suffering.

Jae-Yeong’s gaze, which was looking at the cityscape, stopped somewhere.

“… … ?”

Someone was walking down the open road.

He wasn’t wearing a mask like a believer, and he didn’t look around as if he was walking through a neighborhood he had never been to before.

It felt strangely familiar to just walk silently, looking straight ahead.

Finance quickly checked the face through the telescope.

He was none other than Kay.

The eyes of the finance minister who put down the telescope narrow.

Wasn’t it Kay who hadn’t appeared once since our first meeting?

The last thing he said was that he would deliver Anna’s letter.

Meanwhile, the distance between me and Kay was getting closer and closer.

After a while.

The two confirmed each other’s presence across an intersection.

Kay, who had been standing still, started running like crazy as soon as he saw the finances.

He passed the intersection in an instant, and as soon as Young-man and Lee Tae-seong’s radio signal came, he jumped over the fence.

It was a jumping ability that was truly unbelievable even when seen with one’s own eyes.

When Jae-jae hurried down the stairs and arrived at the parking lot.

Kay was walking along the peeling paint on the parking lot line, sweating profusely.

He shouts in an excited voice as he faces the finances.

“older brother!”

“Brother? Why am I your brother?”

“It’s my brother. No, I was so anxious that I didn’t even realize it… … .”

“It’s been so long since you said you’d deliver the letter, and now you’re showing up? Are you kidding me? How many… … .”

“I know.”

“Yeah. You should know. You’re a deliveryman, so you know everything. Right?”

The nodding voice of Finance was somehow threatening.

“Oh, no. Not necessarily.”

“Let’s just get it right first.”

“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”

Kay, who has become lost in thought, waves her hand and steps back.

“If you knew everything, you could have at least said something. How many people died, you little punk. The apartment… … .”

“People died? Who? The people who were here?”

“Here? Oh, that’s right. You’re going to die. You who were standing here.”

“Okay, just a moment.”

Despite the pleading voices, the finances were already within reach.

It was an incredible amount of agility that came from such a large body.

Kay, with her eyes tightly shut, shouts with all her might.

“Sister Yeonhee sent it!”

“… … !”

Kay, who had been gritting her teeth from the shock that followed, slowly opens her eyes.

Gulp!

The thick palm that had touched the side of my head was about to strike me in the head.

“…what?”

“Noona Yeonhee sent me here. Please don’t hit me. If I get hit by that, I’ll become an idiot.”

Yeonhee sent me.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Finance’s head tilted slightly.

More than Kay’s friendly attitude, which was completely different from before, it was the words he let out that made me feel dizzy.

Kay, who barely escaped the crisis, closed her eyes tightly and opened them again as she spoke.

“Ouch, I almost died. Why does everyone try to kill me when they see me?”

“… I asked. What are you talking about?”

“As I told you, Yeonhee sent me here. Hyung-nim. Can I call you hyung-nim now? Since we’re on the same side?”

“under…….”

Finance burst out laughing at Kay’s attitude.

“How do you know Yeonhee?”

“There’s a story that’s so vast and spectacular that anyone who hears it would think they’re crazy.”

“Yeonhee… Is Lee Yeonhee really alive?”

“Oh, of course. It’s so good.”

The moment he heard that answer, Jaejae felt something in his chest lift.

“Tell me more.”

“Yes, first of all, it’s too long to talk standing here. Let’s go in. Everyone else should listen as well. But why is it so quiet? It feels like a ghost is coming out of the center. Did it rain? No, not a single drop fell over there. How can this be? Is there water inside? My sister… … .”

Kay ran up the stairs, talking nonsense like a madman.

Jaejae, who was left alone, looked at the back of the figure with a dumbfounded face.

* * *

After a while.

In the vaccine center conference room, everyone who had gone out had returned.

It was not only Kay’s strong will to deliver the news, but also the fact that it was news about Yeonhee and not someone else.

At the time, there was no choice but to send it out.

But my heart was actually different.

Although they may appear stronger than anyone else on the outside, it’s rare for people to easily open up to strangers like Il-Hyeong.

This is especially true in a world like today.

Between Yeonhee and Jeong Ijin sending them off one after another.

The group was gripped by a sense of guilt that they could not bring themselves to express.

In particular, Anna’s reaction, who was sitting in the front row, stood out.

He kept biting his fingernails with an anxious expression on his face, as if he hadn’t had a single day of peace since sending Yeonhee away.

It would have been better if I had at least seen his face before sending him off.

Anna, who had to hear the news from the center, couldn’t have been at ease.

There’s also a saying that hate is scarier than love.

Kay was momentarily taken aback by the sight of the group’s sparkling eyes.

I didn’t know you’d be this proactive.

I heard from Yeonhee that they broke up for some reason.

These eyes now almost felt like a reunion of separated families.

“Ahem!”

Kay’s long speech began with an incongruous cough.

I was just going to explain it briefly and move on.

I couldn’t guarantee what would happen if I spoke like that here.

It is something that needs to be thoroughly shaken off, like dusting off something.

From the moment I left Seoul with the letter until I met Yeonhee and came to Seoul.

He began to explain the numerous stories concisely and accurately.

When I reached paradise after meeting Oh Se-yoon like that.

When Choi Hoon heard the name ‘Kim Chan-yeol’, he jumped up from his seat.

The group was equally surprised.

“W-what, what did you just say?”

“Mr. Chanyeol. Mr. Kim Chanyeol. Ah, this is the first time I’ve heard of you since you were kidnapped.”

“Is Chanyeol… alive?”

“Of course. I’m doing very well. I’m so close with Yeonhee. He started crying as soon as he met her.”

Choi Hoon closed his eyes tightly.

Then he bit his lips hard.

A complex array of emotions that could not be expressed in words were all rushing into my heart at once.

I tried to stay calm, but I couldn’t stop my hands from trembling pitifully as I lost control of my movements.

After Yeonhee, now Chanyeol.

The news Kay brought was more than just a gift to the group; it was a motivation for their lives.

A situation where the shock from what happened a few days ago still hasn’t subsided.

The eyes of the group that had been caught up in all kinds of cynical thoughts began to brighten.

“Ahem… … .”

Kay cleared her throat again and felt a strange sensation of her chest getting hot.

Because it was worth walking and running all day.

On the one hand, I thought I understood why Yeonhee was so obsessed with Il-Hyeong.

In this kind of atmosphere, with this kind of close camaraderie, it was more than enough.

Isn’t this a sense of family-like solidarity that can never be felt in today’s world?

However, question marks appeared on the faces of the group who heard the following story.

It was because Yeonhee saved Chanyeol, captured and dragged Raon out, and crushed the external forces with a melee.

People seemed more surprised by the story of Yeonhee’s bravery than by Chanyeol’s story of surviving and even dating while being kidnapped to paradise.

Young-man, who was rubbing his forehead in shock, asked Kay.

“So what you’re saying is… Yeonhee did it all?”

“yes.”

Kay, who was answering, had an expression on her face as if asking why she was reacting that way.

When he first met Yeonhee, he was a completely different person.

It was natural that he did not understand the group’s reaction.

“How could you do something like that with such a young body… … .”

“Huh? You say I’m weak? Who?”

“That’s what Yeonhee said. He was a guy who had a hard time even carrying a rifle.”

Kay tilted her head.

“Excuse me… Are there two Yeonhee sisters? Or not?”

“What does that mean?”

“She’s quite different from the Lee Yeon-hee I know.”

At those words, the group looked at each other with expressions of bewilderment.

“What was the Lee Yeon-hee you saw like?”

Kay crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

“Let’s see… … So, Yeonhee noona. What should I say? She’s a bit of a psychopath. Anyway, she’s usually like that. But sometimes she’s really human. Just look at the way she comforted Yukyung all night long. Oh, is she a split personality? And she’s really good with a dagger and fighting. I’ve been doing parkour for a long time, so I’m really good at using my body, and you’re also good at climbing high places, right? Let alone shooting. When I say that, you sound like some kind of monster.”

“hey.”

Jae-jae said, standing with his back against the wall.

“Aren’t you misunderstanding something?”

“That’s impossible. The whole time I was going from Gyeonggi-do to Paradise, all we talked about was our companions. There’s no way I could have misunderstood.”

“Yeonhee is good at using a dagger?”

“Yes. I also learned from a very excellent person, but I can’t beat you. She’s just crazy. If someone looks good, once they set their eyes on you, they just… Anyway, that’s how it is. Oh, and Anna, I gave your letter to your grandfather.”

At those words, Anna jumped up from her seat.

“How are you? Are you sick?”

“Yes. You’re so healthy, it’s amazing. And your voice is so loud. When Yeonhee said that the anonymous group was targeting the vaccine center, you got so angry that you slammed the table, and I thought your legs would break. Everyone is doing well. The village youth leader is doing well, and your cousin is also doing well.”

“How was the archery range?”

“That… My older sister said that it has expanded a lot. The area of ​​activity. And my grandfather rides a horse. It seems that he gave up on noisy cars because of the zombies. A horse in this day and age? If he had been born in the past, he would have commanded the Manchurian plains. I’m sure of it.”

“after…….”

Only then did Anna breathe a sigh of relief.

It was the same for the group.

Their faces looked helpless because all the news they heard was good news.

What good news is this that I haven’t heard in a while?

The group had been constantly being bullied by the anonymous sect.

But the good news didn’t end there.

Kay said with a faint smile, raising her finger.

“We haven’t talked about the most important thing yet.”

In this way, the group learned that Yeonhee would attack the nameless sect together with the people of Paradise and about the support promised in Gangbuk.

There’s even talk that people will be coming from Gangbuk soon.

Jaejae was initially skeptical of Kay’s words, but the level of detail in her explanation was too detailed to be considered fabricated, so she had no choice but to accept it.

Jae-jae and Young-man, who were listening to Kay’s story, lock eyes.

What better news could there be for a group that had been pushed to the edge of a cliff?

It was a disaster for the anonymous group, but it was like rain in a drought for the group.

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