Infected - Chapter 555



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Side story episode 42

Blood flows out of the mouth of the man being dragged.

But Gu Min-ho didn’t even blink and just pulled even more roughly.

He enters the lobby and beats up a man.

A blood trail that started on the road continued into the building.

At that moment, Yeonhee appeared with the sound of the emergency exit door opening.

“… … .”

The two looked at each other in silence.

I never expected we would meet like this.

Two people who once met as teacher and student, once as man and woman, and now as colleagues.

Gu Min-ho’s gaze looking at Yeon-hee was still hazy.

On the other hand, Yeonhee had a listless face.

“well…….”

“What about the doctor?”

Gu Min-ho, whose words were interrupted, looked back.

The doctor, the teenage girl, and Wolhwa were approaching the building.

In the past, she was a child who followed him around like a sister when he stayed at the doctor’s residence.

“Sister!”

Yeonhee hugged Wolhwa who was running towards her with a bright face.

“how have you been doing?”

“Well, how have you been? How about you?”

“It’s always the same.”

And then Wolhwa smiled, wrinkling the tip of her nose.

When the doctor who followed her looked at her warmly, a smile spread across Yeonhee’s lips once again.

“They say that injection is a curse, but I don’t think that’s necessarily true. How come you haven’t changed at all in all these years?”

“Are you swearing?”

“I’m jealous. If I keep doing this, I’ll get older later.”

“Just tell me anytime.”

“Okay. I’ll just go with the flow.”

The doctor chuckled and patted Gu Min-ho on the shoulder.

“You two, are you still awkward?”

“No. There’s nothing like that. Are you awkward with me?”

“no.”

Gu Min-ho forced a smile.

There was silence for a moment.

The three people’s gaze naturally turned to the prisoner.

The man was leaning against the wall, staring at the group.

The doctor who had been stroking his lower jaw approaches him.

“Tell them to take care of it, so just take care of it as soon as possible.”

“yes.”

While Yeonhee was explaining about the prisoners into the walkie-talkie.

Gu Min-ho still couldn’t take his eyes off her.

He had been courting me steadily since we met at the stadium 10 years ago.

But Yeonhee chose Oh Seyoon without even giving him a glance.

The Doctor’s people who will never age or die as long as there is an injection.

In other words, it meant that without the injection, you could become a zombie at any time.

It was obvious that Yeon-hee, an ordinary person, would choose Gu Min-ho.

It is a relationship that was impossible to achieve in the first place.

But Gu Min-ho did not give up.

Even when Seoul was at war with other forces, even when fighting soldiers advancing from the southwest.

He risked his life to help Yeonhee.

That’s what it was.

Now it has become impossible to even approach it.

Because Yeonhee gave birth to a child and started a family.

Maybe that’s why.

To Gu Min-ho, Yeon-hee’s existence was pain itself.

Whenever a crisis like this occurred, there was nothing I could do but show up and help.

Although Yeonhee had grown older than him as time passed, she was still beautiful in Gu Min-ho’s eyes.

Yeonhee, trying hard to avoid his gaze, approaches the prisoner.

“Raise your head.”

The man with the bandage on his shoulder raised his head.

Sticky blood flowed from her burst lip.

“They’ll come and take you away soon. But before they do, I’ll tell you one thing. Whatever they ask you, answer without hesitation. If you don’t want to see your body fall apart one by one.”

Then he pointed at the eye with the tip of the dagger.

“We don’t kill those who cooperate. But if you keep holding on with that look in your eyes like this, you’ll see hell. A hell you can’t even imagine.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“…what?”

“I’m looking forward to it. I wonder how much hell you’ll experience.”

Yeonhee tilted her head.

Because there was something strange about the man’s gaze.

“I guess it’s true that these kids are taking strange medicine.”

“Cut off your fingers, gouge out your eyes, whatever you want. See if you can get even one answer from me.”

“Really? That sounds fun.”

Yeonhee’s combat boots press hard against the man’s fingers.

Although his fingernails were crushed and bleeding, the man showed no signs of pain.

No, it seemed like he didn’t feel any pain in the first place.

puck!

Then, when I kicked his lower jaw, he finally rolled his eyes and fell asleep.

Yeonhee handed the doctor the unidentified powder she found in the man’s arms.

“Find out what this is. The guys we caught last time had something like this.”

“What is this… … ?”

The doctor opens the ziploc bag and sniffs.

Then he hurriedly pulled his face away.

“… … !”

Gu Min-ho, who was handed the ziploc bag, smelled it and showed a similar reaction.

“Why is that?”

Wolhwa asked with a puzzled face.

But the doctor couldn’t answer easily.

He just kept twitching his nose and rubbing his eyes.

Then, after rubbing my eyes for a long time, they started to swell up.

The same symptoms appeared in Gu Min-ho.

The embarrassed doctor said as he closed the ziploc bag.

“I’ll have to look into it further, but if my guess is correct, this is definitely poison. And very poisonous.”

“Huh? It’s poisonous?”

Yeonhee’s head suddenly turned around.

“maybe.”

“No, I just smelled it and my eyes are swollen, how did this kid eat this?”

“Humans have been experimenting with various methods to build up tolerance to poisons for a very long time. The results are the medicines we used to take. They control poisons well and use them as medicine.”

“You say this is poisonous?”

“I’m not sure, but that’s what I thought. The question is how did you adapt to this poison? You can’t feel pain… … . I can’t believe it even though I’m seeing it with my own eyes.”

“It’s strange… … .”

“What are you talking about?”

The doctor asked, fanning his eyes with the palm of his hand.

“Those who were caught before felt pain. I heard that they definitely did.”

“Were there any other characteristics?”

“They said we looked like we were having fun like crazy people.”

“Then there’s a high probability that they have various medicines like this. It might be even more dangerous than we think. These people have adapted to the poison, but we haven’t. If we don’t get this poison, we can’t win the war.”

“Can’t we just kill them all?”

The doctor shook his head heavily.

“Think about it. What would happen if spies hiding in the safe zone poisoned the waterway? Or if they used it as a tool to threaten, there would be nothing the troops outside could do. They could literally be killed in droves.”

“This is crazy… … ”

When Yeonhee heard those words, sparks flew in her eyes.

All the troops who went to war left their families behind in safe areas.

If you really let the poison out, something unimaginable will happen.

“Doctor.”

“okay.”

“Wolhwa and I will take care of this, so take Minho and go to Jaejae’s place. This is the most urgent matter right now. Hurry up.”

“Okay, I’ll do that.”

The doctor locked eyes with Gu Min-ho, whose eyes were swollen, and hurriedly left the building.

Yeonhee’s expression becomes serious as she stares at the unconscious prisoner.

“Sister, don’t worry too much. The doctor will find a solution soon.”

“ha…….”

“Is it because of the kids? Should I go to the safe zone?”

“No, you don’t have to. The spy said that you’ll take care of it yourself, so I’m frustrated, but I have to clean up here and move on. Monhwa, you’ll have to go with me for a while.”

“I’m good!”

“Let’s clean up the body and move to the next location.”

Yeonhee and Wolhwa left the building and walked towards the corpses that were scattered on the street.

* * *

That moment.

In the safe zone of the mountain, finance and mountain were meeting.

It was the moment when what Gaon had said became true.

Seoul existed and still exists.

“This is Han Jae-jeong.”

When Jae-jae sat down on the chair and greeted him, San-ha also accepted it kindly.

“It’s called Sanha.”

“I heard you’ve been helping our kids… … .”

“Help. We received help. I’m afraid someone might hear.”

Sanha denied it, waving his hands.

“There’s no need to be humble. Words are just a help, but if you think about it, you came with nothing and borrowed everything.”

“What are you talking about… . Absolutely not. I don’t know if you heard, but if it weren’t for you, we would have collapsed several times already. More than that, you are truly amazing. It must not have been easy to raise children like that.”

“What have we done? They are fighting amongst themselves.”

Even though he said that, he couldn’t hide the smile on his lips.

Aren’t Gaon and Seonwoo like children to the group?

Even if it was just words, it couldn’t help but be pleasant to hear.

Sanha asked.

“So now… what are your plans for the future? I heard you’re going to root out the new enemy.”

“I came here because I thought we might move together anyway.”

“I don’t know if we can be of much help. As you can see by looking around, we are a ragtag bunch compared to Seoul… … . It’s all because of my shortcomings.”

“Hey, what are you talking about? You’ve got a good position and are well-guarded. Can I have a smoke?”

“Oh, of course. I just happened to pull it, so it worked out well.”

The two men lit cigarettes without saying who would go first.

Even though we were sitting at a distance, there was a considerable difference in our physiques.

I had never been pushed by the mountains or rivers, but my finances were much bigger than mine.

Of course, that’s not why I bent over and went in.

He is a very honest person and doesn’t like to exaggerate reality unnecessarily.

No matter how you look at it, your safety zone is nothing compared to Seoul.

So, rather than building up unnecessary pride, I had to approach it realistically.

There were also things that Gaon praised so much that his mouth was dry.

Above all, the person I actually met was so polite that I could almost say he was polite.

Even though he had the power to neutralize mountains and rivers with just a single move of his hand.

Jae-jae turned his head and spat out smoke, and luck was on his side.

“I’m sorry to take your question as a question, but may I ask about your future operating plans? Safe Zone.”

“phew…….”

Instead of answering, Sanha let out a deep sigh.

“As I told you, I want to protect this position somehow. However, as you know, the limitations are very clear. Of course, we were oppressed by the governor for a while and couldn’t do anything, but now that we’re the only ones left, we feel lost. Almost all of the major supplies, except for food, are running low.”

“okay.”

Jaejae continued speaking with a heavy face.

“How much do you know about us?”

“Uh… Well, that’s what I heard from the governor and the young lady. I know that they have good skills and each of them has excellent fighting ability. I heard that they use oil. Is that right?”

“Yes, it’s true.”

“How could that be… … .”

“Well, it just so happened that way. So, if you plan on staying here, I thought I could help you out a little.”

“Oh, us?”

“Yes. You can try this and that while receiving support, and if it’s still difficult, you can come to us.”

“That means… … .”

Finance nodded.

“Yes, we are willing to absorb it. We will also provide the vaccine. Then we will be able to tell you a lot.”

“absorption…….”

Sanha sighed and fell into thought.

“You don’t have to decide right away. You can do whatever you can and then decide. I like it better when Sanha-nim doesn’t blindly ask me to join him but wants to overcome it on his own. The door is always open.”

“Then… please tell me what I should do. I don’t believe you’re saying that I’ll help you just because I haven’t done anything for you.”

“Please move your troops.”

“Troops?”

As soon as Jae-jae spoke as if he had been waiting, a question mark appeared in San-ha’s eyes.

“We will soon be weeding out spies on a large scale in Seoul. Many people will escape during the process. I will take care of the inside, so just guard the roads.”

“Then this is… … .”

“We’ll take care of this. Please look behind you. Is that possible?”

“The scope is so broad, where should I start and where should I cover?”

“I will give you the details later today. Those who run away do not take a detour. They move along the shortest route. Then I will assume you have agreed.”

“There is no other way. Since you said you would take care of this, I have no choice but to give it a try.”

“Then, from now on, we’re on the same boat.”

Jaejae stood up from his seat, leaned forward at the table, and asked to shake hands.

“Yes. I will do my best.”

The two smiled and held each other’s hands.

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