Infected - Chapter 573



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Side story episode 60

The woman who had crushed the cigarette butt stared at the polka dots.

It was a gaze that seemed affectionate without any explanation.

Should I say that it is filled with affection?

“Are you going to keep doing that?”

“I have never betrayed the organization.”

“then……?”

“Because I never had any interest in it in the first place.”

The woman tried to say something but then snorted.

“While we’re on the subject, keep talking.”

“… … .”

“Try it. Who picked up that little kid who was dying on the street?”

“Why didn’t you just let me die then?”

The woman’s once affectionate face suddenly turned as hard as stone.

The look in his eyes was regret.

“again.”

“Why didn’t you just let me die? Why did you let me live and make my life like this?”

“…again.”

“No matter how many times you ask, the answer will always be the same.”

“How dare you say that to me? I thought of you as my child. You were the first child I brought in and the last. I was the one who held you in my arms every night, crying in fear until the morning. Even if you betray the organization, you can’t betray me. Right?”

“Who asked you to do that?”

“This is real!”

The woman’s hand holding the pistol was trembling.

On the other hand, the dot was bursting out laughing.

“Let’s be frank, let’s say you’re my biological mother. I’m grateful that you gave birth to me and raised me. But did I want to be born? Why are you making a fuss about it? Now that I’m all grown up, you should let me figure out how to live my own life. Stop being a nitpicker… … .”

Crack!

The smiling face of the spotted cat suddenly turned around.

The red, swollen handprint remains.

“Say it again.”

“Just kill me. Don’t make me annoyed. Am I your property? I appreciate your life, but I shouldn’t expect more than that. I have my own life. Oh, and by the way, my biological parents don’t act like you. No matter how much time passes, they always try to give. They don’t try to receive like you do.”

The woman lit a cigarette with a stern face.

“… I don’t expect anything from you. Just don’t betray me.”

“That’s what you want, lady.”

“You call an unmarried woman an auntie… … If you think I’m going to kill you nicely, you’re very mistaken.”

The spotted dog, whose eyes met mine, swallowed dry saliva.

Although he tried to act calm, he couldn’t help but feel nervous knowing her true self.

It wasn’t just words, she was a woman who would kill people in many different ways when she got angry.

There was no need to make the situation worse by stalling for time.

He spoke with a more subdued expression than before.

“… It was a mistake to call you ma’am.”

“Who are you? What kind of bastard did this to you?”

“It’s just my judgment. To be honest, there must be more than one life that the organization has ruined. Go to the outpost. See how the kids you’ve taken in are living. They’re soaked in drugs and can’t even control their shit or piss. Young, green kids.”

A wisp of cigarette smoke wafted between the two men.

“Nothing can be done without sacrifice. I think you’re old enough to understand that.”

“Ugh, just let me go. Or kill me. Do whatever. Don’t keep talking to me. Why are you sitting here joking around like this? It just makes both of us feel worse. Let’s just end it while we still have some good memories.”

“… You’ve made up your mind.”

“Is there anything I can say for sure? It’s so frustrating to hear you talk. No, how can we be so different when we’re both adults?”

The woman’s eyebrows were wrinkled like a piece of paper.

The limit was slowly being reached.

But she consoled herself once more.

“… This is your last chance. Think again. When the war ends, you will be the first to be eliminated.”

“What is the second reason I turned away? You will lose this war. You will definitely lose.”

“We’ll decide. You just do what you have to do. And I… … .”

The woman continued speaking, dusting off the ash from her cigarette.

“…I won’t let you die so meaninglessly.”

“You’re really tiring… … Do other people know? That you’re so obsessed with emotions? If they knew, they wouldn’t be able to sit there for long.”

That was when.

Suddenly, a sound was heard from the hallway.

Thud! Thud!

The sound of people comparing people to each other.

dump!

The sound of something falling.

And screaming.

“Kwaaak!”

The woman checked her pistol, and the spotted man checked his wristwatch.

There’s no way it could have come this quickly.

They probably haven’t even arrived yet.

As the two were thinking about their own thoughts, the door opened and a corpse with a hole in its head fell down.

Then a man comes in, aiming a rifle.

He was none other than Hyunsoo.

“… … ?”

The polka dots were incomprehensible.

I didn’t feel any movement the whole way here.

I don’t know about anything else, but I was proud that my ability to detect human presence was the best in the organization.

I felt this last time too, but Hyunsoo was a special person to him.

No, maybe a lot.

If he had managed to force his way in here, it would have been assumed that the entire security team would have been annihilated.

‘Oh, so… … .’

Suddenly, I remembered a time when I questioned the fact that everything around me was quiet.

I didn’t know that everything might have been sorted out by then.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Dotball immediately got up.

Then he ran to the woman and blocked her path.

The direction is towards the suspension bridge.

Hyun-soo’s head tilts slightly at the sight.

“…what?”

“Don’t shoot.”

“So what is it?”

“I’ll convince you. Take me as a prisoner. Don’t kill me.”

Hyunsoo’s gaze turned to the woman looking over his shoulder.

But the woman did not put down the gun and glared at the back of the mole’s head.

“You’ve grown so much. I thought you came alone… … .”

“Put the gun down and let go of my hands first.”

“Stay still.”

“I’m warning you, don’t even think about taking me hostage and leaving. If you do, you’ll really die.”

“Shut up.”

“Just cooperate!”

“Okay, listen to the speckled horse. Those who are meant to live, must live.”

Hyunsoo spoke while aiming his rifle.

“Spotted? His name isn’t Spotted, it’s Yuhyeon.”

“… It doesn’t suit you at all.”

“Be careful what you say, Lee Hyun-soo. He’s like a son to me.”

The woman held the pistol on her shoulder while holding the back of the spectacled man’s neck.

“Do you know my name?”

“There is nothing we don’t know.”

“Then I understand this too. Even if you hide behind the spots, you’ll still die.”

The unbearable spectacle stepped in to mediate.

“Oh, over there. You two, stop talking for a moment. Let’s clear up a misunderstanding first. I didn’t call you. That person followed me. Is that right? Please answer me.”

“that’s right.”

“Okay, you heard? Now the misunderstanding is cleared up? You just said you knew that guy, right? Then you know how much of a monster he is. There’s no point in doing this. Put your gun down. If he was going to kill us, he would have already shot us.”

“I know right.”

“Oh, come on! It’s all over anyway. Put the gun down.”

The woman’s eyes, clenching her teeth, became solemn for a moment.

“… If I get caught here anyway, it won’t be a good thing. Even if I get released, there’s no way he’ll leave me alone. Let’s just end it here.”

“You have to live first before you can think about the next thing!”

Although the polka dot raised its voice and tried to persuade the woman, she did not budge.

and…….

Strength entered the sharp eyes of Hyun-soo.

He said.

“… Anyone who resists will be shot to death regardless of rank. Whether they are officers or soldiers.”

bang!

For a moment, it seemed as if time had stopped.

The dizzying heat passing through the ball, and the ominous feeling of the hand that had been pressing down on your shoulder suddenly falling limply.

The spotted face, distorted like a beast, turned back.

The red dot on the woman’s forehead caught her attention.

Her eyes, moving away, were focused on the polka dots.

The outstretched arms, unable to reach the ground, fell along with the body.

It was death.

“…Special Forces Commander, Lee Hyeon-su. Your order has been carried out.”

After leaving those short words, Hyunsoo collected his weapons and disappeared.

It was a coldness that was scary.

“ah…….”

Left alone, Spotted embraced the woman’s body in the bloody room.

He was on his knees, not knowing what to do.

It’s true that I betrayed the organization, but I didn’t want it to end this way.

Of course, even if it had gone to a different ending, it wouldn’t have been much different.

The organization that has caused so many people to suffer, and its executives, will not be able to avoid death.

I just didn’t know that our relationship would end like this.

Tears flowed from the tightly shut eyes of the spotted fox.

One winter day ten years ago, when a blizzard was raging.

The spotted dog was lying in front of a bus stop covered in a blanket of snow.

All I had in my hand was a small can of canned food.

The child, exhausted from hunger, lost consciousness while searching for a tool to open the lid.

Until the very last moment, my only thought was that I desperately did not want to become a zombie.

Not long after that.

Spotted woke up in a church with a burning bonfire, and a woman he had never seen before was stroking his hair.

It was warm.

A gentle smile gently embraced the soul of the spotted cat who had lost its mother.

But the woman had no power.

Someone to be with, someone to protect.

Eventually, the two had to wander outside in search of food.

A small group of survivors roamed the streets.

There were quite a few people who traveled in pairs or threes like these.

And they were always longing for something.

Survivors who were more terrifying and cruel than zombies.

The woman had to give up everything she had to protect her child.

After several such terrible nights, the two met some completely new people.

There was no need to give up what was mine, they were people I could just walk towards while looking in the same direction.

Over the long years since then, the two have changed a lot.

It was such a long time that I even forgot the affectionate feeling I had for the person who saved my life.

The spotted hand that was sweeping the woman’s eyelids trembled.

“Goodbye… … . I’m sorry… … .”

Not all evildoers are evil from the beginning.

At first it was just to survive, but later on it had to become more evil so as not to be pushed out in the competition for survival.

At that time, the two had no choice.

If you shake off the organization’s hand, you’ll be back on the streets, and every night will be the same.

Big tears fell from the spotted face with its head bowed and fell to the floor.

Where did it go wrong?

All I did was struggle to survive.

If the two had started in Seoul, would the ending have been different?

The spotted man took the woman’s hand with trembling hands.

Even after so many years, her hands remained as beautiful as ever.

I closed my eyes, and the sensations of that day came back vividly.

A gentle hand that caresses the useless self.

Chasing the warmth that was slowly fading away, Dotboki held her in his arms and cried and cried.

* * *

Hyunsoo was standing in the hallway.

There were no personal feelings.

He just did what he had to do.

Although he didn’t try to persuade her directly, the woman refused to listen to Dotty until the end.

Even though I knew who Hyunsoo was.

“… … .”

Maybe I misjudged.

He was always humble in the face of death.

People leaving, and people having to leave, loss and longing, emptiness and sadness.

The ruins left by death were almost identical.

How long will this tiresome fight go on?

Hyunsoo has become stronger than words can describe over the past 10 years.

The same was true for the group, but none of them could keep up with Hyun-soo’s growth.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the strongest life form in the world.

But Hyunsoo was getting tired little by little.

A life of destroying and trampling on others to protect what is mine.

That period lasted a full 10 years.

It was difficult to do it this way.

This war was supposed to be the last.

I didn’t want to pass on these horrible feelings I was feeling.

Hyunsoo calmed his wavering heart.

As I watched the sad polka dot, all sorts of thoughts came to mind, but now that I had come this far, there was nowhere to retreat.

Until the heads of the executives and the head of the unidentified organization were cut off, Hyun-soo could not rest for even a moment.

As he was about to enter the store, he turned into the hallway.

I had to leave it as is for now.

You have to let go of the past before you can move forward.

Even this pain was a process for DotBak to erase yesterday for a new life.

As all other enemies have done.

Infected people