Infected - Chapter 71



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Episode 70

Finance opened the door cautiously.

Then, beyond the door, a wide hallway spread out on both sides.

If you fight over the door, you can easily deal with ten of them at once due to their nature, so I didn’t go in and just checked out the atmosphere.

Jeong Ijin also added his gaze.

It seemed too narrow for two people to fight with weapons.

The two of them thought the same thing as if it were natural.

I go left, you go right.

“If you see a pig like that for the first time, you must retreat without fail. You must fight it in an open area.”

“Okay. I’ll give you the signal.”

Jeong Ijin nodded.

Finance, who was just entering, discovered a damaged toad house attached to the wall.

The lid was broken, but the circuit breaker was still alive.

‘Why is this down?’

Finance carefully raised the circuit breaker.

Click!

At the same time, the entire hallway was brightly lit.

The two each went in their own direction.

When Finance entered the long hallway, the surroundings were clean.

It was so quiet that it seemed pointless to say that the soldiers were being chased by the infected.

There were always bloodstains on the walls.

What was surprising was that there wasn’t a single piece of junk rolling around on the floor.

Anyway, it was a good thing that there was nothing to get in the way.

First, Finance opened the doors to each room.

In any case, in order to count the number of survivors and dead, every office had to be checked and even the infected had to be dealt with.

Then I’ll at least take my military number with me.

There were a total of four offices at the end of the hallway.

Finance put its hand on the door of the General Affairs Department.

‘One, two, three!’

Bam!

As soon as I opened the door, I hid to the side.

It was quiet.

‘Is there anyone?’

Finance quietly put its head in.

The brightly lit office was empty except for a computer, a desk, and a flower pot that had been toppled over and smashed.

Even if I went in myself, the result was the same.

‘First of all, not here.’

Considering several variables, we decided to leave the door open.

If there was a difference, there was also a way to push them away with your feet and lock them up.

Next is the human resources department.

As I was opening the door, I heard a noise from inside.

‘Is this the human resources department?’

Crunch! Crunch!

The sound of joints snapping was loud.

Finance carried the hammer on his back and took out the dagger.

The door is just wide enough for an infected person to pass through while waving their arms.

Judging by the sound, there were at least two.

If I stuck a dagger in the head of the one who came out first and pushed him away with force, it seemed like the two of them would fall down side by side.

It was so quiet around that Jaejae could even hear his own breathing.

Knock knock knock

Looking down, he saw black liquid dripping from the hammer he was carrying on his back to the floor.

Finance saw the sharp edge of a dagger.

It wasn’t like this originally.

Most of them were broken, sharpened, and dull.

It seems that the military has put some effort into it.

Then shouldn’t we show the corresponding results?

Bam!

He opened the door and hid himself to the side.

Kwaaak!

A rotting corpse came running with its flesh dangling, accompanied by a strange roar, and Jae-jae swung his dagger at its head.

Phew!

As I grabbed the bastard by the collar, putting strength into the dagger that was deeply embedded, as expected, the other bastard inside rushed to keep his promise.

Finance pushed on without missing the moment when their bodies overlapped.

thud!

Jae-jae pushed his way in, with their bodies piled up against the opposite wall, and pulled out his dagger, stabbing the head of the man behind him indiscriminately.

Pok! Pok! Pok!

A large hole appeared in the temple, left eye, and forehead, and the two who had kept their promise were turned into pieces of meat and rolled around on the floor.

Kwaaah! Urrrrrrr!

‘Was there one more?’

When I turned my head, I saw the infected person lying on the desk behind the open door, waving both arms.

But the clothes he was wearing looked familiar.

It was a combat uniform.

The closer I got to him, the more violent his struggles became.

But I didn’t care about finances.

More important than that was whether this soldier was one of the squad members that Finance was looking for.

Finance took a closer look at the infected person’s appearance.

First of all, it definitely wasn’t Kim Chan-yeol.

Phew!

Jae-jae, who had thrust his dagger deep into the chest, spread his combat uniform to the left and right and picked up the military tag hanging around his neck.

And as I was opening the door and going out, the back of my head was pulled.

I looked back.

They say the dead don’t speak, but I was worried.

‘Don’t feel so wronged.’

He closed his eyes once as if in mourning and went out into the hallway.

Finance, who had come out, looked around once again.

‘It’s strange. It must have been quite noisy dealing with the two inside, so how can it be this quiet? Or is this really the end?’

Finance was on edge the whole time he was dealing with the two.

Just in case the infected hear the noise and come running.

He tilted his head and opened the door to the office next door.

There was only one infected person there.

“… … Are we collectively suffering from mental illness or something?”

Jae-jae, who had been mumbling, sticks his head out in the direction where the hallway turns around the corner.

It was darker than the road we had come from, perhaps because several lights were out.

Finance put the dagger away and took out the military knife.

Then he moved forward, maintaining a posture that was as familiar as breathing.

Forgotten memories stimulated every cell in my body.

As if hidden abilities were being revived, Jaeyi’s body was naturally repeating the past.

When attacking them one by one, they were actually much easier opponents than people.

Because you only had to attack the head.

No matter which direction or posture you approached, the answer was set.

If two people attack at the same time, just hit the one who comes first, then use it as a shield.

Because they didn’t know how to avoid obstacles.

The problem is that these often come together in groups.

‘Anyway, harmful things gather together, they say.’

Jae-jae thought as he wiped the beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead.

The platoon leader said he was definitely in the supply room.

‘It’s the supplies room… I can’t see it from here. Then is it on the other side?’

If I turned here, it seemed like it would connect to the hallway where Jeong-i Jin was.

But it was blocked by a wall, so I had to turn left again.

‘It’s bigger than I thought, isn’t it?’

It wasn’t just a small office that managed the mart, it was an entire company.

I checked the time.

It was so delayed.

I had to go back before the sun set.

There were no doors or anything on the outer wall, so it was clear that one of the walls would be left open and waiting for the party to return.

From now on, I had to pick up the pace.

Finance, judging that there was no time to take inventory, opened the door as soon as it came in.

Although they would pop out one by one occasionally, they were quickly dealt with and passed.

During this time, not a single soldier was found.

It was when I had gone through several rooms and left only the one at the end of the hallway.

The door at the end opened very slowly, and soon someone poked his head out.

At first glance, it looked like a person.

The guy came out, looking around awkwardly, and there was another person behind him.

Finance looked at it with wide eyes.

It was Kim Chan-yeol.

“Hey, what are you doing here?”

‘What are you doing? I came here to save you.’

When Jae-jae put his index finger to his lips and signaled them to be quiet, only then did Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi open their wide eyes and speak together.

Following the signal, the two people entered the room together.

“How did you get here?”

Kim Chan-yeol looked outside once more and asked excitedly.

“We’ll talk about the details later, are you two finished?”

“Well, that’s how it is here. In the first place, we were the only ones who came into this hallway.”

“What about the other side?”

“The platoon leader and Sergeant Jeong must have gone, right?”

Kim Chan-yeol asked Sergeant Choi.

“Huh? Oh, right. But who is this person?”

“I am the owner of the cigarettes I gave to Sergeant Jeong earlier.”

“ah…….”

Sergeant Choi nodded, recalling the conversation on the six-ton ​​truck.

“Then shouldn’t we go and rescue the platoon leader and Sergeant Jeong as well?”

“Don’t worry, there’s someone worse than me there. More importantly, how many zombies did you see?”

“I’m not sure exactly, but I think he was around twenty. Isn’t that right, Sergeant Choi?”

“Was that it? I think there were more. They came running, jammed into the hallway.”

Sergeant Choi gritted his teeth as he recalled the events of a few hours ago.

At those words, Jaejae tilted his head.

Only six infected people were treated on the way here.

Even if we estimate at least fifteen, that means that about ten people evaporated.

For a moment, I had a strong urge to radio my platoon leader, but I had no choice but to hold back because I didn’t know what the situation was on their side.

“But that’s not the point right now. There’s a huge monster here. It’s about the size of a real compact car.”

“You guys saw it?”

“Yes. It came out of a room in the middle of the hallway. It met us as soon as we opened the door, but it just stood there and watched as we ran away.”

“if…….”

Finance explained to them the monster he had seen at the hospital.

“Yes, it looks exactly like that. But don’t be weird. It didn’t attack any zombies or anything… Now that I think about it, it looks like a monster, but it kind of gives off a human vibe, you know? There was something like that.”

“Oh, right. That kid, he saw which room we went into and he just sat there. Like he was observing. Huh, shit… Even as I say it, I feel like I’m talking nonsense.”

Sergeant Choi said, rubbing his short hair hard.

It seemed like he had been under a lot of stress while he was hiding.

I thought about finances carefully.

They definitely searched the entire clothing store on the second floor.

There was no room with an open door in the middle.

So, the story was that the infected person could open and close the door at will.

Unless someone really closed it for you.

‘Where on earth did it go? No matter how much I looked, there was no place to hide. It wasn’t small either… … .’

I also told Jeong I-jin to send a signal unconditionally if he meets a pig-like person.

Whether it’s hitting a wall, screaming, or blowing something up.

But there has been no news yet.

The surroundings were so quiet that you could tell a car was approaching a long time before it happened.

Finance has been slowly reviewing the situation so far.

The platoon leader said he was in the supply room, but there was no supply room in this hallway.

So that means that’s the direction that Jeong Jin moved in.

The platoon leader said he saw a big monster, and Kim Chan-yeol said he saw it too.

Well, if you think about it logically, there were only two confirmed monsters.

Based on the various testimonies, there were at least ten infected people who had not yet been discovered.

Given the nature of these creatures, which move in response to stimuli, it was really strange that they didn’t even show their noses.

It’s not like the infected people are gathering in groups to hold strategy meetings.

Since it had come to this, I had no choice but to leave quickly.

“Let’s just get out. Whatever happens, it’s better if there’s nothing left.”

“All right.”

Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi walked down the hallway following the finances.

The two people following Jae-gye also couldn’t shake the feeling that something was strange.

Coming this far means that this person has dealt with all those infected people by himself.

Although he was large and had many weapons on his person, he couldn’t fight them all by himself.

Even if you take a picture of Musou, you have to take it moderately to make it realistic.

And the big pig… … .

Eyes so big they look like they’re going to pop out, a body as swollen as a balloon, and squishy feet that make a squelching sound with every step.

It was a completely new species that could not be considered human.

While Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi were reminiscing about the unidentified monster.

Suddenly, a scream was heard outside the window.

* * *

The clothing store on the second floor of a large mart was so quiet that not a single dusty sound was heard.

There were many places that were torn and broken, but nothing was seen moving or alive.

At that very moment.

The curtains beneath the counter began to flutter, and soon a black, rotten hand emerged from them.

But it wasn’t just one.

Starting with that sound, strange sounds could be heard simultaneously from all over the stalls.

Krrrr.

Krrrrrr… … .

Crack!

One by one, the infected with twisted joints were crawling out, like wild beasts waiting for their prey in the distance.

The number of people who came out was about ten.

Everyone was looking in the same direction.

A thick door leading into the company.

As if someone was calling them from beyond, the infected staggered along like slaves under a spell.

When Jae-Jae and Jeong-Jin reached the end of each hallway, something unimaginable was happening outside.

Infected people