Infected - Chapter 75



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Episode 74

Finance was in a hurry.

Because there hasn’t been any news about Jeong I-jin yet.

By now, he would have chased me and scolded me for still struggling.

In addition, I was concerned that I could hear Youngman’s screams from outside.

‘What happened? Did the guys who chased the flare come back? No, if they did, they would have fled inside.’

As I quickened my pace, I felt aching and bitter everywhere.

Blood continued to flow through the torn gaps in his clothes, soaking his T-shirt.

The pain slowly creeped in, as if I had been hit by a car and rolled around several times.

I straightened my shoulders.

Then the wounds opened and a scream was heard.

As the frown returned to its proper place, the fight with the monster came to mind.

There was a nail driven into the wall, probably where the clock originally hung.

I was hit several times on the corners of the door, and it was fortunate that no bones were broken because the ceiling was flat, not made of steel frames.

I don’t know how badly he was hurt, but he was bleeding a lot, so it couldn’t have been good.

I had to come back and do some simple things.

Of course, this wasn’t the first injury like this.

Compared to situations I’ve experienced in the past, it was embarrassing to even call it an injury.

‘Have you been resting too long?’

I burst out laughing.

It was funny to see myself reminiscing about the old days while fighting monsters that weren’t human, but rather ones that came out of a movie.

Before I knew it, I was slowly adapting to reality.

Both the infected and the monsters.

Dealing with those guys too.

When I looked back, I saw Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi checking inside the room with the door open.

That was when.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

‘Is this… the sound of wheels?’

Jae-jae hid at the last intersection leading to the clothing store and waited for the sound to get closer.

Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi, who saw the sight, also stood by with daggers in hand.

Finance peeks its head out.

“ha…….”

It was Jeong Ijin.

As I turn the corner with a sigh of relief, Jeong I-jin, who has seen Jae-jae, also flinches and steps back.

“it’s me.”

“Surprise. Now I’m startled just by seeing something big.”

Jeong Ijin swept away her surprised heart.

It seemed like the fight with the monster was deeply engraved in his mind.

“Were you there too?”

“Oh, it’s really big. What about your brother?”

Finance nodded.

“But why is your condition like this, hyung?”

“Just this and that.”

“Loyalty!”

Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi, who had come out around the corner, saluted as soon as they saw Jeong I-jin.

“Oh, you’ve worked hard. Are you guys going to live long?”

“But what is that?”

Jae-jae asked after seeing the white-handled cart on the green floor that Jeong-i-jin was pulling out.

“Oh, this? Their platoon leader.”

As I turned the cart, I saw the platoon leader sitting there with his back slumped.

However, the limbs, including the torso, were tightly tied to the cart.

“I told him to stay still, but he tried to run away alone and got hit by a pig and passed out.”

“He’s not dead?”

“No, I’m fine. The guard was still there.”

“Excuse me… Captain.”

Kim Chan-yeol cautiously joined their conversation.

“why?”

“Have you seen any of our squad members?”

“ah…….”

Jeong Ijin scratched her head with an embarrassed expression.

Then he took out a bundle of military ID tags from his bosom.

Finance also took one out of his pocket.

Sergeant Choi, who received the military number, counted the numbers together with Chanyeol Kim.

Seven were correct.

Shadows fell over both their faces.

All but two died.

The fact that most of the bodies came from the hallway where the platoon leader was was meant to indicate that the squad members instinctively moved to find their commander.

“Ahem.”

Jeong Ijin, who was watching the two’s reactions, coughed in vain.

I had to get out of here first.

It was also because he had a fainting spell and his finances didn’t look so good.

And the work in the supply room was tolerated.

They didn’t bother to tell me how Sergeant Jeong died.

There are things in this world that are not good on their own.

That doesn’t mean I was telling a lie.

Anyway, Sergeant Jeong is dead.

Revealing the process would only make the relationships between the living more complicated.

There was a world where living people had to live as living people.

As Finance started to leave the office, the other three followed suit.

Jae-Jeong, who was wondering how to get the platoon leader because of the stopped escalator, suddenly stopped.

Should I say it’s a detective’s intuition?

“what’s the matter?”

Jeong I-jin suddenly turned around and asked Jae-jae, who was looking around the clothing store.

Finance was looking at the counter.

Curtains that are torn or open on one side.

‘Just now, clearly… … .’

“wait for a sec.”

Finances went to the store.

As I bent down, an empty space beneath the counter was revealed.

Liquids pooling all over the floor.

It was the body fluids of the infected.

“I was hiding here.”

“What? Who?”

“We definitely checked everything from the first floor and entered.”

“That’s right.”

“I went in after dealing with five guys on the second floor.”

“So what you’re saying is, where did those kids come from? This place just so happens to be open. But that doesn’t make sense.”

According to Jae-ui’s words, it means that the guys received some signals and moved systematically.

This meant that the two were hiding inside while they were blowing up the heads of the infected in the clothing store.

“Look here, it’s pooled under the counter. It’s the same black water flowing from those bastards’ bodies.”

Jeong Ijin stood still with her mouth open.

The next question that follows is:

“That’s ridiculous. Then who ordered this?”

“Nothing is certain. We didn’t see it ourselves. But in my case, it appeared after the zombies attacked. You?”

“I am…….”

Jeong Ijin tried to recall his memories.

The monster appeared along with the infected.

He watched the situation unfold as if he were the commander, and only started fighting after all the infected people had died.

As if they knew it was too narrow to fight together.

My eyes lit up.

“That’s right. I guess what you said is right… How could this be?”

“I don’t know either. But one thing for sure is that these are different from the first time. The more I go… … .”

Finance recalled memories from the hospital that were still etched deeply in his mind.

I still can’t forget that face that looked up at the rooftop without reacting to Anna’s firecracker arrow.

‘Is it something like a mutation?’

This wasn’t something to report to the military.

I had to tell the doctor or private person in charge of the vaccine.

Because it might help.

After a while.

It was when Jae-Jae, Jeong-I-Jin, Kim Chan-Yeol, and Sergeant Choi, carrying the sagging platoon leader on their shoulders, passed the checkout counter on the first floor and came out.

Jeong Ijin stopped walking after seeing the scenery outside that was completely different from before.

Jaejeong, who was following behind, also sensed something strange and laid the platoon leader down in a corner.

First of all, the land truck was nowhere to be seen.

The truck that was parked directly in front of the automatic door is no longer visible.

Jeong I-jin took out a sickle, and Jae-jae took out a hammer.

Kim Chan-yeol and Private Choi also took out the rifles they were carrying.

As I turned, I finally saw the truck.

A truck with its bumper smashed into a utility pole.

All around were the corpses of the infected and dead monsters with arrows stuck in their heads.

‘no way…….’

Finances rushed out onto the streets.

“ha…….”

Jae-Jeong sighed in relief as he found the group sitting on the sidewalk not far away.

But things didn’t seem to be going well.

Young-man looked visibly tired, and Anna was touching her head as if suffering from a migraine.

However, he couldn’t hide his delight when he saw the finances.

Anna asked.

“Were there any survivors?”

“Oh, there are two of you. What’s going on? Why is Lee Beom-sik doing that?”

When Jae-gae pointed to Lee Beom-sik and the driver lying on the floor, Young-man briefly explained the situation from earlier.

Jeong I-jin, who was listening to the story, looked at Jae-jae.

It became clear that they were moving in an organized manner.

With the monster’s power, there was no way it wouldn’t be able to kill the platoon leader who was hiding in the supply room.

He has such great strength that he can even tear a door apart with his hands.

The same goes for Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi.

I couldn’t help but think that he was kept alive on purpose.

They might have thought that if they left it that way, a rescue team would arrive soon to save the survivors.

‘But can those who are already dead think? No, it’s wrong for them to move when they’re dead.’

A slight headache came over me as my thoughts became more complicated.

The sun was slowly setting.

“Get in the car first. Beomsik has mild gas poisoning, and this guy is the problem. Thanks to CPR and securing the airway, his pulse has returned, but I’m not a doctor. We have to leave right away.”

After finishing speaking, Youngman sat down in the six-ton ​​truck that was stuck to the utility pole and started the engine.

The truck, which had been groaning for a while, finally started.

Boooow!

Anna sat in the passenger seat.

Behind them, the three who had passed out were laid down, and the four people sitting on either side filled the empty space with their feet to prevent their heads from getting hurt.

The group returned to safety in a matter of hours, feeling as if they had been there for several days.

A cool breeze blew.

Jaejae, Jeong Ijin, Kim Chanyeol, and Sergeant Choi, who were sitting behind, shared a cigarette and looked at the world that had fallen apart.

The flowing blood had already formed a scab and was stopping the bleeding.

“Captain… but.”

Kim Chan-yeol asked Jeong Yi-jin from behind a moving truck.

“What do you mean, that pig blew himself up? I couldn’t hear you in detail when you were talking earlier because I was taking care of the platoon leader.”

“They said that they pushed the truck behind the electric pole, and the body that was stuck in the middle exploded.”

“But how can a gas that can kill another person come out of a human body?”

“How would I know? But I can tell you for sure that it’s not a human body.”

“It’s a crazy world, a crazy world. Not only are there zombies running rampant, but they’re also communicating and eating each other, and their burst bodies are releasing gas that kills people. Ugh, if this keeps up, even the sky’s going to fly. F*ck.”

Sergeant Choi, who was listening to the story, shook his head like a crazy person and said.

Jeong I-jin raised the corners of her mouth as she watched Sergeant Choi mutter curses in front of her, a captain.

What should I say?

There was a person who did strange things but was not hated.

While there are people who don’t like it when you do good things, there are also people like Sergeant Choi who you come to understand.

I just thought it was cute.

As it happened, Sergeant Choi spoke.

“Chanyeol, I realized one thing today.”

“What do you mean?”

“There are only two of us here, aside from the officers.”

“Yes.”

Kim Chan-yeol answers with a puzzled face.

“Then if something like this happens in the future, we’ll be sent out first, right? We’ll be treated almost like special forces.”

“ah…….”

Kim Chan-yeol’s energy completely drained from him at Sergeant Choi’s words.

Surviving wasn’t all that great.

Among the regular soldiers, the only ones who had this experience in the safe zone were Sergeant Choi and Chanyeol Kim.

Even if he were the commander, he would naturally deploy experienced personnel for the operation.

I thought I just had to protect my safety zone, but it was like a mountain beyond a mountain.

chuck!

Sergeant Choi placed his hand on Kim Chan-yeol’s shoulder.

“Private Kim Chan-yeol.”

“Let’s survive together next time too, for sure.”

“Isn’t that obvious? We fought pretty well.”

“Us? I did everything?”

“no way.”

While the two were jokingly suppressing their fears, Jae-yi, who had been listening to their conversation, turned his gaze to Jeong-i Jin.

Only then did I begin to realize, little by little, that Jeong Jin was alive.

The camaraderie between the two was deeper than they felt at the moment.

They are like brothers, having survived countless close calls and even served in the military together.

I felt strange because the relationship between Kim Chan-yeol and Sergeant Choi was like looking at themselves in the past.

And then his gaze turned to Beomsik, who was lying on the floor.

Suddenly, I burst into laughter.

What if Beomsik had died today?

When I ran out after seeing the six-ton ​​truck crashed into the utility pole, I couldn’t deny that among all the faces, Beomsik’s was the first one that came to mind.

It wasn’t easy to actually talk about coming out together.

Because survival could not be guaranteed.

Nevertheless, Lee Beom-sik readily agreed.

As if it were nothing special.

Anna must have felt anxious and scared inside, too.

I felt both grateful and sorry inside.

‘They say it’s mild gas poisoning, so I’ll wake up soon.’

As the financial worries slowly began to calm down, one by one, the six-ton ​​truck was already reaching the safety zone.

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