This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 63



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 063

58. Promise (6)

“To the monster… … .”

Plato asked in a trembling voice, looking at the bloodstain.

“Have you already… been hit?”

But the commander and I immediately shook our heads at that question.

The commander seemed to immediately recognize the identity of the bloodstain, so I waited for him to speak for a moment, but the commander just looked at me quietly as if asking me to explain.

I let out a small sigh and said.

“This is not the work of a monster.”

Plato was startled by those words and asked back.

“If it’s not a monster, then what is this bloodstain?”

“You probably don’t know. You’ve never shot a person before.”

“yes?”

Plato tilted his head for a moment as if he didn’t understand what I was saying, but then he realized what I meant and looked at the bloodstains with astonished eyes.

“So what you’re saying is… … .”

“Yes. It’s not a monster, it’s a mark where a person shot a person.”

“You’re not a monster, you’re a human… … .”

Plato turned his gaze back and forth between me and the commander.

“Your Majesty seems to think so too. How on earth did you two figure that out?”

“Look carefully.”

I said, pointing to the bloodstain with the butt of the gun I was holding.

“The blood is spread out like fog. The small droplets of blood mean that the weapon hit and the blood spread quickly. If the droplets are that small, it must be a gun. There’s no way a monster would shoot a person with a gun, so this is a person shooting a person.”

As I finished my explanation, the commander nodded as if he agreed with what I said, so Plato’s mouth opened slightly.

“No… Even if that’s true, Your Majesty, how do you know that, Heydam? Hasn’t Heydam also never shot a gun at a person?”

“I’ve never shot anyone, but I’ve seen a lot of people get shot.”

“ah…….”

At my words, Plato seemed to remember that I was present at the execution site of Lieutenant General Bottom.

I’ve been hit by drops of blood from people who’ve been shot, and I’ve been hit by bullets from the Unicorn District guys, but how can you not recognize the blood splatter from a gunshot?

Of course, that was also something that often appeared in crime dramas I watched before I got into Bing.

The commander had a look of disbelief on his face, as if he thought I had seen a lot of these things before I returned.

“Did you raid from another area?”

When you hear that a person shot a person, the first thing that comes to mind is the possibility that they attacked from another area.

Of course, I didn’t think of the Unicorn Zone players, but we were heading north to chase the monsters.

The Cola District is the northernmost of all districts.

There is no reason for the other districts to attack us from the north.

Because beyond this is a crevasse zone.

Moreover, judging from the shape of the bloodstains, it appeared that there had been no further fighting after the first exchange.

“If it was a raid, there would be more blood stains left behind. This was a shootout between people who knew each other.”

Plato asked back with a look of disbelief on his face at my words.

“So you’re saying you shot a soldier in the same unit?”

“That’s what will happen.”

“That can’t be… … .”

Plato, who had been staring at the bloodstains on his eyes with a bewildered look for a moment, said, scraping away at his hopes.

“Could it have been a misfire? That’s because they took the body away.”

“It looks like he’s still alive, considering the amount of blood he lost wasn’t much.”

“It probably wasn’t a misfire.”

This time the commander stepped forward and spoke.

“The bloodstains are facing different directions… It seems like the two teams exchanged attacks and then dispersed in different directions.”

I lowered my body and looked under the thickly piled snow, and something that had been hard to see because of the blizzard came into view.

As the commander said, the bloodstains led in different directions.

Boot marks that were not yet covered by snow were also found, but no boot marks that appeared to belong to soldiers from other districts were found.

The footprints and bloodstains were pointing in different directions.

As if they were walking away from each other, bleeding and shot.

“If it was a misfire, there would be no reason for them to be heading in different directions… … It seems clear that there is a problem with Team 2.”

‘It was a good thing I came out to look for you.’

If we hadn’t followed them, this trail would have been buried in snow and disappeared, and even if the new officers didn’t return, we would have just thought they had been attacked by monsters.

The team leader of Team 2 specifically took Lucas and Bones, so he had another plan from the beginning.

Any purpose other than promotion.

* * *

“Oh, f*ck… … .”

Lucas cursed softly as he walked, supporting the bleeding Bones.

Bones snickered as Lucas swore.

“Did you know how to swear too?”

“Are you laughing now?”

Lucas and Bones were selected by the team leader to go on a search.

It was another veteran soldier who realized during the search that the team leader was leading them in a strange direction.

-Team Leader, this doesn’t seem to be the right way. Can’t you see Team 3 over there?

When the soldier pointed out that he seemed to have moved incorrectly, the team leader said:

-There are separate instructions, so they are being followed.

Since the team leader, who was a member of the commander’s team, said so, the other team members were hesitant but followed him.

But when the team leader did not return even after the signal to return came, the team members realized that something was wrong and protested to the team leader.

Then the team leader shouted at him instead.

-Don’t you feel anything when you see Heydam? If you’re a man, you should think about doing something good and returning!

The team leader said that he had planned to chase the monster from the beginning and that he could go back if he wanted to.

Naturally, several team members, including Lucas and Bones, insisted on going back immediately, but more than half of the team members said that they were men and would return after earning credit, which created an atmosphere to continue the search a little longer.

By this time, the suspicious Bones had already sensed something was strange.

Bones leaned close to Lucas and whispered softly.

‘Lucas.’

‘Why are you whispering?’

‘Be careful. We’re surrounded.’

‘Surrounded?’

Lucas was startled by those words and looked around, but all he could see were his teammates.

‘It’s just team members.’

‘That’s what they’re saying.’

‘What are you talking about?’

‘Look carefully. They’re walking around us.’

At Bones’ words, Lucas looked around once more, pretending to be wary of his surroundings.

Certainly, they were walking with too much awareness of Bones and Lucas for a large group that was going out to search for monsters.

By this time Lucas had also noticed that the situation was not normal.

The team members who had insisted on going back were walking behind them without a second thought, but the team members who had insisted on continuing the search had their guns pointed at Lucas and Bones.

What on earth is going on?

Lucas, who was confused, was about to ask the team leader something.

-stop.

As the team leader walking ahead turned around with his gun in hand, Bones immediately loaded his gun and aimed it at the team leader.

While the team leader was about to shoot Bones, surprised by Bones’ quick reaction speed and hesitated, a bullet flew towards Bones from the side.

As the first shot grazed his arm, the teammate who had been cursing raised his gun for the head, but Lucas shot him in the arm first, and the bullet grazed over Bones’ head.

Bones pulled the trigger, enduring the pain and screams of the fire running down his elbow, and the team leader was shot in the shoulder and sent flying backwards.

As another team member aimed his gun at Bones, Lucas stood in front of him and blocked his path.

Then a few more people came forward and built a wall.

They were the team members who had insisted on going back a little while ago after seeing the return signal.

-Why are you shooting a new officer!

It seemed like they had not received any instructions from their team leader.

Except for Lucas and Bones, the team was reorganized by the Commander and Meursault, so there were also those who were not under the command of Team 2’s leader.

Team 2’s leader quickly scanned the faces of the team members blocking him while receiving a pat on the shoulder from the other team members, and then opened his mouth as if he saw a familiar face among them and spoke.

-You also became an officer under the sponsorship of Lieutenant General Max, right?

The team leader, who barely managed to get up while stopping the bleeding on his shoulder, spoke sarcastically.

– Lieutenant General Max said so. The puppy I was adoring thought I was a wolf, so I decided to boil it and eat it.

At those words, the team members present all turned their gazes toward Bones.

There was no one in this room who didn’t know that Bones was an ardent follower of Lieutenant General Max.

The team members blocking Bones, including Bones, had faces of disapproval.

-Speak your mind. How many times has a fresh graduate from the military academy done something wrong that even Lieutenant General Max has to step in and order you to kill Bones?

-You’ve probably heard about the rebellion at the graduation ceremony.

This expedition was conducted by a small number of elite soldiers, most of whom were graduates of the military academy. It was a well-known story among the senior officers that the junior officers who were graduating this time had insisted on abolishing the recommendation system and adopting an entrance examination system.

But even so,

-You’re saying that you’re going to kill a young officer just because of that? Do you want me to believe that?

-That’s not all. If you don’t want to die, put down your guns and step back.

-Don’t make me laugh. Even if Lieutenant General Max told me to, I couldn’t do that.

Eventually, the two teams were split in half and started targeting each other.

One of the senior officers glanced at Lucas, who was supporting Bones, and said,

-Lucas, run away with Bones.

-but…….

-But there’s no such thing! Run until your soles sweat and join the other team.

Lucas clenched his teeth and started running while supporting Bones, whose face was turning pale.

Run like that for a while.

Lucas had to admit that they were lost in the snow.

An endless snow field spread out before my eyes.

But what was more painful than the fact that they were lost was the sound of gunfire they heard from afar as they were running.

How many of them survived?

“F*ck!”

Lucas swore at Bones as if he was swearing, and Bones, who was groaning in pain, giggled and pushed Lucas away helplessly, saying:

“Hey… Don’t waste your energy on me and get out.”

“Turn off?”

“Just leave me here and get out. It’ll be easier to find your way that way.”

“Stop talking nonsense. You’ll die if you do.”

“It means let me die.”

“bone!”

Lucas screamed, but Bones screamed louder.

“General Max wants me dead!”

Lucas was speechless at those words.

I still can’t believe that Lieutenant General Max ordered his soldiers to kill Bones.

Lieutenant General Max is a general known for treating both his subordinates and ordinary soldiers with respect.

Although Lucas was supported by other officers, he always thought of Lieutenant General Max as a respectable person.

But are you saying that he gave the order to drag the new officer far away and kill him because he didn’t listen to him?

“He, he wants it that way. My father wants me to die… … . Then… the only way to repay the favor is for me to die… … !”

“What are you talking about when there are senior officers who sacrificed themselves to save you?”

Lucas, who was furious at the sight of General Max still singing his praises, let go of Bones’ hand, and Bones lay down on the snow and began to sob.

“How… … ! How could my father do this to me… … !! My father’s approval was everything to me, and I became an officer for him… … !!”

“bone…….”

Bones always called him ‘Lieutenant General Max’.

Although he thought of Lieutenant General Max as his father, he acted as if something big would happen if he called him father.

It was at a moment like this that the word ‘father’ came out.

Lucas also knew that Bones truly regarded Lieutenant General Max as a father, so he couldn’t continue speaking.

If the officer who had supported him had requested his own murder, he would have been lying on the floor crying by now.

Bones lay on the floor, sobbing and mumbling.

“I’d rather just let you die here… … . Even if I go back, I’ll have nothing left… … .”

Lucas understood Bones’ despair, but he couldn’t just abandon Bones as easily as he said.

-Kukung… … .

Lucas, who had lost his balance due to the unknown earthquake, also fell down next to Bones.

As if responding to Bones’ despair, the ground shook repeatedly.

The long shadow cast over Lucas occurred just after the earthquake stopped.

“uh…….”

Lucas raised his head with an ominous feeling, and a giant monster looking down at them entered his field of vision.

“what…….”

Lucas was speechless for a moment when he encountered the monster.

The large monsters I had faced in the morning seemed like nothing, as if their wondrous bodies were standing right in front of me against a gigantic cliff.

A monster covered in white fur from head to toe looked down at them with blood all over its mouth.

Lucas could barely call Bones’ name.

“I… saw… something… … .”

The monster, who had been watching him muttering in a voice the size of an ant, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled unpleasantly.

“Bones! Wake up, kid!!”

Lucas, who suddenly came to his senses, stepped back with his gun in hand, but Bones was lying face down with a resigned look on her face.

“Wake up, Bones! Are you really planning on dying in a place like this?”

Although he shouted, it was questionable whether Bones could hear his voice properly at the moment.

Even if I abandon Bones and run away now, will I be able to survive?

Even though he knew that running away now would be difficult to save his life, Lucas chose to aim his trembling gun at the monster instead.

and.

“Get down.”

A familiar voice was heard from beyond the monster.

With a cracking sound, the monster’s abdomen burst and flew away, and its back was visible through the hole.

There stood Haydam, holding a thick gun that looked like it could never be fired by a child.