episode_0112

As I came out, Noh Chang-hoon suddenly looked at my face.

Then he said.

“I cried.”

“What, what!? I didn’t cry.”

“Look at your face. you idiot. Your face is dirty, but only the area around your eyes is clean.”

“… Ah?”

“Do you think it’s over just because you wipe away the stain? If you’re going to wipe, you should wipe your entire face.”

“Well, what is it? Is it real!?”

My face reflected in the mirror was clear only around the eyes.

There was blood splattering on my cheeks right now, but it was only around my eyes that I was suspicious.

And immediately my face turned red.

“Was it good?”

“Noisy!”

“It must have been good.”

“Won’t you shut up!? Oh, I’m going first!”

“Yes, yes.”

Honestly, I thought about it once.

I wonder if I break that bastard’s head with a baton and it won’t happen again.

But no matter how much I thought about it, even though I received a ring as a gift, it didn’t seem like that was the case.

I decided to tease him later if something happened, and chose a place to shop next.

“Buy some winter clothes! Yours.”

“Okay, let’s choose. But, don’t you need it?”

Noh Chang-hoon stared at my body.

I didn’t really need winter clothes anyway.

When fighting, my body would quickly heat up and my body temperature would rise, and even in normal times, I did not get cold easily.

Even though the weather is quite chilly right now, I never thought that I wouldn’t be able to stand it because of the cold.

Well, you can’t wear it at all…

No, even if you wear it, you will have to expose either your arms or legs.

Considering that I was wearing a top to begin with, I thought it would be okay to cover both of us.

“At most, a hoodie?”

“Is that enough?”

“Yes. You have to expose either your arms or legs anyway, and your body temperature naturally rises when you fight, right?”

“I understand. Then who will clear the road?”

“Way?”

Noh Chang-hoon quietly raised his index finger and pointed somewhere.

Now I see that the men’s clothing store is on a different floor.

And there were a lot of zombies like that on other floors, which meant that now we had to fight.

But I wasn’t that worried.

Anyway, only one of us could fight.

So I said while lightly turning my arm.

“Ah, I’ll break through. Should I go up?”

“Yes. Be careful.”

“Carry your luggage well.”

It was obvious that the elevator wouldn’t be usable.

The escalator… There was a reason why it couldn’t be used.

It’s so full of green lumps that it’s better to go up the stairs rather than use that road.

That green mass even wriggled.

So I looked for a suitable emergency staircase and headed there.

There was no hesitation. I carefully opened the door, went inside, and swung the baton.

“Guhuh..!?”

“Guhuh… ”

“Where, you bastards!”

The two zombies waiting inside fell to the ground with their heads cracked.

There didn’t seem to be any zombies nearby, so I looked around and pushed the corpses to one place.

While I was doing this, Noh Chang-hoon opened the door properly and was alert to the surroundings.

“Let’s go up.”

“Okay.”

“No, wait a minute.”

There was a knocking sound on the door.

Just looking at it, it seemed like there were a lot of zombies inside.

All the nearby zombies must have gathered here, as if they had noticed the commotion.

Normal zombies aren’t that annoying, but they become annoying when there are too many of them.

And if you look at this sound, there are five or six at most.

There were a lot of zombies when I looked up earlier, so if I made a mistake, I could end up cleaning up an entire floor of zombies.

“I think it’s going to be annoying.”

“Please help me?”

“No, Changhoon, you just stay there. I even got a ring, but I can’t keep my mouth shut.”

The door happened to be a push type.

Since the door didn’t seem to be broken yet, I grabbed the doorknob and draped the baton over my shoulder.

Then I counted the numbers in my head and pushed the door hard.

“Guhuh… ?”

“Guhuh… !”

“What, what!?”

But it was a more horrifying sight than I expected.

Countless arms reached out beyond the door.

The lumpy zombies screamed.

I quickly turned my head and looked at Noh Chang-hoon.

Noh Chang-hoon chuckled and said.

“Why. Are you scared?”

“No, Changhun. How should I kill that… ?”

It seemed like it appeared at least once in the novel.

A group of victims who were driven to chaos at the time of the incident and cannot be classified as a variant.

There was no need to touch lumps that were no different from living obstacles, so they were often left unattended.

But we came here to shop, and there was no other aisle to choose from.

So, I had to overcome this obstacle and move forward, but I couldn’t figure out where to hit to kill it.

That’s why I asked for help, and Noh Chang-hoon said it as if it was obvious.

“How can I kill it? I have to burn it.”

“No, if I was going to do that, I would have burned it a long time ago. That’s okay… ?”

“That’s the only way. It would be hard to even throw away that one.”

“Eng.”

I didn’t feel very good about burning that thing.

But there was nothing I could do, so I carefully lit the fire and watched the situation.

Fortunately, the lump burned as it was and screamed.

And after a few minutes it disappeared completely.

I cautiously looked out the door. First of all, the sprinklers didn’t work…

“The zombies are still there. Changhun, please wait a moment.”

There were a lot of regular zombies, but there was nothing to worry about.

However, it just became annoying, so I had to sweat out the zombies while swinging my baton for a while.

Still, it was okay once everything was taken care of.

While the piled up bodies were being disposed of by setting fire to them, Noh Chang-hoon put down the bag containing the clothes and started shopping.

In fact, there was no shopping at all.

All I had to do was choose decent clothes that weren’t dirty and put them in my bag.

“Did you choose everything?”

“Not yet.”

“Slow down. I will take care of the zombies that come. Ugh, there’s no need for that.”

Now I can see that the lump was properly blocking the road.

So the zombies couldn’t come down or go up.

If you look at it briefly, it would be the same as luck.

But if you dig deeper, there weren’t many tragedies like that.

This means that most of the people who were shopping here when the incident occurred died.

Even without being able to escape, he was trapped among people.

That’s how they died and merged together. It turns into a lump, groans, and continues to live.

“… ”

In my heart, I wanted to burn it all down.

Even though he was dead, I didn’t think he would want to be alive looking like that.

But I didn’t have time to write.

In a situation where we didn’t know when another attack might come, the two of us stayed away for a long time.

Moreover, Noh Chang-hoon had a duty to fulfill as a second lieutenant.

It won’t be long before we will have to be on guard again at the defense line.

“Anyway, people will start cleaning up later when everything is finished.”

Thinking like that made me feel a little better.

If we finish it together, the zombies will disappear.

If this world continues even after we return to the real world, then everyone will be able to smile.

… It seemed a little sentimental, but whatever. There will be times like this in life.

“I selected them all. Let’s go.”

“Okay. Let’s just stop by the electronics store on the way down.”

Contrary to expectations, the camera did not sell.

However, I packed things like USB and earphones that I could use in one way or another.

I also brought several types of batteries. After putting all that in, the bag soon became full.

Noh Chang-hoon smiled and packed his luggage.

Then, suddenly, something occurred to him, he looked at me and said.

“ Doesn’t this make you feel like you’re on a date?”

“… Really?”

It’s a date.

Now that I think about it, it felt quite like a date.

You two came alone to pick out clothes and put rings together.

If it weren’t for the apocalypse, it would have been quite a picture to watch.

Although I may say it myself, I am very pretty and he is handsome.

Originally, it seemed like it would attract people’s attention as there were good-looking men and women around.

However, due to the circumstances, it only gets the attention of zombies.

“Hey, Changhun.”

“Huh?”

“Laptop or cell phone. If you look closely, you might find something with a movie in it, right?”

“I guess so?”

“I’ve been wanting to stay up all night and watch a movie with my friend for a long time. Do you want to watch it together?”

“Hmm… ”

Noh Chang-hoon thought for a moment.

Well, it was worth worrying about. It’s not easy to find a phone with a movie on it, and it’s not easy to leave it on all night long.

We can’t waste important electricity just for that reason.

So, if it didn’t work out, I could roughly understand it and move on.

… Still, it would be great if that were possible.

“Nothing bad. Electricity to be removed from such a place. I can take it.”

“Really!?”

“And you’re going to be tough here anyway. Fair compensation for labor… It’s like getting it in advance.”

“Heng, I thought so. I’m a decent worker.”

“Is there a movie you want to see?”

“Uh… ”

Normally in these situations, I wouldn’t know what movie to watch.

That’s right, I don’t really watch movies much.

It was a hassle to go to the movie theater, and there were no movies worth watching.

And for me, movies were not for watching, but for arguing.

It was fun to see the crazy things that happen when you throw something into something when you’re bored.

In the end, there was only one option.

“Gong, horror movie… Don’t you want to see… ?”

I’m scared, but I’ll be okay if I’m with him.