episode_0167

The nets were not made of a material that could be easily broken.

It looked like a safety net used at construction sites, but there were several layers of it.

There were also heavy bricks hanging there, making it difficult to get out.

If only I was holding a sword, but my weapon was a bat.

Although there are some angled parts… There was no way the net could be cut.

Still, I couldn’t give up, so I just struggled.

Fortunately, the net wasn’t that heavy, so I felt like I could move it if I forced it.

It wasn’t that I couldn’t run away at all.

But it was clear that this was the end of it.

“… ”

“Where. Take a jump. I used some strength earlier.”

A middle-aged man holding a shotgun said with a grin.

I smiled sheepishly and looked around.

There were at least ten men standing around.

And everyone was holding a blade.

The man took a quick look at my bat and said.

“It will be difficult to quit. Even a decent zombie can’t stop that.”

“Aha, really?”

“Even if you use some effort, it will be difficult. No, I don’t know if I can use it.”

This strategy certainly seemed to work well.

Any decent variant would not be able to shake off this net.

All they had to do was stick their weapons through the net.

And now, thinking that I ended up in that situation, I was very annoyed.

To be honest, there was no way at all.

I slowly looked around.

More people were gathering.

Watching him take turns with a few people, he seemed to have developed a knack for dealing with things like this.

It seemed like they were bringing in someone with a stronger weapon and filling the void with someone else.

It looks like they are trying to maintain at least a minimum level of security.

Before I knew it, there were nearly twenty people standing around me.

And more than half of them were holding guns or something.

Fortunately, there were no rifles. Most of them were handguns or shotguns used by police.

One of them had a shotgun, but it wasn’t scary.

I’ve been hit by a pistol, a shotgun, and a shotgun before.

Since it only hurt, I could ignore it.

“… Why are you smiling?”

The man hurriedly pointed his gun and said.

It seemed like he sensed something ominous.

But it was already too late. I was just thinking about what to do.

I slowly put my hand through the net and grabbed my bedside.

Then he tried to pull off the net with force.

However, it did not come off all at once.

The reason was immediately apparent.

It seemed to be connected to the surrounding ruins and the net.

So in order to get out of the net, I had to pull the rope tied to the ruins.

I wouldn’t have been able to do it originally, but there was no reason why I couldn’t do it.

“Shoot!”

The man shouted urgently.

At the same time, bullets flew from nearby.

In most cases, pain arose in the arms or legs, possibly for suppression purposes.

But instead of shooting, they should have hit me on the head with something.

Fortunately, this time he showed off his super strength.

The lines of the net tied to the ruins could not hold up and broke, or flew into the ruins.

Before long I was free of the net.

But the cost was severe.

The pain was so intense in my arms and legs that it was difficult to move properly.

Although they said guns didn’t work, it didn’t seem like they could be ignored at all.

It was worth it since I had to endure the impact of the bullet.

I raised my arms to protect my eyes.

A few bullets hit him, and blood flowed out.

People were fleeing in an orderly manner.

It was worth it.

It would be against common sense to say that guns don’t work.

So he probably ran away without even thinking about testing the blade.

It seemed like he was really surprised when he dropped his luggage and ran away.

Well, I was lucky. It would be nice to have some canned food.

“Thank goodness.”

I stroked Ochu, who was relatively fine.

I wondered what would happen if there was a hole in the wheel.

Since you can’t throw away the five cucumbers, you have to take them with you.

He probably didn’t pay attention to this as he was in a hurry to run away.

Or maybe he thought that he wouldn’t be able to handle me if he destroyed this too.

“Rather… ”

I looked at the luggage that the man’s colleagues had left behind earlier.

There weren’t that many bags. Two at most.

One was a bag full of various tools.

It’s probably used when dealing with mutants, but I didn’t think there was a need for me to carry it around.

It looks like they have some ammunition, but since I don’t have a gun, I didn’t need it.

So, I put it down where it was neatly placed and searched the bag next to it.

“… Ah?”

The bag was full of food.

But it was very different from what I thought.

So, what should I say?

This tasted just like pork. It looked like there was chicken too.

There was even rice that had been cooked for some time.

“No, this is… ”

Moreover, whoever had carefully packaged it, all the food was in an insulated lunch box.

It was a little cold, but it wouldn’t hurt to eat it now.

I rummaged through the bag some more.

Anyway, as long as I knew that those people only had mediocre guns, I had nothing to worry about.

And after about ten minutes of agony, I was able to come to one conclusion.

In fact, these people may not have been cannibals.

Most of the food in this bag was from slaughtered livestock.

Even if we leave aside things like pork and elk meat.

This thigh meat grilled in soy sauce was definitely chicken.

There was also another note in there.

It was like a code of conduct, but the purpose seemed to be to protect this area.

The situation itself was understandable.

Since their force was relatively small, it was clear that they were disguising themselves as cannibals and chasing others.

There was a clear reason to kick him out like that.

“Food.”

These people seemed to have succeeded in obtaining food in their own way.

Not having to rob supermarkets or convenience stores like other people was a sufficient benefit.

However, despite the large amount of food, there seemed to be no one to protect it.

For some reason, when Kang Si-woo explained it, I thought the area was small.

It seemed like simply protecting this area was difficult.

“Probably all important roads are guarded in this way. Something like a trap… There will be a lot of them.”

Now I was able to understand the uses of the tools in the other bags.

It seemed like they were using it to deter predators and set traps to hunt animals.

And they probably packed food in their bags like this so they could eat well while traveling.

To be honest, the first thing I thought was that I was glad.

Even so, it seemed like true cannibals could not be tolerated.

That means crossing a line that should not be crossed.

Even though there is nothing to eat, if you look for it well, you can survive by eating the fruits that grow on zombie corpses.

Even that wasn’t enough, so I could understand that they were looting.

But since I could never understand cannibalism, this was somewhat reassuring.

Still, that doesn’t mean there’s anywhere around here that’s crossed the line.

… But that doesn’t mean you should ask if other places are better.

“Honestly, it’s misleading. If there is this much unidentified meat.”

Even if it includes chicken.

It seemed like I couldn’t identify the deer meat or wild boar meat.

I slowly packed up my bag.

I put down the bag with the tools and planned to take the bag with the food.

Since I had some storage space left, I thought I could put it in there.

“… ”

Still, I couldn’t feel safe about other meats.

So, I only took the lunch box containing the chicken I saw earlier, and then put the rest of the lunch box neatly into my bag.

And just as I was slowly returning to Ochu, I heard a voice behind me.

“Don’t worry. That’s all animal meat.”

“… !?”

I hastily put my hand on the baton.

But before I could pick up the baton, I felt a sharp pain in my head.

I fell down, bleeding from my head.

“Sorry. But now that they find out who we are, things can’t go smoothly.”

When I heard the voice, it seemed to be a man in his early 20s.

The weapon appears to be a blunt object… It seemed to have quite a bit of weight.

My head throbbed, as if I had been hit with a hammer or something.

“I don’t know which force it came from, but that’s the end of it.”

“Okay, if I get hit with that, it will be over. ah. Ah.”

I frowned and stood up.

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like any bones were damaged.

It felt like the back of my head was torn and bleeding.

Well, even if the bone was cracked, it would have recovered quickly.

No, more than that. Did that bastard hit me with a hammer just now?

“Did you plan to kill someone?”

“Then you hit me to kill me, or did you hit me to save me?”

“No, I’m alive because it’s me. If it were anyone else, I would be dead already!”

“Yes, I think so.”

The man twirled Ohamma and nodded.

I slowly raised the baton, but honestly, I had no confidence in winning.

The wound on my head has healed, but the dizziness has not yet gone away.

If that bastard found out and hit me a few more times, I would have been completely incapacitated.

… It didn’t seem like I was going to die even if I got hit by that scary object.

However, the man was only holding the ohama.

I aimed my baton at the man and took a stance.

The man slowly looked at Ochu and me alternately and then said.

“You. Where are you from?”

“Why.”

“I’ve never seen another looter faction use something like that.”

“… aha? We need help from other forces, right?”

“Well, that’s it. If you don’t answer quickly, they will beat you up?”

The man held up Ohamma and showed it.

I lied proudly.

“B. He is a rich person.”

Fortunately, the lie seemed to work for the man.