episode_0205

“No, what’s wrong with both of you? What, are you a strange person?”

I joked like it was no big deal.

That’s what I said, but in reality, I was filled with anxiety that I couldn’t understand.

Well, if you go back to Jinju, you have to get involved with the saints, right?

In some cases, I might have to knock down the saints and run away.

Otherwise, you may have to fight with people with equivalent abilities.

But the only person there who could stop me was Hae-jin Hae.

As such, I wanted to know things related to Ahn Hae-jin in advance.

I thought that knowing even small habits and personality traits would be helpful in the future.

But I didn’t want to know this kind of hidden secret or anything like that.

It didn’t feel like Haejin Ahn was trash or anything like that.

It was as if he was looking at someone who felt sorry for him.

Anyway, I didn’t think it would be easy to bring up the story here, so I sighed and said.

“I have a free schedule after I go to the faculty dormitory and take a shower. Can you come and talk to me?”

“Of course, I can do it for you.”

“Okay, tell me a good time and I will be waiting for you in advance.”

I thought it would be better to postpone this matter for now.

I don’t think I’ll get an answer if I ask questions right away…

It could be something terrible.

Once again, I realized that this was the apocalypse.

“Then, I’m leaving?”

“See you later.”

“… After.”

I pretended not to hear Kangshin’s sigh.

It was because it was the expression of someone who was forcing himself to remember something he didn’t want to remember.

The trio of saints don’t do anything to make trouble in front of me, so why bother sighing?

If you take that into account, I think you can get a rough idea of how serious this matter is.

“A, Mr… ”

I felt like swearing all the time.

I was angry because it became clear that it was going to be a hassle.

There is no one in Jinju that you can rely on.

Having to do things alone was always annoying and annoying.

I’m thinking about it again, but…

I like it when someone gives orders.

“I should wash and rest.”

I felt like I could get rid of this frustration and annoyance after washing it properly.

In the past, I think I would have just cursed and vented my frustration.

Maybe it’s because I’ve grown up a bit now and have more time to spare, but I’m not so frustrated.

First of all, one fact has not changed.

The saints of Jinju don’t know that I am a spy from Busan.

You may only know him as someone who somehow managed to escape from there.

It wouldn’t be possible to pinpoint the white hair and red eyes.

Since there was something that bothered me in the first place, it was accurate to assume that he didn’t know me.

If you knew that, there was no need to worry too much.

No, it was good to be sure that it wasn’t there.

If those people knew me, there was no way they would stay silent.

He must have been caught in Jinju a long time ago, or some people may have contacted him secretly.

You don’t have to worry too much about what kind of person Ahn Hae-jin is.

Anyway, he’s probably just a poor victim who was mentally ruined.

How to persuade such a person is my specialty… Although not.

Still, I felt like I could do something with words.

“There is one thing that holds me back… ”

A lukewarm river of water poured out of the shower.

I took it slowly and then sighed.

It seemed like Jinju’s affair was somehow planned by an overly obsessed idiot.

There was one thing I was sure of.

Jinju is a predatory force.

In order for the fallen saints to get there, they must have similar tendencies.

Living in Jinju will be easier if you can openly criticize others.

But the saints I saw were fundamentally good people.

Sometimes things go wrong and I just give up and live.

It didn’t occur to me that he crawled there on his own.

It was clear that he ran there for some reason.

And that’s probably because of what Jjinta told me.

Why pearl?

I kept thinking about this question.

Gyeongsang-do does not have just one region.

There are not many areas like Busan where survivors are prevalent.

If you decide to hide, it will be very difficult to find you in this situation.

Because it is possible to live like a natural person in the mountains.

If so, there was one thing I could guess.

Someone must have instigated or told us that we had to go to Jinju.

Jjintta can handle zombies.

Since there is some kind of cooperative relationship with the religious leader, they must have collected information about the surrounding area based on that.

And while going north, they would need something to keep the Busan forces from chasing them.

Jintta, who was looking for a suitable trial, seemed to have caught the eye of Jinju.

Jjintta would have told me that Jinju has a similar level of survivor force as Busan.

At the same time, the protagonist must have threatened that he would not spare the saints.

He said that if you don’t intend to be with him, you have no choice but to die.

The frightened saints chose to flee to Jinju, and although they knew it was a marauder force, it was too late… Come on.

Of course, I wasn’t sure.

There may be something more hidden, or it could just be a coincidence.

But it was clear that the situation was a little strange.

I don’t know why saints who could have run away to other areas went all the way to Jinju.

“Fuck haircut.”

I turned off the shower.

Now I see that there is a lot of work to be done.

Once Jinju’s work is finished, you will have to travel around Gyeongsangnam-do for a while to find supplies.

At the same time, you also need to find out information about the nearby area…

We also had to find out information about the pseudo-power that had moved up to the north.

That wasn’t the end.

As of yet, we have only caught counts among the nobles.

And it was just a fable, so it wasn’t that strong.

Having to deal with a properly fabled count and a high-ranking noble, I felt dizzy.

In the past, the moment I thought about this, I would have thought about ways to hide and live.

They must have gathered enough food and such and went into the mountains.

And it seemed like I lived like a natural person as I bumped into each other with my body.

Then, later, in front of the variant that came to my house, it must have died or become its mother.

This novel didn’t end just because I was hiding somewhere.

Zombies were bound to evolve, and some varieties were better suited to forests than cities.

When the mutants began to advance into the forests and mountains, all those who hid there also died.

Because Kang Si-woo will know that painfully, well.

Perhaps even then, he would have done something to save his life.

But it was different now.

There were many people supporting me and relying on me.

I have friends who lend me their shoulder when I need to rely on them.

… It was a bad start, but it was also a situation we couldn’t live without now.

That’s why I didn’t feel like running away.

I wanted to save my life, but that was something to think about later.

If you rush in and don’t think it’s going to work, then beg for it, right?

“Ugh.”

I took a shower to wash away the frustration and anxiety, but instead I felt like something was stuck in my chest.

In the past, I would have run away from this burden, but not now.

On the contrary, I felt like it wasn’t that bad.

I stuck my head out for a moment and looked outside the bathroom, then got dressed and came out.

I wonder when this bastard Noh Chang-hoon arrived, and he was sitting calmly on the sofa reading a pile of documents.

Anyway, if I went out naked without even thinking about it, I would have been in big trouble.

It’s not that I’m terribly embarrassed, but I felt strangely bad because of that bastard’s reaction.

I slowly got dressed and came out, then dried my hair with a towel.

Although Noh Chang-hoon already knew that I had appeared, he did not look away from the documents.

Seeing that, it seemed like it was very important.

If you add the fact that you came all this way to visit me…

It’s something important that you must tell me, I guess.

“Ah, for now. If you say it’s a waste, I’ll hit you.”

“Oh my.”

“So, what’s going on?”

There were a few things I could guess.

First of all, there are pearls. It might also have something to do with the supplies we talked about last time.

If not, maybe it’s a different region or something.

There might be a new variant or something, but for now, it seemed like it was probably a pearl.

But what Noh Chang-hoon was talking about was a completely different topic.

“It seems that there is a high-ranking variant in Gijang-gun.”

“… Huh?”

It must have been about “count, and there was a lot of moss.”

“Mo… Su? Are you talking about that moss thing?”

“Yes. You will need a mask.”

“… ?”

I opened my mouth in a daze, then closed it.

Yeah, it felt like something I read in a novel once.

Varieties that reproduce like plants sometimes scatter spores in the air.

Having it on your body doesn’t mean you become a zombie, but…

It was also said that it had strange toxicity, sleeping properties, or an aphrodisiac effect, making it hard to come to your senses.

Thanks to this, I heard that wearing a mask was mandatory when going to the relevant area.

And that’s not a cloth cold belt, but a proper mask.

“But, is the mask still in place? ?”

I couldn’t remember exactly when the mask’s expiration date was.

First of all, it seems like it will last at least a few months…

There was no way the survivors would have brought masks separately, so getting them seemed like it would be hard work.

Fortunately, Noh Chang-hoon dismissed such concerns.

“The expiration date is about 2 to 3 years, so don’t worry because we have reserves.”

“Aha.”

“That’s what you need to worry about. Once the work in Jinju is over, we’ll have to go there to subdue it.”

“I should be at the forefront, right?”

Noh Chang-hoon smiled bitterly instead of answering.

Well, I didn’t mind. I just had one question.

I really wanted to know what would happen if I burned it.