episode_0309

People were very busy.

I still knew how to modify the plan, right?

But it seemed like there was no time to revise the strategy.

To top it off, everyone was walking around with their weapons down as if they were uncomfortable.

How long has it been?

The area near the church where the deacons gathered was literally a mess.

Everyone somehow managed to scrape up the oil or gasoline and left it on the floor.

And the materials needed to make Molotov cocktails were lying around.

It’s probably clear that you don’t think it’s necessary to take the time to clean it up.

And then an older man appeared and gathered people.

They formed a group like that and then found people who had done some demos and made them team members.

Before long, the area near the church was so crowded with people making Molotov cocktails that there was no room to walk.

The firebombs thus made were each placed in a cart or basket and occupied a corner.

Looking at the numbers, it seemed like we could easily block a certain distance.

When things went like this, even I, who remembered the operation, started to worry.

No, I still thought people would change their strategy?

I didn’t know they would come forward and say, “Let’s give it a try and think about it.”

It seemed like everyone was in a group mood and I had no idea what to say.

So, for a while, you were just helping people move their luggage?

From a distance, I saw Ahn Do-jun walking towards me, calling me.

“What’s going on?”

“Sister! I was already looking for it. Come here.”

Dojun Ahn took me to another church and started talking.

If nothing else, my role in this operation is absolute, right?

That’s why you need to discuss with me which area will be the battlefield.

So, he was looking for me and his radio was broken, so he came all the way to Ahn Do-jun like this.

Yeah, everything was good.

Since I have an important role to play anyway, we will need to discuss it.

So up to this point, it doesn’t really matter how things turn out, right?

“But, is it really okay with a strategy full of loopholes like this?”

I deliberately spoke openly and looked at Ahn Do-jun’s expression.

If nothing else, you have to risk your life for an operation like this, right?

And not only with their own lives, but also with people who have no sense of right or wrong?

No matter how much I thought about it, more consideration was needed.

If you go somewhere else and have a problem, you might have to come back here.

In that situation, it would be the handshake that sets Seoul on fire.

So, I asked him if he was okay… Dojun Ahn nodded as if it was obvious.

“Sister, as you know, we don’t have time right now.”

“There is no time…”

“And there are too many people to take care of.”

“…right.”

“But since we can’t abandon people… we have no choice but to gamble.”

That was right.

If I had been able to abandon the people, I would have been able to plan my strategy more carefully.

If you let the abandoned people and zombies fight, you will gain more time.

However, as is natural, I couldn’t choose the option of abandoning people.

It shouldn’t have been that way in the first place.

Yes, what more can I say that you have no choice but to gamble.

So, without saying anything, I followed Ahn Do-jun to the place where he was.

When we arrived, there was a long desk and a map I didn’t know where it came from.

There, the man continued to mark something on the map along with other people.

Colorful lines continued to be drawn on the map.

Numbers with unknown meaning were also thrown around in people’s mouths.

How long has it been like that?

It seemed like he only realized I had come after Ahn Do-jun started talking to him.

Not long after, the man wiped the sweat from his forehead and opened his mouth.

“Ah, are you here? I don’t have time to talk too much, so… ”

Just by looking at it, it was clear that I had to come here.

So, without hesitation, I went next to him and looked down at the map.

There were three large circles drawn on the colorful map.

The man immediately pointed to the circle and some nearby lines.

“Do you see the circle here?”

“Yes, I can see it.”

“This circle is where you will not intentionally light a fire.”

“Ah, you mean to fight zombies here?”

“Yes. And the red line around it is where to start the fire…”

“What about the green and blue lines?”

“Green is our escape route after setting the fire. Blue is the route to evacuate survivors.”

“Umm…”

After hearing that, I looked at the map again.

There is one circle in the southwest of the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace. One in the north. There was one in the southeast.

The one in the southwest seemed to be paying attention to the area beyond the bridge.

Likewise, the one in the southeast is probably paying attention to the zombies that have come to the vicinity of the church.

Lastly, the north is the direction of the subway where survivors take refuge.

It was clear that the man’s intention was to ask me to choose one of these three.

“You can think about it a little more, right?”

“A few minutes is okay.”

“Ah, there will be a conclusion in a few minutes.”

There was nothing to worry about for long anyway.

While paying attention to what is beyond the bridge. While paying attention to the zombies that came to the vicinity of the church.

And if you wanted to worry about the survivors evacuating, there was no battlefield bigger than Gyeongbokgung Palace.

…I thought it might be damaging cultural property, but there’s nothing I can do about it.

Gyeongbokgung Palace was already ruined without me doing anything, so it doesn’t matter if it gets ruined even more.

And honestly, there aren’t many places better suited than here.

So, without hesitation, I took a picture of where Gyeongbokgung Palace was and told the man.

“I think it would be best to use this as a battlefield.”

“…Are you talking about Gyeongbokgung Palace?”

“Yes. And for this, I think I need to modify the place where the fire is set and other things…”

I wanted to just randomly start a fire, but that’s a bit much, right?

No matter how much smoke rises, you can’t suddenly start a fire near a subway station.

So I thought it would be a good idea to block the road leading to the subway station.

And since we have to lead the zombies to Gyeongbokgung Palace… we should start the fire this way.

“Please give me some colored pencils.”

“Ah, here it is.”

To organize my thoughts further, I got a colored pencil from a nearby butler and drew lines on the map.

After drawing for a few minutes, I came up with a rough estimate, although I can’t say it’s perfect.

So what I was thinking was… roughly something like this.

Since we can’t go north anyway, we have to gather zombies at Gyeongbokgung Palace.

So, first of all, a red line was drawn diagonally to the north of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

If you create a barrier by lighting a lot of fire beyond this, zombies will naturally come to the place where there is no fire.

And if you set fire to a few places nearby, they will come here to avoid the fire.

Then I just have to deal with the zombies that flocked to Gyeongbokgung Palace and that’s it.

Above all, this way, the evacuation route itself became much simpler.

You can run away in a straight line without having to make a winding move through the building.

Of course, this isn’t perfect, but it’s better than nothing, right?

As I was about to leave, I finished the explanation and looked at the others.

If there is any problem, it needs to be corrected immediately.

Fortunately, the man who had been quietly looking at the map for a while immediately opened his mouth.

“But if you do this, you may have to deal with a lot of zombies at once.”

It was obvious what that meant.

I guess they’re asking if it’s okay to do it this dangerously.

But there’s no need to worry about that, right? I thought I would be alone in the first place.

So, I boasted that there was no problem and bluffed by saying that if there were no other problems, we would proceed.

If I say I’m okay, what can other people do?

Soon, people started following the strategy I suggested.

To be honest, it wasn’t a very good operation as you pointed out, but what can you do?

There was no other way to try anyway.

Time too. Manpower too. What if you don’t have everything but there are a lot of things you need to take care of?

In the end, someone has no choice but to sacrifice.

And it is better for me to sacrifice alone than for many people to sacrifice.

Above all, this wasn’t just stupid.

Anyway, if zombies band together, they will be under the command of a mutant.

Of course, they will gather together to some extent and march to one place.

Then, even if you set it on fire, it was still the same as dealing with so many zombies.

No, I had to deal with so many zombies in the first place.

Just because zombies didn’t come to me doesn’t mean zombies went to the survivors.

So, I can only hope that all the zombies come to me.

“…Things got a little messy.”

Even when I thought about it again, all I could think was that things had gone wrong.

I know it can’t be helped, but honestly, it’s not like I’m not annoyed.

Things might be better now if that damned cult hadn’t disabled the survivors.

Of course, there is nothing more foolish than thinking about the past.

So, I paid no mind and looked at the map that he and others had modified and recalled the strategy.

And I didn’t forget to ask questions to see if I understood things correctly.

“Mister, what does this X mean?”

“Oh, you shouldn’t go there. It’s a place where gas cylinders are collected…”

“Aha. Then what about this square?”

“A place where clothes and such things are collected.”

“So even if I run away, I have to be careful here?”

“Yes.”

How long had he been looking at the map and memorizing the strategy?

I could see what was happening when I saw people walking around with carts.

The final gamble to evacuate the survivors must have begun.

So I threw away the map I was reading and quickly left to join them.