episode_0109

2 underground floors to 10 above ground floors.

The 12-story general hospital seemed as full of danger as its enormous size.

Moreover, even the smell was unfamiliar.

“I don’t know… .”

Baekhwa was able to easily recognize the smells of different types of strains.

I can’t believe I don’t understand now, my mind is confused by incomprehensible expressions.

“Explain in a little more detail.”

Baekhwa looked somewhat dazed and took a deep breath again.

“Huhhh…♡ So… it’s a new smell… but there are a lot of strange things about it…”

“Are you saying it could be a bunch of variants?”

“Yes..♡”

Don’t you like Baekhwa’s constant mixing of nasal sounds?

Yeoreum glares at Baekhwa with sharp eyes.

“Isn’t it too quiet to be a swarm of variants?”

“That’s right.”

There was an incident in Hongcheon where Baekgol attempted to control a mutant.

At the time, I heard that they were attacked by morel mutants because they lacked ability, but a group of mutants themselves can appear.

However, if, as Yeoreum said, there were a lot of mutants, there was no reason for it to be this quiet.

I have to hit them all and destroy them all.

So it’s not a variant, but it’s not a regular zombie?

You said something that isn’t a regular zombie is a variant. So then this is also a variant?

“Ah, my head hurts again.”

Should I go in or not?

Standing at the crossroads of choice once again, I racked my brain to organize my thoughts.

1. Run away.

2. Enter.

In fact, it is not impossible to obtain the medical equipment necessary for childbirth even if it is not a general ward.

You could go to a slightly smaller OB/GYN clinic.

There was no reason not to run away.

“Let’s go in.”

But in the end I decided to explore.

It would have been avoided if there were multiple variants, but the emergence of something subtle that was neither a zombie nor a variant.

I needed to know what it was.

Just as money makes money, information makes more information.

That information will be gathered to provide us with safety.

“For now, I’ll go in alone.”

“Alone?!”

Yeoreum glares at me with a strong determination that she will never allow it.

“If it’s dangerous, you have to run away, but it’s easier to run alone.”

“…Still, I want to go too.”

The hand holding my arm trembles as if I am anxious.

“You don’t trust me?”

“Trust! Still, you came here because of me.”

Yeoreum is also a truly talented person.

It’s not noticeable when fighting zombies, but it has a great lower body.

You should be able to escape without difficulty… .

“Yes. Let’s go together.”

“Yes.”

In narrow indoor battles, a spear of an appropriate length seemed more useful than a bow.

I released my bow, grabbed the spear that Aram had made, and walked towards the main gate of the hospital.

“Start the engine and wait!”

“Uh~ I’m ready to run away if something gets noisy.”

“Yes!”

The crew waited in the vehicle with the engine on.

Yeoreum and I pushed through the front door of the hospital, but we couldn’t feel any movement inside.

“Hey!!!”

“Yaaa…! Be quiet…!”

When I scream, Yeoreum grabs my collar and makes a fuss.

“You can tell if it’s there by making a sound.”

“That’s true, but…”

He shouted once more as if teasing Yeoreum, who was anxious.

“Yaaaa~~!”

“Oh really….”

Because of me being aggro to the fullest, Yeoreum straightened her neck like a meerkat and looked in all directions.

My voice rang loudly in the empty lobby, but there was no response.

“But nothing comes out?”

“So…?”

I moved forward, tapping the wall with my spear.

A situation that seems safer than expected.

“Do you think it would be okay for you to look at it?”

“Is this enough?”

Are we all on the rooftop chasing the sunlight?

The identity of the smell is still unknown, but there seemed to be no need to hesitate in entering.

I walked straight outside and called the crew.

“Everyone come in armed!”

“Yes…!Yes!!!”

*

The members, who were very nervous when Baekhwa said there was a strange smell, walked towards the hospital with their backs to each other like a ball.

I’ve already looked into it, but should I be valuing him for being so cautious?

Should we always praise attentive posture? .

First of all, I couldn’t bear to look frustrated.

“Hey, when do you want to check out this big hospital?”

As soon as I said something, Yeoreum stepped forward and divided the members into four teams.

“Look at each other like this. Oh, brother… just check the location with Baekhwa.”

“Where does the smell come from?”

“…Up.”

It’s a strange situation where you have to say something through me that you can ask directly.

To Yeoreum, Baekhwa is a bitch who harassed her younger brother + her boyfriend’s slave….

Baekhwa, who was out of breath, looked increasingly worse.

Even in a normal standing position, my thighs kept shaking, and even cold sweat was running down my thighs.

If someone I don’t know sees it, it feels like I’m sick… .

To me, who knew the identity of cold sweat, I could see Baekhwa’s sorrow.

“Guys, the first floor seems to be safe, so try searching with ease.”

“Yes!”

“Byunggan, the location of the obstetrics and gynecology department and the warehouse where medicines are stored? Please look for the location of such a place.”

“Yes.”

After saying a simple cheerful message, we headed out to find a hospital room to calm Baekhwa down.

“Where are you going?”

“To give him some treatment.”

I spit it out calmly, but because of the content… .

As expected, Yeoreum frowns slightly as if she doesn’t like it.

[Baby, he said he didn’t like it!]

I remembered Yeoreum’s cute expression of jealousy, and even that impression felt cute.

“I’ll just throw you in the room to deal with it alone.”

“…Really?”

Summer is twisting her hair around in embarrassment.

Yet the slightly twitching corners of his mouth are honest.

“Lord…I am the owner…Hmm…”

It wasn’t a very good thing for Baekhwa.

Well, if you don’t like it, just endure it.

While finding the way upstairs with the two women,

“Keee!”

The zombie’s cries rang out.

Fortunately, the sound that resonates in a wide cavity is that of a regular zombie.

“Gotcha!”

I was able to put my mind at ease after hearing the reports from the crew.

“That… Mr. Hanseong? Would you like to come by for a moment?! I think I discovered something!”

Let’s run to the urgent call of illness,

He handed me a notebook.

“What is this?”

“…It’s like a journal.”

A rather serious expression.

I opened the middle of the book to see what it was about, and I saw text written in fancy cursive.

September 16, 2021.

A week has passed since the zombie outbreak occurred.

Luckily I’m still alive.

I miss my family….

Breakfast: Rice porridge.

Lunch: Rice and canned red pepper tuna.

Dinner: Rice and Spam.

A simple diary in which you write down your diet.

I don’t know if the author was a rational person, but the diary only conveyed simple facts and did not contain any strong emotions.

“It looks like there was a survivor living here too.”

“… You have to look a little further than that.”

Byeonggan took the notebook from me again and started flipping through a few pages to find and show me what he had discovered.

September 21, 2021.

Soldiers appeared.

I felt like I was alive for a moment, but the situation unfolded quite differently from what I expected.

Several bodies taken out by soldiers.

No, zombies.

[Please study this.]

[This is necessary for the world.]

These are the words a man who appears to be the leader of the soldiers said while persuading me.

What is needed for the world.

We could agree that studying zombies was necessary, but… .

It feels awkward somewhere.

Why don’t all these zombies have bite marks?

In order to get food, you had to know something.

…I have to live first.

I had to live.

“…Is this a human experiment?”

“Yes. maybe… .”

The point was clear.

Zombies and evolution.

The two extreme changes shared one cause.

The clearest evidence was that I experienced another evolution after being bitten by a zombie.

“Let’s take a closer look.”

Words spoken heavily.

Maybe it was because his illness stimulated his sense of ethics as a doctor, but his frightened appearance disappeared and he began to read his notes with a serious expression.

“Look here too.”

October 9th.

The first primary experiment was successful.

The subject is 22 years old. male.

This is the first case of someone retaining their human form and reason without becoming a zombie.

The ability is to strengthen your grip.

Contrary to expectations, his abilities are very poor.

Like this… .

“Oh, it was successful.”

“…Sure.”

Wait a minute, that means an ordinary person has become a person with abilities.

Even if it was a poor ability like strengthening my grip, it was meaningful enough to me.

If you have that, Dayoung too.

No, not only Dayoung, but all other women could become pregnant.

I needed the results of my research for both personal and strategic reasons.

“Is there anything else?”

“Do you view it positively…?”

As I turned on the light and looked at the note, Byeonggan asked me carefully.

“Yes.”

Of course it is positive.

Is there any reason to hate it?

Strengthening your grip? There is also an abundance of trivial abilities such as enhanced vision or enhanced hearing.

In fact, the level of strengthening of grip strength is decent.

“…many people would have died.”

“Well…the experiment isn’t ethical. Still, if you’ve already committed it, you should use it.”

I didn’t kill him, right?

I didn’t ask you to experiment.

Personally, I think I would have made the same judgment as the soldier.

One thing that’s a bit disturbing is that the person who actually conducted this experiment is not in the hospital.

2 underground floors to 10 above ground floors. As it is a huge general ward with a total of 12 floors, he may be hiding or dead in one room.

I had to check the end of the note to confirm that discomfort.

“Let’s check from the end first.”

Byeonggan handed me a note as if to look at it for myself.

I immediately opened the last note.

October 21st.

It is said that he will be evacuated to the base along with the soldiers.

survived.

I survived.

That’s enough.

That’s enough.

okay. That’s enough.

The frantic writing was quite emotional, unlike the first time.