episode_0017

I was holding a rather sized piece of jerky in my hand.

Hmm… I don’t know what to do with this. Bang

First of all, jerky is dried meat that has been seasoned.

…I can’t really taste the seasoning, so maybe it just tastes like hard meat?

I thought about that and put it in my mouth.

….

It’s just dried, hard meat. So, it’s not completely tasteless, but if you ask me if it’s really that good… Well?

I had no choice but to just say that.

I chewed the jerky dryly.

This is also meat, so it will help my arm recover.

” Ugh… This doesn’t really suit me… It’s too salty. ”

Oh, this is really salty.

I didn’t know.

…………

Since a while ago.

I had been ignoring it all along, but it bothered me.

Boom bang!!

There was a steady knocking sound from beyond the door.

The strange thing is that the frost doesn’t show any reaction.

There was absolutely no expression of fear, surprise, helplessness, or trying to ignore it.

( and… )

Bang bang bang bang

And that door doesn’t even shake. I can still hear a sound coming from that door.

Is the door thick? Not at all.

My body was shaking more and more. Seriously, why am I doing this?

What should I do?

I closed my eyes and covered my ears. I didn’t want to worry the frost, but I couldn’t stand it anymore.

Boom, bang, bang!

The sound didn’t diminish at all. It was no use.

Something grabbed my arm.

I was startled, but then I realized it was a human hand.

” I’ll be with you! ”

Seori grabbed my arm and said that.

I held his hand tightly and waited for him to calm down.

Boom… Boom… Boom………..

… the sound of knocking on the door gradually grew quieter.

Phew… This seizure was a bit scary.

Even though I tried not to care, I kept worrying and my body started shaking more and more.

Still, I thought I knew a little bit about the solution.

It’s about feeling the body temperature of others.

When feeling the warmth of another person, the seizure symptoms seem to calm down.

I guess I’ll never be able to do any personal activities like this. If I were to experience something like that alone in the middle of the night, I wouldn’t be able to endure it.

” Thank you. I feel better now. ”

I thanked Frost.

Only then did Seori let go of my arm and say this.

” If you’re anxious, you can rely on this older sister! ”

I picked at that sight and laughed.

Even I felt purified when I encountered such an infinitely pure being.

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After eating and sleeping in the shelter for a few days, even my hands were completely restored.

A man who occasionally saw it from the side said in admiration.

” The human body is truly mysterious. ”

” I don’t think you should classify me as an ordinary human being. ”

As I joked like that, I prepared to leave.

Seol-ri said she wished there was more, but I said this because I had something to do.

” I have a very precious friend in my hometown, I have to go check if he’s alive. ”

” Friend? ”

” Yes. A precious friend like Sister Seori. ”

When I boiled it like this, the frost receded a bit.

If a friend leaves to find a friend, I can’t stop him.

So we prepared to leave and gathered in front of the shelter entrance.

” Sister, are you ready? ”

” Of course. ”

” Are you going to leave without saying a word of regret? ”

Just before we left, the shelter families came together to see us off.

” Oh. You guys. ”

” I know you have a purpose. Our family blesses you on your future path. ”

” Always stay healthy and don’t get hurt. Do you know that in this world, your body is a great asset? ”

” Sister, Dacheon, let’s meet again! Let’s meet again and play! ”

” Yes, thank you all so much. I will never forget what I spent in this shelter. ”

” Thank you for taking care of me when I had no arms. ”

They exchanged words with each other. Now these people will not be seen for a while.

” Oh, right. I had a gift for you. I’ll give you this first. ”

What the man gave to Seoyeon was a military knife.

” Wow..! ”

As soon as Seoyeon received it, her eyes sparkled.

… You liked that kind of thing? That’s unexpected.

” This is something I used in a survival competition before. It’s not in good condition since I only used it a few times. ”

” Yes! Thank you for the nice gift! ”

I guess you really like that kind of stuff. Can you feel my love for knives?

” And I’ll give you this and this. ”

The man gave me a clean revolver and three rounds of ammunition. And a bundle of them.

” Total.. ”

I looked around at the revolver, and it was definitely my gun.

” He came out while cleaning the dog’s body. But it was soaked in blood. It was hard to clean it. And he said he brought some of this ammo from the Russian Roulette scene. ”

…..Russian roulette..? What the hell has this guy been doing?

He is truly an enigmatic old man.

” And what’s in that package is raw meat. ”

Raw meat! My expression brightened in an instant.

The man looked at my expression and continued speaking.

” I know you’ve lost your sense of taste. ”

As soon as I heard that, I turned my head towards Seoyeon.

Judging from Seoyeon’s embarrassed expression, it seems like that’s not what she said.

Other people were rather surprised.

” I just happened to pick it up. I heard it when I passed by the room last time. ”

….Didn’t you overhear something else by chance last time..?

” I know you’re obsessed with meat. You can only taste things that are meat. ”

Is there a bug in the room? I know quite a bit about it.

” It’s not that hard to know this. You can learn a lot about the other person by being interested in their behavior, words, and expressions. You can tell by looking at how they liked chewing meat, how their expressions became subtle when they ate other foods, and how their expressions didn’t change when they ate overly salty or spicy food. ”

…..Is this what happens when you work as a journalist for a long time?

” In a world like this, losing your sense of taste is bound to be heartbreaking.. So this meat is a gift from me. It’s a collection of specially delicious parts, so take it out and eat it whenever you’re feeling bored. ”

” Yes.. Thank you.. ”

I expressed my gratitude to the man for his unexpected kindness.

Although his past history is very suspicious, he is a good person.

We had to say goodbye one more time before we could set off.

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We went outside and rode our bikes towards the highway entrance.

The weather was clear and blue, almost like a blessing for the shelter family.

The highway was still full of wrecked vehicles.

Seoyeon glanced at the inside of the car every time she passed by, but there was nothing to gain.

If we were riding motorcycles, we would have at least shaken off the oil.

We kept running and arrived at a toll gate with a shelter.

Here too, the cars were packed. They weren’t lined up to pay the toll, they were just blocked by traffic.

Since both the Hi-pass and the rest area were completely blocked off, we squeezed through the narrow space between the toll booths where there were no cars. We got off our bikes and pushed them forward.

Then we arrived in front of a passageway that seemed to be used by toll booth workers.

Now that I think about it, this feels like a shortcut, right? If I go here, at least the road won’t be blocked, right?

” Sister. Do you want to go here? ”

” There? But do you know where you’ll end up if you go there? ”

” Yes. If you go here, you’ll go to a side road next to the highway. It’ll take a bit of a detour, but it’ll be better than here. ”

I went into a passage where only one person was passing by and exited through the other passage.

The place we exited to was like an empty lot, and there were cars parked there.

Among them was a large trailer, lying on its side for some unknown reason, with destroyed cars rolling around it.

I was a little curious as to why such an accident had occurred in such a place, but that thought quickly disappeared as soon as I saw one place.

There was a container in the trailer that was frozen solid with some of its contents leaking out.

…Is this blood? I walked up to the trailer and pulled the handle.

Squeak

There were numerous corpses inside.

But the condition of the body is strange.

Should I say something is twisted? Should I say it is stirred up?

Looking closely inside, there was a hole about 3 meters long.

And then it slowly began to glow, and indescribable corpses began to writhe.

Then he slowly began to rise, as if it were time to hunt.

I quickly closed the trailer door I had opened.

” Sister! Bring me something to wear! Quickly!! ”

” Oh, I got it! ”

Seoyeon brought her own pole and walked.

When we try to move away from the container,

bang!!!

The trailer door shook violently.

BAM!!! BAM!!

ah..

I put a pole in the middle to keep the door from opening, but the hinges on the side of the door started to fall off.

..Were the zombies originally this strong?

Kwaaang!!

The hinges on the side were ripped off and fell out.

And inside, four corpses that were either zombies or monsters, moving while connected to long tentacles, slowly walked out. One by one, they began to stare at us with their piercing eyes.

It seems I’m in trouble again.