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The situation seemed to have been somewhat resolved. All the zombies that had been occupying the common area had fallen to the ground, and no matter where I looked around, I couldn’t see any variables that could intrude.

I looked at the old man. It was really dizzying to see him looking away from the zombie in front of him, as if he had forgotten who he was telling me to focus on.

If the Screamer we encountered had been a normal-sized one, the old man would have been in trouble.

I have to say something.

With that determination in mind, I strode toward the old man with brisk steps. By the time I reached a distance where I could see his expression, the old man’s expression that I saw wasn’t very good.

What the heck, are you already wearing a mask because you’re afraid I’ll say something? Do you think I won’t say anything if you just keep doing that?

“Mister, what were you thinking just now? It’s dangerous while fighting!”

“Thank you, Danhwa. I got through it well. Thank you.”

“No, I wasn’t trying to get compliments…!”

I could quickly tell that the old man’s compliment wasn’t just passing but sincere. But the important thing was to make sure that the same thing didn’t happen again.

“Not all of these women, but many of them seem to have worked in Arcadia.”

Arcadia? Ah… that entertainment place…

I thought to myself, how dare you recognize me? I guess I was a regular customer, so I could recognize you even when you were a mess, like a zombie.

The evaluation of the old man that had been implicitly held in my mind began to decline again.

“Why, it’s so sad that the people who served me drinks died.”

I said it with a sense of disappointment, and the old man listened to me and slowly shook his head.

“Shorts, that’s not it. Isn’t it weird? And the clothes. I messed it up a bit, but… these women were wearing makeup too.”

“So what. If something comes to mind, just tell me the result. Don’t keep talking.”

“There’s quite a distance from Majangsan to where Arcadia used to be. Arcadia is located further inward from Rodeo Drive. Majangsan is the complete opposite. What I’m saying is that it doesn’t make sense for these people to be turned into zombies here.”

After hearing the old man’s words, I looked around at the corpses of zombies that had lost their heads and turned into Dullahan or Tanghulu. Since this was an evaluation of zombies, the objectivity was quite low, but overall, they didn’t look bad.

The clothes were quite provocative.

At the time when the zombie outbreak broke out, the employees who were working at Arcadia and the women who were not were hastily gathered together to go hiking, so it was difficult to believe that they accidentally stepped into an underground bunker and became zombies.

Moreover, judging from the fact that the parts of his clothes that weren’t stained with blood weren’t that dirty, it didn’t seem like he’d been dead for many years.

“Strange…well, that’s true.”

The entrance to the bunker certainly looked like it hadn’t been entered for years. But the fact that the zombies inside didn’t seem to have entered before that was contradictory.

“If it were simply a personal bunker, there would be one entrance, but this one also has a military purpose, so there are sometimes multiple entrances. So that troops can be deployed to the right places. Furthermore… the entrance we entered is located in the basement of the church’s living quarters, so it’s a place with a lot of eyes.”

I had a feeling what the old man was trying to say.

That some of the people of Hanmaum Church had imprisoned these women here, and furthermore, that they may have killed them or committed acts equivalent to such.

As I thought about it, a sudden feeling of disgust welled up in me. The thought that those who are fake are fakes took root deep in my heart once again.

To be honest, I don’t want to get along anymore.

Tsk tsk.

“…?”

“Shorts, back off! Get back all the way!”

At the old man’s words, I hurriedly pulled away. But I didn’t forget to turn my head in the direction the old man was facing.

What the hell is going on… What is that… What is…

“It seemed like things would end easily.”

“I’m so sorry.”

As the Screamer’s body split apart, bright red limbs sprouted out.

The creature, who had taken on a spider-like form, placed its limbs on the corpses of the zombies scattered around, and as it did so, a terrifying, creepy creaking sound was heard.

“Ugh…”

Fortunately, some time had passed since I had eaten, otherwise I might have thrown up what I had eaten.

The Screamer’s limbs had mouths attached to them. They didn’t look like human mouths, but more like shark mouths. With a bloody slurping sound, the limbs sprouting from the Screamer’s body began to grow thicker.

The Screamer was already taller than an old man. He seemed to be easily 3 meters tall, and his thick arms and legs with protruding mouths looked so big and strong that they reminded me of street trees.

“I can’t help it…”

The old man began to rummage through his belongings, muttering to himself in a troubled voice as if he had been in trouble.

It seemed like the old man was trying to figure out something, so I shot arrows at him nonstop to buy some time.

Not attacking while the opponent is transforming is limited to magical girl anime or sentai series.

First of all, since the main body was a Screamer, I shot at it without stopping, aiming for its body, but it was really difficult because it only made a ‘thud, thud!’ sound as it pierced through its skin and there didn’t seem to be much damage.

“Mister! What are we going to do now! Even if I hit the arrow, it doesn’t seem to cause that much damage… What are you doing, Mister!!!”

“Hook, hoot!”

The old man was running at full speed. His speed was so fast that it could be considered an unprecedented movement.

In the old man’s hand was a huge hammer, a 10kg hammer used for driving in things like iron stakes.

It was the same when I shot the arrow, but the Screamer was busy eating the corpses around him, regardless of whether the old man came running or not.

Do you think we can’t make a meaningful impact?

If they were capable of such sophisticated thinking, it would be truly horrible, so I hoped they were simply obsessed with their appetite and were ignoring us for a while.

The moment the old man kicked the ground, it seemed as if his body had shot up 1.5 meters as if it were a lie.

I jumped with my hand holding the hammer pulled back hard, and even though I was seeing it with my own two eyes, I couldn’t believe it was real.

Phew!

The weapon, which contained the weight of the old man, his muscle strength, and the massive weight of the hammer head, cut through the air. The moment the hammer was swung with a bloody sound, the sound of something being crushed spread throughout the room.

“Keeek!”

I hastily covered my ears at the sudden roar. Perhaps it was a little too late, but my ears started to feel stuffy and echoing hallucinations lingered in my ears.

Even in the midst of my suffering, I couldn’t help but turn my head away, worried about whether the old man who had encountered it closest to me was okay.

The old man who came into my line of sight was bleeding from his ears. What? He’s not deaf or anything, is he…? Are his ears okay…?

“Mister! Are you okay?!”

Fortunately, the old man must have heard me because he held the hammer he had just struck down with one hand and signaled to me with the other hand that it was okay.

Flap, flap.

The sound of flesh hitting the floor echoed throughout the room. It must have been a huge impact, as the Screamer lay limp on the floor, his limbs flailing around, screaming.

Crack! Crack!

Well, I thought that with a giant hammer hitting my body, I couldn’t help but scream in order to survive.

Every time the old man’s new car swayed, a heavy noise and the sound of something exploding could be heard incessantly.

“Keee…”

Boom! Boom! Crunch!

Hey, mister. All that zombie flesh is flying around, isn’t that okay? They’re not clean, and their limbs are all limp, so they look like they’re dead…?

“Ah, mister! It looks like it’s dead, so stop and catch your breath!!”

I didn’t want to take in the intense violence in my eyes. It seemed best to use the dimly lit, wide-open bunker as a mosaic to yell at the old man to stop.

At my words, the old man stopped hammering. When he turned to me, his eyes had turned bright red and his body had also turned bright red.

It was a gruesome appearance that reminded me of a movie I had seen before called Hell X. I couldn’t help but be startled by the sight of the Screamer’s flesh and blood splattering all over.

“Hiphop.”

My legs gave out. It wasn’t because I was surprised to see the old man.

I think the Screamer’s transformation scene was so grotesque that it took a bit of a toll on my body and mind. Now that the monster was completely silent, I felt relieved and my strength was relieved.

I wasn’t surprised to see the old man. Of course, if there were other people watching besides us…

Damn… If anyone saw me like this, I’d probably look like a scared little girl.

“Hoo…Hoo…Hooo…Koolook!”

The old man, who had been taking deep breaths as if trying to calm his breathing, suddenly vomited blood from his mouth.

It was pitch-black dead blood, so dark that even I, who was far away, could tell that the blood the old man had vomited was pitch-black, without even a hint of red.

In the three years I’ve been with my uncle, it was the first time I’d seen something like that, so I was filled with embarrassment and worry.

“Ah, sir, are you okay?”

I tried to force myself to stand up, but it didn’t work, so I used my remaining strength in my arms to crawl towards the old man.

The shape is really bad, but what can I do? If there’s something wrong with the old man’s body, he won’t be able to sleep comfortably.

“Whoa, whoa…! Woof woof!”

After spewing a glob of black blood onto the floor, the old man roughly wiped his mouth and came towards me.

“It’s okay, it’s okay, don’t worry. It’s okay. ”

You say you’re okay, but you’re vomiting a lot of blood. Why are you stuttering? And why is your voice like that?

My heart, which had been pounding since a while ago, wouldn’t calm down. Was it because I saw the monster? Was it because the old man who had beaten the monster looked so fierce? Was it because the old man’s health didn’t look good?

“Mo, I can’t believe it. Come here quickly! I, I’ll see for myself and decide. ”

I blurted out the words without realizing it, as if I was giving an order.