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Reorganization (1) – Offshore Yeongjong Island, Incheon

Kkkk!

The howls of the zombies sounded like a victory cry.

The opponent delivering the victory news is probably…

“Ugh! I got bitten! I was bitten by a fucking zombie! Quick, find a cure! Where the fuck are the awakened people to buy the cure! Off, off!”

It was us.

Kang San looked at the cruel scene with trembling eyes and thought.

why.

Since when has this been going wrong?

Clearly, until yesterday, we had been winning continuously.

It was fierce and intense, but the word we used with our blood and sweat was definitely ‘victory.’

We were steadily taking over the land from the zombies.

No, we were taking back our land that they had taken away.

However, the longer the bloody battle went on, the more anxious we became.

We needed food, they didn’t need food.

We were supposed to sleep, but they ran wild in the dark.

Many nights on Yeongjongdo Island with only the sound of waves ringing.

I thought of the countless steroid throws aimed at the quietly rocking ship.

Zombies fall in front of them as they barely sleep.

We couldn’t relax even for a single moment.

Moreover, even the ammunition for guns used by non-awakened people was slowly running out.

Points were finite, and the places to spend them were infinite.

They thought about this when food supplies from all nearby department stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores were running out.

Pyrrhus’ victory.

A fictitious victory that achieved nothing was approaching.

“Oppaaa—!”

A voice crying out for itself.

Kang San quickly came to his senses and looked around.

bang-! bang-! bang-!

“Ceeebaaaal!”

“Grenade! No fucking grenades left?!”

The sound of gunshots from comrades who could not escape from the international airport still rang in my ears.

“kkieeek―!”

A wave of zombies approaches as if to attack them.

Kang San woke up his dazed mind again.

Swish- He turned his head several times and followed the voice that called him.

“Oppaaa! Where are you? ”

“Ba, seaaa!”

From a boat not far away, he found the river that had been desperately calling to him.

He ran towards her, quickly crossing the planks connecting the ships.

Kang Bada, who finally looked relieved to see herself, also shed tears and opened her arms.

“It’s the sea! Are you okay?!”

“Yes! Are there any injuries or bites anywhere? huh? Is there any pain anywhere?”

Kang Bada murmured from Kang San’s shoulder as he hugged her with all her might.

Kang San gently stroked her head to show that it was okay.

Kang Bada closed her eyes for a moment and enjoyed the warmth of his touch, but quickly opened her eyes.

She grabbed both of Kang San’s shoulders and said with urgent eyes.

“Pa, we have to run away quickly! The operation is a failure!”

Operations.

A final assault made with faith in the powerful Awakenings.

It’s not a slow siege.

It penetrates in a straight line and takes over the infrastructure of Incheon Airport and the daily necessities lying dormant inside.

On the contrary, the bold plan to launch a defensive war failed.

“Jinwoo says the frogs are coming! That’s a lot!”

Only then did Kang San look at the kid who was carefully holding Kang Bada’s pants.

Jinwoo Kang.

Like coincidence, like fate.

An awakened kid with the same last name as my siblings.

The number one contributor to the successive victories and the crazy assaults that turned them into viable operations.

There is a kid who can understand zombies.

He was literally a treasured child who complemented his mother’s helpless attitude.

That kid was watching Kang San with wary eyes.

“Jinwoo. You are safe too. I’m so glad.”

“… … .”

Even in this situation, the kid who didn’t even respond to his words scolded him, but Kang San smiled more gently.

It was a noble person to even pretend to listen like this.

Maybe it’s a privilege that isn’t a privilege that comes from being the older brother of the sea.

Kang Jin-woo, whose expression suddenly hardened, hurriedly and carefully shook the river.

He slowly leaned down and urgently whispered something in her ear.

Just like that, Kang Jin-woo does not say a single word to anyone other than Kang Bada.

Kang Bada’s expression became increasingly hard as she nodded and listened to the kid’s words.

She stood up again, quickly looked around, and asked.

“Oh, brother! What about you?”

“… … I haven’t even met you yet.”

“This is not the time! Hey, steroids are coming too!”

At her words, Kang San’s expression also hardened like decalcomania.

One short sentence from Kangbada automatically depicted what would happen next.

Until the end, the guys who were in charge of Mercury come out from the inside.

Now that we have achieved victory, does this mean that we will literally see the end today?

“Koh, you’re a kid! Kid! Do you have any points left? Uncle, uncle!”

The man screaming from the boat that Kang San had jumped into shouted.

He was coming to the siblings, stepping on the plank in the same path that Kang San had taken.

Blood sprayed out like a syringe through the arm he was clutching.

‘infection.’

Kang San quickly looked at Kang Jin-woo.

The kid slowly shook his head.

There was no awakened person here with the points to heal him.

By now, the Awakened are probably busy evacuating those left behind on the front lines.

bang-! bang-!

Kang San glanced at the international airport, where gunfire was still ringing out.

‘Island of Ships’ is located quite a long way from there.

The only people who can overcome the long distance and go back and forth are the awakened people.

“Uuuu! Fuck, I’m losing my mind! Live, live! Help me! Lord, don’t kill me, help me!”

Infected people creaking and coming towards them.

Kang San hurriedly grabbed a long stick lying on the floor and hid Kang Bada and Kang Jin-woo behind him.

‘Not kill, but subdue. It must be subdued.’

“Mister! Please stop first, come to your senses! One of the awakened ones will come soon!”

mouth.

Once you block your mouth with an iron bar, you will be able to escape.

Kang San repeated the same words over and over again, simulating the situation.

“Kkkk-!”

The body of the man who was approaching, dragging his legs, twists.

It was a now all-too-familiar harbinger of infection.

The body, which had been twisted grotesquely at an angle that a normal person could not dare to imitate, slowly disappeared.

The man slowly lifted his head, which had been shaking wildly as he struggled in pain.

“Kkisss—!”

In a very short period of time.

Yesterday’s comrades become today’s enemies.

gulp-

Kang San quenched his dry throat with saliva and fidgeted with the hand holding the stick.

‘Not yet, not yet, not yet… .’

Thump- thump- thump-

I watched the zombies running towards me with loud footsteps.

“Kkieeee—”

bang-!

A beam of light struck the zombies that were running towards the siblings.

Someone was flying at a speed so fast that an afterimage was left, crushing the zombie’s back.

Only then did Kang San’s face, which had been very nervous, brighten up and open his mouth.

“Young Master!”

“Yes, yes. Could you please wait a moment? I think I broke a few of Kim’s ribs.”

“Kkisss—!”

“Hmm. They say so. Isn’t that right, Jinwoo?”

There was a rather loud crackling sound.

The grave face smiled humorously as it looked at the siblings and the little boy.

Finally, the awakened person who will heal his comrade has arrived.

The old man grabbed the zombie’s wildly glowing hair and pushed the zombie’s head back.

Immediately, the outstretched hand held a bottle emitting light.

“Kki, kkieeek―!”

“Hehehe, looking at it like this, Sayak Mac, the heavy warrior we see in dramas, looks like a eunuch?”

“Kkisss—!”

“Uh-huh! Jungjeon, hurry up and take the poison and be reborn as a human!”

The cure flowed out of the zombie’s forcibly opened mouth.

“Kiss, Kkiss—”

The zombie’s body glowed white as its howling gradually lost its strength.

“Ugh, uhhh—!”

“Mr. Kim’s brother. Wake up, we’re screwed!”

“Uuuuh― W, old man?”

“Hehehe, yes, yes. You’re back. Lie down for a moment.”

Mr. Kim, who regained his human form, grabbed his head.

The old man calmed him down without losing his smile until the end and quickly approached the siblings.

“It’s the sea. Could you ask Jinwoo how this happened?”

“Ah, old man! It was a trap! The zombies used Jin-Woo on purpose to set a trap! And now the frogs and steroids-”

“Hehehehe― I’m really screwed.”

It seemed like he was speaking lightly, but the old man’s eyes were already cold and sunken.

His hair, which had always been stylish, was already matted in all directions from the fierce battle.

“We have to retreat! I have to run away somewhere!”

“Ocean, do we really want to be here? There is not enough fuel to move the ship.”

Their heads turn towards the ship in the center of the ‘Island of Ships’.

A 500-ton Coast Guard patrol ship with mothers and executives gathered together.

Their mother ship clears out a guard ship already full of zombies and uses it as the center of the horde.

Paaa!

Waves of light spread from the sharply protruding player.

Everyone raised their heads, accustomed to the beautiful and elegant light that spread out.

Healing waves that revitalize their tired bodies and minds.

It was my mother’s grace.

“Everyone, don’t lose heart!”

The beautiful singing-like tone spread in all directions.

My mother spoke to everyone in a voice full of mana.

“You can’t always win! Today is one of our many, many defeats to come. We are disappointed today, but we will defeat better!”

The mother’s encouragement consoled the group who were shaken by their first defeat.

“Don’t lose hope at the slightest defeat! Resist and hold on! We don’t abandon our families! Everyone will eventually rise up as humans again and take back our land!”

“In the end, you are saying that awakened people should work harder.”

The old man shrugged his shoulders with a bright smile and spread his arms.

The siblings walked towards him as if they were familiar with it.

Kang Bada hugged Kang Jin-woo and gave herself to the old man.

Kang San also took the other side with an awkward expression.

“Should I go to my mother?”

“Yes, old man. Quickly!”

“Hehe, hold on tight.”

Grumble!

The old man, holding his siblings and lowering his posture with all his might, took a big leap.

pop-!

The brother and sister’s faces swayed mercilessly in the wind as their plump bellies swayed.

I saw my mother’s face standing on the deck of the guard ship getting closer and closer.

And two of my mother’s most powerful and loyal confidants.

Tung-!

They were raising their voices without even looking at the brother and sister who were sitting on the deck.

“Kkisss—!”

Among them, a man with an exciting appearance shouted, pressing harder on the zombie he was stepping on.

“Mother! There’s no reason to waste a cure on this bastard! This is the guy who broke ranks and abandoned his comrades!”

“Gang, take a deep breath and calm down.”

“Okay, little brother. What are you doing in front of your mother?”

“No! I look cool now! You’re wasting precious points on this guy! Now, the points I have to use tomorrow are just fine!”

Yoon Kang, a man with an exciting appearance, shouted at his older brother, who was wearing a black military uniform.

His older brother, Yunhyeon, who had a much gentler and more upright face than his somewhat impatient younger brother, nodded in agreement.

“Mother. The situation is not good enough to give a cure to this guy.”

“I know. Still, I tried my best to do my part. Not everyone can be brave like you.”

His mother slowly stroked his head to see if he was scared of the zombies underneath him.

And Yunhyeon, who sighed while looking at the resolutely outstretched hand, purchased a zombie cure.

Yunhyeon added as he saw a liquid containing bright light flowing towards the fugitive and traitor.

“… … I’m really out of points now, Mom.”

“The families lost today are much more important than the crisis of tomorrow. Hyuna, you should always keep this in mind.”

“No, mother! Hey, he… ”

“Gang!”

“… Ahhh!”

The mother, who stopped Yoon-kang from making a sudden move, gently patted the cheek of the man who had returned to human form.

Looking at the man who could not make eye contact due to guilt, I opened my mouth affectionately.

“Go in and get some rest. It was a tough day.”

“Kk, kkk. I’m sorry, mother… . I, I couldn’t overcome it.”

“It’s okay. Let’s talk about what we couldn’t talk about tomorrow. Now, go in and rest.”

The man continued to lower his head and slowly stood up.

The mother, who watched the man stumbling into the ship until the end, looked at the brother, sister, and old man who were waiting for their turn.

The mother, who smiled kindly at them, looked at Kang Jin-woo and her eyes lit up.

“I guess there’s something I need to tell you urgently.”

“Yes, mother. It’s dangerous to stay here any longer! Frog and steroids—!”

Krraaa!

Even before Kangbada finished speaking, their roar rang out.

Steroids, who were already watching the ‘Island of Ships’ at the end of Yeongjong Island, pulled their arms back.

Another variant, ‘Frog’, that wriggles in their hands.

Kang San vaguely recognized a figure in the distance and urgently looked around.

Numerous ships anchored a short distance apart.

The remnants and comrades who were left behind on those ships.

No matter how much he received his mother’s ‘healing’ ability, he could not defeat the mutant on his own.

I got goosebumps filled with fear at the terrible guerrillas that would arise if the frogs took over the ship.

Krraaa!

Steroids began to be thrown all at once.

The beam of light left their hands and came towards us like a flash.

At that time, the black military uniform fluttered in the wind and kicked the mother ship.

Tung-!

Yunhyeon, who had jumped enough to see all the thrown objects, smoothly drew a line.

In his right hand, he was already holding an antique sword.

A straight line, neither fast nor slow.

Sword energy was fired along that straight line.

All the frogs thrown by the steroid touched the sword energy released by Yunhyeon.

Fuwaaa!

The bodies of the frogs separated, causing a fountain of blood in the middle of the sea.

The rotten blood slowly spread along the piece of meat that lost power and fell into the sea.

Tuk!

“Huuuu―”

Yunhyeon, who showed off a static and destructive miracle, slowly shook his head as he looked at the crowd staring at him.

The sweat beads on his face shone in the sunlight.

It was Yunhyeon’s secret move that could not be shown often.

“Drool!”

Next, his younger brother, Yoon Kang, threw his arms out from the end of the deck.

The iron bar that left his arm was struck by Yeongjongdo’s steroid at an incredible speed.

Whoa whoa!

The steroid collided with the stick and collapsed backwards, dragging its heavy body with it.

Where the stick had already passed, a large hole remained like a scar.

“Ah… … I didn’t get the head right. Now there are no sticks left.”

Tsk.

Yoongang lightly muttered, looking at the old man and saying.

“Well, what about inspiration? Is there anything you can throw in your inventory?”

“Hehehe, I lived longer than you, enough to change the world, hehehe.”

“Then what do you do? You’re weaker than me.”

“… Ganga.”

“… … It’s weak.”

Krraaa!

There was no time for light talk.

Seeing the large hole in their colleague’s body, the steroids glowed even brighter and were pulling in all the large objects around them.

Their veiny red eyes glowed as they stared at the mothership.

“… … Hmm.”

“Crap.”

Yun-hyeon sighs with a short sigh, and Yoon-kang continues to mutter his mouth in regret.

Their mother, who was standing in the center of them, slowly raised her arms.

Everyone who knew what that action meant sighed.

This skill was definitely a skill I had saved to use inside Incheon International Airport.

The fact that my mother activated this skill was the same as saying that she would lose the will to recapture the international airport for the time being.

Paaa!

Light sprayed from both her arms.

The pieces of light that had spread out like even particles slowly settled into the shape of a sphere.

The yellow protective shield surrounding the ‘Island of Ships’ has been completed.

Tung-! Tung-!

The objects thrown by the steroids were blocked by the shield and bounced away.

Steroid let out an angry roar as he watched the thrown object sink into the sea along with a small foam.

Krraaa!

“Haa― Haa― Haa―”

“… Mother.”

“It’s okay. I’m fine.”

Even the sound of her heavy breathing was sweet, and she rested her head for a moment.

He smiled as he looked at the worried executives.

Still, we have tomorrow left.

And only those who endure today will see tomorrow.

She repeated those words and consoled herself.

She hoped for the success of the operation more than anyone else, so she hid her disappointment and sadness.

She stared at Yeongjongdo with twinkling eyes.

Steroids thudding and destroying the ground in anger, and zombies howling and expressing regret.

And their precious children watching them with a vain expression.

As she was biting her lip very secretly, a familiar beep sounded.

Tiring—!

[Notice to awakeners around the world! The first city is born in Seoul, Korea!]

… … seoul?

She turned her head in the direction where Seoul was with startled eyes.

While she and her family struggled, someone in Seoul did something.

Following the unfamiliar message, messages I had never seen before were printed one after another.

[Special event for latecomers!]

[Surviving awakeners around the world are given the opportunity to move to the capital of the nearest country!]

[I ask this for the first and last time. Do you want to move?]

[Awakened people in Korea cannot choose Guro-gu.]

[YES/NO]

“… … Oh, mother!”

“Yes, Hyuna.”

After all, there is no way to just die.

It was natural for them to know that a genius opportunity had come to them as well.

Because they were not awakened, their mother smiled as she looked at the siblings, who were unable to receive the message and had their eyes wide open.

Then he looked at Yunhyeon, Yoonkang, and Yeonggam and nodded.

They immediately understood her meaning with their eyes and held out their hands.

They squeezed out the remaining points and loaded food and necessities onto the mother ship.

The mother gently motioned to Kang Jin-woo, who was trying not to fall off the bridge over the river.

Kang Jin-woo, who continued to worry while biting his lip, closed his eyes tightly and turned to her.

The mother spoke to the siblings, who were wide-eyed at the strange events that kept happening.

“Lovely siblings who were more human than anyone else. Our mountains and the sea.”

“… … Yes, mother.”

“A new path has just been created for us. And we decided to risk everything on that path.”

“… … A new road?”

“Okay.”

She turned her head toward Seoul and smiled.

However, unlike her soft lips, her eyes were filled with more determination than ever.

She said, gently touching the siblings’ shoulders.

“Can my brother and sister lead the people for the time being?”

“… Yes, yes?!”

After comforting the startled siblings, she spoke again.

“There is a defense shield and enough food, so all you have to do is comfort the people. You guys have always done well, right?”

“Well, still… .”

“No. You guys can do it all. Of all the people left, only you can do this. Can you do it?”

“… … Yes.”

“Oh my goodness, let’s give our brother and sister a hug.”

She hugged her siblings tightly and slowly relaxed her arms and stepped away.

Standing in front of the awakened people who were waiting for her, she touched YES on the message.

Paaah!

At the same time, the city of Seoul flashed into her vision.

Twenty-four spheres sparkled, waiting for her to make a choice.

“… Mother, where shall we go?”

In response to Yunhyeon’s calm question even at this moment, she tapped her lips and smiled mischievously.

Then he gave a meaningful look to Kang San, who was watching him, and whispered.

“Mangwon Hangang Park would be closer.”

At the end of her words, my mother touched somewhere.

Paaah!

When Kang San, squinting at the bright light, looked there again, there was no one left.

The mother, the awakened executives, and even Kang Jin-woo all disappeared.

He sighed as he looked at his only remaining sister and the food loaded on the mothership.

Then he raised his head and looked at the still bright sun.

I understood my mother’s meaning.

“… … Oppa.”

“Huh?”

“Even if the shield and food run out, what should I do if my mother doesn’t come?”

In response to his sister’s question, Kang San stared at one place like his mother did.

Mapo-gu, where Mangwon Hangang Park is located.

“We should go to Seoul.”

He whispered softly and continued to stare at Seoul.

Perhaps, the person who should lead the rest at that time is probably…

“… With our strength.”