episode_0285

Jang Seohee, 27 years old.

Living in Gyomun-dong, Guri City, she was an ordinary woman who worked at a nearby daycare center.

It was a repetition of life, constantly stressed by people, soothing her soul with the bright smiles of children and a glass of beer, as always.

She led such an unremarkable life, one that was easy to find.

Then one day.

After the outbreak of the incident dubbed the “zombie apocalypse,” her life crumbled.

It was true she suffered hardships like others, but two more things were added.

The weakness of being a beautiful woman.

The lives of the children placed upon her shoulders.

There were fellow teachers, but they each sought their own way to survive.

Only she held the children in her arms and persevered until the very end.

Many times, she risked her life to find food for the hungry, whimpering children.

Just as she was running out of strength, good fortune found her.

She met people who still retained their civic consciousness and joined them.

Jang Seohee could feel a small sense of relief.

But that was only for a moment.

Those who found it difficult to accept the broken reality began to emerge, and arguments broke out.

The arguments led to division, and Jang Seohee once again had to hug the children tightly, trembling with anxiety.

As such days continued, the leader of the group changed.

Kim Gwanghyeon and his thugs.

Suddenly appearing, he seized control of the group in an instant with his powerful strength and cruel methods.

The fact that he was a wanted fugitive for robbery and murder also played a part in making people cower.

Jang Seohee’s appearance, with her gentle impression and embracing aura, brought her hardship.

Unluckily, she caught Kim Gwanghyeon’s eye, and she eventually suffered humiliation.

That bastard was greedy, ruthless, and knew no restraint.

He consumed all the food he had gathered nearby and left without hesitation.

Several women were dragged away like dogs, and Jang Seohee was one of them.

After the first relocation, she could no longer see the children.

Kim Gwanghyeon eagerly took advantage of her as she cried, sad, wronged, and in pain.

She resisted, but an ordinary woman could not withstand the violence of a large man.

Jang Seohee realized that even her minor resistance stimulated Kim Gwanghyeon’s lust, so she stopped resisting.

Instead, she gritted her teeth until they felt like they would break.

Even while being dragged around, she desperately tried not to lose her mind.

Many other women, not just Jang Seohee, had been captured.

However, most of them were broken in some way by the subhuman treatment and were abandoned without hesitation.

Still, she endured.

And she quietly held her breath.

Kim Gwanghyeon was indeed trash, but he had resourcefulness.

While continuing to move and live unrestrained, he increased his group’s size, and their numbers exceeded 200.

She even felt dizzy when he raided a police station to procure weapons, but she endured until the very end.

Then one day.

Kim Gwanghyeon, having succeeded in an ambush, boastfully bragged about the victims he had massacred.

He brought back many women along with a lot of food.

Spoils of war stained with the blood and resentment of the victims.

Among the spoils was a young girl.

She must have been about six or seven years old.

The child, incredibly cute with large eyes and a cat-like mouth, was exhausted from crying and had collapsed.

Jang Seohee unconsciously pulled the child into her arms.

Seeing this, Kim Gwanghyeon promised that if she obeyed him well, he would spare the child’s life and let her care for her.

Jang Seohee nodded with a blank expression.

And she endured his terrible, inconsiderate lust with her entire body.

Thanks to that, she was able to feed and protect the child.

Perhaps it was because the child recognized her sacrifice.

“My little baby~ What’s your name?”

“……Seonyoung……”

The child slowly began to open her heart.

The child clung to Jang Seohee.

Not just a simple guardian, but someone she could trust and rely on…

Jang Seohee thought of the children she couldn’t protect and hugged the child tightly to her chest.

She quietly shed tears at the child’s warm embrace.

Was there a need to do this much for a child she had just met?

It wasn’t that she hadn’t thought about it.

But she soon discarded such selfishness.

She was originally a woman who loved children.

She was a woman who dreamed of starting a family and becoming a mother.

‘I am human…!’

She resolved to live and die as a human, not a beast like Kim Gwanghyeon.

So she gritted her teeth.

As the days passed, enduring increasingly severe humiliation with the child’s warmth, a change occurred.

The people who had gone out to gather supplies did not return. Not a single one.

At first, Kim Gwanghyeon thought it was just bad luck, but he soon noticed something unusual.

The gang immediately left the spot, but it was the same result.

“Which bastard is it!!!!!!!!!”

Kim Gwanghyeon was furious.

He couldn’t accept the fact that he, who had been hunting, was now being hunted.

Someone, not a zombie, is targeting us.

If we go outside, we won’t come back.

At that fact, the gang recoiled greatly.

Kim Gwanghyeon released alcohol and women to encourage his gang and sent them outside.

To hunt that bastard.

Promising them anything if they succeeded.

But when thirty of his gang who had gone hunting didn’t return, Kim Gwanghyeon’s expression changed.

The atmosphere shifted dramatically.

Kim Gwanghyeon’s subsequent choice was to flee.

During the process of escaping Guri, the gang’s numbers dwindled to less than half.

Kim Gwanghyeon, who had been raging uncontrollably, started to rack his brains.

He began to gather zombies by using the women he dragged around as bait, blocking the path.

He didn’t just throw them.

He inflicted injuries to prevent them from escaping.

He made them scream in pain and abandoned them at bottlenecks.

When she saw the zombies gathering, drawn by the screams, from a distance, she involuntarily shuddered.

At this point, Jang Seohee also trembled with fear.

The thought of being thrown out as bait herself kept her from sleeping at night.

The child comforted her.

“It’s okay. Ahjussi will save us.”

“…Ahjussi?”

“Kang-doo Samchon and Moojin Ahjussi said they’d save us.”

A firefighter named Choi Kang-doo and a blunt man named Park Moojin.

Hearing about these two men who fought well and even gave out chocolate, her curiosity was piqued.

Given that they would provide something sweet in such difficult times, perhaps they liked children.

At any rate, it was easy to tell that they were people who cared deeply for the child.

But how could just two of them possibly…

“Park Moojin!!! That son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!”

What the child had said was true.

She instinctively knew that the mysterious people who had been eliminating the gang and following them were Park Moojin and Choi Kang-doo.

She struggled to suppress her elation upon seeing Kim Gwanghyeon return, covered in blood and out of breath.

Seeing Kim Gwanghyeon, who had even learned their names, presumably after encountering them face-to-face, she barely managed to hold back a smile.

And she prayed inwardly.

Please, take at least the child.

Please, take the child out of this hell.

As always, her wish did not come true.

Remembering that Park Moojin’s group had a child, Kim Gwanghyeon attempted to kill the child.

He couldn’t act immediately while being chased, but the child’s life was in danger.

It was when they were leaving Guri and entering Manguri.

“What the f*ck is that now!”

Several of the gang were attacked by a monster they had never seen before.

The monster, which at first glance had long hair like a woman, was fast, strong, and terrifying.

Kim Gwanghyeon, who barely escaped by sacrificing most of the women and several subordinates, was filled with terror.

The remaining few took temporary refuge in a building, trembling with fear.

In the darkness, Kim Gwanghyeon’s eyes shone with murderous intent.

“Where’s that brat?”

“!!”

Jang Seohee, sensing that he was about to unleash his pointless rage, took advantage of the darkness to help the child escape.

“Go quickly! Hurry!”

“B-but…”

“You have to meet Uncle and Ahjussi. They’ll definitely find our Seonyoung. You trust Auntie, right?”

“Auntie… *hic*…”

“Go somewhere and hide quietly. And wait. Our Seonyoung can do it, right?”

She didn’t even utter empty promises like “Let’s meet again alive.”

She only hoped that the child would somehow survive.

She desperately hoped the two men would find the child.

Courageously, she even stole some food, pressed it into the child’s hand, and sent her outside.

She returned to her spot without even watching the child disappear completely.

She intended to draw attention so that they wouldn’t pursue the child.

Kim Gwanghyeon, who immediately burst in, noticed this and revealed his fury.

“This whore, because I’ve been easy on her…”

It was as she expected.

Instead of searching for the child, he unleashed his rage on Jang Seohee right in front of him.

She endured the raw violence with her body.

Fists and feet pounded her body.

Even as she rolled on the floor, she gritted her teeth.

She might let out moans, but she did not scream.

“Stubborn bitch. I’ll make sure to ruin you for good.”

Exhausted by his own rage, Kim Gwanghyeon chose to flee once again.

Whether his despicable trick worked, there was no further pursuit.

Kim Gwanghyeon traveled for a long time, leading his remaining members to ambush a certain stronghold.

Their numbers were fewer than the other side, but the presence or absence of guns determined victory or defeat.

Kim Gwanghyeon, having seized the building, quickly settled in and began to consolidate his power.

He killed or expelled the original survivors.

He stimulated human depravity by offering alcohol and women, replenishing his gang.

As a result.

Kim Gwanghyeon’s gang began to regain its strength.

The young women once again faced a miserable time.

Reduced to mere flesh receiving desire, they were confined in a large space where no light entered.

‘…Is Seonyoung safe…’

She couldn’t even tell how much time had passed.

She lay her broken body on the cold floor, curled up, longing for the child’s warmth.

*Squeak-*

‘It’s starting again… those horny bastards…’

The women, recalling the inevitable sequence, began to sob.

A sudden flash of light.

“You may come out.”

“…Yes? Yes?”

“I said you may come outside.”

‘…Huh?’

The voice of a young man speaking unbelievable words.

She got up and looked at the man standing at the entrance.

‘I’ve never seen him before. …No way?’

“……Who are you?”

To her cautious question, the strange man, who introduced himself as someone passing by, told her something hard to believe.

“Everyone’s dead, you said?”

Her mind was confused by the sudden words.

She leaned against the wall, gathering her strength, and headed towards the entrance.

“……”

“You may come out.”

A large hand gently extended, not forcing her.

Jang Seohee, as if possessed, reached out her hand.

And then, when her hand was weakly taken.

‘Ah…’

The man’s hand, gently guiding her outside.

She did not resist being led.

“…*Hic*!”

Not the stuffy, foul-smelling air, but the cold, somewhat damp air of winter.

As she difficultly stepped outside, tears welled up.

She involuntarily lifted her face, and the man’s eyes that met hers were calm.

There was no dirty lust, and he didn’t look at her like livestock.

Seeing his indifferent, normal gaze upon her, she felt her emotions burst forth.

“Waaaaahhhh…”

Realizing this was reality, she couldn’t hold back the flowing tears.

Jang Seohee, who had to be strong for the child, but now revealed herself as the vulnerable woman she was…

She finally felt relief at having escaped the abyss.

Jang Seohee came to her senses after thoroughly soaking the front of the man’s clothes with her tears.

And then…

“Tell me! Where’s the child!”

She was able to meet Moojin Ahjussi, the one the child had bragged about so much.