(side story) Zombie.

Ga-in realized that he was in Kim Ji-seong’s arms and came down struggling.

“…..”

Kim Ji-seong looks at Ga-in, whose face is red.

“go away.”

“…no.”

Ga-in took one look at Kim Ji-seong’s face and headed toward the emergency exit outside the building where Yoo Min-seong was.

Kim Ji-seong, who saw the situation outside for the first time, was taken aback by the overwhelming sight.

“oh my god…”

And a voice from above.

“Jisung!”

Yu Min-seong, who was upstairs, spotted Kim Ji-seong and waved as he came down.

“Oh my god… I thought I heard so many explosions… but it’s huge…”

The surrounding buildings were full of fallen zombies, and among the mountains of corpses, crippled zombies were crawling.

The structures connected to the nearby department store and subway were all collapsed.

“I don’t see any more zombies that can climb up here.”

When Kim Ji-seong looks down, there are zombies piled up along the wall. Its height alone exceeded 6 stories.

“…..”

But Yu Min-seong was seriously worried.

“Here… I can’t see them, but I heard from the radio that there are still a lot of them.”

“yes?”

“They say the other side of the building is already more than halfway occupied by zombies.”

“Oh my… shouldn’t we be moving in that direction then?”

“But we can’t give up on this place.”

Kim Ji-seong looked at Ga-in and nodded.

“Then me too…”

Gain followed Ji-seong Kim up to the rooftop, perhaps hoping to get to the other side, and encountered two soldiers.

The soldiers greeting Kim Ji-seong saw Ga-in and their eyes turned murderous.

Ga-in, who saw that, grabbed Kim Ji-sung’s pants with his hands shaking, and Kim Ji-seong and Yoo Min-seong checked Ga-in’s condition.

Ji-seong Kim listened to Ga-in.

“I wish I could apologize on your behalf, but… I know I can’t. I’m sorry.”

“”…..””

The two soldiers sighed and walked away.

Shell casings piled up on the floor.

Kim Ji-seong held Ga-in up carefully to avoid slipping.

As they passed the soldiers, Ga-in tried to get out of Kim Ji-seong’s arms, and Kim Ji-seong put Ga-in down and sat down.

“…?”

Yu Min-seong and Ga-in watch.

Kim Ji-seong looked at Ga-in and said.

“Aren’t you being too mean?”

“…..”

“I understand that you are scared and afraid because you are young and it is your first time feeling… You are right in the wrong, and the people who died because of you felt the same way as you, and you have nothing to say even if you are retaliated against by them.”

Yoo Min-seong, who flinched, stood still below, and Ga-in stood still like a child being punished by Kim Ji-sung’s words.

“Have you ever thought about how many trees you killed? No, do you remember?”

“…..”

Kim Ji-seong took a deep breath and looked at Ga-in.

“If you don’t feel guilty about killing their families and don’t have the confidence to face the trees, let’s go down. It’s not too late.”

Cain, who was looking at the ground, said nothing.

“…..”

“…You’re a nuisance now. If you’re going to act like that, I’ll take you to the bomb shelter.”

When Kim Ji-seong held Ga-in’s small hand and tried to go down, Ga-in blushed and grabbed the handrail of the stairs as if she didn’t want to go.

“…Let go.”

“I’m not going down…”

“Kid, you’re a nuisance.”

Tears welled up in Ga-in’s big eyes.

“no…”

“Because of you, I almost died twice just now to save you, and I don’t know how much more danger I’ll be in. Let’s go down.”

Ga-in let go of the handrail of the stairs without saying a word, with his eyes full of tears.

Yoo Min-seong was watching the scene.

“Let’s go… together.”

“Minseong… haha… let’s go together.”

When they came down again, the soldiers who were shooting looked puzzled and moved away.

First floor.

The sergeant who was firing the minigun shouted.

“This is the last belt.”

Kwak In-gu’s face crumpled when he heard that the minigun’s firepower would end in 5 minutes.

And Captain Kim’s voice rang out.

“Hands up 1 and 2!”

12 people raising their hands.

“Sergeant Jeong! Lead them to the defense line where the children are!”

“yes!!!”

Sergeant Jeong and 12 others headed underground carrying a load of ammunition.

To wait for orders and then break through from underground.

Kwak In-gu loaded the gun and stood next to Captain Kim.

“What about us?”

“Starting from the two emergency exits, a defense line would have been created on the upper floors! Just go up slowly!”

As the minigun’s bullets began to run out, Captain Kim, who took a stance from behind, shouted.

“Sergeant Kang! Run!!”

Sergeant Kang put down the minigun and started running, but he ran so fast that he stepped on a shell casing and slipped.

“Sergeant Kang!!!”

Sergeant Kang, who was trying to get up in a hurry, laughed when he saw the zombies running behind him.

“I’m bored…”

“Kang Ju-Hwan!!!!!”

Sergeant Kang had already disappeared from sight, followed by the sound of an explosion.

Quang!

The soldiers lifted up the despairing Captain Kim.

“You need to go up!!!”

Captain Kim, who went upstairs, was sitting behind the defense line.

“Captain Kim, you need to come to your senses.”

“okay…”

Kwak In-gu looked at that and laughed.

“Let’s focus so we don’t end up in the same situation.”

It was said to lighten the mood, but they gave it a straight face.

One of the soldiers looked at Kwak In-gu and said.

“You will have to take responsibility for your words.”

Zombies rush in without any time to argue.

In order to climb up while reducing the number of zombies as much as possible, they built a defense system on each floor and placed a temporary ammunition depot at one of the two emergency exit locations, allowing them to camp out in a wide space and concentrate their firepower.

A man with an eagle tattoo was lingering on the stairs.

“Aha!? Everyone is like that! Why are you doing this to me?! Huh?! I wanted a gun too!”

As the man with the eagle tattoo went down here and there, a firearm was seen.

“Oh… awesome… is it mine? I should show it off~”

A man with an eagle tattoo who picked up a gun.

Some time passed, and the man with the eagle tattoo was humming as he went down the stairs.

A door slamming.

“Who are you~~ Ahal?”

When the man with the eagle tattoo put his ear to the door, he heard a sound full of zombies.

The man with the eagle tattoo said while holding the rifle and positioning himself here and there.

“Huh? It’s so cool?! Oh! What the heck!”

Thump… Thump…

“Why are you making so much noise? Everyone’s dead!”

A man with an eagle tattoo loaded his gun and opened the door, and a bunch of zombies poured out.

“Huh…? Huh?!”

A huge amount of zombies pour out, and they shoot all at once before they come out into a large space.

I created obstacles to pass the time, used up the ammo there, and repeated the climb to the next floor.

Then, Captain Kim, who was going upstairs ahead of him, screamed.

“Kwaaa!”

Those who went up there found Sergeant Kim, who had turned into a zombie, biting Captain Kim.

Kwak In-gu, who was ahead, hit Sergeant Kim’s head with the butt of his gun and then stepped on his head as he fell on the stairs.

Flutter!

Captain Kim, bitten on the arm.

“Haaak… hahaha… sipal…”

Looking up the stairs, it seemed as if Sergeant Kim had been shot under the chin and into the head before turning into a zombie, but without passing through the brain.

Captain Kim spoke without any time to fall into despair.

“I heard that the 8th floor is already full of zombies and the doors are locked… Pass through the 7th floor, give up on the 8th floor and go up quickly.”

“Captain Kim!”

“hurry!!!”

Kwak In-gu opened the door to the 7th floor and saw several zombies running from the front.

“Hey, guys. We don’t have time for that.”

Kwak In-gu drew a dagger and pierced the head of the zombie running from the front.

Kwak In-gu shouted to the dozens of soldiers who were still unconscious.

“Block the entrance and jump out!!!!”

People who were panicked by Kwak In-gu’s shouts quickly came up and checked the zombies filling the 7th floor.

When they did not close the door, Captain Kim walked up to the entrance and closed the door himself.

“Captain Kim!!!”

Captain Kim turns on the radio.

“Major Lim Jeong-hyeok…”

-“…okay.”

“I… no, we… can’t forgive the field rats…”

-“sorry…”

“No. Please protect my family.”

-“do not worry.”

“Yes. I am grateful and honored.”

Captain Kim tightly held the pin of the grenade on his body.

Captain Kim’s face full of tears…

And the approaching zombies obscured Captain Kim’s appearance.

Quang!…

In order to save bullets, Kwak In-gu held up the dagger he was holding and quickly eliminated the zombies one by one.

Quang!

Captain Kim’s last words were felt as a vibration, and the soldiers closed their eyes.

The surroundings are in chaos, but Kwak In-gu does not stop him.

“If we continue like this, we will be isolated! Break through!!!”

Kwak In-gu, who naturally took over command, led them.

“This is the last magazine!!!”

“If you just drill through to the front, the magazine will be ready! You guys know better!!! Break through quickly!”

Kwak In-gu killed a huge number of zombies with a dagger, as if showing with his body why people were afraid of him.

Kwak In-gu throws his rifle to the soldier next to him.

Upon arriving at the location where the camp was built, the soldiers quickly replenished their ammunition.

Coo!

A zombie with a swollen neck jumped out through the door that had become loose due to Captain Kim’s self-destruction.

Screamer’s eyes turned, slowly made eye contact with Kwak In-gu, and his neck began to swell.

“Fuck.”

“Keueeek!!!!!”

The screamer’s scream filled the building, and the zombies began to roar.

Kwak In-gu looked back to the other side and saw the zombies coming in like waves.

“That’s it…”

Ga-in was following Yoo Min-seong and Kim Ji-seong in silence.

And the radio ringing.

-“Can you hear Cain?”

“”…..””

Lim Jeong-hyuk’s urgent voice was heard.

Yu Min-seong quickly received the radio call.

“This is Yoo Min-seong.”

-“Where are we now?”

“I’m coming down from the 10th floor.”

-“…..”

“For what reason?”

-“Kwak In-gu has been isolated.”

Ga-in flinched greatly at the voice coming from the walkie-talkie.

-“We’ve already deployed non-combat personnel… but we’re running out of time.”

Lim Jeong-hyuk spoke quickly through the walkie-talkie.

-“It has been confirmed that someone has opened the locked entrance to the 8th floor. If there are zombies coming down through the open emergency exit… can you block the entrance?”

“I’ll try.”

-“If it’s impossible… give up and come up.”

“I don’t give up.”

Yu Min-seong and Kim Ji-seong started moving quickly, but Ga-in stopped.

“Gain, you go up.”

Ga-in suddenly starts muttering to herself.

“Die…? Uncle…?”

“Gain…?”

Gain quickly jumped forward, and they panicked and chased after him.

9th floor.

Yu Min-seong and Kim Ji-seong were at a loss for words.

Unlike the zombies around him, Ga-in’s movements have already surpassed those of humans.

It looks like it’s moving at 1.5x speed all by itself.

Dozens of zombies were quickly cut apart, and the zombies fell with the throwing dagger thrown by Ga-in lodged between their eyes.

Yu Min-seong and Kim Ji-seong were running and following, but the distance between them and Ga-in did not narrow.

“crazy…”

While they were dealing with the few zombies that remained after Ga-in passed, Ga-in had long since disappeared from their sight.

Dozens of people accompanying him were dead, and zombies were running toward the obstacle.

Then one soldier shouted.

“We’re out of bullets!”

A zombie overcomes an obstacle and falls in front of Kwak In-gu.

Kwak In-gu shouted as he stepped on the zombie’s head and exploded it.

“Whoever has bullets left, shoot towards the entrance!!! Block the zombies with corpses so they can’t come in!!!”

No matter how much you build a wall of corpses, zombies keep pushing in…

Several people who had already been bitten by zombies were wielding guns and knives with the intention of killing even one more zombie before they transformed.

Kwak In-gu knocked down the head of one of the two running zombies to the side and drove a dagger into the head of the other.

He quickly pulled out the dagger that was stuck inside, pierced the zombie’s head as it rose, and shouted.

“If we break through, it’s over! We must not be wiped out!”

Kwak In-gu handed his small bag and pistol to the soldier who was good at shooting.

“You have bullets in your bag, so just shoot me from behind, you bastard.”

“yes!”

Kwak In-gu, who changed the dagger to his left hand, held the same sword as Ga-in in his right hand.

Slower than Ga-in’s, but more accurate and powerful, skilled movement.

Kwak In-gu’s movements, which made the most of his physical abilities, were flashy and incongruous for his size.

When Kwak In-gu, holding the sword, plunged it into the zombie, the zombie’s head rose into the sky.

Kwak In-gu shoots shots faster than a soldier who aims and fires one by one with a pistol.

The sight of Kwak In-gu driving the dagger in his left hand into the zombie’s arm, pulling it, and then stabbing the zombie’s head with a sword was enough to raise their morale.

However, due to the endless zombies coming up from the front and coming down from the other side, the soldiers who were close to the zombies started dying one by one.

With the zombies coming endlessly, Kwak In-gu decided that it would be dangerous to retreat any further and blocked the entrance.

“Mr. Kwak In-gu, step back!”

A zombie approached from the front and bit Kwak In-gu’s arm.

“Stop making jokes and blocking the back, you bastard.”

Although Kwak In-gu’s arm was fine due to the protective gear, Kwak In-gu looked at the soldier for a moment.

Quack!

Kwak In-gu’s gaze, feeling fierce, slowly lowered,

The zombie that was crawling was biting Kwak In-gu’s ankle.

“Ah… Sibeol…”