episode_0221

“Things went wrong… ”

I grumbled and put the Cheonmachong into its sheath.

He roughly stuck the baton into his waist and sighed heavily.

It was because I didn’t think I would feel better if I didn’t do that.

A variant of this magnitude could not be weak.

It must be weak. Since it is a highly intelligent variant, its strength will be reduced.

However, even at that level, it was able to tear apart a significant number of survivors.

… Secretion sacs are not omnipotent.

It was almost like a monkey selling the future so that I could be comfortable now.

A strong survivor when turned into a zombie, or a good survivor when used as a seedbed.

It is a double-edged sword that lets mutants know its location.

But now he hasn’t attacked me even though I’ve been going back and forth on the highway several times.

If it were a normal mutant, it would have used me to rebuild the group.

I would have taken on the challenge first, without thinking about how strong I was.

However, rather than targeting the uncertain me, he chose to target a safe person.

But that doesn’t mean he didn’t gamble.

Dealing with Ahn Hae-jin was like a variant of gambling.

If we can do something about her, the group’s strength will greatly increase.

After thinking about it, the future was truly dark.

I grumbled a little and said to Ahn Hae-jin.

“Ta.”

“… Take a ride?”

“Yes. Even if it looks like this, the seat is a bit wide, so you can hug me from behind.”

“Ah, yes… ”

I sat down in Ochu and pointed to the backseat, and Ahn Hae-jin carefully sat there and wrapped his hands around my waist.

It stung slightly because there was a little bit of liquid on it, but it was tolerable.

Ahn Hae-jin seemed anxious for a moment, but soon began to enjoy the pace.

So I was able to pedal very comfortably.

Maybe it’s because he’s with me, but there won’t be a bunch of zombies targeting Haejin Ahn.

After coming here a few times, I now know the shortcut.

Haejin Ahn and I drove along the highway like that.

After a few hours passed, I sped up while looking at the familiar scenery.

This was because they succeeded in entering the outskirts of Busan without any incident.

Honestly, I thought something would happen in the middle.

Well, it was more beneficial not to have to fight.

In fact, this could have been better.

Not long after, I was running through downtown Busan.

Ahn Hae-jin continued to look around behind me as if curious.

He seemed very curious, perhaps because he had actually seen a place that had only been mentioned in novels.

Thanks to this, I was looking forward to meeting Kang Si-woo.

Meeting the main character of your favorite novel in person is more fun than you might think.

When I arrived at Seunghak Campus and was about to enter, everyone reacted strangely.

The security guards kept asking me if I was Yeji Lee.

In the end, the matter was only resolved when Kim Yeon-hwa and Lee A-young came down in person.

They both said they had heard that my hair had turned gray at one point, and only then did they send it to me.

I felt betrayed again this time and grumbled the whole way.

Kim Yeon-hwa and Lee A-young laughed for a moment, then quickly disappeared, saying they had something to do.

Thanks to this, only one male student whose name I did not know suffered from my complaints.

But I had no choice but to raise my horn.

Even so, does it make sense to suspect that the eye and hair color has changed?

Still, I figured it out in the end.

Parasites and other variants are rampant.

If we don’t suspect even the smallest thing, the community will be destroyed.

“Mr. Yeji… Right?”

But I didn’t know that even Kang Si-woo would do that.

I nodded my head furiously, clearly showing my displeasure.

Fortunately, Kang Si-woo burst out laughing and held out his hand, saying he tried to make a joke.

I grabbed his hand without thinking, and then realized that it wasn’t the hand he was holding out for me.

“It’s nice to shake hands after a long time, isn’t it?”

“That’s true, but… ”

“Nice to meet you. This is Kang Si-woo. May I ask what your relationship is with Yeji?”

Kang Si-woo shook my hand a few times and immediately let go.

And then he extended his hand to Haejin Ahn again.

Ahn Hae-jin hesitated for a moment, then scrubbed his hands on his clothes.

Kang Si-woo noticed this and held out a handkerchief.

Only after a significant amount of the red liquid had been removed did Ahn Hae-jin accept Kang Si-woo’s handshake.

While the two were shaking hands, I was looking at Kang Si-woo with cold eyes.

That bastard was acting like he was meeting Ahn Hae-jin for the first time.

Even leaving aside the fact that his every action is overflowing with inexplicable sweetness and consideration.

It appeared that he intended to gain as much information as he could by deceiving Ahn Hae-jin.

Even though I had already heard information about Haejin.

But I couldn’t blame Kang Si-woo.

As a person in charge of a force, that is natural behavior.

Still, it was true that it looked a bit like that, so I just laughed awkwardly behind my back.

Fortunately, thanks to Noh Chang-hoon who came to see my face, I was able to overcome an awkward situation.

So I left Ahn Hae-jin and Kang Si-woo talking, then went out of the room and started talking with Noh Chang-hoon.

The topic was nothing special.

It was just a complaint about people not recognizing me because my hair and eye color changed.

But when Noh Chang-hoon heard that, he said something strange.

“That’s one of the settings I made before.”

“What bullshit is that. I’ve never read it in a novel.”

“Of course not. This is a setting I roughly wrote down in a notebook and then discarded.”

“What is that?”

“As the ability becomes stronger, hair and eye color change.”

“… Isn’t this a good setting?”

“But then you have to pick a few illustrations at a time. What a waste of money, that is.”

I looked at Noh Chang-hoon with cold eyes.

If that had been written in the novel, Kang Si-woo would have known that his hair and eye color change as his abilities become stronger.

Then they would have said that to other people, and at least on campus they wouldn’t have treated me like a stranger.

I had a tantrum and lashed out at Noh Chang-hoon.

“If that story is expensive, why didn’t you choose it because of how expensive it is!”

“This bastard thinks my money is his money?”

“They say the number of views skyrockets every time I pick that, shouldn’t I have included it instead?”

“It’s okay to worry once or twice. Do you think the readers are fools?”

“I would be a fool if the quality was always that high. Ah?”

“This bastard… ”

Me and Noh Chang-hoon bickered like that for a while.

It was more of a joke than a fight, but whatever.

Fortunately, Noh Chang-hoon seemed to realize why I was doing this.

I guess they understood that it was because they felt unfair and wanted to complain, but had no one to vent to.

I could tell just by looking at the moderate acceptance.

Anyway, as we were arguing for a while, the door suddenly opened behind us.

Reacting to that, Noh Chang-hoon and I turned our heads at the same time.

Kang Si-woo stayed still for a moment, then looked at us and joked.

“Should we stop fighting as a couple and make a plan?”

“… ?”

“Sure.”

Noh Chang-hoon calmly joked and went inside.

After being dazed for a moment, I was finally able to understand the situation.

In my heart, I wanted to hit both Kang Si-woo and Noh Chang-hoon.

But I couldn’t do that in this situation, so I just held on and went inside.

Ahn Hae-jin looked a little relaxed.

I don’t know how Kang Si-woo cooked it, but he seemed full of will to cooperate.

… And other unknown air currents were also seen.

Well, it’s more convenient for us.

I couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable.

I feel like I’m acting like a matchmaker.

“Then, let’s start a brief strategy meeting.”

Kang Si-woo said that and started the meeting.

There was nothing difficult about the content of the meeting, so I could understand it.

The plan was to dispatch a small number of elite reinforcements and then kill the high-ranking mutants.

If you do that, the group will disintegrate, so the survivors can take care of the rest.

To be honest, there were no flaws in the operation.

However, it was insufficient to push this right away.

There are only four people there, but seeing them call it a meeting…

I could understand why Kang Si-woo was pushing the operation so far.

It seemed like they were trying to get supplies from there.

There was a need to explore other areas, and the zombie horde solved that problem.

Because it is profitable to wait for the Jinju Citizens’ Union to suffer damages…

No matter how it went, nothing seemed bad for us.

Looking at the discussion with Noh Chang-hoon and Kang Si-woo, it didn’t seem like anything dangerous would happen.

A writer who wrote it himself and a 10-year veteran of the world.

We talked using specialized terms, but I and Ahn Hae-jin couldn’t even join in.

At the end of the discussion, the two came to one conclusion.

“Normally, there are no nobles for such things, so you just have to be careful about waves, right?”

“I understand well, Mr. Yeji.”

“Okay, I understand.”

“And let’s take a little rest and then leave right away?”

“Yes. As the issue is urgent, the car… ”

“Because I can do the driving. Hang your Ochu on the trunk.”

I sighed as I looked at Noh Chang-hoon and Kang Si-woo who were excited.

I don’t know how much trouble these bastards have been having over supplies.

It was no joke to pull out the bull’s horn as soon as it was determined that it could legitimately influence external forces.

First of all, it was clear that only the three of us could do anything with that amount of waves.

If I were to add one more person, wouldn’t it be better?

Anyway, since it’s us, we can handle that many zombies without any problems.

If it were a normal situation, it would have been right to just get out.

But, whatever.

I also wanted to help if I could right away.

Maybe it’s Hamodan, but the industrial complex forces have something to gain from it.

Even if I couldn’t do it, I could kill a few thousand.