episode_0305

Lee Jin-cheol quickly understood the situation.

No, to be precise, I had no choice but to understand.

The zombies gathered over the bridge have settled down nearby?

I tried my best to stop it, but there were so many of them that it was impossible?

In fact, what she said was no different from a death sentence for Seoul.

I was told to make a decision quickly, but it didn’t change that whatever I chose was the worst.

Lee Jin-cheol closed his eyes tightly and desperately shook his head.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with an answer.

It was clear that no matter what I chose, whether I stayed and endured or ran away, I would die.

He opened his mouth blankly.

Unlike his wife, he did not have a particularly deep faith.

I became a butler simply to feed my family.

He’s holding a gun, but it’s been decades since he actually fired one.

It would have been less unfair if I had the ability.

There were many people in the church who were much greater than Jincheol Lee.

When the situation broke out, there were soldiers who fought the zombies several times.

As the president of a famous large company, there was also someone who knew how to rally people.

There were people who could slaughter several zombies with just one person.

Lee Jin-cheol just wanted to live somehow.

He was also just an ordinary family man who wanted to protect his family among these damn zombies.

Even if I handed over such an important decision to someone like that, there was no way I could come up with a clever solution.

He took another deep breath and tried to think.

While he was thinking that, Yeji Lee just kept staring at him.

As if there was nothing he could do if he didn’t come up with an answer quickly.

Yes, of course, if you don’t decide, there’s nothing you can do.

After thinking that, Jincheol Lee raised his trembling hand for a moment and rubbed his eyes.

It wasn’t that there was no way.

It’s not like there’s no way to save everyone and still have a high chance of them surviving.

However, Lee Jin-cheol, who came up with the method, could not hastily suggest doing so.

No one wanted to die.

It was the same for him, and it must be the same for Lee Ye-ji in front of me.

However, Lee Jin-cheol closed his eyes tightly, remembering what she said a few hours ago.

Did I tell you to help the people at the station because I would be the bait?

Since he directly suggested it, it wouldn’t be strange if he asked me to become bait once more.

Lee Jin-cheol thought about it for a moment, then finally strengthened his will and opened his mouth.

“…It’s not that there is no way.”

“Good. No matter what happens, you have to decide.”

“But… to do that, you have to be the bait.”

“Ah.”

Yeji Lee stiffened for a moment, but he understood her.

Even if it was in perfect condition, I couldn’t ask it to be bait.

This is especially true if you are someone who has fought a fierce battle just to bide your time.

However, Lee Jin-cheol had no choice but to say that.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to save as many people as possible.

A heavy silence fell for a moment.

Lee Jin-cheol couldn’t come up with the next story, so he just looked at the floor.

She at least gave him a choice, but he didn’t give her a choice.

In fact, how is this any different from asking them to die fighting zombies for us?

Therefore, Lee Jin-cheol planned to understand whatever reaction she gave.

However, Lee Ye-ji roughly touched her red-green colored hair and laughed.

“I think it’ll be okay as long as they don’t tell me to fight right now.”

“…is that so?”

“Yes. And you didn’t just ask me to bait you, right?”

“…But.”

“So, please explain the strategy first. What do you think?”

He pondered for a moment the strange emotions rising up within him.

You could even say I’m fortunate. However, I can’t say that I’m not fortunate.

But that contemplation did not last long.

Jincheol Lee immediately explained the method he had in mind.

“We plan to evacuate the survivors using the subway station.”

“Aha. Since we need to buy time in the meantime, we need bait, right?”

“…Yes.”

“Then is there anyone else besides me who is the bait?”

Lee Jin-cheol was silent for a moment.

Normally, I should have nodded to that question without hesitation.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he never thought there would be someone who would step forward as bait.

It was obvious I was going to die. No, it was actually closer to asking for death.

No matter how much he thought about it, he didn’t have the ability to properly package the word bait.

It would have been better if their death allowed the survivors to escape safely.

However, there was no guarantee that the survivors would be able to escape safely.

Zombies were a type of machine that didn’t care about their own bodies at all.

They are like monsters who can chase survivors and follow them to the end of hell.

Even if they somehow escaped, there was no bright future for the survivors.

Lee Jin-cheol recalled the age-old proverb that there is no paradise where you run away.

Even if they beat the zombies, how long can they endure without proper preparation?

He didn’t think they would last long.

Is there any meaning to this operation if we cannot save the survivors even though we risked our lives as bait?

Of course, it is a dog death among dog deaths that has no meaning whatsoever.

Therefore, Lee Jin-cheol could not easily answer her question.

There’s only one thing he can say.

“…Let’s find out about that now.”

Lee Jin-cheol answered like that and gave a vague answer.

Yeji Lee did not say anything after hearing the answer.

I just nodded a few times as if I understood and then started a normal conversation.

“Ah, then I can take a break until then, right?”

“Of course.”

“It’s nothing special… It would be nice to have water or something like that.”

“Let’s find relatively clean water…”

“It doesn’t matter because it can be cold. Ah, there should be plenty of food.”

“I will prepare that too.”

“Then I’ll take a break.”

After Yeji Lee said that, she waved her hand and disappeared.

Lee Jin-cheol watched her disappear for a moment and then sighed.

The situation ended better than I had feared.

Of course, that didn’t make me feel at ease.

He wiped his forehead, which was covered in cold sweat, with the back of his hand.

He didn’t know how she would react when he told her there was no one to take bait.

“What should I do about this…”

With a short sigh, Lee Jin-cheol shook his head once again.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I didn’t think there would be anyone who would be bait.

Everyone will choose to enter the subway station to help the survivors escape.

To be honest, he didn’t want to remain as bait and fight the zombies.

I wanted to live even a little longer. Even if it was a futile struggle, I wanted to hit it some more.

So he was able to understand even if other people didn’t say he was left as bait.

Jincheol Lee could only sigh due to his rising anxiety.

If he had known her well, there would have been no need to worry about this.

Because no matter what kind of person she was, she was good at pleasing her.

But now she was a type of person that he could not easily understand.

He was an impulsive yet planned person. He was a selfless yet selfish person.

Soft yet strong. A person who is both timid and courageous… such a contradictory person.

That’s why Lee Jin-cheol couldn’t think about how she would react.

If it were her. How will she accept the situation where she has to remain alone as bait?

Will these people choose to run away alone, saying they are not worth helping?

Or will he willingly choose to stay, saying he understands?

Because he didn’t know that, Jincheol Lee couldn’t know how to act in the future.

But he had no intention of giving up.

The fact that it is a dark situation with no visible answer has not changed.

how. And the fact that it was a hopeless situation where one had to choose when to die did not change.

However, as the head of the family, he overcame even more hardships than this.

The president always posed tasks for which there was no answer to the manager.

The cruel laws of capitalism always forced him to work hard in society.

Even in such a situation, he dedicated himself to saving his family.

“I should try this one…!”

Lee Jin-cheol gritted his teeth.

It didn’t matter even if I said no one would become bait.

It would be nice to have the slightest possibility of helping others live at the cost of dying alone.

I haven’t set my eyes on another woman in the decades since I got married, but…

It wouldn’t be so bad to dance with an out-of-town girl right before you die.

Lee Jin-cheol, who thought that and strengthened his will, sighed and dialed the radio.

The content was simple.

A bait is needed to help other survivors escape.

Deacons, gather together as we are deciding who will participate in the escape operation and who will participate in the decoy operation.

After radioing like that, he groped his chest.

I thought it would be a good idea to smoke all the cigarettes I had saved before I die.