Chapter 8 – 8. A Combination That Rarely Dies
On the way to the pharmacy, I decided to secretly tell Saeyeon about my abilities. Since we were going to continue to hang out together from now on anyway, it was obvious that if we hid it, it would be revealed later.
Above all, I decided that it would be better to confess first rather than get caught unintentionally.
“Hey, sister.”
“Huh?”
“Actually, I have something to confess.”
“What?”
But it’s strange. A slight blush appeared on Sister Saeyeon’s face. Could it be that my confession… Was considered that confession?
“Uh, hey.. I also.. I like it too.”
“Ah.. That is..”
However, Saeyeon confesses first. The confession I was going to make wasn’t the confession… I was afraid that the atmosphere would get weird, so I decided to embellish what she said.
“We.. Are of the same mind.”
“Ugh.. That’s right.. Hehe.. I’m embarrassed. Haha.”
My sister felt embarrassed for no reason. It was cute to begin with, but it’s even cuter now that he says he likes me. To be honest, I like it, but who wouldn’t like it?
Moreover, her face was pretty, she wasn’t the type of incompetent woman who would just shout ‘please do it’, and she was the kind of person who would do something when she had time to do it. And since it has the ability to destroy inventory, I was quite fond of it.
“Well, sister… Since I already confessed, I have one more thing to confess. Anyway, we must have confirmed our feelings for each other… I want to tell you about the abilities I have…”
“Huh?”
“I’m actually a psychic too.”
“Really? Wow.. Somehow.. It seemed like that. I was surprised that he was so calm… Do you have the ability to clear your mind or something?”
“Uh, that’s not it. If you defeat someone with superpowers, you can take their abilities.”
“What?”
Saeyeon stops and looks at me.
“Uh.. Then..”
“Yes. “I absorbed the abilities of the guys I defeated earlier… To be precise, I absorbed the abilities of the guys I killed.”
“Ah.. So..”
“Yes. If I wanted to survive with you, I thought it was right for me to kill her. “If I want to protect you, I have to become stronger.”
“Yeah.. I see. So..”
When I told her that it was the ability to kill an opponent and take away their abilities, Saeyeon seemed to think for a moment. Then he looked at me again and said something unexpected.
“Hey.. Thank you..”
“Yes?”
“Well.. I decided to take you with me and not harm you.. Thank you. “Thank you, Inho, for including me in your survival.”
She honestly says that if she wasn’t a woman and she was just such a man-asshole..She might have been killed and had her powers taken away. Ninety percent of the reason she didn’t die in my hands was because she was a pretty girl. It’s not like I don’t have desires.
In fact, she had a bit of a dark side from the first time she was rescued. However, he only took a moment to see whether or not he was a person with whom he could have a truly deep relationship, beyond being just a colleague. Because it’s hard to ignore.
Once a relationship is established, the human mind becomes attached in many ways and becomes difficult to let go. If Saeyeon is selfish and greedy, she does not follow my instructions and continues to act arbitrarily, or takes me with her, she will get cancer. If it were a person who was completely blocked, they would probably have killed him and taken away his abilities.
However, when I took him around today, he seemed like a somewhat simple person who just liked it when you praised him a lot and was happy just by people praising him for doing well. I must say that he is grateful to be called sister. Thanks to this, I continued to think that it would be okay to act together.
Saeyeon, who was walking ahead of me, suddenly stopped, probably because she was embarrassed after confessing to me.
“There’s someone at the pharmacy..”
I used tracking the opposite sex right away. I felt a sweet scent that I had never smelled before. One is from Saeyeon, and the other is from the pharmacy. In addition to the man who immediately made eye contact with us, there must also be a woman in there.
“Cough.. There are about two people.”
It’s a bit disappointing that it can’t detect men. Anyway, we walked closer to the pharmacy. I judged that if it was 2 to 2, there was a chance of winning even if a fight broke out. I asked my sister to bring me some bottled water. If I have to, I plan to inhale and start the steam engine.
“Hey… This time too…”
“No… It’s not yet… Let’s approach it for now. “I can’t let those people steal it all.”
As I got closer, I saw three or four zombie corpses lying around at the entrance. They’re probably the ones they caught and killed.
‘Dad.. Daughter..?’
At the pharmacy, a shy-looking man with glasses who appeared to be in his late 50s and a woman who appeared to be his daughter he was standing there. It seemed like they were people who took advantage of the momentary absence of zombies to come out.
“Seunghee, wait a minute.”
“Huh? Why?”
The man hid his daughter behind his back.
The girl, who was in the middle of stuffing bandages and disinfectant from the pharmacy stand into her bag, hid behind her father’s back without knowing why. He looked to be in his late teens.
They were wary of us. I was also wary of them. In fact, as a father with a daughter, I was even more wary. This is a different kind of guard than the guard against gangsters. Because it was impossible to know what parents with children, especially fathers with daughters, would do when the safety of their grown daughters was in danger.
“Cough.. Do what you have to do. We also chuckled.. Sigh. We’ll take care of our belongings and go on our way. “If you make a fuss, zombies will come.”
“…”
The man took out a mask from his pocket and handed it to his daughter, but she only nodded without answering what I said. Then he stood aside from the entrance. Since there was more than enough medicine left in the pharmacy to take care of for themselves, they probably didn’t think there was any need to fight with us.
That’s the same for me too. Of course, if I had to fight, I would fight… But I didn’t want to lose my hair needlessly by killing someone whose abilities I didn’t know.
“Sister, cough.. Sigh. “I take antibiotics and painkillers first.”
“Yes..!”
Saeyeon went inside the pharmacy and took care of the items. Before coming to the pharmacy, I also put the medicines in the bag I received from Saeyeon. There is no need to tell complete strangers that you have inventory.
“…”
“…”
My uncle and I were wary of each other. In any case, the other person could be a strange person or a fool, so each person was suspicious of the other. Honestly, in a situation like this, other people are just as dangerous as zombies. No, maybe humans are more dangerous than zombies.
Soon after taking all of her medicine, her father and daughter left the pharmacy.
“Okay then.”
“Yes. Please take a look.”
I watched them leave until the end, then closed and locked the door to the pharmacy.
“Now let’s sweep it all up.”
“Yes.”
From then on, we started robbing pharmacies in earnest. Everything from basic medicines to various nutritional supplements, ointments, and bandages, as well as anthelmintics and syringes from the pharmacy warehouse, were all poured into the inventory. Even if you don’t have to use it right now, there will come a time when it will come in handy.
“Ah.”
At that time, Saeyeon discovered a pregnancy test.
“I should take care of this too..?”
“Uh.. Yes.”
You never know what might happen in this world, so you need to take care of these things in advance. Then I discovered a condom.
“Uh..”
I was a little embarrassed to ask to put it in my inventory, so I just tried to put it in my bag. At that time, Saeyeon came over and grabbed my wrist.
“Just… Put it in inventory…”
“Uh…”
“Take care of everything.. Because you will have a lot to use..”
She cleared her throat in embarrassment and bought all the condoms in the pharmacy. Everything, without exception.
“Then shall we go?”
“Yes…”
I followed my sister into the convenience store across from the pharmacy.
“Uh..”
“Oh.”
There, the man and daughter I had met earlier were putting things in a bag. Perhaps because we ran into each other twice, we just nodded our goodbyes and took care of each other’s belongings.
But the man and his daughter wandered around for a long time, confused. They seemed to be having a hard time since they could only bring a limited amount of items. You might want to take it all, but you won’t be able to, so you’ll be very worried.
So I let them eat as much food as they could. Anyway, I packed a lot of food, and I went to the convenience store to buy unique products that couldn’t be found at the supermarket. Moreover, there are a lot of cigarettes. There will definitely come a time in the future when cigarettes will be used as a substitute for currency. Because it’s difficult to quit smoking.
At that time, a man who was putting ramen in his bag spoke vaguely to me, who was standing across from the stall.
“Over there..”
“Yes?”
“By any chance… Have you also gained powers?”
“Yes?”
Seeing as they were asking about their abilities, it seemed like they too had awakened their abilities. Since it is better to secure talented people in advance, I answered the man’s question.
“May I know what abilities you have gained? We also gained abilities. If I do well… I think we can walk around together…”
“Yes? “Really?”
“Yes. “It’s hard to show it because of the penalty, but it’s true.”
“Ah… Seeing as you even know the penalty… It’s true… “
When we told him that we, too, were talented people, he was delighted and delighted. I made him a public enemy so that he would completely come over to our side.
“But you know Dongyeong High School near here.”
“You know.. That gangster’s lair..”
“A group of gangsters gather there and kidnap women and cause trouble.”
“Yes? No, what is that…”
“Using the school as a hideout, they kidnapped nearby women… And are doing bad things. My girlfriend was almost taken too. So, unless ordinary people like us come together… We’ll probably all be killed or taken away by those guys.”
“Huh.. What kind of crazy..Dog people..”
The man with a grown daughter was so angry that even his hands were shaking.
“What abilities do you have? I have human tracking skills. The penalty makes me cough a bit.”
First, I revealed one of my cards. Then he quickly told me about his abilities.
“The abilities I have are… Here.”
A spark rose from the tip of the man’s finger.
“It’s an ability called fingertip ignition… Fire comes out from the fingertips.”
“Oh…”
“This is not the end.”
He lit fire in all five fingers. And a bright blue flame.
“I tested it at home and it seemed like it could melt most fire doors.”
It had the power of a welding torch. With this much firepower, wouldn’t it be possible to melt a locked door and enter?
“Are there no penalties?”
“You should drink as much as you use your abilities. If you have enough firepower to do welding like we just did… Two glasses of 40-degree alcohol will suffice. Otherwise, one or two bottles of soju are enough.”
“By any chance, what is your place of residence?”
“Well… The villa we lived in was destroyed by zombies… So I left in a hurry with my daughter, so we actually have nowhere to go.”
It looks like there’s nowhere to go… I think that kind of firepower would be useful, but would you agree?
Because I can’t accept other people as I want without my colleagues’ consent.
At that time, Saeyeon, who had come next to me and was quietly listening to the story, grabbed my sleeve and said.
“Shall I take you to the 7th floor..? There are a lot of empty houses..”
“That would be a good way to link up. Hey… Has your daughter awakened her abilities too?”
“Yes. My daughter has an ability called unlocking. She opens anything, such as locked doors and safes. The penalty is that every time she unlocks a lock, her tongue gets stiff for about an hour and she cannot speak. So she unlocks the entrance to the convenience store. “I can’t speak right now.”
“Aha.. So that’s why it was quiet… First of all, my name is Kang In-ho. Let’s survive together in the future.”
“I am Yoo Sae-yeon.”
“I am Junho Han. This child is Han Seung-hee. Please take care of me.”
That’s how I gained two more colleagues. Although they cannot be completely trusted yet, they were people who seemed like they would develop camaraderie if they survived together.
