Chapter 182 – Changes in Fortnight (1)
“Nice to meet you, fellow citizens. I am President Oh Seung-jin.”
People’s attention was focused on the appearance of President Oh Seung-jin, who arrived safely at the Yongsan shelter by the guards who went with Jin In-soo.
Oh Seung-jin’s speech continues.
“I, too, have been through unspeakably difficult things, and not only me, but the entire nation, including everyone here, is having a hard time. But at times like this! I think it’s time for all of us to join forces! Join forces to fight against the monsters! Helping people who are in a more difficult situation… “
“Ah, sir! What?!”
“… “
The moment Oh Seung-jin, who doubted his own ears, was speechless, people’s voices began to burst out from here and there.
“Is that the man who called us?! People are busy dying..!”
“I thought it was the captain or Kang Ha-jin. I’m going to die from the heat, so why do people have to come and go?!”
“Hey, Mr. President! Help me with my work when I have time to talk nonsense!”
“Hey! Please cover up your words! You are the President!”
“Whatever! It’s still hot, so I’m going to have a hard time searching, but you keep yelling and screaming?! Mr. Jin! You too, come quickly and help!”
“That’s right! Do you know how much work I have to do today?!”
“Hey there! Even the newcomers eat and join quickly!”
“As well as the rice, this place itself is made with our own hands and with our tax money, so please don’t complain and cooperate. If you don’t like working, you can leave the same way you came. If you eat instead, pay for the meal and go.”
“… “
“… “
In mid-August, the heat seems to have subsided, but to the people who are still doing hard manual labor in the steamy heat approaching 35 degrees, speeches by former presidents are nothing more than loud noise.
And the new people who joined with the president were not pitiful survivors, but just workers who could lend a helping hand.
In a way, it can be said that it is cold, but that is how the people in the shelter live.
If it’s difficult and sad, it’s because not only the newcomers to the president, but also the people at the shelter lost dozens of people with whom they shared joys and sorrows, and went through the same thing.
No, because I’ve been through it all along.
That’s why I move busier and live more faithfully to reality in order to forget such sadness.
“Chief Jin… “
“Sorry, sorry… By the way, I’m presumptuous, Mr. President…”
“Speak.”
“I think you should eat quickly and go to work. One of the people in charge here is quite an eccentric… Killed all the Japanese…”
“… Since we had a simple meal on the way back, wouldn’t it be nice to work and eat together with other people?”
That’s how President Oh Seung-jin… No, the former president was called Mr. Oh and became one of the shelter’s workers.
However, he was caught on a power line and returned to the shelter in a few days with the president and other people, but a man who is not paying attention to anyone.
“Excuse me… I’m back…”
“Brother Jinhwan?”
“Haha~ Yes! I’m back! I come back alive… “
“Where have you been hiding until now? Hurry up and get to work!”
“No, I’m hanging on a power line… “
“I’m not doing the electrical work right now, so go over there and shovel! Hurry up! I have to finish it all by tonight!”
“Okay… Spadework… Where is the shovel?”
“There.”
“… “
Woo Jin-hwan, who miraculously survived the helicopter explosion, had to shovel in a corner without a chance to talk about people’s hospitality or his own heroic story.
Fuuk-
***
Fortnight has passed since the fight between Hajin and Tanjiro ended.
Ten days have passed since Ha-jin caught a giant biter for her first meal.
And the people’s work, which is still going on today, continued past midnight.
“Now! It’s not long now, so let’s all cheer up! When this is over, you can go to the public bath, take care of yourself, and tomorrow you can just eat and sleep all day and get a good rest!”
Wearing a safety helmet with headlights, Choi Ho-il, who was encouraging people by walking around the place where lights were scattered here and there like Christmas, raised his head with a proud expression.
An 8-meter-tall steel structure built closely around the shelter, except for the four entrances to the north, south, east, west, and west.
Now, if the work of filling the pit where the steel structure is standing is finished with cement and fixing the steel structure so that it does not tilt while the cement hardens, the long work that has been going on for the past 5 days will finally come to an end.
Of course, you have to build a guard post on top of the barrier, build stairs or ladders to climb up to the guard post, and install a searchlight on the guard post so you can check the surroundings well at night, but that kind of work didn’t require as many manpower as it does now, and it didn’t take a long time. Once the barrier installation was completed, 90% of the overall work was completed.
“Whoa… It’s finally over. You worked hard.”
“What is suffering? And it’s not over yet. Let’s do it quickly and surely until the end. We have to finish it quickly so that those who are struggling outside can rest.”
The work of installing barriers creates a lot of noise, so someone has to fight against the invading zombies and monsters throughout the work.
Even now, Kim Hyeon-joon, Min-seo, Ju-ha, Jackson, elementary school special forces and guards, and Jin In-soo are contributing their strength, and they are doing the hard work almost without rest.
“Aagh!!!”
“Cadet! Boring!!”
Awesome!!
As soon as the severed zombie’s head was thrown over his shoulder, No. 1, who cut the zombie in half with a vertical knife, hurriedly hid behind Juha and sat down on the floor.
“Sister! Shift!”
“Hey! How long have you been on shift already?! I couldn’t even rest!”
“Oh, I don’t know! They can’t even move their arms anymore!”
“Haven’t you been doing this, did you reach your brother?!”
“Despicably..! Don’t forget that I was the one who saved your life!”
“Chi..! How many times do you worry about it!!”
In the Namsan battle that took place 15 days ago, not only No. 1, but also the elementary commandos saved the lives of Min-seo and Ju-ha several times.
Because that was a special order from Hajin.
Of course, the reason why he was able to win the battle was because of the sacrifices of the rest of the presidential bodyguards except for Jin In-soo.
“Fantastic.”
[Rampant dance (B) is manifested.]
Swoop-
Whip Whip Whip!!! Remembrance!!!
With the manifestation of the characteristic, Juha’s body holding the spear in his hand began to move gracefully and splendidly as if dancing, and Zombies flocked to the window swinging in all directions as well as over the head of No. 1, who was sitting down and bowing his head. And monsters were slaughtered in an instant.
The characteristics of one of the bodyguards, Nanmu, and the characteristics of another bodyguard were displayed by Juha.
Jerebuck-
The distance of 3 meters narrows in an instant with each step you take.
『Instantaneous Acceleration (B) – Speed +40% when used. Cooldown 10 seconds.』
The distance narrowed in an instant and at the same time Juha’s spear pierced the head of the gun who was trying to attack No. 3.
The reason why Juha has the characteristics of bodyguards is because they ended their lives with Juha’s hand.
The bodyguards, who judged that they could not defeat the seven samurai, Rentaro and Hikari, chose to give their power to Juha and Minseo rather than treat themselves seriously injured. In a situation that was flowing, he had no choice but to take the lives of his bodyguards and obtain the power to bridge the gap.
And Minseo acquired Hikari’s A-class attribute, Stealth, and Juha obtained Rentaro’s A-class attribute, Knight of the Battlefield.
『Battlefield Knight (A) – Strength +50%, Speed +50%, Stamina +10%. Depending on the duration of the battle, the maximum strength +70% and speed +70% increase.』
A trait acquired by Hajin after killing Shibaru.
Juha, who obtained a fairly good A-class attribute without penalty, set all the other three characteristics to B-class, strengthening the characteristics that were lacking compared to the stats so far, and became stronger.
“Ah Yoonah!!”
“Ah!”
Tadat!!
At Juha’s cry, No. 5 hurriedly steps on the traffic light and jumps up, and the moment when Whipper’s arm, which quickly stretches up from below, wraps around No. 5’s ankle.
Squeak-
With Wiper’s head being severed, Wiper’s arm, which was wrapped around #5’s ankle, fell to the floor, losing its strength.
“Everyone be careful.”
“Thanks sister!”
“Say something~”
Minseo, who raised her hand as if it was no big deal to No. 5’s thanks, disappeared again and tried to move to a place that needed help…
Wooooo-!!!
Following a loud, heavy sound, he reappeared on the shaking floor and turned his head to the side.
And for a while, Minseo’s gaze went upwards.
“Demolish… “
“Kooooo!!!!!”
“Kyaaak!! Juha! Radio to Hyeonjun oppa!!”
“Yes!!”
Min-seo shouted at Ju-ha, covering her ears for a moment at the loud screams, and frowned at Demolisher as she approached the iron barrier where her last work was in full swing.
“By the way, where is this human going and what is he doing?!”
Ha-jin, who disappeared early in the morning saying he would come back after feeding his head, has not returned until after midnight, and Demolisher, who is getting closer to the iron barrier even now, looks above the head of a man who is moving with a rope on top of the barrier. Revealed
“Geuuuuu..!!”
“Ah… “
Dump-
As soon as he raised his head, the rope in the hand of the man who sat down on the barrier fell down without making a sound, and the people below also discovered the presence of Demolisher looking down from the top of the barrier.
“Aaaaa!!!”
“Demolish it!!!!”
“Everyone avoid!!!”
“Run away!!!”
“Mr. Jeong! Just jump off!! If you don’t die, Dasol can save you!!”
It is an 8-meter-high barrier.
Of course, it was not so high that he would die from falling, but still, the man could not move from the spot at the sight of Demolisher drooling while looking down at him from the top of his head with fear of heights.
Again-
Chew!!!
Part of the long saliva fell down and soaked the body of the man who was sitting down as if a huge water balloon had burst, and the wide-open mouth began to fall towards the man.
“Chur uh uh!!!”
“Aaaaa!!!!”
Demolisher’s scream and man’s scream.
And another monster pouring saliva that is incomparable to the Demolisher that dropped the saliva.
“Chew! Chew! Churup!”
“It’s not eating. Just save it.”
“Keye!! Churup-“
“Don’t give up your appetite again!!”
“Keep it!!”
After being kicked in the butt by Ha-jin, he scratched the iron barrier with his sharp claws and barely saved his body from falling.
And in an instant, Ha-jin, who narrowed the distance with Demolisher, lifted her body up and kicked Demolisher’s cheek.
Poop!!!
“… Wow… “
A man exclaimed at the sight of Demolisher’s head bouncing sideways, and a black shadow covering him.
Snap-
“Wow!! What, what?!”
“Hehe! Hehe! Hehe!”
Tuk-tuk-ttuk-ttuk-ttuk-
The tip of the tongue protruded from the head of the head looking down at the man with a heavy breath, and the saliva on the tip of the tongue dripped nonstop and wet the man’s face.
And the attack of the unbearable head.
Licking! Licking! Licking! Licking!
It seems a bit rude to be a predator that licks and licks its prey, but it does the same thing and licks its lips.
And Hajin’s foot being swung.
“Don’t eat it!!!”
Puck!!!
“Break it up!!”
The head soared into the air by Ha-jin’s foot, which had lifted his stomach, met the eyes of Demolisher, who returned the bouncing head back to its place, and at that moment, saliva bursting out of his mouth like a sprinkler began pouring out of his snout.
Rumble-
“Chuleup- Kieh!!!!”
“Cooooo!!!!”
“How on earth do you have such an appetite to grow?”
The head, which was only about 30 cm long, grew to over 1 meter in just 15 days.
To be precise, it almost quadrupled in size just 10 days after eating the first meal.
And he was still growing as he started digging into Demolisher’s eyes.
“Keeeee!!!!”
***
A small port city on the southern coast.
The people who settled here were surviving in small shelters in the harbor that had been established by the military and police early on.
The protruding port was surrounded by the sea on three sides, making it a natural fortress, and the 130-meter-long passage leading to the land was completely blocked from approaching zombies and monsters by building a 5-meter-high barrier.
The people who were surviving in such a rather poor, but safe shelter were preparing to go hunting after breakfast as usual.
“Whoa… The weather is really sweltering.”
“I know… On a day like today, I just want to go into the sea and take a cool swim~”
“Ocean? That would be nice~ I can swim and feed the monsters while giving them a leg.”
“Ah, that seriousness… Who really swims?!”
“… “
The man who was changing clothes inside the barracks tilted his head and asked the man who was checking his weapons outside the barracks just looking at the sea without any reply.
“What are you looking at?”
“… Strange… “
“What? What’s in the sea?”
“No, it’s not like that… Something in the mood… ”
Remembrance!!!!
The man who couldn’t even finish his words was pierced by something and went up in the air, and the man who witnessed the shocking scene with his eyes wide open lost his pants and trembled with both hands.
Chow ah-
Dudududuk-
The barracks collapsed with the tearing roof, and the man who was left alone in the center of the completely collapsed barracks ended his life climbing up with his eyes growing bigger and the darkness engulfing him.
Enemy! Enemy! Enemy!
“Keeeee!!!”
The scream of the monster that had eaten two people in an instant resounded in the harbor, and soldiers poured hundreds of bullets at the sudden appearance of the monster, but the monsters, overwhelming the number of bullets, came out of the sea one by one and covered the harbor in pitch black. Was
