Chapter 112 – Zombie Apocalypse 2 (20)
This morning I had soup for the first time.
Instant beef bone soup, pepper, salt, rice, and thawed frozen green onions.
I ate it simply like this, and it was delicious, but I felt it was a little lacking.
I wanted to have delicious radish radish radish as a side dish, and I saw it in the grocery store, but I said I had to save it.
I think it’s because I may have to eat only kimchi with plain rice in the future.
Still, since I can eat soup like this in the morning, I feel like my stomach is full.
“It was very delicious.”
Naeun’s face was bright after he finished eating, as if he really liked his breakfast.
“I enjoyed it too. I guess Koreans need soup after all.”
“So, have I ever made soup for you?”
I quickly searched through Lee Sian’s memories, but it seems like the only thing that had soup was ramen.
Since we are people who work out at the gym, we eat ramen very occasionally, and sometimes when we order delivery food, there is soup in it.
“Nothing. All ramen?”
“Ugh… I’ll practice the national route later.”
“Yes. I’m secretly good at cooking, so I can expect a lot from you, right?”
“Even if you say it’s not delicious, just tell me it’s delicious.”
“Isn’t that a scam?”
“It’s called a white lie.”
I arrived at the customer support center while chatting with Naeun.
She couldn’t help but ask Choi Seong-tae, who looked increasingly haggard.
I think I ate alone here, but if I keep going like this, I’ll get sick and die first.
“Did you sleep well yesterday? Even though your physical condition is not normal, you are working the hardest.”
“I slept a little. And I’m a little worried about the new group called Hyorim High School. Unlike other groups, it’s a group recognized by the government.”
Choi Seong-tae also seemed to confirm that part.
Seongtae Choi let out a deep sigh and began to spread out the map on his desk.
The usual 4 A4 maps had expanded to 6. Did you add the left side?
Naeun and I got closer and checked the map.
Hyorim High School is quite far from the patrol route, but it is a distance that can be traveled in one day.
If the guys who died yesterday while scouting reported that they were going to the mart and then lost contact, quite a few people could come to the mart.
“There is no problem with people flocking in, but the important thing is the cause. They may think that they are receiving justice because they are in a shelter recognized by the government.”
“Are you worried about material looting by those who believe in justice?”
“Yes. That’s right. In a world where survival is the only justice, they can commit evil acts thinking that they are the only ones who are justice.”
It was a relative story.
We plan to survive for a month using the mart as a base and preventing all threats can be called justice.
They will also need a lot of food as there are a lot of people gathered at the shelter recognized by the government.
So, Mart can think that it is justice to cooperate with Hyorim High School.
“Ultimately, it is force that can end the conflict. Overwhelming force is needed to avoid causing many casualties.”
“There are only 21 days left before modern firearms are unlocked.”
I couldn’t get the strength to beat the gun with yesterday’s night’s fortune-telling.
Wouldn’t it take at least a week to properly implement shadow armor to protect one’s body? Still, you will only be able to deal with about one person.
“21 days… I’ve already lasted 9 days.”
Choi Seong-tae’s grinning smile was visible through the bandages covering her face.
“Honestly, I didn’t think the National Assembly members or leaders were doing anything, but it’s been less than 10 days and it’s so hard.”
“Those people are also relying on people below them. If you try to do everything yourself, they won’t do it.”
“Is that so? I also want to share the work with someone I can trust. Unfortunately, I think it’s better to do it alone for now.”
I thought it would be a good idea to do it if it’s comfortable.
If you try to divide the work for no reason, it can become more complicated.
“I guess all I have to do is maintain my strength as much as possible?”
“Yes. And if conflict cannot be avoided, can I reveal Mr. Xian? If people know that he is the only person who single-handedly killed an evolved zombie, there will be people who come to join, but war can be avoided.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea. If I really need it later, I’ll use it as a last resort. I know I’m not the type of person to be a hero.”
In a world where people suffer from school violence for the rest of their lives, I killed a gangster and a scout team.
And many people knew that story, so it was clear that it would come back to haunt me later.
I thought it would be better not to reveal it because I thought I would not leave it alone if there was someone who wanted to accuse me of being a murderer rather than a hero.
“I am the only one now.”
Seongtae Choi said that to me.
Since I didn’t seem to have anything more to say, I said this as I left the customer support room.
“Seongtaehyung, I’ll take some laundry soap.”
“You can take as much as you want. Huh? Seongtaehyung?”
I smiled and left the customer support room with Naeun.
“Do you like that person now?”
“Well, it seems difficult to suffer alone.”
“It would be easier if you helped me… Would you ever think of doing that for Choi Seong-tae?”
Naeun said while tapping his right arm.
It seemed like they were talking about increasing healing power by sending out heat, but I shook my head to mean that wasn’t true.
“I’m talking openly because it’s you. Choi Seong-tae is not at that level yet.”
“Is that so? Okay. If he falls, let’s help him secretly.”
I think it would be okay then.
It would take less effort to silence Choi Seong-tae than to cause great confusion in the supermarket due to the absence of a leader.
We took laundry soap and clothespins from where we stored supplies and headed over to the car wash.
We hung up the clothes that had been drying inside the house outside and thoroughly washed our clothes in the sink.
My improved physical ability seemed to be quite helpful, and I seemed to be able to do laundry by hand better than I thought.
It seemed unfair that Naeun was trying as hard as he could to do my laundry, but he wasn’t doing as well as I was.
“Shall I help you?”
“No. I will do mine.”
The two of us even brought our underwear and washed them thoroughly, then hung the clothes outside and hung the underwear inside the office.
It would be nice to have a drying rack, but I don’t remember seeing one.
“Uh. You got a call from Hyeju?”
Naeun said after sitting on the bed and checking her smartphone.
“What’s wrong with the university?”
I don’t intend to help the university group itself, but wouldn’t it be okay to contact them if I can get some information?
“Should I contact you? I don’t have any intention of helping, but just get information?”
Naeun seemed to think the exact same thing as me, so she nodded.
Naeun tapped her smartphone screen to send her message and a call came right away.
“Sian, please be quiet, so I can use the speakerphone.”
“Okay. I’ll stay still like I’m dead.”
“What do you say?”
When Naeun answered the call and turned on her speakerphone, she heard Jeong Hye-joo’s voice.
“Naeun? Are you Naeun?”
“Uh, Hyeju. It’s me. What happened at university?”
“It’s crazy. Students were experimenting to make medicine for the zombie virus, but they got infected en masse, and it went crazy.”
I didn’t know that I would hear something so crazy that it went far beyond what I had imagined.
That thing is closer to a curse than a disease. How are we going to study it?
Since it is a world like the one I live in where plants that are resistant to mana do not exist, I can only say that it was a meaningless experiment.
“So, were you the ones who caused the accident? Or were you the moderates?”
“What is the ‘Fuck you’ faction? The world has become like this and the more ruined it is, the more likely you are to get a chance, so that’s why they think like that. The idea came from the moderate faction. There are zombies running around inside the university, so it’s really…”
“Hyeju, are you in a good place right now? It seems like you’re okay since you’re talking to me on the phone.”
“I’m in the dormitory. My roommate died at the beginning of the zombie outbreak, so I can live alone. I’ve locked the door and am I waiting for someone to sort it out.”
“Really? Did you just call me because you had someone you wanted to confide in?”
“Yeah. Honestly, it’s a little scary.”
Probably the voice and content that seemed the most truthful was heard among Jeong Hye-joo’s phone calls with Naeun so far.
“Now it’s just the end of the world and I hope it ends quickly.”
“Me too… Hyeju, is there anything to eat in your room?”
“Yes, there is one. If I use it sparingly, I think it will last four days.”
“Really. If you’re really having a hard time… Call me one more time.”
“Yeah… If I’m really having a hard time… I’ll call you.”
That’s how Naeun ended her phone call with Jeong Hyeju.
“I didn’t make my decision too arbitrarily, right?”
“You didn’t say we were coming to help. Those were good words to give hope.”
“But… I become a little weak towards friends.”
Naeun smiled sheepishly.
If I go to college now, I might meet someone whose face I recognize, but I can still kill them.
Even though Naeun can handle zombies, he still has resistance to humans.
“Okay. Then, Naeun, lie down like you did when you massaged yesterday.”
“Massage? Can you call that a massage? It felt like my body was relaxing, but…”
Naeun had some doubts, and she lay down on the bed.
She converted the mana that had grown overnight into warm heat, then placed it on Naeun’s lower abdomen and sent out her heat.
“Haaaaa?! What? What did you just do?”
Naeun, showing a much clearer reaction than yesterday, placed her hand on her lower abdomen where I had removed her hand.
She looked back and forth between her body and me and asked for an explanation of her situation.
“It’s not yet possible to have incredible strength like mine, but if you keep getting those massages, you’ll be able to get a little healthier.”
“Ugh. Ah. Yeah. To be honest, I almost got my panties wet.”
It is because Han Xian has experienced it many times that he gets great pleasure when yin and yang are mixed.
“How can I do this to Choi Seong-tae…”
“No. I don’t do that to men.”
Naeun suddenly got strangely worried, so I cut her off with a sharp knife.
