Chapter 121 – Zombie Apocalypse 2 (29)
I turned around on the way to the department store and returned to the mart.
On the way, two zombies appeared to block the way, and the zombies were dealt with by Naeun and Jisangsu.
Ji Sang-soo was a police officer and had the skills to lead a reconnaissance team, and he used a spear at Naeun’s level.
Naeun’s physical abilities have improved slightly after receiving my message, and the fact that he can fight similarly to the ‘former police officer’ was pretty good information.
Wouldn’t it be quite helpful to go to a martial arts school and memorize the Neigongsim method, which can be learned universally, and then pass it on?
‘Can I remember?’
If you don’t know something, it takes at least 5 days to go back and look again.
Previously, the magic tattoos on the goblin shaman’s body were able to be imprinted at a memorized level using Shadow Craft. Can I use that?
The problem is that Isian’s body does not have enough mana.
Once he achieved enlightenment, he used Shadow Craft in Yu Xian’s body.
Once I gained enlightenment, I thought I could use Shadow Craft with Isian’s body, but I still didn’t have enough mana.
Even if she just collects mana like she does with her training from now on, she may or may not be able to use Shadow Craft after 20 days when modern firearms are released.
We arrived at the mart in silence, dragging the person from Hyorim High School with us.
“Uh. Um. Is it them?”
Today, Young-eun, who was standing guard at the entrance, tried to greet us, but when he saw the men behind him, he did not call us by name.
“Yes. This is the scout team from Hyorim High School.”
On the way, I asked Naeun to send a text message to Seongtae Choi.
[Let everyone know because four scouts, including a police officer from Hyorim High School, are visiting the mart.]
The search team at the supermarket knew for sure who we killed, so it seemed like a good idea to let them know.
If, like Naeun, you don’t know who those people are and hear their identity, it’s easy to be embarrassed.
After waiting for a while, Choi Seong-tae came out to the entrance of the mart with two search leaders.
“This is Choi Seong-tae, the current leader of the mart.”
“You’re younger than I thought. I’m Ji Sang-soo, who leads the scouting team at Hyorim High School.”
The two shook hands without talking about Choi Seong-tae’s face with bandages.
“First, the supermarket has no intention of cooperating with the government. We have enough supplies to last us the remaining 20 days, and we have to wait a long time to receive people.”
“Hyolim High School is not lacking in supplies either. If the government supplies it soon, it will actually be abundant.”
You didn’t tell me that before.
Did they deliberately hide that story to appeal to the fact that they were having a hard time and hope that I would come?
Because it showed me that there are people who can make doctors and weapons.
“We’re not going to do more than check out how the group operates. And if you can tell us why Batman had to suddenly return, we’d like to know.”
“Batman…”
Although bat refers to a baseball bat that is not related to bats, it naturally came to mind.
“I understand. But as an outsider, would you please put down your weapons and come into the mart?”
“Let’s do that. Let’s all put down our weapons and go in. And since our weapons are better, we won’t even think about taking them away.”
Unlike a kitchen knife attached to a stick, the mart’s spear is made sharp by hitting it with a hammer.
As we entered the mart, the people from Hyorim High School looked around.
To call it surroundings, I guess it should be people’s faces, right?
The supermarket wasn’t that dark because it had become a place where people could live.
It is a place where there is hope to survive the remaining 20 days.
Seeing that Jaeyoung is with Eunseo in good condition, it looks like he returned after completing his first search successfully.
We walked slowly and headed straight to the customer support office.
Many people, including ten search leaders, gathered inside the customer support office.
“Leader, do you mind if they know?”
“I think it would be good to know. I was thinking of posting it on the Internet anyway, so it would be good for nearby neighbors to know for sure. Then, please explain the 3rd patrol leader one more time.”
Then, the 3rd patrol leader who had gone out on patrol this morning pointed at the map.
It is slightly off the colored patrol route.
“Jaeyoung, who was patrolling for the first time today, missed the zombie.”
“She missed and hit?”
There were words I couldn’t understand from the beginning, so I asked.
“Yes, that’s right. The zombies ran away.”
“Did you hit the zombie in the first place?”
“What could a being that turns red when it spots a person and then rushes at you like crazy, if not a zombie? We were also confused when we saw Jaeyoung run away after being stabbed in the shoulder with a spear. We thought, ‘Could this be a crazy person pretending to be a zombie? I did it.”
This is definitely enough for Choi Seong-tae to call me urgently.
The search team worked with me against the evolved zombie and confirmed that it had ‘intelligence’.
Moving to a place where you can gather your strength, strengthen it, and move your body to a place to recover can be said to be something that goes beyond instinct.
“So, we decided to go a bit overboard in order to kill that unusual zombie. Can I tell you its name?”
The patrol leader saw me and asked.
I was planning to hide my identity as much as possible, but Hyorim High School, which can be said to be related to the government, already found out that I was at the supermarket.
“I think you can call me a guest.”
Seongtae Choi neatly organized the titles.
“Because the guest was not in perfect condition, I thought I should kill the zombie that showed signs of evolution before it evolved. Even though it ran away, its physical abilities were not much different from regular zombies. And this is what I found while chasing that zombie. “
The patrol leader took out his smartphone and showed me a picture, which showed a mountain of zombie corpses.
Twisted Death used the zombie corpses gathered together to create synthetic zombies once and then disappeared, leaving the corpses piled up like this?
It’s been about 3 days since that happened, and you’ve collected this much in that time?
There were as many corpses piled up as the zombies we killed yesterday as we walked from the officetel toward the gas station.
“Are they all zombie corpses? I see blood stains down here?”
At that time, Ji Sang-soo asked a question.
Clearly, blood stains were visible in the photo brought by the search leader.
“I’m not sure about that. If you look closely, you’ll see that they all had their heads cut off cleanly.”
It was a smooth cross-section that gave the impression that the head had been cut off, unlike when I used a baseball bat to smash it open.
This is a photo that makes me think I need to go and check it out in person.
Unlike what you see in the photo, you can feel how old the zombie’s body is by checking the contaminated mana.
“So, did you kill the zombie that escaped?”
“Yes, I did kill him. Then he found this strange thing and quickly returned.”
“Can I take a picture of this and a map? I’m sure it’s information we need to know.”
In terms of distance, it was closer to the mart, but it happened between the mart and Hyorim High School.
“I will share it.”
The search leader took pictures of our patrol route after receiving the photos sent to Park Sang-soo’s cell phone.
“Why did you take pictures of the patrol road?”
“I will pay attention to this patrol route and take measures to prevent the scouting team from going there. I don’t think there is any need to create a conflict with the Martian force.”
“Even so, the supermarket.”
“I will tell you that I will endure without receiving help from anyone. And I will also hide the fact that you are both Batman and a guest. Instead, please help me just once when the zombies come, which we cannot do anything with our strength.”
When Jisoo Ji bowed his head and asked me, the people at Hyorim High School bowed their heads.
“Yes, I understand. Please raise your head. We have to deal with that first.”
“Then should Hyorim send someone as well?”
“No. If you see something like that, it’s one of two things. It’s either a crazy killer or another form of evolved zombie we’ve never seen before, or at least they’re definitely using something sharp.”
I thought about sharp fingernails, but looking at the clean cut surface like that, it seems more like a sword than a fingernail.
“Then?”
“I’m going to take a rest now. I’ll make a full recovery by this evening and come visit you.”
“Sir… Sir! Wasn’t your right hand completely broken yesterday?”
A search leader who was at the scene where the evolved zombies appeared with me yesterday said this.
“If not me, who will do it?”
“We can send a doctor from Hyorim. We have a limited number of cars, but we can use them…”
“I have my own potion here. I’ll see you in the evening.”
“Are you talking about me?”
I pulled Naeun into my arms and spoke to her, and Naeun whispered softly in an embarrassed voice.
“But it’s night. Are you planning on going tonight?”
“Yes. Today is the day I feel like fighting at night.”
I said something that seemed crazy to anyone who heard it.
“Then, let’s go back and discuss measures first. We can communicate over the phone, but it’s better to talk face to face like this. But there’s smoke coming out of the back. Is it an incinerator?”
“Yes. All the zombies killed near the supermarket are burned over there. Thanks to that, no synthetic zombies appear.”
“Hyorim High School is handling it that way too. Yes, then we can go back too.”
First, people from Hyorim High School were kicked out of the supermarket.
Although they did not do anything suspicious during their brief stay at the supermarket, Seongtae Choi and I seemed to have the same thoughts.
“Seong Taehyung, you knew about that person and decided to move on, right?”
“I think so. I guess I thought it would be more damaging to have a confrontational relationship with Mr. Sian.”
“Hyolim High School is not easy.”
“Are you really planning to visit me tonight?”
“Yes. So, I guess I’ll have ramen for lunch today as a special meal. I brought some for you.”
Seongtae Choi didn’t seem to know what I was talking about, but neither did I.
It was difficult to explain that if you just sleep well and wake up, your right hand will recover completely.
