Hiding the House in the Apocalypse

23. Junior

The sun was getting dark, so I stayed up all night at a refugee camp in Incheon.

Sleeping among displaced and starving people was no different from giving one’s life, so I had to be content with just warming up next to a drum that had been lit.

After I closed my eyes for a moment, a man snooped and approached me.

A face in her early twenties. He has a youthful face that would make one believe that he is a teenager.

He dared to touch my bike.

He opened his eyes and warned.

“Don’t touch me.”

The man was surprised, but he tried to touch it as if there were any left.

I quietly took out my pistol, and then the man lifted his hands and moved away from me, but a group of people warming up at another bonfire in the back sent me a cold gaze.

At dawn another group of men joined them.

They whispered to me, then drew their weapons and slowly approached me.

A club, an iron pipe, a steel bar bent like a bar, a bicycle chain, and so on, a variety of crude weapons disturbed my bloodshot eyes from fatigue.

The middle-aged men who were warming themselves by the fire next to me quietly avoided their seats with their heads down.

It didn’t seem like he had any intention of stopping the movement to ask for help, but it’s okay.

He showed his cloth-wrapped automatic rifle discreetly at the approaching group.

It’s like a means of communication in the age of destruction.

The young thugs surrounding me exchanged fierce glances and then turned and left.

After the thugs left, the middle-aged men sneaked back, and I showed them my automatic rifle.

“…”

Alone by the fire, waiting for the sun to rise.

After a while, as soon as the sun rose and the soldiers appeared at the post, they headed for the military headquarters.

There is only one thing, the numerous capsules that have appeared around Kyledos’s air-raid shelter.

Trying to report this to the military.

Originally, the capsules were under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly members, but since all the National Committee members fled to Jeju Island, the only place to deal with them is the military.

Of course, I took enough pictures and even got the coordinates.

It’s honestly not something I’m interested in.

On my way to the headquarters, I felt skeptical several times and almost turned away.

A picture was drawn.

I wonder if reporting this would only put me at a disadvantage.

But what can I do?

It is something that must be reported.

There is a possibility that the military already knows this, but if the military does not know this fact, Seoul will be ruined and that ruin will affect me as well.

This is the reason why you have no choice but to go even if bad results are expected.

I am a hunter from the old days.

He is a primitive hunter who has to face a huge monster with only his own courage, guts, skills and body, and insignificant weapons.

Thousands of capsules are too many for that primitive hunter.

*

Two years and two months after the war began, the Republic of Korea’s armed forces were divided into two factions, the Legion and the National Assembly.

The one stronger than the two is the legionnaires.

Military units guarding the main front stood up with dissatisfaction with the government’s unequal treatment and policies.

As the unit that defended the front line became the main axis, the number and quality of soldiers and even their equipment were overwhelmingly superior.

In fact, they believed in that power and started a civil war.

The faction I’m going to visit is not the Legion faction, but their enemy, the National Assembly faction.

The National Assembly faction is literally the only regular army in Korea that has gained support from the National Assembly, and although it is inferior in both equipment and troops to the legionnaires, it has the biggest weapon of legitimacy.

No matter how well packaged it is, the essence of the Corps is a coup d’état force united by profit.

When the civil war was going well, the loyalty relationship was maintained, but when the civil war turned into a street war and forced each other to fight attrition, the loyalty of the front-line units began to waver.

In the end, when the frontline commanders who were dissatisfied with excessive attrition passed the entire unit over to the National Assembly faction, the legionnaires had to reconsider their strategy from the beginning.

It may not be an overly hasty conclusion, but won’t the National Assembly win this civil war?

It is a victory that will only hurt you if you win.

It arrived at the heart of the National Assembly.

“Is there a problem?”

Unlike the lower units, it is not a place where bribes work.

Security is stricter than anywhere else because the timing is timing.

There are armored forces including tanks on the ground, and at least 10 drones in the sky are vigilantly circling at different altitudes and zones.

There are also eerie signs everywhere.

[ Filming, Waldam, drone flight prohibited – immediate execution in case of violation ]

I had no choice but to stand in line and wait for my turn.

“How did you get here?”

After waiting for two hours, I was able to have a private meeting with the person in charge of the civil affairs office.

“Can I see the head of the monsters? It is a matter of great urgency.”

The moment I spit out those words, I noticed that the person in charge’s expression lightly rotted.

“What is it?”

“I found a capsule. Found a large colony of over a thousand units. I have all the data and coordinates.”

“A capsule?”

“It’s a monster’s egg.”

showed the picture.

The gray-white flower garden Kyle Doss had seen.

Unlike me, the person in charge didn’t seem to feel any emotions when he saw the garden.

I just glanced at the photo and repeated the same words I said to the complainant in front of me.

“is it so? That’s a big deal. Let me check it out.”

The person in charge gestured to me.

“You may go now. next!”

Perhaps this person will not take any action.

I will not check and I will not report.

The reason is obvious.

Because I don’t know my past well because my appearance is ugly, they try to ignore me and treat me as an insignificant person.

I thought about leaving for a while, but it’s not a matter of being shaken by emotions.

Inflammables that will burn everything are piled up in front of me, but it is a short-sighted choice to leave just because there is no fire in front of my house.

I intend to live at least 5 more years.

My personality is weaker than I thought, so I won’t be the last of humanity, but I’ll still try to be the last of humanity.

“Hey, Colonel Jeong Dae-kyung, please connect me.”

There may be wild ways to make a fuss, but I think I’m a pretty sophisticated person.

“Colonel Jeong Dae-kyung?”

“yes. He went out as a member of the National Assembly.”

“Ah, it looks like Jung Jun-nim is talking. wait a minute.”

Networking is a sophisticated method used by people like me who have their own careers.

I don’t like it that much, though.

“excuse me.”

“yes.”

“Who can I tell you?”

“Park Kyu. Just give me two letters.”

“Park Gyu-sama. yes. wait a minute.”

After the caller made the call, he stared at me.

Does it look different now?

“I heard you don’t know who it is?”

“…”

“Next minute.”

“・・・・・Call the person in charge.”

“yes?”

“Call the monster manager! It’s an emergency!”

“Hey teacher?!”

I can’t help it.

The world has forgotten me, what can I do?

“right now!”

This is the kind of wriggling that an ordinary person can do.

Soon, soldiers came towards me with firearms.

it was neat

If you resist, you will be executed on the spot.

I waited for the soldiers to tie me up and even held out their hand from my side when I was about to handcuff them.

After being handcuffed, I spoke politely to the person who seemed to be the superior.

“I would like to speak with the person in charge of the Great Monster.”

“Let’s start with the investigation first.”

First of all, is it going to a kindergarten?

It’s a good thing.

It’s a bit reckless, but in Korea, it’s only when the truth is revealed that they even pretend to listen to what they’re saying.

Even if I’m a little uncomfortable, if I get the right to speak, and thus save millions and preserve the safety of my territory, wouldn’t it be a lucrative business?

However, the world is very small.

*

dark interrogation room.

It is called an interrogation room, but it is only a small room with a desk and other items.

The handcuffs were released from there.

I was just yelling, but I didn’t damage the furniture or harm others.

If I had touched even the fingertips of a female soldier or soldier, I would have been forced to sit here after being steamed with a club.

“Please wait. I will call the person in charge.”

The soldier who escorted me this way spoke in a businesslike tone without looking me in the eye.

“please.”

I said it in the most polite tone possible.

Here, they are absolute powerhouses.

The more polite you are, the better.

After a while, a grating sound came from across the corridor, like steel scraping against iron.

Is it crutches?

It’s similar, but the material is a bit sharper, and there’s a strong tendency to intentionally scratch the floor to make a sound you don’t want to hear.

What kind of person are you?

Perhaps he is a very twisted person.

“oh. Aren’t you Park?”

The moment I heard that voice, I immediately recognized the owner of the voice.

I didn’t even have to see his face.

That deep, resonant voice was like the trademark of someone I knew very well.

“I heard the story from Daram, but is he really alive?”

The moment I looked up and saw her, I had to manage my expression.

It’s not what I know.

One of the arms and legs stretched out gracefully like a model was gone, and an unsightly prosthetic arm and leg replaced the vacant seat.

saw her face

Despite wearing a deep hood, it couldn’t hide the mangled scars that covered half of her face.

“… Min-hee.”

This woman’s name is Woo Min-hee.

was my adverb.

She looked at me and smiled like a girl.

“Sadly, why didn’t you contact me? Well, no one has contacted me other than Daram, right? I didn’t hear that either Kyungmin or Changsoo had contacted me.”

“Do you work here?”

“huh. There are circumstances.”

“What about Jeju Island? Can’t you go?”

“I could go, but I didn’t want to go.”

“why?”

“You know?”

In an instant, Woo Min-hee’s pupils emitted an eerie gray-white light enough to light up the darkness.

Woo Min-hee smiled whitely with a battered face as her eyes flashed with the color of another world.

“As much as my seniors, Kang Min-min and Na Hye-in. I hate you two.”

“…”

I haven’t looked in the mirror, but I think I know my expression.

Isn’t it a subtle expression that is desperately holding back but can’t avoid distortion?

“Ah, wasn’t it forbidden to say the names of those two in front of seniors?”

Gibberish.

it’s all you know

It’s been like this since school days.

A self-destructive life where you constantly hurt others and also hurt yourself.

Even if her blood pain was a little small, it would have ended in suicide, but this woman is not easy.

“sorry. I didn’t even think you’d be in a bad mood. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

However, it seems that I have also grown up.

“are you okay. with something like that.”

When I heard those two names from Kim Da-ram in the past, I vaguely felt them, but hearing their names doesn’t pierce my heart like before.

It’s a little stingy, but it’s just that level.

It’s a completely different feeling than when I heard their names from Je Pung-ho’s mouth in the past.

I looked at Woo Min-hee with an open smile.

“I overcame it before.”

I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve overcome it or because my emotions have become dull, but at least our Viva! Apocalypse! It is an undeniable fact that all the members of the bulletin board instilled a strong mentality in me.

Why, you went from being an unpopular user to being a defender friend, and now going down to hate spam.

There is nowhere to fall further than that.

“Speaking of which, how are Hanmin and Hyein doing? Isn’t there a way for ordinary people like me to know about their activities?”

“oh.”

Pure surprise appeared on Woo Min-hee’s face.

“Are you really senior Park?”

“Is there a problem?”

“no.”

She stared at me with curious eyes for a while.

A very unpleasant time.

After the boring gaze, Woo Min-hee let out a shallow sigh and opened her mouth.

“Two seniors are in Jeju Island.”

“Is that so? How are you?”

“They will eat well and live well. You are the saviors.”

“A savior… Do you know anything about Daram?”

“no.”

“Right.”

“Anyway, it’s nice to see Park sunbaenim in good health.”

Woo Min-hee raised her prosthetic arm and stared at the two steel fingers bent like hooks.

“I ended up like this…”

“…”

Didn’t you die there?

Anyway, I think the reunion itself with Woo Min-hee should be classified as a good thing.

“It’s a capsule. It is also a colony.”

Once the words come through

“This is the first time since China. To see such a colony. It’s a truce, so the field artillery will have to negotiate with the legionnaires. By the way, what was the maximum distance of the station field in the capsule state when you were active?”

“3,250m. 3,500m to go safely.”

“It’s 5,500 now.”

“Is it longer?”

“They must be gradually learning us.”

Kirik-

Minhee Woo fixed her prosthetic arm.

The fingers of the prosthetic hand, bent as sharp as the claws of a falcon, were probably the specifications she requested from the artisan herself.

“It’s long. long~. But should I get rid of it?”

Minhee Woo stood up from her seat.

I was relieved with this.

Although she has a dirty personality, she is a person who takes care of her own business.

“It’s fate that we met like this, and I think I’ll be here for a while, so shall we exchange contact numbers?”

Minhee Woo gave me her identification number.

Her identification number is “REDMASK”.

I didn’t really want to exchange it, but I had no reason to refuse, so I gave her my identification number.

“Skelton?”

Woo Min-hee suddenly smiled and looked at me blankly.

“What? What is the response?”

“No, I thought of a stupid human being.”

“…”

Could this guy?!

probably not

What do you regret about a new hunter who was feared by fanatics, called a red woman, rather than old-fashioned ones like me, Da-ram Kim, and Sang-hoon Lee?

After holding on to a strange smile for a while, she handed me a chewing gum-sized piece of paper divided into two colors like litmus paper.

“Don’t you have any kids?”

“huh.”

“Of course I didn’t think there would be, but I asked out of etiquette.”

“What is this?”

“Simple mental transmission test sheet.”

“Did something like that come out?”

“Because humans are desperate too. If there are kids around, try biting them once in your mouth and contact me if there is a change in color.”

“kids?”

“Scientists say that. It is said that the awakening phenomenon of an Awakened person like me occurs with the highest probability in the cerebral cortex of adolescents before and after the secondary s*xual period.”

“What if I contact you?”

“Maybe he and his family will be sent to Jeju Island?”

Minhee Woo turned around.

Her prosthetic leg dragged across the floor, making an eardrum-shattering sound.

“Then see you again.”

Scratching the floor with her prosthesis, she stopped.

Turning her back, she whispered in a low voice.

“I still think highly of seniors.”

With a scratching sound in her eardrums, she disappeared to the other side.

Kyledos’ flower garden will be burned.

Another flower garden will bloom around, but at least my ruin will be postponed.

I left the command with half regret and half bitterness.

White things were falling over the desolate ruins.

It’s the first snow.

Is it Christmas soon?