I’m Just an Ordinary Human

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Ruined Seoul.

The city’s infrastructure is all shattered, and zombies roam the streets.

In this post-apocalyptic Seoul, the [Streamers] have managed to gather people and form communities, but even with the help of the [System], it still falls short compared to the past.

Amidst this world where everyone struggles to survive, there was a city that was even more livable than before the apocalypse.

[Ordinary City]

The headquarters of the [Broadcasting Station] and the place where Han Yu-seong lives.

Recently, residents have moved in after a long time.

“Well, it’s a building, so why not?”

There was no shortage of houses or anything like that.

I mean, houses were overflowing inside the back room.

The interior of the back room, which had grown by consuming the [Alliance], was now beyond comparison to before.

There were definitely enough houses to put out in the city.

Of course, there were not no problems.

This time, the new residents that had been accepted into the city were split into two groups.

The stronghold members led by Lumi and the hostages trapped in Ewha Womans University.

The trouble came from the latter.

“This is something the men should do!”

“Right! We’re women!”

“See, this is why guys are like this.”

The women, who had been cautious right after moving in, suddenly started to behave as if they were just putting on an act.

Not all of them, but most were like that.

With the news that even my viewers, whom I had rescued first, began to harass the entity…

“If they don’t like men, they should just live among themselves.”

I had carved a section of the city out to create a women’s self-governing district.

By specially dividing the space with a barrier to isolate it from other areas.

Since they claim that women are superior, they should manage just fine on their own.

I decided to ignore that side.

There were plenty of things to pay attention to without needing to care about stuff like that.

“So, how is it? Are you getting used to your body?”

I asked while looking at Lumi, who was nestled in Jung Seong-min’s arms.

The girl had become a kid due to the contamination from the [Brush].

She could now be said to be in a fused state with the [Brush].

[Abnormality] contamination.

Normally, like Jung Seong-min thought, she should have turned into a monster, but she and the [Brush] were connected through the [System].

That meant if I exerted some effort in the [Broadcasting Station], even if I couldn’t completely stop the contamination, regulating it to such a degree was possible.

Well, in reality, it was partially an experiment.

To use what was obtained from capturing the [Alliance] meant that some experimentation regarding the contamination was necessary.

The results were about half successful.

While I couldn’t solve the contamination itself, I managed to sustain her existence.

The fact that her body had shrunk like that was due to her connection being weak because the [Painter] had robbed the system, but overall, there was indeed no issue with the measures taken.

“I’m getting used to it now.”

Lumi began to move around as she lifted her small body.

She looked like she had adapted to her new childlike form.

“What about your abilities?”

At my words, Lumi moved her hands and started drawing in the air.

Really…

“It’s always a mess.”

“I know that!”

A butterfly that resembled something a kindergarten student would draw took shape and began to flutter to life.

Well, she had gone from being a superhuman to a normal person, and then to a child, so even if her movements were fluid, her physical senses probably hadn’t returned to normal.

‘D rank, or maybe on the edge?’

More like D-.

Considering that the [Brush] was originally B rank, she had dramatically weakened, but from the perspective of having someone who could use it as a No Risk, it wasn’t too bad.

Of course, I could’ve just used her, but why bother when I have my fists?

In reality, her drawings were so messy that their power was weak, but if we’re talking about the sheer sense of power alone, she might actually reach C rank, so it all depended on how well she was trained.

‘In fact, the greatest gain of this incident might be something else entirely.’

I glanced at Jung Seong-min, who was looking displeased.

The greatest gain from this incident.

That ‘Alliance Leader’s disciple’…

‘What a stroke of luck.’

I looked warmly at Lumi, who was diligently drawing.

What was it I said?

I can’t leave the younger Lumi alone! Right?

I brought in SSR Lumi, and SSR Jung Seong-min followed as a 1+1 deal.

A jackpot recruit that you wouldn’t even find in a game.

Just looking at it brings a smile.

Hmm…

By the way.

“What’s up? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Are you two really dating or something?”

No, even so, the visuals seem a bit risky?

“Get lost, right now!”

I got kicked out.

“See? I told you it’s suspicious.”

Well, as long as they do their jobs well, I don’t care if they date or not.

Regardless of their appearances, both of them are adults.

If it’s those two, handling a place like Seoul shouldn’t be a problem.

“Clown, just wait.”

How dare you hit and run?

Let’s see if you can still laugh when we meet face to face.

Just in time, I had also gotten my hands on what I needed for tracking.

“Yo! How’s the tracking going?”

“Don’t rush me.”

As I headed to the management room, Bear was excitedly tapping away at a capsule that contained black remnants.

The reason why the [Alliance] could manage the world.

While some of the thoughts themselves were pressuring to prevent [Abnormality] from appearing, it’s impossible to perfectly control [Abnormality] with just that.

In fact, while society isn’t yet at the point of collapse like now, [Abnormality] would occasionally appear even in the days when the [Alliance] was in charge.

To hunt the especially dangerous and stealthy [Abnormality], the equipment developed by the [Alliance].

[Detector]

“Sure, it’s a defective product that can only operate if it has physical parts of the [Abnormality] to track.”

As Bear said, the defective product had seen little use in the [Alliance], but it was useful for them now.

[Painter]

Well, remnants of what was once a [Painter] known as a [Demon].

Unlike the mere corpses that served as simple [Possession] targets, these were transformed beings consumed by the thoughts that constituted a [Clown].

The [Clown] itself probably had no idea that such a thing existed in the [Alliance], nor did it know that the [Broadcasting Station] had gotten its hands on it.

Thanks to the fact that it was a defective product that had barely been touched and was tucked away in storage, it allowed me to catch the [Clown] off guard.

“I can track it, but it will take some time.”

It takes longer because it’s mixed with the [Painter], not just the pure remains of the [Clown].

Even that was possible because we could absorb and separate some thoughts through the [System], which would have been impossible originally.

“While you wait, how about handling this if you’re bored?”

Bear said as he showed me some documents.

I took the documents and started reading.

“Hmm? Military?”

“Yeah, something’s come up over there.”

*

Zombie Apocalypse.

The name of the [Abnormality] phenomena happening in Seoul right now.

It’s not like it has special abilities as in novels, nor does it possess transcendent physical capabilities.

They’re merely corpses that walk.

With [Streamers] possessing special abilities, it’s not an insurmountable disaster.

In fact, you don’t even need [Streamers] for this.

People often say something when discussing the zombie crisis.

“Well, wouldn’t it be easily sorted out if the military got involved?”

That’s indeed correct.

These are [Abnormalities] born from thoughts gathered together, not some mutant monsters straight from a novel.

There’s really no need for special abilities to deal with mere walking corpses.

Yet the military still couldn’t resolve the issue.

Why is that?

It’s simple if you think about it for a moment.

The [Abnormality] ultimately stems from the accumulation of thoughts.

Haven’t people said before?

The three major paranormal hot spots where ghosts appear.

School, hospital, military.

Among those, perhaps half of the South Koreans are pouring all the emotions of fear, anger, and resentment into the organization.

For them, the zombie crisis was already of no concern.

Han Yu-seong knew this, but he just hadn’t paid attention.

By the time the flood of [Abnormalities] had begun, it was too late to save the people inside, and the newly manifested [Abnormality] with clear intent wouldn’t cause excessive damage anyway.

Unless it had affected the civilian areas outside of the military, it made no sense to blow up a powder keg that had been quiet until now.

Well, Han Yu-seong’s thinking wasn’t wrong.

In reality, most military bases were like that.

If left alone, they wouldn’t explode and remain quiet powder kegs.

However, this time, the societal consciousness before the [Abnormality] outbreak had become a problem…

There were all sorts of reasons behind the thoughts heading towards the military.

-Isn’t that military camping?

-Ah, the victim mentality…

-Ah, level of men, tsk tsk.

Gender conflict erupted targeting soldiers.

Let alone the incident where a soldier died due to a senior officer’s cruel acts not long ago.

Though some time has passed and things have settled down, it was a ruckus not long ago.

Just like the zombie crisis was an [Abnormality] brought about by the trends of the latest movies.

The collective thoughts from that time, still lingering, had settled in a military base in Seoul.

The result was…

“The enemy of man is?!”

“Woman!”

“Kill them all!”

“Exterminate those ‘Han women’!”

This scene…

As a pale-skinned man on the platform began to incite the crowd, young men erupted in anger in response.

“No, you can’t just kill them!”

“Right! Let’s just rape them all!”

“Let’s turn them into slaves!”

“Catch the women!”

A mixture of rage directed at women and suppressed sexual desire bred in the military environment led to this situation.

Most of the soldiers, gaslighted by [Abnormalities] resembling [Ghosts], were swept into madness, while those who had girlfriends in society and didn’t have negative feelings towards women found themselves in a situation where they were merely looking on in fear.

Watching that scene, I couldn’t help but mutter.

“What the heck is that? It’s scary.”

…

But do we really have to catch that?

Suddenly, Han Yu-seong thought of the women isolated in one corner of the city.