Chapter 22 – 22. Death Is Always by Your Side

We managed to get to the hardware store. Only then was everyone able to catch their breath.

“Haa.. Haa.. Si.. Shiibal.. Blood.. Blood..”

“Madam. Shut up. Just wash it. Damn.”

“This.. You fucking bitch.. With vomit all over your snout.. Haha…”

“Miss..”

The baker and Kim Hyuna began swearing at each other. Did they usually have swearing battles when there were no customers at the bakery? The sight of two people slandering each other seemed quite natural.

Although this may be harsh, the baker seemed to come to his senses a little after Kim Hyun-ah said something harsh.

“Are you all hurt?”

“Ha.. Oh, you’re fine.. Seunghee, what about you?”

Seunghee responded to Uncle Junho’s question in response. Perhaps because she had opened a fruit shop, a butcher shop, and even a hardware store one after another, she was still unable to speak her language.

“Whew… What about my sister? “Aren’t you having a hard time?”

“Me? Ah, I’m fine.”

“Thank goodness.”

Saeyeon looked a little tired, but she seemed like she could hold on for now.

‘Haa…’

She honestly thought she might die at first. If those high school students had been more serious, we might have all died without even having a chance to do anything. But fortunately, the guy holding the gun was a coward and the others were not very calm either.

Thanks to this, I was able to catch them off guard and kill them all.

‘But.. If I faced the soldiers..’

If we had encountered a soldier so broken that he would not hesitate to attack civilians, we would have been helplessly massacred.

That’s how dangerous guns were. There was an inevitable difference in firepower just by having a few abilities.

‘First of all… ‘

I decided to try bullet weave. Now that I have the revolver, I need to prepare it in advance so I can use it at any time.

– Phuwak.

“Ugh..!”

“Hey, Inho..!”

There was a scar on my arm. The wound wasn’t that big. There was a wound the size of a revolver bullet. I thought as I looked at the cut wound with blood flowing out.

‘This… The wound is not as deep as I thought…’

It hurt really bad, but it wasn’t a serious injury. With worried eyes, I asked Saeyeon, who was at a loss, to take out some ointment for treating wounds.

This is an item picked up from a simple labyrinth, and it is said that if you apply it to the wound area, the wound will heal quickly.

‘I’m not sure how quickly it will recover, but if the wound heals in one day… ‘

In fact, there is no penalty for bullet weaving, but it is the same. It may leave some scars, but this is an incredible ability.

I used bullet weaving one after another with the intention of filling the chamber.

-Phew! Phew!!! Squeak!!

Soon, scars appeared all over my body. There were small scars on my back, shoulders, insteps, calves, and waist. The wounds look as if they had been cut with a sharp knife.

“Ugh…”

“Hey, hey! Inho! What’s wrong…!!”

“Oh, it’s okay. “It’s an ability penalty.”

I waved my hand at Junho as if it was no big deal. Then Junho, who was about to stand up and approach me, sat down again and took a deep breath.

He probably doesn’t care that I have more than one ability. Maybe they also realized that I can kill others and take away their abilities. However, he didn’t bother to ask me.

It seemed like he had no intention of scratching it and making it crumble. I guess he just wants to maintain the attitude that it doesn’t matter what happens as long as he and his daughter are not threatened.

Yes, that’s wise. Rather than inquiring about your abilities and making each other awkward, it is better for both parties’ survival to just keep quiet and hope that the other person doesn’t keep messing with you.

“Hey, sister. “Please apply some medicine to the wound.”

“Yeah.. Inho.. Are you really okay? “You’re not overdoing it, right?”

“Hehe. Are you okay. Look at this.”

I showed him a chamber full of bullets. It’s all live ammunition. When I used the ability, the chamber was immediately filled with bullets without me having to reload.

“Well.. It’s amazing, but.. It’s still sad to see him in pain..”

“Anyway, it will be better if you apply medicine. Haha..”

If this were the United States, bullet weaving would not have been a necessary skill. Because there are so many guns and bullets in that neighborhood. But this is Korea. Unless you rob a military base, it is difficult to see firearms.

Since it was an ability acquired in such a situation… This level of penalty was worth taking.

“Good. Now that everyone seems to have rested, let’s each get our weapons and sweep up the rest.”

Now it’s time to move again.

******

I was able to frost all the items in the hardware store in almost 4 hours. From various tools to materials such as screws and nails. As a result, the wounds were noticeably healed. Now all that remains is a red scar. The effect of the wound healing ointment was much greater than I expected.

‘Starting from the bakery… I robbed all the places I could roughly rob… Should I go to the market tomorrow…’

With this, you can say that you have visited all the places you targeted today. Now, all you have to do is rob the stores you see before the sun completely sets and then return home.

I think Baek Ah-yoon is probably in my room by now.

“The sun is setting faster than I thought. First of all, I saw a convenience store over there, so let’s just leave there and go straight to the apartment.”

We opened the door to the hardware store and went out. It’s dark, as if the sun is already setting.

‘Cut to the convenience store for 30 minutes…’

It will be perfect when I get home.

While we were on our way to the convenience store with that in mind, something ran towards us.

“Huh…?”

Fast. Like a ghoul written in a survivor’s diary.

‘Uh? Ghoul…!?’

The guy jumped over the car in an instant and attacked the baker who was following behind him. The baker fell forward without any resistance, and the ghoul bit the back of the baker’s neck. It happened so quickly that I couldn’t do anything about it.

This was literally an accident. No one let down their guard, but death came as if that didn’t matter.

-Kwasik.

-Puhwaaaaah!!!

Blood spurts out.

“Kwaaah!!!!!!!”

The flesh on the back of the baker’s neck was torn off.

At the same time, the ghoul chewed the flesh in its mouth, swallowed it, and rushed towards Kim Hyun-ah, who fell down in embarrassment. You don’t act to fill your stomach. When a ghoul bites one person, it targets the human right next to it. It was something written in a survivor’s diary. Ghouls were serious about turning the living into the dead.

“Shibaal!!!”

Hyuna Kim fired ice bullets with both hands at the ghoul that was rushing towards her. About five shots were fired each, and only four of them hit the ghoul’s body.

“Kiaa!!!”

The body of the ghoul floating in the air twists. The ghoul fell and rolled next to Hyuna Kim.

“Fuck…!!”

In just a few seconds, one person died and another was driven to the brink of death. I pulled out my pistol and fired at him. Otherwise, there would have been other victims, not to mention Kim Hyun-ah.

-Ta-ta-tang!!!! Taang!!!!

-Whoops!!!

The hit rate was not that high. Because only two out of five shots were successful. Still, that was enough.

One her stuck in his her body her her and the other pierced his forehead her her her. The ghoul screamed in pain and fell down dead.

[Congratulations! Survival level has increased!]

[Survival level 3 → 4]

By killing the ghoul, my survival level went up again. When I looked back, I saw that incidents had occurred one after another, so I wasn’t taking any stats.

‘No, it’s good that the survival level has increased, but… ‘

I looked at the baker with his neck bitten. Soon he stood up from his seat.

“Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck… !!!!”

The baker kept swearing while holding the back of his neck as his bleeding continued. Gradually, his eyes turned red, and bluish veins began to appear on his face, arms, and hands.

“Kahak.. Kuheok.. Kahak. Kaaaaa..!!!”

In an instant, the baker turned into a zombie. He had his neck bitten off and it seemed like he was changing quickly with no way to do anything.

“Sigh!!!”

Junho Ajae hit the baker on the head with a hammer he had captured from a hardware store. He continued until he was crushed.

“Fuck..”

Hyuna Kim, covered in tears, barely stood up, her legs shaking. We decided to leave for the apartment quickly. This is because it was clear that zombies would flock here at the sound of gunshots.

******

“…”

“First of all, everyone take a break today. Let’s meet again tomorrow around 7 o’clock.”

“Yes… Yes.. Inho-gun too.. Good work..”

“Yes. Uncle Junho, please cheer up… Seunghee, take care of your father.”

“Yes.”

Junho looked depressed the whole way to the apartment. He seemed quite shocked when the person he thought was a colleague was suddenly bitten by a ghoul and died.

No, actually, Junho looked a little in danger ever since he killed two high school students with his own hands. In fact, Seunghee looks more sane.

“Uh, over there… I am…”

“Houses 701 and 710 here are all empty except for room 706. Just dial 0000 and go in and rest..”

“Ah, yes.. Thank you all for saving me today..”

Kim Hyun-ah also had a long argument with the baker, but she seemed quite depressed, perhaps because she was someone she knew. Everyone was suffering from their own psychological trauma today and looked like they were about to have a nightmare.

“Well, sister.. That..”

“Huh. Come get me. “I’ll wash first.”

“Yes..”

Saeyeon said it was okay and patted me on the back. I went into room 710. Because I told Baek Ayun to wait here.

******

“What.. Hey, are you sleeping?”

“Hmm..? Oh, are you here? Brother. Hehe..”

“Haa…”

Baek Ayun was sleeping peacefully in my bed. And that too, wearing only panties and a white t-shirt.

Even that white tee is mine.

“It’s so late that you dozed off a little? Hehe. The bed smells like my brother. Good. Phew. Huh? “More than that, there was a lot of blood on my clothes.”

“Huh. A lot happened..”

I took off my hat. Then the hair fell out, revealing a bare head.

“Puhaha!! Brother! Did you lose your hair again? Did you kill him again?”

“Yeah.. I couldn’t get rid of him without killing him.”

Hehe… But the bangs are really falling out first.”

“Yeah.. Hey, stop talking about your hair.. It’s sad.”

“Puhuh.. Cute. But if you fall for it like that… Won’t you end up like Mr. Gwang-gyu after a while? “Why don’t you shave your head instead?”

“Push?”

“Huh. Phew… I’m going to fall in anyway. There’s no need to grow your hair out. Can’t I just cut it off? I think that would be better than the manager’s hair that was bald for no reason. . . Huhuhu… If you look good, even baldness suits you well. “Maybe it would be better?”

“I see…”

“Okay. Let’s go to the hair salon with me tomorrow and steal the hair clippers. “I’ll push you all the way.”

I should do that. My hair is going to fall out anyway, so I think it would be less funny if I shaved off my hair from now on. Also, shorter hair can reduce hair loss because less hair falls out during daily life.

“I’ll wash up first and then come out… Get ready to go to room 701. Because Saeyeon’s sister is there. Say hello.”

“Huh! “I told you my story well, right?”

“Yeah.. I explained that she was a crazy bitch..”

“What!? What is it!! Haha!! No, if you look at the current situation, that is true… But this is not arbitrary!! I don’t want to laugh either!!”

“Uh. Huh. Should I call you Joker from now on?”

“This person!! Hehe..!! “Don’t make fun of me!!”

We smiled at each other.

When I was talking about something with Baek Ah-yoon, I started laughing. Am I going crazy too? No, that won’t be it. It’s just that that woman is strangely pleasant.

I took off my clothes and went into the bathroom with a smile on my face. Then, Baek Ayun also took off the t-shirt and panties she was wearing and followed me into the bathroom.

“W-what! Suddenly…”

“What happened all of a sudden? If I’m with Saeyeon, the only thing I can do is have an orgy between the three of us! I also want to have our first experience alone!”

“Ah.. Huh..”

Well, at first, you might want to just hang out with the guy you like. I have no choice but to tell Saeyeon about this later..

“It’s only once.”

“It’s okay just once.”

Even just once is a good thing.. This guy has little to hope for.