Chapter 124 – Starting Pistol (6)

Starting Pistol (6)

To die.

It was the end of the form that I couldn’t help but realize after the world became a point of view.

When I go to work, when I hold the revolver I was given, when I eat, even right before I go to sleep…

Lim Cheol-won always thought about his own death.

Every day I realized that death, which was not vague at all, could come suddenly even tomorrow.

That’s why Lim Cheol-won could not easily endure this situation.

Every word the ‘baby’ uttered came to me in confusion and dizziness.

The distance between death and myself that I did my best to estimate.

‘Baby’ was saying that the calculations were all wrong.

It’s just-

For no luck.

“…”

The darkness of the lecture room is revealed more clearly thanks to the two light sources in the hands.

Lim Cheol-won swallowed thick saliva as he looked down at the trembling revolver.

… From where

Where did I go wrong?

Instead of getting angry at the chores handed over by the seniors, he laughed like an idiot hehe- Ever since?

Now that I think about it, even though it’s an obvious trap…

From the moment when, without any doubt, the interns assumed that the interns had found the food and supplies hidden by the seniors of the crisis management team.

No.

Maybe from imagining what he wanted to do after stealing the food hidden by his seniors…

“I am leaving.”

A word that cuts off the thoughts that were connected by biting tail after tail.

“Your senior.”

‘Baby’ explained the situation outside the classroom to Lim Cheol-won.

Booooo!

He couldn’t hear it, but the exhaust sound of the car naturally lingered in Lim Cheol-won’s ears.

An attendant who remains at the department store to recruit new interns, and a debriefing agent who waits outside the danger zone in case of emergency.

And not long after the report agent got out of the danger zone, the roar of the zombies reverberated all over the place.

In that situation, there was only one action the reporter had to take, and it was natural, but-

For some reason, a bitter taste lingered in Lim Cheol-won’s mouth.

“Is this the rule you were talking about?”
“…”

Senior will run to the headquarters at full speed from now on.

And I will do my duty as a reporter.

In this way, I will return to Hyundai Department Store, accompanied by at least a large number of members of the crisis management team and the most talented people of the future planning team.

… He will return to Hyundai Department Store only after a long time has passed since his death.

“There are all these fucking rules.”
“…”
“Should I say that this is really unfortunate?”

Or should I say I’m out of luck…

Ung-ung-

A ridicule mixed with ridicule from the ‘baby’ flowing through the lecture hall.

“… Whoa uh-.”

However, Lim Cheol-won felt rather comfortable with the blatant ridicule.

Even the last hope is gone, so the head is rather lightly organized.

Took-!

The mobile phone in my hand rolls on the floor again.

Lim Cheol-won pointed to the area with the highest probability of zombies entering with his relaxed hand.

The light of the flashlight cut through the darkness in response to his beckoning.

Lim Cheol-won raised his other hand while staring at the light shining through the classroom door.

Chin-!

The muzzle of a revolver aiming at a door with the hand holding the flashlight as a cradle.

“I’m sorry, but what can I do?”
“…”
“I guess you are just that.”

I put only the door of the lecture hall into my pupils to be pierced by the kid’s ridicule that continued to resound.

“Consumables that can be thrown away first when something dangerous happens.”

“A cannon fodder that can be put forward without any hesitation.”

No-

I had to shout that this was something that the interns had to do, not myself as a member of the crisis management team, but my lips didn’t come off.

“…”

Like a child’s mockery, his current situation is no different from that of the interns.

“You are just that.”

Smart-!

A knock echoed through the classroom with a low voice.

Lim Cheol-won pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang-! Bang-!

Flames shoot from his muzzle and bullets pierce the classroom door.

Gunshots that still linger in my ears like hallucinations, and white smoke that flutters especially clearly in the dark.

───────.

In a lecture hall that only had them, she was crying dryly.

Shaking his right hand, which was numb from the gun’s recoil, he grabbed the revolver.

Slowly.

Awesome profit!

The classroom door opened very slowly.

Lim Cheol-won opened his eyes wide and watched the hole-filled classroom door open.

Even if the eyes that have not been closed for a long time send out a stinging warning with light tears, even if the cold sweat dripping from the forehead forms on your lips with a salty taste—

Lim Cheol-won stared quietly beyond the classroom door, forgetting to even breathe.

The door to the classroom was wide open.

Someone’s shape reflected in the bright flashlight.

A young, presumably college student holding a brightly glowing mobile phone—

Bang-!

As soon as I realized the presence of the enemy, I pulled the trigger like an instinct.

However-

Tong-!

The bullets that cut through the air to pierce the enemy’s head roll on the floor without completing their target.

A sound like the jingling of coins filled the empty space in the lecture hall.

Temporary Protection Period.

A rule of contention that serves as both one’s own protection and the opponent’s protection.

The moment I repeat that fact, my finger on the trigger naturally loosens.

“…”

Han Segye casually put the phone he was holding down on the floor.

Then, as if sending a hockey puck, he gently pushed the phone in.

Took-!

The mobile phone slides closer and stops at Lim Cheol-won’s feet.

Lim Cheol-won looked down at the cell phone tube he had thrown away, another cell phone.

A liquid crystal that brightly illuminates the audio playback screen, just like the previous cell phone.

Lim Cheol-won hurriedly stared at his cell phone and Hansegae with trembling eyes.

Han Se-gye is just quietly watching as he moves his head urgently looking forward and down.

Lim Cheol-won picked up his cell phone with a creak at the unspoken compulsion.

He then pressed the play button.

“Eh eh eh!”

The moment the play bar is moved, a lively roaring sound comes out of the phone.

Lim Cheol-won’s eyes widened as if to tear at the roar that filled the lecture hall like an echo.

It was a familiar roar, like deja vu.

“You are only that much.”

Thud- thud-

Footsteps approach Cheol-Won Lim’s ears as he stares at only the screen of his cell phone.

“A person who can be thrown away without even checking a recorded roar.”

Even if it’s not today…

“One day, when an unlucky day comes, the first thing to be thrown away—”

Just that kind of human.

Whispers of a world coming from right in front of you.

Lim Cheol-won raised his trembling eyes and faced the world.

A faint smile rippled through the pupils.

“Baeksan Man, Crisis Management Team, Temporary Protection Period…”

Numerous shells surrounding Lim Cheol-won now.

Han Segye put the most prominent shell in her eyes.

Suit.

“What does that many shells have to do with it?”

Now, even though there is no salary that is deposited every month, even in an era where the other person’s impression of oneself is not important…

The reason why Lim Cheol-won still has to wear a suit that is uncomfortable to be active.

The reason wasn’t too complicated.

No, it was actually very simple.

“Lim Cheol-won. Look at yourself, not your shell.”

Because you have to do that to survive.

The fear of never being able to survive outside Baeksan Mountain.

It is predicted that those who belong to Baeksan Mountain are more likely to live.

Those two things were the shell that made Lim Cheol-won continue to wear a suit and made him exist as a ‘Baeksan Man’.

That’s why the work that Hansegye had to do was not that complicated.

No, it was actually very simple.

“A pyramid that has to risk its life over only recorded zombie sounds.”

Showing Lim Cheol-won a greater fear and a higher chance of living.

“A pitiful life to risk your life on just that one revolver.”

You are just that kind of human.

Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!

Lim Cheol-won’s heart thumps ceaselessly, like a judge’s sentence bar.

Having to risk their lives for the recorded zombie sound-

“…”

Lim Cheol-won looked down blankly at the revolver in his hand.

A pyramid that has to risk its life on just one small revolver.

Took-!

As if overly tense muscles are released, in an instant, an irresistible sense of exhaustion comes.

As if I was holding it in my hand, as if I couldn’t—a revolver hanging precariously in my hand.

“…”

Lim Cheol-won just stared at the floor without saying anything.

He landed on the floor and stared blankly at the tiny dust fluttering in the light of the flashlight.

──────.

A terrible silence where not even the sound of breathing could flow.

This situation is so absurd, this situation is so ridiculous.

To him who shook his shoulders and spat out a bitter smile—

“Tell me what you want.”

The voice of the world has come again.

Lim Cheol-won lifted his head from sweeping the floor and looked up at Hansegae.

It was a bit of an outrageous statement that didn’t fit the current situation.

“A house where you can stay safe without having to do these dangerous things anymore, food you can eat to your heart’s content.”

Random words continued.

“A nest where you can live as a human being, not a pyramid or a cannon fodder.”

“What, is there anything else you want?”

Lim Cheol-won’s mouth did not open easily at that sudden statement.

Lim Cheol-won continued to look up at the world in a daze.

“Ah-“

Looking down at Lim Cheol-won, Han Se-gye smiles even deeper.

“Seniors.”

Lim Won-cheol’s eyes vibrated more steeply at the name that flowed from his mouth.

His face widens as he follows Han Se-gye, who lowers his head slightly.

The mouth of a world that came close enough to touch the breath whispers.

“Will you give it to me too?”

He whispered an irresistible temptation.

Thud-!

The revolver that was barely hanging in Lim Cheol-won’s hand tumbles on the floor.

As Han Se-gye looked at Lim Cheol-won, who was quietly lowering his head, an alarm sounded.

Tring-!

[‘Lim Cheol-won’ ‘weakly’ ‘obeyed’ you… ]

A familiar sentence printed translucently in front of his eyes.

Han Segye did not read the sentence to the end and put it aside.

Took-!

“Okay.”

Evidence stronger than sentences.

He lightly patted Lim Cheol-won on the shoulder and whispered softly.

“Good idea.”

***

Wheeeee

The wind shaking your hair vigorously, as if indicating that it is quite high, and the forest of buildings in Seodaemun-gu that you can see at a glance.

“Are you all right, President?”

From the rooftop of the Hyundai Department Store, the eunuch asked a question.

I turned my head and asked the eunuch who was looking down at Seodaemun-gu together.

“What?”
“You haven’t asked any new converts yet. Perhaps you have information that is so important that it is worth the extra effort.”
“Well—could be.”

Maybe not.

Wheeeee

Looking at the forest of buildings in Seodaemun-gu, I murmur.

I couldn’t help but feel the wind scratching my forehead and smiled.

“But isn’t that what’s important to us in the first place?”

It wasn’t for that reason that he lured Baeksan’s staff.

“What matters to us is not how delicious the rice cake is—”

While continuing the conversation, I finally caught the movement.

Looking at the black sedans coming out of the building forest in Seodaemun-gu, he continued.

“The owner of the next door must have received the rice cake he sent.”

Cars running down the road at full speed, as if in a car race.

Baeksan’s follow-up troops were rushing furiously toward Hyundai Department Store.

“Looking at them running like that, we must have chosen the rice cakes very well.”

The two of us ate together and chose a rice cake that we wouldn’t know even if we died.

“Pu-Hup–Pu-ha-ha-ha- rice cake that the two of you will not know even if you die! As expected, you are the president—fuhahaha—!”
“What about Linnea?”
Haha- big- big-.”

The eunuch, who was laughing very enthusiastically at my joke, hurriedly catches his breath.

“Large—you must be managing the zombies you captured with the search team. Shall I call you here now?”
“No, that’s okay.”

The real zombies prepared as the last move.

He shook his head, thinking of the zombies that he no longer needed to use.

Catch up!

A line of sedans arrived at the front of Hyundai Department Store.

I jumped on top of the railing, looking down at the follow-up unit carving promiscuous skid marks on the road with Heo Yeon-Kim.

“More than that, I’m taking care of myself so that Rinnea and the kids don’t come out.”
“Yes, President.”

He smiled lightly at the eunuch who nodded without hesitation and stepped his foot into the air.

Whee ae ae ae liquid-!

The only force that pulls me in the sky without a foothold.

The body, attracted by gravity, begins a rapid fall.

The scenery below is particularly vivid even in the field of view that spreads like a watercolor painting.

Opening the door in perfect order, men in black suits jump out of the sedan.

Hurry up and get ready to rush into Hyundai Department Store.

And a man escorted by them, ‘Baeksan Man’.

A familiar face that makes you feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.

Having had everything since birth, Wiet Nom’s distinctive confident face has no shade.

Kwaaaaang-!

A roaring sound the moment your feet land on the ground.

Craters that spread like a spider’s web and yellow smoke envelop me.

Baeksan’s camp started to be shaken by my sudden appearance.

Urgent footsteps sounded as if they were hurriedly correcting the escort formation.

“Wow—I couldn’t believe it, but it’s true.”

Through the yellow smoke that slowly subsides, I make eye contact with the ‘Boyfriend’.

The Baeksan Men who turn around and open their eyes more clearly at his light gesture.

“You are really you.”

A cheeky bastard at the Lions Conference.

Thud- thud-

Yeon Si-woo strides down the open road.

“Fuck—even if I have a good sense of touch, I should be a little better.”

He laughs and frowns playfully.

“It has been like that since I was little. I don’t know if anyone is going after me or swearing at me.”

Took-!

He stops in front of me and smiles even deeper.

“I knew like a ghost that you were going to stab me in the back.”

Yeon Si-woo said, slightly bowing his head toward me.

“Hey.”

It’s only one syllable, but it’s already overflowing with arrogance and rudeness.

However, because of that, questions like Yeon Si-woo continue.

“How old are you?”
“…”
“No, I’m not particularly curious about your real age—as a senior in life, I’m a bit worried.”

Slurp— rolls his eyes and sweeps me up and down.

At the end, as always, he furrowed his eyebrows with a smile that looked down on his opponent.

“What should I do if my liver comes out of the boat at the age of chewing on the railroad, you bastard?”

Even if I just sit still, he would take care of me.

“Why are you rushing orders, you bastard.”
“Well, someone is terrifying the neighborhood for remembering your face.”

However, I am not far behind in that smile.

He replied, moving the smile on Yeon Si-woo’s face like a decalcomani.

“I need to be able to sit still because my ass is itching.”
“So, is this what you came up with? A bastard called a king shoplifting without dignity.”

But-

“That is more like you. Drawing lines on a pumpkin doesn’t make it a watermelon.”
“Petty stealing, that’s kind of embarrassing to say.”
“Then what did you come to protest, please don’t hit me?”
“Rather than that, I just moved to Seodaemun-gu.”
“… What? Move?”

Yes, move

Ho-sun’s perfect smile on Yeon Si-woo’s frown.

He shrugged his shoulders with a natural face and gave a chin to Hyundai Department Store.

“How — it’s still shabby, but would you like to come in?”
“… Haha!”

Yeon Si-woo’s laughter bursts out late in response to my question.

Haha!

Yeon Siwoo exposes his uvula to the sky and lets out a big laugh.

The sound of Yeon Si-woo’s laughter echoes around Hyundai Department Store like an echo.

“Ah~ He’s a real goal-striking bastard.”

As if tears had come out, he rubbed his bloodshot eyes with his hand and stared at me again.

He erased all the laughter from his face and spoke to me with a face full of anger.

“It’s me. I don’t even know the subject.”

Rather, he responded by taking a step closer to that anger.

“I haven’t even started yet, but what if it’s already like this?”
“Oh, was this an appetizer? The main hasn’t even come out yet?”
“Not an appetizer, I just drank a sip of water.”
“Oh, was this water? It literally watered me.”

Yeon Si-woo, who was fed up with the words he muttered to himself, opened his mouth again.

… Water.

“Okay.”

One world.

“Let’s try it.”

It’s a skirmish, a temporary protection period, fuck all that stuff.

“Die properly for once.”

It was a life in which he never escaped the fight that came in the first place.

He was a life in which no one except his grandfather dared to think of going against him in the first place.

“From now on.”

I smiled at Baeksan’s declaration of war.

“Okay.”

Looking at the opponent who finally entered the race, he chanted.

“From now on.”

Starting pistol.