Chapter 125 – Parasite (1)

Parasite (1)

[Bonus of Tyranny]

[Oasis in the desert Lv.4]
[First step of modernization Lv.3]
[Human Self’s Health Lv.2]
[Blessed Land Lv.1]

The essential conditions necessary for a person to truly live as a person.

The biggest reason ordinary people had no choice but to adapt and accept the rule of ‘kings’ was contained in the translucent status window.

The grace of tyranny.

For Paeng Hyun-jae, it was the stability of shame, and for Nam Do-yoon, it was the choice of Seong-gun.

Possibly the most transcendent ability I’ve ever had.

Now, it goes beyond water, electricity, and immunity to overcome diseases-

Tring-!

[Blessed Land Lv.1]

[Very slightly improves the survival rate of infants and mothers after childbirth in territories ruled by tyrants.]

He winked at the power to bless even the birth.

It was literally a grace that gave a meaningful buff to the birth of a new life.

New blessings newly unlocked through university unification and expansion of surrounding territories.

It was a little disappointing that the category of the word birth was limited to ‘human’ than expected, but as time passed, it was a grace that would become more important than any other grace.

It was obvious that as time went by, the way to supply and demand new people would change to the birth of camp members rather than the tramp farming like now.

But the future is the future, and now was now.

Now that he has been coiled up in Seodaemun-gu and properly declared war on Yeon Si-woo, the favors he has obtained earlier are more important than the ‘land blessed to be born’.

‘Oasis in the desert’ and ‘The first step of modernization’.

Two graces that supply water and electricity, which have become an absolute part beyond essentials in life.

Since we have enjoyed the benefits of these two blessings, this situation is inevitably unfamiliar to us.

Even I, not others, felt uncomfortable, so there was nothing more to say.

From the moment of complete control of the library until now.

The days of enjoying grace were longer than the days of not enjoying it, so it was probably a very natural result.

Even Koh Goh, who always made me stick out my tongue because he was a vassal of vassals, couldn’t hide his expression, so he didn’t have to come down with Linnea and the 1st search team.

Still, like an immortal flattery, I shook off the yaburi, such as ‘It’s not bad because it reminds me of the past after a long time’, ‘It hasn’t been long since I remember the nostalgia on the rooftop of the College of Humanities’, but-

Unlike Koh Goh-hoon, he couldn’t hide his eyes full of awkwardness and discomfort.

“… Tsk.”

Thud-!

I briefly clicked my tongue and knocked on Hyundai Department Store, where water and electricity are not supplied.

I thought about the reason as I lightly stepped on the rooftop as a substitute for venting my anger.

No, in fact, there was nothing to think about.

The reason why my ‘grace’ did not apply to Hyundai Department Store was very simple.

This is because Hyundai Department Store was not recognized as my territory.

And the reason why it is not recognized as a territory is simple.

Tring-!

[You have secured a territory whose threat level has decreased below a certain level.]

A territory whose threat level has decreased below a certain level.

The first sentence that came to my mind whenever I secured territory.

If you infer this situation based on this sentence, the answer will come out very simply.

This place.

It must be because Hyundai Department Store’s threat level has not decreased below a certain level.

“If you were going to run away just because you scared me like that, wouldn’t you have already run away?”

A strange sense of heterogeneity that can be captured because Korean is the mother tongue.

However, there was a clean beauty that stood out more than the sense of difference.

“And I don’t think the other side has even started yet?”

Linnea, who was looking down at Hyundai Department Store, turned to me and continued to speak.

I smiled lightly as she turned her head to the landscape she was looking down on her.

A procession of sedans occupied the main entrance of Hyundai Department Store in an instant as if their tails were on fire.

One of the sedans that formed the procession was still in front of the main gate.

‘Oh, and just keep that mess for yourself.’

Yeon Si-woo leaves, trembling with the employees who were working for him as a ‘loser’.

As he left the department store, he exchanged glances with the sort of watchman he had left behind.

“…”

A man with special abilities who is looking at us while leaning leisurely on a sedan.

No, according to Lim Cheol-won, he was Baeksan’s talented person who would belong to the future planning team.

“What start?”
“… Her.”

As if dumbfounded by the nonchalant question, Linnea took a deep breath.

“Woah! War! The war you and the young boy started!”
“… Aha.”
“… Aha? Ahaaa?!”

While being wary of what the person with the special ability of Baeksan below could hear, the inside was full of flamboyance.

“What the hell are you thinking? Do you have any plans for the next one? No, even if there is a next plan, why only you know and we—”
“… Plan?”
“… Yes?”
“What plan?”
“…”

At my gentle question, Linnea’s words dramatically decrease.

Linnea’s rotting face reflected in her eyes, which were deliberately opened to imitate a stupid expression.

In the end, her expression becomes more grotesque as she sees me shedding a small smile because she can’t hold back her laughter.

“Do you have any plans for the next…”

It was a strange and awkward question.

A question that could not come out of Koh Jang-hun and Park Tae-ha, who had unconditionally believed in what I said.

So, having teased her more severely, I asked her Linnea again.

“Linnea, do you think I am moving without a plan?”
“Rather than moving without a plan, it’s not seeing a plan.”
“Why?”

One hundred percent pure curiosity.

At my question, Linnea twitched her eyebrows and spread her index finger.

“I.”

Pointing at herself with her outstretched index finger—

“The black man over there.”

He pointed to the future planning team leaning on a sedan.

“And even the young master.”

A black suit followed by a finger pointing to Baeksan Town in Seodaemun-gu.

“Now almost everyone in Seodaemun-gu knows we exist.”

It was only natural that the first half of the survivors of Seodaemun-gu were under the control of Baeksan.

“Then, traps like today will no longer be useful, and more importantly, the problem is that even if there are people caught in that trap, they will be people like me and the man in black.”

Linnea’s finger pointed at the man in the black suit again.

Baeksan’s talented person is digging his ears very leisurely, whether or not he knows that he is being mentioned so many times in our conversation.

“Someone who can’t scare you with luck or zombies like today.”

People who couldn’t die with tolerable bad luck and zombies.

People who don’t mind a single ceiling collapsing, who don’t have to risk their lives with a single revolver.

“Now I will deal only with such people. Even under a temporary protection period.”
“…”
“What kind of plan do you have in this situation?”

It was a very sharp question.

Too sharp for her to throw, which was like a sack of barley borrowed from her meeting room and her car.

The reason why she kept her silence so that she could be like this is, after all, not because she is stupid, but because she is a stranger.

Regardless of whether Korean was fluent or not, it was because Korean was a non-native language.

To you, Rinnea,

“Why do you think I rushed to Seodaemun-gu in such a hurry?”

Not an answer to the question, but a deeper question.

Linnea twitched her eyebrows again, but answered sincerely.

“… To fight in Seodaemun-gu.”
“Why do we have to fight in Seodaemun-gu?”
“That way the rock stand will be safe.”
“Okay.”

Fighting in someone else’s house for the well-being of one’s home base.

“Perhaps Yeon Si-woo thinks so too.”

It wasn’t even a bad idea.

“That is why the temporary protection period becomes more important.”

For Baeksan, to eradicate us who invade the house like parasites—

To check the time for us to do our duty as parasites safely.

“Now, Siwoo Yeon will do everything in his power to find out how much time is left on our temporary protection period.”

Regardless of the struggle or temporary protection period, the words to prepare now are tantamount to Yeon Si-woo’s bluff.

An ineffective bluff sent to opponents who keep following their bets.

If it wasn’t for that, the guy who would have rolled his eyes and howled like a cat wouldn’t have returned to his base without even lifting his hand after placing only one person with this ability as a guard.

As much as that, the barrier called the temporary protection period is absolute.

Of course, it was the same for us.

“In a word, it’s a poker game where only braggarts who make loud noises sit.”

“Just as people who aren’t interested in money are the most crazy about money, and people who aren’t interested in women are the most crazy about women—those who say the temporary protection period doesn’t matter are the most conscious of the temporary protection period.”

I’m sorry.

“In the first place, it means that you have no intention of winning with a card game that only hurts your head and is annoying.”

They know that a shotgun hidden under a deck of cards is more effective than playing cards.

“So he will definitely throw the bait.”

I was like that too, and I was sure it would be like that.

Just as I did to Nam Do-yoon, Yeon Si-woo will also throw bait at me.

“Therefore. What is your next plan, Han Se-gye?”

Rinnea asks a straight-forward question once more about the answer that keeps going round and round.

However, this time, he returned the answer with a strange smile.

“The same side is curious like this, so how curious is the young master?”

Maybe it’s annoying and annoying enough to turn around?

“No, you don’t answer again. Hey! Anyway, to us-“

Took-!

A light pat on the shoulder from Linnea, who growls like a Chihuahua who has snatched her kibble.

“You’ll find out tomorrow anyway, so why are you in such a hurry?”

I smiled again at her as she closed her mouth in surprise at my gesture to her, and tucked her under her chin.

“I’m only going to be able to have a snowball fight with the bastard all day anyway, so just go inside and rest.”

A busy day will start again from tomorrow.

Much busier than scaring civilians with a few zombies you snatched from the road—

A day when I have to do my duty as a parasite.

***

A road that slopes upward and a short stairway beside it.

I looked up at the glass door that indicated it was the front door and the gray exterior that was not so modern.

It is the first university mentioned in Seodaemun-gu, which is famous for its concentration of prestigious universities in Korea.

It was the scene of Yonsei University, one of the three major universities in Korea, and the College of Liberal Arts among them.

“… A loner.”

He muttered the name of the building where Rinnea and the first team were located, and waved his hand – pat -.

Took-! Took-!

At the same time as the metal pipe that fits snugly in my hand hit my thigh, I once again swung the entire landscape of the College of Liberal Arts.

“It’s not as good a facility as I thought.”

Koh Jang-hoon, who was walking around the liberal arts college with me, chanted to me,

“In terms of facilities, our Banseokdae is a landslide victory, right?”

Certainly- it was a strangely similar structure, but from a facility point of view, the rock stand looked a little better.

But-

“Yonsei University is a landslide winner in terms of name value.”
“… Awesome. It is.”

At my answer, Goh Goh licked his lips with a sad expression.

A face that suddenly becomes cunning as I muttered alone.

Hometown Hoon smiled softly as he looked at me and slightly bowed his waist.

Hehe― what use is that name worth now? Aren’t the surviving universities strong?”
“…”
“In that sense, Banseokdae where our great and great president is-.”

Koh Jang-hoon, who is excited by himself and starts fluttering his snout.

I listened to Hun’s flattery and glanced behind him.

“…”

The future planning team of Baeksan meets our eyes through the window.

A sedan with a rattling exhaust sound was lying behind us.

Baeksan’s talented person who has been following us openly since morning.

Even after our eyes met, he sent a light smile to him, who only showed carefree eyes, and then turned his head again.

Yonsei University.

It was a landmark among landmarks that the king who came to rule Seodaemun-gu would never miss.

Be it people or goods—

A key point among key points that must have been scrapped long ago.

“Kyaaaaah!”

A sharp scream erupted from there.

Koh Jang-hoon grabs my collar in surprise instead of flattery, and Lim Cheol-won shakes his body even though he is stuck in the car.

Looking at the loner they stare at in amazement together—

“…”

Smiled quietly.