Chapter 100 – Finding Kim Hyeonjun (1)

In just one day, there was a really big change in the shelter.
First of all, the biggest change is the absence of Kim Hyeon-joon and the head of the guard.
And the guards, with only eight members left, including Kim Ji-hoon and Ahn Tae-jin.
Now, including me, there are only 163 people left.
I don’t know how many people died that day.
From what I’ve heard, there are over 70 corpses burned…
Anyway, even if that happened, people returned to their daily lives after about three days.
Damn, I’m too fine to wear it.

“Captain Kim is gone, and now there are only eight guards left! How long are you going to keep putting it off without replenishing staff?!”
“That’s right! What if other survivors attack here again?!”
“Even if you hire a guard, it’s a problem. To be honest, that day too, Hajin-ssi blocked it by herself~”
“So what? What do you mean?”
“So I mean. Even if you choose a guard, you have to train them to make them stronger, or unlike us good citizens, we have to hunt harder to make them stronger.”
“Isn’t that obvious? The coins we pay are 50 coins a day, and of course we have to accept that much.”

It was sometimes noisy, if not to this extent, but it was mostly a quiet meeting room… How the hell did this happen…
Park Joon-mo, a former representative of the military union, opened his mouth to see the aunts and uncles calling people to have a meeting and chatting among themselves.

“Wait a minute. Everyone seems to be misunderstanding something. Excluding two doctors, five nurses, and the current eight guards, the 50 coins you pay every day is a total of 7400 coins, and the amount of coins paid to the guards is irregular and small. Most of the coins are used to run the generator, run the bathhouse, buy medical supplies and equipment, build exterior walls and new facilities, and repair interior facilities.”
“Wait. Even if the guards do, why don’t doctors and nurses pay taxes?”
“If you die, there is no manpower to replace you. That is why two doctors and five nurses do not hunt.”
“Then what do they eat? Shouldn’t you hunt to earn coins and buy something to eat?”
“We are paying a certain portion of your taxes every day as a daily wage.”
“Under… Shocking… Some people sit quietly and earn money, while others risk their lives to hunt and earn money. What a fair world!”

At first, I thought it was unsightly to hold a meeting with only a few people, as if it was a representative meeting or something, as if only those with vested interests attended the meeting…
There must have been a reason for doing so.
Honestly, it’s not a serious issue like Kim Hyun-jun’s disappearance, but it might be the biggest change in the shelter.
It is said that groups divided into a total of four groups, including the Citizens Union, the former Soldiers Union, and the American Union, including the guards, have disappeared.
Choi Ho-il, who was in charge of the Citizens’ Alliance, was dragged down from his seat by the people after the Plaza people attacked the shelter, saying that the representative knew nothing or did nothing. I came down from my seat saying I would do it.
That’s why there are only a lot of gossip and noisy old men and women in the conference room right now.
Oh, and lastly, Park Joon-mo, who leads the former military union, decided to seek everyone’s consent and write a new combat helmet, as he tipped me off.

“Temporary head Ahn Tae-jin.”
“Yes, Major… No, Mr. Park Jun-mo.”
“If you allow me, I’d like to serve as the vice-captain of the guards. Would that be all right?”
“Are you Major? No, you can’t keep doing this… Did you say that Mr. Park Jun-mo will take over as vice-captain?”
“Yes, and our ex-military union has decided to disband as of today, and most of the members, except for some, will apply for the Guard.”
“Is that really?! Whoa… Thank you And along with the position of vice-captain, could you also assume the position of interim general manager? It seems like it’s not enough for me to sit.”
“I will decline the position. Now that I’m old, I can’t use my body like the temporary leader or other guards. Instead, with age and experience, you should be able to do quite well with your mouth.”
“I’m not that old, but pretending to be an old man… “
“Strong Hajin!”
“Kuhm..!”

Ahn Tae-jin, who shouts at me as if to be polite, and Park Jun-mo, who is only 40 years old and tries to pretend to be an old man, get caught in me, coughing and weeping.

“What if you stare like that? Do you think I wouldn’t know if you’re laying down the groundwork because you’re still brisk and afraid you’ll have to do hard work?”
“On the outside, I look a bit young, but I can’t fool the years… “
“Aigoo~ It’s been years… Who was the man who beat Biter yesterday?”
“… “
“Don’t lay down useless rice and run hard until Kim Hyun-joon comes. Even if Ahn Tae-jin continues to be in charge of the interim general manager, he says that the man should work hard too. After that fool comes, you can just talk like an old man in the back room.”
“Captain Kim is coming?”
“Are you alive?”
“Where are you now?!”

People who suddenly jumped up at my words and shouted.
Few people think he is still alive, but to these people, Kim Hyun-Jun’s existence is still quite important.
Ahn Tae-jin looks a little stupid to be a person who will protect them, Park Jun-mo is weak, and I don’t have as much faith and trust as Kim Hyun-jun.
Well, the biggest reason is that I turned down the position of temporary leader because it was annoying.

“It must be alive somewhere. And from now on, only one of the uncles and aunts will come to the meeting. Don’t come here and say you’re having a meeting, just put your opinions together and say what you want to say.”
“No, originally a meeting is an exchange of opinions… “
“What?”
“… “

The uncle who caught my gaze for a moment shuts up his chattering mouth and lowers her head.
And I asked for an answer again.

“Answer.”
“Ah, I see…”
“Aunts also answer.”
“Yes…”
“All right…”
“Good. The number of people in the meeting is five. Me, Ahn Tae-jin, Mr. Park, Camilla, and one of those people. It goes the same as before. And don’t bother me that there’s something to suggest that we’re going to have a useless meeting again. ‘Cause then I’ll turn this place over. Then the meeting is over.”
“Wait, I have an opinion about guns.”
“Ah… Before we finish, say… What about guns again?”

After the words of Park Jun-mo, who caught me saying that he had an opinion about guns, we decided to collect all the guns and store them in an underground warehouse.
Most of the people who died when the Plaza guys came in were killed by our own guns.
Of course, the guards didn’t shoot people, but the guys who took the guns of the dead guards took the lives of so many people with indiscriminate shooting.
Therefore, we decided not to use guns, a double-edged sword that can protect us but also kill us, in the future. I decided to increase my own strength.
Yeah, it should have been like this a long time ago.

***

“Oh, it’s hard… “
“Does he look good?”
“Wow!!”

Choi Ho-il, who was wiping away his sweat in the shade of a tree, lays down on the floor in amazement at my face protruding over his shoulder.
What are you so surprised about?

“Ah, surprise..! You’re surprised!!”
“I just want you to be comfortable. That way, I would say something flat, then say something respectful, then mix it up.”
“… Just say it with respect…”
“You don’t like it?”
“Kuhm..! What’s up anyway? You all come to find me.”

Although it is already a mess with the blood of zombies and monsters, I looked around and asked Choi Ho-il, who raised himself up while shaking off the dirt on his body.

“Why am I coming to see you? Haven’t you seen Minseo and Juha?”
“Over there!”
“Thank you~ Oh, and you’re good at talking nonsense. Don’t be scared and talk nonsense. All right?”
“You’re doing it!!”

Seeing him screaming, he must have been expecting me to come back to the meeting he was missing, thinking that I had come to ask him to come back.
Just because someone who has sat in the seat sits down, and even if it seems like nothing, to speak up on behalf of others is a position that carries a lot of responsibility and burden.
Anyway, really hard work.
While everyone else is resting in search of shade, Minseo and Juha are sweating profusely on the hunt.
And Camilla, who didn’t come to the meeting, and her gumball, Diana, are hunting hard together.
But what else is that?

“Kwon Joo-ha! 10 o’clock! The second floor of the building!”

Juha quickly raised his head to the 10 o’clock direction at the sound of my shout as he ran quickly, and vigorously swung the steel spear he was holding in his hand.

Caang!!!

Noisy resounding metal sound… You say it makes a clicking sound?

“What, what?!”
“It has grown!!”
“Be careful, Juha! Come again!!”

Diana and Camilla were taken by surprise, and Min-seo shouted at Ju-ha, who fell backward as she was pushed out of her strength when something collided with the spear.

Shiiyik!!!
Knock!!!

The hand of the monster that flew in quickly broke the sidewalk block and stuck to the floor.
No, can you call that a hand?
It was just a fingerless, conical, awl-like arm.
Really, all sorts of things are coming out now.

“Minseo!!”

Deanna, who managed to avoid the attack by rolling over to her side to pick up Ju-Ha, and Min-Seo, who ran towards Camilla, who was screaming loudly, jumped with her right foot stepping on her lowered hands with her right foot on her hands.
They’ve been hanging around for days, and now they’re even doing a circus.

“Haaa!!!”

How are you?
Minseo jumped up to the second floor of the building, albeit a bit low, with the help of Camilla, who lifted her up.

Whiik!!!
Tadat-

The monster jumped lightly into the air to avoid the knife that was being swung and raised its arms toward Minseo floating below. Surprisingly, the arms stretched out and pointed arms like awl were fired at Minseo.

Tadat-

“It really varies. If you’re seeing him for the first time, you should avoid him. Why are you attacking him?”
“Oops… “

Took-

Before he could call me, my left hand stretched out to the side pushed Minseo’s body away, and two arms fell to the place where my left hand was quickly retrieved.
Then, as I twisted my body slightly in the air and grabbed one of the two arms that were projecting downward with my right hand and pulled it with all my might, a different situation unfolded than I expected.

Rumble-

The monster’s left arm was pulled out like a fishing line, not attached.

“… “
“Kyaaaaa!!!”

As the screaming monster shook my right shoulder like an evil female, a bouncing recoil was transmitted to my outstretched right arm, coiling around me like a snake.

Two, two, two – Aaah!!!

“Oh, that’s a big deal.”

The arm of a monster that wraps around from the waist down to the armpit, no matter how long the arm is.
The tightening force is so strong that it feels like I am suffocating when my body is stuffy, but that’s it.
Not to the point of crushing my ribs, crushing me, or bursting my body.
Because stamina is the durability of the body.
So far, it has been confirmed that muscle strength increases simple strength, agility increases simple speed and reaction speed, and physical strength increases endurance and durability of the body.
That’s why even if you get hit and run into a building, you can still hunt the next day.

『Name: Kang Ha-jin (27)
Height: 183 cm Weight: 77 kg
Traits: Physical Awakening (B), Strength (C), Fast Movement (D), Combat Awakening (B)
Coins: 2137
[Strength Lv.26] [Agility Lv.28] [Stamina Lv.21] [Luck Lv.10]』

“Purchase stamina level 25.”

[Insufficient coins.]
[You can purchase up to level 24. Would you like to purchase?]

“Anyway.”

[Purchase Stamina Lv.24 (710 coins).]
[Automatically purchases sub-stats (1300 coins).]
[The player’s information is updated.]

I blew all the coins I had saved up to reach level 30 agility, but as my stamina stat went up, the pressure felt on my body lessened.

“Kyaaaaa!!!”

The monster holding me in midair while standing on top of a lamppost is screaming again and pulling to retrieve my left arm to attack me, but the monster’s left arm grabs my left hand. Can’t escape by
Certainly, his strength is weaker than mine, and it seems that he has nothing to stretch except for his two arms.
Anyway, this is pretty cool, isn’t it?
If possible, it would be nice if you wrapped the shoulder side once too…
Should I just catch him and not kill him?

“Oh!!”
“Brother!!”
“Hajin!!”
“What are you doing?! Get out quickly!!”
“Sister, throw me one more time!”
“Yes, that’s it! Tighten the scapula side tighter! Oh..! It’s fucking cool!!”
“Kyaaaaa!!!”

Eventually, the unbearable monster kicks off the street lamp and jumps toward me.
Then, the arm that was wrapped around my body was released and sucked into the guy’s shoulder, and while still holding onto his left arm, he shot back the right arm he had retrieved toward me hanging in the air.

“Ah, sir… It was good… The service time is too short, you bastard!!”

Hey profit!!!
Kwak!!

I clenched my right fist while watching the awl-like arm rapidly shoot at my forehead, and as soon as it was about a hand’s distance away, I swung my clenched fist and slashed the monster’s arm to the side.
Then, as if about to attack me, I swung my fist back at the monster that had slashed my arm, and struck the chin that was screaming loudly with the back of my hand.

“Kiyaa… “

Quick!!!

I slammed down with my right heel on the back of the monster’s head as it slid down in front of me, with my chin tucked under my ears.

“Hey, are you dead?”

Tuk-tuk-

“… “
“Ah, Mr..! Get up, you bastard!!”

Having lost the monster that could have been my exclusive masseuse, I turned over the dead monster and grabbed it by the neck and shook it wildly, but the dead monster didn’t open its eyes again.
Such a waste…

“Brother, are you okay?”
“Hajin, are you okay?!”
“Chi… I’m alive…”
“Brother… “

Thankfully, all four women worried about me and rushed at once, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Juha’s face.

“Why… Why…”
“Take that off. Am I really okay?”
“I’m not okay! If you take this off, I will just die!!”
“Shit…”

Mokto City? A neck warmer for summer?
Anyway, I screamed that I was wearing something like that under my eyes, and then I turned around and went away.
I was looking at the back of Juha leaving like that, but the place where my eyes went back was the face of Minseo.

“Fuck..!!”
“Chi..!! Don’t laugh!!!”
“How can you not smile when you see that face? Aren’t you deliberately not getting treatment to be funny? Fuhahaha~!!”
“Chi..!! Die!!!!”

Seeing Minseo’s left eye still swollen from being hit by that bitch, I laughed while holding onto her stomach, wiping the tears away and saying hello today.

“I will be back.”
“Yes, don’t overdo it… Find it and bring it…”
“Be careful, Hajin… “
“Lord, don’t die…”

Leaving behind Minseo, Camilla, and Diana, who greeted each other in their own style, I left the shelter today to find Kim Hyeonjun.
Dude, people really bother me.