1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 131



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Episode 131

Being in the same space with someone you don’t like is harder than you think.

Especially if that place is inside a helicopter flying over the vast ocean.

‘It’s stuffy.’

Because the number of people was limited to 15, the distance between each other was barely 0.5 meters.

It was so narrow that if you really wanted to stick your head out, you could feel the other person’s breath.

But in that cramped space, two groups with strong pride were having a staring contest.

It was our group that was in the same league as Chief Choi’s PMC team, full of pride.

“… … .”

One hand held the weight with its arms crossed, while the other glared with a furrowed brow.

It was a war of nerves as varied as each person’s innate personality, but there was one thing in common.

The question was exactly how to make the other person more irritable.

I sighed deeply from the tiring battle of nerves and asked Manager Choi, who was sitting across from me.

“How long is this going to go on?”

“What?”

“This is a pointless war of nerves. Do you plan on continuing this nonsense once you get to the scene?”

Even if you think it’s cuteness and let it go at first, if it happens two or three times, it’s bound to get annoying.

I was reaching the limit of my patience because they kept picking on me even though I was not a brat.

Ahem!

Manager Choi seemed to have the same thought, as he nodded his head slightly and cleared his throat.

Then, the agents who had been engaged in a war of nerves that made their eyes hurt turned their heads as if nothing had happened.

“Tsk, that should have happened a long time ago.”

“Jin-kyung, stop it too.”

Not only on their side, but we also have many time bombs that could explode at any moment.

I started by calming down the most choleric person, Jin-kyung Kim, and lightened the mood.

Inside the aircraft, after the war of nerves ended, only the sound of strong wind and shaking vibrations could be felt.

Only Coco and Volvo, lying quietly on the floor, looked at us with a pitiful look.

[30 minutes before arrival.]

At that moment, the pilot’s voice was heard faintly through the headset I was wearing.

So, without saying who would go first, we turned our heads out the window and looked at the scenery outside.

As expected, a city that was presumed to be Busan was slowly approaching in the distance.

Corporal Oh Chan-il, who was watching the scene, quietly mumbled as if reminiscing about the past.

“I used to come to Busan often.”

“why?”

“My ex-girlfriend used to live in Busan. We often went to Haeundae and Gwangalli together.”

“Now?”

“Of course we broke up at some point.”

Usually, when you say Busan, there are memories or images that come to mind.

But now that the end has come, all the good memories and people have disappeared.

All that remained in Busan now was a colorless city and the ashes scattered in vain.

I looked away from the window, feeling a rough taste in my mouth that even a cigarette couldn’t appease.

After flying for a while, the helicopter passed over the sea off Busan and slowly entered the city.

[2 minutes before arrival.]

Although we are actually going there, we don’t even know if the landing site has been properly secured.

The pilot must have known this, as he announced the final arrival time in a very tense voice.

Crunch!

My companions and I checked our equipment as if we had been waiting, took out our guns, and released the safety.

Likewise, Chief Choi and his team, who had finished preparing for landing, quietly looked outside.

After a while, downtown Busan came closer and soon the building that was our destination came into view.

“……shit.”

What appeared to be mere dots from a distance began to gradually take shape.

The complex city roads were naturally clogged, and black smoke was rising from various places.

Again, an enormous number of infected people were roaming around inside, their numbers unfathomable.

Busan, the last bastion and last city on the Korean Peninsula, had long been occupied by the infected.

Doo doo doo-!

The helicopter, which had been quickly crossing over it, circled sharply above the building where the landing pad was located.

And then, slowly lowering the altitude, they attempted a risky landing without securing a safe space.

“No problem!”

Fortunately, the rooftop door was locked, so no infected people were seen anywhere on the landing pad.

The helicopter, which had lowered its altitude, soon landed safely and opened its closed door.

“I’ll get off first! Follow me!”

Chief Choi and his team got out of the helicopter first, whether we were there or not.

I, who had not even expected cooperation in the first place, followed them down with my companions.

Crunch!

Knock, knock, knock!

The advance personnel got off first and guarded the surrounding area, while the later personnel covered the blind spots.

Because there were so many people, it took 30 seconds to get into position on the landing pad.

With the last person getting off, all dispatched personnel arrived at their destination.

Doo doo doo-!!

The helicopter, which had barely made the round trip, returned to its starting point to refuel.

After a while, the vast landing pad became quiet, and only the 14 dispatched personnel remained.

Manager Choi, who had been watching the surroundings for a while, spoke to us who were not far away.

“We don’t have the luxury of covering that area. Either stay here and wait quietly or move on your own. Do as you see fit. We’ll go first.”

As Team Leader Kang Chan-ho had expected, Manager Choi had no intention of moving with us from the beginning.

He declared his personal action as if giving notice and soon ran to the entrance with his team members.

My group and I, who were suddenly left with only four people, looked at his back with relieved faces.

“Whew, it’s finally here.”

“Can’t you just keep going like that?”

“Just leave it alone.”

We had no intention of begging and pleading with people who refused to go with us.

It was more comfortable to travel with a group of people who had good chemistry even if there were fewer people.

Beep!

As I whistled softly, Coco and Volvo, who had been waiting nearby, came running as if they had been waiting.

“let’s go.”

Hehe!

I untied the two guys’ leashes and let them smell the perfume that VIPs often use.

Then, Coco and Volvo, wagging their tails vigorously, began to guide us as if they had been waiting.

* * *

The place we are currently located is a high-rise building owned by an affiliate of Daemyung Group.

The interior of the building was as clean as a newly built building, and the security facilities were also state-of-the-art.

But no matter how excellent a system is, it is meaningless if there is no power source.

As expected, the building’s power was completely out and the security system was down.

It appeared that the emergency generator, which should have been functioning normally, had been turned off for some reason.

‘Same situation as Biozeneca.’

The only good thing was that my group and I had all experienced this scenario before.

In these cases, there is a high probability that an infected person entered the building and escaped.

After quickly finishing our deduction, we started searching, going down the emergency stairs one floor at a time.

Sniff sniff.

The process by which a hunting dog finds a scent is like pulling out a single desired thread from a tangled ball of yarn.

Coco, who was the best at this and loved it the most in the world, ran around with her nose flaring.

Squeak… … .

But no matter how much time passed, no trace of survivors, not even a similar smell, could be found.

Coco also hid her head between my legs with her tail down, as this was her first time doing something like this.

“are you okay.”

Hehe!

It seems that the VIP who lost contact has escaped to somewhere other than the upper floors.

We had no choice but to expand the search area and begin to descend floor by floor.

The first traces were discovered two hours later, when they reached the 42nd floor.

“Brother, over there.”

Corporal Oh Chan-il, who had been looking around for a while, discovered something at the end of the office hallway.

When I turned my gaze there, I saw a blood-stained floor and torn pieces of clothing.

I instructed my group to look around for a moment and then started investigating the traces.

‘It’s the work of the infected.’

As expected, infected people were moving around inside the building where the security facilities were shut down.

The owner of this bloodstain appeared to be one of the VIPs who was caught trying to avoid such an infected person.

‘Hey man.’

I was worried that it might be the chairman’s daughter, but fortunately the fallen coat was a man’s.

After briefly wishing him well, I carefully examined the footprints left on the bloodstains.

‘Moved.’

The infected that dealt with the survivors began to move somewhere again as soon as they finished preying.

Perhaps he heard another sound, and it seemed likely that it was the VIP who ran away with him.

I called back to the group that was standing guard around the area and followed the footprints that were left behind.

Footprints that continued downward and downward, like flowing sewage water.

We walked down the dark emergency stairs, watching to see when the footsteps would stop.

‘for a moment.’

But strangely, the footsteps did not stop, but continued to go down.

Even the infected who joined from another floor joined in, as if they were running away.

We looked at each other without saying who would be the first to say something about the strange phenomenon that we couldn’t understand.

“Mr. Daesu, this is… … .”

“Is that it?”

A normal person would probably think they simply heard a loud noise outside.

But those of us who had experienced this unusual pattern before thought differently.

“It’s like Q2.”

The mutant Q2 that was observed while at Biozeneca has also appeared here.

The group, who knew the danger better than anyone else, instinctively grabbed their guns and hardened their expressions.

“Let’s start by looking for PMCs.”

Most people don’t even know what a mutant is, let alone Q2.

There was a very high chance that Manager Choi and his team, who were on site for the first time, were unaware of this.

No matter how bad the feelings between the two sides are, they must come together now to survive.

After quickly gathering opinions, my group and I tried to find the PMCs that had gone in a different direction.

Taang-!!

But at that moment, a tearing gunshot was heard from not far from our current location.

Startled, we instinctively turned our heads and looked downstairs where the gunshots had been heard.

“Run!”

Currently, the only group with firearms, aside from me and my party, is the PMC team.

The fact that they opened fire means that they were at least facing an infected person or a similar threat.

I started to go down the stairs as fast as I could, because maybe that threat was Q2.

Knock knock! Knock knock!

Taang! Bang!

Meanwhile, the sound of gunshots, heard one at a time, gradually spread wider and faster.

Convinced that the enemy was Q2, we braced ourselves against the buttstock and kicked the emergency exit door.

Boom!

As soon as the door opened, a terrible stench that I had forgotten about for a while began to sting my nose.

The source of this foul odor was none other than the rotting secretions from Q2’s nest.

Knock knock! Knock knock!

Shoot! Keep shooting!

In the middle of the nest, terrified PMC team members were pulling their triggers again and again.

Squeak!

In front of it stood Q2, which had once shocked and terrified Biozeneca.

The bastard ran at me on all fours, howling loudly, not caring about the flying bullets.

Support!

Kkaaaaaaah!

Then he bit the PMC agent at the very front whole and threw him into the air.

thud!

Kwajik!

A human who was alive just moments ago has been smashed into a raspberry, slammed against a wall.

The rest of the team members were so shocked by the sight that they gritted their teeth and started pulling the trigger again and again.

Squeak!

But there’s no way Q2, whose entire body is covered in bulletproof vests, could die from a rifle bullet.

The one that had been howling for a long time ran at a crazy speed to kill another prey.

We, who appeared at a perfect time, ran towards Q2 without a moment’s hesitation.

“Chan-il!” “Take it, hyung!”

As I stretched my hand into the air, Private Oh Chan-il threw me a bundle of ammunition as if he had been waiting for it.

I snatched it out of the air, pulled out its contents, and quickly removed the safety pin.

ping!

Unlike a hand grenade, it was light and had a thin grip, so it felt good in my right hand.

After assessing the target and trajectory, I took a flash grenade from the weapons cabinet and threw it at a long distance.

Q2 and light are incompatible.

A flash grenade was a bomb that had been packed with these.