1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 72



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Episode 72

The stench is vibrating.

It gives me goosebumps.

In a face with hideously distorted flesh, a single eye looks at me.

Those eyes, deeper than the abyss and dark as pitch, contained only one thing.

Just hungry.

The mutants did not think of the humans they saw as food or anything more.

“Brother, Brother! Get out of here!”

Surprised, Private First Class Oh Chan-il and Private First Class Lee Hyeon-su bravely aimed their air guns and fired.

Kwajik!

However, the lead bullet aimed at the head failed to penetrate the skull and instead lodged itself in the flesh.

At that moment, the mutant began to twist its body in a bizarre manner and roll its eyes.

“Damage!”

This guy was shot in the head with a crossbow bolt and still moved fine.

I shouted at them to dodge urgently, because they were not my opponents to deal with with mere air guns.

Kkakakakak!

The guy who had been rolling his eyes started to run towards me this time.

Startled, I tried to dodge, but I ended up allowing it to approach me at such a fast speed.

Crack! Crack!

Phew!

A maw and hideous teeth rush in, ready to bite off your head.

I barely managed to block the bastard’s mouth with my crossbow and fell to the ground.

Ki-ki-ki-ki!

As the teeth bite into the crossbow, the seams become twisted and the string snaps.

At the same time, a disgusting stream of dribble and excrement fell on my head.

It’s a tremendous force.

There is no escape.

Creak! I felt dizzy for a moment as I looked at the crossbow on the verge of breaking.

“Die!!”

At that moment, Jin-kyung Kim, who had been hiding with me, swung the blunt object with all her might.

Phew!

The blunt object struck the head squarely, and the mutant staggered and fell for the first time.

Kkakakak!

The bastard was startled by the sudden blow and howled loudly in pain.

However, as expected of a mutant that was impervious to attacks, it swung its long arms toward Kim Jin-kyung.

Phew!

“Ms. Jin-kyung!”

Kim Jin-kyung, who was preparing for her next attack, gets hit by the bastard’s swinging arm and flies far away.

He then slammed into the wall on one side of the hallway and lowered his head, as if he had lost consciousness.

A mutant that blew away our team’s ace, Kim Jin-kyung, with just one attack.

We froze for a moment before a majesty that was on a different level from the enemies we had faced so far.

Boom!

But at that moment, Coco, who I thought had run away, came running with her red scarf fluttering.

Woof woof!

And then he barks loudly at the guy and growls in a threatening manner as if telling him not to come near.

Crap!

Of course, the mutant, who didn’t care about such threats, swung his arms again,

Phew!

Coco easily dodges the attack by ducking between the bastard’s legs.

I came to my senses belatedly at that sight and snatched up the blunt weapon that Kim Jin-kyung had dropped.

“What are you doing! Run quickly!”

And he ran towards the transformed body, shouting at Private Oh Chan-il and Private Lee Hyeon-su.

Phew!

Kwajik!

While the bastard is distracted chasing Coco, he strikes the back of her head while she is defenseless.

Kkakakak!

Then, this time, the mutant screamed in pain as if it had been hit properly.

Okay, I bought some time.

I shouted at Private First Class Oh Chan-il and Private First Class Lee Hyeon-su, who had come to their senses late in the process.

“I’m going to take Jin-kyung and get out!”

“Brother, Brother!”

“There’s no time! Hurry up!”

There is no time to film a melodrama that makes you cry while talking about sacrifice and friendship.

After thinking about it calmly, I evacuated Kim Jin-kyung and her group who had retired first.

Kkakakak!

If the emotion he had been showing towards us was hunger, now it has gradually changed to anger.

The mutant glared at me, the one who had caused him pain, and quickly rushed towards me.

Phew!

Let’s focus.

One misstep and you’re done.

I stared straight ahead at the rushing mutant, breathing heavily.

‘now!’

Phew!

And this time, he successfully dodged the attack and rolled around on the floor.

I fell down naturally and found a staircase at the end of the hallway in the distance.

“Coco!”

Boom!

Coco, who had been hiding to avoid the attack for a moment, started running towards the stairs as if she had been waiting.

So I also quickly ran towards the stairs and lured the guy towards the opposite side of the group.

Kkakakak!

The mutant begins to follow at incredible speed, squeezing its body into the narrow corridor.

The speed was so fast that the distance barely kept open was quickly narrowing.

I started to think quickly, feeling my survival instinct and senses prickle.

‘I can’t run away anymore.’

The speed of the mutant is faster than expected, so there is a limit to the distance it can escape.

But if you want to fight, the crossbow is broken and the blunt weapon lacks firepower.

In the end, the K-2 rifle carried on the back was the only way, but this was a double-edged sword.

Should I die here?

Or would you rather die from the infected who came after hearing the gunshots?

Even while running like crazy, reason and instinct were fighting like crazy in my head.

Meanwhile, the mutant was closing the distance, and I finally reached the stairs.

‘back!’

Eventually I caught up.

I felt goosebumps at the sudden change in the air current, and instinctively lowered my head and rolled over.

Phew!

Kwajik!

Then, as expected, a long arm flew right over my head and slammed me into the wall.

If I had been hit by that, my whole head would have been blown off. For a moment, my vision became dizzy.

I crawled up the stairs and managed to get to the fourth floor.

Huh, gasp!

My breath is pounding.

Sweat drips down from my forehead and clings to the tip of my nose.

Sensing that this was my limit, I took out the K-2 rifle on my back and tried to attach it.

Kwajik!

“Ugh!”

But at that moment, my eyes flashed and I was hit by an excruciating pain that made my breathing stop.

I was hit in the back by the bastard’s arm and was sent flying, crashing into the wall at the end of the hallway.

Boom!

My whole body screams.

A pain so severe that I can’t even scream comes over me.

I fought to keep my mind from flickering as if it was going to go out.

Kkak, kkak!

At that moment, an angry deformed being crawls towards you from the far end of the hallway, its mouth wide open.

Crunch!

Huh! I barely managed to get up from my seat, put the cartridges in, and aimed the rifle.

I put the bastard’s head between the sights and put my index finger in to pull the trigger.

Twinkle!

But at that moment, something began to sparkle in the hallway the guy was running through.

‘A piece of glass?’

The moment I realized that it was a shard of glass, my head suddenly spun around.

Not only the 3rd floor, but also the 4th floor that we are on now, all the light bulbs are broken, so it is pitch black.

If the 1st and 2nd floors are the same, who would have done it?

And why on earth did that happen?

‘nest?’

‘The owner of the nest is a mutant.’

At that moment, time slows down and the scattered logic begins to fit together like a puzzle.

I opened my eyes wide and lowered the gun I was aiming at the guy.

‘light!’

Then he took out a flashlight from his bag and aimed it at the running mutant.

Flash!

The pitch-black darkness parted in an instant, and a ray of light brightly illuminated the hallway.

Kkagagagagak!

At the same time, the bastard hurriedly covered his face and fell down in the same position he was running from.

And he screamed in pain like a calf covered in fire.

The stronger the flashlight beam became, the more intense the glow became.

Crunch!

You must not miss this opportunity.

I shine my flashlight at the bastard and attach the sharp bayonet to the end of my K-2 rifle.

At the same time, he rushed towards the mutant and stabbed his greatsword into the center of its hideous maw.

Kwajik!

Kkakakakak!

This guy was moving without a care even after getting hit in the head with a crossbow bolt.

But now, he was screaming and struggling as if he had been properly damaged.

Flowing feces and black blood.

I twisted my greatsword and stepped on the bastard’s neck.

The deeper the greatsword dug into his throat, the more blood flowed out.

Boom! Boom!

But as time passed, the struggling did not decrease, but rather became more severe.

Needing a decisive move to cut off his life, I gritted my teeth and pulled out the sword.

If the guy is weak to light, ‘this’ could also deliver a fatal blow.

Clank!

I opened my bag and took out a glass bottle.

Inside the glass bottle, gasoline mixed with sugar and pieces of rubber was sloshing around.

I never thought that the Molotov cocktails made after the Yeongjong Island incident would be used in this way.

Click!

I took out my Zippo lighter, lit the wick, and threw it at the mutant at the same time.

Clang!

Whoosh whoosh!

A Molotov cocktail that broke right in front of him created a huge flame that flipped him over and engulfed him.

Kkaaaaaa – -!!!

At that moment, the mutant writhed in pain, accompanied by a scream that pierced the eardrums.

But the flames flowing through the oil bind such a man and begin to burn his flesh.

Knock, knock… … !

The only pupil of his eyes had turned black and his limbs were tangled together.

But even in the midst of all this, the undead mutant crawled down the hallway to escape.

widely!

I didn’t miss that moment, so I kicked the ground and jumped, throwing my body towards the bastard.

Phew!

Then, he stabs the sword into the back of the defenseless head and uses all his strength to cut to the side.

Kwajik!

The vertebrae are broken and the flesh is torn.

The spreading blood was like flames.

Squeak… … .

Only after its neck was half torn off did the creature stop moving and slowly sag.

I let out the breath I had been holding as I looked at the remains of the flames and the burning corpses.

The nest of mutants that had left countless victims was completely lost behind the snowstorm.

* * *

Kim Jin-kyung lost consciousness and I was also hit against the wall, sustaining injuries all over my body.

We had to quickly gather the parts we had procured from DK Telecom and return to the gun shop.

“… … Did you meet any looters?”

At first, the old gunsmith who found me and my group in such a strange state was startled.

“Please give me a place to lay down.”

“Come in first.”

However, when he saw Kim Jin-kyung unconscious, he quickly opened the door and guided her inside.

Fortunately, inside the gun shop there was a bed to lie down on along with simple medical facilities.

The old gunsmith looked after Kim Jin-kyung on my behalf and administered light first aid.

“Don’t worry. It’s just a mild concussion.”

Fortunately, he suffered only a mild concussion, thanks to the motorcycle helmet he was wearing.

Only then did my group and I breathe a sigh of relief and begin to sit down one by one.

I was worried that something might go wrong, but when I heard that it was okay, my legs gave out.

“You got burned.”

“It’s nothing.”

“It’s nothing much. Let’s disinfect it first.”

When the tension is released, the pain comes.

Now I see that he has bruises all over his body and even a burn on his right arm.

The old gunsmith, who was clicking his tongue, disinfected the wound himself and even bandaged it.

“Here are the items you asked for. I brought all the visible parts just in case.”

“Oh, you came to the right place?”

Although things got messed up because of the mutant, they still managed to resolve the issue without forgetting their original purpose.

The old gunsmith, who checked each part one by one, nodded with a satisfied smile.

“This is what I ordered. Damn, I thought I’d lose it like this, but I never thought I’d find it.”

“Is it okay now?”

“Okay, that’s it! Since you brought me other parts, I guess I should give you some more for this too.”

Fortunately, the old gunsmith seemed satisfied.

Still, he looked at Kim Jin-kyung, who had not yet woken up, thinking that the hard work had been worth it.

“Could you mind if I take care of you for just one day? I have some company outside… … .”

“Well, it’ll be fine for a day or so. I’ll give you a place to stay, so make yourself comfortable.”

The old gunsmith was so happy with the extra parts that he even allowed them to stay overnight.

Thanks to that, I was able to put my worries aside and got up with my creaking body to pack my gear again.

For now, I was planning to let these three rest and go and bring the rest of the group.

“What happened, anyway? Judging from your wounds, it doesn’t look like you fought off any marauders.”

“There are some mutating individuals among the infected. They are inside a commercial building.”

“It causes mutations?”

“Yes, we don’t know the cause either. But what is clear is that there is one more today.”

The old man, who had been focused on the gun shop, frowned at the phenomenon he had never heard of before.

After hearing the description of the mutants, I had a feeling that they were not to be trivial.

“Huh, it really is the end of the world. There really are all sorts of people running wild. It can’t be safe here either.”

“You’d better be prepared. You never know what kind of guys might show up next.”

In some ways, you could say that it’s good to get hit first.

At least I knew about the existence of the mutants and was able to survive like this.

“… … There really is no hell.”

I walked out slowly, passing the old gunsmith who was mumbling something.

The snowstorm that had turned the world gray has now stopped and dusk has fallen in the distance.

Today again, the city of Seoul was looking down on us with lofty eyes.