1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 90



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Episode 90

Sparks pour down.

A red spark, literally like the dragon’s breath, enters the gaping maw.

Then a hot blast of heat rose up, and Q2 screamed in pain.

Crackle, crackle!

But no matter how much I shook my head and rolled on the floor, the flames did not go out easily.

The soybeans were stuck to the skin like the karma of hell, melting away along with the flesh.

Cackle! Cackle!

bang!

A terrible scream rings out.

Unable to bear the pain, Q2 tried to back away from the broken barricade but lost his balance.

Crunch!

I didn’t miss that brief moment and thrust my gun through the gap in the broken barricade.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

And then he pulled the trigger firmly and poured the incendiary grenades at the guy who was retreating.

Kkakagak, kak!

The already cramped basement entrance to the karaoke room was filled with flames and acrid smoke.

Q2, whose entire body was covered in flames, eventually turned around and started to run away.

Chewy!

“Get out of the way!”

At that moment, Private Oh Chan-il brought a fire extinguisher from inside the karaoke room and sprayed it at the entrance.

Thanks to this, the fire was quickly put out, and the entrance to the karaoke room was filled with black smoke and powder.

Knock knock!

People who were startled by the sudden situation coughed roughly and stepped back.

“older brother!”

“Don’t come out!”

But on the contrary, I finished my tactical reload and went out through the broken barricade.

And then he started a relentless pursuit, going up the basement stairs that Q2 had escaped from.

Crackle, crackle!

I see that guy.

Q2 was still rolling on the floor, running away to put out the fire that had not yet been put out.

Crunch!

I followed him persistently, raised the gun again, and pulled the trigger.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Q2 was visibly flustered and flustered, as if he hadn’t expected anyone to follow him.

The guy trying to avoid me, me following him, two shadows glide down an alley filled with a blizzard.

But that was only for a moment, as Q2, who had escaped the flames, managed to climb up onto the roof.

Crunch!

I calmly knelt down on one knee and loaded the slug from my belt.

And then he calmly took aim at the guy climbing up the wall.

Boom!

A slug bullet that could kill a boar instantly hit the center of the pelvis with a heavy gunshot.

Kkaaaak!

thud!

The one who lost his balance fell off the wall, struggling while spraying black blood.

It is now.

Not missing my chance, I ran towards the fallen Q2 and aimed my gun at it.

Kagagagagagagak-!!!

But at that moment, the fallen man suddenly puffed up his body and let out a terrible scream.

Ugh! I flinched at the sound of my eardrums ringing, and then flew as my instincts told me to.

“… … !”

As expected, Q2 swung his long arm and threw the motorcycle towards me.

Kwaaaaang!

A flying motorcycle barely passed overhead and then collided with a car.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

While I was rolling on the floor, Q2 climbed up the wall and onto the roof.

And then he saw me lying on the floor with my head down and let out a long cry.

Kkakakakak!

It was only a second or so, but I could tell he was staring.

The single red eye turned taut and expressed countless indescribable emotions.

It was a warning.

This is a warning that this is just the beginning.

But even as I was bearing the brunt of his hatred and madness, I was seeing something else.

‘It didn’t swell.’

If a human were to eat an animal the size of a certain size, it would definitely be noticeable.

But its abdomen was too thin to have eaten dozens of humans.

What this means is that although Q2 attacked people, the number of people it actually killed was not that many.

Crap!

Q2, which had been staring at me for a while, scratched the roof and soon disappeared.

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief and look down at the red-tinted muzzle of the shotgun.

As the rising smoke and the pungent smell of gunpowder stung my nostrils, the pain I had been holding back came rushing back.

“older brother!”

“Mr. Daesu!”

At that moment, the group that had rushed out of the karaoke room rushed towards us.

They grabbed my shoulders, their faces pale, as if they were surprised by my sudden outburst.

“Brother! What if you suddenly run away?”

“Are you crazy?!”

“sorry.”

Although it was an action that I made with confidence, it was clearly an act that harmed teamwork.

After I apologized to my group, I returned to the karaoke room where my platoon members were.

At the entrance to the basement where the storm had passed, the platoon members were sitting helplessly.

“Are there any injured people?”

“Everyone is safe. But what happened? I was surprised that you suddenly chased me.”

“Q2 ran away. I chased after it.”

The platoon members, who had been tense at the news that Q2 had escaped, were both surprised and relieved.

The entrance almost got breached, but I was able to stop the guy safely with my improvisation.

I sat down, leaning back, wiping my face with the towel that Sergeant Park Deok-gu offered me.

“By the way, what was that flame? The guy ran away without coming to his senses… … .”

“It’s a type of incendiary bomb. In foreign countries, it’s called dragon’s breath.”

“Ah! I’ve heard of it.”

“I’ve used it against infected people before. As expected, it works well.”

I brought it just in case, and it played a huge role in a crucial moment.

I looked at Sergeant Park Deok-gu and said, looking at the remaining 20 Dragon Breath bullets.

“He won’t attack right away since he knows he’s at a disadvantage.”

“It’s just for now… … .”

“It’s literally just for a little while. I’ll just keep hovering around, waiting for my chance.”

If he was the type of person to give up easily, he wouldn’t have chased the survivors all the way here.

They will most likely wait for a good night to raid or for the time they return.

“And it seems like there were more people who ran away than I thought. The boat wasn’t that swollen.”

“You really went to see that?”

We showed him through our recent skirmish that we are no pushovers.

In addition, we confirmed that there were many people who had escaped, so we had to move as quickly as possible.

“depart!”

“Everyone, keep your distance!”

After quickly regrouping, we left the karaoke room and headed toward the intersection.

The snowstorm that had been blowing for a long time finally stopped and sunlight appeared through the murky gray sky.

The city still stands still.

* * *

As the specific destination was determined, the search operation began to gain speed.

In particular, the presence of Coco, an experienced hunting dog, added strength to these search operations.

“Thank you, thank you! Thank you!”

“Ugh, ugh! Mom!”

As I expected, quite a few survivors had fled far from the attack site.

After a search operation that lasted about three hours, as many as 10 people were rescued.

The presence of Q2, which prevents the infected from approaching, was helpful in this case.

But unfortunately, the platoon members we were looking for were nowhere to be seen.

“That was the last time I saw you.”

“This side is the same.”

The testimonies of the rescued witnesses were all the same.

The remaining platoon members protected the civilians until the end and lured Q2 somewhere.

“… … .”

The expression on Sergeant Park Deok-gu’s face became more complicated as he heard the eyewitness account.

My heart was heavy with a mixture of feelings of wishing I could be selfish and gratitude toward my platoon members who never forgot their duties until the end.

“Let’s hurry.”

The current time is 2:00 PM.

Although the days are getting longer, the sunset begins without fail just 30 minutes after 5 p.m.

If we don’t find them by then, not only the missing platoon members but also we will be in danger.

We continued our search, finding traces one by one, like putting together pieces of a scattered puzzle.

As time passed, we naturally headed towards Seongbuk-dong and Bukaksan Mountain.

“… …Be alert.”

“There is nothing abnormal in the rear.”

The sun was out, but visibility was obscured by occasional dark clouds.

With sleet falling, the atmosphere became gloomy, almost eerie.

The wind is cool.

I couldn’t stop sweating from the anxiety of not knowing when or where the bastard would appear.

We walked quickly, comforting the terrified civilians, and arrived at the Seongbuk Elementary School intersection where many schools were located.

Sniff sniff!

Hehe!

Coco and Volvo were busy sniffing around, and the platoon members were also busy searching the surroundings.

But while everyone was busy moving around, I was anxiously watching the clock hands moving.

‘4:30.’

In an hour, the sun will begin to set and Q2 will be able to get into full swing.

Considering the time until we get back, we should stop searching right now and go to the hideout.

Sergeant Park Deok-gu also seemed to know that, as he kept looking at his watch and couldn’t hide his anxious expression.

When are you coming back?

Maybe I should go now.

Now that reason and emotion are clashing, I have no choice but to say that I should go back.

“Wow, radio connection established!”

But at that moment, a soldier who had been diligently working on the radio shouted urgently.

We swarmed towards them and focused on the radio, which was starting to blast out static.

It’s a short antenna.

It means the distance is within 2km.

After a while, a frightened man’s voice was heard over the radio.

[Hey, is anyone there?]

“Private Kim? Are you Private Kim?”

[Vice-Captain?]

“Yeah, Inma!”

The man on the other end of the radio was none other than Private Kim, one of the missing platoon members.

The touching reunion was short-lived; Sergeant Park Deok-gu picked up the phone again and asked urgently.

“Calm down, how many people are there now?”

[Five! No, there are six of us including me.]

“We’ll pick you up now, so don’t come out and stay where you are. Do you know where it is?”

[Well, I don’t know. It’s in a place like a temple, but I’m hiding inside right now… ]

At the mention of temples, we quickly took out our maps and tried to guess their location.

“There is a temple called Gilsangsa nearby.”

“It’s about 1km away from here.”

Fortunately, the missing platoon members were not far from here.

But the problem, as always, was time.

Even if you allow at least 30 minutes to join here, it will still take more than 2 hours to get back.

The sun will set in the meantime, so there’s no way Q2 will just watch us go back.

“Mr. Daesu, please take care of our children.”

“Vice-Captain!”

Finally, Sergeant Park Deok-gu, unable to bear it any longer, stepped forward with his gun, as if he would go alone.

The platoon members rushed over and stopped him, and I also tried to stop him and said.

“It is suicide.”

“There’s nothing we can do! Other people are going to die here too… …!”

Even if Sergeant Park Deok-gu goes alone, the platoon members’ chances of survival do not increase.

Conversely, giving up on your platoon members didn’t produce any significant results.

Anyway, securing the facility is out of the question, and now it’s a situation where even escaping is a matter of life or death.

No matter what choice you make, it’s ultimately a binary choice.

The only thing that will be lost is combat personnel.

I was lost in thought, watching the slowly setting sun as I calculated the possibilities.

‘The conclusion we reach is the same anyway.’

During that time, we unilaterally gave up the initiative as we could not keep up with Q2’s learning speed.

But if you can take the initiative just once, just once, things will be different.

‘We have to fight.’

Do you just avoid the fight, or do you tackle it head on when you have the chance?

If you can’t do this or that, you should risk your life and cut all the knots.

“Let’s give it a try.”

“yes?”

“Let’s kill Q2 here.”

How long are we going to be hunted?

Now it’s our turn to hunt him.