Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 138
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Episode 138
70. Delivery (2)
It doesn’t look like a high-grade Awaken.
There was no pulse and the brightness in the eyes was not that bright.
It might be a lower level Awaken below 5th grade.
At this level, I don’t think Woo Min-hee would be happy to take care of it.
But it doesn’t seem like a situation where I can afford to think about other things.
“Run away.”
The boy whispered in a low voice.
“I’m telling you this because you seem like a good person. Run away right now.”
This is not an empty promise.
The boy looked back and checked things out from time to time with a serious expression that was hard to believe was his young face.
As expected, a creaking sound came from beyond the slightly open door.
The sound of a gun being loaded, bullets being loaded, and the trigger being changed.
After thinking about what to do for a moment, he smiled at the boy and got on the motorcycle.
“thanks”
I left home on my motorcycle.
It was after we had gotten quite a distance away that I heard someone opening the door and running out.
Among the children of the chief minister, the bigger ones pointed their fingers at me and shouted sharply.
“Over there! Run away!”
“Shoot! Kill him!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots were heard from over there.
I didn’t care.
At that distance, with all this cover between us, whether or not we get hit by a bullet is a matter of luck and luck alone. Still, it feels like I’ve washed my face in cold water, enough to wake me up.
Just a few minutes ago, I was in a half-asleep state, half-asleep.
Hope.
I swallowed a laugh without realizing it and increased my speed.
As I return to the bunker through the familiar snowfield, I see the shadow of a person.
There was no need to take up arms.
In front of the entrance to the bunker, Defender’s younger brother was looking around with a slightly bewildered expression on his face while wearing a winter uniform.
Soon she heard the engine roar of my motorcycle, then her face lit up and she waved at me.
You could tell why she was there just by looking at the heavy suitcase she was carrying.
“Skeleton!”
Looks like he ran away from home.
There were signs of discord from the beginning, and things have finally turned out like this.
“Please let me sleep.”
“It’s almost morning. What are you talking about?”
“Why are you so blunt? Skeleton doesn’t like me coming?”
My brother’s mood is different than usual.
She used to avoid eye contact and talk on her tablet, but now she actively makes eye contact and is subtly flirtatious in her actions and voice.
“You are always welcome. But, I don’t have your permission.
“Why should I ask for permission?”
A strong expression of discontent appeared on the face of the Defender brother who had been smiling brightly.
I watched her face turning blue from being in the cold for a long time, then headed towards the bunker.
“……Let’s go in and talk for now.”
I took off my winter clothes, put my gear away, and boiled some hot water.
While the water in the kettle boiled, Defender Brother sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
Although his face was expressionless, his eyes stared into space, showing countless emotions appearing and disappearing repeatedly.
He brought out the tea and sat down in front of her.
“Where have you been?”
She asked without meeting my eyes.
He gave a brief account of what happened in the morning.
“Oh, really? So it’s a pseudo-angel after all?”
It’s a similar situation.
Well, that might be an appropriate expression.
“After all, no matter how much people try to deny it, they live a life that is not much different from what they experienced. Since what they saw, heard, and learned was the same, they can only do similar things.”
Defender’s younger brother took a sip of his tea, let out a deep sigh, and dropped one arm.
“You too, oppa.”
She muttered, looking into space with forlorn eyes.
“He hated his father so much, but he ended up acting just like him.
She muttered out loud, “idiot, fool,” and other unspeakable curse words.
“I guess the genes of a lazy person don’t work out.”
She looked at me.
A slight hesitation and resistance appeared in her eyes, but that was only for a moment, and she looked slightly determined and stared straight at me.
“What does Skeleton think of me?”
I know what you’re saying.
Perhaps he is suggesting that we live together.
Almost like marriage.
Although it came unexpectedly, it was a situation that was included in the expected scenario.
Honestly, living with an attractive woman like Da-jeong would be a happy experience both mentally and as a person.
I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a part of my heart that wanted to hold her.
But I have to reject this offer.
There are probably several reasons, but if I had to pick one, I would say the cause of the situation.
“You’re pretty and attractive. I like you.”
“Oh, really?”
“But you know. What about you?”
He looked straight at Da-jeong and said.
“Me? Of course I came here because I like skeletons.”
The relationship between a man and a woman cannot be explained by truth and lies alone.
There is a crack, a strength, and the size of that strength determines a great many things. When I look at it, the way I look in her eyes is somewhere between liking and loving.
To be exact, a little higher than liking?
The reason I can know that is because I also have a similar perspective and therefore can be cool-headed.
Well, if you include the additive called sexual desire, it would be upgraded to “extreme”.
As expected, Defender’s younger sibling forced himself to meet my gaze, but soon turned away. I continued speaking while staring at her, who was staring into space.
“Are you having a lot of conflict with your brother?”
“……ha.”
The defender brother sighed and slumped down.
Soon she looked at me with a slightly tired face.
“Are you sure there’s an age gap between us?”
“……I don’t think there are that many.”
“I think my mental age on the internet is definitely high, but when I meet him in real life, Skeleton definitely seems like an adult. Not just in his face, but also in his actions.”
“Huh? People I know say I look young.”
“Isn’t that guy around the same age as Skeleton?”
“How did you know?”
“That’s it.”
“……Let’s leave aside the age story, is it because of that friend Jong-cheol?”
Defender Brother looked around my bunker, where radiators belched out steam everywhere, swirling his coffee cup.
“That too, and by the way, every time I see the Skeleton house, I think it’s really well decorated.”
“I put some effort into it.”
“Except for that damn toilet…”
Thud thud
I took a sip of coffee.
A woman’s shallow sigh could be heard beyond the familiar silence.
“….Is my brother leaving here?”
He raised his head and looked at his younger brother Defender.
A serious face.
It doesn’t seem like he’s lying or trying to hide anything.
“You’re leaving here?”
“Yeah. When spring comes.”
Defender’s younger brother slumped down on the sofa.
“Let’s go to where the Legion is.”
“Legion Para
“There, contrary to our prejudices, it’s very well decorated. Do you remember when you went to get dental treatment from that quack before?”
“Oh, I remember.”
“There are several villages like that. They even gave one of those places to the Hunters. You see, there seem to be quite a few Hunters. They seem to be satisfied with the quality of life.”
Defender’s younger brother lightly placed the coffee cup on the table.
“……Jongcheol keeps nagging me. Let’s go over to the military faction together.”
“okay?”
“I guess you have quite a few classmates there. And I heard that things will get worse starting next year.”
“Things always get worse.”
“There’s a problem with the crack.”
“Crack?”
Dajeong met my eyes and nodded.
“I’m not sure, but I’ve detected eruptive activity beyond the Paju Crack.”
“The source is from the Legion faction?”
“huh.”
Certainly, there has been strangely little movement on the crack side over the past two years.
Instead, I heard that the eruption was concentrated in relatively safe countries, but it was about time that a large eruption occurred in Paju as well.
Even though the population of the metropolitan area has fallen by more than half, there are still millions living there, and the Paju rift was a rift with the greatest intensity, comparable to the Beijing rift.
Once you start spewing out monsters, the area around you probably won’t be able to hold out.
At least the entire Seoul area can be considered covered in erosion.
Since Yang Sang-gil’s resignation, the Incheon government has been operating in a haphazard manner, and there seems to be no way to stop it. The only force that can stop the monster invasion is the Legion faction. I can understand the Defender’s thoughts.
If a full-scale monster invasion were to occur without any defensive forces, the hell we saw in China would repeat itself on this land.
“If that’s the case, then Defender’s thoughts aren’t entirely wrong.”
“Does Skeleton think so too?”
“……I was a hunter too.”
I didn’t really mean to take Defender’s side, but judging by Da-jeong’s sudden dejection, I guess I unintentionally took her side. I’m not a sweet guy, but I wanted to make her feel better here.
To be exact, I thought that only then would my mood improve.
Well, I’ve been feeling unwell since morning.
I stared at her, remembering the young siblings who had advised me to run away from them.
“Da-jeong-ah.”
I called her name for the first time.
Defender’s younger brother looked at me in surprise.
“S, Skeleton?!”
“Are you surprised?”
“What’s my name?! Could it be you, oppa?”
“Well, if you know each other for over a year, it’s something that just comes out of your mouth without you knowing.”
“Skeleton.”
“Shall we go shopping?”
“shopping?”
I opened up my laptop and showed her the shopping site where our melon mask had given me a chance, as she was still in shock.
“What is this?”
Da-jeong’s face, which had been startled, brightened.
“Are you sure this is going to work? Are you sure the item is coming?!”
“Yes. It’s sent directly from Melon Mask’s headquarters.”
“Melon Mask?! When did you find out? You said you were blocked?”
“There’s a reason for that. It’ll take a while to talk, so first, choose your items. The deadline is coming soon.”
I suddenly remembered a scene from my childhood, when my older sister, whose voice I can never hear again, would sit next to me and we would go to a shabby shopping mall and buy cute things.
Within the small limit of 12,000 won remaining, I added and removed items from my shopping cart, added and removed options, and barely managed to reach the optimal price that would infinitely converge to 12,000 won and pressed the order button.
But oh my, there was a shipping fee.
I’ve gotten older since then, the woman next to me is not my older sister but a much younger woman, and the shopping site itself sells more sinister things like guns and drugs instead of cute stationery and dolls.
Even so, when I see Da-jeong putting in and taking out items within the 5kg limit, I feel like I am reminded of a scene from the past. I guess it is because my memories of my family are so thin.
He warned Da-jeong, breaking away from the reminiscence that warmed his heart but at the same time added to the cold flames of hatred that had settled deeper inside.
“Hey, don’t put everything in. I have to order Rebecca’s and Sue’s too.”
“Rebecca? Sue?”
Dajeong looked back at me with a face that said she couldn’t understand me.
“Who are they? People with names like that nickname?”
“Mother and daughter snipers.”
“Oh, you mean the guys who were shooting in the town to the southwest that you were talking about?”
“While we’re on the subject, should I call you?”
The reason I suddenly suggested a surprise event was not only to prevent Da-jeong from using up her precious 5 kg, but also because I sensed the danger that the, so to speak, cerebral scent emanating from her body could guide my nerves in a direction I did not intend.
I guess I was a man after all.
When I see something boiling over that I can’t stand anymore. But crossing the line is something that requires determination. That lesson was taught by Anonymous848 who sacrificed his body.
“Skeleton, we’re here~!”
“Skeletons are juicy.”
Mother and daughter Rebecca appeared in the bunker.
The two soon discovered Da-jeong hiding behind me.
“S, Skeleton? That guy?”
Rebecca asked with a little surprise, and Sue tilted her head slightly and glared at Dajeong with a hardened face as she asked the question.
“Skeleton? Who is that woman?”
While I was explaining the situation to the sniper mother and daughter, Da-jeong hid behind me and didn’t say anything.
Now that I think about it, this guy looked similar when I first met him.
It seems like he’s quite shy.
When I see that you can’t even make eye contact with a kid like Suu
“Hi, Defender Sister.”
Fortunately, Suu seems to be willing to accept Da-jeong.
Suu was the first to extend his hand to Dajeong.
Dajeong tapped something on her tablet and showed it to Suu.
-nice to meet you
After the intermission, we headed back to the hot plate that makes women’s hearts flutter again, shopping.
In front of a shopping site filled with countless items, Rebecca and Sue’s eyes sparkled, and soon they completely forgot about affection and started scrolling through the screen absentmindedly, putting items in and taking them out of their shopping carts.
“There’s nothing there! Melon Sun of……!”
“That jelly! I had it when I lived in Seattle! It was so juicy!”
“Um, um, Miss Sue? That’s what I put in. Why are you taking it out……?”
“Firefox stay still.”
Amidst the appropriate commotion, I watched them shopping with a faint smile on my face.
I felt like something I had lost in the morning was being filled.
Perhaps these filling feelings and memorable warm scenes are the best rewards they can give me?
*
For someone like me who doesn’t have many warm pages in life, this is a hypothesis worth trying.
The day the Signus S, a stratospheric drone carrying a package, was scheduled to arrive, the sky was fortunately clear and there were few clouds.
The temperature is minus 31 degrees.
The weather was such that just standing still would have killed us, but we forgot the cold and stared up at the high, blue sky.
I looked to the side at the sky.
The Defender siblings, lukewarm rather than dramatic, but definitely reconciled, stand side by side with some distance between them, while Rebecca looks up at Sue as she embraces her.
When this winter ends, they will probably leave me.
Each with their own story and reason.
That will give us a lot to think about, but for now, let’s just wait for the package to land from the sky.
Chijijik-
Coincidentally, the K-Walkie-Talkie exploded.
“Fuck! Fuck!”
I thought it was someone’s child.
“We’re all freezing to death here! Someone save us! Huh? There’s only children! Please!”
I tried to turn off the radio by pressing the power button, but it wouldn’t turn off, probably because of the thick gloves I was wearing. I was about to take out the radio and press the button.
“Huh? What’s that? Huh? Guys! Look at the sky!”
The innocence I hadn’t heard in a long time flowed out from the radio.
Then, Suu’s cheers were heard from behind as well.
“ah!”
Suu, who was monitoring the sky with a sniper’s observation device, pointed to the sky.
“excuse me!”
Where Suu’s finger was pointing, a silvery, bomb-shaped object with a metal case reminiscent of a nuclear warhead was descending directly towards them.
“Isn’t that something to avoid?”
Suu smiled brightly as the Defender looked around, thinking of running away.
The parachute opened.
On the surface of the capsule was written a phrase in black marker.
-Recipient Skeleton (the first discoverer of friendship between humans and mutations)
“What is that?”
The defender tilted his head, and his younger brother also looked at me with an unreadable expression.
Suwa and Rebecca also looked at me as if asking questions, but I didn’t say anything and just quietly looked up at the package that was slowly approaching us. The package slowly approached us.
With 5kg of hope.
End
ⓒ Road Warrior #dp8g
(Antimatter**) -Recommendation89-
Looking at the Jang Sang-sa kids, I feel that in the apocalypse, good intentions are just a luxury.
When I look at the sniper mother and daughter and the defender, I don’t think that’s right…
(One Two**) -Recommendation83-
“When this winter ends, they will probably leave me.”
My emotional level is sky-high todayㅠㅠ
(**Unliving) -Recommendation 77-
It turns out that asking to save the kids was some kind of trap…
I thought that if there was nothing to eat, there would be no strength to shout on the radio, but that was not the case.
(jfbb**) -Recommendation73-
It looks like they intentionally sent it in a dangerous shape like a missile or nuclear warhead, so I don’t think looters will flock there.
I don’t think Musk and his staff didn’t think about such a problem.
(che***) -Recommendation 50-
I remember the bag supply dropping
If even the Jang Sang-sa’s kids saw it, it seems like all the looters and arrogant people around here will come rushing in.
(**Marshal) -Recommendation 33-
((Reader’s excitement)) Da-jeong, who was reacting at 18cm, is rapidly approaching
(*Avatar) -Recommendation 36-
If there was no good intention from the beginning, Gold would just become Mutation 1.
(***Base) -Recommendation 27-
Firefox okay lol
(Night Phone*) -Recommendation 12-
It doesn’t feel like a forced romance at all just because you’re with Da-jeong, but you can help each other with the pain and shortcomings that each other has. In this sense,
Skeletons don’t look human. Skeletons are probably the most irregular character in the novel.
(mord**) -Recommendation11-
Even if it’s love, it’s right to endure it if it’s a crush
(Full ****) -Recommendation 9-
On the one hand, it’s a bit hazy. On a nice day, sitting in a cafe, watching an airplane pass by in the distance, imagining a 5kg piece of hope falling, reality is hope.
(Antimatter**) -Recommendation 6-
The legion faction only produces wave after wave of ghost stories.
(Turtle**) -Recommendation 6-
Saturday night…
I’m doing a “shack” called Ajibsum
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