Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 175



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Episode 175

The great virtue of our old school hunters is composure.

The first quality required of our old school hunters is to be able to make decisions as usual without any wavering, even when a comrade dies right next to them and they suffer a blow that leaves them mentally confused.

In that respect, the fact that this Park Gyu is at the top is proven by the numbers and data from his achievements on the battlefield and his school grades.

Woo Min-hee smelled it.

Judging from my objective judgment, which is no different from usual, I think I shouldn’t pretend not to know as I did before.

It’s a low-level decision to turn a blind eye to clear circumstantial evidence.

You have to accept some degree of damage.

But the extent of the damage we should bear is an issue that we need to think about slowly from now on.

-Chijijik

It is a well-known fact that Woo Min-hee is a talented hunter, regardless of his personality.

Again, it doesn’t give me time to think.

Not getting any contact here is the worst thing that can happen.

The story is that she might come to kill me.

I coughed lightly and pressed the receive button on the K-Walkie-Talkie.

“Hey, Minhee, what’s going on?”

There is no need to be more excited or flattering than usual.

“Oh my, senior~”

Let’s create an imaginary Woo Min-hee from here.

Simply listening to the voice is not enough to actively deal with this dire situation.

Assuming that there is another perfect Woo Min-hee in front of me and responding while observing that appearance will lead to a more agile and wise response.

Woo Min-hee is about thirty years old and has a scar on her face.

A tall, Western-style beauty with long limbs and an overall gorgeous appearance.

His clothing varies from time to time, but he prefers to cover his entire body with fabric, and on the outside, he always wears a white gown, as befitting the director of a research institute.

Let’s skip over the part where one arm and one leg were replaced with prosthetic limbs.

I know what she looked like before she lost part of her body.

He summoned the imaginary Woo Min-hee in front of me.

I had an illusion that Woo Min-hee was raising the corners of her mouth in front of me.

The look of a triumphant victor, as if he knew everything.

Yet my face remains extremely calm.

“······.”

This is an old school hunter.

“Senior, are you by any chance feeling offended by me?”

“Are you getting stabbed?”

“Yeah~”

“Oh, okay.”

A moment of silence.

“Yeah. I actually use the internet.”

The confession of the truth that followed.

“Oh my. You’re finally admitting it? I’ve asked you that, but you deny it every time.”

“……sorry.”

“What is there to be sorry about~?”

There is a unique madness shining in the eyes of Woo Min-hee that I have imagined.

Is it starting now?

“Tell me from beginning to end. When did you start using the Internet and what did you do on it?”

Explain an issue from A to Z.

I have defaulted on my debts, but I have never committed a crime.

So, although I have never been in front of the prosecution, I have heard that the above question is one that investigative agencies such as the prosecution or police frequently ask criminals with dirty backgrounds.

This is a very classic question that takes advantage of the fact that if you lie repeatedly, something will go wrong somewhere.

It would be more appropriate to answer these types of questions based on reality rather than lies.

At least I think I’ve had a good time online.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have any friends to take my side when someone like Rokajiji snipes me.

With that pride, I told Woo Min-hee about my Internet history.

“I joined Viva! Apocalypse! before the war………….”

This is the story of my alter ego, Skelton, who is neither a professor nor a Park Gyu.

Skelton, everyone’s cheerful friend who is a little quirky and playful, but very serious when he’s serious.

He calmly and openly told Woo Min-hee about his life on the Internet as “Skeleton.”

Of course, there is a line that must not be crossed in this sincerity.

It’s really awesome.

Even if he gets caught using the internet, it must never be known that this Park Gyu is the same person as Eom Chang-i.

In the first place, Woo Min-hee started to become obsessed with me because of the Eom Chang-i incident that received 10,000 comments on Palenet.

“Ah, as expected, it was a skeleton.”

Woo Min-hee in the fantasy wore a sneer.

“Honestly, I had my doubts. This skeleton story too, how many old school hunters would call Product Ho?
Kim Da-ram obviously won’t go, Hong Seong-sun went to China, and Park Jeong-hoon was cut off from where the nuke was dropped. In the end, if you look at the people left, the only ones left are seniors.”

So it was a product story after all.

There’s nothing I can do.

At that time, it had only been a short while since the war started, and I never thought that my juniors and classmates would be on our bulletin board.

“Senior, you’re a skeleton······.”

The sight of Woo Min-hee bursting into laughter with her arms crossed unfolded before my eyes.

“Honestly, I didn’t believe it.”

“why?”

“No matter how you look at it, that person seems like a senior, but think about it, the cold,
Sometimes, I just can’t accept that the inhuman senior who doesn’t even look human and the boring, obviously strange skeleton are the same person.”

“Does the skeleton look that strange?”

“There are definitely kids like that. Kids who are boring in and of themselves, but want attention.”

Woo Min-hee.

As expected, it’s not easy.

He gave Park Gyu a blow with his words.

If this world were a world of martial arts, you would beat me with such a strong fact that my insides would shake and spurt blood.

“Anyway, that skeleton is your senior? It’s funny. No matter how crazy this world is.”

“Weren’t you 99% sure?”

“Actually, it was half and half. But my senior was also very toxic. He would attach question marks to every article, but I was 99% sure of it when I saw him clench his teeth and ignore it. I thought, this guy is a professor after all.”

“······.”

This is a clue I hadn’t thought of.

You’re associating me with this gritting your teeth and ignoring me.

Did I have that quality?

Now that I think about it, I guess I can’t say there aren’t any at all.

“······Anyway, should we start talking about something heavy?”

Sangsang Woo Min-hee’s hand turned into a hook prosthetic hand.

His sharp, blade-like fingers curl and unfold as if they have their own will.

“It’s so awesome.”

Now, here’s the main point.

You need to come to your senses.

I am not a swindler.

I waited for Woo Min-hee’s next words while engaging in fierce self-hypnosis.

“Isn’t your senior a tough guy?”

“I?”

“no?”

How should I answer?

Two options immediately come to mind.

A traditional handshake where you answer a question with a question.

And the bitter negativity.

The time limit is 1 second.

Even a single second of waiting could arouse Woo Min-hee’s suspicion.

I answered, unconsciously caressing the handle of the axe hanging on my waist.

“I’m not a genius.”

“No?”

Woo Min-hee, who was created through imagination, tilted her head with a terrible smile.

This is the watershed.

He looked straight at the imaginary Woo Min-hee with his eyes, stroked the handle of the axe with his hand, and asked calmly.

“How can I come up with such creative pranks?”

If we assume that every battle and every situation is one story, there is bound to be a flow.

There is a choice to go against the flow and a choice to go with the flow.

My question follows the flow of Woo Min-hee making fun of Skeleton.

“······Hmm.”

Woo Min-hee, who is about to explode, holds back his will to live and folds his arms.

“Well, I doubt that boring, uncreative Skeleton would do something like that.”

“······.”

“I really thought it was Eomchang. He really spoke similar language to the kids I used to deal with.”

“I saw it on PaleNet too. Sorry, but I laughed a little.”

“But why Dr. Amchang?”

“?”

The imaginary Woo Min-hee, who had been at peace for a while, is striking again.

“If he was going to commit fraud anyway, he would have had several names. Why did he choose the similar name Eomchang among all those names?”

“……that.”

This is something I hadn’t thought about.

I did it without really thinking about it.

Amchaeng.

It sticks to your mouth.

“Isn’t your senior a tough guy?”

“?”

“That’s right. Why do you keep lying?”

“No, why am I so angry?”

“Oh my~”

“On the name of Park Gyu, I swear I am not Eom Chang-i. Trust me.”

“Our Eomchang-i~ Shall the teacher make a home visit~?”

“······.”

Things are not going well.

The tempo was broken by Woo Min-hee’s honest pushing.

No, how can you come to the conclusion that it’s a big deal?

But that kind of psychotic conclusion is Woo Min-hee’s style.

however.

“Why did you write something like that?”

Suddenly the flow changed.

Woo Min-hee, who looked like she was going to eat me at any moment, returned to her friendly appearance once again.

“It seems like Dr. Amchang’s writing has a purpose.”

“Oh, that’s what you mean.”

I told the truth.

About the King’s men appearing at the US military base and the series of persistent operations I carried out to drive them out.

“As expected from senior. Smart. You even thought about using the bulletin board to kick out that gang. And you actually succeeded.”

“I lost contact with you at that time and I’m alone, so there has to be another way.”

“So what did the King say?”

He showed me the message the King had sent me.

Of course, that’s without the damn doll photo.

“You won the King’s heart?”

“What kind of guy is he? King?”

“There’s a rumor about Awaken. Originally, there was a gang leader who controlled Sejong City, but that leader was also Awaken. But that person suddenly disappeared and King took over.
“Judging from the fact that there doesn’t seem to be any particular noise, he may be someone with similar abilities to his predecessor.”

“The leader of the Awaken Gang······.”

“I was going to ask you to do something else, but it turned out better.”

Woo Min-hee smiled.

“Can you come and visit King’s neighborhood?”

“what?”

“That’s a tough neighborhood, but I’m sure you’re on friendly terms with King. Wouldn’t it be better to go to the front than to go there? Doctor Umchang?”

“It’s not that great.”

“I’m in Paju now.”

“Paju?”

The moment I heard the word Paju, Woo Min-hee disappeared.

At the same time, I suddenly felt the darkness around me that I had forgotten about for a while.

The darkness of my bunker, cold and damp, silent and lonely.

In the darkness, Woo Min-hee’s voice was heard.

“I’m stopping the eruption.”

“······.”

A fact I had momentarily forgotten took over my consciousness.

Yes, that’s right.

My main enemy is neither Woo Min-hee nor the gang.

There is only one enemy I must kill and destroy.

It’s a monster.

“So you avoided the shelling?”

“It must be Kim Da-ram’s doing. He didn’t even think about me when things were going well, but now that I’m doing better, he treats me like a thorn in his side.”

“What about the other kid? My disciple?”

“Him? He was lucky.”

You’re alive.

My disciple.

I thought I wouldn’t die, but it was as expected.

I spoke into the walkie-talkie, sighing in relief but still feeling a sense of unease that wouldn’t subside.

“How large is the eruption?”

“Not so great. Not yet. But I can feel the echo. An ominous echo that could swallow up the rest of this land.

“······Is this the end of the world march?”

“Maybe. Something on that scale?”

China’s ultimate destruction was ultimately the work of monsters.

Countless monsters poured out from beyond the rift for a week, or perhaps even longer.

The exact date is unknown because all observation equipment and living people in the vicinity were destroyed.

The monsters that poured out are expressed not in numbers, but only in words, not in numbers: unprecedented, unmeasurable.

The Chinese called this endless procession of monsters the “March of Doom” in fear.

The story of how the war began comes after seeing that despair.

If the same thing were to happen on this land, the result would be obvious.

We will not survive.

“There’s a level 10 Awaken in Sejong. He was originally from our facility, but for some reason he left the National Assembly and headed to Sejong.
“If he joins us, it will be a great help. We may be able to delay the imminent destruction even a little.”

“Do you know me?”

“No. You wouldn’t know. You’re still a kid.”

“I don’t think I can bring him.”

“Just meet up and give her a message. If she doesn’t move after hearing that, then there’s nothing I can do.”

“······”

Maybe I overestimated the danger of Eomchang-i.

It seems that Woo Min-hee’s real intention was not to check whether I was Eom Chang-i or not, but to order me to do something. In reality, the situation at the front is serious.

The uprising in Incheon and the attacks on the government are being treated as if they were nothing.

“What are you going to do, senior?”

The image of Woo Min-hee from before appeared before me again, as if alive.

This is the image of a pretty girl with a smile that stands out among her many juniors.

I answered quietly, looking at my junior whose scar had disappeared.

“Okay. It’s a request from my junior.”

It’s a feeling.

It might be dangerous though.

I might lose my life, but that would be the same for my junior.

“But there’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to bring that Awaken.”

“I think I can bring you, since you’re my senior.”

“I’m not close with kids.”

“Senior, isn’t it really that great?”

“It’s not that great.”

“He sang a song saying that he really admires Eom Chang-i. He really wants to meet him.”

Could that really be the reason why you were looking for Eomchang so much?

No, I don’t think so.

Anyway, I made a promise.

I’m going to Sejong.

I will go to Sejong and find the solution to that problem.

It seems like our conversation is coming to an end.

As we were slowly preparing to end the call, Woo Min-hee suddenly asked.

“Senior, are you feeling very lonely these days?”

A voice that has softened a bit.

“I?”

“I’m talking about that article by Dr. Amchang.”

“huh.”

“Edmond K. Park and the weird dubbing, it was like my senior was cursing me.”

“Am I being evil?”

“What should I say? It feels like I can hear my senior’s screams, as if he wants me to find out?”

“okay?”

“You’re singing so loudly that you want to get caught?”

“······.”

“Then I’ll send you his profile and the message to send. Can I send it to the Skeleton account?”

“okay.”

This is our last conversation for today.

In this way, the biggest crisis in Park Gyu’s life ended in a somewhat unexpected way.

You could say it’s half the victory.

After a while, a message arrived.

Message from gijayangban: (Attached file)

I opened the attached file.

“······Written.”

It seems like it’s going to be a big deal.

but.

A message arrived from gijayangban: ?

The familiar symbols in the continued message put my mind at ease.

Now, he quietly muttered while gazing into the darkness of the bunker where the imaginary Woo Min-hee had been.

“I wanted to get caught······.”

Maybe that’s true.

In this fading world where people we know are gradually disappearing, there is nothing to find fault with.

The smile that has crept onto my lips before I knew it is a guarantee of this.

ⓒ Road Warrior #dp8g

(Main comments)

(One Two**) -Recommendation 47-
As mentioned last time, Woo Min-hee always says what she really wants to say last.
Woo Min-hee’s serious behavior is ON today, worried about her lonely senior!

(Antimatter**) -Recommendation 28-
Skeleton… I didn’t realize it because I was always doing crazy things, but I was lonely inside…

(Donggle***) -Recommendation 21-
I think Park Gyu was more distressed than he thought when the Defender siblings and the sniper mother and daughter left.
I was trying to cause a scandal on purpose, but I ended up confessing to Woo Min-hee.

(Passionate**) -Recommendation 19-
After reading everything, I feel more scared towards Kim Da-ram than Woo Min-hee…
Woo Min-hee and Song Hoo-bae almost lost everything…

(Chepil***) -Recommendation 18-
Ha, but really, Kim Da-ram and the fucking bastards of the military faction are trying to close the Jeju Island cracks for the sake of the country by any means necessary.
They are trying to stop the Paju eruption, but they are interfering by firing shells…
I hope Kim Da-ram and the Legion Faction die as miserably as possible.

(Bear and**) -Recommendation 16-
Wow, the connection between Sejong City and King was recovered so cleanly and smoothly.
Did Lotus really eat the fruit of the writer and become enlightened?

(Poly**) -Recommendation 15-
Where is Suu Da-jeong… Skeleton is lonely

(Banggu Seok**) -Recommendation 15-
Woo..I think Woo Min-hee should appear until the end!

(kali***) -Recommendation13-
Now that I think about it, I definitely feel like I was hoping to get caught.
Stay healthy

(Red Rel***) -Recommendation 8-
When you say Eomchang, Eomchang, I thought of you, Dr. M. Chang
It really exists, search it upㅋㅋㅋㅋ

(Thief***) -Recommendation 7-
It was the same last time when we had the captain’s uniform, and Min-hee really likes her senior.

(Baehae**) -Recommendation 7-
It just feels like he keeps calling me a senior

(code**) -Recommendation 6-
Skeleton eventually became one with the professor’s body without leaving it.

(Grape1**) -Recommendation3-
You must have been smiling the whole time you were playing tiki-taka

(Chepil**) – Did you send me a picture of yourself wearing the recommended King doll? This kid has unique tastes.

(Protrol**) -Recommendation 2-
Does Woo Min-hee’s Woo-ssi mean our Min-hee?
Our Mini is the best!

(olr**) -Recommendation 2-
Seriously, I can’t predict the ending of this article…

(Abba**) -Recommendation 2-
Where did Eom Chang-i go who was receiving a proper education from Woo Min-hee who visited his home!!!!

(ursto***) -Recommendation 1-
It was a triple personality.

Not a professor. Not Park Gyu. It’s Skeleton’s story. Goosebumps.