Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 192
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Episode 192
“It looks like the entrance has changed?”
From the beginning, Kim Da-ram showed signs of displeasure.
From then on, I had an ominous feeling that things would go in a different direction than I expected.
“Oh, that toilet.”
Certainly, Kim Da-ram is different from Woo Min-hee.
Although I was jealous of Woo Min-hee during my student days, it was not jealousy of Woo Min-hee herself, but rather jealousy of Woo Min-hee’s life itself, which was following a completely different trajectory from my own.
Compared to herself, who has lost everything and is at the bottom and cannot do anything other than desperately trying, Woo Min-hee is able to achieve similar results while freely doing what she wants.
Their tastes were different even before, but they became more different as they got older.
Kim Da-ram got married at an early age, had children, and became a mother, but Woo Min-hee was a free spirit.
Even though we spent the same amount of time, the experiences would be completely different.
The difference has grown bigger over time and now seems to be going beyond differences to becoming antagonistic.
Kim Da-ram suddenly said as he watched me turn on my laptop and log into Viva! Apocalypse!
“You have satellite internet. You too, senior.”
A voice that doesn’t even convey the slightest hint of interest.
At that time, I felt a similar feeling of certainty.
Maybe my forbidden record means nothing to Kim Da-ram. If that’s the case, let’s show strength from the beginning.
SKELTON: (Skeleton Video) Skeleton’s Beatbox (3)
This is the most raw and yet pure footage from the early days of the war that I have ever shot. I boldly pressed the play button toward Kim Da-ram, who was looking at the monitor with her arms crossed with a cold face. Lee Park-gyu, whose face was hidden on the screen, appeared and performed the beat boxing that he had been honing since his days in China, lightly shaking his body to the beat.
“Chicken, slap, slap~ Chikichiki, slap, slap~”
This is a video that was met with contempt and disgust from everyone for some unknown reason.
I wonder if Kim Da-ram feels similar emotions.
“Ah, this.”
Kim Da-ram looked at his wristwatch, beating the janggu with no soul.
“Senior, when you were in Beijing, you often practiced alone?”
No response.
But that doesn’t mean Park Gyu will waver.
I showed the nonsense I had written to Kim Da-ram.
It’s not difficult.
If you search with the nickname Skeleton, all the miscellaneous, trivial records I’ve written will be displayed in front of Kim Da-ram.
SKELTON: (Skeleton Daily Life) I tried making a wool felt doll~
SKELTON: (Skeleton Cooking) 5 Minute Ramen
SKELTON: (Skeleton Humor) What if a crocodile cries? Crocodile~
SKELTON: (Skeleton’s theory) Why are you going to a place like The Hope? Anyone can tell that it’s a sloppy construction.
SKELTON: (Skeleton memories) Actually, I also had a good time once.
···
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Although these are records from 2-3 years ago, every time I look at them, the feelings and emotions I felt when I wrote them at the time are copied, as if I was replaying an old, low-quality video.
That feeling may be made up of a bunch of different emotions, but the one that takes up the largest portion is probably longing.
Because there were a lot more users and friends than there are now, and it was a bit more affordable.
I would never have met Kim Da-ram like this.
To be honest, I’m afraid of her now.
“It’s similar to what the head of the integrated headquarters does.”
different.
I never thought our personalities or tastes were the same, but they’ve become so different.
“I’ll go soon. I’m stopping by anyway.”
conclusion.
Not the slightest interest.
The only person she showed interest in inside my bunker was Kim Pil-seong’s Park Do.
She suddenly asked, looking at the cool blade with the word “invincible” engraved on it hanging on the wall.
“Did that guy challenge you to a duel or something?”
“······That’s why I survived.”
“I thought so. That guy was full of confidence. He said he killed a lot of people in China, and he kept asking me where my senior was. He said he thought he would win if we fought again.”
She said more than I ever did when I looked at her internet history.
As she left the bunker, she paused for a moment and opened her mouth.
“I’m on my way to Seoul. I’ve taken on a dangerous task.”
In my experience, this is Kim Da-ram’s true nature.
“I might die.”
I thought it wasn’t my problem whether she lived or died.
“When I die, someone else will take my place.”
Kim Da-ram stared at Park Do with his one remaining eye.
“There were quite a few people like Kim Pil-seong?”
“······.”
“It’s a bit more controlled because I’m here.”
Certainly, Kim Da-ram is my teammate.
He knows me well and knows how to move.
It doesn’t make blind threats or empty promises that can’t be kept. It convinces me simply by presenting a possible future based on reality.
“Why? If you die, it seems like the second or third Kim Pil-sung will come here?”
“There are quite a few people who have fantasies about the Golden Fleece. Also, there are some who are obsessed with the name Professor. Those who graduated from school admit it, but those who graduated from academies don’t.”
“If you’re going to come, then come.”
“But there’s no one who would dare to attack as honestly as Kim Pil-seong.”
“······Written.”
That would be the problem.
Kim Da-ram fiddled with his blindfold.
“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen if I don’t die.”
Kim Da-ram turned around.
He opened his mouth towards her as she was leaving the bunker.
“I can help you once in a while.”
Kim Da-ram smiled.
“It’ll take about a day. Is that okay?”
*
Clank-
Inside the shaking armored vehicle.
Kim Da-ram is checking his weapons.
12.7mm Daemonster Rifle “Aegisal”,
This is the weapon that Kim Da-ram enjoyed using during his active years.
To reduce the weight of one of the few domestically produced hunter equipment, cumbersome attachments were removed and all possible parts were replaced with lightweight plastic, but it is still a heavy gun weighing over 10 kg.
It is one of the many Hunter-type flops that was ambitiously developed but was classified as a failure like Blader.
It has a simple structure and is highly reliable, but because the original was a medium-sized machine gun, its accuracy is poor at long distances, and although the power of each shot is high, it is lightweight but cannot fire in rapid succession, and it does not have any convenient equipment or safety devices, so it did not gain popularity.
However, Kim Da-ram seemed to like the failed equipment and chose that weapon over the German rifle he had been using.
When I asked her why one day, she just smiled and answered.
“I want to catch a medium-sized fish too. The two of us can do it, right?”
It was good that I had taken the weapon of memories out of the armory, but one question lingered in my mind.
“Can you use that gun?”
Kim Da-ram lost an eye.
You can’t shoot a gun with one eye.
People determine the exact location of objects by the difference in the positions of their two eyes.
You can’t shoot accurately with just one eye.
Moreover, our enemies are monsters that require more precise shooting than any other enemy.
Maybe the blindfold she’s wearing is just a cosplay item, but that deep scar across her eye is real.
It’s not very likely that your eye will be intact after sustaining such a deep wound.
“I’m just shooting by feeling. If I miss anyway, what more can I do but die?”
Kim Da-ram answered nonchalantly.
“What about Dong Zhuo?”
“Well, I guess her husband raised her well. Our General Kim Byeong-cheol is a cruel and eccentric person, but he takes good care of his subordinates. That’s why he lasted a long time among all those generals.”
General Kim Byeong-cheol is a figure who has recently emerged.
He was only a brigade commander when the Legion faction was first formed, but he seems to have pushed out all the famous war heroes and veteran generals and finally took control of the Legion faction.
The execution of Bang Su-byeon was also the work of this person.
Kim Da-ram appears to be in the line of Captain Kim Byeong-cheol.
“I’m not particularly worried. But I don’t want to die either, that’s what Mom feels.”
“······What does your husband do?”
“I’m in the hospital.”
“Do people still get plastic surgery these days?”
“How much demand is there?”
“What? In these times?”
“You can’t even say that? In the past, it was expensive so no one could rush in, but now, they come home exhausted every night from changing faces of generals, mistresses, and other things for almost no pay.”
When talking about her husband, Kim Da-ram had a warm smile on her face that she had never shown to me before.
I saw her scar protruding beyond the blindfold.
You’ve fixed so many people’s faces, but you haven’t been able to hide even one of your wife’s scars.
It seems that Kim Da-ram’s establishment was relatively recent, so there may have been nothing they could do at the time.
The car stopped in intermittent silence.
The entrance to Seoul.
The Legion camp is visible beneath a faded sign that says something about digital something or other.
As we got out of the armored vehicle, we were approached by men dressed in free-spirited attire who appeared to be hunters.
“Team leader.”
“Team leader.”
“Team Leader Kim!”
It seems that Kim Da-ram is called the team leader.
“Reconnaissance complete.”
“There were quite a lot of numbers, weren’t there?”
“No new species has been found in Area D, but Areas B and C have been confirmed through drone reconnaissance.”
They are faces that are equally fierce and have an uncontrollable rebellious spirit.
You must have gone through countless crises and been on the brink of life and death.
The level of trust these formidable people have in Kim Da-ram is considerable.
I don’t trust him to an absolute degree, but I have deep trust in him as a leader.
It was true that Kim Da-ram had established himself in the Legion faction.
While she was talking to her subordinate, the defender approached her and spoke to her in a subtle way.
“As expected of Skeleton, I never thought I’d see Team Leader Kim acting like a senior.”
He didn’t say a word or pretend to know anything inside the armored vehicle.
Instead of words, I expressed my gratitude with my facial expressions.
“What’s wrong with your legs? Are you faking it?”
“Similar.”
“But you still brought me here?”
He shook his head with a bitter smile, glaring at the back of Kim Da-ram’s head.
“Well, no one can withstand Team Leader Kim’s back slap. But he’s an amazing person. He’s actually someone who’s accomplished this much in enemy territory. He’s also had a number of creepy plots.”
“plot?”
“It seems that several men tried to rape and kill Team Leader Kim because she was a woman and made fun of her.”
okay?”
“They all died at the hands of Team Leader Kim, but one of them swung an axe and hit Team Leader Kim in the eye.”
“It’s an axe······.”
“There are quite a few people who cosplay as professors. Especially those from academies.”
The Defender saw a group of people staring at him with dark eyes from a corner.
Those who graduated from the academy,
These are the people who created short-term training facilities to meet the growing demand for hunters with only school graduates.
John Nae-non was one of these.
“Hey, school friends, how are your skills?”
“I think it’s better at catching people than monsters.”
As we were talking like that, Kim Da-ram turned towards us.
Defender and I looked elsewhere as if nothing had happened.
Kim Da-ram waved at me.
He limped towards her.
Kim Da-ram looked at my legs and asked.
“Can you jump?”
“If you overdo it.”
“You don’t have to run. I won’t make you run.”
Kim Da-ram gestured to the people.
Amidst the commotion, a group of people approached us.
“fountain!”
This is Song Yu-jin.
Not only her, but there was also Lee Ho-yeon, a level 4 Awaken who had previously roamed around Seoul with her.
“No, why are you guys here?”
Song Yu-jin sighed with a bitter smile on her face.
“Isn’t that life? Resignations and job changes happen all the time, right? Sam.”
Kim Da-ram, who was watching, said.
“They were the kids under Woo Min-hee, but they kicked out all the unnecessary people.”
“okay?”
“He says he’s only recruiting the best to plug the rift, but I wonder, maybe he lacked resources? If he reduces his mouth, won’t his share increase?”
Every time Woo Min-hee’s name is mentioned, Kim Da-ram’s face becomes filled with emotion.
It looks like you still really hate Woo Min-hee.
Well, how many people would like our Mini (20)?
“I’ll give you a quick briefing.”
Kim Da-ram guided me to the tent.
A somewhat faded map of Seoul was spread out on a table inside the tent.
“We’re in Gasan-dong now. From here, we’re going to clean up along the road going north.”
There was an area circled with a red marker on the map.
“Monster?”
Kim Da-ram nodded.
“That’s quite a lot of numbers, huh?”
It looks like there are more than ten, but Kim Da-ram said with an expression that said it was nothing.
“Don’t worry, they’re just monsters.”
“You know you’ll be treated strangely if you say that to other people, right?”
“That’s why I called you, senior.”
“······.”
“We’re going to clean from here all the way to the National Assembly building in Yeouido. Get some sleep tonight, we’ll start at dawn tomorrow.”
“Then isn’t it two days?”
“Did you know that according to labor laws, break times are not included in working hours?”
“Have you ever had a part-time job?”
“Me? There’s no way I could be here.”
“I’ve never even worked part-time, so talking about labor laws doesn’t seem right.”
“Why are you so serious all of a sudden?”
“······.”
Let’s close it.
What can you say if you try to talk to a guy who’s never even worked part-time?
Still, since you are my senior, I have prepared a special tent for you.
Inside the tent, there were drinking water, coffee, simple snacks, toilet paper, towels, toothbrushes, and even a cell phone charger and battery.
Even though we’ve been working together for a long time, we still have that same meticulous attention to detail.
He’s definitely the type of person who is comfortable working together.
Although he changed a lot as a person by wearing a suit instead of a combat uniform, he was an unrivaled subordinate on the battlefield.
So that’s why I searched for her when I lost contact with her.
The problem is that when you actually look for it, it doesn’t come, and when you pray for it not to come, it comes.
We’re inside the tent, but it’s still 8 o’clock.
I hear a commotion around me.
“No, how can this be possible? How can I handle everything from here to Yeouido in one day?”
“If you want to be rude, you have to be rude. I heard that our Chief of the Joint Headquarters wants to reclaim Seoul by Memorial Day and give a speech at the National Assembly.”
“Is that why you go around cosplaying as Park Chung-hee?”
“He said he was Che Guevara.”
“Isn’t Che Guevara a guerrilla?”
“Either way, it can’t be done in a day. Even though Area D is more spacious than the other areas, there are still a few monsters reported.”
“I think he’ll do it? Considering that he not only sent Team Leader Kim to the scene, but also gathered up the scraps of the National Assembly?”
“Fuck, I’m going to make a graveyard tomorrow.”
I think I have a rough idea of what’s going on.
Kim Da-ram’s superior wanted to cheer him up, so he gave Kim Da-ram an unreasonable order.
Kim Da-ram came to me to resolve that unreasonable order.
It was pointless to put on a shit show by limping and showing off his alter ego called Skeleton.
From the beginning, Kim Da-ram had planned to take me with him.
Just as I know her skills, she also knows my true skills.
You can tell just by looking at the locations and numbers of monsters displayed on the map.
It’s something that has to be done by us.
*
The next day, it’s operation time.
“Senior, are you ready?”
Kim Da-ram came to the tent.
She was already fully prepared for battle.
Likewise, after I was ready, I finally placed the two axes I had placed on the table and fastened the harness to my body.
Kim Da-ram stared at me with his one remaining eye and opened his mouth.
“Did you hear the noise outside?”
I think I know what you’re trying to say.
Kim Da-ram must have heard it too.
How reckless and impossible this operation was.
Kim Da-ram slept inside a camper van, but just because it was a camper van didn’t mean he could block out the complaints he heard from all directions.
He nodded with a bitter smile.
“······uh.”
“How many did we kill that day in Beijing?”
“Thirty-four, no, thirty-five.”
“There are less than half now, no hostile civilians or fanatics.”
He nodded and opened the tent flap.
Underneath the sky, which is still dim but slightly tinged with dawn, you can see the faces of countless people lined up.
They look at me and whisper.
“By the way, who is that person?”
“I’ve been feeling this way since yesterday, but that limping guy is getting special treatment.”
“What do you know?”
It seems that Kim Da-ram didn’t tell anyone else about my information.
You could call it consideration.
I hate doing dangerous things even if it kills me, but this is how things turned out.
No choice but to do it.
Ironically, my heart flutters a little.
“Shall we begin?”
Why wouldn’t you be excited?
The moment has come to kill the monster with your best partner.
That was something I thought I would never experience again in my life.
With everything gone, today my flames of hatred can feast without restraint.
End
ⓒRoad Warrior#
(Main comments)
(round***) -Recommendation86-
If Kim Da-ram is Park Gyu’s partner, then his poker face level must be just as good as Park Gyu’s, right?
Then, when Park Gyu revealed the achievement called Skeleton today, wasn’t Kim Da Ram screaming inside? That such a desolate human being had become so ruined.
If you look at the fact that there is no reaction at all and that he is trying to ignore it while paying attention to Kim Pil-seong’s Park Do, it seems likely.
(YoR**) -Recommendation 64-
You’re not interested in Skeleton? Among the Skeleton Professors, Skeleton is the weakest.
(Antimatter**) -Recommendation 43-
Look carefully! And tell everyone! Then they might ask me to wear the armband again!
(aksee***) -Recommendation33-
I used to practice beatboxing sometimes even when I was a professor in China…
(Che**) -Recommendation33-
It seems like the squirrel is confident that he can swing it as he pleases.
Well, our Skeleton Umchang is very different from the professor.
(Galaxy***) -Recommendation 31-
Our Mini?! Our Minieeeeeeeeeeeeee?!?!?!?!?!
(Myeongwonjunggong**) -Recommendation 28-
Dongtakwangmi and Dongtanmam are both shit
(Kopunko**) -Recommendation 26-
Kim Da-ram just ignores whatever Skeleton does… They may not have a physical relationship, but it seems like Kim Da-ram is his soulmate.
(gano***) -Recommendation24-
Kim Da-ram and Woo Min-hee are really opposites
Kim Da-ram thought he could do that on the internet. Instead of spring, he can’t stand the middle toilet.
On the other hand, Woo Min-hee didn’t really care about the toilet, but he couldn’t be sure about Skeleton’s actions even though there was a lot of evidence.
I guess this is the difference between accepting skeletons and professors.
(Milk too***) -Recommendation 17-
Song Yoo-jin changed jobs, and if she knows Kim Da-ram, then she probably already knows that Kim Da-ram is a skeleton faking disease, right? ㅋㅋ
(Up until now, Park Gyu has been ignored, teased, put in danger of death, and betrayed, but he has not cared at all.
The sight of Kim Da-ram ignoring Skeleton is more painful than anything else….
(Laman**) -Recommendation 13-
Our Mini (20)??!?!?!?
(SSF***) -Recommendation 14-
Now it’s Professor’s time! Skeletons are enough, get out!!
(Star***) -Recommendation 12-
God of Laundry Road Warrior ㄷㄷ
(Balcon**) -Recommendation 11-
Indeed, Kim Da-ram
I know that no comments are more fatal than malicious comments.
I see you’re trying hard to keep your cool
(Detention First*) -Recommendation 8-
Kim Da-ram, who is a legend, almost got murdered and lost an eye.
The professor is in the corner of the room…
It’s because of the atmosphere, but the content is miserable and sad
(Snow**) -Recommendation 7-
If you put it like this, Woo Min-hee is an angel.
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