Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 194



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Episode 194

I made a lot of excuses, but a part of my heart was always on the battlefield.

It was all because of this that I was beaten to death after undergoing three high-level psychopathic tests, that I dipped my spit in dozens of litmus papers, and that I tried to take I.M.Jesus with me.

Once Awakened, you can return to the battlefield.

But I didn’t become Awaken.

That’s why I hated Kang Han-min and Na Hye-in.

I was jealous and resentful of those who took the battlefield away from me.

I hoped they would fail.

That was Park Gyu’s honest feelings.

Not anymore though.

“······As expected, Senior Park, you haven’t rusted at all, have you? Even with that bridge.”

When I killed the thirteenth one, Kim Da-ram first complimented me. I asked her something along the same lines.

“Aren’t you actually blind?”

You can’t succeed in all 32 interim dates with just feelings.

“I’m good at shooting, aren’t I? Isn’t it true that the senior who does that has good legs?”

“······.”

I guess it’s okay.

Whether her eyes are normal or she really shoots with her senses.

My body feels warm for the first time in a while.

How long has it been?

It was the first time I felt so alive,

It might be the first time since I wore the armband.

“?!”

for a moment.

This doesn’t seem quite right.

The armband is nice, but it doesn’t compare to the satisfaction you feel on the battlefield.

“senior?”

Kim Da-ram tilted his head at me.

“Is something bad happening?”

“I?”

“No, because your complexion doesn’t look good.”

“armband.”

“armband?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

“Are you tired? Want to rest?”

“No, let’s just go ahead and do it. I’ve finally gotten the hang of it, and I don’t want to lose it.”

Kim Da-ram pointed to a large blue building standing alone over there.

“It’s the last one.”

Our final destination has been revealed.

This is the National Assembly building.

*

Maybe it’s because it’s the last location, but the stopping work isn’t finished yet.

Bang! Bang! Tata tata tang!

bang!

I can hear gunshots and explosions, so it looks like it’ll be a while.

Even when I entered the National Assembly building before due to the Park Sang-min case, the spider type had already created a rather complex labyrinth.

The difficulty would be as fraught with danger as dealing with the spider’s body.

I don’t want to rest, but I decided to wait for a while because going in while the work is stopped could lead to the risk of friendly fire or other dangers.

Although we were given the same waiting time, Kim Da-ram and I were not in the same place.

I rested in the private barracks, and Kim Da-ram went into the armored vehicle and did not come out.

People around us looked puzzled at how we, who hunted together as a combo, were acting individually, but from our perspective, this was natural.

We finally got together and had fun killing monsters, but nothing was resolved between us.

I never forgave her, and she never really asked for forgiveness.

The passage of events has brought us together again, but after today, this brief alliance will mean nothing.

It’s true that I want to return to the battlefield, but that doesn’t mean I want to die a dog’s death.

I am a professor, but I am also a skeleton.

I cherish both the battlefield and the armband.

Beep- beep- beep-

As I was organizing my thoughts, I heard the sound of a walkie-talkie.

It’s not mine, it’s the soldiers outside.

Hunters and soldiers came and went busily.

Even though I didn’t want to hear the rumbling, it still entered my ears without my permission.

“I heard the director is coming?”

“The chief?”

“It might be dangerous.”

“Oh, Colonel Park told me to stay put. The chief is the type of person who absolutely hates doing useless things for himself.”

As I was wandering around outside the tent, the armored vehicle door opened and Kim Da-ram came out.

It looks like you have something to say to me.

“It looks like it’s almost finished.”

As expected, a car pulled out from the Capitol and headed straight for me. It was the car carrying the hunters who were working on stopping the vehicle, and among them were some faces I recognized.

“fountain!”

This is Song Yu-jin.

“I heard you were very active today too?!”

“I didn’t do much. I just ate what people around me prepared for me.”

That’s half true.

The problem is that it’s not easy to eat the food that’s been served.

Song Yu-jin, who was happy to see me, belatedly became aware of Kim Da-ram and awkwardly reported with a deadpan face.

“Tea, Team Leader!”

“huh.”

Unlike Woo Min-hee, Kim Da-ram does not have a bad habit of harassing people and finding pleasure in it.

It’s like hitting the back of the head, but Kim Da-ram has far surpassed Woo Min-hee in the basic human conditions required by society since his school days.

Song Yu-jin reported to Kim Da-ram in a trembling voice.

“There are people.”

‘person?”

“Yes, strange people. That… that, Mandu religion?”

“The religion of Manryu.”

Kim Da-ram looked back at me.

“I think there’s a fanatic here?”

“This is becoming a nuisance.”

You can think of the fanatics living in the monster den as being in league with the monsters.

Even if the monster does not accept them as companions, the fanatics who live with the monster act like the monster’s servants.

Although the difficulty of each pattern may be high, the fact that humans are included, unlike monsters that have stereotypical behaviors, makes the mission more difficult.

Of course, our manual contains solutions that take this situation into account.

He observed the National Assembly building with his telescope, looking for any signs of snipers or other humans, and spoke to Kim Da-ram in a subtle way.

“Let’s do it according to the manual.”

When there are hostile humans and monsters in one area, the field manual recommends bombardment. It would be best if the monsters could be dealt with by bombardment, but the main purpose of bombardment is to target humans.

In other words, it is a story about destroying the human beings inside from the seed.

In China, in such cases, biological and chemical weapons could be used solely at the discretion of the field commander.

The international community condemned it as an inhumane act, but as someone who was there, I was not sure. Is it really something that deserves to be criticized?

Those who defend the enemies of humans and turn humans into enemies while being human are, in a sense, no different from monsters.

“Are you talking about a request for artillery fire?”

Kim Da-ram asked back.

“Did you forget what the manual said?”

“I just checked again.”

Kim Da-ram got into the armored vehicle.

It appears that they are trying to request artillery fire using the communications equipment inside the armored vehicle.

Soon, Kim Da-ram came out of the armored vehicle.

The expression is not good.

As I was watching silently, Kim Da-ram shook his head and approached me.

“That’s difficult.”

“why?”

“The higher-ups responded that they could not destroy a symbolic building of the Republic of Korea, such as the National Assembly building, due to the difficulty of the operation.”

“People can die? Wasn’t it the motto of the Legion to cherish each and every soldier’s life?”

“You may be making all sorts of excuses, but the point is the same.”

Kim Da-ram looked around, then came to me and whispered in my ear.

“The chief is going to give a speech there. So he probably doesn’t want to destroy the building any further. He needs to at least repair the exterior of the memorial.”

“okay?”

I knew it, but the Legion faction is also a really frustrating organization.

They keep talking nice things like they are the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and such, but in the end, the story is that they are nothing more than a more powerful and well-organized warlord.

It is not much different from Sejong City, which is ruled by the king.

“The chief of staff will be here soon. Retaking the National Assembly building is his long-cherished wish.”

“I can’t help it.”

He pointed to the armored vehicle.

“Let’s start before that guy comes.”

“Are you going to force it like this?”

“I want to deal with this quickly before we get interrupted. But I have to be sure. I’d like to increase the number of combatants available.”

“We can deploy three more teams.”

“Tell the team that went out to do the work to find out the exact location of the monster.”

The reason I have repeatedly emphasized that people are the greatest enemy since the beginning of the war may be because I was so tormented by the instability and danger that people bring when I was on the battlefield.

There are fewer variables when dealing with only monsters.

Very difficult or doable.

When humans are involved, the range of variables increases dramatically.

Therefore, efforts to reduce the variables must come first.

For example, striking at an area where the enemy can control, identifying an area where the enemy can establish a kill zone in advance and destroying it early, or not being lax in guarding and observing areas where an ambush or a flanking attack is possible.

“Oh, and the girl I just talked to, Song Yu-jin, put her in the reserve group.”

“He was a sensor, wasn’t he?”

“Uh. If there’s someone else, I’ll take their place.”

“Why? Because I know her?”

“No, because I can’t stand it.”

Kim Da-ram called Song Yu-jin.

“You said you had sensory abilities.”

“yes yes!”

“Okay. Join B Squad.”

“yes!”

As Song Yu-jin ran vigorously, Kim Da-ram turned his head toward me.

“He’s the only one with the ability to sense things.”

“Then I guess there’s nothing I can do.”

When trust is broken, it leads to many troubles.

Just now, I had a suspicion that Kim Da-ram was lying when he said that there was no other person with the ability to sense things besides Song Yu-jin.

It’s a pointless, unnecessary suspicion, but that’s how trust is broken.

In almost every situation, we suspect and doubt the other party, and that feeling soon turns into ill feelings. We can work together on one operation.

But building a sustainable relationship is impossible.

After realizing that fact, he got into the armored vehicle with Kim Da-ram.

“······Do you remember a person named Baek Seung-hyun?”

He opened his mouth and looked out the window.

“Baek Seung-hyun?”

Kim Da-ram made a face as if he didn’t know whether he didn’t remember or was pretending not to know.

“Senior Han Jiksu.”

“Oh, that freelance hunter? I remember now.”

“Do you know where that person is?”

“Incheon?”

“I’m in China.”

“china?”

Although Kim Da-ram is not the type to show her emotions easily, this time she also expressed her surprise.

“I was on a refugee ship.”

“1st? 2nd?”

“Second.”

“I know the first one was a total annihilation, but I think the second one will be similar?”

“No, there are some living people.”

“Baek Seung-hyun is in there?”

“uh.”

He added a word as he watched the National Assembly building getting closer.

“That person has a child too.”

At that moment, Kim Da-ram’s one remaining pupil contracted for a moment.

“······They say he’s still alive and well to protect that child.”

I planted bones in my words in a way that is not typical of me.

Kim Da-ram showed no reaction to this.

I wonder if you feel anything.

That’s because they don’t even do that common fact-checking.

In an awkward silence, another car followed us, tailgating as we approached the Capitol.

“Get out! Deploy immediately!”

Hunters and soldiers in combat uniforms took their places in an orderly manner in the vehicle.

Clank-

There were shooters positioned everywhere.

It’s a person-to-person sniper, not a monster-to-monster.

They serve as our guard, keeping a close eye on any points where people could emerge from the ruins of the Capitol and attack us.

Wheein—

Several aerial drones, which could be considered the eyes of this era, soared into the sky.

Some even entered the Capitol.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

“Units 4 and 7 are lost.”

A bespectacled drone operator reported the situation by typing on a box-shaped computer keyboard.

“This is a cult-controlled area reported by the stoppage work team.”

Kim Da-ram passed by me and spoke to his subordinates.

“Is that a pistol? .22 caliber.”

She asked sharply, staring at the stationary work crew ahead of her.

“There were no other weapons? And any signs of Awakening?”

Kim Da-ram turned to the side, pulling out his pistol.

Coincidentally, I did the same thing as her.

Because something presumed to be human appeared in the ruins of the Capitol.

“What is that? It’s a zombie?”

Kim Da-ram put his gun back in its holster and motioned for his subordinates to take care of it.

I saw zombies.

One female zombie with a sharp piece of debris stuck in her head, and another old female zombie covered in dust and draped in old and torn, but still looking designer clothes.

That old female zombie has a face I recognize.

“······.”

This is the mother of proportional representation member of the National Assembly Park Sang-min, who met his end at the National Assembly building.

The mother, who tried to project herself onto her son by nagging him like that, ended up having to wander around her son’s side even after death.

Two men carrying heavy iron bars, more like sledgehammers than clubs, approached and struck the zombies.

Thud! Thud!

The zombies fell mercilessly with a crashing sound.

The large fellow, now looking like a young man, holding the club, grinned at me. He had something like a tattoo on his teeth.

[LE OR DIE]

Does it mean lies or death?

I don’t know about anything else, but this guy.

He has eyes that resemble Kim Pil-sung.

It seems certain that there are many people within the Legion Faction who, like Kim Pil-seong, mistakenly believe that if they kill me, my achievements and fame will be theirs.

It’s not pretty, but at least it’s true that Kim Da-ram is keeping these guys in check.

“······let’s go.”

This is the last hunt of the day.

< 89. Forbidden Record (4) 〉 End

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(Main comments)

(mord**) -Recommendation53-

If you want to see Awaken, search for 'Hunter' on Moonpia and look at the top works. It's more certain than asking for a strict superpowered main character in other works.

(g4133***) -Recommendation 38-

The commander's greed causes his subordinates to die. Why is this behavior, which would be considered detestable even in the apocalypse, still happening today?

(jimbo***) -Recommendation32-

I think the skeleton was about to come back in the middle lol

(Maple**) -Recommendation 32-

The battlefield and the armband. The professor and the skeleton..ugh

(One Two****) -Recommendation 30-

A lot of people are going to die because of that bastard called the chief's greed.

It was a black comedy that criticized reality with a hidden agenda.

(Antimatter**) -Recommendation 26-

Seeing people who appeared before reappear dead gives me the feeling that we're slowly entering the second half.

(Passionate***) -Recommendation 23-

Song Yu-jin: Ma, Mandu-gyo?

Skeleton: I don't think so

Eom Chang-i: Battlefield Armband Ganjjajang

(Ran**) -Recommendation 14-

Kim Da-ram: What Baek Seung-hyun said, wasn't it Park Gyu's signal that he understands your situation and that he will forgive you if you apologize now?

Kim Da-ram is silent here too ㅜㅜ

(round**) -Recommendation 11-

Baek Seung-heon was exploited by Kim Da-ram and barely managed to survive by joining Incheon's pioneering group.

Kim Da-ram is an innocent victim of the atrocities he committed to establish himself in the Legion.

(Yahoo**) -Recommendation 8-

Professor, it seems like he told you to keep Song Yoo-jin as a reserve because she might become dangerous during operations, not because she's ugly. He takes care of her like she's his only disciple.

(Roo**) -Recommendation 5-

The armband and the battlefield… all things that Park Gyu lost…