Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 195



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Episode 195

The scenery inside the Capitol has changed beyond recognition.

The Spider-Type’s signature architect instinct kicked in without fail, transforming the entire Capitol into a complex structure as complex as the labyrinth that the Minotaur was trapped in.

Although the work crews used bombs and bulldozers to clear the road, they were unable to completely clear the road due to counterattacks by underlings and fanatics.

In other words, the operation must be carried out in a situation where the defense power of the fortress created by the spider type is maintained.

There are even fanatics inside this building.

I asked Kim Da-ram as we walked down a gloomy hallway that had once been covered with gorgeous carpets but was now eroded by a grayish white color.

“Aren’t there fanatics on your side too?”

“There is.”

“Wouldn’t those guys be angry if I killed them?”

“Specifically? Those people would be more outraged by the death of the monsters we slaughtered than by the killing of the fanatics here.”

Kim Da-ram sighed.

“It’s a shit that the toilet has made.”

“Waterproof?”

“That’s a human idea. There are many Awakens among the fanatics, so if we accept them, it will definitely help our forces.”

Kim Da-ram spoke in an unusually emotional voice.

“······What the heck, there were only North Korean trash addicted to drugs.”

Analysts cited the sudden annihilation of the North Korean royal family as the primary cause of North Korea’s collapse.

The loss of the royal family that had ruled North Korea harshly for decades meant that the chain of command literally collapsed, leading to a total collapse.

However, soldiers dispatched to North Korea before the war and new scholars present different opinions.

North Korea, like China, was also helped in its demise by fanatics.

The invasion and erosion of monsters destroyed the cracks in the solidly controlled society, and through these cracks, countless traitors were produced and overthrown the nation itself.

Whichever side is right, it is true that there are many fanatics in North Korea, and it is also true that they have come down to South Korea disguised as ordinary refugees.

Not all refugees are bad, but some have flaws that make them unacceptable to Korean society.

“I wish they would catch me and throw me in the gas chamber just like the chief said.”

If Kim Da-ram, who has a similar neutral disposition to me, makes such extreme remarks, then he must be a real pain in the ass.

The fanatic girl I saw in Sejong was also hardly normal.

If thousands of people like that cause trouble, a sense of disgust that didn’t exist before will emerge.

I don’t like fanatics either.

As Kim Da-ram said, I don’t agree with throwing them in gas chambers en masse, but at least on the battlefield, they are an obstacle that must be dealt with before monsters.

Actually, we are heading towards the cult controlled area, not the area with the monsters.

The members are me, Kim Da-ram, and three unnamed fighters.

One of them was carrying a flamethrower.

Outside the building, Song Yu-jin uses her sensing ability to watch the wall in real time to see if there are any humans approaching us.

“Sam! It’s okay. It’s in one place. Yes.”

Song Yoo-jin’s chattering voice can be heard continuously through the communicator. But this guy talks a lot.

“Sam. What’s your relationship with Team Leader Kim? You’re not a lover or anything, right? Team Leader Kim is married. Huh?! Are you… having an affair?!”

“Be quiet.”

They’re making such a fuss because it’s a private channel. If it were a public channel, Kim Da-ram would have called them out right away and taken the lead.

As I nagged at him like that, a slightly raspy voice came from the other end of the transmitter.

“I’d like to be quiet too, but isn’t it okay now? The servants have been cleared out and there are only people there anyway. If not now, how else would Sam and I have a conversation between two priests?”

Kim Da-ram, who was walking next to me, looks back at me.

“What are you doing?”

“It seems like the old disciple has something to say.”

“Oh, really? Then I’ll take the lead.”

The reason I liked Kim Da-ram when I was active is because he made people feel comfortable.

Even now, that comfort has not changed.

Song Yu-jin started talking again, whether she knew the truth or not.

“Aren’t you curious about Director Woo Min-hee’s story?”

“That’s interesting.”

“······It’s true that the chief abandoned us, but there was nothing we could do. We were powerless, so even if we stayed, we would just be a burden.”

“Is the situation that bad?”

“It’s really hell there! Hell! If only the chief had guided them north, this place would have already become a monster paradise.”

Woo Min-hee.

She was working hard, which is unusual for her.

One thing that makes me wonder is why she, a free spirit, would volunteer for such a desperate mission in such a dangerous place.

Given her personality, she would have thrown it away a long time ago and chosen to live a comfortable life in the safe rear.

“Oh, the manager said that there might be good news soon.”

“Good news?”

At that moment, Kim Da-ram raised his left arm. Stop sign.

Looks like I found something.

“That’ll be later.”

I turned down the volume of my radio and focused forward.

I see a barricade.

It was probably built by a fanatic.

There’s no sign of people beyond the barricade, but it can’t hurt to be careful.

“Song Yu-jin.”

Kim Da-ram spoke into the communicator.

“How many are ahead of us?”

“There’s no one there.”

“Send out a drone to check for explosives.”

A small reconnaissance drone following us passed us and scanned the area behind the barricade. It found crude explosive devices and combustible materials.

Kim Da-ram took out a grenade and threw it over the barricade.

bang!

“Check the fuse.”

Kim Da-ram spoke and the drone pilot answered.

“It’s disconnected.”

Kim Da-ram sent out his subordinates.

They got behind the barricade, secured the explosives, and gave us the OK sign.

“······.”

This is the difficulty of dealing with people.

First of all, it becomes sluggish.

Once you find a problem, you have to eliminate the cause of the problem one by one and move forward.

You could do it roughly, but that would require a lot of team members. Friends who you wouldn’t mind killing or crippling.

“Barricade ahead.”

Another obstacle appeared.

But this time, something is different.

There is a person.

Inside the door in front of the barricade, not behind the barricade.

It appears to be an office with no name, and although there is no door, the angle is almost perpendicular to ours, so we cannot see inside.

However, Song Yu-jin said that there were about five fanatics inside.

Clank-

Clank-

The drone flew as the fighters’ guns were aimed at the entrance.

Bang! Bang!

Gunshots rang out from inside the chamber, and the drone, hit twice, fell limply to the ground. It was definitely inside.

Kim Da-ram gestured to his subordinate holding a flamethrower.

“Burn it.”

“for a moment.”

I looked around.

It’s completely blocked on all sides.

And the barricade at that dead end.

I think of another possibility.

This is the difficulty of dealing with people.

First of all, it becomes sluggish.

Once you find a problem, you have to eliminate the cause of the problem one by one and move forward.

You could do it roughly, but that would require a lot of team members. Friends who you wouldn’t mind killing or crippling.

“Barricade ahead.”

Another obstacle appeared.

But this time, something is different.

There is a person.

Inside the door in front of the barricade, not behind the barricade.

It appears to be an office with no name, and although there is no door, the angle is almost perpendicular to ours, so we cannot see inside.

It’s not normal.

The likely scenario is not a high-explosive device.

Powerful explosives and incendiary materials such as C4 are only available at the level of large-scale military organizations such as the Legion.

It is not something that can be easily grasped by a small number of fanatics who are nothing more than a sect of madmen.

This is called a double suicide.

Fanatics did not hesitate to die alongside their enemies.

Maybe they have hidden a substance inside those barricades that gives off toxic fumes when lit.

Such petrochemical products can be found everywhere in this apocalyptic world in the form of waste.

“Do you remember the apartment building with the golden pig statue? There was a Maotai store on the first floor.”

I spoke to Kim Da-ram in a subtle way.

“Oh, you mean the Chinese residential complex in Wudaokou?”

“It smells similar to that time.”

The fact that we’ve been working together for a long time means that less effort is needed to persuade.

“okay?”

It’s still like that now.

Kim Da-ram, who had been secretly showing antipathy to my order, nodded and put the flamethrower back.

He looked into her eyes and spoke calmly.

“Let’s do it like we did then.”

Kim Da-ram nodded, cleared his throat toward the door, and spoke in a clear voice.

“This is the military.”

Kim Da-ram entered into negotiations.

“We have no intention of harming you, and we promise to treat you leniently if you lay down your weapons and surrender.”

Neither I nor Kim Da-ram think that fanatics can be persuaded.

Kim Da-ram’s recommendation to surrender is a trick.

Just as we use intimidation when dealing with monsters, we use similar pretense when dealing with fanatics.

By the way, Kim Da-ram speaks Chinese like a native speaker.

I don’t know because I’ve never tried to learn Chinese, but according to Chinese people, they speak perfect Beijing dialect.

Of course, Korean pronunciation is clear and the voice is nice.

Above all, the sound itself is so loud that it has the effect of blocking my approach.

“······.”

Arrived right in front of the entrance.

The fanatics may not notice, but their heavy breathing and tension inside can be felt through the vibrations of the trembling air.

He slowly took out the grenade and pulled out the safety pin.

One, and two.

I can’t help but sigh as I hold a grenade with the safety pin pulled out in both hands.

Actually, this is not our job.

But I did it a lot.

I pulled out my pistol as I heard a scream much louder than before.

pop!

explosion.

And look at the situation.

Urgent footsteps were heard.

It’s running straight this way.

and.

“Dissuade me!”

A burst of convulsive screaming broke out.

“Hey, you little devil!!!!!”

A dark figure jumped out in front of me. It was a madman with bombs wrapped all over his body.

A woman with long hair.

But what does it matter whether a man or a woman is involved in this situation?

The glaring eyes that stare at me are filled with nothing but madness,

bang!

I aimed for the corner where the door frame was and threw one of the grenades so that it bounced inside.

Bang! Tata ta tang!

He pierced the woman’s forehead with a shot that was almost a conditioned reflex. The body with the bomb hanging from it fell forward.

Beep- beep- beep-

As soon as the grenade is seen, gunshots ring out.

You can see a red light bulb flashing connected to the bomb.

It’s not over yet.

I ran towards Kim Da-ram with all my might.

Of course, I didn’t break my leg.

I’m not that immersed in acting that I would cosplay as a lame person in this yard.

however.

“?!”

It seems I’m not the only scammer.

Kim Da-ram also slightly raised his blindfold and aimed his gun.

In the area covered by the blindfold, there were clear eyes staring at me with surprise.

“······.”

They pretended not to see each other and ran away down the hallway.

Boom!!!

There was an explosion, followed by the piled up waste behind the barricades spewing out black smoke, covering everything.

Black smoke, suffocating people to death, soon enveloped every part of the Capitol.

The corpse of the fanatic, the rest of the fanatics hiding in the office, the awkward silence flowing in the hallway, and even my and Kim Da-ram’s cosplay.

We retreated back to the entrance.

I took a deep breath and looked toward the Capitol.

Black smoke was rising from the hole in the roof of the Capitol building.

“under.”

Kim Da-ram smiled bitterly and only then did he adjust his blindfold.

I pretended not to see and limped along.

“······.”

In the midst of the awkward silence, Song Yu-jin’s bewildered exclamation was suddenly heard from the communicator.

“uh?”

Soon Song Yu-jin spoke urgently.

“There are more people! They’re coming from behind!”

Kim Da-ram looked back fiercely.

“Isn’t there anyone living here?”

The decent-looking man behind her nodded.

“According to the National Assembly’s data, as of December 31 last year, there was only one person living in Seoul.”

“You mean the guy who lives in that slanted apartment?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Kim Da-ram looked at me.

“Fanatic, I don’t know why, but this place is······.”

“Is this a holy place for fanatics?”

Kim Da-ram nodded.

The principles of fanaticism are so unpredictable and change from time to time, and their actions are far beyond the common sense of ordinary humans, making it virtually impossible to guess. However, there are still some specific possible actions.

One of them is the Holy Land.

For reasons unknown to us, fanatics tend to constantly create and gather around sacred symbols, such as shrines or saints.

The radios were emitting noise simultaneously from all over the place.

“This is where the divine being was born.”

The fanatic spoke with a strong North Korean accent.

“Step back. Otherwise, we will drive a gun into the chest of every enemy we meet!”

A bitter smile came out of me.

This won’t do. It’s right not to do it. But.

Doo doo doo doo doo—

A loud noise like drums being beaten was heard from the sky.

It’s a helicopter.

That’s a military helicopter too.

I had a guess as to who was riding it, but I asked Kim Da-ram to make sure.

“Who’s riding there?”

Kim Da-ram sighed with a defeated expression and answered.

“…..Chief Kim Byeong-cheol.”

Kim Byeong-cheol, Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He is the leader of the legion faction that currently rules South Korea.

< 89. Forbidden Record (5) 〉 End

ⓒ Road Warrior#

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Author's Note

Today is Yeoncham!

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Yeoncham is Muyaho~

(Main comments)

(gegur**) -Recommendation 59-

Haha …

(als**) -Recommendation52-

There are only cheaters and no one is cheated lol

(Donggle**) -Recommendation 48-

In fact, wasn't the reason Park Gyu was reluctant to see Kim Da-ram because of hatred for his own race?

I think it makes me feel even worse because it resembles me so much

(Bureo**) -Recommendation 12-

Hey, why did you put Kim Da-ram's blindfold on? Didn't the other hunters know that too? Hahahahahaha

(Passionate**) -Recommendation 5-

"Of course your voice is good too"

Haha this is the confidence of a former captain