Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 367



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Episode 373 150. Interview (4)

Just like kids at school would group together and hang out with their close friends, there were cliques on our bulletin board too.

The Kaildos family, who were active in the beginning, Diesirae and her followers, a group of users who are presumed to be doctors, etc.

I too was once close to Fox Games and Valentine and considered them closer to me than other users.

But as always, there are groups that are heterogeneous and unwilling to mix.

For example, a typical example is a vulgar person like Berkut, but among the people I never mentioned, who say there is a basement under the floor, there are quite a few people who, at first glance, appear to have the lowest humanity.

Keystone is also of that type.

It feels like the ugly soul is seeping into each letter that makes up a short post.

So I didn’t even click on Keystone’s article.

To begin with, I’m not the type to post a lot.

The only thing he reads carefully is the story of the refugees from the neighboring village, which can be considered his trademark, and it is a popular post.

“······Whether it’s a movie or anything else. All art is about material.”

I could tell within an hour of spending time with him why he hadn’t posted much on the message boards.

“Even cooking is like that. Let’s say you have trash meat. Isn’t that how it is with bosintang? You put in all sorts of spices to cover up the taste? But high-quality meat. Let’s take Wagyu for example. You just grill it. You don’t even have to cook it all the way through. If you just lightly grill it on the grill, it will melt in your mouth, right?”

This guy really talks a lot.

It’s not just about saying nice things.

“Hey. Do you know Kasup? You don’t know? Don’t you? What good is it for a kid to graduate from a good university? He lacks the liberal arts knowledge. Just because he knows some useless formulas for daily life doesn’t mean he’s an intellectual. A kid who has no sense and no social skills is a loser. Do you get a loser from heaven?”

The young man, who may or may not be his nephew or brother-in-law, listens silently to Keystone’s words while holding a gun.

“It’s because of me that I can live like this in this situation. Did you see what happened to the other guys? Among all those guys, wasn’t there one better than me? There must have been one or two. But what happened to them all now? Huh?”

It may be too hasty a conclusion, but judging by the atmosphere in the bunker and the expressions of the people around him, it seems that Keystone has been using other people as emotional trash cans in his vast bunker for a long time.

“Kang Han-min and I are close friends. There is a story in Buddhism that says that Sakyamuni smiled just by meeting the eyes of a man named Kasyapa. It is called telepathy.”

Keystone, who had been chatting excitedly, turned his head towards me.

It seems like he has something to say, but he’s hesitating, perhaps because of the war of nerves he had earlier.

I ignored him, but he eventually spoke to me.

“Hey, do you know Kang Han-min?”

Suddenly, you’re speaking formally.

It’s ridiculous to think of trying to distance yourself through expressions, but I guess you don’t have to worry about it.

He shook his head.

“You’ve never seen it in person?”

He nodded.

Then, a small sense of victory appeared on Keystone’s face in the form of a smile.

Emgu came up to me and whispered in my ear.

“Hey. Skeleton.”

“why.”

“I’m not the only one who’s fighting······?”

As expected, it has a named down feel.

I think similarly.

This guy called Keystone is not pretty.

It seems like he knows Ganghwa Island’s geography well, but it doesn’t seem like this person would meet Kang Han-min and do something with him.

“Ha······. This. Should I give up on creating content?”

“Let’s just look around first.”

Content creation is also in my plans, but it’s not my primary goal.

It is only a secondary goal.

The reason I came to this island was to find out the current status of Kang Han-min and his gang.

It’s not difficult.

Just look at the state of their base.

If you plan on staying here for a long time, you’ll want to prepare for winter, and if you’re coming to Seoul soon, you’ll want to set up a small camp.

This distinction is impossible to make with just a few photos, and is best determined by seeing it with your own eyes.

The problem is probably the keystone.

I asked Emgu.

“That kid.”

“uh.”

“Are you a self-made man?”

“that’s right.”

“also.”

Self-made man.

Personally, I think it is an honorable and respectable thing to do, but many self-made people are seriously tired.

The most common trait is that they look down on people – those who are not as good as them – and speak carelessly.

Of course, there are people who are humble and gentle like me, but unfortunately, there are not many people like me in the world.

The Keystone group that was ahead stopped.

Keystone was there and sent a man who looked to be in his late teens.

He was a young man with a refreshing and dignified appearance, although his clothes were a bit shabby and he looked timid.

“Over there, this is the area where mutations appear.”

Somehow my Korean is awkward.

I feel another difference from North Korean people.

I asked.

“Are you my brother-in-law?”

The man nodded.

Emgu said something from the side.

“You must be tired.”

At those words, the man simply chuckled and returned to Keystone without replying.

Anyway, it was our turn.

I asked Emgu.

“Have you seen a lot of mutations?”

To that question, Emgu shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“I am a resident of The Hope.”

According to Keystone’s information, there is only one mutation actively operating around here.

Clank-

If there’s only one of them, it’s not a particularly difficult opponent.

I’ve never dealt with a goat type, but wouldn’t they be similar to cows or other ungulates?

I advanced towards the snowfield with Emgu.

After a while.

“hey.”

Emgu pointed west.

I knew it.

It has been appearing at the edge of our vision for some time now, and is walking parallel to us from a distance.

From what I’ve heard, it looks like a black goat mutation.

Despite mutation, it did not grow as large as other species.

About the size of a bull?

But size isn’t everything.

There are quite a few cases where even if the body grows small, intelligence or other physical abilities increase dramatically.

That guy looks like that type of guy too.

You can see them following us, maintaining a tricky distance that is difficult to hit with a rifle.

“What are you doing instead of shooting?”

Keystone muttered behind him.

“Because the distance isn’t long.”

“No, you’re a hunter? Wasn’t marksmanship the strong point of old-school hunters?”

If this were inside Keystone’s bunker, they would have beaten him to death with a buttstock.

But this is a dangerous area where you don’t know what’s inside, and Keystone and his brother-in-law are also carrying guns.

You shouldn’t treat a person with a gun carelessly.

You could say this is common sense in this day and age.

Anyway, when I showed my passive attitude, Keystone’s momentum came alive.

Again the voices grew louder and more talkative.

“······But there are so many people that I can’t attack them. Huh? Even if there are a bunch of idiots gathered together, I guess they really are the king. Well, I couldn’t touch the refugee kids when they were all gathered together.”

“By the way, when I see those mutation kids do things, they seem like real people.”

“The reason animals look cute is because they act like animals. If an animal acts like a human, there’s nothing more disgusting than that.”

“Come to think of it, the award I won at the film festival was also on this topic.”

As the story showed no sign of ending, Emgu approached him in a friendly manner.

“What is the topic?”

Perhaps he knew that I was upset and wanted to prevent the topic of Keystone from getting into a bad mood.

Now that I think about it, it seems like it wasn’t me but Mgu who grilled the meat at the first meeting of Jonnaenon that day······.

“It was a poodle.”

“Poodle? You mean a dog?”

“When I was a bit out of it, I stayed with a rich woman for a while, and she had a poodle. It grew. It was fucking big. I never knew poodles could be that big, right? But that bastard, man. He really acted like a dog. He knew I was inferior to him, so he would be quiet when he was with that woman, but when it was just the two of us, that bastard would growl. He didn’t bark. He knew that if he did, that woman would come. He would irritate me like that, but then act cute in front of that woman.”

Keystone snorted.

“In the end, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I left that house and made a movie based on that shitty experience. What would Korean bastards, 90% of whom were born as slaves, know? I got dumped. But luck is a strange thing. That flop caught the eye of foreign critics!”

For a moment, my eyes met with his.

Keystone looked at me and smirked.

“In the end, this is what a movie is all about, material-wise.”

“······.”

“Kang Han-min is a very good subject. You don’t even have to think about that. Just by being around, a story is created in no time. Now, there is no theater and no one to watch it in the theater, but since I ate a lot of food, shouldn’t I leave behind at least one masterpiece?”

I just realized it now, but Keystone seems to view Kang Han-min as the poodle he met at his ex-girlfriend’s house.

What kind of confidence is that?

“There. That mountain. There used to be a military base there. You call it a site? An air force air defense artillery unit. They kept guarding it even after the war. They set up shop there. 100%.”

There are no more interruptions.

The black goat that had been following along had disappeared, and the few survivors found far away were only wary of this direction and showed no intention of attacking.

There is a small military base surrounded by barbed wire on a low ridge overlooking the sea.

“······.”

There is a person.

A man and a woman in combat uniform stand beneath the Taegeukgi fluttering wildly in the sea breeze and look down.

Judging from the fact that he doesn’t even carry a single rifle, he must be Kang Han-min’s subordinate.

“also.”

Keystone smiled brightly.

“As expected, it was here! As expected, my reasoning is never wrong!”

His excited face was already brimming with anticipation of success.

“You guys aren’t coming?”

Keystone turns to look at him and asks in a voice that now sounds frivolous.

I looked at Emgu.

Shake your head.

“We will remain here.”

Keystone laughed and headed towards the base with his brother-in-law.

Let’s just watch from here.

What will be the ending of this man who continued to write the legend of self-made success even after the war?

Emgu asked me while taking a picture with a cell phone with a battery larger than the main body.

“What do you think? Do you think Kang Han-min will meet you?”

“well.”

My position is that it is not true.

But since I am not a strong person, it would be irresponsible to jump to conclusions.

Whatever the outcome, the goal was achieved.

As expected.

There are a lot of supplies piled up in boxes and there are three helicopters.

Judging by the number of rising smoke, there seem to be quite a few people.

At least 100 people.

This can be answered with certainty.

Kang Han-min will not move for the time being at least.

There is no way to know what the plan is, but it means that he will be able to stay in Seoul with peace of mind for the time being.

“Kang Han-min! I’ve come to meet the savior Kang Han-min! I’m director Nam Deok-yeong! I was planning to produce a biographical film about the savior Kang Han-min before the war!”

In front of the base, Keystone is making fierce courtship.

Beyond the barbed wire, there were fighters, probably of a similar age to Keystone’s Chinese brother-in-law, who had been used as an emotional trash can, looking at him with cold eyes.

Keystone is not welcome.

The man who had been living with baseless confidence must have felt that the atmosphere was turning strange and hurriedly gestured to his brother-in-law.

“Take it out. Quickly! Show me that! Move quickly, quickly! Ah, fucking hell, this is frustrating! Get out of the way, kid!”

Keystone pushed his Chinese brother-in-law away and took an airtight container out of his backpack.

There was a large airtight container the size of a kimchi container filled with black things. Upon closer inspection, I found out that it was soy sauce marinated crab.

“It’s soy sauce marinated crab! We caught it right in the ocean off here and pickled it ourselves! We also used high-quality Japanese soy sauce. You know Kikkoman, right? Kikkoman soy sauce! I brought it because I thought Kang Han-min, the savior, would like it! So just give him one word!”

Emgu burst into laughter as he watched the scene.

“Ha. That kid is really. Really, really ugly. I held back because I thought he was the same age as me. Why are people so ugly?”

“······.”

“What’s wrong? Skeleton? Why aren’t you saying anything all of a sudden?”

Emgu only realized my intentions when he saw the direction of my gaze.

“You······. Do you like soy sauce marinated crab?”

“······huh.”

It’s not my favorite food, but it’s been a while since I’ve had it.

There were crabs among the supplies, but they were in small quantities and were all used up when boiling ramen at the beginning.

Anyway, while I was thinking about the crab stew for a moment, I took my eyes off it and saw a serious situation unfolding in front of the barbed wire.

“Get out!”

A woman guarding the barbed wire fence shouted.

At best, she looked like a high school student.

“I’m not eating!”

Emgu snorted.

It’s a planned ending.

“There’s a skeleton.”

“why?”

“Hey, do you happen to have an armband on our bulletin board?”

“armband?”

“I mean, the bulletin board manager.”

“?”

what?

How does this guy know that?

The fact that our bulletin board has a secret administrator is known only to a very small number of royal users, such as me, Vivabot, and Foxgame.

Just as I was about to ask what happened to Yeon Yoon Ji.

“Get out, you piece of shit!”

Another sharp scream, this time accompanied by a shock wave.

thud!

When he looked back, he saw a girl with her hair standing on end glaring at Keystone with a flushed face, and Keystone, who was on his buttocks, was barely able to look up at the girl, who seemed young enough to be his own daughter, with a dumbfounded look on his face.

Of course, the crab he brought was shattered into pieces and fell to the floor in its entirety.

The girl screamed as the soy sauce soaked into the white ground, leaving black traces like ink.

“This is trash food. Eat it yourself!”

Keystone’s head was bent.

“······.”

I hope this will change the temper of that self-made man.

“Should we go back soon?”

“That wouldn’t be bad either.”

I know the way.

The story is that there is no need to rely on Keystone anymore.

It would be better to get back on the boat before the sun sets.

Still, since we are both users of the same bulletin board, and thanks to you I was able to get the information I wanted, so I will at least show some sincerity.

bang!

He opened fire.

A beast’s howl was heard in the distance, and soon something dark ran through the snow, leaving a trail of blood in the distance.

It’s the mutation that was chasing us.

I left it alone and it approached me using the curve of the terrain, but I pretended not to see it and shot it when it got within 150m.

I aimed for the forehead, and judging by the fact that he didn’t die even after being hit directly, it seems that although his body hasn’t grown much, his bones themselves have been strengthened.

Anyway, a single gunshot drew the attention of the barbed wire fence towards this place.

Other Awakens, including the girl and man who had been yelling at Keystone, emerge from the base one by one and approach the barbed wire, looking down.

“hey.”

Emgu chuckled.

“Awaken also looked surprised when he saw your shooting?”

As expected.

Chijijik-

The K-walkie-talkie rings and transmits the received signal on the public frequency.

“Who just shot the Mutant? Was he a Hunter?”

“······.”

Ignored it.

They didn’t contact me anymore either.

Instead, what came to me was Keystone.

“Skeleton!”

He looked at me with a completely different expression than before.

“I just saw it! How did you do that?! That?! Seriously! Wow~ That was some freaking marksmanship! Those Awaken bastards were freaking out with their eyes lit up!”

I thought for a moment.

These are the people who deserve to become self-made.

“If you don’t mind, how about dinner tonight? Why don’t we grab something to eat before we go? I have a lot to eat. I farm and catch seafood in my spare time.”

“Do you have soy sauce marinated crab?”

“Soy sauce marinated crab? There’s no more soy sauce marinated crab······.”

“go away.”