36. Mirae Girls' High School
36. Mirae Girls' High School
It's a truck.
The truck that had come down from Eunha General Hospital to the Green Fresh Market before.
I can see it parked over there at Future Girls' High School.
'......'
That means they are over there.
The people I met at the general hospital.
'......'
I saw the Infected and the Sentient Beings moving toward there.
And I saw the IN Company truck.
'Then, is IN Company controlling those Sentient Beings?'
It's not impossible.
Considering that both the infection and the superpowers happened at the hands of IN Company in the first place, there's no way they couldn't control the Infected.
But the most likely possibility is...
'It's highly likely that the Sentient Beings are preparing to raid that place.'
I had to move and check for myself.
#
However, I couldn't just go there on foot.
The distance was too far; it was too far from our base, the house.
So, I decided to get a vehicle.
The area around the stream has fewer Infected,
so I should be able to move easily up to the bridge where the Infected are gathered.
'...This seems decent.'
I buckled my seatbelt, smashed the head of an Infected that was going "Kieeee," and managed to get a black van.
One of the front headlights is out, but that's no problem.
ㅡVroom.
I cleared out the surrounding Infected and drove off.
I drove straight down the narrow road along the stream.
ㅡClatter.
ㅡClatter.
ㅡScreech.
ㅡThud.
This is as far as I go.
From here on, I have to walk.
Because the place swarming with Infected was nearby.
Then, I need to find a place where I can see this side and Future Girls' High School well.
Nothing beats an apartment, as expected.
I headed to a nearby 10-story apartment complex.
'Doesn't look like there are any Variants.'
Since I had the experience with the Crawler and the Sentient Being before, I searched thoroughly, but it didn't seem like there were any such guys.
And it wasn't like there was a place covered in grass with Flowers either.
ㅡHuff.
ㅡHuff.
I climbed the goddamn stairs to the 10th floor.
Familiar lock-picking, then checking the interior, and the balcony route.
There were blinds, but I didn't bother opening them; in this place where the lights were off, if the blinds were drawn, people outside couldn't see inside.
They probably wouldn't be able to see properly anyway.
But from this side, I could observe the outside through the gaps in the blinds.
'......'
Future Girls' High School was clearly visible.
The familiar truck parked there.
However, those humans who looked like special forces weren't visible.
The inside of Future Girls' High School wasn't very visible either; if I just glanced at it, it looked like there was no one inside.
But knowing the precedent at the general hospital, I was certain that IN Company personnel were inside.
'Plus, there was no truck back then, but there is one here.'
However... if that's the case.
I turned my head.
'That means they aren't controlling the Sentient Beings over there.'
No, you never know.
Maybe if I watch for a day or two, I'll find out.
#
Thus, a boring wait ensued.
March 12th, dawn.
Since I had brought the kids from the cultural center earlier, the sun rose quickly.
The daytime scene.
The Infected were, as expected, moving actively during the day, and looking at the Infected by the bridge, I could clearly tell that the Sentient Beings were controlling the regular Infected.
'Then what are they doing right now?'
There seemed to be three Sentient Beings leading the Infected, and they were circling around Future Girls' High School with Walkers and Runners.
From road to road,
and from alley to alley.
Are they tracking humans or something?
But if they were tracking, they should have attacked.
They only moved near the girls' high school, and showed no signs of attacking.
'Looking at it this way, it does seem like they are controlling them.'
The Infected circling around.
I kept watching them.
#
Two days passed.
Future Girls' High School was quiet.
A quiet school, without a single light turning on.
The Infected moved busily.
And.
I understood what they were doing. March 14th, night.
'They are gathering them.'
What?
The Infected.
The Sentient Beings gathered the Infected.
Then what's the reason?
'It must be a raid.'
And a raid on humans at that.
And my prediction was correct.
#
The dawn between the 14th and 15th. March 15th, dawn.
Because an army of Infected swarmed into Future Girls' High School.
ㅡ!!!!!!!
Sentient Beings.
The Infected swarmed into the school interior.
They smashed the first-floor windows and entered, breaking down doors to get in.
ㅡ!!!!!!!!
ㅡ!!!!!!!
A great army of Infected.
A completely different scene from Eunha High School, where I had deliberately lured the Infected before.
I discarded the possibility that humans were controlling them.
Because these things showed that Sentient Beings gather Infected to raid humans.
However.
'......'
The Infected did not win.
ㅡFlash.
ㅡFlash.
Lights appeared inside Future Girls' High School, which had looked empty.
ㅡ!!!!!
Faint explosion sounds were also heard in between.
They must have used explosives as well.
Six humans wearing familiar clothes appeared on the rooftop, which had been empty, and sniped at the outside.
ㅡFire.
And at some point.
The Infected that had been swarming in turned into the familiar staggering things.
Afterward, the special forces killed the Infected as if nothing had happened.
'They killed the Sentient Beings.'
This completely shattered the possibility that they were controlling the Sentient Beings.
ㅡFlash.
ㅡ!@$!@
I don't know how many bullets they have, but the lights were still flashing.
ㅡKieeee.
Screaming Infected.
Infected falling down one after another.
ㅡThud-thud-thud.
I don't know what they are doing inside there.
'No, I do know.'
They must be extracting superpowers.
Then why, I intended to find out now.
ㅡThud.
ㅡThud.
ㅡThud.
I headed to the girls' high school.
#
ㅡThud.
ㅡThud.
ㅡThud.
When I came outside, the guys who had been on the rooftop were already gone.
I went around to the back gate.
Because the main gate, which connects to the playground, would be too visible from the inside.
There were no Infected.
It seems the Sentient Beings dragged all the surrounding Infected and rammed them in there.
Of course, that was meaningless in front of bullets, the convenience of civilization.
This was my chance.
After checking my body, I climbed over the back gate.
ㅡClatter.
For now, there was no one in sight. Well, they were pretending not to exist in the first place until the Infected attacked.
If it weren't for the familiar truck parked outside, I would have thought there was no one either.
I walked carefully and opened the door leading into the girls' high school.
ㅡClick.
It's locked.
I picked it right away and opened it.
ㅡScreech.
The door opens.
And what I see is.
Numerous corpses of Infected, and, people wearing gas masks, dragging the Infected from the floors above down to the first floor.
They weren't on the first floor at the general hospital, but well, obviously there was a raid just a moment ago, so they have to clean up.
Because there were no Infected corpses on the second floor back then either.
Their eyes and mine met.
The humans stopped all at once.
They greeted me.
ㅡ!!!!!!!!
With guns.
#
ㅡRat-tat-tat-tat.
Bullets fly past me and embed themselves everywhere.
ㅡBrrrrt.
I lift the K7 and fire all the remaining 10 rounds.
One guy who was aiming in the hallway falls.
ㅡClick.
Familiar things come flying.
I catch them in mid-air.
I throw them outside.
ㅡCrash!
They break the glass and fly out,
grenades exploding outside.
ㅡ!!!!!!
ㅡ!!!!!!!!!
This time, I didn't throw them that way.
ㅡPatter-patter.
I run forward quickly and pick up a submachine gun from one of the humans who fell to the floor.
ㅡBrrrrt.
Bullets flying in the meantime.
I pulled the trigger.
ㅡRat-tat-tat-tat.
Humans falling. However, naturally, there are guys who hid while I was running.
A standoff ensues.
#
ㅡ!!!!!!!
Gunshots.
Suppressive fire.
Following that,
two men pop out from the corner in front.
ㅡWhack.
ㅡStab.
"Grrr...!"
A hammer gets embedded in a head, and a knife gets embedded in a neck.
ㅡThud.
At that moment, there was a guy who pounced on me from the side.
ㅡThud!
ㅡGrrr-
"....Ugh."
A man pushing me against the wall as if to kill me.
However.
If I were a woman, it might be different, but I'm an adult male.
It means that even if they are some special forces, the basic difference in physical strength isn't that much.
'Wait, no.'
They're fucking strong.
Doesn't seem like Arm Enhancement.
Probably Strength Enhancement.
If it were Arm Enhancement, I would have died.
I can't move.
I need to move more carefully.
ㅡCrack.
The hammer smashed the man's head.
I moved carefully.
Holding the magazine, aiming the muzzle.
And the last room.
ㅡ!!!!!!!!
Bullets fly in. A bullet embeds in the man's forehead.
ㅡWhiz.
A grenade flies in.
ㅡClick.
I throw it into the room just like that.
"Arghhh!"
The men who didn't even flinch when shot,
I hear their screams for the first time.
Next room.
None.
But it seems there was someone hiding.
I see a man running at me from the side, holding something like a military knife.
I turned the muzzle, but he's close.
But he couldn't stab me.
Because the man's knife didn't move as if it was caught on something.
The man is flustered.
ㅡStab.
ㅡ!!!!
ㅡPshhh, pshhh.
A kitchen knife embeds in the man's temple, and blood splatters all over the inside of the chairman's office.
The first floor is cleared.
But it seems the second floor still remains.
'Is this the main base?'
Or have they not left yet? Is there something important for extraction? I'll find out if I go up.
I grabbed a few more magazines and went up.
#
ㅡBang!
ㅡBang!
Explosion sound.
ㅡ!!!!!!!!
Gunshots.
"Grrr."
A scream spitting blood.
ㅡPshhh.
ㅡPshhh.
A man spurting blood after being hit by a blade.
ㅡ!!!!!!!!
Again,
an explosion sound that wasn't controlled in time.
Generally, it seems these men's compatibility isn't high. At most, around 30.
Of course, it's strange that people with higher compatibility than that would be here.
If they had offensive abilities, they couldn't have been defeated so futilely.
Actually, it is strange that they can't be controlled with guns and grenades.
'No extractor here.'
The second floor is cleared.
To the third floor.
#
There is no one on the third floor.
Fourth floor.
ㅡ!!!!!!
Brrrrt.
Bullets flying in.
ㅡThud.
ㅡThud-thud-thud.
Bullets stopping and falling to the floor.
ㅡThud.
ㅡBrrrrt.
Bullets flying away.
Four people fall down in a heap.
Two people roll on the floor.
ㅡScreech.
ㅡThud.
ㅡScreech.
ㅡThud.
I check all the doors.
Thoroughly checking the inside. Because of the nature of classrooms, hiding spots were limited, so checking was easy.
'There it is.'
ㅡBeep.
ㅡBeep.
ㅡBeep.
The noise of the extractor ringing.
ㅡScreech.
Two men rolling on the floor,
I opened my mouth in front of the two living men.
Men who were incapacitated with injuries to their legs and arms.
One tries to get up, but his body doesn't listen.
"You guys."
"......"
"......"
"What the hell are you doing here? Just killing civilians and extracting superpowers? Or is there some other reason?"
There was too much to ask.
ㅡBzzzt.
The sound ringing at that moment...
ㅡCrack.
ㅡGurgle.
Along with the sound of something breaking, blood flowed from the man's mouth.
I approached and pulled something out from the man's chest.
'Is it a walkie-talkie?'
It's already broken, so there's nothing left.
One man left.
I approached him.
Of course.
I couldn't help but be flustered by his subsequent actions.
"No, fuck...!"