How to Deal with Petty Thieves
How to Deal with Petty Thieves
At my comment that she smelled, the woman who climbed off me pulled a container with a toothbrush and toothpaste out of her bag and started brushing her teeth.
Already the fifth time.
I feel like she's good to stop now...
Kkuuuuk-
Squeezing toothpaste onto the toothbrush once more, she starts her sixth round of brushing.
If she was going to be such a neat freak, she should've done it sooner.
Well, I had the luxury and peace of mind to wash up. And the conditions for it, too.
But unlike me, she didn't even have drinking water, let alone water to rinse her mouth. From her perspective, brushing her teeth must've been nothing more than a luxury.
Well, it seemed like she hadn't even thought about brushing her teeth in the first place, though.
"Stop glaring at me so much!"
The woman, gathering her hair in one hand, spat out the mouth-rinsing water through the broken window, glared at me, rinsed her mouth again, spat out the water, and glared at me again.
She was keeping an eye on me even while brushing, afraid I might run away.
So that whenever I tried to open that door and leave, she could scream and gather the zombies.
Such a vicious bitch...
Should I just shove her down hard?
"I'm all done now."
"Did anyone ask?"
"Don't be so angry. You need me anyway, right?"
"......"
Not that she was wrong.
I needed that woman. Until I found another woman.
But I didn't plan on staying together with her for long.
Nor did I plan on keeping her around as a nuisance.
I just thought of this place like a hostess bar I'd visit with food whenever I wanted to satisfy my sexual desires.
"T-Then... please turn around for a second..."
"What?"
"I need to wash my body, too..."
Unbelievable. Just wash comfortably after I leave!"
"No way!! If you leave, I'll scream right away! I'll call a bunch of zombies over!"
"What the fuck, seriously...?! Do you think I won't hit you just because you're a woman?! The very first thing I beat to death after the zombies appeared was a woman! Want me to make you like that too?!l"
"I'm not a zombie! I'm a person!"
"So what?! What do you want me to do about it!"
"Ugh...!"
This woman is running her mouth without even knowing who's the boss and who's the underdog here.
And she's severely mistaken about something, too.
Of course, killing a human who isn't a zombie is a completely different matter and I don't feel like doing it, but if she thinks I can't do it, she's sorely mistaken.
"C? C?? Fine, you just stay right there. I'll give you a nice, hard shove."
"D-Don't come near me! I said don't come near me!! I was wrong, so don't come closer.!"
Standing by the window with nowhere to run, the woman screamed, but as I approached, she dropped to her knees and begged frantically.
"I was wrong! I'm really sorry! I'll watch my mouth... Please... sob..."
"What the fuck...!"
Sorry, but the woman kneeling and begging frantically right now was completely out of my mind.
It's true I came to the window to fix this woman's attitude, but I ended up witnessing a deeply unpleasant sight outside.
Right below the window, a crowd of zombies had gathered, lifting their heads and screaming, and behind them, two men were carefully moving with their bodies half-crouched.
Yeah, passing by was fine.
But those two bastards came out of the alley, turned the corner, and walked right into my convenience store.
That was definitely not fine.
"Hahaha~ How dare they rob my convenience store? Those fucking assholes...!"
"......"
At the sound of my voice slipping out, the woman, who had been rubbing her two hands together over her head, slowly opened her eyes, turned her head, and checked the convenience store.
Then, frantically pulling down my underwear with her left hand and pointing her right index finger at the convenience store, she yelled.
But why is she pulling on my underwear anyway?
"W-What do we do?!"
"What do you mean, what do we do? Go chase them out."
Chalsaak!
Slapping the back of the woman's hand that was pulling on my underwear, I turned around, picked up the homi and screwdriver I'd left on the floor, and strode toward the exit.
To protect what's mine from looters.
"W-Wait for me, let's go together!!"
My ass.
Follow me if you can.
Clack-
Whoosh!!
"Krak!!"
"Kaaaaah!!"
"Krak!!"
As soon as I opened the door and stepped out, three zombies that had stubbornly guarded the entrance unlike the others lunged straight at me.
It's already been 4 days, and calculating 2 coins per kill, the number of zombies I've killed so far is 102.5.
So three zombies are a piece of cake now.
Puk!!
Sseuk-
First, I kicked the closest one right in the chest, sending it tumbling backward, and naturally using the recoil to step back, I went right back inside the door I'd just opened and slammed it shut.
Kwak!!!
"Krak!! Kaaaaah!!"
The zombie that had shoved its snout forward to bite me shrieked with its neck caught in the closed door, and I casually shoved the homi into its head before opening the door again.
Then came the zombie's corpse dropping down, and its friend hurtling its body right over it.
Swish!! Puk!!
The screwdriver in my left hand, swung upward from below, punched right through the zombie's wide-open jaw and embedded itself in the roof of its mouth. As its snout naturally snapped shut and it lost its balance, tumbling forward, I drove my knee up into it, and with a circular sweep of the homi in my right hand, I smashed the crown of the head of the last charging zombie.
And I finished the fight by stomping repeatedly on the head of the guy collapsed on top of his friend's corpse until it cracked.
That makes 105.5, huh?
『Name: Kang Hajin (27)
Height: 183cm, Weight: 77kg
Traits: -
Coins: 11
[Strength Lv.3] [Agility Lv.4] [Stamina Lv.3] [Luck Lv.1]』
My agility is still Level 4, just like three days ago, but maybe it's because I raised my strength to Level 3, or maybe because I raised my stamina to Level 3.
Or maybe because I lost 2kg in weight, my body felt a little lighter.
Anyway, aside from blowing up the bomb, even though my stats got higher, the rate at which I acquire coins has slowed down compared to when I was inside the subway station.
Well, unlike hunting in a narrow, straight passage like the subway, here I have to deal with bastards rushing from all directions at once, so it can't be helped.
Anyway, I need to say goodbye to the homi now.
Its power isn't bad, but attacking and retrieving it is just too inconvenient.
As for what to buy...
"Let's just deal with those petty thief bastards first and think about it slowly."
Dadadadak!
Dadadadak!
As I rapidly ran down the stairs that bent in an L-shape, the zombies lingering on the floor below welcomed me oh-so-warmly.
I don't feel welcomed at all, though.
Anyway, five of them... There aren't as many zombies as I thought?
Of course, the difference between three and five is much bigger than you'd think.
Especially on a wider staircase rather than having the barricade of a narrow door, that difference becomes even greater.
But it's not like I can't handle them.
I don't necessarily have to kill them all; I could just head back to the convenience store first, but just in case, I need to thin out the zombies' numbers as much as possible.
No, securing an escape route is a more fitting way to put it.
"Kraaak!!"
"Krak!!"
Two zombies bounding up the stairs at the same time.
In this situation, first...
Tadat-
Grabbing the homi using only my thumb and index finger, I grabbed the railing with the rest of my fingers and palm and leaped down into a very narrow space to the side.
And sprinting straight forward.
"Krak!!"
Puk!!!
Twisting my body slightly, I slammed my outstretched shoulder into the chest of a lunging zombie to knock it down. Chasing after the zombie that sprawled backward and slid across the floor, I drove the screwdriver in my left hand down into its forehead, then hurriedly rolled forward to get out of there.
Two zombies pounced on the exact spot I'd been standing just a moment ago.
But the ones that threw themselves soon picked themselves back up and shrieked at me, and behind them, even the zombies that had scampered up the stairs turned around and came rushing down toward me.
Man, their ears are damn sensitive.
Before the zombies, who accurately pinpointed my location from the sound of me rolling on the floor, could pounce, I had already gotten up, kicked up the jaw of the guy crawling fast on all fours, and swept my left hand outward to grab the head of another guy lunging from the side and smash it against the wall.
Fuck, I'm so damn good at fighting!
If I knew I was this good at fighting, I should've just gone to the OFC.
"Krak!!"
Cheok!!!
Reducing their number to three by driving the homi into the head of the zombie I had pinned and pressed hard against the wall face-first, I grabbed the hair of the dead zombie and hurled it toward the two more threatening, fast-accelerating zombies.
Well, rather than hurling it, it was more accurate to say I pulled on the homi embedded in its head while simultaneously grabbing its hair and dragging it over to block my path.
Still, my heart really wants to throw them right at those bastards.
Once I raise my strength even more, would things like that become possible?
Kwajik!!
Eudeuk!!
The bastards furiously bit away, thinking the corpse of the zombie blocking their path was my body.
I waited until they sank their teeth in even deeper, then pulled out the homi and brought it down with all my might.
Cheok!!
"Krak!!!"
Only then realizing that the zombie it was chewing on wasn't me, the bastard shrieked to avenge its dead friend and reached its hand out over the shoulder of the zombie corpse blocking its way.
Sseuk-
Leaning my waist back and stepping backward to dodge the reaching hand, I quickly ducked down with my eyes dropping downward.
Deopsseok!
"Kraaaak!!"
Once again, a zombie crawled on all fours across the floor, grabbed my calf, and shoved its filthy teeth forward.
However.
Deopsseok! Hwaak!!
Having already been ducked down, I grabbed the zombie's hair with my left hand extended downward, yanked it back, and looking down at its face lifted toward the ceiling instead of my shin, I smashed its temple with the homi.
Now there's only one left.
"Kaaaaah!!"
Raising my hunched upper body along with the zombie that threw itself at me while kicking aside its friend's corpse blocking the way, I fully straightened my body, catching the zombie's chest across my shoulder and back, and flung it backward.
Peok!!
Turning toward the zombie that had flipped in midair and crashed down onto its back with a loud thud, I stomped my right foot down on its face before it could do anything, bringing an end to its miserable zombie life.
"Huuu..."
Three upstairs, and five here.
Even though the actual fighting time wasn't very long, my forehead and back were soaked in sweat.
When I bought the Level 3 stamina stat for 40 coins, it felt like such a waste, but...
Fuck, this is why you just have to raise the stamina stat.
"Still, where did everybody go?"
Even if a certain number of zombies had gathered in the outer alley, the number of zombies was way too small.
With this much noise, way more zombies should've swarmed in...
Did something happen to draw them flocking somewhere else?
Don't tell me they all flocked to the convenience store??
Fuck, if so, that's a real big problem.
Tadadat-
Hwaak-
Hastily opening and entering the store door I'd broken through the storefront window when coming here, I checked toward the convenience store, but zombies weren't gathered there.
If so, it really means they flocked somewhere else...
Well, that's a good thing then.
Whether zombies disappear or not is something to welcome, not something I need to worry about at all.
What I need to worry about right now are the petty thieves who are devouring my food even at this very moment.
You bastards are dead now.
You messed with something you shouldn't have touched.
Tadadat-
Crossing the empty store, I poked my head out through the broken storefront window to check for the zombies that should've been heavily gathered right next to it, and...
"......"
Without making a sound of breathing, I carefully pulled my head back inside.
Fuck, why are they scattering?!
No way...
"......"
"......"
What the fucking hell...!
The woman, who should've been holding back over twenty zombies by making all sorts of noise, was staring straight at me with the bag I'd left behind strapped to her back.
Right in front of the store entrance I had opened and entered just moments ago.
Hwik! Hwik! Hwik-hwik!
I quickly sent hand signals toward the woman and mouthed for her to go up and lure the zombies away, but...
"......"
Shrug-
That woman, staring blankly at me, either didn't understand or was pretending not to understand...
She just shrugged her shoulders, turned her head, and acted innocent.
No matter how I look at it, that attitude is her pretending not to understand...
Should I kill her? Or should I throw that woman to the zombies and head to the convenience store?
While I was briefly thinking about what to do with this woman, into my ears—
Zabak-
Came the sound of stepping on broken glass scattered across the floor.
And at the same time, the woman sending strange hand signals toward me.
Hwikhwik! Hwik! Hwikhwikhwik!
"......"
What is she even saying?
Making bizarre gestures that were impossible to understand, the woman suddenly opened the door and walked out of the store, and a moment later—
"Over here!! You idiots!!! Right here!! Come and catch and eat me!!!"
"Krak?!"
"Kraaaak!!"
"Kaaaaa!!!"
Dududududu!!!
Along with the woman's loudly echoing voice, the zombies that had begun scattering here and there in the alley rushed out to the roadside all at once, rounded the corner, and sprinted to the other side of the convenience store.
And me, squatting down on the floor, turning my head with my eyes cast sideways as if I were a person who didn't exist...
"Fuck... scared the crap out of me..."
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
With my heart still pounding in shock from the abruptly approaching footsteps of the zombies, I swallowed hard, a dry gulp.
Fuck, I thought my heart dropped out...
Meanwhile, the woman who had lured the zombies to the other side of the convenience store opened the store door again, came inside, and ran toward me with a bright smile. I jumped up to welcome the woman who had used her wits to pull off something amazing...
"I lured all the zombies over that way..."
Deopsseok- Thud!!
Grabbing the woman's face with both hands, I slammed my forehead right into the crown of her head.
"Aaargh!!"
"You crazy bitch..! Did you seriously make up your mind to kill me?!"
"Sheesh..! Why are you hitting me?! I lured the zombies away, didn't I!"
The woman glared at me with her eyes lifted, holding both hands over the top of her head.
Ugh..! Considering how startled I was just now, I want to smack her one more time, but... it's true she helped, after all.
"Shut up and follow me."
Turning around, I ran to the convenience store separated by just a narrow alley and yanked on the exit door, but—
Deolkkeok! Deolkkeok! Deolkkeok!
Naturally, it was locked.
"G-Get lost! We've taken over this place!!"
"If you don't get lost, I'll scream! You wanna die to a zombie?!l"
"W-What do we do..?"
The bastard running his mouth insolently about having taken over my convenience store, and the bastard threatening me.
And the woman grabbing my underwear while glancing back and forth at where the zombies had swarmed.
Seriously, why does she keep grabbing another man's underwear?!
Well, I'll ask her why she keeps grabbing my underwear later.
"Open the door."
"Are you insane?! Do you think we'd open the door?! Just go somewhere else!!"
"I'm really gonna scream! Don't regret it after you die and get the fuck out right now!!"
"You guys are the ones who're gonna regret it, though?"
"Stop talking dog shit and get lost!"
"......"
Nodding my head and turning around slowly, I handed the homi I was holding in my right hand to the woman.
Then, after transferring the screwdriver in my left hand to my right hand,
Hwiiiiik- Kwak!!!
I spun my body around and drove it straight into the glass entry door.
"W-What are you doing?!"
"You crazy bastard!!"
"Didn't I tell you guys you'd regret it?"
Sseuk-
With my raised right foot, I kicked hard against the fractured glass door.
Wajangchangchangchang!!!
If I can't have it, I sure as hell won't let anyone else eat it either.
Especially even more so if it was originally mine to begin with.