Target Revision
Target Revision
It wasn't all that loud or boisterous.
But even though it seemed to come from far away, the sound felt heavy.
It seemed I wasn't the only one who heard it; Minseo, who had been pouncing on me, blinked her widened eyes, and I hurriedly slipped out of the bed to not miss this opportunity.
Because even if I did it again, I needed to rest for at least ten minutes.
Though I'd rather rest until evening if possible.
"Oppa.. did you hear that sound just now..?"
"I heard it. I'm going to go check it out, so don't budge an inch from there. It might be dangerous."
Dangerous.
Minseo moving around right now is way too dangerous for me.
So even if it's nothing major, I have to act as serious as possible.
With a grave expression, I threw open the large master bedroom window and screen door that stretched from my knees to above my head, then turned my head to look around everywhere... but there was nothing.
Aside from quite a few zombies moving in a pack in a steady direction as if heading toward where the sound came from, nothing special could be found.
Damn it, this shouldn't be happening....
"Oppa, what's going on?y"
Gulp-
Dry saliva swallowed down.
What should I reply?
Nothing much? If I say that, she'll pounce right away...
If I say it's something super serious, she'll get curious and come over here to check with her own eyes...
Should I just jump down?
Fighting zombies seems better than having a round with Minseo right now...
"Oppa??"
Rattle- Clack!!
Closing the window at Minseo's voice coming from behind, I slowly turned around and walked with a grim expression.
And without a word, I started taking out and wearing a wearable pair of sweatpants and t-shirt from the wardrobe, and by the time Minseo's voice was heard once more, I was already fully geared up.
"Grab your weapon and go out to the living room. And tell her to kill that bastard named Jeong Seongmin or whatever and get her revenge."
"What about Oppa??"
"I'll go check what's going on for a moment. We can't verify it from here, but it seems something extraordinary has happened."
"......Okay, I understand. Be careful, Oppa."
It was natural.
I completely fooled Minseo.
Now I should head over to the next-door apartment and sleep soundly.
Ah... but I also need to hunt...
At any time and place, I could run into someone stronger than me and suffer precisely what I've been doing to others.
Therefore, I can't slack off on getting stronger, but...
"Pass for today."
One day should be fine.
But what on earth was that sound?
"What was that sound just now..."
"N-Nothing happened, right..?"
"When will the evacuation shelter..."
"Shut up. I'm tired, so don't talk to me."
These three hopeless bitches—since I killed all the people who used to protect them, it would be normal for them to be scared of me and avoid me, but perhaps because their place to lean on is gone, they are now mistaking me for their guardian.
If I were in their shoes, I'd put my heads together with the people I left alive and try to do something on my own by joining forces.
Whether it's hunting or running away from this place.
Anyway, they really are a bunch of hopeless bitches.
But where the hell did this otaku bastard Kwon Juhyeok go?
When a sound like that was heard, he should have yelled "Juha-ya!" and sprinted over.
Slam!
Tap-tap-tap-tap!!
"Yeah, I was wondering when you'd show up."
"Hah.. hah.. hah.. did you hear that sound just now?? An explosion over there..."
"An explosion?"
Panting heavily, Kwon Juhyeok gestured for me to follow him and went back outside through the front door he had left open, and after hesitating for a moment, I followed the bastard.
Because even if I rested, it would be plenty enough to rest after checking the identity of that sound a moment ago.
As we went up to the rooftop following him, black smoke was rising above the apartment complex, barely visible between the tall buildings.
A gas explosion or something like that?
No, can a gas explosion happen when gas isn't even being supplied?
The moment such a doubt arose,
Rumblumble...!!!
This time, a slightly fainter explosion sound was heard.
And right after another.
Rumblumble..!!
Rumblumble..!!
"W-What on earth is happening..?"
"......"
I couldn't say anything to Kwon Juhyeok's soliloquy, which sounded like a question yet not quite.
And the thought of just sleeping until evening also vanished.
Clearly, something is happening right now.
Although I couldn't see other smoke rising here due to being blocked by surrounding buildings, I felt certain that something was happening which might affect me as well.
To verify what that is, it seemed there was no other way than to head toward where that smoke was rising.
"Hey, otaku."
"Yes??"
"If you put me, Minseo, and your sister in danger because of you, you die by my hand. Not even needing zombies, by my hand. Got it?"
"......Yes."
Kwon Juhyeok answered with a resolute face.
Of course, I don't trust him, but I should still take this bastard along for now.
There's also the promise with Kwon Juha, and no matter how useless the bastard is, he can at least serve as bait to throw to the zombies.
Though of course, there are humans like those three hopeless women who can't even serve as bait like that.
"Then you go down and pack clothes, water, and food from here into a bag. Match the weight to what one person can carry."
"Yes, understood!"
"What are you doing? Go down quickly."
"That is... where the bag is..."
"Do you really want to die?"
"I-I'll look for it! No, I'll somehow acquire one!"
"Sigh..."
Shaking my head as I watched Kwon Juhyeok hurriedly run down the rooftop, I also slowly moved my steps back to the house.
While I went to the rooftop, Minseo and Kwon Juha had dressed and come out to the living room.
But Jeong Seongmin was still alive on the living room floor, groaning.
"Why is that bastard still kept alive?"
"That is..."
At my question, Minseo mumbled instead of answering and glanced sideways at Kwon Juha, and I could roughly guess what the situation was.
That bitch has never killed a person before either.
"Until yesterday your eyes were flipped over wanting revenge, but now that he's handed to you, you can't kill him?"
"......"
"I'll count to three. If you don't kill him within that time, I will. Three, two, one."
Finishing the count, I walked over to the side of Kwon Juha, who was looking down at Jeong Seongmin collapsed on the floor, and swung my iron mace straight down.
Thwack!!!
Jeong Seongmin slumped loosely to the floor with his face half-vanished.
This is no time to waste time on a bastard like this.
Because confirming whatever unusual thing is happening with my own eyes is urgent.
"It's not like it's your first time seeing a dead person, so why are you making such a stupid face?"
"......"
"Sigh... Kim Minseo, bring her out. We're leaving right away."
"Where are we going? Are we going to the evacuation shelter?y"
My initial goal was to screw all the women in this world.
Going to the evacuation shelter was not in my plans.
Even if it was, it was only the last resort option when there were no more women left to screw.
But moving around is getting increasingly difficult, and it took me three whole days just to find someone.
Plus, knowing the fact that zombies continue to get stronger, finding other people will definitely become even harder.
In comparison, the location and existence of the evacuation shelter—the reason I hesitated most to go there—have also been confirmed by the paper Kwon Juhyeok brought, so it's time to modify my objective.
Of course, it will be definitely decided after confirming whether the path to the evacuation shelter is a route I can travel with my ability.
And for now...
"First, let's check what that sound we heard a moment ago was. I'll tell you the details on the way."
"Yes!"
"T-Then we'll get ready too!"
"Clothes first..."
"D-Don't we need weapons too?y"
The three women became much busier than Minseo or Kwon Juha.
I didn't bother telling them separately that there was no need for that.
I don't plan on taking them, but following along is those women's choice.
Of course, dying midway is also the result they will face by their own choice.
Though whether they can match our departure time before that is the question.
"Hey! Otaku!!"
"H-Here I am!!"
Responding immediately to my voice shouted as soon as I stepped out of the front door, Kwon Juhyeok came out from the next-door apartment, struggling and whining while carrying two bags on both shoulders and two in both hands.
I told that crazy bastard to pack just enough for him to carry, and he comes out packing a whole moving load.
"Are you shitting me right now?! How are you supposed to run carrying all that!"
"I-I can carry one!"
"What's your strength stat?"
"Mine is 8..."
"What about Kwon Juha?"
"It's 6..."
"Sigh, you frustrating bastard. How on earth did you survive?"
"......"
Currently, most zombies are moving in packs toward where the sound came from.
That means right now is the most suitable moment to move.
Therefore, before blaming that otaku's stupidity, I distributed the bags one by one and started frantically pulling out the items inside the bag I was going to carry.
Weight is one thing, but I needed to minimize the volume as much as possible so it wouldn't interfere with movement and prevent any misfortune of getting caught by zombies.
"Okay, done."
"We're all done too!"
"I-I'm done too!"
"...Are you really done? You're going to run carrying that?"
"......"
"Do whatever you want. If you die, it's you dying."
Shaking my head as I looked at Kwon Juhyeok's still-fat bag, unlike Kwon Juha's bag which had slimmed down with Minseo's help, I slung my bag over my shoulder and entered the final check.
"Kim Minseo, Kwon Juha. Are those weapons enough?"
"Yes."
"Yes.."
"This is enough for me too!"
"I didn't ask."
"......"
Me with an iron mace, Minseo with a sword about 60cm long, Kwon Juha with a short spear of a similar length that I used to use, and finally Kwon Juhyeok with a pretty threatening-looking hand axe.
Weapons OK, proper amounts of water and food OK, spare clothes OK.
"Now then, we're departing. Ah! Unless you feel like you're gonna die, don't flap your jaws. Even if you feel like you're gonna die, die quietly."
"......"
"And don't argue with my decisions. The moment you argue asking 'Shouldn't we do it this way?' or 'Shouldn't we do it that way?', I'll abandon you and go."
Finishing what I had to say, I ran down the emergency stairs while checking my stats and purchased Level 8 Strength.
『Name: Kang Hajin (27)
Height: 183cm Weight: 77kg
Traits: Tenacious Mentality (D), Agile Movement (E)
Coins: 37
[Strength Lv.8] [Agility Lv.11] [Stamina Lv.6] [Luck Lv.3]』
Perhaps because Jeong Woobin swept up people's coins to fight me, even combining the coins from the guys I killed here and the ones I took, it doesn't even reach 100 coins.
Just enough to buy Level 8 Strength.
Even this couldn't have been bought if it weren't for the zombies I killed on my way here.
Anyway, if I keep raising only stats like this, when will I raise Luck to get a trait?
My Luck is Level 3, so to make it Level 10 would cost 860 coins.
Can I endure without raising other stats until then?
Slam-
"Why here..."
"......"
"No, it's not! I also think going this way is right!"
"Just shut up."
"......"
Kwon Juhyeok harbored doubts toward me as I stopped running down the emergency stairs and entered the 1st-floor hallway.
Because this apartment was originally structured with the 1st floor made into an open parking lot and the 1st floor actually starting from the height of the 1.5th floor, to go outside one had to go down one more floor.
But the only fool who thinks he has to stupidly go out through the entrance door in a world like this is that otaku.
Slam-
"S-Save me!!"
"Save us!!"
"Shut up and get out of the way."
Some people I had left alive pleaded for their lives toward me as I suddenly barged into their house, but ignoring them, I roamed from house to house looking for the safest exit.
"Here it is."
A narrow alley behind the apartment where smoking high schoolers would likely hang out.
No wandering zombies are visible around, and the distance to the building in the back is close, just a few footsteps away.
Then I should go out here, break the window of that building right away, and move from building to building...
"W-Wait a minute!"
"We're here!!"
"Hah..! Hah..! Hah..!"
The three women arrived at an astonishingly timed moment.
They're bitches who will die on their own anyway if they follow along, but if they make a fuss for nothing, they'll draw the attention of zombies, so leaving them here is better...
No, wait.
"Hey."
"Yes?? Hah.. Hah.."
"We're going to go out here and enter that building right away."
"Ah... yes! Understood!"
"Then go out first."
"M-Me..?"
"If you go out belatedly, the gathered zombies will immediately pounce on you, are you fine with that?"
"Ah... yes, then I'll go out first!"
"Oppa..."
"Shut up."
As expected, she's a quick-witted bitch.
She already figured out why I'm doing this.
Silencing Minseo, who was pulling at my hem and calling me, I kindly threw the window wide open and lifted the woman up onto the window sill.
"I-It's a bit high..."
"It's no big deal. No need to be scared."
"......Okay. Then I'll jump down."
Finding confidence at my encouragement, the woman nodded with a resolute face, took a small deep breath, and jumped down below the window sill.
"Aah!!"
Splat!
Even lower than the second floor, the woman screamed as she fell forward without landing properly.
Is she okay?
Ah, of course I'm not worried about that woman's safety.
As I said, this place is a parking lot with an open 1st floor.
I sent her down first because I didn't know what might be in the parking lot underneath the apartment, which isn't in my current field of vision.
If it's safe, I'll go right down, and if it's not safe...
"Aargh!!"
"Arrrgh!!"
"Aaaaaah!! Save m..."
Crunch! Crunch!
Squash!! Crack-crunch!!
Zombies rushing in an instant and devouring the woman.
That's well over twenty of them.
As expected of an apartment where human sounds are made, there must have been quite a few zombies lingering around the entrance.
"W-What do we do..!"
"No... we have to save her..!"
"This place is dangerous. Let's go somewhere else. You guys follow too."
"......"
"......"
"Bad bastard..."
"What?"
"Nothing~ Just talking to myself, heh~"
Minseo, who had figured out my intention in advance, chased after me as I walked away nonchalantly, but the two women who arrived late, along with Kwon Juha and Kwon Juhyeok, reacted long after.
Of course, the two women whoops gave up on following me, and the sibling pair who looked completely different followed me with faces full of distrust and worry.
"Now, you go down first this time."
"M-Me..?"
"No! I'll go down first!"
"No. Because you mustn't die. And wouldn't this guy not tolerate that?"
At my instigating words, Kwon Juhyeok, whose pupils shook rapidly from side to side, pulled Kwon Juha's shoulder and stepped forward.
"I'll go down first. When it's safe, you come down then."
"Oppa!"
"Quiet. All the zombies will gather because of your noise. Are you gonna get Oppa killed?"
"T-This isn't it! You said you'd take Oppa too!"
"I am taking you. And didn't I say not to argue with my words?"
"However..!"
While Kwon Juha grabbed the hem of my clothes and screamed, Kwon Juhyeok had already climbed onto the window sill.
Fatty bastard, he climbed up just fine.
"O-Oppa..."
Tap-
Kwon Juhyeok jumped down before Kwon Juha could grab him.
Yeah, he has to be at least this much use.
I quickly stuck my head out the window to check the condition of Kwon Juhyeok who had jumped down.
"Aargh!!"
"Arrrgh!!"
Whoosh!!
Clack!!
"Ugh..!"
Embedding his axe into the head of one of the two zombies rushing him the moment he landed on the ground, Kwon Juhyeok entered a tug-of-war while grabbing the neck of the zombie rushing from the side with his left hand.
And right behind his back, five real zombies were running over.
"No..."
What do we mean, no.
Five is a thank-you present.
Pat-pat-
Thwack!!
Crunch!!!
Climbing straight onto the window sill and jumping down, I stepped on a zombie's head with my right foot and slammed it into the ground, then straightened my crouched body and swung my iron mace.
Thwack!!
"Otaku, are you alive?"
"Yes..! I'm alus... Uwaaah!!"
Squeeze/Pull!! Clack!!!
Pulling out the axe deeply embedded in the zombie's head and glancing back at Kwon Juhyeok who killed the zombie he was struggling with, I said,
"Shut up."
"......Yes.."
Afterwards, Kwon Juha and Minseo also safely came down below, and we quickly moved a distance of about 800 meters.
The place we arrived at like that was the rooftop of an apartment by the riverside.
And what we confirmed there was...
"The bridge has been severed..."
"The bridge over at Banpo Bridge that way too..."
Damn it, that explosion sound was the sound of blowing up the bridges.
Trying to save only themselves, you motherfuckers..!