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"Guaaaah...."
"Guooooh...."
The villa tenants stood in a line in the hallway, watching the swarm of zombies filling the stairs.
It was a sickening sight.
Zombies kept climbing over the ones that had fallen.
They would lose their balance, fall over, and then other zombies would climb over them.
The zombie horde looked like a single living organism.
They were working so hard, but they couldn't break through the 4th-floor Safe Zone.
It was like walking in place.
"It's a bit uncomfortable, though...."
Im Ji-ah was now able to face the zombies.
When she had first moved into the villa, she had been terrified of just three or four zombies, but that wasn't the case anymore.
It was thanks to realizing that no matter what, the zombies couldn't invade the Safe Zone.
"Eek, it moved!"
Unfortunately, she hadn't perfectly adapted yet.
When the zombie at the very front twitched slightly, Im Ji-ah hid behind my back.
"Shall we get started?"
Kkang, kkang, kkang.
Kang Mu-yeol tapped his baseball bat against the floor.
The zombies reacted to the sound.
The Siren was the same.
The Siren, which had been about to enter a dormant state as if dozing off, lifted its head.
"Oops. You should've told me sooner."
"I'm going inside!"
"Yi-seo, let's go in too."
The non-combatants hurried back to their respective homes.
The only ones left were me, Kang Mu-yeol, and Nam Hyun-sik.
There was a reason everyone went inside like this.
I had modified the supply items a bit for today.
Since the supply source was on the level of a large mart, they were even selling earplugs.
I took the orange earplugs out of my pocket and squeezed them with my hand.
I inserted the thinned earplugs into my ears.
"Would you like some?"
"Ah, is there one for me too? Thank you."
I handed a new pair of earplugs to Nam Hyun-sik.
I had only brought three pairs of earplugs anyway, thinking that only three people would be left here once the work started.
Nam Hyun-sik received the earplugs and put them in his ears.
"What about you, Kang Mu-yeol-ssi?"
"I'm fine. Hearing is important when fighting."
"It's a bit one-sided to call it a fight, though...?"
"We could be ambushed suddenly, you know."
"Is that so...?"
There was only one way up, and the 4th floor was a Safe Zone, so there was no chance of being ambushed.
Is this the deep wisdom of a warrior who refuses to let his guard down in any situation?
"Then, let's begin."
Kang Mu-yeol cleared his throat and started smashing the heads of the zombies in front of him.
"Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahaha!"
The laughter stopped at every interval where he held his breath.
Kang Mu-yeol's mouth was full of smiles.
He had the expression of someone doing morning jogging.
'I'm glad Kang Mu-yeol is a Tenant.'
If he weren't a Tenant, this laughter might have been directed at me.
My sanity might have cracked.
Separate from that, the Coins were piling up steadily.
Since it was 1 Coin per zombie, it looked like I would easily pass a hundred Coins once I caught all these zombies.
'What should I do with the Coins next?'
That Spider bastard.
I didn't like its nimble nature, but perhaps it was a lucky charm that brought good fortune.
It even dragged the Siren here.
It was basically a Coin factory.
Unfortunately, it wasn't a factory that could keep producing Coins forever.
If I had the capacity, I would have to shut this factory down.
If they kept blocking the stairs, I couldn't secure this villa.
Even now, I was just beating them up without thinking about operations.
It was just that we didn't have the capacity to gain the upper hand.
Swaeee-aek! Puk!
I should level up my Slingshot Skill while I'm at it.
「Level Up.」
"Huh?"
「Name : Kwon Min-jun」
「Class : Housekeeper(EX)」
「Level : 4」
It wasn't the Slingshot Skill, but my own level that had gone up.
At the same time, a system notification window popped up.
「Facility Management feature has been unlocked.」
「Shop feature has been unlocked.」
"Oh."
Facility Management and a Shop, huh.
"Let's eat!"
I declared the end of the morning routine for now.
I had collected quite a lot of Coins.
'I should check out the new features while I eat.'
"Did you take all the chopsticks? Please move the meat over here!"
Im Ji-ah pushed the plate containing the meat toward me.
Nam Yi-seo took the plate and placed it on the table.
The sun was warm, and a pleasant breeze was blowing.
"It's definitely better to eat sitting at a table; my back doesn't hurt and it's nice."
Nam Hyun-sik said.
"The view is nice, too."
I could only see villa and studio apartment buildings, but combined with the clear sky and white clouds, it was quite scenic.
Actually, none of us had had a chance to look at the sky for a while.
Since the zombie outbreak, we had been busy hiding in our homes.
But after becoming tenants of this villa, we could go out to look at the sky whenever we wanted.
Without even worrying about zombie attacks.
I looked down at the table.
Each of us had a bowl of spicy mixed noodles in front of us.
Thin-sliced pork belly and spicy mixed noodles were today's lunch.
"Let's eat!"
"Thank you, Boss!"
Slurp, slurp, slurp!
Everyone picked up their chopsticks.
We shoved the spicy mixed noodles into our mouths along with the thin-sliced pork belly.
"Wow, holy crap! This is so fucking delicious."
"Were these noodles always this good?"
Maybe it was because we had exercised in the morning, but lunch was incredibly delicious.
It was comparable to the spicy mixed noodles at a barbecue restaurant.
'I'll need to get another supply drop.'
Since the family was growing, the frequency of supply drops was increasing.
Instead, since we were earning more Coins than that every day, it wasn't a burden at all.
"Let's see...."
Supplies are supplies, but I should check the new features first.
After leveling up, two new features had opened.
One was Facility Management, and the other was the Shop.
Facility Management might give me a headache, so I checked the Shop first.
"...Oh?"
Various products were listed.
The prices were all in Coins.
I doubted my eyes when I saw the product at the very top of the Shop window.
'Chicken for 20 Coins?'
Chicken, of all things.
I had seen plenty of retort products or ingredients in the supplies, but this was the first time I'd seen chicken that looked like it had just been fried.
Different from the large mart chicken.
It was closer to a famous brand of chicken.
Of course, I couldn't blindly trust the product description photo.
How many times had I been deceived in the past?
'But would the system really lie to me?'
The system had never betrayed my trust.
I had just eaten lunch, but my mouth watered.
I felt hungry again.
'But the price....'
It was 20 Coins.
One supply drop was 1 Coin.
It didn't even cost 10 Coins to level up the Tenants yet.
Of course, the cost would increase as they leveled up, but even considering that, 20 Coins was expensive.
"Can't resist."
The Shop was open, the stairs were full of Coins... no, zombies, and I had plenty of Coins saved up, so I couldn't just pass by the chicken.
It was safe to consider this a reliability test.
If it showed that the product description photo was real, I would never doubt the system no matter what happened.
I purchased the chicken from the Shop.
20 Coins disappeared.
「Delivery to your doorstep complete!」
A system window popped up.
It seemed it wasn't generated right here.
"Wait a moment. I'll be right back."
I asked the Tenants who were eating for their understanding and left the rooftop.
"...!"
I couldn't hide my excitement as I went down the stairs.
It was because the smell of chicken was strongly piercing my nose.
"Graaaargh!"
"Guwaaaak!"
The zombies were moving violently.
Can't zombies resist the smell of chicken either?
Still, I'm not giving them any. Do you know how much this cost?
There was a plastic bag in front of the entrance to Room 404.
Steam was rising from inside the bag.
When I touched the bag, a pleasant warmth wrapped around my hand.
"Gotta eat it while it's warm."
I carried the chicken and ran up to the rooftop.
Maybe because I ran up.
Kang Mu-yeol, who had been picking at the meat, jumped up and grabbed his baseball bat.
"It's not that. Sit down."
Sniff, sniff.
Im Do-young wiggled his nose.
"This smell is...?"
I put the chicken on the table and unwrapped the plastic.
The golden fried chicken, which looked crispy just by looking at it, revealed itself.
Steam was rising from the chicken leg on top.
"...!!"
"......!"
"Th-this is?"
The Tenants opened their eyes wide and stared at the chicken in the middle of the table.
'Hmm.... Even so, was one chicken for seven people a bit too little?'
I bought it just to taste it, though.
Since we're eating, we should at least have two pieces each, right?
I purchased one more chicken from the Shop.
"It looks like another chicken arrived in front of the door; who wants to go get it?"
"I'll go get it right away, Hyung-nim!"
Im Do-young ran out before I could stop him.
But what's with the "Hyung-nim"?
He seems overly excited by the chicken.
Im Do-young retrieved the chicken and returned.
It was the same visual as the one I brought.
"Eat up."
I gave the signal that they could eat.
The chicken legs and wings came to me.
I felt a little sorry for Kang Mu-yeol.
Now that the importance of Coins had increased.
It seemed Kang Mu-yeol would have to work a little harder.
After finishing the meal, I returned to my room first.
Kang Mu-yeol, having replenished his protein, headed to the hallway saying he would catch the zombies.
'So this is auto-hunting.'
I'm lying on the sofa, and Coins are coming in.
I didn't come to my room to rest.
I had come to calm my mind and check the other feature.
There were many amazing products on the Shop list.
However, they were expensive, so I didn't feel like reaching for them just yet.
The next feature to check was Facility Management.
There was a Repairman among the Tenants, and the house would be cleanly remodeled once secured, so why was Facility Management opened as a new feature?
Of course, I don't doubt the system.
It must have opened it because it was necessary.
「Facility Management」
「Install CCTV : 100 Coins」
「Locked」
「Locked」
Ah. A feeling like this?
CCTV is good to have, and inconvenient if you don't.
As the landlord, it meant I absolutely had to unlock it.
As it happened, Coins were coming in on their own.
It was barely 100 Coins.
"Okay, install."
Suddenly, the TV screen turned on.
"Whoa, you scared me!"
Since the zombie outbreak, I hadn't turned on the TV at all because only disaster broadcasts appeared on every channel.
The TV showed a screen split into dozens of sections.
It was the CCTV screen showing the surroundings of the building.
"...Oh."
Since I don't watch TV anyway, I could just keep the CCTV screen on all the time.
"But who are those people?"
Four burly men were lurking around our villa.