Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

nown about my ability…’ And yet, he still dares to come to him again.
That could only mean one thing.
He has backup.

‘Since he’s crazy and impulsive, it’s better to be careful.’ He closed his eyes, swallowing his anger.
And when he saw his men crossing the road, he almost cried.

“He’s here!”

“President!”

His men saw him and ran to him.
It took a lot of effort for Seung-cheol to be able to lead this many awakeners.
He had been constantly giving things to them, even before the apocalypse began, and he had claimed that he had prepared a lot for the apocalypse.
Thanks to that, he was able to be recognized as a leader by his subordinates.
Their allegiance might be slightly shaken because of his death at the hand of Rapwi, but they wouldn’t just leave him because of that.
After all, to enter his personal shelter in Hannam-dong, they must have his permission.
It would be foolish to give up so many things and turn around just because of such simple things.

Seung-cheol asked after meeting his men.
“Where is Rapwi currently?”

“It looks like he went somewhere else.
The shelter is a mess right now.”

“Shall we find and end him? If President can just block his ability, it would be easy to take him down.”

Seung-cheol shook his head at his subordinates’ questions.

“No… Let’s go back to our bunker for now.
I think Rapwi has backup.”

“If it’s a backup… Is It I Love Gimbap?”

“Let’s find that b*st*rd and kill him.”

Seung-cheol smiled bitterly.
His subordinates, who served him, seem to be in high spirits even though he, their leader, has just got stabbed by a knife.
They can’t even do anything when he was stabbed, and yet they want to kill Gimbap? What a foolish bunch…

But he didn’t voice it out loud.

“Let’s go to the bunker first.
We are too unprepared to fight against them.
Let’s make a plan after we get back.”

“Wise decision, President.”

The journey to the Hannam-dong shelter wouldn’t be easy.
They have to go through Olympic Boulevard before finding a boat to cross the Han River.
Seung-cheol said while wiping the snow on the window sill.

“In this weather, the Han River would be frozen, right?”

“I think so.”

“Then we will be able to get there in two hours.
Everyone, pack your backpacks and let’s go.”

Seung-cheol had kept some supplies around the government shelter just in case.
It’s a pity to use it here, but he couldn’t help it.
After a while, the four of them left the building and headed for Olympic Boulevard.
His men were all fine, but Seung-cheol himself was dying.
As he tried to walk through the snow that had piled up to his thighs, his stamina dwindled.

“Huff… Huff…”

He glanced at his subordinates and silently slid behind them, leaving his men to bear the burden of traversing through the tall snow.

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In other hands, his subordinates were all grinning.

“When we arrive, will we be able to have s*x?”

“Didn’t President said President Kim had pretty girls in his bunker? We definitely will be able to!”

“Brainwashing skill is really amazing.
It turned people into a complete doll.”

“What’s the fun of having s*x with someone who can’t even react?”

“I wonder?”

The subordinates laughed mischievously.
At the sight, Seung-cheol got annoyed and waved his hand.

“I’ll ask him for you guys! So let’s go quickly!”

“Okay!”

Once they arrived at Hangang Park, the Han River was frozen solid.
And while they were crossing the frozen Han River, the blizzard raged again.

“Ugh… it’s cold…”

“Hook, hook, hook!”

The cold, which seeped into his lungs, was no joke.
As they’re people who had never gone outside the safety of the shelter, they had no resistance whatsoever to the cold.

“I didn’t know it would be this cold…”

Seung-cheol deeply regretted not having prepared any ear warmer.
He thought that he would never have to go outside the shelter and could just spend his days lazing around, but that damned Rapwi ruined everything.

After 1 hour, the group finally arrived at Gangbyeonbuk road.
But there, they met a problem; there are monsters running towards them from the Han River.

“Th- those are ghouls!” The eyes of everyone in the group widened.

“Crazy… in this cold?”

It was hard to believe that ghouls could run like that in this cold weather, where it was difficult for even awakeners to be active.

Maybe those were Da-jeong’s ghouls?

‘No, from what I remembered, there’s no such thing like blue ghouls amongst Da-jeong’s subordinates…’

On top of it, it was hard to imagine her going out and working in this cold.
After all, even before winter came, she had always been grumbling about how cold the wind was.

Anyway, Seung-cheol decided that fighting here was foolish.

“Let’s run away!”

“Okay!”

In fact, the blue ghouls at the forefront were not specialized in fighting, but speed, so they’re actually weaker than a normal ghoul.
But since they didn’t know about that, they had no choice but to run away with their tails between their legs.

The group was chased by the ghouls and turned around and entered the residential area next to the collapsed apartment complex.
They saw that the place is close, and that at least they can arrive there with their depleting stamina.

“Ack!!” In the end, Seung-cheol lost his balance and stumbled at the entrance of a small building.
He had lost a lot of his stamina after moving for two hours in a blizzard.
His men dragged him up and carried him upstairs.
Meanwhile, Da-jeong’s ghouls surrounded the building.

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Me and Da-jeong joined Seokhyun, who was running around screaming ‘Seeegggsss’.
He insisted that we follow Seung-cheol.
His reasoning was: If we let him go like this, he will bite us later down the line.
I wanted to hear the detailed story about how he and Seung-cheol got to this situation, but it was important to move quickly first.

We were able to cross the Han River without being detected because the blizzard raged at the right time to cover us.
It was very funny to see Seokhyun sitting on the sled and shouting ‘Run, Run, Run!!!!!’

Anyway, after crossing the Han River, Da-jeong used the newly recruited ghouls to drive them back.
They ran away and went into a certain building.
As I was about to rest, Seokhyun made a shocking remark.

“I stabbed Seung-cheol with a knife.
So he’s running away now.”

“Uh… What? Could you please explain in detail?”

Da-jeong asked as he failed to understand what the hell was going on.
How did it make sense that, shortly after he rescued a lot of people, he stabbed someone else and started chasing him?

“As for what happened…”

Da-jeong’s mouth opened at Seokhyun’s explanation.

“I don’t know what to say, but you are definitely crazy… Don’t you know that you will be kicked out if you commit violence in the government shelter?”

“I was just trying to provoke him a little.”

“’Provoke him a little’? Do you think swinging your fist and stabbing him with a knife is only ‘a little’ provocation?”

He shrugged.
“I had no choice but to do it.”

Da-jeong turned her eyes at me.
“Did you also expect this?”

“I expected that Seung-cheol would start an argument with him.
But I never thought Seokhyun would take things this far.”

“Did I make a mistake?”

I hurriedly denied it as Seokhyun’s voice died down and tinted with sadness.

“No, it’s not a mistake.
Rather, it was good.
Because we are able to find out what his unique skill is and make him use his resurrection scroll.
Now, he will be shivering with cold and fear.
Very well done.”

“Hmm, is that so?”

When Seokhyun regained his spirit, Da-jeong muttered as if it was ridiculous.

“What are you guys talking about… Anyway, what are we going to do now? They will be suspicious if we keep sieging with the ghouls.”

I contemplated for a while before opening my mouth.
“Let’s just figure out the location of the bunkers now.”

“That’s it? If we leave him be, he’ll become a trouble for us in the future.
Who do you think owns all the bunkers over there?”

Just like Da-jeong said, The housing complex in Hannam-dong was full of bunkers.
They must’ve paid a lot of money to the media in order to hide it’s existence.
I had heard that there were a lot of chaebols living there, but I didn’t know that they had prepared this much.

Well, most of it should be empty, but it should be okay to consider all the survivors here as Seung-cheol’s allies.

“So we have to be prepared.
The bunker is mostly empty, but it’s sturdy.
It’s hard for us to attack right now.
We need to prepare ourselves first.”

Da-jeong nodded, but Seokhyun seemed to have a slightly different opinion.

“You know what? There’s actually a better way.
If Seongho uses his dimensional wall as a staircase for me like last time, I can go inside that building.
I can just kill them all and commit suicide.
How about it? That’s a good idea, right?”

The two of us got goosebumps hearing Seokhyun’s idea.

He’s really crazy…