Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

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Yoohyeon’s unique ability was doll making.
It was a skill that enabled him to make a doll and move it freely.
Moreover, he could also see as well as hear through them.
Thanks to that, even though Yoohyeon did not have any combat capability, he was unmatched in the intelligence gathering field.
The paper plane he often made had given him the ability to easily see the whereabouts of other survivors as well as monsters around the area.

Today, at Seongho’s request, Yoohyeon and Mikyung climbed up to a nearby studio building and flew a paper airplane.
The paper plane passed through the sky of the desolate one-room neighbourhood and headed for the golf club.

After flying the paper airplane in the sky of the gold club, Yoohyeon sighed.

“They are so territorial.”

“What are you talking about?” asked Mikyung, who was lying next to him without any care in the world.

“To give you a brief explanation… People who moved here from Busan would definitely be short on food, right? We’re fine since Seongho Hyung is helping us…”

“Wait a minute.
I’ve felt it for a long time, but you’re too explanatory.”

“There’s a need for build-up to make a story.”

“Yeah, yeah whatever.
Just tell me quickly.”

“That guy named Kyung-joon is using that fact.
Instead of giving them food for free, he urges them to do his bidding.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“It’s… he told them to kill people.”

“WHAT?!?!” Mikyung’s eyes widened.
However, the moment before she could bombard him with questions, Yoohyeon raised his hands.

“Wait a minute.
People are making quite a fuss there so I can’t hear well.”

“Okay, tell me quickly if you hear anything.”

After a while, Yoohyeon stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“Wow… that guy called Kyung-joon was really awful.”

“What did he do?”

“That…”

The thing which Yoohyeon heard goes like this.

It could be said that Kyung-joon was a top dog in the area.
And since he had been there for so long, and ruled the area like a king, he was displeased that so many survivors suddenly came to his area.
It was because monsters would only spawn near people, so the more people there are, the more monsters there would be.

He told several people.

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-Look at the desolate surroundings.
What are you going to eat? On the other hand, there’s so many of you here! After a while, the zombies will certainly come in droves.

-Then what should we do?

-Let’s reduce the number of survivors.

People were taken aback by his suggestion.
After all, his suggestion means that he wants the people here to be murderers.

-You know that if you only kill one person, you wouldn’t be turned into a murderer, right? Kill, and I will give you food.

-Wait a minute, what are you talking about? How can you say something like that so casually…

-Shouldn’t you worry more about what is happening behind your back?

Kyung-joon chuckled.
When the man turned around, he noticed that the people around him were looking at him with strange eyes.
They were already falling for Kyung-joon’s words.

-Ah, no…

Kyungjoon laughed.

-Right now, it’s like I am choosing a supplier company for my main company.
If you don’t deliver, you’ll either starve to death or attack others.
How is that different from what I’m proposing? Don’t you understand this simple thing?

The reason Kyung-joon was trying to manipulate people with food as bait was because he saw that most survivors who came here had only one backpack on their back.
Which means, they only had enough food for a few days.
On the flipside, Kyung-Joon had a bunker with him.
The supplies stockpiled inside were also enormous.

Then, someone said,

-There is a rice centre nearby! Do not be shaken by his words!

-Are you planning on only eating rice for your whole life? Shouldn’t there be a side dish? How about water? Are you sure that you can drink from the Nakdong River?

-We can just go to Gimhae or Jinhae…

-Ah yeah, people there who are already fighting for food among themselves will surely accept you.
Please, by all means, go there.

The expression of the survivors wrinkled at his sarcasm.
Then, Kyung-joon urged them.

-Think carefully.
If you hold hands with me, even if the work is tough, you can still make a living.
It’s not bad.

-How can we trust you? Can’t you just kill us once you give us some food?

Someone said that, but Kyung-joon’s eyes turned cold at that moment.

―You seem to be mistaken.
The one who has to earn trust, is you guys.
Not the opposite.

At that moment, people’s reactions were split in half.

One side thinks, ‘Do I have to listen to this man?’

All of them who had this thought were well aware that it’s dangerous and difficult to go anywhere else.
Holding hands with the person in front of them wasn’t a bad option at all.

There were, of course, many who were against it.
They begged Kyung-joon several times to let them go, but to no avail.
On top of it, Kyung-joon was surrounded by his ten subordinates, so it was difficult to attack him.

-Decide quickly.
The raid will begin soon.

Currently, there were no zombies around, but one couldn’t be too sure when this many people gathered.

At Kyung-joon’s urging, three people came to the front then shook hands with the gloved man.
Then, their eyes changed drastically.

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-Get rid of them.

At Kyung-joon’s command, thirteen people rushed towards the five.
Moments later, a terrifying scream echoed across the golf course.
One survivor hid in the surroundings using his stealth ability, but unfortunately for him, he was discovered when one of Kyung-joon’s men sprayed paint into the field.
Promptly, Kyung-joon gave one of his subordinates a bow.
Then, using that bow, his subordinate shoots at the last survivor.

Just like that, the five survivors died.
Kyung-joon said to the remaining three.

-I am a person who will surely reward those who deserved it.
Take this.

His subordinates put down three backpacks.
When the 3 opened it, it was full of food and bottled water.
They sighed in relief and grabbed the backpacks.

-Talk well and bring someone else with you.
got it?

His order means that they need to bring a clean survivor to this place and kill them.
It was a terrifying order, but no one could disobey Kyung-joon’s words.
It was because they were already in the same boat.

“The end.” Yoohyeon wrapped up his story.

“Wow… That kind of person exist?”

“Didn’t Sooyeon noona say it? He is the kind of person who sacrifices his subordinates without any thought just because he wanted to open the time shelter.”

“Then what should we do?”

“Even if you ask me… Seongho hyung just told me to monitor them, so we should just keep flying the plane.”

“Even if it’s Seongho ahjussi, he won’t be able to solve it alone.
There’s too many people there…” Mikyung spoke in a worried voice.

“You’ve been hunting together with him but you still didn’t believe he can’t do it?”

“No, it’s not like that…”

“Personally, I believe Seongho hyung can do it.
Hyung is just different from us.
Didn’t Sooyeon noona said it that as long as you don’t betray him, he will help us?”

“…”

At that moment, Mikyung remembered how Seongho found a stockpile of food as soon as he arrived in this area.
It was hard to believe that he just found so much food in the area which was ruled by a big faction like Kyung-joon’s faction.
Surely, he’s still hiding something from her and the rest of the group.
However, Mikyung knew that trying to figure it out wasn’t a good decision.
So, she decided to think that whatever Seongho was hiding, it was a good thing.

“Fine… Just hurry up and fly the plane to Ahjussi.”

“But why do you keep calling hyung Ahjussi? Sooyeon noona is older than him yet you called her unnie.”

“It’s up to me whether I want to call him hyung or ahjussi, why do you care?”

“Seongho hyung said that he was hurt because of that..”

“R-really?”

“Of course it’s a joke! Huh? Your face turned red.”

“Hey!” While Mikyung was kicking Yoohyeon’s ass, the plane flew into the sky.

Seongho caught the plane which came through the window of his room and looked at it.
After reading the content written inside, Seongho drew a map of the golf course on paper and was immersed in thought.

‘I have to go inside even if I don’t want to.’ He thought.
After all, it was almost impossible to drill through a strong bunker even if the door wasn’t made of concrete.
And even if he wanted to drill it, he didn’t have any machinery which could accomplish that task as of now.

‘Then, I have to subdue more than 10 people.’ If it was a few days ago, that many people would be quite burdensome for him.
But it is no longer a problem, as currently, he had many useful items together with the new skill he just got from hunting the werewolf.
If he played his card right, his possibility of winning would be quite high.

However, unlike last time, Seongho would surely kill Kwon this time.
But, since there would be no monster inside the bunker, it would be hard to use the method that he often uses to kill others without him actively trying to kill them, which is to lure monsters and zombies towards them.
But Seongho quickly figured out a new way to do it.

‘That should work.’