I'm still alive

'Shh.

When I raise my hand and lower my posture, the group that followed me crouched down. Then they hide themselves on the wall and naturally adhere to each other and band together in a circle. After a while the old man standing at the very back came up to me carefully and whispered in my ear.

'What's wrong?

I raised my finger to ask the old man to look this way. There were people staring blankly at the clear sky.

The group moved through the city in perfect order as if it were a living creature. When I saw them, I either went around or hid and avoided them. As a result of avoiding clashes with them as much as possible, they approached the Well-being Mart without any damage or contact.

But now that we've almost reached our destination, we've faced quite a difficult situation.

The number I found was two. They would have avoided or ignored the original, but the location where they stand is quite exquisite. Those guys standing in front of the Wellbeing Mart so precisely were keeping us from going inside.

They become passive when the sun is up. Literally standing there all day long, unless the sun sets. There were too many dangers to wait for the night they began to move.

Once he led his party into a private parking lot nearby. Then they gathered round and began the meeting in a small voice. At first, there was talk of using sound to lure or find another door, but it was all ignored because of other variables.

The choice was very narrow.

The final conclusion was that there should not be a risk factor around.

After all, when it was concluded that they had to fight them, the children bowed their heads in fear, and the women also showed signs of being a little nervous. However, he did not panic or commit any accidental act. They were waiting for my instructions as they gradually adapted to this situation.

The party put all the luggage down in the parking lot for now. And I got ready to deal with those two, overhauling the guns and the Great Sword. My heart trembled a little and my body heated up with tension. The old man approached me and my eyes met with me while I was checking the bayonet again.

'I'll go this time.’

One of our fatal drawbacks is that we have fewer combatants. Unless certain terrain protects non-combat personnel, one combatant had to protect the rest of the group. It was the same when he ran away from Seoul National University and will continue to do so unless there are additional people.

Of course I thought I should go, but the old man doesn't seem to be. The old man was looking at me with the same eyes as he looked at me when I lured zombies at Shin Seoul National University. The eyes were so solemn and sentimental that I turned my eyes and coughed for no reason.

Then came Kang Soo-ryeon's voice from behind.

'Give me a gun, too. I'll keep an eye on it.’

The old man and I looked at Kang Soo-ryeon at the same time. The thought that came to my mind at the moment was a short negation. A woman cannot fight, she must be protected. I didn't have such a stereotype. But now, life is at stake. It was not a matter to decide by mere hitting.

I tried to give a quick refusal. However, Kang Soo-ryeon, who made eye contact with me at the moment, failed to give up his refusal. Her eyes were more solemn and stern than ever. Facing the eyes, I erased the first sight of her from my memory.

'You can't be protected until when. That's what Sieun thinks.’

Kang Soo-ryun said so, and trudged along to open the old man's sports bag. Then he took out a gun and took the ammunition and the bayonet with clumsy movements. In the meantime, I have been following my movements with my lightly trembling hands, as if I have been watching the search.

But because of the trembling hands, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office continues to slip and fail to strike. Her eyes began to tremble little by little as her hands kept shaking and eventually she bit her lips tightly. Then close your eyes and slowly drop your head.

But at the moment the old man approaches her and holds her trembling hand tightly. Then accept the gun and skillfully insert the bayonet and the ammunition. The old man looks at her with a gun for a moment and then hands the gun to her.

She stared blankly at the old man. Then he reached out his hand to pick up the gun in front of him.

'Think of stabbing in the spear.’

The old man who said so began to explain to her quietly one by one. From how to fire a gun to how to move the controls. And if she had to do what she had to do in a crisis, she informed her in detail.

She listened blankly to it and soon began to master it, nodding her head with serious eyes.

Fortunately, there are no monsters around here except for those two. The chances of the party being attacked by them were very low while we were dealing with those two. The old man reassured her by forcing the point.

And if you think it's really dangerous, press down on the trigger and fire the gun, the old man said. Then she nodded with much more stable eyes and clenched the heavy gun with both hands.

I looked at the scene in silence. The old man smiled gladly and walked past me into the alley corner. She looked up at me as I threw my eyes at her. 'You can do it,' she said, looking at me.

I haven't had four legs since then. And I believed her, who had become strong before I knew it.

I got a kiss on the cheek from Chae Yeon and headed to the old man.

* * * * * * *

Have you ever seen ants?’

I was just looking at them at the corner, and the old man recited it to my ears. I looked at the old man out of the blue. But the old man spoke again in a small voice, keeping his eyes on them.

'There are more ants on Earth than humans. Those little things are still living in groups like humans and the world is ruined.’

At first, I was going to say what I meant in this situation, but when I saw the old man's face, who looked so serious, I shut my mouth. And he slowly warmed himself, holding his gun tightly so that he could fight at any time.

'Among the ants, there are big fighting ants and small worker ants. And there must be a great queen ant. Doesn't it look like a human being?’

The old man who said so tied the shotgun back and slowly lifted the iron skewer. And breathe in and out as if you were warming up. Looking at it blankly, I made eye contact with the old man who turned his head. Then the old man continued his words.

'But what makes them different from humans is that they don't divide their own people because they need them.’

Ants do. They do not persecute or throw away their roles because they have no power. As if it were just right, they all belong to a group and roll naturally like a cogwheel. And if there's an outside intrusion, whoever comes forward and protects the herd.

I had a lot of thoughts. I throw it away because I don't need it. It was done by the end-of-life humans. Those who abandoned Chae-yeon because they were useless, and those who killed and abused many people because they were strong. They were inferior to a mere ant.

'We like it because we'really good.’

The old man said so and smiled. Then he put his face on the corner and whistled small. Then, standing in front of that mart, they turn their heads this way, bending their necks and shoulders like wooden dolls with strings attached. And then they run towards this side of the swing.

The men who started running began to pick up speed. I wasn't as scared as I thought when I was watching them running like crazy. It was as fast as someone pushed me behind and I felt very warm behind my back. Perhaps by then my tremor would have stopped.

The old man said, looking at me with a shotgun like a baseball bat.

'So let's not change.

Argh!

The old man ran fiercely as if he were trying to relieve his sorrow and sorrow, and blew his head into the corner with a dog's head. As if he hit a home run at the speed of running and fast swings, he flies away and falls back.

And my head became a mess, and my whole body began to tremble and soon stopped moving. The other one, who was following him, fixed his eyes on the old man and gave out a loud groan. Over his shoulder, the old man was looking at me with a small smile.

Can you laugh now?

But I ended up smiling without realizing it. And then quickly pick up the gun and stab it in the back of his neck. The man, who was flinching under attack, pulled out the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and shot him in the back of his head with a dog's head plate before he could react.

With the sensation of something breaking, he shuddered and then twisted forward. And I hit him like I'm going to kill him, and I'm going to smash him like I'm going to kill him. It was so natural as if it were doing a familiar act.

The situation was over in a minute. Unlike before, there was no more tremor and no fear. We looked at the body for a moment and soon turned without a word and began to walk to where the party was.

When we arrive at the parking lot, Kang Soo-ryeon, who was wary of the surroundings, looks this way with surprise. And as the gun was headed this way, the old man and I raised our hands above our heads in surprise. However, Kang Su-ryeon soon breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the gun.

And as she looked at us approaching, she muttered in a feeble voice.

'You almost shot it.’

Then the old man said to me, packing up his luggage.

'Don't give him a gun next time.'

I wanted to laugh out loud, but I couldn't. We moved our steps to the mart.

The mart was the same as the last time I saw it. I took the precious key out of my pocket and opened the big lock. And opened the security window carefully so that no sound could be heard. I opened just enough for one person to crawl and quietly winked at the old man.

The old man nods his head. And skillfully go into the floor into the gear mart. While I was looking around and wary, the old man reached out his hand through the security window and signaled that nothing was wrong. I nodded and let the party in one by one.

I looked around for a moment when all the party members went in. And crawled quickly into the mart. When I entered, I saw the company. The whole party was standing and staring at me.

And when I came inside and completely closed the security window and locked it with a lock, the party sighed with relief behind me. I also breathed deeply because I was sighing on my own accorded a deep sigh.

We're finally here.