I'm still alive

As soon as I opened the back door, the old man and Du-sik hurried inside. I hurriedly closed the door when they came in and had Yongpal check the roof for anything he had been chasing.

The old man and Du-sik were breathing heavily, perhaps rushing in. And he collapsed on the floor and sweated like rain. Seeing that, I quickly brought towels and ion drinks and put them out. Then the two quickly reached out their hands, glistening in their eyes.

The old man emptied half of the pet drink in a flash and Doosik was already emptying two bottles. The old man and Doosik's hair were soaked with sweat, as they sweated in this cold weather. I packed a blanket around them so I wouldn't catch a cold.

The rough breath began to settle down little by little. The old man gave a long sigh, wiping his head and face with a towel, and muttered in a feeble voice.

I thought I was going to die.….’

I gulped down my saliva. Then the old man and Doo-sik crouched in front of them, and asked the two in a impatient voice.

What about him?’

Then the old man's eyes shone sharply. Then he turned his eyes and looked at the front door of the mart, muttering in a voice of conviction and coldness.

'I didn't bite the tail. You don't know we're here.’

Only then did I give a sigh of relief. It was unlucky of me to meet him after sunset. And I was surprised once again by his tenacity to follow us to the city. The tough, vicious guy, the one we don't want to face again, crawled under our jaws.

I wanted to ask the details. How did you run into him, what happened to them who followed you? But seeing Du-sik still struggling with his strength, I felt mixed up. He was like an Energizer. How hard did he have to work to make his face look half-faced?

I scratched up the jug as soon as possible. Sausage, packaged smoked eggs, sweet chocolate bars and various kinds of ham. Once the meal was cooked, I hoped that Doosik would be energized right away.

Du-sik was blankly absent-minded with his eyes were blank. But when the food came into view, he suddenly welcomed it and jumped out of his seat. Then he ran fiercely toward the food and began the munching. The old man also carefully brought a sausage and chewed it.

Then the old man slapped Doosik on the back of his meal and laughed happily.

'But if it weren't for this guy, I would have died.’

So, Du-sik, are you talking about me? He looked at us with a look and soon focused on the meal again. The old man laughed at the sight and gave me more food. And he looked at Doosik as if he was looking at his grandson, who was proud of him, with a voice telling him to eat a lot.

The old man, who ate all the sausages, soon lay on the floor of the mart. There was a moment of silence and inside the mart there was only the sound of Doosik chewing food. And by the time the old man had fully recovered his strength, I asked carefully.

'......what happened?’

Then the old man rose half up from his bed and leaned against the wall. And he told me quietly, turning his dried hair over by hand.

'There was a quarrel between the search teams.’

A quarrel? A dispute that occurred inside. I began to remember the small cracks that were seen when they were released from captivity and out of the mart. The man who looked at the woman with a sigh, who had a rough attitude. Perhaps that was the beginning of a conflict.

But they were not new. You've been across this city at least a dozen times, and you're making that stupid choice? I asked the old man if he really was, and the old man nodded slowly. and said with a tingling tongue.

'The captain woman was right on her first trip.'

And the old man began to talk about what had happened that day.

The old man said the search team did not arrive at the shelter even though the sun was setting. Eventually, he started looking for a hideout to spend the night, and there seemed to be a small quarrel between the captain and his team members during the search.

But the veteran team quickly stopped arguing and tried to find shelter, as if they had made a rational decision. But the captain woman couldn't contain her anger and was said to have had a fit of excitement. The old man said she was really crazy at the time, and I thought she was really crazy.

The result was obvious.

The moment the sun sets, the city prepares to turn into hell. Eventually, they could not find a hiding place, and when they heard the argument, they began to be chased. Of course, the old man and Doo-sik were surprised and quickly moved away from there and ran like crazy.

But they weren't the only ones who came. I could hear them crying and the creepy sound of him crying.

It is said that the cries, which seemed to twist and scratch steel plates, filled the city's interior, and the old man, who heard the sound, sensibly felt that it was him. So instead of running away, he decided to hide in the right place and ran desperately toward the building nearby with Doo-sik.

And the screams and shouts that come. The old man looked back for a moment, and he was attacking a group of Eden running away. He is a more ferocious and skillful hunting method than ever before, and they have torn and dismembered.

And the fellow, who finished hunting in a flash, found an old man running away and Doosik. Then he began to chase after the building, jumping between the buildings. The old man laughed in vain and joked that he really nearly peed.

But I couldn't laugh at it. I was just imagining it, but I had a shiver.

The distance gradually narrowed and the old man, who thought he would get caught at this rate, pulled the trigger and loaded the gun. Shooting a gun in the middle of the night was like committing suicide. But the old man was going to die anyway.

However, the situation changed rapidly at the moment. This is because the moment the old man held the gun, Du-sik turned around and stopped.

'Doo-sik?'

I asked in astonishment. Then the old man gave Doosik a pat on the back once again and smiled gladly.

At first, the old man said he thought Doo-sik was crazy because of fear. But stopping at the spot, Du-sik hurriedly looked around and began running madly toward one place. The old man was startled and ran along with Du-sik.

Ignoring the call of the old man, Du-sik gave a big shout when he arrived at his destination, clasping something with both hands. Looking at what it was, it was a lump of cement that prevented parking in front of the mall.

The old man stared blankly at the scene. Du-sik held the banned bars connected to cement in both hands and began spinning in place as if he were a discus thrower. And then he threw it at the guy who ran fiercely.

Of course, Du-sik is human. So naturally there was a limit and the lump of cement could not fly far because of its heavy weight. However, the fast crawling speed coupled with exquisite luck combined with a weak hit.

But the unexpected hit was enough to drag on for a while, and the old man and Du-sik were able to run away quickly when he uttered a scream full of anger and pain. And luckily, he found an underground parking lot and was able to hide there.

I thanked Doosik and gave him an armful of the pot. Without Du-sik, the old man could not come back. Du-sik, who received my thanks, scratched his head, giggled and started eating again.

The old man and I watched the scene of Du-sik eating without a word. And I asked the old man a question that I wanted to ask so much.

Are they all dead?’

'They're all dead.'

I didn't know whether I should like it or be sad. It was never a good thing to lose contact with Eden even though he unexpectedly killed himself. But on the one hand, I felt selfish that he was lucky to find them first, not us.

We were staring blankly into the air, feeling subtle emotions, and the lounge door burst open. There was a group of people looking at us with their faces out. Our conversation must have woken you up.

And Kim Si-eun, who found the old man among them, hurriedly opened the door and ran this way.

"Grandpa!

How did you sleep? She opened her arms with a cry and Kim Si-eun, who ran toward her, hugged the old man with her arms open. Then he burst into tears. An old woman who raised her from an early age, and a granddaughter who grew up looking at an old man.

As they had special relationships, they had extraordinary concerns about each other.

I slowly got up from my seat. And I looked at Kang Soo-ryeon and the children and smiled awkwardly. It was a little early in the morning, but I thought it would be nice to get together and have a meal. I helped Kang Soo-ryeon and the children to prepare the meal quickly.

Doosik ate two more bowls of rice even after eating like that.

* * * * * * * *

'Get some rest today.'

When I finished my meal, it was 10 a.m. and I have to move diligently from now on. However, Doosik and the old man have consumed too much energy, so we decided to exclude them from today's work. Even so, Doo-sik showed that the old man was too old to be old.

When I was told to rest, the old man nodded without saying much and fell into a deep sleep with Doo-sik on one side of the lounge. When the old man and Doosik confirmed that they were asleep, Yongpal and I began to get ready to work.

First of all, I plan to head to the hardware store that Yongpal told me about. There would be enough tools and materials in the hardware store to build defense facilities and might find other useful items. And if I had time, I had to search all the shops around here.

I picked up a gun and poked a sharpened bayonet. Of course, Yong-pal was given a gun and a bullet with a bayonet on it, and the control period was set to safety just in case. Never, never! I didn't forget to warn you not to shoot without my instructions.

The hardware store is close enough to be seen from the roof. However, in case there were any variables, I asked Kang Soo-ryeon and Kim Si-eun to stand guard on the rooftop for a while. Kang readily accepted and Kim also nodded with a much more stable face than before.

And Yongpal and I opened the back door without delay and came out of the mart.

* * * * * *

The street in front of our mart had a strangely small distribution at sunrise. Of course, it was full of people gathering one by one after another after sunset, but at least during the day, I was able to move around the streets freely. Assuming, of course, no sound.

We walked a little quiet street and headed for the hardware store we remembered this morning.

This neighborhood is packed with shops and houses. However, as I moved a little toward the hardware store, I could see a lot of empty land along with a large area. And among the lands stood an old building lonesomely.

It's a hardware store that Yongpal told me about.

I glanced carefully by the car and looked around. I looked carefully over the next building and at times at the sight of them. Then, beckoning Yong-pal, he quickly approached the hardware store.

'Uh.'

And as I approached close, I could hear the phlegm boiling.

It would have been nice if we arrived safely at the hardware store. But contrary to our wishes, on the road to the hardware store, there was a man standing blankly. It was the first time in a long time since I left the mart. He was circling around in his place, spouting strange groans.

When Yong-pal found him, he clung to the car with a pale face, probably scared. But I was so used to it that I quickly looked around and made rational decisions. Fortunately, there was no one around but him.

I thought I'd hide and go, but it was the same when I ran into him on my way back. And I judged that this man was worth fighting for in that he was alone and that he had a dragon-arm next to me.

As I spoke quietly to Yong-pal, Yong-pal nodded slowly with a trembling face.

I didn't reproach the trembling dragon arm. Yongpal said he had been hiding at home. So of course, there will be no experience of colliding with them, and anyone without experience will be terrified in this situation.

I slapped the back of a hard-fisted dragon arm with tension to cheer up. And I took a gun and took a deep breath, too. I didn't expect much from Yong-pal. Then I had to move on the premise that I would handle him alone.

I put out my face and whistled.

Then he started twisting his whole body like a wooden doll and turned his head and looked this way. Then he began to run like crazy, spitting out a strange groan. When I saw the sight, I held the Supreme Prosecutors' Office forward and stood in combat.

They are much stronger than adult men. And the quickness and tenacity, faithful to instinct, had the power to devour a man lightly.

He's reaching out. Then open your mouth, clenched your teeth, and throw yourself at my neck. I tried to hold on to a beating heart. And calmly focused on his movements.

The world slows down. I'm starting to see his center of gravity. Persistence is sometimes a formidable weapon, but when you meet a clever opponent, it becomes a weak point that will kill you. I didn't miss that point.

I twisted slightly to avoid his hands. From the moment you're not caught, your chances of winning are even higher. Then he quickly reaches out and kicks his shin and shakes his center of gravity. The man, whose center of gravity was leaning forward, fell badly and slipped on the floor.

And don't miss the time when you fall. I hold my gun tight and I run fast, and I shoot a bayonet under the back of his head, which bends to get up. I can feel something on my fingertips, along with the texture of the pork being defrosted.

Then quickly pull out the sword and stab it in the back of his head again. Then I can feel the sensation of breaking bones with my teeth. However, the teeth have turned into a great sword and the touch has only been transferred by hand. The exact blow shook his body and stopped moving.

20 seconds.

I felt a dull feeling.