I'm still alive

The search team's activities went forward without any problems, as if riding a good current of good air. Yong-pal, who showed a clumsy attitude at first, has now followed us well, and Doo-sik was a man who doubled the price of his meal as always.

By the time we felt more and more hand-in-hand, we no longer avoided them. It was a great development, but it was never a good feeling. Even the scariest of us, Yong-pal, has lost his repulsion of stopping them from breathing. I had to wrestle for a long time with subtle feelings when I found a blood-washing dragon arm.

I found two spots where food was gathered before midnight. Of course, I couldn't approach them because they were all around me, but I marked them on the map. Gradually, when I was tired and hungry, I went into the nearby officetel and took a rest.

I sat down on the steps of the officetel and spread out the map, and Yongpal and Du-sik stretched out in the hallway. And the old man chewed hard at the Yeonyanggang he had brought, wary of outside. Thanks to you, I was able to start eating and mid-checking with confidence.

Our direction of progress was quite regular. It was because there was a directional movement from the beginning, and the maps provided by Eden had arbitrarily divided sections. Moving at this speed, we'll be able to see the forecast areas in Eden in a week.

I was so absorbed in the thought that the radio I put in my bag began to ring quietly as I chewed the chocolate hard. It was my first radio call while I was in the search team.

I took out the radio and slowly turned up the volume.

[Team Chae Yeon, Team Chae Yeon! Can you hear me?]

It was Kim Hye-jung. She sounded very urgent about anything, but I turned down the volume a little and whispered.

'I hear you.'

Then she breathed a sigh of relief and again spoke to me in an urgent voice.

[Is this a radio-enabled area?] No, where are you right now?]

What's going on? Unlike her urgent need, I kept my composure and looked at the map carefully. And finger-pointed at the area where we were and answered quietly what she asked for.

It's District H.’

Then a deep sigh came from the radio. And the radio, which had only been making noise for a long time, began to ring once again, and her trembling voice began to be heard.

There's a distress call from the same zone search. Is it possible to apply?]

The old man, who was listening to the radio, slowly rose from his seat. Then, take the crossbow and stuff the remaining yunyanggang in your mouth. The Yong-pal brothers, who had been stuck lying down, also jumped up and began to pack their weapons.

I asked her.

'Is it just us?'

She answered in a quivering voice.

[Everyone turned off their radios.]

It's bean powder, isn't it?’

The old man who was listening next to me giggled and said, It wasn't a small voice, so she must have heard enough beyond the radio. But I didn't blame the old man. I was roughly guessing but it was worse than I expected.

She didn't answer. No, you won't have anything to say. The old man quietly kicked his tongue, and the Yongpal brothers save their words. Once I was willing to apply. However, if I had to know the situation, I couldn't do anything about it if I had been victimized by them.

Who did you get hit by?’

[I think it's a person for now.]

Someone who attacks people. Of course, it was not without disputes among survivors at all. However, the chances of an ordinary survivor attacking a group of search teams with guns were very slim. When all the premises were laid on the floor, the list of suspects gradually diminished. And I was able to produce one result.

I turn off the radio for a while.

I think they're vagrants.’

I looked at the party in a blur. In the last two days we have undergone many changes. One of them was the determination that came from the actual experience and the other was the right combination of tension and struggle. This change was showing great synergy in exploratory activity.

The old man always gives proper operational instructions. And the three people under that instruction never went wrong. This is not pride but confidence from repeated teamwork. That's why I'm not refusing to apply, but asking the group for their opinions.

'Me!'

Suddenly Du-sik came up to my side and shouted. Du-sik has never shown his will in our life. When Du-sik, who always silently takes charge of bad things, suddenly stepped up, neither I nor the old man was surprised.

The dragon-arm next to the old man was frightened and pulled Doosik away.

'Hey! What's wrong with you all of a sudden?

However, the old man, who was quietly watching Doosik's face, stopped Yongpal. Then, he looked at him with a serious face for a long time, and soon asked Du-sik seriously.

"Dooshik, are you saying you want to go?’

Then Du-sik nodded and shouted again.

'Me!'

I thought it was right that I wanted to go. I was surprised by the sudden change in reaction, but I began to seriously think about the behavior that Du-sik has shown me. The face of Du-sik, who was shown when he discovered the scene of the cannibal and recovered his grandmother's body, passes through his memory.

Du-sik, with little change in his expression, had his eyes full of sadness at that time. He was especially reverent and cautious when he lifted his grandmother's body. I had a slight guess, but I didn't rush out.

And at that moment Yong-pal spoke quietly towards me.

'He's the......... Dooshik...….’

I silently touched Yong-pal's head and quietly got up from my seat and began to pack my equipment. And he looked at the old man silently and sent me a silent request. Then the old man smiled and nodded, and soon slapped Doosik's back.

It seems that the Yongpal brothers had a past that they couldn't tell. I didn't mean to rush into the painful past that everyone would have at least one. I decided to think that I was just doing a favor for Doo-sik, who is always struggling.

I turned the radio back on.

'Where is the exact location?’

[Sorry?]

She answered in a subdued voice. When I turned off the radio like any other search team, I seemed to have lost hope. I understood her position. Teamwork as if not in an endless struggle of friction. And in front of a spate of victims, she would have been in despair.

The first way to solve a problem is to recognize what the problem is. And if he was aware of the problem, he had to move without hesitation.

We must break the vicious circle.

'I'm on my way.'

* * * * * *

Our distance from them was very close. The problem is that even though they were so close, they didn't know each other' The perception of each other as rivals, like bean powder teamwork, eventually led to a lack of communication and continued such inefficient behavior.

A cautious walk through an alley began to show two roads that they had sent a rescue signal. From now on, we should not let go of the tension.

The more I walked, the more traces of human remains began to be seen, and the bodies found in the corner of the alley were telling me that the search team had passed here. The old man guided us toward their position, looking for traces like ghosts.

And about five minutes later, I began to hear someone fighting in my ear.

As soon as I heard the sound, I lowered my posture hurriedly and carefully put out my face to see just ahead of the curve. There were two men and a woman fighting them.

Kim Hye-jung, she said she was definitely a human being, but strangely enough, the enemy of the search team was them. Was it her simple mistake?

I quickly erased the question and began to focus on the situation.

Fortunately, their numbers weren't that high. Nevertheless, the search team was struggling, and perhaps we can quickly clean up the situation if we participate in the war. I looked back at the party and delivered the information quickly, and soon moved faster than I decided.

We got off the curve and rushed forward in a flash.

I stuck to the crossbow as I ran. But they and people were intertwined, so they couldn't fire the bolt without permission. I had to leave the rear shooting to an old man, and I pulled out a great sword hidden in my thigh. And Yong-pal started running towards it with his brother.

The search team was on the verge of collapse. One woman was already on the verge of a retire and the young-looking man next to her was only pushing one away. There was only one adult male who was fighting, but even he was dragging his feet.

I ran as part of it, with footsteps. Then people and their eyes turned to us and the fight began. First of all, Du-sik ran with a thump and put an iron pipe in his head. A dragon arm flies with a harsh sound that breaks the bone.

I looked around quickly. And at the same time, I found a drooling, running, and I started to flex my muscles. The Great Sword is a short weapon. I should never have let them distance me or caught my body. I dodged the runner quickly and walked away.

He lost his center of gravity and twisted forward, and soon began to struggle with his head on the car's bonnet. I didn't miss that moment and ran fast, stepped on his back and stabbed the sword in the back of his head. I felt a strong sense of resistance, but I clenched my teeth and turned the sword and dug it inside.

My hands were numb with a crackling sound. But looking at the man who stopped moving, I pulled out the sword vigorously. Breathless. The view narrowed and the heart began to beat like crazy. Without realizing it, I opened my mouth and quickly found my next opponent.

‘!’

And at that moment, I began to hear the groan he was exhaling next to me. Oh no, as soon as I did, one of them ran all the way here. And as soon as my body reacted, he gnawed his teeth at me. I was surprised to find it and raised the sword and reached out to respond to the flying man.

But something flew into his head, and he fell out of the way before he could reach me.

It was a bolt fired by an old man.

"Get a hold of yourself!"

Looking back, an old man was coming down from under the car with a crossbow. And then hit me in the back of the head and hold on to the crossbow again. Excitement had narrowed my view. I almost gave him the side and almost bit his neck.

The Yongpal brothers were dealing with them, showing fantastic chemistry. I took a breath to clean up the situation and soon rushed forward.

* * * * * *

Ewwwwwahahahaha.

I broke the last one's head with a wild breath. He only faced three, but his muscles reached their limits. Breathless soared and the head buzzed with excitement. I spat on the floor wiping dirty blood from my face.

I'm dying.….’

And next to me, the dragon-arm sits on the floor with a moaning sound. Seeing his hands shaking, he seemed to have moved his body to the limit. Doo-sik and the old man were the only ones who were fine, but the old man quickly cleared up the situation on behalf of me, who was distracted.

The appearance of a woman and a young man was terrible. The woman who decided to let go of her mind before the coming death was enraptured with hazy eyes, and the young-looking man was shaking and showing signs of uneasiness. And the only man who fought.

Interest?

I read an interest in the man's eyes at the moment. But he quickly changed his expression when he made eye contact with me. Am I mistaken for too fast a change? It even occurred to me that. At that moment, I felt uncomfortable and I looked at the man calmly.

Then the man bowed his head toward me, as if he had felt my gaze.

'Thank you very much! You saved my life!’

Are you laughing?

The man had his head down on me with a smile on his face. I'm not saying that smiling is bad. However, it just doesn't make sense to laugh in this situation. There were as many as two bodies found by the old man. One had his guts all hollowed out and the other had his limbs ripped open.

You laugh in this situation? I couldn't understand. No, I even felt a sense of alienation. Other members of the party were also constantly looking to see if they felt the strange man's behavior. But we couldn't question him just because he was strange.

However, there was nothing I could do about this sudden anxiety and discomfort. I'd rather a woman and a young man explain, but they were both about to go mad.

I reported the damage and the recent situation by radio. Then, Kim Hye-jung was very happy and thanked her dozens of times. I turned off the radio quickly because I was about to kiss the radio. And eye contact with the man who was looking at me sharing the radio.

'......what is it?'

I said toughly. Then the man laughed again and shook his head with a limp.

* * * * * *

We decided on an early return. It was because of two people who seemed to have a hard time moving. It was an early return, but Kim Hye-jung also allowed it, so we took a direction and moved on without delay. I lined them up in a row when the leading old man rescued them from the rear, and between the Yongpal brothers.

We were silent throughout the walk. No, it wasn't originally there, but the atmosphere itself wasn't good.

From the first time I moved, the man kept bothering me. Like a monster covered in human hide? Even though he muttered to himself, he ended up humming. Of course, there was no change in attitude, although the old man was grumbling and threatening.

Oh, you're good at directions.’

I frowned and looked back. Then the man was smiling with his hands on the woman's shoulders. The woman was shaking her shoulders in detail, unable to keep her eyes in one place. And looking behind him, the young man was also eating his fingernails in a terrifying spirit.

It's strange, too. The feeling of dysentery blocking one's thoughts is frustrating one's chest.

I turned my head again and looked ahead. Then I looked around and fell into thought. Apparently he had clean clothes and equipment provided by Eden. And it was a search team that Kim Hye-jung found at the place she told me.

Was there anything strange? But my head is constantly ringing the alarm. My fingertip nerves began to flinch as if a knife had been pointed behind my neck. I was walking slowly with a complicated mind when I heard the old man's voice from behind me.

Hey, did you eat? It's way past lunchtime.’

It was a sudden change of voice. The old man was talking so friendly, as if everything he had earlier threatened was a lie. Of course the woman and the young man didn't answer and the only one who answered.

'Oh, no, I didn't. I'm starving.’

The old man is laughing. Then, he continues the conversation.

'Right? They gave me a sweet potato this morning. Isn't that too much?’

That's right! Whose nose do you put a sweet potato on?’

At the same time, my hand turned to the handle of the bayonet.