I'm still alive

"Wow, what's he really up to, and he's such a good fighter? You're not really a soldier, are you?’

After hearing the definite answer to rescue them, Jin-soon looked bright the whole time she saw me out of town. And without a moment's silence, he began to talk to me. Who are the people I lead, and where in the world is Eden, which I described as huge? The hope that I had tasted in a long time made the lively young man brighter, and at the same time I put a faint smile on my face before the innocence that I felt in a long time.

I answered jokingly, shaking my head.

'It's a secret.'

Of course it's not a secret. I'm just a man who's been through a lot doing normal things. But Jin-soon shut her mouth with a serious look, as if she had known any great secret, and soon put her index finger on her lips. A solemn face, and a gesture that I would never keep. When I saw it, I laughed out loud. Because he looked ugly, but he was as innocent as Doosik at heart.

As he said, the way out of town was very complicated and difficult. Roads and roads, and alleys in the alleys that connect them. The roads were jammed with cars, and the old barricades that were sometimes seen were densely packed with old nails that seemed likely to be tetanus.

But Jin-soon walked through the thorny path as naturally as her own front yard, allowing me to continue my easy march. He spread out a local map while walking. And at a rapid pace, he began to draw a march.

'Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I think we should get away from this place.’

I've been looking at the map for a while, giving guidance to Jin-soon, and a voice frightened me from the side made me stop walking. I raised my head reflexively in the direction that Jin-soon pointed, and I could find five of those loitering around in sight. They're staring blankly at the wall and blocking the alley. Should we go through that narrow alley? I could understand that Jin-soon called me with a frightened face.

I don't know why. It was just around here that they were less frequently seen than other regions. Perhaps that's why I rarely ran into them while walking all the way here, and even if I did, Jin-soon had to avoid them. We could have been on alert for a while by continuing our lucky march, but the good fortune did not last forever. They're blocking the way forward. We've run into a difficult situation that can't be removed or pierced.

They weren't here before.….’

Because I couldn't fight them, I was Jin-sun, who knew the habits of monsters as well as I did. When they settled down in one place, those who never moved were acting out of the blue today, blocking people's way. When I went back, I needed to travel for a long time because there was only one length, and when I went through it, Jin-soon seemed to think it was too much. But my view of them was a little different.

I remembered the time when I faced them with a scared dragon. Yeah, in front of the hardware store before meeting Mr. Teolbo. Yong-pal of the day had told me to avoid them with the same face as Jin-soon, who was terrified.

But that day, I remember him holding my shoulders and saying that I was not scared and that it was okay. Jin-soon looked up at me with a stupid face as I pressed her shoulders. He held Jin-sun by the shoulder with his right hand, and took the blade out of the sword with his left hand.

'Let's grab it.’

'Yes, yes? But with the three earlier...….’

It's different. Like the back horse he swallowed, three and five were figures of different dimensions in the close race. Naturally, it was right to run away even if it took time, and I am sure it is an efficient way to prevent damage. But I could see that it was an opportunity to imprint the only thing the world never taught to a nice, innocent Jin-soon, as I did to Yong-pal that day.

My body began to prepare for a fight when the sword made of cloth was loosened. Moving her neck, she said her stiff muscles were ready, and next to it, Jin-soon says she's not ready.

Really? Really? You're kidding, right? There are five in all! He said with a mournful look whether he even forgot there were them in front of him. But I grabbed him by the shoulder as if to watch him still. The crude handle of the knife in the right hand shrieks with a giggle. And my dynamically twisting muscles also yell just before they fight.

‘.’

The provocative act of calling them was a luxury. I just walked quietly towards the alley and blew small whistles enough to be heard by them.

Wheeee~

The whistling sounds quiet, and the five that were filling the alley look at me at the same time. They dyed their gray eyes red, and at the same time, black veins appear on their gray skin. After a long wander, the sobbing bastards finally began their mad dash for this place.

The snowy white floor gets dirty with their running. The quiet alley was filled with their cries. Behind me came the breathless fear of Jin-soon, and the familiar air licked my skin. But I slowly pushed the wing forward, as if never to forget this moment. And he started running madly towards the front, facing them.

Behind the cliff there is no more way to escape.

I hope he doesn't forget this moment when he will face such a situation someday.

They were so irrational that they didn't show a clever way of attacking the vital points. Those who focus only on the flesh in front of their eyes were strangely the most shrewd when they threw their whole bodies. He failed to respond to an attack that was out of sight. And I, who was accustomed to the look of it, put a firearm knife vigorously down the head of a man who opened his mouth to bite my arm.

Ugh!

The refreshing sound of cutting the watermelon in half resounded pleasantly.

Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom.

The sight of the black blood and the number of strokes takes the scene to the brain. And the brain, having tasted the tingling sensation, naturally began squeezing my muscles and bones, pressing my heart. The blade dug deep and smashed his skull completely. I skillfully pulled up a firearm knife, and I kick the guy with the split head right away.

It's a narrow alley. No matter how many five came, the narrow gap did not even give me a chance to encircle me. The guy I kicked out hits the guys running from behind with the last twitch. And the guys whose center of gravity was in front of them fell on the floor regardless of their will. I didn't miss the opportunity and ran forward once again. The arm muscles are wriggling. Now even the pain felt like my best friend. I clenched my teeth, and swung my sword at the fallen man.

With the sound of the puck, the firearm knife dug into the temple. It wasn't the act of cutting, it was like a source of head-destroying violence. The blunt blade dug into the temple. And I twisted the blade of the knife, like opening a can lid, and smashed his head straight into pieces. A throbbing sound is heard, and a steamy breath is coming out of my mouth.

One second.

That short but long time was enough for me to pull back the firearm knife and end the wrecked man.

Hey! Down there!’

And what I expected happens in a moment. Although it was a narrow alley, their obsession had a viciousness that transcended any creature on earth. When I confronted one man and blocked the road, the one behind me leaned down and tried to bite my leg in the narrow space. The appearance of an alligator digging through the narrow river made Jin-soon, who was watching the situation, rush out, and the situation seemed to be going bad.

But my nerves didn't react. Because, as if you already understood all of this space, instinct made you take mechanical action. I quickly lifted one leg to avoid the attack and kicked his jaw and head off.

After the rattling sound resonates, his head hits the alley wall and makes a bloody sound that breaks the bone. But that's not the end. I stepped on his neck and cut his head with firewood and killed him.

The nerves in his head vibrate, and the sound of my heart resonates on the knife that smashed his skull. The moment I add to it the sound of my reason tearing, I swing the blade forward and shake off the black blood. The fighting spirit boils all over the body with the cat.

Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo.

Steam from the heart meets a cold head. The steam is pooling with my eyes. And the stagnant steam produced a condensed source. Get drunk on something. be possessed by something I leave my body to the senses, and I begin to concentrate 100% on this situation.

No pain or anguish was felt now. The hesitation and fear that haunted my mind had long disappeared into that Han River water. I start adding grease all over my body like a machine that can only fight all day.

'Kki.'

'Chee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee.'

What?

But what came out of my mouth was not a huge shout or scream, but a single exclamation from futility. Like a balloon that blows out the wind, the excitement and flesh that filled the body disappear for a moment. And it was the question of futility and shock that took the vacancy.

Oh? I doubted my eyes for a moment. I was waiting for the others to make the next attack quickly, but I could see only three bodies and two monsters far away.

Wait, you're away?

Black blood flowing from the blade of the knife gathers on the handle and drenchs my hand. But I was in such a shock that I couldn't feel the touch. Now they've cleared the murderous will towards me with the first sound coming in.

Catchy? Catchy? It sounded like a dog or a bird, or a balloon that was deflating. Jesus, they're starting to creep back. You are avoiding me here.

I was scared. Yeah, I could tell they were scared. They were receding from my domain as they had when they met a variant, and with those gray eyes were wary of attacks. But why? Why are you showing me something you haven't shown me before? They never step down. Never retreat. Those with common purposes were the murder of a man who died and fed him without orders and instructions from anyone.

But what you look like......it was like a dog with its tail down.

What, what is it? What's wrong with the ashes?'

Jin-soon, who followed me hurriedly, pulled my collar and said, And Jin-soon was feeling anxious in front of her unfamiliar appearance, as if she had never seen such a scene before. I slowly lowered the firearm knife that was being raised forward. And I stared blankly at the guys who started sneaking away, if I'd come along.

I asked Jin-soon, smelling the clothes in a hurry.

Did you wash my clothes?’

Before I escaped from the restaurant, I had apparently taken blood from a mutant body and buried it in my clothes and skin. However, the blood on the skin would have been wiped off while running through the Han River, and there might have been some blood on the clothes. But stabbing at the tip of my nose was not the odour of disgusting, fishy strains of blood, but the smell of so refreshing and familiar toothpaste. And at the same time, replied Jin-soon, who grabbed my collar.

"Oh, Yumi washed it because it smelled weird.….’

What a kind and kind woman. I must have taken off my clothes while I was faint and even washed them. Feeling empty, I hit my nose in my clothes, and I rolled my complicated head hard. The odor of the strain I had been buried in has already disappeared. And even those who knew it had no hesitation in attacking me at first.

But why? Why is he running away now? As I was feeling confused between the narrowed views, Jin-soon, who was standing next to me, shouted urgently.

'Uh! Uhh! He's running, he's running!'

They were just looking back. But when I abandoned my intention to attack and fell into thought alone, they turned back and started running away as if they had been waiting. Of course, it felt different from human flight. It's like being pushed out of the line that I drew. I let out a murmur at the sight, and laughed in vain as if I could not believe Jin-sun either.

The fight left me in deep confusion and ended in vain. I never thought I'd see them running away from me. Am I happy? No, I was feeling uneasy in the face of a response so unfamiliar, rather than happy that this had happened.

Even now I'm writing a diary....... It was so bizarre that I didn't know why. And when they completely disappeared from sight, Jin-soon, who swallowed his saliva, crept away from me and asked.

'I... ...mister, you're not a monster, are you?

* * *

What I started to show was just a fight and left me with an unexpected sense of separation and futility. It was Jin-soon, who hadn't spoken for a while since what happened earlier, but by the time she broke up with me, she gave me a loud shout as if she had done it, and I whispered the compliment in my ear and hurried my steps. And as time went by, I began to see the end of the road in the distance.

I walked with the lingering aftertaste and soon stopped walking with Jin-soon on the road that ended the neighborhood. And I briefly set the time to rescue Jin-soon's house, and shared a short handshake to soothe the sadness of parting. I have mixed feelings. But I talked to Jin-soon, who was smiling, quickly shaking off the lingering imagery.

Please make sure to introduce your colleagues later.’

'Yes. I'm sure our party will like it, too. And please refrain from getting food for a while, and stay in the hospital as much as you can.’

Three days at the earliest, four days at the latest. I have wished this innocent man to be alive, and Jin-soon also waved my hand and wished me safe passage to Eden. And we parted on the spot, and we took steps towards our respective positions.

When I raise my head, I see the road. The road was jammed with cars, followed by a grand stretch of gray city. I licked my dried lips in the cold wind, and soon began to walk fast along the road. Eden was far away, but he seemed to see Eden before his eyes. I became a sailboat that found the lighthouse, and I rode on a roaring longing.