Press Z to Reveal Zombie - Chapter 137
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Press Z to display Zombie – Episode 137
Episode 137 Seongyoongyo (1)
Eunbyeol stood up in embarrassment as Kyungseok approached her without hiding her displeased expression.
“Oh, that’s why I deliberately brought the same flowers as the ones I brought last time. At that time, Haeyeon said that the flower was okay… .”
“no. Nothing is okay. “How are you going to take responsibility if something unexpected happens in the future due to some ingredient in that flower?”
Kyung-seok raised his eyebrows and approached in stride.
“But I can’t go in there and take it out, so how many more times do I have to tell you not to bring a bouquet before they understand?”
“Well, if it’s a big problem, I can go in and bring it out… .”
“No. Absolutely not. What are you thinking when you say you’re going to get close to zombies? Even though Eunbyeol has an immune system, please refrain from acting unexpectedly. No matter how much I say this, I know that you went into the glass partition again today and came out putting a flower in a vase yourself.”
“… sorry.”
“Although he miraculously maintains his senses now, it is a little troublesome if he continues to engage in non-consensual behavior like this, as there is no clear information on what irritates the mutated zombies.”
“… … .”
Eunbyeol flinched as the words poured out in a cool-headed manner without any pretense. A gaze that seems to quietly fall to the floor.
Kyung-seok’s sharp words continued.
“If I completely lose my senses this time, I will lose my valuable samples and I don’t know what kind of incident may occur within the shelter… .”
“excuse me.”
The gaze quickly returns to me.
For the first time, Kyung-seok’s words, which continued endlessly as if he were going to discuss every single thing, were interrupted for the first time.
The reason I cut off Kyung-seok’s words without realizing it was because I saw Eun-byeol’s eyelashes fluttering.
“little… . “I think you’re being harsh.”
How many of the people in this shelter have not experienced losing a loved one to a zombie?
I fully understood what kind of warning Kyung-seok was talking about, but there are still many ways to convey the message.
It’s not like Eunbyul doesn’t understand his warnings.
I hated seeing him with his head down and receiving harsh criticism.
Kyung-seok looked at me blankly, as if he had just discovered me. His gaze slowly moves up to his height, which is slightly shorter than mine. The eyes stood out with more white than black, giving a colder impression.
“Yunseong was also there.”
His eyes narrowed as if observing me.
“From what I heard, I’ve completely regained my memory.”
“Well, I remember all the big things now.”
“Haeyeon strongly insisted that you wake up, so I saw how it was going, and it was quite interesting to see how you were completely unaware of anything and just opened your eyes.”
“It’s not like I was acting to make it fun.”
“But I guess you understand the situation now. Fortunately, the. “It’s a bit unfortunate that you regained your memories before researching it.”
I looked at Kyung-seok, unable to hide my slightly embarrassed feelings at the last word. This was the first time anyone had told me directly that they wanted to do research like this.
You say it so openly and sharply?
“There is no need to call yourself a villain like this… do you have?”
“I would like you to say that I am not a villain, but rather a prudent person.”
“yes… .”
Seeing his consistent attitude, he turned his head appropriately and looked at Eunbyeol.
The child’s always cheerful expression still had a dark cloud over it. I’d like to tell you that I don’t have to worry about what a man says who only wants to see what’s ahead for me.
The moment I was about to lightly pat Eunbyeol’s arm, I caught Kyungseok’s words muttering softly in my ear.
“But that’s why I have no particular desire to study you again.”
“… “Again?”
“hmm. I guess it’s true that we only remember things that form a big picture. Well, it wouldn’t be surprising if you didn’t know me.”
Even when I first ran into Kyung-seok in the hallway, he acted as if he knew me. According to Do-hyuk, most people knew of my existence, so they didn’t pay much attention. Now that I see it, Kyung-seok seems to know me in a slightly different way than others.
“You… . Did you work under Lee Dong-young?”
At that time, there were many people surrounding me who were testing various things. There was no opportunity for me to communicate with all of them.
So, this means that there was no way for me to immediately find out whether Choi Kyung-seok was the person at that time or not.
“mister… .”
Eunbyeol must have sensed my changing mood and carefully grabbed my sleeve. But this time, there was no time to comfort Eunbyeol.
“You also told me to strengthen other people’s unique skills in many ways… By, try.”
My mind couldn’t organize and words that didn’t fit came out randomly.
If you are someone who shared the same views as the former CEO in the first place, how can you move around like this within the shelter?
Did Eun-seop and Hae-yeon agree to this?
… Sung Shin-woo too?
My fingertips were shaking. What stopped my thoughts from spiraling out of control was Kyung-seok’s unexpectedly blunt voice.
“Well, if you’re talking about a soft-spoken guy who only cares about the results. Well, there was a time when I dipped under his support.”
“… It turned around gently… ?”
I looked at Kyung-seok with a dumb expression. Kyung-seok grumbled with his eyebrows furrowed, with an expression no different from when he first came out of the laboratory.
“I was against doing all kinds of experiments on you from the beginning. Obviously, the results you showed were very interesting, but you were too dangerous. Does it make sense in the first place that the strengthened unique skills remain in the body and come out the moment you can’t control them? “Isn’t this a situation no different from holding a grenade with the pin removed from the handle without letting go of the handle?”
“Grenade with the pin pulled… .”
“Even though simply putting people to sleep with drugs is not the solution… . I’ve said time and time again that you shouldn’t approach it that way, but look at what’s happening around the world right now. Because of what he did, scientific progress would have been delayed for another 50 years. “The value of the materials that were lost at that time alone is enormous.”
“ah… .”
Kyung-seok seemed to not be able to see my dejected reaction, so he continued to pour out his complaints to no end.
We need to develop treatments and vaccines as quickly as possible, but the current CEO, Baek Eun-seop, is extremely passive. Jiwon was better under Lee Dong-young, but his freedom decreased. I didn’t want to see him acting so self-righteous all the time, thinking that he was the only one who was proud of himself.
His long-running complaints were gathered into one conclusion.
Both are the worst, but if I had to choose, Eunseop is better because he allows free research within the limits of ethics.
“… … .”
Eunbyeol looked quietly between me and Kyungseok, as if she hadn’t expected this situation. I was relieved to see that Eunbyeol, who was still holding onto my sleeve, no longer showed dark emotions.
Kyung-seok, who had been irritated for a while, suddenly turned his curious gaze on me.
“Anyway, I never thought you would escape Dongyoung Lee’s grasp like that.”
“yes?”
“I know because I participated in many experiments that tested your unique skills. Your unique skills don’t work that way. Absorbing all the unique skills of others. “I have never heard of such a unique skill.”
Kyung-seok’s questions amplified the questions I had before.
Certainly, when I first heard from Shinwoo that the awakened people had lost their unique skills, there was too much information to take in, so I did not recognize it right away.
Even in the game world that Haeyeon created, if you borrowed the power of Runaway, you would often get upset and lose your mind even if you used everyone’s skills just once.
I met so many people and opened their status window and reinforced the degree. No matter how much I was trapped in the seal of sleep, there was no way I could retrieve every unique skill I touched.
“It was a situation where I could only assume that something third had intervened. “I can assure you that your abilities are not that great in the first place.”
“… Sight.”
“yes?”
Leaving behind Kyung-seok, who raised his eyebrows, I began to organize the information I had obtained so far.
The eyes that said they were constantly watching me and following me.
So, weren’t those eyes watching me when I was falling asleep?
As I thought about it, my thoughts reached the person who was also following me in the game.
Dabin.
A person who became a zombie at school and thought he had lost it forever, but was met on his way out of school and at an amusement park.
I remembered the images of people in a semi-zombie state that I followed Eunbyeol today.
Beings standing on the border between being neither alive nor dead could not express a clear language.
If I think back to how I communicated with Eunbyeol through picture cards, it was definitely different from Dabin’s clear conversation with me in Killing Z. So it was difficult to say that she was in a semi-zombie state.
Is it really a simple error as Haeyeon said?
Even in the amusement park where we entered the child’s head, Haeyeon actually added her own unique skills on top of it. So it wasn’t actually strange for her to meet Dabin there.
However, there was one hypothesis that was troubling me to just accept it as an error.
What if Dabin is not just an error?
What if the memory that suddenly came to mind at the amusement park and the memory I saw in my dream last night was not a delusion I created in my head, but a piece of the past that actually existed?
– That’s right, because I’m always watching you.
I remembered again the soft voice I heard in my dream. A slightly timid voice that always looked back at us at school and tried to take care of various things.
All of these situations were leading to one conclusion.
We don’t know yet if it’s correct, but it’s a prediction that is quite possible.
Maybe Dabin and his gaze are somehow related.
“Whatever it was, the Seongyoon teachers didn’t seem to think that way.”
I came out of my thoughts and looked at Kyung-seok. Even though I only said one word and got no response, Kyung-seok just shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t care.
“Seongyungyo?”
He tilted his head at the word he heard for the first time, but Kyung-seok didn’t seem to have any intention of answering.
In the end, the answer to my question came from Eunbyeol.
“that… It’s a religious group. The world is destroyed and a new one is born… .”
“aha.”
It’s a pseudo.
It was completely understandable. As the world approached destruction, it was a very natural change for many religions to emerge, discussing all kinds of salvation and hope.
“… But the name is very unique. what do you mean?”
“that… .”
Eunbyul hesitated, avoiding my gaze. She didn’t understand the reaction and just kept her eyes wide open when Kyung-seok snorted next to her.
“A group of idiots who believe that you brought salvation to a divided world.”
“… yes?”
what?
“So, that means.”
“Do you understand if I have to say it twice? Mr. Yunseong. “It’s a religious group that worships you as a god.”
My jaw dropped.
It was the best bullshit I’ve ever heard in my 28 years of life.
There was a memory passing through my mind.
A man and a woman knelt down and greeted me, calling me a star… .
But that wasn’t the end.
Kyung-seok muttered something even more shocking.
“There seems to be a rumor going around that Seong Yoon-kyo is the prime suspect for the people disappearing this time… .”
“… I beg your pardon?”