Press Z to Reveal Zombie - Chapter 138

Episode 138 Seongyoongyo (2)

I didn’t even have time to blush at the news that there was a pseudo-religious group that worshiped me as a god.

I barely opened my mouth as I felt the blood rushing to my face cool down in an instant.

“Can you explain this again?”

“I don’t think I said anything that difficult.”

“Ah, uncle! Well, this is… .”

“wait for a sec.”

He put out his hand to block Eunbyeol, who was embarrassed and stepped forward.

“If I understand correctly, you are saying that there is a cult that believes in me, and that the disappearances that are happening right now are related to them?”

Kyung-seok sighed in a cold voice and turned his head.

“I don’t understand why you’re asking me again when I understand correctly.”

“no!”

Eunbyeol intervened, grabbing my outstretched hand with both hands.

“It’s not certain yet. “It is true that Seongyunkyo is a religion that believes in uncles, and it is true that people continue to disappear, but there is still no evidence that Seongyunkyo has done such a thing.”

“But it means he’s a strong candidate.”

“that… .”

I took my hand away from Eunbyeol. I covered my eyes with my pulled hand.

My mind was complicated.

“I guess I wasted more time on useless things than I thought. “I didn’t come here to talk about such trivial things.”

As I buried my face in my palms and did not move, I heard Kyung-seok again warning Eun-byeol in a stern voice not to bring her bouquets. Followed by the sound of shoe heels moving away. A jingling sound was heard and it was recognized that Kyung-seok had returned to the space where the anti-zombie people were.

However, the small sound of breathing, heavily tinged with worry, did not leave my side. I could barely hear his shallow breathing, as if he was not even taking a deep breath.

Was this the reason for the subtlety felt when talking about the disappearance at the hospital?

It occurred to me that the reason they told me not to leave the headquarters wasn’t simply to prevent me from being kidnapped.

Of course, there may have been some reason for that.

But no matter how much I understood, it was a different matter to have emotions surging up that I couldn’t easily define.

“mister… .”

I raised my head again at the sound of a whisper-like, trembling voice.

I couldn’t keep Eunbyul standing here.

“We should go back now.”

“mister… .”

“Thank you for today.”

I resisted the urge to turn around and walk away and looked at Eunbyeol. She smiled calmly, but Eunbyeol’s expression was somewhat tearful.

Eunbyeol, who had been looking up at me for a while, suddenly lowered her head.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you right away.”

A quiet tone flowed from beneath the bowed head.

“Well, if it turns out that Haeyeon is related to you, you won’t be able to rest in peace… .”

“Raise your head.”

Eunbyeol flinched but did not raise her head.

“You didn’t do anything wrong, so why are you acting like a guilty person?”

Only then did Eunbyeol slowly raise her head. I kept smiling because I could feel the big, shaking eyes examining my expression.

“I’m not saying anything to you, so why are you so scared?”

“still… . “I was the first person to visit him after he woke up.”

“I don’t have any friends, but my network isn’t so narrow that only my friend’s younger brother’s friends come to visit me in the hospital.”

“Honestly, I thought that if I kept my mouth shut, there would be no way for you to hear detailed news about the kidnapping incident… .”

“… Hey, are you listening?”

“If I had known I was going to meet Mr. Kyung-seok, I should have told him to be careful in advance… .”

Eunbyeol’s voice was as sad as ever.

… You’re not listening.

“It’s okay, I’m not worried at all, so don’t worry and you can go in and rest.”

“lie. You’re completely concerned. “I saw all your facial expressions earlier.”

“I was surprised by that.”

Eunbyeol did not try to back down easily. Even though he knew everything, he seemed very guilty for trying to hide it from me.

Even though I just did what Haeyeon told me to do.

It took a lot longer than expected to coax Eunbyeol back to the dormitory. Eun-byeol seemed to feel a little better after I put my hand on her heart and swore to God to make her believe my words, ‘I’m not angry.’

Even just before she left, Eunbyeol looked back at me and explained again and again.

“Still, it is just a hypothesis that it may be true that those Seongyoon School members are really behind the kidnapping. “Maybe not.”

“I said I understand.”

“… Are you going back to your dorm too? Where else would you like to see?”

“no. I have to go back too. “Because I’m tired.”

I nodded when Eunbyeol said she would show me a tour of the headquarters next time. Only then did Eunbyeol seem relieved and headed to the dormitory.

Only after I saw that Eunbyeol was moving away did I turn around.

I remembered swearing in front of Eunbyeol a little while ago.

FYI, I don’t believe in God.

fury? Of course it happened.

Not to Eunbyeol, but to Cheon Hae-yeon and Seong Shin-woo.

Even though they knew everything, they were the ones who deliberately made Eunbyeol keep her mouth shut.

I took out my cell phone with my heart burning.

I went into my contacts, scrolled down, glanced at the name at the end, and made a call.

The other person answered the phone right away.

[huh.]

A voice that falls quietly with a short answer.

I said, suppressing my emotions.

“Cheon Haeyeon, where are you now?”

***

Haeyeon was in her lab. Not far from the hospital connected to the headquarters.

I stopped Haeyeon from going out to meet her.

This was a more open space than I thought. If I wanted to have a serious conversation, it would have been better for me to go there.

I headed to Haeyeon’s lab, looking through his explanation and the guideposts posted here and there in the headquarters. When I opened the door, Haeyeon, who was looking at the monitor in a white gown, turned her head and looked at me.

“I didn’t get lost and found the way back.”

“What do you mean, Seong Yun-gyo might be carrying out a kidnapping?”

As soon as I went inside and saw that no one was there except Haeyeon, I started with the main topic.

Even though she didn’t hear anything about why I suddenly came, Haeyeon’s expressionless expression didn’t break. Rather, the calm atmosphere made me question whether my question was properly understood.

Haeyeon put down the pen she was holding and leaned against the backrest, crossing her legs. Her arms were crossed in front of her, and the corners of her eyes were raised sharply like a cat, looking at me as if she were observing me.

“It’s faster than expected.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I thought you couldn’t possibly not know about this strange Seongyungyo. I thought the news would get out somehow. “Did Eunbyul tell you?”

“no.”

“then?”

“Choi Kyeong-seok.”

“Ah, that old man.”

Haeyeon clicked her tongue. I didn’t even ask how I met that old man.

I didn’t even have any intention of answering that question anyway.

“Why did you hide it?”

“Because there is a possibility that it is not.”

“But isn’t there a higher chance of getting hit?”

Haeyeon did not answer. Her closing her mouth and quietly looking at me was sufficient answer.

“How much? Possibility.”

Haeyeon sighed softly and answered reluctantly, as if she had properly conveyed the fact that I would not back down easily.

“About 89 percent.”

I was speechless for a moment at the dizzyingly higher figure than I expected. She cupped her forehead to cool off, then came to her senses again and asked another question.

“How serious is the situation?”

“Shelters should always reserve 10% of their capacity for emergency situations.”

“So it has shrunk?”

Haeyeon made a complicated expression at my words. Then she looked at my expression and answered slowly.

“It has increased. To 13 percent.”

“… “It increased?”

“Instead, the number of abnormalities also increased.”

Haeyeon turned the monitor in front of me and showed it to me. There were numbers and charts lined up on the screen whose exact meaning I couldn’t tell.

However, the continuous appearance of red letters did not seem to be a very positive situation.

“Then doesn’t that line up with what you told me before? It is said that when the capacity is reached, one or more humans in the space will turn into zombies. “If the population in the shelter has decreased, isn’t it right that the abnormal figure should decrease?”

“There are many factors that cause these numbers to rise that we have not yet figured out. You saw it last time too. When the child started drinking excessively, the abnormal level started to rise. “It cannot necessarily be said that the population alone raises the abnormal figure.”

“I heard that my abnormal level goes up when I feel afraid. “I wonder if that has anything to do with it.”

“Numbers above four?”

Haeyeon widened her eyes slightly. It seemed like it was the first time she had heard the story.

“It was a setting in < Killing Z>. “My main quest was to raise the ideal number and unlock unique skills.”

“… “There was such a thing?”

Haeyeon muttered softly and expressed surprise. His gaze was directed downward as if he was thinking deeply about something.

Anyway, I continued to say what I wanted to say.

“anyway. “It seems like a pretty serious situation. Why didn’t you tell me?”

Haeyeon raised her gaze again. She did not avoid the brown eyes that were approaching her, but looked straight at them.

“Kwon Yunseong. “Let’s think calmly and rationally.”

Haeyeon lowered her crossed legs and pulled up a chair next to her. Then he pushed the chair towards me and nodded as if telling me to sit down.

I didn’t refuse and just sat down on the chair. Haeyeon probably thought I was ready to listen and not get excited, so she continued her explanation.

“Would you like me to tell you? Suppose he told you that they were kidnapping people at Seongyungyo as soon as they left the amusement park. “Then what can you do?”

“… I am.”

“You can’t find traces of communication by groping around with your unique skills like me, and you can’t do it with your body like Seong Shin-woo.”

“… ouch.”

I have nothing to say.

Ever since I was young, I sometimes hesitated when Haeyeon, who was the smartest and most rational among us, chose only the right answer.

The truth hurts so much.

I kept my mouth shut for a moment and then brought up the method I had in mind.

“still. They say they are people who believe in me. So can’t I be of help in some way? If you go to the believers who believe in Seongyun Church or Yunseong Church and ask them… .”

“Don’t even dream.”

Before I could finish speaking, Haeyeon came in, cutting me off.

The cool, sunken eyes glowed eerily.

“You should just quietly stay in your dorm and rest. “How can a person who is not in good health go around looking for missing people?”

“I’m okay… .”

“Cold sweat.”

“ok?”

“Slightly heavy breathing, red cheeks, slow blinking.”

“… … .”

“Did you think I didn’t know?”

It seemed like my physical condition had definitely gotten worse than I thought after going to the amusement park. Even though I didn’t think I’d been wandering around that long, my body didn’t agree with it.

As the anger that had brought me this far disappeared and reason took over, my whole body felt heavy.

I tried not to show it.

As Haeyeon accurately pointed out my condition, I glanced away.

As I said before, I hated it the most when Haeyeon was rational in a way that was unfavorable to me.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Haeyeon’s mouth turn up slightly and she was smiling triumphantly.

“We’ll figure it out. So, please calmly return to your dorm.”

I clenched my two fists on my knees. As always, there was nothing wrong with what Haeyeon said.

… Okay, let’s go back to the dorm.

In this state of my body, I was lucky if I didn’t cause trouble to others.

It might have been wise for Eunseop to ask me to remain in the safe headquarters.

If we wait, Shinwoo and Haeyeon will come back after solving the problem.

With that thought in mind, I stood up.

Buuuung-

It was then that my cell phone rang.

When I reached into my pocket and took out my cell phone, three familiar names, like Cheon Hae-yeon, appeared.

When I glanced at Haeyeon, she gestured for me to answer the phone and began to focus on what was on the screen again.

“hello?”

[Kwon Yun-seong.]

CNU got to the point in a slightly subdued voice.

[Did Seong Yeon-ju go to the dormitory?]

“lodging? “Where am I staying?”

[okay.]

“Well, I’m out right now, so I’m not sure what it’s like, but I wasn’t there until I left. But why suddenly?”

[…] Right.]

I read the faint anxiety in CNU’s voice.

The moment I felt that anxiety, for some reason, an ominous feeling began to creep up from inside my heart.

I swallowed once, feeling like my mouth was dry. Then she slowly opened her mouth.

“… why?”

The silence continued for a long time on the other side of the phone.

The ominous energy was spreading more and more widely.

CNU answered just before I suffocated in silence.

[The performer does not answer the phone.]