Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

ions to Hyun-woo.
“Take him and tell him to choose for himself.
Of course you have to watch him.”

“Yes sir.”

Even though Jang Won-taek ordered so, he himself wasn’t sure if the measure would really work.
After all, Seongho was someone who was able to grab a lot of supplies from the Gwangju Time Shelter.
He told him that he’s not satisfied with what he got at Gyeryongdae bunker, and if he knew about the Yongsan bunker, he would naturally get greedy.

Jang Won-taek leaned against the chair.
“He’s really a greedy person.”

“How about severing contact with him after this, Mister President? He’s too greedy.”

Lee Beom-seok suggested it, but Jang Won-taek just shook his head.

“No, we have to keep in touch with him.
You know why.”

“Is it because of his Unique skill?”

“People did not find Da-jeong in the Gwangju Time Shelter incident.
But she was definitely there.
Rumor said that people can enter his subspace.”

“It would have saved a lot of people.
What a waste.”

“You know what would have happened to you in the Wetland labyrinth if you said it right in front of his face, right?”

Lee Beom-seok’s face hardened and Jang Won-taek looked at him and said,

“Don’t force him to do anything or even ask why he lives his life that way.
Because if you do it, you will only live with him as your enemy.
If you are still alive, that is.”

If you keep in contact with goodwill, one day he will reach out.
Jang Won-taek thought so.

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Seems like Da-jeong wasn’t just being picky with food when she told him that the food in the Government Shelter was bad.
The dishes they served were terribly tasteless.
However, he couldn’t just not eat it.
There were many eyes looking at him at the moment.
I scooped the mashed potatoes with a spoon and shoved it into my mouth.
The seasoning was lacking, there was no taste at all except for the potato.

Da-jeong shrugged and smirked at his display.
“Isn’t so fuckin tasteless, is it?”

She said it in a loud voice to the point people started to look at her.

“Well… It’s edible.”

“Your face said so otherwise, though? Don’t you think so, Mi-kyung?”

“…” Mi-kyung only looked at me before putting her head down and eating again, giving no answer whatsoever.

Hyungjun hyung fluttered his plastic spoon.

“They say there are food and seasoning supplies in the sealing room, so we have to hold on until then.
That’s right, Seongho.
Didn’t you say you have some smoke with you?”

“Let’s go to my room after this, hyung-nim.
I’ll give it to you there.
You should come too, Sooyeon.”

Sooyeon, who put the plastic spoon in her mouth, nodded.

“Okay.”

After exchanging those words, we hurriedly finished our meal.
However, when I stood up and was about to return the plate, Jang Won-taek came and sat down next to me.

“Can I talk to you for a moment?”

I stood back down and nodded.

He lowered his voice and said, “I was going to prepare something better for you than the previous one, but there was a setback.”

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Seongho knew what he was talking about.
The anti-tank weapon.
However, it would be better than the M-72 he got at Gyeryongdae shelter.

“It’s enough if it can shoot.”

“There will be a problem with the whole machine if you use it.
It’s a sophisticated piece of equipment after all.”

It seems like it would be quite different from the M72, where I could just aim and shoot.
If so, should I use the M72 again? I think it would somehow damage the Slingshot Sniffles, but there’s a high probability that it won’t work for the Shield Sniffles.
In the meantime, if the looters attack, I would have to fight back.
Things were getting complicated.

Seeing my expression, he quickly added.

“So we want to give you a choice.”

“What kind of choice?”

“You just have to go inside and choose what you want.”

That means he gives me the location of the bunker.
I glanced at him.

“You will tell me the location?”

“You will go there with Major Kim.”

Ah, so he wants me to take just what I need… Smart.
There is no need to show that I could store it in the portal, so I should use a dimension slot.
I mean, as long as I have the location, I could just come and pick it up later.

I nodded and stood up, he asked.

“How many people will be going?”

“Only four will go.”

He nodded his head happily.

“It will be the first time the four stagnant waters move together.
We look forward to great results.”

“We will just give you the information we acquire, no more.” I said so, but he still smiled warmly.

“That alone is enough.”

Sometimes I just couldn’t figure out what this old man was up to.
I went back to the dorm area.
Four people were supposed to share one room, so there was no privacy or anything like that.
All in all, the food and living place was far inferior to Dot Island.
I feel sorry for sending them here now.
Thankfully, they didn’t seem to care.

I headed to the room where Hyeongjun hyung and Sooyeon were waiting for me.
When I opened the dimension slot and took out a cigarette, Hyungjun hyung was delighted.

“It’s a cigarette!”

“You know you can’t smoke here, right?”

“I’ll just hold on to it now.”

Looks like he’d been starving for quite some time.
Meanwhile, Sooyeon showed interest in my dimension slot.

“Seongho, can I touch it?”

“Sure.
Slot number one.”

She was amazed to see the Mithril Blade floating in the air.

“It’s like some kind of game quickslot.”

“You know about that?”

She laughed awkwardly at my question.

“I heard a lot from Geom-in ssi.”

It was really sad to hear that he was talking to a doctor in his early 30s about games.
Shortly after, Seokhyun, Da-jeong, and Geom-in entered one after another.
When the room was full, Da-jeong snapped her fingers.

“No one will come in because the door is blocked by Tank.”

“Thank you.”

I looked around at the people and said.
“Now that we are all here, let me tell you something.
I’m here to gather information and respond to anything this place is trying to do if it is regarding us.
Do you know that the Corrosive Disease is almost gone?”

Hyungjun hyung and Sooyeon nodded their heads almost at the same time.

“I know some crazy bastards are shooting guns out there, so you’re right.”

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“I don’t know for sure because I haven’t been testing these days.”

“It’s not completely gone now, so the gun didn’t last long.
It will be gone in a month or so.”

“A month, huh?”

“A lot of things will change when that time comes.
You know the government has a huge stockpile of weapons.”

“We are aware of it.”

“Once it is usable, the government will no longer stand still.
They will use Geom-in’s totem to create a good shelter.
Those two qualities will become a focal point that draws people in.”

“Then what should we do? From what we talked about before, didn’t we decide that we will appeal to them by working hard to be able to get guns?”

“From now on, you are all going to gather as many supplies as possible before entering my shelter.”

Sooyeon hesitated and said,

“After hearing about it from Seok-hyun-ssi, didn’t we need to do some quest?.”

“You’re right.
You have to go to a place similar to the Farming Dungeon and find 3 Aether Stones.
I’ll give you a scarab and dingo, but it won’t help much in battle.”

“It’s just like doing it alone.”

Even my hyung-nim seems to have no confidence in doing it.
It’s only natural.
So far they had been hunting together, so hunting ‘alone’ would be a foreign concept to them.

I opened dimension slot 10 and showed them the gun I had.
Except for Seokhyun and Da-jeong, everyone was surprised.

“You have a gun?”

“Oh my gosh…”

“There was a time when goblins appeared in Gayasan, is it not? That’s when I looted it.”

I took out the revolver from the dimension slot and put it in Sooyeon’s hand.

“How is it, Sooyeon-ssi? With this, can you fight monsters?”

“…”

After hesitating for a while, she finally nodded her head.
Seems like the reason for her delay was because she never had guns in her hand before.

I retrieved the revolver and put it back in the dimension slot.
There’s only one month left, so I guess I would have to go around and train with the members.

At that moment, Geom-in opened his mouth.

“I, I can do it.
The mission, I mean.”

“You can’t enter just yet”

“Why?”

“I know that once you enter, you wouldn’t leave if we didn’t force you.
That too on premise we know where you are, you shelter maniac.”

“It’s not like that…” He laughed wryly and scratched his cheek.
But he didn’t seem to be offended at all.

“You can enter together with the others later.
I won’t ask you to leave at that moment.”

“Okay.”

Seeing him clenching his fists with all his might, it seemed like he’s waiting for that day.
But so are other people.

I looked at them and said, “Anyway, after the corrosive disease disappeared, it’s the real thing.
We’re not the only ones with guns.”

Even if it’s not the looters at the subway station, there will be others.
After all, there’s quite a few bunkers in Hannam-dong.
What they stocked up in the bunker is irrelevant.
But I know that it would be dangerous for us.
Also, there were those who have not yet revealed their identity yet.

“Always cover up and think bullets can come at you any time.
Body armor is a basic requirement, and you must always wear a helmet.” I said in serious expression.

Da-jeong, who had only listened so far, opened her mouth.

“Major Kim is looking for you, Seongho.”

It’s time to depart.
I got up and said

“The four of us are going to kill a Sniffles.”