Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Seong asked.

Jin-woo gripped the revolver and he frowned at the three students. Suddenly, he raised his hand and pointed the gun at them.

"No, wait! We swear we won\'t say anything!"

The boy immediately yelled in fright and the two girls also began trembling.

"Be quiet."

Jin-woo said coldly, and the boy immediately closed his mouth.

With an indifferent tone, Jin-woo warned.

"If you tell anyone about the armored truck coming then I\'ll kill you. Do you understand?"

The boy and the two girls nodded their heads vigorously. They then breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Jin-woo lowering the gun.

After giving his warning, Jin-woo paid the three no more attention and instead turned to the zombie he just shot. His eyes landed on the gun strapped to its waist and he bent down to remove it along with the tactical belt.

Upon checking the contents of the tactical belt, aside from the handgun, there was a baton, a pepper spray, two magazine clips, and a set of keys.

After checking the items in the belt, Jin-woo silently secured it around his waist. The security guard\'s build was only slightly larger than his, so the belt fitted perfectly.

While Jin-woo was wordlessly securing the belt around his waist, Seong shot him a worried look from the side and said.

"You didn\'t warn them not to mention you were involved in spreading the virus."

After a moment of silence, Jin-woo responded.

"It doesn\'t matter if they tell everyone I\'m involved, things can\'t get any worse than it is now."

Hearing the dismissiveness in Jin-woo\'s tone, Seong couldn\'t help but become sad and release an internal sigh.

"If it came out that you were involved, then you won\'t be able to make any friends. They might not even be grateful for your help."

Jin-woo paused upon hearing that but then said with a slight smile.

"I already made friends with Yoon-min and Micah. Plus, I still have you."

It was Seong\'s turn to pause, but he then smiled as well and said.

"That\'s right, knowing Yoon-min he probably won\'t blame you too much if you properly explain things. As for Micah, he\'ll just go along with anything Yoon-min says."

"Wh-Who are you talking to?"

Jin-woo suddenly heard the voice of one of the girls ask. He turned to look at them and saw that they were staring at him with uneasy expressions.

At this point, Jin-woo didn\'t care how others perceived him, so he casually answered.

"I\'m talking to my friend; can you be quiet?"

Jin-woo then went back to ignoring them, but the three looked at each other with alarmed expressions. They were half convinced that Jin-woo had suddenly gone crazy, but that was if he wasn\'t already crazy from the rumors they heard about him. However, they chose to keep quiet since he was their only ticket out of here.

Click.

Jin-woo inserted back the magazine into the gun after checking the number of bullets inside before holstering it to his waist.

"What\'s next?"

Seong asked from the side, and Jin-woo frowned as he tapped the side of the revolver with his right index finger. After a moment he said.

"I need to understand what happened at the gymnasium. Can you leave my side to go check?"

"Hmm, I can try, but I have a feeling it won\'t work."

Without a word, Jin-woo walked over to the door and opened it slightly for Seong to slip out. He then hurriedly closed it. He wasn\'t worried about the gunshot or any loud noise traveling outside and attracting zombies because this room was soundproof.

Jin-woo was planning on waiting to see what would happen after he closed the door, but not even a second after he closed it, Seong suddenly appeared next to him.

Seong looked taken aback as he looked around to see that he was back inside the security room. Turning to Jin-woo he smiled bitterly and said.

"As I thought, I can\'t leave your side, or at least your perception."

Jin-woo thought for a moment then his eyes lit up before he asked.

"If you can only exist within my perception, what if I was looking through a monitor?"

Hearing that, Seong\'s eyes also lit up and he turned to look at the monitors.

"We can only try."

Seong hurried towards the monitors with Jin-woo following behind.

Thud.

Jin-woo\'s foot suddenly bumped against something on the ground. He briefly glanced at it to see that it was a broken monitor.

It was probably broken during a fight with the zombie. Not thinking much about it, Jin-woo reached the monitors.

After looking for a moment, he pointed at one.

"This one. It shows the entrance of the east wing. If you stand there, you\'ll be able to see the gymnasium."

Seong nodded.

Jin-woo then kept his gaze on the monitor and a second later Seong disappeared and then appeared at the entrance of the east wing.

On the monitor, Jin-woo watched as Seong looked around and then stared ahead in the direction of the gymnasium.

The zombies that could be seen roaming in the distance obviously didn\'t take notice of him.

However, it was only after a few seconds did Jin-woo wondered if Seong could return. But his worries were in vain as Seong suddenly glanced up at the camera before reappearing next to him.

Jin-woo looked over and saw a gloomy expression on his friend\'s face. His heart tightened slightly.

"What did you see?"

Seong looked at Jin-woo and said worriedly.

"I saw zombies swarming into the gymnasium."

Upon hearing that, Jin-woo immediately clenched his fists, and guilt started to batter his heart.

If only he hadn\'t taken up that bottle.

If only he had worn his glasses while taking out his medication.

If only he hadn\'t kept that pill on him for Seo-joon to find.

There were so many times he had a chance to prevent the virus from spreading in the school, but each time he made the worse choice.

"Jin-"

Seong saw Jin-woo\'s expression and was about to speak, however, static noise suddenly came from the radio on the control panel in front of them before a voice filled with annoyance was heard saying.

"Freak, I don\'t see my cigarettes on you, but you better have them in that drawstring bag."

Upon hearing the voice, both Jin-woo and Seong glanced at the radio with shocked expressions.

"Seo-joon?"

"Seo-joon?"

Both of them exclaim at the same time.

…

Just as Madelyn hung up her phone and placed it inside her lab coat pocket, the lab door was pushed open before the Marshal walked in.

"It\'s time for testing to start. Shouldn\'t you be there to observe?"

Madelyn was at a desk typing away on the computer. She didn\'t look at the Marshal as she coldly responded.

"Why are you so persistent in starting the testing so soon? I already told you, that cure doesn\'t have a high chance of working, I would need patient zero\'s blood sample first to make a stronger one."

The Marshal folded his hands and then snorted before saying.

"Don\'t think I don\'t know that you\'ve sent people to that school. I\'ll allow it, I even added another armored truck so the children who might have survived could be saved." Continue your adventure at empire

Madelyn paused when she heard that before turning to look at the Marshal with slight surprise.

Seeing Madelyn\'s surprised expression, the Marshal became annoyed.

"I said I won\'t be sending the White Tiger forces to the school, not that I won\'t send no help at all. Do you truly believe I am so heartless that I would just leave those children to get infected? From what you said, along with your daughter, there is at least a class of students in that school.

My number one priority right now is to save as many citizens as possible while covering up that woman\'s mistake. Instead of rotting in jail, she\'s better off atoning for her sins by helping to make a cure for the virus she caused. Are you not coming?"

Madelyn remained silent for a moment before she stood up and walked towards the door.

However, as she was passing the Marshal to leave, the Marshal extended his hand.

"I\'ll take that phone."

Madelyn paused, but she soon reached into her pocket and pulled out Myung-hee\'s phone to give to the Marshal with an expressionless face.

Both the Marshal and Madelyn then left the lab and walked along the white hallways to reach another room. After pushing the door open and entering, a large plain glass window was the first thing one saw. Through that window was a room that had three people dressed in white hazmat suits inside. They were all gathered around a slanted table that had someone strapped down on it.

It was a sedated Myung-hee.

She was in a white hospital gown while an IV drip was in her arm.

After the Marshal and Madelyn stopped at the window, the Marshal signaled to the three people in hazmat suits to administer the virus.

One of the three nodded and then picked up one of two syringes filled with black liquid on a table nearby. He then removed the IV drip from Myung-hee\'s arm before injecting the black liquid inside her.