As usual, the safe zone was a peaceful day. Five people, including me, walked toward the river to kill the zombies that had swept into the river. But if there were enough of us, wouldn't a siren sound? I was thinking, "This damn safe zone really needs to be abolished," when the female protagonist spoke to me.
“Lee Ji-eun, you are here.”
“Yeah..”
As I was wandering around, my mind wandering, I realized I'd already arrived. Upon arriving, I looked at the riverbank. There weren't many zombies, enough so that five people wouldn't need to come together. And Kim Yeo-ju, being considerate of me, who hadn't yet discovered my powers (or pretended not to), told me to stay put. I hate Kim Yeo-ju. I hate her so much...
“Lee Ji-eun!!!”
“Uh..uh!!”
It was Jeongguk. When he came to kill zombies, he would stare at me with a fierce gaze whenever I dazed him. He still does that now.
"sorry..."
I lowered my head to minimize nagging. Then, Jeongguk walked over to somewhere, plopped down, and patted the seat next to him. Trying to look as pitiful as possible, I walked slowly and sat down next to Jeongguk.
“I always told you not to let your guard down in situations like this, so why don’t you listen?”
It was cute to hear Jungkook talking while mumbling... When I think about it, I'm actually older than Jungkook...?
“Hey, Jungkook.”
Jeongguk immediately turned his head and looked at me.
“You... I’m older than you, Lee Ji-eun...? Lee Ji-eun~? I’m the same age as the female lead!”
It was disgusting to call her Yeoju, but I knew if I called her Kim Yeoju, she would be suspicious. So I had no choice but to say Yeoju.
"haha..."
Jungkook slowly moved to the side and I ran towards him and pinched his cheek.
"Hey! You guys, be quiet. You're going to be so noisy that you can't concentrate and then the other kids will get hit."
At Taehyung's words, Jungkook and I sat up straight and remained silent. I didn't know what Jungkook would do, but I just wanted Jimin to stay alive.
.
.
.
It felt like dozens of minutes had passed since I started killing zombies, but no one had come up. I looked at Jeongguk, and he was biting my hand anxiously. I grabbed his hand tightly. Then Jeongguk looked at me.
“It’ll be okay.”
= Jimin will be okay.
“Nothing will happen.”
=Jimin is...
Kim Yeo-ju wasn't even on my radar. Jimin was the only thing on my mind.
“I guess so..”
Still, Jungkook continued to bite his nails. He probably wanted to go over there and help. But he couldn't help them, lest he protect me, who pretended not to have discovered my abilities, from any unforeseen circumstances.
***
I'm going crazy. No matter how many I kill, they just keep increasing. I can't keep getting swept into the river. And in such large quantities... Jimin looked over, and he seemed quite exhausted. Then I heard a voice from the walkie-talkie.
"The siren will sound soon. The entrance to Safe Zone A has been opened."
For a moment, my mind went blank. No matter how many times the people in the safe zone ordered me to kill zombies, I wanted to sacrifice myself to protect them, to protect these four people who trusted me and followed me. I turned on the walkie-talkie and asked as quietly as possible.
“Where is the safest place here?”
‘Well... the safest place is Area C.’
"okay."
First, let's go up here. And at least send the boys to Sector C. I wanted to save them, no matter what. I slowly approached Jimin.
"why?"
“Let’s go up.”
He looked confused even as he killed the zombie at my words.
"No matter how much we fight here, the zombies will just keep increasing. In that case, let's go up and kill them."
Jimin nodded, as if understanding. He stepped onto the stone bridge and ran towards the children. The zombies followed him like crazy.
As soon as I got up, I heard a siren. I couldn't afford to lose any time here.
"The three men will go to Area C. Ji-eun and I will go to Area A. We'll meet in Area C."
Everyone nodded at my words and ran off on their own way.
***
I heard a siren and Kim Yeo-ju asked me to go with her. Just the two of us... This was the moment.opportunityI thought so.
“What are you doing? Come quickly.”
As I followed Kim Yeo-ju's words, I thought about how to kill her. The plan to kill her came to mind immediately. Already.
Just thinking about what kind of expression Kim Yeo-ju will make... and how much fun it will be makes the corners of my mouth go up.
*****
I originally planned to write it as a full-length novel, but I didn't know when I would write it, so I only wrote part of it.