Teacher 1: This year, you guys are going on the long-awaited school trip.
The students were all excited. Even though they were in their third year of high school.
It was understandable. For the third-year students, who were constantly burdened with their studies, this news was like a dream.
However, after saying that, the teacher added one more thing.
Teacher 1: Quiet down, quiet down. But this year's school trip might proceed a bit differently.
How old are you all now? You must have heard on the news, right? There's an epidemic spreading in a region far from our Sebong City. You must have heard about it.
The government has been hiding the exact symptoms of this epidemic, but even though it’s far away from us, the speed of its spread is quite fast.
The teacher was talking about the epidemic spreading in South Korea. This epidemic was so dangerous that the South Korean government was putting all its efforts into vaccine development, and the speed of its spread was also fast.
But the strange part was that the government was deleting all the community videos about the confirmed cases and avoiding any direct explanations or mentions of the epidemic.
What could be the reason for that?
Student 1: Teacher~ But why are you talking about this instead of the school trip?
Student 2: Where is the trip going? And when?
At this point, the students, who were only thinking about the school trip, were not really listening to what the teacher was saying.
Teacher 1: Alright, that was a long introduction. Here is the school trip application form.
This time, more than ever, getting your parents’ consent is the most important. It won’t help if you try to fake your parents' signature. We've already sent out an online survey to your parents.
The location of the school trip will be decided after the survey is completed, depending on the number of participants. That's all.
The students finally understood.
The parents were satisfied with the survey. Especially since it wasn’t easy for parents to watch their third-year high school students go on a school trip right before the college entrance exams.
It was just good to have an excuse to make their children understand.
The final number of participants was...
1st Year [38 students]
2nd Year [42 students]
3rd Year [25 students]
A total of 105 students from all three grades would be going to the same location for the school trip.
Chapter 0-1: Epidemic
And so, the day of the school trip arrived.
The students were on the train.
It was a train with 4 cars, excluding the cockpit.
The last car, farthest from the cockpit, was the 4th car, and it was filled with the 3rd-year students. The 2nd-year students boarded next, followed by the 1st-year students.
The very front car was reserved for the athletes.
With this arrangement, the students of Sebong High School began their journey.