I'm still alive

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

The muscles expand. My nerves and judgments accelerate in a stopped time. And at the moment it was judged to be this time, I was able to fly forward, and grab the head and neck of a mutant who had jumped out of the alley and tried to storm the child.

Beyond the leather gloves, I can feel the cold skin and dirty life. He was dripping dirty saliva at the thought of eating the girl and turned his head as if he could not believe the resistance that suddenly came from his head and neck. And the gray eyes with insanity and blurryness face my eyes sharper than the blade of a slanted knife.

There was no hesitation in me. My other hand went straight to my waist, and during the time when I couldn't sleep, the great sword appeared. That brief moment of only half a second. I hit him on the head with a bayonet like lightning before thunder.

the touch of destruction at the fingertips The nerves in the fingertips tremble, and the explosion from destruction just explodes my emotions. And with the sensation of his skull cracking, he stiffens his body stiff.

"Eunseo!!!!!"

Whoo.

I let out a cool air of instinct that had exploded for a moment. Then a man and a woman, who appeared to be the parents of a girl who was almost attacked among the babysitting adults, rushed over here. They had food in their hands that we had just rationed, and they probably left their seats for a while to get that.

I pulled the sword out of his head and slowly drained the blood away. And I quietly looked at my family hugging a child called Eunseo.

Thank you! Thank you so much!’

The mother burst into tears and hugged the child, and beside her, the father bowed his head to me and thanked me. That's all right, I'm glad the child is okay. I only gave that short answer and caught the hair of a mutant still wriggling, so that people would not be afraid anymore.

a short meal time after a long march There was no time for me to sit still and rest as there were so many people to protect. And as I return to the lead with a mutant body, an old man with a gun near it comes to talk.

How did you find that, ghost? There are 10 guards around there, but they said they didn't see a single person. "At this point, I am more afraid of you than of the strains, you bastard."

I couldn't laugh at the old man who was joking. However, I shake my head with an awkward smile, fearing that the old man might be worried if I see my stiff face.

I left the body to the rushing guards and wiped out the blade of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, which had pierced his head, with a clean cloth. And said to an old man who was in a hurry to chew an energy bar near me.

Tell him not to trust his eyes and ears. They've survived so far, so if you tell them this, they'll understand.’

They deceive human vision and hearing. Natural hunters and murder machines that are nowhere else on Earth. In order to deal with such vicious people, we need to bring out the survival instinct buried in the root.

Of course I want you to, I didn't mean to show off and force you. I quietly look at my black-blooded hand and swallow the unpleasant feeling that I'm changing. After a while, after a brief rest, he shook off his seat and asked the old man,

'What about the casualty?'

'One serious injury, two minor injuries. Fortunately, there are no dead people dead.’

Many were said to have been driven into the blockade, but there were still groups or strains of the city. And we were vulnerable to their attacks because of the wider radius of protection we had to protect as many people were moving around.

Emergency signals and radio sounds heard every 10 minutes. People and we quickly lost our stamina because we stopped frequently and moved around to deal with them. Still, there were no deaths in the rough march, whether it was worth running around busily.

'I hope it's dark before we get out of the blockade, right?’

'Of course. When we get there, let's build a base camp first.’

The old man answered my question with a clear air. Then I nodded and put on the leather gloves I had taken off, and soon checked the time and slowly took out the radio.

At this time, at 3 p.m., when the sun was up for a long time, I had been walking steadily since morning, but there was still a lot more to walk than I thought. I pick up the hat that I had put on the floor with a deep sigh of fatigue and put it on my head.

A warm spring breeze passes through my face.

*

When I removed the branch in front of me, the twilight hanging in the middle of the mountain greets me with an orange greetings. But I shrugged off the greeting with my hat covering my stomach, and I frantically scan where we're going to take our place. And when I find out that there's no sign of being a danger to us, I whistle quietly and call the people behind me.

‘ .’

Now it's Chuck if you pretend. As soon as the group and the residents signaled that I was safe, they began to escape the grass one by one, releasing the spirit they were killing.

One, two, three. The number, which was a minority, began to increase like the surging tide, and soon a great number of people began to occupy positions in the vast open space I found. Now this is a corner of a mountain about 5 kilometers away from the blockade area.

Many trees were covering the open space, so it was enough to spend the night. As soon as I find out that there are no people nearby, I breathe out and straighten my back.

Thank you for your hard work hard.’

'Brother! Get some rest.’

I feel like I'm over the first crisis. And the other party began to flock around me with a look of relief as if they thought like me. Upon arriving at the vacant lot, residents quickly began to build camps, doing their own jobs, rather than sitting down and resting right away.

Unable to make a fire, he sets up a tent to spend a cold night and creates a rough, yet psychologically reassuring barricade. It was like the figure of a cog that turned like a well-made clock.

After watching the figure quietly, we sit a little far away from people and start a small meeting. But before we can rest assured, we have gathered our heads to set a date for the implementation date that we had not finally decided on in the conference room. And detective Kang, who was wearing a bandage around the injured area two days ago, slowly scratches his forehead and asks us.

'Tonight is too much, right?’

In any case, the time to move out of the blockade will be a late night when darkness covers us. But the question is whether it's tonight or tomorrow night. I originally thought it was tonight, but people were more tired than I thought.

Hurry up or be safe. We frowned, unable to make a decision for a while, while considering it. However, the elderly, who decided that it would not take too long, eventually open their mouths as representatives to express their opinions.

'At least one day off. Let's go on a reconnaissance trip in advance tonight.'

And when I agreed with the old man, our opinions quickly came together as one. Of course, there is a risk of a day's stagnation, but it was better than killing people by force.

I told the party a few more stories about the construction of the base camp and slowly announced the end of the meeting. After a two-hour break, we will leave for the blockade area. I get up from my seat with my hat pressed with a shout of rest to my party.

*

People were well aware of how to spend the night with minimal fire and minimal noise. The sun had set completely and the base camp without a single light was enveloped in silence as if nothing had happened, and only the occasional roar and coughing were telling us that there were people here.

I walked slowly across the huge tent-town, quietly, to the area where our party was gathered. And she quietly called out Kang Soo-ryeon and Chae Yeon, who were in it, putting aside the shoddy cloth no different from other tents.

'Mr. Training.'

At my call, Kang Su-ryeon smiles brightly and raises her head instead of answering. A really small candle was burning in the center of the tent, and Chae-yeon was in Kang Soo-ryeon's arms, covered with a cute character blanket. And Kang Su-ryeon was sewing something on that little light, and when she opened her eyes, it was all my clothes and equipment. My clothes, which were always torn and torn, were found in a day. They were all thanks to Kang Soo-ryeon, who mended my clothes unknowingly.

Have you eaten yet?’

As I approached quietly and sat next to her, Kang Su-ryeon asked with a subtle smile. Of course, the hand that asked me kindly and repaired the equipment was not stopping.

How smart she was in this dark place, her hands were unstoppable, and as time went by, my clothes began to pick up their true colors. I nodded quietly to her question. Then quietly reach out to the sleeping child and hand over the disheveled bangs.

We haven't spoken for a while. Beyond the tent, there was nothing but the murmur of people whispering and the footsteps of guards wandering around Yeonshin. The remaining time is 20 minutes. I felt this time of seeing her and her child only so short as it was in a moment. And by the time the sewing was finished, Kang Su-ryeon asked me, looking at the candle with a black face.

We have to go out again, right?’

I didn't let anyone but the party know that there was a reconnaissance tonight. However, Kang Soo-ryeon asked with a sad face whether she noticed through her actions and face that she had to go out again.

I was just forced to slowly swallow the bitter water in my mouth, facing her moist wet eyes with a black face. The candle flutters quietly like the water I'm dripping in my mind. She finally lets go of the sewing she was doing slowly and breathes breathlessly.

You know, I'm actually so scared. When I first opened my eyes that day and heard that you were dead, I was so scared that I cried all night.’

He overcame the pain and always smiled. She was the one who endured no matter what happened and showed others a bright face. But Kang Soo-ryun, who now looks at me and cries, was an ordinary human being who was no different from an ordinary woman.

Of course I wasn't the only one who had the fear of losing the leech in me, the fear of losing a precious one. Having endured pain firmly, she bursts tears as she comes to me, whether the sorrow she endured finally burst at the moment she can think it's the last time. And as if he were confessing, he said what he had hidden in his heart without hesitation.

Why Dong-yoon? Why do you have to be so tired? Those who are really wrong are living well outside, so why should Dong-yoon be the only one to receive such a punishment? That's too much. It's really... it's really not...….’

Who should I blame? Who should I curse? The beings who made us this way were the shapes of invisible hatred, and the people who isolated us are invisible. Nobody notices. No one is watching our footsteps.

As we were moving to live like this, all that was waiting for us in front of us was indifference and the gunpointing at our necks. And that injustice and the screams that could not be shouted to the heart's content were representing her weeping tears.

I don't want you to go......... But it's also too selfish. There are so many people who live with you......... it's not just me. I know you're going to have a hard time saying this, but I...….’

All the complex emotions are mixed up. While confessing, she stammers, gibberish, and stammering as if her affection and apologies for me clash. But I was able to read all the emotions in it, so I hugged her silently, crying.

The candle flutters like our tears before our eyes. And I held my heart, looking the same at the candle that all survivors were looking at. That small, feeble burning flame may one day go out, but it will never be now.

Darkness deepens. Night comes. These forests and cities, like wet paper, carried the feelings of countless people.

*

a squint of thread

In the dark, in-young, darker than pitch, leaps forward. The moon hid itself in the clouds as if it knew we were moving, and the flesh surrounding the skin quietly suggests a way forward for us. I came forward, quietly harming the grass.

And the party that ran out like the wind around it slowly began to take over. Silence flows. Between the silence, an old man with dark charcoal on his face whispered quietly.

'I let Du-sik rest more. Park Dae-bak told me to keep my camp.'

After a long time, the original members of the rescue team gathered again. Of course, Doo-sik stayed at the camp because of fatigue and illness, but the fact that the member is the most elite is a fact that does not change. I quietly pulled the trigger on the gun I was holding, and now I gently stroked the silencer, which was a few left.

And the old man slowly inspects the equipment by distributing two pieces of ammunition he brought in his bag. Reconnaissance of the blockade area far away. In fact, it was a reconnaissance, but it was true that he was anxious because he didn't know what was going to happen. However, field trips were necessary to send people off safely.

'Never fire until instructed. My first goal is to return safely.’

The party nodded at my last whisper. And I turned my bright burning eyes in the dark and looked through the direction we had to go. My heart is beating. The hand holding the gun's handle was naturally strained. I began to run forward with my hat pressed down without any particular starting signal.

Trees, forests, grasses, branches. All the elements around me flash by in an instant. The sound of treading on fallen leaves and soil soon turned into a quiet breath exhaled by my party, and we began to move toward the containment area like a wind from the end. And an hour to run like that. The artificial light produced by the light from afar came into my sight.