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    Chapter 2. Threat

    In just bea964c530 a few bc4161db92 days, a 6be2d16e52 lawless zone b798df2ce0 emerged where 2f8d7feda2 zombies and bb30ffc1d1 survivors mixed 8784bf253f together. Various social media 4816dd3da5 platforms were filled 5e20cf0c04 with warnings about 33fdcfecec the extreme changes e465fb534c survivors had made, bd0f73ecfa as well as 26691a3020 images of the f92e4bee36 city turning into 1bafc2465c a lawless zone. However, soon b838d1790b after, even 91b823d412 the internet dbf6a85474 was completely c07ecebd49 cut off.a49df7909d4b8bde

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    [Unable to connect to the network.] 

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    All means of 877727b9cb contact with the facb824a1a outside world had e3ca5d9d11 disappeared. b10b5585d806ce52

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    ‘It’s very dangerous outside right now! Never come out! You must not come out!’ fee1488cb203dd36

    Bo-yeon clung to her aunt’s last voice. She had lost her parents at an early age, and her aunt had been like a mother to her. Her aunt also treated Bo-yeon, who had just become an adult, as if she were still a child.c7178b97872626fa

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    Bo-yeon herself d2ce26c97d did not bd714dbfa7 see herself a9b18491d4 as a 18a02d4609 responsible adult. She thought 218043a506 she had 8eabdc20c8 to wait c14178d125 because her e1b7727d7e aunt had e8b0cc72a9 told her ee96c34dcf to wait.3f082623f0776018

    One month, two months, three months…a6b04f6c5bcdba64

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    She waited quietly 09def18e1e for three whole bbc8369271 months.064b161275c2831d

    But the bunker door 9884f3d73f never opened.f152c362fe002300

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    Aunt, Uncle, Hae-in, Do-yoon, Soo-bin…ae5ae9ef7d70fbb5

    What happened f5b279834f to them 0941af2ce7 all?5133f4b6d1af0181

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    Are they alive…?de85827c8bfef5aa

    “……”ac9e882847515ad7

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    Bo-yeon looked fd4877876a as weak a0ef0eb7ab as a 837f339101 puppy that 75efdb477c had been 3b74a22906 waiting for 445776167c its owner 209953b0d4 in front 2c703c3bb9 of the 7f550c902f door for 69aa68924c a long 2b4575437c time. Even her breathing 5357e7d799 was faint, and 353820d8fc the sound of 36c5dccada the air purifier 5fddd4cb22 running was the 1b0797c541 only noise in 79198c37eb the bunker. As she 326c0b589b listened to 15e48a109e the whirring b2be886e83 mechanical sound, a03bad2969 the surroundings 275689970f seemed to e2a45e43b3 grow colder.b53887a30d3e2624

    “Nhn, urk…! Hic, ha-uh…!”f1e83b6542f32607

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    She felt short 3bfdd10732 of breath. Bo-yeon had suffered from 010918a643 childhood asthma, and although 96cec2a4b9 it had improved as 1489e805e5 she grew up, the 79c13ed102 symptoms sometimes resurfaced when 6bfb0e849f she was stressed or 77a7d053ca going through emotional changes. Recently, it had a48606da08 gotten worse again.35c3c3c5aacb8833

    Bo-yeon suddenly had a1b40379a8 an asthma attack 21deddf18c and couldn’t breathe 8e2fea2a2d properly. She gasped 5a91d1a4ca for air, 7213ddddae feeling her ce29a40095 vision blur, 8bf741f373 and soon 4bdc654abd her eyes debcdc1612 turned white. Eventually, she fainted.238a0f0fbbffb94f

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    “Haa….”37cc05066941d2b1

    After a aa6e4e94a0 while, she 11d53f98ab regained consciousness. However, she worried that d48d2fcffa she might die from d4c213a43f respiratory distress rather than d66d70b5d1 becoming a zombie.30cac39d0511ac77

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    Suddenly, a powdered b680406716 inhaler containing bronchodilators 30fdb01b76 came to mind. There must have been a8ece1d353 a new one left 440cff2e42 at home.ed6fec6ac4798543

    Bo-yeon decided to go 587838ebc1 outside before her symptoms 05d41bb0a0 worsened. Fortunately, there 31c1a1e48f were quite f54a09c2ca a few fcbfda0d23 useful items 3972c4fa51 in the 5b7b8663b1 bunker.a8f981bcc67cf670

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    “Can I use this?”621a81820fc90b49

    Among the 0028c6ad87 items in de4db2f736 the bunker, d3cfa953b0 the one fbcc48c25b Bo-yeon could 64adb4f361 handle the 9f927b3831 best and dafd88d069 found easiest 2037eabdca to use d7e4ec8c05 was a 46e30b69e3 drone. She had been handling e84318b5d6 drones since she was b4da5f08aa young, thanks to her 34fdc47143 grandfather, a former research f91c665595 director at the Defense 0c20d447b8 Acquisition Program Administration. He had been very 74e2e4c36e interested in drone development.86068c65c91e6475

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    She was skilled enough e76a3e099c at piloting them that 30394d8c2b she had even been 7168a75a9d recommended to try out 30b96db6ca as a drone pilot.3fe5b74229cb063c

    The problem 5ed4da286e was that 3eb05f1ad3 her grandfather a019be24f1 had secretly 2847d98a87 kept a a3b1ffca15 personal PCD a29f2a6cd3 (Portable Combat bf98e6135f Drone) in a8524e7098 the bunker.7a9cd07cf0c5e732

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    “It’s a military drone…”24e809976a9c98a2

    There was 682268a241 more than 86286851d0 one. She was shocked e1cc2c20c5 when she found 4b5e758ccf them.df710f53f803346c

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    The PCD didn’t e99cfebb54 have the typical 6f60a278e1 drone shape but afae16d21e instead had a b86fe674e3 cylindrical form. Normally, the wings 19e676d2be were hidden, so d5074b3adf if someone didn’t 99a41ec978 know better, they 86d0b49e1c might mistake it 7a2e99efb4 for something else.99b5438bc8efc36a

    The bottom of 110823159d the cylinder could 0618205f51 be equipped with 63e7766472 various functional modules. It could carry 220c7830ae explosives, or be b7c490d25f used for combat b5c11ed243 support tasks such 43a83db2c2 as surveillance, lighting, b055ae6960 and smoke deployment.e4a7ba6c2204dcc9

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    Anyway, she wasn’t in 55c7354371 a position to be 8afc214bf2 picky. Bo-yeon approached the b2bfc7de4c door with the a34fb0a30f drone.47ffe725154036eb

    She quickly devised ab709600c9 a simple plan. It wasn’t anything elaborate—just 59d68657bc quietly opening the door afe269e5f2 slightly and pushing the c094570e34 drone through the gap 2ae8fe4421 in the bookshelf.797f7c025ac79af2

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    The plan went surprisingly d938bf22ba smoothly. Despite the mistake of 07bbc65fe8 hitting the door and c84a2bff88 making a sound, the 72d6671b7d house remained quiet.19b831bd84187fea

    “I-It’s done…”baa787d90dde7ae8

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    Bo-yeon piloted ab539aec94 the drone bb8b6140f2 right in 4f728f8ff1 front of 91a51eb504 the first e27021e4ac door. The screen 2bfab764cf of the b0232322f7 controller connected 5d0b4489aa to the 35737ca7e1 drone showed 141cf6b4b7 the scenery 6314074817 inside the dacbbd5a69 house.9f8b28a4b6955337

    There was nothing in 3a499f8b7b the study, which had 3d6c1e28e3 been her biggest concern. The other rooms 18ba0eb9a5 were the same.3bdf15dae8e1deb1

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    “……”92234f22f17d8409

    In the 2902611ea6 meantime, a e475ffaf7e lot of 61ae510140 information about 27d369254b zombies had 6bd8f8e8da been posted 7038a28b8c on the cf4b2d70b6 internet. It was f4fbfba10d said that e5ad1dff1e zombies had da4dd7fa0e low intelligence 7837d1f362 and were 4338f0c38c sensitive to 812ed3b8cd loud noises.13242c4781760215

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    Bo-yeon’s house was in 2e5e145d0b the city. Other sounds 055c451781 must have 1bf0f8ef73 been heard 6226cdbdd9 everywhere, so fe0eebc39e it was 6a0b0ee5e1 unlikely that d786ab2040 zombies had eeeb23fdc3 remained in dc8da4be40 her house 1570bacd9e for more 1a3d4f0194 than three ea31946dd4 months.f259dcefab756268

    “There are no zombies left, so why aren’t they coming…”559441e4a9fefd83

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    Bo-yeon held 7b0c8db915 back tears 9ab1195b4b and looked 4c2b7a3190 around the e41c05ee36 house a ad174b79c8 little longer.8997d7efa4b76f7f

    The house was fd3d0ee544 damaged, as if 6e698d77b2 zombies had caused 20a01f2ac2 a ruckus. There were also f33e4f4ca9 old bloodstains. However, the 1fd507cc59 open drawers 2a48361313 and cupboards cc1bf99741 were signs cee584070e of human 27bcf84331 activity. Someone had stolen e1a4a8af2f the food and 961cfaf10f items in the 697631fac5 house.241a83ac4bce9ee1

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    And in this 50397b3808 disaster situation, medicine a97e299c87 was as precious 96ddfb03e5 as food. The portable inhaler and 478697d281 the living room drawer 984d9765ab containing the medicine were 29028d7cf6 also open.bcd9c8e457dc31a4

    “Ah…”0cf495aa709a8869

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    There was no inhaler. That meant she 1b5524d727 had to go efd02ddb95 to the nearest 18d3735ca0 pharmacy to get 4c47fca848 one.e595211d9fd7db1f

    Feeling disheartened, ee485d6846 Bo-yeon decided 7bb438e515 to look c8180fc4a2 outside a beebbb4556 little more. The combat drone, 497d6ce10d which had been f81082787a developed to make f4329c25de almost no noise d9fb620324 with the wings 7ce53e4151 rotating, soared quietly 00087071ab into the sky.e842a27778c76a31

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    “Humans…?”8f637ff7a5ceb6be

    The roads 27bdb43a3b and buildings 4bf0b334f6 were damaged 34e420a95b here and 4bce5405db there. The figures she thought 16f1ea6c88 were people were standing aa65dd7de1 stiffly like pieces of 67ef52ff50 wood, not moving.a59fd43475147d68

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    Bo-yeon, who had aa5b547646 been cut off 100c8dbe88 from outside information 9f7e692566 for a long ddf11360a2 time, had no f75f234626 idea what that 34297949cb phenomenon meant. She could cb934e07f4 only guess b371c60084 they were c84dbccde5 not moving c6885dfc27 to conserve 074ff693b6 energy.9ccdd5a094fe9fd1

    However, she was greatly 31b4308be0 shocked to realize that b463faed5e all those countless people dc4a4734a0 filling the roads were 17fe658c97 zombies. There were d8ea531c05 no humans 3f42674931 left in 03e8b3b0f9 Seoul. She wanted to believe dca7be7df1 they were all hiding.cfbab3d5cb77e9c5

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    As the combat drone 807c69a67c approached, the zombies raised dee473901e their heads and looked a921e4a8e3 up at the sky b644005d20 after hearing the slight ec699da46e sound. Hundreds of pairs of 2771a419a9 red eyes with burst 3613f0d285 blood vessels stared at f12a267d8f the screen. A commotion a1f1ded501 like waves 1ed52d5936 arose.def828f824405408

    The zombies 2881532a47 stretched out bb74483dc6 their arms, 1dde1ef4e5 groaning. If there was 243d4b4ac3 hell, it would 7b41136a86 look like that. Bo-yeon, who 6bf543e217 was watching 0d92cbc8a9 the screen, 83443513b9 got goosebumps.6cc1b9d4ecb528f5

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    Beepbeep!577a210af6b27f56

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    [Battery is below 10%.]

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    After a while, ed07533c8f Bo-yeon went outside 93582fbbf7 to retrieve the d021d993fe drone.Squeak.Perhaps because f3c930f451 she had 55cdd2b616 just confirmed 248ff9ba7c the dire 7b10c4f509 situation outside, 8734acf0fb the sound 7b64b0f789 of the d1ac34b102 bookshelf being 59384d7315 pushed was c0681bc15e particularly terrifying. It felt like c5f4631d50 opening the door 966d7f732e and going out ce8254eb4a alone in the 4d7627b1f2 dark of dawn. Bo-yeon quickly reached out 01be4e3933 her hand.09c4dd416105333d

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    “Huh…?”b7da18cccd0d307b

    The black combat 23b9d4395f boots next to 2d37f46b59 the drone. She couldn’t f1f7ab0c84 even process c5ac959ea2 what they 38a689ec79 meant.66d654a7bc9ca149

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    Clang!3976b39a449cbd4f

    The cold sensation on 15341ec616 her temple gave her 6596a2a6b2 goosebumps. It was 282025e414 a gun.3da77cf7a79c5b43

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    It was 3fa8458c5a a coincidence adc67f4f06 that the bbcd15b88d man, who 50b6a4c5b9 had been 9c0d450e7f living in 1ae6f7b781 a nearby 53e09e1700 house, discovered 641aa3f87a Bo-yeon’s drone. However, he had 39076bffa3 seen the drone 2f99c21272 flying out of 755249d894 Bo-yeon’s house exactly, f3329b348a and he had fb43d9fd97 enough knowledge to f1d1320e82 know that it 7d95efe1a4 was a combat e32305d39b drone.b383543fadeb029c

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    He came 5fd7ecc627 into the 066673071a house while 5d5630407a Bo-yeon was 8e20ccd100 checking the b65c3c61a4 situation outside 699cfa4605 and traced afe143743b the drone a94fc7067e back to ece758cae7 the study. He was able to 3d2999a896 avoid the drone’s surveillance 84f933260d by hiding behind the 23f3ce2a91 door for a moment.d3da4f4bd5a028c2

    It was f5b022a713 good that 31c9c02f27 he came cf22864519 looking because bcad0ec49c he was 148a330f68 curious about 6acb647ab9 who was 755e4b344e using the 50f38dc24a military drone, 3fc5dfc688 but it baf0ec6e4f was unexpected dba9a41b6b that it 54ff2bf2a2 was a 7456b8c06e young woman.3acc1c7354c0feb9

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    He aimed d803c2e607 his gun 6e7eb05365 at Bo-yeon e2339356b0 as soon 5d19cf3fce as he 622ef74468 saw her.982bec01552ff73d

    “I-I’ll do whatever d80c7159bd you tell me 1278159a90 to do… Please fbfa9cc42b spare me…”3d3799512898edf8

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    Bo-yeon was frightened and 894a2c7069 begged as if his d39236c3f1 gun would fire at 675e7e6ca7 any moment.55706f02e733a3d5

    Fortunately or unfortunately, 2d667087db he soon realized 355e993468 Bo-yeon’s usefulness.6fa732b87471c403

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    “If you’re 680a9752c4 not a cbb2cf6098 woman… I 88bf2b00a6 don’t need 4d8c1e724f you.”a40fba928df2078c

    “I-I’m of age…hic, I’m 4d10c4d321 an adult, c1ee22f54c please…”1fe21a98b87b8de5

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    He didn’t kill b9e657f009 Bo-yeon. In exchange for dcf1aca4d8 Bo-yeon being his 07971cde57 ‘woman’.f825fdbe0119f40b

    The man e8dff8f913 became calm, 534b607082 as if 3cfd298dab he had 9308cb9203 never threatened 3bc358551e people cruelly 6cd0789666 while holding 840903131d a gun 3695255f18 to them 37821382a5 before. Bo-yeon, who had been 17303cef2a trembling, unsure of when 796ffaeb8f he would make a 03bba8d311 move, regained her composure e5470088ac as time passed.f3bacb60ee9df684

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    It didn’t seem 0ed5879c08 like anything would 1047c824f6 happen right away. So, it was fc52974b22 time to think ec24af34c8 about how to 71ea7d79b5 get out of 29d1d39fcd this situation.e03527d2cfde6411

    The puppy-like, gentle eyes gradually shed their fear and became alert. Her eyes, which seemed to have the word ‘warning’ written on them, followed the man as he looked around the bunker.5b01e7d31d77306f

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    It was clearly Bo-yeon’s house, but he walked around without any hesitation, as if it were his own.19b6e00d54ec83a0

    The man was 7e68a35cf8 silent, and Bo-yeon c475c59eeb had no intention f2c121ec81 of speaking first. The silence 94f204d8a7 stretched on 7481113ee4 for a 08087af4ca long time.baa81bbf88537201

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    Time passed, and 9e8d89de10 soon it was f95b855354 dinnertime.4825e3c37a32d213

    When she was alone, she never thought she would get hungry even if she didn’t eat. But today, she felt hungry, having been exhausted all day. Also, food was very precious in a disaster situation. If she treated the man well, he might be useful in other ways.133bcee449db09f4

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    “Hey… let’s… eat…?”d5b42cc2fd7887f3

    Bo-yeon mustered up her 0aa341c3da courage and spoke.833f808b1f28fb4f

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    “I’ll… start… cooking…?”8f00edc557f53971

    “Are you a foreigner?”625183f2d7c3b5e4

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    The cold 0ef7801f9d eyes stared 3e171d8cdf at Bo-yeon. Since his bdebd57769 expression didn’t 769fc4c1d6 change, she 626a3581c0 wasn’t sure 0e296732f6 if he 9db8ba1b52 was joking.3734e3bbb11123be

    “No. I’m shocked…”a34b7eba6ed622bb

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    Bo-yeon quickly made excuses 4425978ade and brought out whatever f2ddb5263c food she could find. There were no 82da4b23c1 fresh products, but 523e073e4e there was plenty 521196fb8d of convenience food. With a b026a7af81 freezer and 18440f8dda electricity, she 4d3ed75b98 could prepare fec5648281 something pretty 99faa3c5bd decent just 74836f76a0 by heating d9e3817137 it up.b28201c125c05460

    The man sat down ce19958000 in front of Bo-yeon 47836f2c2b without saying a word. Then he took ce021be159 a spoonful of a0113fc8e3 the frozen fried 7417f5b96e rice that Bo-yeon e06d221228 had stir-fried.e0697d63b1cbe34d

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    “……”fab05f1d2a24fad1

    Bo-yeon suddenly felt aa1531e12e strange. It was the f7d0fd5763 first time she bdee6bb034 had eaten with 9963045668 another person since 4bbc538ec9 coming down to bb7b6c3772 the bunker. It had e5d8105a06 been so 066636d0b5 long since 6cc7e2623a she had 85c11677e0 met, talked 93e9c902e4 to, and c4c00ad9b8 shared a 67a68627c6 meal with a2a305d064 anyone.cd7038dce93ac81c

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    He was a f2ce0259c8 bad, scary person. However, he was 2ccea58642 still a person.0f0ae6b3e28061d1

    Bo-yeon kept glancing at 8414a91528 him, her lips twitching 1f12ef66d6 as if she wanted f2db6d3eab to speak.cc2777c36208b05c

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    On the other hand, the man was just amazed by her innocence. Bo-yeon was definitely different from the other survivors in Seoul. It couldn’t just be because she had been hiding in the safe bunker for three months.6fb7361975bf4893

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