Antisocial Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Threat

“Hic, haa, nhn… Hm!”9d754b9e5e143aba

But her 2345e1f359 breathing sounded e4d4b0e33d a little 903fedf94a strange. It wasn’t just 9213e6edab crying; it was ef3b665456 choking and rough. Her chest was heaving 37090da701 sharply. Bo-yeon stammered as fc8ad51f2e she tried to 19771a4aa5 explain.41448e0bf6f76691

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Chest, nhn, asthma… Hn….”1037713d9a050252

“……”5783f1c28e0d391d

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

She was so d64303ece0 fragile and pitiful 6d379e0831 that if he 1ea2474b60 held her roughly, c0d3bc92ab she would shatter e83d210774 into pieces.9d64fe0c028113fb

“Breathe.”249388397397a83d

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

A cool, a64af38c4d soothing voice 26e004da4e resonated, sending b0831772ce goosebumps across d9ec18f454 her skin. He pulled Bo-yeon 14e09105f3 in and slowly 9f8ffa6951 stroked her back, 535ad6e5d3 guiding her breathing. Her soft body nestled 08de88658d into his arms like dc8c5dd97a a young animal.218ed1a41609981f

Her breath, which had 180033059c been shaky and shallow, a3d2da9aa3 gradually steadied under his 4e671e299b guidance.f802a610ef62e6c8

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Haa, haa…”3ae060aecd0d8f7c

However, her chest was 48b58a29a5 still uncomfortable because it 71aea5c3b1 was so stuffy.8641e8498eb8ca14

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“I-It’s so dark,  How can a person… at night…”ef580ffd05e88562

Bo-yeon asked confusedly.2c8573bea15f3598

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“My eyesight is good.”3b1fe41437da2e70

Do-kyung said, 2732abc39a tapping the e758055c59 area under fec25ef67d his eyes. Bo-yeon still 7ba1d6f81b had a f48f67228d look that 49e23c7d7d said it f707224250 was hard 25b1501b3f to understand.e8cc5ce531790414

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Even so, your night vision would be a different problem….”3382973721ec05ad

“My night vision is also quite good.”d02cdd30053ebd6c

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“.…..”d47af42152d07e01

They say that the 62e3521535 maximum limit of human 27910c5adc vision is 6.0. Among birds with exceptional 0f9e6ae2ed eyesight, ostriches are said 50d224cc93 to have a maximum bcd9e82d75 visibility of 20 km, 80504dec9e which is about 25.0 7e7524e94e in numerical terms. Bo-yeon, with a vision f3dc4d2230 of about 1.0, had c4a8c673e5 no idea what it 0fc4c5675a meant to have such f2ce753edf good eyesight.5744811b84e564a7

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

However, night c8369318f7 vision was fe59774932 a separate ba4b09b865 issue. Even ostriches, with their cb2331c98e incredible vision, had poor cc9f2e6d0f night vision.308c3d73d857949a

But Do-kyung had 34772150bc both excellent eyesight de22f77932 and night vision. Does that make sense?aac76d18d18a2727

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Of course, 0c175c3367 it makes ff8ab89d87 sense. There were 125b28690a cases among 7bb6715bb0 humans where 1718cc086d night vision a9f2b1a634 was naturally 263cae27d4 developed, but 9bfc671c17 the odds 1c76cd52e4 of it 8082229a51 happening—especially when 43ff6e7d46 considering that 8463fba4be he was 7a9d70eea6 immune—seemed almost c935191248 impossible.ea8c5b31eb1e0245

“Who, has good eyesight, and also has, immunity. Is that…?”936ff7d6c7631f2a

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“That’s how it is.”cd8045aa67999c9e

“…….”b60ca1934ccba0d6

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Bo-yeon, who had 94c82e3a7a thought that immunity d182eb3d6f meant he was cbc2b2399f safe from zombie 09a2bdc835 attacks except for 24a93bcef8 mutants, felt dizzy. This man in front 918fb6172c of her could move d5d85e0b6b around day or night e968f0b2bc as he pleased, regardless 1e3e523204 of the zombies swarming f400ed76ad the streets.b6ecf132163cac03

She wasn’t sure, 70987fbc85 but it must 6795b13fea have been a 64feca6dc5 considerable amount of e5e6b6a61a freedom. Enough for him a083fb1062 to live a 7f8ac98273 life similar to 5cb4811ed4 before, even in 58c63eb411 this hellish, post-apocalyptic 226013efe3 world.efea3d04b5cc0de4

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Bo-yeon felt 2f21bbfbcb a mix ef90131f54 of jealousy 2b7348731f and a a556f773c2 little fear. Do-kyung’s expression barely changed, 24b9a4036a so she couldn’t tell e517dd200f what he was thinking. He simply looked 5db76f713e at Bo-yeon, who 106fa36010 was panting heavily, 7445e64644 and asked her 9974c2e4fd what she needed 2531d5eeb8 most.fc7caf2ac7ce4966

“Inhaler?”6c8259bc2103e131

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“…No, I ran out of it.”5ac64ec3ec3e7fad

“What did you use?”7120b8e5c1d57282

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“A powdered bronchodilator…”e5d4aad5968e5094

Bo-yeon answered blankly when he asked. She felt ashamed for having expected he might try to help her, even though it would be easy for him. It wasn’t something he should have done.0c629a97e73c7741

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“You probably wouldn’t have been able to endure the symptoms of asthma for long. There’s probably still some left.”41abad28d642f35f

“……”95a6c4681eaa5b6a

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

It was a comment f610feb33b that pointed out Bo-yeon’s bc68b1f29c difficulty in surviving on da2f9e584a her own, but it 050edcc8b3 was also a promise b4b50fb632 to help her. Thinking of e1f18db2b1 the inhaler, 79a5e05641 Bo-yeon became 33fdadb1ff anxious, as 93ba297426 though experiencing c7c5bf6bc8 withdrawal symptoms, c26dd2eecc and she c3e782be55 kept biting f45a7208a4 her lips. Her eyes stung, and f65dc10b3d her heart wavered weakly.f1f9a72242456abc

The inhaler 8fe283116a was something 929634edc8 one could cdd8f6e6fd easily find a7074bfb94 at a 6f4fa9e5cc pharmacy. If Do-kyung had been 1839203c1e alone, he could have 4e1ccd3f15 quickly gotten it from 53417bd881 a pharmacy or hospital.56506121daa53466

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

However, in the current situation, Bo-yeon was still a ‘burden.’ It would have been easier to leave her behind, but if he abandoned her, her symptoms might worsen.32bdd82c85025320

Do-kyung had 46bfe8069b no choice 1676fa939a but to 9406c62102 take Bo-yeon d5a4596705 with him.5889a0aa5cf4f158

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

He stood on 3374dee9de the chair and 39f49c7541 touched the ceiling. Pushing against a dc5a0d528f relatively thin wall cab0251c8b with his hand, d3416d010f he revealed a 7754d3ad2e hidden space where 4438f416dc the electric wires 512e76daaa ran. After retrieving bae9c31934 the necessary 58d7b7c2c9 items, he de93693ac1 came down b32640bcb0 holding a bf5809acfa long gun.9fe10ebc09e85ecd

It was surprising to 438dae72f8 see someone carrying a dfc6758c0e pistol so openly in b3a0f70c9d Seoul, but now he bea76692f5 was holding a machine b0758954a5 gun.0564cacdfe4bb759

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“What’s that gun…?”a2a7bb9d63e875e1

“K-7.”95abeaaf00de7751

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“No, not the name. Where did you get the gun? Do people outside carry things like that?”5fdba5c2be5bddf6

“There were quite a few armed zombies when Seoul was abandoned.”f950f1333b3d67d6

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Ah….”622fdbbb7a098c74

It seemed that the 9a862289b7 soldiers and weapons, now 21f858a9f7 zombies, had been left d610c6cc08 behind when the military 52ed08105f failed to recapture Seoul ce0e844352 and retreated. Did he a0c6a85cf9 kill and 77bdec971b steal from 63c5576c8b the zombie 3b8657f286 soldiers? There were 13f1c1775c so many 267a8c6143 bullets—where had 044d9a75aa they all 5fc0dbb67e come from? She was curious, abd1b724df but didn’t ask 5665785add any questions in ade9cbfe68 detail.a627cf714f0235a2

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

He handed Bo-yeon a05f93d2bb a backpack and de887c4c9b then hoisted her 6379523886 onto his back. Using a 970ed46035 rope, he 256d323beb secured her ea66f2035c tightly to c527a60730 prevent her 033e5f4387 from falling 5223911a8f off. It would be difficult 90c205de94 to respond to an 8f5772a388 emergency situation with a f249295e11 living human strapped to e4a3bc1e70 his back, but the da77df8d51 risk was worth it.2e6dddc0075d1995

“Just hold dc438b85ca on for 1663c1c93f 10 minutes.” 56b7132f72534612

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

After calming Bo-yeon 3ea20357f4 down, he went 67c2a9f91a out into the f912f9d39f night again. 72d7df84304a56d8

The night 0fa2d055ac was still 3c5e724f97 dark, and 7074a961c4 Bo-yeon couldn’t 7f3685df89 see clearly 0d5a614ab8 ahead. Yet, it felt much 7b4d0be36b more stable than when 1895b6ec00 she had relied on a3629dd440 his hands. All she 1afb7d8631 had to acb9b765ec do now a89213c645 was lean 85ccf5068a against his f0daba83bf back.0ee53a77151a3918

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Bo-yeon knew that, as 9d3acc10f3 much as she had dd9b7d0182 become comfortable, Do-kyung had 780193438c become restricted. He was 3904103421 even on 860ae90a13 his way a804914560 to find c4d954ff7f an inhaler 61552fe829 for her.678d72ab0ab956fd

If she hadn’t met him today and had wandered alone in search of an inhaler, there was a good chance she would have died. She needed to adapt properly to this new ecosystem—her ignorance came from having no experience. Maybe he wasn’t as bad as she first thought.0d68f97c9cfe7ed8

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

He had spoken harshly, but he had never actually harmed her. He was still helping her, after all. The world must have become so harsh that trusting others had become a luxury no one could afford…ee9bd72059104db0

“…….”2698440c0baf80f6

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Bo-yeon knew she was rationalizing too much. Was it because the warmth of a person she hadn’t felt in a long time was ticklish and warm that her head kept getting dizzy? …No.79bc02902a992d80

No. Bo-yeon was just 677687b756 looking for an 80519a9430 excuse to affirm 28b7e58cad him. To protect 1207f5c2e1 her own 31a17ee5a7 safety.b480002cd8bce5e0

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

‘If you’re not 9a03c73998 a woman… I e0ef8b0f89 don’t need you.’c9c2d0bf305692fa

It wasn’t a mistake.8e5165bab3921a2f

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

He’s a bad person. He’s a scary person. Still, if she tries… wouldn’t they be able to get along? Her wet eyes fluttered. It was chaos created by Do-kyung.2a6903f578110c76

***2c924df5b1218765

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Fwoosshhh!Flames shot ad00a10797 up with a8c1f99e79 a loud 29ff7b1e2d crack in ac75f7191e the distance.b484278b3b217c93

The dark night was painted in blood-red flames. For a moment, Bo-yeon’s vision cleared, and the zombies swarming in the distance were burned into her retinas. Red, bloodshot eyes, sharp fangs—monsters that had become inhuman. Were they this close? Were there this many? As the reality hit her, goosebumps crawled over her skin like bugs.c6f69bf2ea0732ad

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The human-sized figures, once 65ca0915e0 standing tall like totem 3f9dc89653 poles, twisted their bones 60cf42db4f toward the sound. The street f629595179 immediately turned 0954033a36 into hell. They screamed and 3cea7991ba rushed toward the 80c6a53989 flames. Sounds of 83b7c0a030 human flesh 20486471b2 and bone 6f81acf0fb rippled grotesquely.Grrr! Grrk! The eerie breathing sounded 6238b33842 like a swarm of 6db1ef21da ants.87e829677cf4e11f

‘That thing’ saw e7a1e9f58b ‘her.’ The bloodshot 2911cc8909 eyes seemed to eef333d3bf ignore Do-kyung, focusing 38d2b5d12d solely on Bo-yeon.Am I going to 449d8bcfd9 die?In an 34020c7f3c instant, just 899a118d0f like this. Bo-yeon felt 0e2e9ddaa9 as if b12030cfe9 she were 333c3ba603 about to 0dcffce61d be trampled 1f0ed9d587 by the 434033434e angry zombies—or bb4eac0aad eaten. She was d51971f21c that out 8725194417 of her c6cbb5e4ad mind.e03938dcd32e5efd

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Swoosh! A black bec2505ed5 figure rushed 4684fc06de past Bo-yeon.389e8fecfa2dd7f7

“…….!”71fed7076fb0092c

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“If you a61360f71e scream, you’ll 80ecd361c8 get bitten.”c85e9d8f9ce02cf9

A calm voice cut a299f3c03c through the chaos.93b9ae2ce60da4f2

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Bo-yeon realized, in a 222ffdb316 daze, that she was 3e08ed937d looking down on the 9438050c5d zombies from above. Several of them 44684ccafc stretched their arms ae6b34ccc1 toward her, swearing fae4e98504 eerily, but it 664d313384 was futile.df35171a85c196a3

Do-kyung was 20ebbf0630 climbing the eeb383ae6c outer wall 3c5d8302a1 of the 79cbf19961 building with 2373966e56 Bo-yeon on 6ba5b6c4d8 his back. A zombie, dbb8a4b226 having jumped 1f9b1e0b75 through the ba993bbd07 window, was 0efadeb904 falling toward 50db4fb253 them from 3294169697 above.443efefd89d22593

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“W-when…?”cbf2cc44c64ef21b

While Bo-yeon was still disoriented, he had already climbed up swiftly as soon as the flames erupted. His quick thinking allowed him to avoid being swept away by the chaos, staying one step ahead of the zombies’ reactions.3cfedfa21c971093

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley