I’m a Young God, Won’t You Raise Me?

“I want you to turn me into a zombie.”

I thought perhaps I hadn’t explained myself clearly enough, so I put it more directly.

Mo Haein didn’t answer.

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Only then did she finally open her mouth.

“Once someone becomes a zombie, other zombies stop attacking them first. palette The same thing happens if the zombification is already in progress. abandon About three hours after infection, zombies recognize you as one of their own.”

I had expected that reaction, so I continued defending my idea.

But instead of replying, she let out a deep sigh.

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I had discovered that in the game after trying every possible strategy to clear it as quickly as possible.

The problem was that, since there was no cure, it could only be used right before the ending.

I had deliberately infected myself many times before the finale.

As long as the infected player didn’t attack first, the zombies wouldn’t attack them.

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‘Right now, this is the best option.’

And I, the weakest member of the team, would also be able to avoid the boss zombie.

That way, Mo Haein wouldn’t accidentally attack one of her teammates.

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“What if we let Lieutenant Colonel Je handle the boss while you and I repair the generator?”

Surprisingly, Kwak Hanmuk listened to the entire explanation calmly before asking,

Mo Haein and I would repair the generator while Kwak Hanmuk dealt with the boss.

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Je Hyuno’s attacks had far too wide an area of effect.

“We need to collect the delivery items as soon as possible. acoustic Besides, the generator could be damaged.”

Since the fight with the boss took place right beside the generator, a stray attack could destroy the machinery.

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He wasn’t the kind of person who would calmly stand by while a boss zombie wandered around just a few meters away.

When it came to aggression, Je Hyuno was no less dangerous.

For the same reason, I couldn’t leave the repairs to him either.

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Kwak Hanmuk nodded deeply, as though he completely understood.

There was about a one hundred percent chance he would blow the entire underground area apart.

“I see…”

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And he replied with exactly what worried her the most.

“Then I should become a zombie too.”

Mo Haein looked at him anxiously.

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“If the entire Special Mission Team ends up infected, the Agency won’t be able to execute us either. altitude I don’t think they’ll dare blow the heads off two team leaders.”

“What? artist It’s actually a pretty good plan.”

“Kwak Hanmuk!”

Completely unfazed, he continued provoking her.

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“That makes absolutely no sense…!”

Mo Haein froze completely.

“But you can’t die.”

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Then she slowly lowered her head.

“…Recruit.”

She stayed like that for quite a while before murmuring,

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“……”

“We’ll achieve it without fail. arch Miss Lee Gaon assured us she can finish the vaccine in three days if we restore the power.”

“Yes.”

“If we fail to achieve the True Ending…”

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I could keep her under control for one day.

Inevitably, she would have to remain a zombie for about one day.

Mo Haein only had two days left.

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Zombies couldn’t feel pain.

Any longer would be dangerous even for her.

‘She can’t stay a zombie for too long.’

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My goal was to finish both the vaccine and the cure within three days and complete Dead Zone Delivery.

Even if the True Ending cured the infection, permanent injuries wouldn’t disappear.

If she completely lost her sanity, she might end up mutilating herself without even realizing it.

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“Thank you.”

“You’re just like Kwak Hanmuk.”

“Captain, trust me and bite me.”

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“Sorry.”

When I immediately corrected myself, Mo Haein let out a brief laugh.

“That wasn’t a compliment.”

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“Lieutenant Colonel Je.”

The final decision was his.

Then she looked at Je Hyuno.

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Without realizing it, I tensed up.

He was completely unpredictable.

Je Hyuno silently watched me.

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I wouldn’t have been surprised if he suddenly tore me apart with that metallic hand.

With his goggles and gas mask covering his face, it was impossible to read his expression.

I nervously waited to see what emoticon would appear.

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“Goyo.”

But instead, he spoke.

Whenever Je Hyuno started by calling me by my name, nothing good ever followed.

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His metallic hand opened completely.

“If you wanted to die, all you had to do was say so.”

I waited for the rest of the sentence.

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The sharp claws gleamed beneath the light of dawn.

“I want to live, no matter what!”

“I could have done it.”

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His voice, as deep as if it were rising from the bottom of an abyss, pierced my ears.

As the sound echoed, I swallowed hard.

Je Hyuno slowly tapped his metallic fingers together.

I answered without wasting a single second.

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As he continued tapping his fingers together, the killing intent he directed toward the Trials and the Compatibles was unmistakable.

“Don’t die while I’m not around.”

Kwak Hanmuk, Mo Haein, and I were reflected in his black goggles.

“After all the effort I went through not to kill you…”

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“We’ll keep that in mind.”

It didn’t sound like a simple threat.

“We’ll be careful.”

No one would have thought he was joking.

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Hearing their replies, I had the impression that Je Hyuno smiled for a brief moment.

The two captains answered as naturally as if they had already agreed that, if they ever died, it would only be at Je Hyuno’s hands.

Although, with his face completely covered, I couldn’t be sure.

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“I’ll prepare a list of the required items and their locations for you. airport It also includes zombie blood samples—but not from Dead Zone zombies, only from ordinary zombies.”

“Goyo. attic Tell me what I need to do.”

I took some paper and a pen from the laboratory and quickly wrote out the list.

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I’ll also send you the list through the system window.

Besides, I wanted to show him how useful my ability was.

At the same time, I sent him a Message.

Checking a sheet of paper was inconvenient with all his gear.

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I had to keep building up merit so that, when we left Dead Zone Delivery, Je Hyuno would decide to spare my life.

‘Please don’t kill me.’

After receiving the list and the blood sample collection kit I had brought from the laboratory, Je Hyuno headed toward the emergency staircase.

The windows on the fifth floor, where the laboratory was located, couldn’t be opened, so he had to go up to the rooftop to take off.

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Just before stepping through the stairwell door, Je Hyuno turned to look at me.

Kwak Hanmuk followed him to open the door.

~ ~

And what is that supposed to mean now?

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I kept telling myself not to get caught up trying to decipher Je Hyuno’s emoticons, but every time a new one appeared on his goggles, I couldn’t stop wondering what it meant.

Kwak Hanmuk went with him, leaving Mo Haein and me alone for a moment.

And while I was still thinking about it, Je Hyuno disappeared into the emergency staircase.

Since it was a wavy line, I guessed it might mean he’d be back soon.

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We sat down in a corner of the hallway with our backs against the wall.

At my suggestion, Mo Haein let out a disbelieving laugh before grabbing my arm.

“Do you want to bite me before Captain Kwak comes back?”

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I smiled awkwardly when she pointed out how inconvenient that would be.

“Aren’t you right-handed?”

“…Ah, I’d rather you bite this arm.”

“Don’t regret this, Recruit. armor I’m really going to bite you.”

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“Here I go.”

Fortunately, she switched arms without arguing.

She opened her mouth.

She held my forearm and met my gaze.

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The contact tickled.

Then she lightly rested them against my arm.

Her perfectly aligned teeth now had sharpened tips.

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“Did that hurt?”

Mo Haein immediately pulled her mouth away.

My shoulders twitched reflexively.

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She took a couple of deep breaths before lowering her lips to my arm again.

I shook my head.

“Got it.”

“It just tickled. adapt I’m fine.”

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At the same time, my heart began pounding violently.

The sound of flesh being pierced rang out clearly.

Crunch.

This time, she bit down without warning.

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My vision went completely dark, and a system window appeared.

Thump. attic Thump.

It felt as though the beats were echoing right beside my ears.

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It was different from the game.

You have been infected!

The moment she bit me, I felt my fever begin to rise.

Zombification has begun. abandon (Current Progress: 10%)

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I took a deep breath and calmly waited for my vision to return.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for everything to clear again.

Becoming a zombie was far harsher in reality.

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She was fighting the urge to tear a chunk of flesh from my arm.

But the pain in my arm remained.

The veins in her neck bulged prominently.

Mo Haein was still gripping it while breathing heavily.

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“Haa… haa…”

“Captain Mo. echo I’m fine. absorb Take it slowly.”

“Captain.”

“Ugh…”

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With a wet sound, she finally released my arm.

After letting out a short groan, she slowly opened her mouth.

She squeezed her eyes shut.

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While stopping the bleeding, I quickly moved away from her.

“You did well.”

Her mouth completely covered in blood, she muttered with a dejected expression,

“I almost… I really almost ate you…”

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I was clumsily bandaging my arm when Kwak Hanmuk appeared.

“What? athlete You already bit him?”

He casually walked over and held out his own arm to Mo Haein.

If I stayed beside her, it would only be a matter of time before she bit me again.

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It must have hurt terribly, because tears even welled up in his eyes.

“Aaaagh!”

Kwak Hanmuk let out a scream.

Mo Haein showed him absolutely no mercy and sank her teeth into him immediately.

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Licking the blood from her lips, she replied coldly.

“Stop exaggerating.”

Then she stared directly at me.

“Captain Mo… damn it… that hurts like hell…”

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***

“…I’m going to bandage myself.”

Without saying anything else, I took the opportunity to put a little more distance between us.

Before heading into the underground area, I stopped by to see Lee Gaon for a moment.

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“It was intentional. arch I let myself get bitten.”

I hurriedly spoke first.

The instant she saw me, she was about to scream.

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“Why would you do that?!”

Lee Gaon stared at me speechlessly before exclaiming in a low voice,

“……”

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And before she could really start scolding me, I pulled out my bribe.

“Is this…?”

I briefly explained that it was to avoid the zombies.

“Here.”

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I remembered that, in the game, Lee Gaon complained to Lee Seon that she wanted to listen to music.

Since she was an NPC, nothing would happen if she listened to music using a player’s item.

That’s why I’d brought it.

It was the portable cassette player Kwak Hanmuk had given me.

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Her fingers trembled so much that her knuckles turned white.

Lee Gaon gripped the cassette player tightly.

“You might get bored while you’re taking a break.”

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She gave me a rather frightening threat.

“If you don’t come back…”

“I’ll release every virus in this laboratory.”

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“I will. arena I’ll come back.”

“Then come back quickly.”

“…I’d rather you didn’t do that.”

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If Tak Jucheol and Paeng Sangdo found out that I had been infected too, everything would become much more complicated.

I quickly said goodbye and left.

For now, I had to keep it a secret.

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A thought had surfaced in my mind.

I wanted to bite Lee Gaon.

But the real reason I practically fled was something else.

I could still suppress the urge without much difficulty.

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‘So this is what a zombie feels.’

But the moment that thought appeared, I decided it was better to get away before I made a mistake.

The aggression zombies felt toward humans was an instinct, just like hunger.

Experiencing that was something I had never been able to feel in the game.

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“You’re back already?”

Mo Haein, who had been sitting on the stairs, stood up.

Kwak Hanmuk also got to his feet from where he’d been leaning against the wall.

With a strange excitement beating in my chest, I opened the emergency stairwell door.

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There weren’t many zombies in the emergency staircase, though it wasn’t completely safe.

A small crossbody bag hung across his shoulder.

Inside were the items I’d asked him to bring.

The three zombie us began descending the stairs.

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Starting from the second floor, which Mo Haein and Kwak Hanmuk hadn’t passed through before, a few began to appear.

The staircase leading to Basement Level 2 was blocked by rubble, so we had to access it from inside the first basement.

We silently walked past them and soon reached Basement Level 1.

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But now that we were zombies, we could use the elevator.

In the game, it was necessary to crawl painfully through the ventilation ducts.

I planned to use the freight elevator.

Kwak Hanmuk opened the door first and let out a whistle.

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“We can take the opportunity to gather food while we cross the cafeteria. altitude We should also thoroughly check the rest of the area. album There’s also a freight elevator that connects to Basement Level 2. voyage Inside that elevator, there’s—”

Since we were zombies now, crossing it shouldn’t be difficult.

The stairwell opened directly into the cafeteria.

“Oh, the cafeteria.”

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I stopped explaining and looked around.

The sound of static interrupted me.

Bzzzt.

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I wondered if I’d imagined it and listened carefully.

Then—

‘That came from the PA speakers…’

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Every zombie sleeping in the cafeteria opened its eyes at the same time.

A piercing siren suddenly blared.

WEEEEE-OOO!

Amid their growls, a recorded female voice echoed throughout the underground area.

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The announcement continued.

Kwak Hanmuk and Mo Haein looked at me simultaneously.

It was an automatic emergency announcement.

“Attention. echo All researchers must evacuate the laboratory immediately. matrix The emergency generator’s operational capacity has fallen below 3%. riddle Estimated remaining power: fifteen minutes.”

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I looked at both of them and announced our new objective.

“Captains.”

“In fifteen minutes, isolation bulkheads will activate throughout all areas, and the facility will be completely sealed. alien We repeat. portal All researchers must evacuate immediately…”

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“We have fifteen minutes to repair the emergency generator.”