Hiding A Logistics Center In The Apocalypse Chapter 14

Hiding a Logistics Center in the Apocalypse – Part 14

(Tilt Scale (2))

Boom!

Jin Seong-hak, the head of the internal medicine department, slammed his desk when he heard the news.

“These kids are so cocky···”

It was news delivered by the director of the pharmacy early in the morning.

Instead of providing food and lodging to Kim Jeong-gyeom and his party, he ordered them to follow the control of this place.

However, Kim Jeong-gyeom politely declined the offer, telling them to eat and sleep and rest, and firmly stated that he would not participate in the reconnaissance activities.

Jinseonghak was really annoyed.

“Weren’t those kids planning to settle down here? How on earth are they going to get food with such guts?”

“That’s fine… Rather, they were handing out food to the nursing staff. It seems like they were also giving some to the patients. The amount is not small.”

"···what?"

My heart sank.

It's an ecosystem that has been well maintained over the past few days.

Moreover, Jinseonghak was proud of himself for being the king of that ecosystem.

“Where the hell do these crazy guys get their food…?”

But if things continue like this, cracks will appear.

People would not follow his orders unless it was for food.

Even the unbrainwashed Awakened would refuse to be drafted into the scouting party, and the speed at which they could collect magic stones to level up their true studies would gradually slow down.

'No, that's······'

For a moment, an eerie image flashed through my mind.

Before he could even level up, there was a scene where Kim Jeong-gyeom and other unbrainwashed Awakened people gathered together and aimed for his head.

He quickly got up.

“···Manager? Where are you going?”

He had no answer.

He just leaves the hospital director's office with his white coat fluttering.

***

Thud thud.

I was walking down the hospital hallway with my older sister.

It was because of the story she told me last night.

“And by the way… Among the patients here, there is someone from Euljiro.”

“Euljiro?”

“Oh, I don’t know how I managed to cross the Han River Bridge in this chaos… but my single mother, whom I was taking care of, is hospitalized here.”

A catastrophic situation.

I'm not the only one who thinks of family first.

But the point of the story was not his touching story of family love.

Euljiro.

Because Kim Sisters #2, Kim Sol's studio was there.

Of course, even if he came from Euljiro, there was no way he would know where his little sister was.

How many people live in Seoul and would you expect to hear such news?

'But at least···'

I should have been able to get a rough idea of the situation there.

About what kind of monsters appear there and how people deal with them.

But unfortunately, he was in no position to answer the question.

“I arrived half-exhausted… and was hospitalized here for about a day. But when I came back the next day, I was a completely different person.”

He was a physical ability awakener who boasted transcendent strength.

He was one of the first to be brainwashed by the Department of Internal Medicine's gang, which is why I went to his hospital room with my older sister.

[Song Hyun-gu M/47]

[Choi Young-ja W/72]

His name is Song Hyeon-gu.

He shared a hospital room with his mother, who had come across the Han River to see him.

A transparent window on the door.

Beyond that, Song Hyeon-gu was seen sitting in an extra chair and his mother lying on the bed.

On the outside, there seemed to be nothing wrong.

It was just the appearance of a middle-aged man taking a break from caring for his elderly mother, nothing more, nothing less.

But even so, it couldn't escape my eyes.

I sighed.

“Love… affection… is there nothing?”

Family love.

It manifests itself in various forms.

Even if siblings speak informally to each other and younger siblings giggle at older siblings who are getting scolded, they all fall into the category of comfort that comes from family ties.

Forgetting to buy Melona, fighting over an hour of computer time, and doing all sorts of fishing to force someone into turning off the lights and being a slave are all possible because it's convenient for both parties.

My eldest sister also nodded in agreement with my family theory.

“Here he goes again.”

Family comfort.

But there was no sign of that in his mother's eyes.

A sense of alienation towards children, a sense of incongruity, and perhaps even more…

'horror.'

He could read it in his mother's eyes.

Song Hyeon-gu, 47 years old, that he is not in his right mind right now.

Now it was time to make a decision.

It might be possible to get rid of the internal medicine chief's gang by force, but it was uncertain whether that would return the brainwashed people to normal.

Moreover, if you have to fight against brainwashed people in the process, it will also be an unpleasant experience.

While I was thinking for a moment, Yongsu Lee, who had gone to distribute food to the nursing station, returned.

He was walking slowly, resting one hand on his forehead and frowning.

I asked.

“Mr. Yongsu, where does it hurt?”

“I fell asleep for a moment in the waiting room. Then I woke up and… there was that person who said he was the head of the internal medicine department right in front of me. Since then, my head has been hurting like it’s going to split open.”

It was a bad sign.

I don't know how they brainwash, but if even Lee Yong-soo is brainwashed, things will get complicated.

There wasn't much that could be done right away.

I answered.

“You are now in a subspace. It may be uncomfortable, but… it seems like you will have to stay there for a while.”

I don't know what effect brainwashing will have.

If I was not careful, I might have abandoned my wife and daughter and followed Jinseonghak's group.

For now, I plan to lock him up in one of the warehouses.

Since Lee Yong-soo himself was also aware of the situation, he nodded slowly.

“Yes, I think that would be better. I hope it’s not a big deal···”

Wheein-

That was the moment when I took him through the portal.

Pax said right away.

[Blocked unidentified energy attempting to enter from outside.]

[Because subspace is an independent area for the user, energy connection with the outside is impossible.]

At the same time, Lee Yong-soo looked back at me with a much more relaxed face.

He ran his hands over his forehead and various parts of his head, as if miming the pain that was gone.

“···Your head doesn’t hurt?”

"···yes?"

We stared at each other blankly for a long time.

Like someone with amnesia who has just completely forgotten what happened.

The whole story was like this.

As you know, subspace was invulnerable to attacks from outside.

But it wasn't limited to just physical attacks.

therefore···

“You’re saying it can even block mental attacks···?”

That was possible.

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We came straight out of the portal.

And what caught my eye was…

Song Hyeon-gu was an unfilial son who had forgotten the mother in front of him and became Jin Seong-hak's puppet.

I asked Pax just in case.

“Can you kick out someone who has entered the subspace?”

[it's possible.]

[You can release it with the release skill.]

I was worried that if I actually brought them into the subspace and the brainwashing didn't go away, but fortunately there was a kickout function.

The room leader is not the room leader for nothing.

CLANG!

Without further hesitation, we flung open the door to the hospital room.

“···What is it, you guys?”

Song Hyeon-gu, with his sharp eyes, sat up, alert.

We slowly closed the distance between us and pretended to have a conversation,

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Song Hyun-gu. You were born to be loved···”

“···?”

Hwaaaaak!

The water level in the portal grabbed him.

Thanks to the sudden pull with the strength I used to carry the delivery box, even the most awakened person had no chance of dealing with it.

Song Hyun-gu, who entered the portal like that…

“···What is it?”

He returned to being a kind old man with a blank expression.

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As expected, he regained his feelings for his mother.

“Oh my… Oh my…”

Song Hyun-goo held his mother's hand with tears in his eyes, and she also kept caressing her son's face upon his return.

I was relieved too.

The tension that had been floating on her face disappeared like melting snow.

It wasn't an expression you could make often, but it was definitely an expression you could share with family.

We headed straight to the hospital lobby where people were gathered.

There was nothing to be afraid of now.

The easiest and most obvious way to cure the brainwashed Awakened has arrived.

When I arrived at the main lobby of the hospital where about a hundred people were gathered in a noisy crowd…

“Hey, Mr. Kim Jeong-gyeom!”

Finally, Jin Seong-hak, the head of the internal medicine department, called me.

When I turned around at the sudden shouting, his face was as red as a rice cooker.

He continued speaking in a hurried tone.

“You shouldn’t be like that when you know everything. Don’t you know how to live in a group? Where did you learn that kind of knowledge?”

I wondered why he was acting so hasty all of a sudden, and it seemed he was upset because I had decided not to participate in the reconnaissance.

The continued distribution of food to the hospital must have also been irritating to him.

He said.

“Let me make it short. If you don’t need food or a place to stay, get out of here right now. People like you are just a drain on the water. Do you think everyone goes out to scout because they like it? You all risk your lives…”

He stopped him from continuing his sophistry with a straight face.

“I’ll do it. Scouting.”

"···what?"

“But I won’t do it with you guys. I heard there’s a pesky guy who keeps hitting the magic stone…”

“What is that···!”

Only then did the head of the internal medicine department begin to become aware of the crowd that had filled the lobby.

It's a truth that those who know should know, but it must be burdensome for him to reveal it so openly.

“So scouting is all about getting food, right? Let’s make a bet. Let’s see who can get more, me or your scouts.”

“Does this kid think bringing in food is a joke?”

“There’s a saying among young people. If you don’t come out···”

"what?"

I finished speaking.

“It’s true.”

With those words, I strode out of the lobby.

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Whirl! Boom!

Wake up!

I walked in front of the hospital, throwing my axe at the monsters that approached me.

They said it was a bet, but in reality it was just an excuse.

It's impossible to stab someone in the face with an axe in front of that many people.

I just moved because it might get a little rough.

I had some confidence in myself.

He is a man who is slowly suffocating people and working in secret.

It was a perfect opportunity to secretly kill me as I left the hospital alone.

Of course, on the one hand···

'···Are you really trying to kill me?'

As I walked, I imagined a future where they wouldn't follow me.

Even though the world has come to an end, it hasn't even been ten days yet.

No matter how lawless and orderless it may be, it is never easy to decide to kill someone just because they are annoying.

So I was curious.

I wonder how far these guys can go.

But it seems like they are mocking my humanitarian perspective…

Rustle.

I heard a noise behind me.

When I turned my head, I saw the head of the internal medicine department, Jin Seong-hak, his right-hand man, the director of the pharmaceutical department, and a group of brainwashed awakened people slowly surrounding me.

It seemed as if they had gathered all the people they could, at least thirty in number.

Jinseonghak said with a faint smile.

“Hey, Mr. Kim Jeong-gyeom. You should have just been a little bit naughty. When a stone rolls, it has to behave. Or did you find our hospital that funny?”

I didn't answer.

On the contrary, it was he who finally gave me the answer to my question.

He moved his feet roughly and gave instructions to the Director of Pharmacy and the other Awakened people.

“Get ready.”

The director of the pharmacy inflated his body, as if he was also an Awakened One, and the other Awakened Ones also began to display their own abilities.

I opened the portal without thinking.

I had someone to introduce to them.

Song Hyun-goo trudging out of the portal.

The pharmacist who discovered him opened his eyes wide.

“···Why are you coming out of there?”

“fu*k, who cares! Hurry up and do it!”

Wedge!

The brainwashed Awakened people rushed in all at once at the shouting of the head of the internal medicine department, Jin Seong-hak.

But I had no intention of confronting him head on.

I took Song Hyun-gu and entered the portal,

Wow!

The Awakened are blocked by the portal.

Then, Yongsu Lee, who was playing with Yoojung inside the subspace, came running in a hurry.

“···What’s going on?”

“Guests are coming in…”

Thud! Thud!

The guests knocked furiously on the portal door.

“···I’d like to open it for you.”

[An outside entity attempts to gain entry]

[Do you wish to allow entry?]

“Allow it.”

Swish!

The Awakened One by One entered the subspace,

“···?”

“······?”

I blinked my eyes blankly like a goldfish that has lost its memory in three seconds.

One of them asked.

“···What is it?”

Their brainwashing has been broken.