Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Jin-woo's figure stumbled into the gymnasium. His left hand was limply dangling at his side while blood could be seen soaking the ripped sleeve of his left shoulder as it ran down his arm.

"Jin, are you okay?"

Seong instinctively wanted to reach out to help Jin-woo but he stopped himself. Even though Jin-woo could do small things like poke him or hold his hand, he couldn't do something like use him as a crutch.

Seong was still a projection from a different dimension, thus Jin-woo was the only one who could perceive holding his hand. Other people and even the Third Dimension itself didn't recognize him so Jin-woo couldn't defy a fundamental law engraved in the Third Dimension like gravity and use a nonexistent entity like him as a crutch.

Jin-woo quickly recovered his footing and responded to Seong with gritted teeth.

Don't worry, it's just a dislocation and a small cut."

During his encounter with the zombies outside, Jin-woo had fell to the ground in a bad position and dislocated his shoulder. He had also scrapped his shoulder due to sliding, but from the amount of blood running down his arm, it didn't seem like a small wound. His pink earphones were long gone, ripped out of his ears and phone by a zombie.

Screech!

Suddenly a piercing scream echoed out. However, it didn't come from the zombies chasing from behind, but one wandering in a corner of the gymnasium. Its screeching was shrill and ear-piercing as it bounced off the walls, but a loud bang suddenly rang out before it abruptly ended.

Jin-woo lowered the gun the barrel of which was still emitting faint smoke before heading to the backrooms where the bathroom and exit were.

Upon passing the center of the gymnasium, however, Seong suddenly came to an abrupt stop, his eyes fixated on a corpse amid the pile of bodies.

"Liam?"

Seong muttered; a feeling of sadness washing over him as tears formed at the corner of his eyes.

Jin-woo paused momentarily as well to glance at Liam's body. With a quick once over he realized that there were no bite marks on him, and suspected he had drunk the water. Jin-woo then glanced at Seong teary-eyed and immediately a pang of guilt rose in his heart.

Jin-woo gripped the gun in his hand and harshly gritted his teeth. He bared the pain in his arm and decisively turned around. The determination in his eyes multiplied severalfold.

Seong didn't immediately move but stood there staring at Liam's body in a blurry daze. Because the two of them were always compared back in middle school, they had taken notice of each other despite being from different classes, and after getting to know each other they became friends.

He and Jin-woo would always hang out with him and Seo-joon any chance they got. Even after Seo-joon left their friend group the three of them still hung out until the end of middle school.

Truth be told, Seong had only become friends with Liam and even Seo-joon so that Jin-woo would have different people to talk to other than himself. Perhaps because of this, Liam was closer to him than Jin-woo, so despite being in the same class in high school, Liam didn't approach Jin-woo after he died.

Bang!

Suddenly a gunshot rang out and Seong quickly turned his head around to see that a zombie had attacked Jin-woo from the backrooms. He immediately sobered up, and with a flicker, he appeared next to Jin-woo and stuck there.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Jin-woo, having already sensed the danger from the zombie before it suddenly jumped out at him, remained unperturbed. His gaze lingered on the split path in front of him going left and right. But before he could glance in both directions to figure out where the exit was, a feeling suddenly rose in his heart, and it made him look to his left. The feeling then immediately increased.

This was the first time his ability alerted him to a safe path, it had always alerted him to dangers instead.

At that moment, the zombies outside started rushing into the gymnasium and Jin-woo didn't hesitate any longer and rushed to the left. After another right turn, he came upon the metal backdoor exit. It was unlocked and Jin-woo pushed it open to reach the back of the gymnasium outside.

However, not even a second after stepping outside a feeling of danger flared up in his mind.

Three zombies blocked by the open door rushed out at Jin-woo.

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Bang!

Bang!

Three shots rang out in succession killing the zombies with a headshot to each of them.

Screech!

Jin-woo hearing another zombie screeching turned to the metal door that was slightly ajar to see several of them shoving each other in the narrow corridor as they charged at him.

Jin-woo didn't hesitate to fire a shot at the one in front, but the gun suddenly released a click as the magazine was emptied.

The zombie that was shot fell to the ground momentarily hindering the others, and Jin-woo used that chance to close the door.

He didn't have time to lock it with a key due to his dislocated shoulder, so he used his body to block the door before fitting the gun back into its holster freeing up his only hand.

Then fishing out his phone, Jin-woo entered the messaging app after unlocking his phone and typed 'gym' with quick fingers. However, just as he was about to send the message to Ah-yong, the zombies slammed against the door with a muffled bang. As a result of this, the phone was knocked out of his hand before sliding two meters away on the ground.

Seong who was panicking by Jin-woo's side, had his expression instantly changed when he saw this meanwhile Jin-woo's face turned ashen as he cursed.

"Fuck."

Jin-woo thought of reaching out with his foot to pull the phone closer to him, but upon feeling the constant bang on the door behind him, he immediately discarded that idea. He could feel that the moment he moved, the zombies would forcefully break the doorlock and escape.

With his gun emptied and one of his arms dislocated, Jin-woo had no way of halting the zombies coming out while sending the message to Ah-yong at the same time.

Perhaps the only saving grace in this situation was that the path to the exit was narrow so the number of zombies that could attack the door was not a lot. Meaning that Jin-woo could keep the door from bursting open if he put all his strength into it.

However, he couldn't stay at this impasse forever.