Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

"That's… How do you have Jin's phone? You stole it didn't you?!"

Jeon-sook angrily yelled, and the other students who weren't sure if that phone was Jin-woo's, immediately wore shocked expressions.

"What, did Jin-woo really leave?"

Doubts began to rise in everyone's hearts, but Jeon-sok, Ah-yong, and Seo-joon weren't convinced.

Mr. Kim too suspected Ye-jun was lying and his expression turned dark as he asked.

"Ye-jun, did Jin-woo really gave you his phone and left?"

"He did."

"Did he say why he was leaving?"

Ye-jun paused, and his calm expression changed for the first time to one of doubt as he said.

"I'm not sure. He said something about not trusting the Marshal before he left."

Mr. Kim's pupils immediately constricted when he heard that, and an expression of shock appeared on his face. He subtly glanced at the other teachers, and they had similar expressions.

They thought back to that time when Jin-woo told them about how the Marshal wanted to rescue him alone because he had the cure for this virus in his blood. Now upon hearing Jin-woo's reason for suddenly leaving from Ye-jun, they couldn't help but wonder if the Marshal wanted Jin-woo, not just for the cure, but for something more nefarious.

After all, it was confirmed that the Marshal couldn't be entirely trusted, since if was not for Jin-woo refusing to be rescued alone, the Marshal would have abandoned them.

'Did Jin-woo always plan to leave when the rescue team arrived?'

Mr. Kim thought internally and after recalling all his interactions with Jin-woo, he couldn't help but sigh. To him, it really felt like this was something Jin-woo would do.

"Let's go!"

A voice suddenly interrupted everyone's thoughts, and they turned to see the four men had arrived. The soldier in casual clothing who looked more like a gangster than a soldier immediately started urging everyone to hurriedly move.

In the crowd, Mai-sun kept looking at the four men. Suddenly, one of the soldiers behind the man who looked like a gangster glanced at her and gave a slight nod.

Mai-sun sighed in relief internally before giving the man a small knowing smile.

This brief interaction went unnoticed by everyone as Jeon-sok suddenly yelled.

"Wait, sir, someone is missing! J-"

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"If you want to get left behind by going back to look for someone who's already long gone then go ahead."

After saying that Ye-jun left his jacket revealing the gun tucked in his waist. Before anyone could react to the sight of Jin-woo's gun on him, he pulled it out and then tossed it towards Mr. Kim before saying.

"He said Mr. Kim should have this, and you should know what to do."

Mr. Kim caught the gun while his heart trembled. He looked at Ye-jun and then at the four soldiers. Suddenly, he realized that if these soldiers found out Jin-woo wasn't among them then…

Mr. Kim's heart chilled but he soon nodded his head at Ye-jun.

With that Ye-jun turned to the man who looked like a gangster and said.

"Mr. Kai? We're ready to leave."

Ye-jun recognized the voice of this man from the recent phone call.

Kai's ears perked up and he glanced at Ye-jun. Seeing how he looked like the leader figure among these people, he nodded and said.

"Good, let's go immediately."

"No, wait, you-"

Ah-yong suddenly stepped forward, but she was cut off by Mai-sun.

"Why should we wait? He already decided to leave, we should hurry and go with the rescue team."

Mai-sun then stepped out to stand next to Ye-jun.

The man who had given Mai-sun a nod stepped forward and loudly said.

"We've already secured the target; we need to leave!"

"You two-"

Jeon-sok was so angry that his body was shaking uncontrollably.

"Stop, we should leave!"

However, just when he was about to erupt in anger at Mai-sun and Ye-jun, Mr. Kim cut him off before he could reveal that the person left behind was Jin-woo.

"Mr. Kim, what are you saying? How can we leave-"

"Enough! We've already wasted time; we need to leave right now!"

Kai suddenly yelled before he turned around, but he didn't head in the direction of the school front gate where faint sounds of gunshots were echoing out. Instead, he headed in the direction of the west wing, where the back entrance of the high school campus was.

"If you want to be left behind then go search for him."

Ye-jun said to Jeon-sok as he fixed his glasses and turned with Mai-sun to follow after Kai. The three men immediately surround them as if guarding the president.

The other students saw how these people were treating Ye-jun and Mai-sun like royalty while ignoring them as if they were extra baggage, and their expressions turned into panic. They were confused, but quickly followed behind them not wanting to be left behind.

Mr. Kim went to leave as well, but he paused when he saw that Jeon-sok, Ah-yong, and Seo-joon weren't moving. Face hardening, he said.

"I can't explain why Jin-woo chose to leave, but you just need to believe and come with us."

"Teacher Kim, how can you trust what those two said? What if Jin-woo is still in the cafeteria and we're leaving him behind?"

Mr. Kim sighed internally and after glancing back to see that the group was getting further, he felt helpless.

However, Seo-joon suddenly dropped his crutch and pushed both Jeon-sok and Ah-yong towards Mr. Kim.

"Both of you go, and I'll go check if Jin-woo really left. If he did, then I can easily catch up, simple."

Mr. Kim sighed in relief when he heard that. He then handed the gun to Seo-joon before grabbing Ah-yong and Jeon-sok's arms and dragging them with him towards the distant group.

Jeon-sok and Ah-yong wore hesitant expressions but they still let themselves be dragged away by Mr. Kim.

….

At the front of the crowd which had just reached the west wing, Ye-jun suddenly turned back to see Mr. Kim and the others still at the east wing entrance.

He frowned slightly, realizing that he couldn't fully get rid of Jin-woo this time either. However, his expression soon returned to calm before he turned to Kai walking in front of him, and said.

"Isn't it better if we run?"

Kai turned around and after glancing at Ye-jun he looked at the other students following behind them. Seeing that none of them were injured and could walk just fine, he nodded.

"We have an armored truck stationed at the back entrance of the campus, we're about to run so try to keep up!"

….

Seo-joon watched as Mr. Kim and the others went before gripping the gun in his hand and turning around to head to the cafeteria.

However, just as Seo-joon turned around, an indistinct figure suddenly appeared and dashed past him.