001. Twenty-Year-Old College Girl, She Was... a Virgin.
Today, I got out.
I’m Kim Jinwoo, and I was a gangster.
I lived without thinking since I was young, just doing this and that sport before quitting easily.
Studying? Why the hell would I do that shit.
I figured I’d survive somehow if I just lived. After graduating middle school, I got into high school and only caused trouble before getting expelled.
A hyung I was close with said I’d never have to worry about food, so I just followed him and worked.
Collecting money or putting my body on the line.
The work wasn’t hard. Somehow, it felt like my calling. I just had to do as I was told.
The hard part was something else.
Weak-looking humans were above me, and there were plenty of times they looked at me with hostile eyes.
Guess I worked too well.
I fought well, too. So I stood out. Hyung said I had to bow my head to those guys.
I hated it, but I pretended to obey and bowed my head moderately. But seems they didn’t take kindly to that either.
Didn’t matter.
If shit hit the fan, I’d just wreck them all and run abroad.
‘Even though I can’t speak any foreign languages.’
While I was forcibly adapting to gangster life like that, I went with Beomseok to collect money.
This hyung suddenly didn’t take the money he was supposed to collect,
and tried to mess with that family’s girl.
Fuck, no matter what, you don’t touch a minor. No matter how reckless I was, there was a line.
I didn’t stand for it.
I grabbed a wooden club from nearby and cracked Beomseok’s head.
That day, I put Beomseok in a half-dead state,
and stomped his third leg into mincemeat so he could never swing it again.
Blood was seeping out.
Ugh, maybe this was a bit much.
‘Fuck it.’
I changed my mind. If it weren’t for me, that girl would have suffered a trauma that’d never heal. I figured it was lucky I stopped him before that.
I prepared to run.
There was nothing I could do right now, so I tried to hide and get ready to flee abroad.
If caught, I die. That was a set fact.
The moment I resolved myself,
the police barged in.
With his daughter on the verge of being raped. The bastard father, even though he was a guy who beat his daughter daily, seems to have called the cops.
Normally, even if they got a report, the local cops assigned to this district were all bribe-taking scum.
They wouldn’t dispatch quickly...
I checked the time on my wrist.
I must have spent too much time emasculating Beomseok.
If this much time had passed, it made sense that they dispatched.
So I went to the slammer after getting caught red-handed, and honestly, rather than the time inside, I grew curious about what would happen when I got out.
-
I finished one year of service and was released.
I caused a lot of trouble in prison, but my sentence didn’t get extended. It got reduced.
Originally sentenced to three years, I got out in one.
Seems a gangster boss whose pride was wounded spent money to fix the situation.
Even during the trial, Beomseok tried to get me out by reaching a victim settlement,
but because of that quasi-rape non-pardonable... whatever, I got real jail time.
They planted several guys in the same prison to take me out, but I treated them gently. To think they tried to beat me one-on-one.
They even brought knives from somewhere, but I put them in the same situation as Beomseok.
-
The moment I stepped out with the clothes and stuff I’d brought, I heard strange sounds.
Kwawaoawaak.
Kyaooo-
Kyaaaak-
Today, the prison was unusually loud.
Was there a festival?
Or did the inmates start fighting? It was certainly noisy.
I couldn’t check.
I wanted to go back and look, but the guard blocked my way and told me to just get out fast.
‘What the... I like watching fights too, and this’d be more fun if I could bet cigarettes on it...’
If I went out like this, I’d die.
Outside, there was probably a black car waiting, right? Several guys would have come, and I’d have no choice but to get in that car.
That would end up being a hearse.
It was fun in its own way. So long, world.
-
There were some people gathered, who seemed to be here to greet those getting out today.
Among them, several people were attacking others like madmen in a half-corpse state.
Is this Train to Busan for me too?
I’ve seen that.
I can’t quite remember the title, but I know this is zombies.
Watching subculture like movies, dramas, novels, and manhwa had always been a hobby.
I normally didn’t read text-only novels much, but in prison there was nothing to do, so novels were added to my hobbies.
I accumulated random knowledge from reading books for a year.
At first I couldn’t finish a single page before falling asleep, and the guards repeatedly waking me became routine, but later there was truly nothing to do, so I had to read books with just writing in them.
Or exercise.
But here, fuck, exercise time was fixed, and the catch is you had to do it secretly outside that time.
As of today, I’m free.
And it seems the world has gone to hell.
That’s right. People became zombies, and I survived.
They seemed too busy to reach this place. There was no black car; instead, the world had become one suited for me.
Good. First, get a weapon.
A long wall stretched beside the prison. Maybe they cleaned diligently, because I couldn’t find anything.
It’s empty here. Move elsewhere.
It’s best to find something I can wield. No matter how well I fight.
The moment a zombie is in range, it’ll try to chew my flesh. There’s no guarantee I can dodge them all.
I saw it in Train to Busan.
Even Ma Dong-seok hyung, whom I liked,
was helpless before zombies.
I ran about ten minutes from the prison. I saw abandoned, burning vehicles. No telling when they’ll explode, so skip those.
I entered a commercial building. It was a place selling braised tofu.
Fuck. Come to think of it, I couldn’t even chew tofu after getting out. If organization members had come, they probably would’ve fed me at least a block of tofu before sending me off.
He was a boss with a romantic side, after all.
I grabbed a few knives from the tofu house, and a sledgehammer I saw in a warehouse-like area.
Kyaooooahk
Kuaaaaak-
I approached a zombie a short distance away and swung the sledgehammer.
Through the wind, toward the zombie’s head.
Swoosh.
Thud-
I displayed a splendid swing,
but there was no one to praise me.
The zombie’s head cracked, it twitched for a few seconds, then finally died.
The moment I killed one zombie, something appeared before me.
▶You have awakened.
▶Skills are now unlocking.
A blue window. No time to look.
Whether dying zombies stimulated the others, they were swarming.
Swoosh. Thud.
Swoosh. Thud.
Zombies only died when their heads were smashed.
After testing a few times, parts that would be fatal to living humans were useless.
When a head-only zombie screamed and writhed at me, I was a bit startled.
To think it still wouldn’t die even after all that.
Once the experiment was over, I started moving efficiently.
I dodged the rushing zombies and swung at their heads.
There was no guilt. I was never the type to suffer from that.
When I made Beomseok a eunuch, I furrowed my brows slightly as a fellow man, but the scene didn’t keep haunting me, nor was I sorry.
I’d lived a self-centered life,
and having faced death and survived, my mindset hardened further. Whether these bastards were originally people or not, they’re zombies now.
They’re monsters, and killing them seems to give rewards.
Ding-
Ding-
Notification sounds popped up intermittently, but I ignored them.
The blue window disappeared the moment I thought it obstructed my vision. When I thought to get rid of the notification sounds too, I couldn’t hear them anymore.
Huff-
Huff-
Out of breath, I tasted sweetness in my mouth.
I couldn’t count how many zombies I’d killed.
But there didn’t seem to be any zombies in my sight now. It was hard.
I had confidence in my fitness, but the continuous, nerve-wracking fight was making my stamina deplete.
Let’s hide for now.
Recharge my stamina, then kill more zombies.
Home...
‘Is there a reason to go?’
There was nothing left there.
Besides, if organization members were in this situation, they’d rampage even more freely, probably occupying that area.
Unless they came by car, they wouldn’t come here. I should check later if cars move.
Hoo...
I re-entered that tofu restaurant from earlier.
After catching my breath, I finally felt like I’d live.
My whole body showed the aftereffects of violent, tearing movements, but I didn’t seem to have any wounds. I survived.
Adrenaline, dopamine, endorphins, histamine—all the chemical reactions I’d heard of surged up, then gradually subsided.
As my body calmed, my head finally started working.
That blue window had appeared earlier.
I knew about this, too.
It was a cliché that often appeared in novels.
I uttered words I would never have said normally even if I died.
"...Status Window."
【Status Window】
[Name] Kim Jinwoo
[Level] 4
[Stats] Strength 7 Agility 8 Stamina 6 Magic 0 Intelligence 4
[Remaining Stat Points] 6
Then, several notification windows blocking my sight.
▶You awakened by hunting a zombie for the first time.
▶You acquired a first-come-first-served passive skill by hunting zombies quickly.
▶Your ability is Minimap.
▶You have leveled up.
▶Your second ability is unlocked by hunting 10 zombies.
▶Your ability is upgraded for being the first to hunt 10 zombies.
▶You have leveled up.
▶You have leveled up.
Other windows popped up too, but the key info was this.
Intelligence 4? Hmm... since I didn’t study well, this is definitely low. Stamina is average, and strength is a bit high.
Definitely seemed like a physical type.
Did my exercise apply?
Seeing 6 stat points, seems you get about 2 per level.
You’re supposed to grow your strong points and cover your weak points.
Shit character? I don’t know that shit.
I’ll just do what I want.
I invested 3 in Strength, 2 in Agility, 1 in Magic. I didn’t know what magic was, so I figured I had to experience it at least once.
▶You were the first to reach 10 Strength.
▶Your ability is upgraded.
▶You were the first to reach 10 Agility.
▶Your ability is upgraded.
▶Your ability is upgraded to maximum.
▶Searching for an ability suitable for the user.
First rewards...
You gotta sweep these all up.
[Stats] Strength 10 Agility 10 Stamina 6 Magic 1 Intelligence 4
[Remaining Stat Points] 0
I got first rewards when Strength and Agility hit 10.
Stamina seems like it’d get a first reward after about 2 more levels, so the moment I recover, I should move fast.
I didn’t see zombies while inside prison. It started around when I got out.
Getting three first rewards wasn’t impossible.
Seems I adapted to this world faster than others.
I raised Magic by 1, and I felt an unknown energy inside my body, but I couldn’t tell exactly what it was.
So fucking uncomfortable.
Fuck, is it because I’m too stupid to figure it out?
Seems I have to learn these one by one. I’ll postpone practicing for later.
Let’s finish grasping my current state.
What are these abilities?
I was curious what had been upgraded.
《Active Skills》
· Minimap (Women, Monsters, Food)
· Locked (Unlocks when special conditions are met.)
《Passive Skills》
· Inventory 0/12
Inventory seemed to be a first-come-first-served passive skill.
I succeeded in hunting a bit after the zombie outbreak started, so I probably got it first-come-first-served without any first rewards.
I got three first rewards, and it seems that while Minimap originally showed only one thing, two more conditions were added.
And because everything’s full, Locked? Must be a skill I got.
I pressed Locked, but I couldn’t even check it.
If you’re gonna give it, give it nicely. Why give a skill I can’t even use right now?
The being that created abilities and unleashed monsters on Earth didn’t seem friendly to us.
Or maybe it’s because it’s some fucking broken ability that hasn’t been unlocked yet?
Eh, whatever. I’ll know as time passes. Let’s check the main skill.
【Minimap】
▶ Linked to the surrounding map, you can constantly check three types of information: women, monsters, and food.
▶ The range you can check increases with your level.
▶ By entering specific conditions and searching, you can check corresponding conditions within the same map size once every 10 minutes.
▶ However, female Hunters with a higher level than yours will not be detected.
What’s with the women? I tapped into the women tab,
and a list of women appeared.
· Kim Huijin 34
· Yu Bokhui 70
· Lee Mina 22
· Yeo Seonghui 47
· Yu Siyeong 20
I pressed one at random.
[Yu Siyeong]
· Age: 20 (19 international age)
· Job: College Student (Former)
· Current Status
Unaware of current situation.
At home, masturbating while watching porn as usual. (Masturbation addiction.)
· Notes: Virgin, E-cup
My confidence, which had been dormant for a year.
My 20cm dick sprang up like it would tear through my pants.
So this twenty-year-old masturbation-addicted college student,
not even knowing the zombie outbreak happened,
is enjoying herself?
As a man, I can’t just ignore this and walk past.
After pressing a few more to check,
Oho... It seemed I had obtained an ability that would let me fuck a lot of women.