Apocalypse Tyrant

One Among the Flock (5)

“Ah— That’s a relief. I thought you might be sleeping.”

Snow-white skin that even creates an illusion of glowing more radiantly in the faint moonlight.

Cha Seolhee who had half-pushed her body through the bookshelf gap smiled faintly at our gazes looking at her.

Round eyes examining Ko Janghun and An Sejun before finally resting on me.

I couldn’t control my expression even at the very formal smile on those gorgeous features.

My mouth slightly open in admiration, I don’t know since when.

Gulp—

Ko Janghun pressed his body close to me along with the sound of his Adam’s apple bobbing like thunder right next to me.

Moreover, even An Sejun who had been trembling and burying his head between his knees poked out his head and was blankly staring at Cha Seolhee endlessly.

What kind of existence is a beautiful woman to men?

If someone asked me that, I would have submitted this ridiculous scene as the answer.

Even the two guys who had been thoroughly under my control started abnormal behavior they hadn’t done before at the single existence of Cha Seolhee.

Especially Ko Janghun.

Is this bastard acting like this because he hasn’t been beaten?

When I sent a warning gaze to the guy sticking close to me, Ko Janghun who had been looking at Cha Seolhee with a stupid “heh—” flinched.

Ko Janghun immediately grinning hehe— and detaching his annoyingly attached body.

Does this bastard think it’s zombie search time now?

Why are you sticking close to me, it feels gross.

When I kept glaring at Ko Janghun who wasn’t taking his eyes off Cha Seolhee, Ko Janghun finally bowed his head while letting out an urgent fake cough.

Ko Janghun’s eyeballs desperately glancing at Cha Seolhee even while bowing his head like that.

…Huh.

A hollow laugh naturally bursts out at the absurdity.

I met eyes with Cha Seolhee again with a face full of faint laughter.

But thanks to Ko Janghun’s idiocy, I was able to regain my composure quite quickly.

“I’m sorry for coming so late at night. But this is the only time I won’t make others worry.”

Not making others worry…

It seemed like she was trying to speak indirectly, but to put it simply:

It meant this was the only time she could come out without the library camp people knowing.

“Well— I’m sure you would.”

Sarcasm flying at Cha Seolhee’s formal smile.

“I’m sure there’s chaos there now when a judge from who-knows-where dragged away one person in broad daylight.”
“…”
“I bet they’re focused on a useless meeting without even realizing one person disappeared.”
“…”

Cha Seolhee not losing her natural smile even at the probing questions.

Cha Seolhee who neither affirmed nor denied looked at An Sejun buried in the corner for a moment then stared at me again.

“I have no intention of interfering with whatever you do here, nor do I particularly want to get involved.”

Cha Seolhee continued speaking while shrugging her shoulders as if it was no big deal.

“I came to propose a deal to you, Han Segye.”
“…A deal?”
“Yes. A legitimate deal that you would find very attractive.”

Cha Seolhee who had enunciated ‘legitimate deal’ clearly as if emphasizing folded her arms and leaned against the bookshelf.

“…Wow.”

Admiration bursting out immediately like a reaction to that appearance.

My face immediately crumpled at the stupid exclamation flowing out right next to me.

However, Cha Seolhee seemed unbothered as she responded to Ko Janghun with a small smile then spread out all 5 fingers to us.

“I’ll give you 5 billion won.”

That’s 5 billion per person.

Moreover, if you finish the job quickly, I’ll give you a hefty bonus too.

No—

Cha Seolhee shook her head back and forth then tapped her pink lips tok— tok— with her finger.

“Perhaps the bonus might be the main part for you all. Double if you solve it within a week. If you solve it within 3 days—”

Cha Seolhee building suspense like an idol on stage for the seated audience.

She who had trailed off her words for a moment with a deep smile spread out 4 fingers again.

“Quadruple.”

So— 20 billion per person.

“If the two of you do it, 40 billion. If An Sejun-ssi joins too, exactly 60 billion, right?”

It was a proposal that lacked a lot of reality.

An amount difficult to save up over a lifetime unless you’re someone sitting on a pile of money like her.

“…Wh-what exactly is this thing we need to solve?”

It was a proposal that made An Sejun who had been keeping his mouth shut like a mute until now open his mouth wide—.

Cha Seolhee who had contained a gentler smile at An Sejun’s question folded her arms again and looked down at us.

“Please bring my younger sister back here.”
“…Here Cha Seolhee is referring to Cha Hayan, another member of High Queens.”

A whisper flowing into my ear as soon as Cha Seolhee’s proposal ended.

Ko Janghun started whispering to me while covering his mouth as if delivering important information.

“It’s very rare for blood sisters to be in the same group, but those sisters competing for 1st and 2nd place in individual fan rankings within the group? This is a selling point that girl group fans can’t just pass by. There’s already a settled opinion among fans that Cha Seolhee and Cha Hayan’s family relationship played a considerable role in High Queens’ initial buzz creation. The two of them are called ‘Real Sisterz’ among fans and—”

What, related information suddenly flowing out smoothly like Namuwiki.

I asked Cha Seolhee back intending to cut off Ko Janghun’s words as he became possessed by the explanation demon with strange passion.

“You’re saying to bring Cha Hayan ‘back’ here?”
“Yes. You know why I’m here now, right?”

Of course I know that.

Even an outsider like me heard it so much my ears grew calluses as the whole university was in an uproar.

“Of course you know, but since Hayan and I are Banseok University students just like you all, and the school officials have given us too many conveniences anyway, we came to film a school promotional video doubling as our own content to grant their request—”
“…Here ‘own content’ refers to the abbreviation of ‘self-produced content’—”

Both my ears were simultaneously saturated thanks to Ko Janghun’s whisper.

I interrupted Ko Janghun who had been acting as interpreter and explanation demon and muttered to him.

“I know too.”
“…Yesh?”
“I said I know too.”

Ko Janghun’s expression gradually changed as he stupidly asked back at my low whisper.

Ko Janghun annoyingly moving his eyebrows with a look of understanding while containing a subtle smile on his slightly opened mouth.

“…Aha—.”

The strange toned answer bursting out belatedly and seeing his face naturally made my eyebrows twitch at the unpleasantness creeping up.

“…Yeah.”

Ko Janghun who always catches onto my mood perfectly hurriedly erased his facial expression and stared straight ahead as if looking at a distant mountain.

“Ye-yes, as expected of High Queens. National girl group High Queens.”

High Queens that even grandpas and grandmas know.

Then at the muttering repeating like a machine, I suppressed my anger and turned my gaze back to Cha Seolhee.

“Since we needed to capture the whole university to promote Banseok University, we had to film the entire campus. Moreover, even though it’s our own content, it’s obviously a video we’ll upload to YouTube, so we decided to proceed in a treasure hunt format rather than just promoting. And of course since it’s a broadcast, starting at the same time doesn’t look good visually, right?”

The story that had somehow progressed to a broadcast-appropriate picture.

“We even decided the starting order by random draw. Hayan left first with the student council president as a guide, and the other members also left with their own advantages according to the order. And the last place was.”

Me.

Cha Seolhee answering while poking herself with her finger.

“It finally became my turn and I was preparing to leave when suddenly the surroundings became extremely noisy. How should I put it— Much, much more than usual.”

Cha Seolhee who had been looking into the distance for a moment as if recalling that day shrugged her shoulders.

“When I came to my senses like that, I was alone here. With the members scattered, without my only younger sister, alone here.”

Without the team leader, without the road managers, truly alone.

So to summarize what I’ve heard from Cha Seolhee so far, it was no different from saying that everyone just scattered due to the suddenly occurring zombie apocalypse, in quite a long-winded way.

“So where did Cha Hayan go to promote?”

Cha Seolhee pausing for a moment at the question asking the most important thing.

She hesitated for a moment then said quietly.

“…The College of Agriculture.”
“The College of Agriculture. The College of Agriculture.”

Me nodding my head slightly and Ko Janghun gasping next to me.

“…The College of Agriculture is Banseok—”

Ko Janghun hurriedly stopping his words as he was about to be possessed by the explanation demon again at my gaze looking at him.

I opened my mouth while restraining his gesture of hurriedly slapping his lips jak— jak— as if afraid sparks might fly.

“Continue.”
“…Yesh?”
“I said continue this.”

…Ah.

Ko Janghun who had faltered for a moment hurriedly whispered in my ear this time without any change in expression.

“The College of Agriculture is located at the very end of Banseok University. So if you compare, the distance is quite substantial from our Humanities Building or the library which are close to the main gate. The College of Agriculture has been making a huge fuss every day because of that, saying are they stuck next to a mountain because they’re the College of Agriculture, demanding expanded operation of university shuttle buses, hanging banners, protesting—”

Ah—

Hearing Ko Janghun’s words, I felt like I had seen a banner hanging in front of the main gate.

It was also a college I had no particular reason to remember since I hadn’t strayed far from the Humanities Building area even though it’s within the same university.

So bring back the younger sister at the very end of Banseok University, which boasts many celebrities attending and an impressively large campus as its main points of pride.

Then you’ll give at least 5 billion won per person?

“…This is absurd.”
“…Are you speaking to me right now?”

A sharp reaction immediately bursting out at my muttering.

I looked up at Cha Seolhee with a grinning face and asked.

“First, how do you know if Cha Hayan is dead or not?”
“I can understand you speaking informally to a stranger up to now, but please watch your words. Hayan is alive.”

At least until yesterday, definitely.

Cha Seolhee waving her smartphone tick— tick— as if showing us evidence.

“Even when I couldn’t contact the CEO, director, team leader, manager, all the managers, I was in contact with Hayan until yesterday.”

So, she was in contact until the electricity was cut off.

“She was clearly still safe at the College of Agriculture and rather worried about me. It seems they’re also grouped together with survivors similar to here, but I need to bring Hayan back as quickly as possible because I’m more anxious because of that.”

Well, in a world like this, being with many people could be a more anxious factor than being alone.

Especially if it’s a stunningly beautiful woman like Cha Hayan.

But—

“Isn’t that the same for you?”

Cha Seolhee’s expression changes to a blank face at the question I throw lowly while looking at her.

“Do you know what idols have the most of?”
“…Money?”
“No. It’s time.”

Especially the waiting time between schedules.

The hell of waiting where you have to endlessly wait for your turn whether in the van or waiting room.

“When even passing time with short naps becomes tiresome, everyone finds hobbies they can do during that waiting time.”

For me, that was watching movies.

“Together with Hayan. As we watched movies during that overflowing waiting time, we naturally often watched movies exactly like the current situation.”

Perhaps because of the pleasant voice tone ringing out in the dark night,

Or thanks to the part that naturally developed while adapting to talk shows and variety programs.

Conversation with Cha Seolhee was much more fun than I thought.

It was on a completely different level from the strangely worthless and irritating conversation with Ku Yeri.

A long slender finger pointing piercingly at my face containing a faint smile.

It was quite an inappropriate target to point at ‘now’.

“Zombie movies. Hayan was a child who would run away saying she hates horror movies, but then watch till the end as if she never did that. And then she was a child who would whine saying scenes from the movie kept coming to mind at night.”

Do you know what I said to Hayan who watched zombie movies and whined like that?

She asking me with calm pupils like a teacher.

Cha Seolhee continued speaking as if Cha Hayan was in front of her.

“I said even if thousands or millions of zombies appear, nothing like the movies will happen. I said it will end as a happening after being suppressed by the military armed with modern weapons. So don’t do anything rash and just wait quietly.”

A calm whisper continuing as if warning me.

“I intend to spare no expense for this simple happening. I can earn money again. If you safely bring back my sister, I’ll properly show you why they say you don’t need to worry about celebrities. If you safely protect my sister and me until this happening ends, I’ll pay 10 million won per day as protection fees.”

If the protection period becomes long—

Of course I’ll raise the protection fees reasonably.

Cha Seolhee’s calm voice continuing as if driving in a wedge.

I quietly listened to Cha Seolhee’s words without saying anything.

It was a surprisingly plausible and attractive proposal beyond what I had thought.

It was also quite a persuasive warning.

“I think Han Segye-ssi who thinks deeply and moves carefully will know how attractive this proposal is right now.”
“…Deeply? Think?”

I laughed incredulously at Cha Seolhee’s words and gestured with my eyes towards An Sejun.

An Sejun who was beaten black and blue by me today on a rainy day.

But Cha Seolhee just smiled at me as if nothing was wrong.

“Originally people inside the dance formation don’t realize well when they’re wrong. People outside have to teach them to know.”

…Huh.

At her words, Cha Seolhee’s gaze calmly watching me from the outskirts of the camp naturally came to mind.

Those pupils glittering like starlight just like now, but glaring at me without moving.

Those pupils kept touching emotions qualitatively different from the vice president and Ku Yeri.

Well, it’s probably not an ordinary thing to hit the top anywhere.

Thinking like that made it feel even more special and tempting.

Does the Cha Seolhee looking down at me now know?

That this appearance is rather making my desire to conquer and possess boil crazily.

“Since you’ve watched a lot of movies, shall I speak in movies too?”

A question freely thrown to Cha Seolhee who was quietly waiting for my answer.

“I heard that viewers frowned saying it’s nonsense after watching a certain movie before.”

Saying it doesn’t make sense for people all over the world to wear masks just for a mere cold.

And in a world where that ‘mere’ has become reality, I said to her.

“Sometimes reality very lightly surpasses cinematic imagination. It might happen this time too.”

Whether a reality that very lightly surpasses cinematic imagination will come.

Cha Seolhee’s eyebrows that had been expressionless twitched at my answer full of laughter.

“Perhaps the reality that has struck us now is not the happening you hoped for—”

Actually—

Not perhaps, but I was certain.

Everything that exists in this world has a use.

Just as the status window that belonged to me without knowing the cause is finally fulfilling its use.

[Partial Incapacity(部分無能) Lv.1]

This skill with an awkward name also has a use somewhere.

A nullification skill that shows no reaction to zombies.

It was a very simple matter to infer where the use of this skill is.

Someone else’s ability, not mine.

A skill that nullifies that ability.

Of course if there’s me with this skill—

There must be an opponent for my skill to fulfill its use.

Perhaps even now within Banseok University, beings like me might be killing zombies.

The inevitable chicken race that must be held with such beings similar to me.

And this world full of zombies that will become the stage for that race.

This world is already not a happening but—

“…It could be the ‘end’.”

And in that end—

“I don’t think that overflowing money will be very useful, even if not a cola bottle cap?”

I slowly stood up from my seat and faced her.

Her delicate features as if drawn by someone, whether seen from below or above.

“I think Cha Seolhee-ssi who thinks deeply and moves carefully would know well what an attractive proposal is at a time like this?”
“…”

I blatantly took in Cha Seolhee who gave no answer with my pupils.

Long straight jeans and a white blouse above as if showing very well that her concept is college student.

Strength naturally gathers in my lower body at the flowing curves that make the unremarkable fashion incomparably special.

My dick that had already become stiff to the limit was throbbing violently under my sweatpants.

“…You know this is sexual harassment, right?”

And she who is perhaps most familiar with men’s gazes like this was glaring at me with eyes full of contempt.

Really—

Not doing it when you can’t and not doing it even though you can are problems on completely different dimensions.

I could forcibly lay down that contemptuous face right now if I wanted to.

I could shove my dick that was already erect to the limit into those light pink lips—

I could rip those jeans that strangely stimulate sexual desire and stamp my dick right into the pussy hidden between those beautifully curved buttocks.

I could cover her mouth trembling at the sudden rape and ejaculate semen right into her pussy.

Very surely— I could mark my territory inside the pussy of the woman who most provokes conquest desire in men my age.

“…I suddenly don’t understand at all what you’re saying?”

But—

I just shrugged my shoulders and gestured behind me with my eyes.

“Ko-ja, which part of what I said was sexual harassment?”
“Uh— I guess Seolhee-ssi has become a bit sensitive? From what I saw, you were having a very wholesome discussion.”
“Right?”

I smiled at Cha Seolhee as if to show her and kicked to one side.

Thud—!

Large eyes hurriedly looking up at me at my kick.

I threw a question again to the guy who had cried who knows how many times today.

“Sejun. Which part did you think was sexual harassment?”
“…Sir.”
“Sejun. You need to speak louder. Our top idol-nim in front can’t hear.”
“…I-I’m not sure.”
“Right? You can’t tell either, can you?”
“…Yes.”

After getting An Sejun’s definite answer, I shrugged my shoulders at her with the most wronged expression in the world.

She who had been calmly watching the scene unfolding now with burning eyes muttered to me as if grinding her teeth.

“…Son of a bitch.”

As expected, since she has the looks, even swear words like that seem like a scene from some drama.

I quietly stared at Cha Seolhee who glared at me to the end before turning her back.

How should one obtain a woman like that.

Moreover, how should a third-year repeater orphan bastard obtain her.

Of course it won’t work with normal methods.

A very, very special method will be needed.

‘Surrender’ and ‘submission’.

A human relationship I found very satisfying only after this world came.

But surrender and submission so far have always been accompanied by violence.

Because there’s no easier way to provoke fear and break resistance than violence.

But— using excessive violence on Cha Seolhee felt a bit bothersome.

No one would want to have a damaged artwork, everyone would want to have an intact artwork.

Moreover, Cha Seolhee is already bound to the library camp.

I didn’t want to unnecessarily create trouble in the plan that was progressing smoothly.

Cha Seolhee was an existence like a quest reward that would naturally fall to me once I completely dominate the library camp.

“Remember, Cha Seolhee.”

So, just a little bit.

Just a little bit later.

My whisper that crept like a snake grasped Cha Seolhee’s ankle.

Cha Seolhee halting her body at my call.

I looked at her back and repeated her last words.

…Son of a bitch.

“Only those kinds of people survive in the end.”

So—

You’ll end up coming back to me again.

With different conditions than now.

One Among the Flock.