46 Episode 46 - This is My Territory, Part I (1/2)
Chapter 17. This is My Territory, Part I
Translator: Khan
Editor: RED
1.
People entered the Bucheon City Council located next to Bucheon City Hall, and the conference room of the committee, which had been established there.
However, the atmosphere was different from normal.
The expressions of the six men and women present at the table and the man in front of a whiteboard with a map of Bucheon City were by no means the faces of those discussing budgetary resolutions!
”According to the Daedongyeojido, green-grade monsters that were located in Gwangmyeong City, to the east of Bucheon City, have moved about two kilometers.”
Soon after, Jang Sung-hoon, the man in front of the map, drew a line in Gwangmyeong City on the right side of Bucheon City with a green laser pointer.
The direction of the line was headed toward Bucheon.
”We've never encountered a green-grade monster before, so we can't specify its power, but it is clear that we are not able to fight a green-grade monster with our current power.”
The faces of Kim Soo-ji, Ahn Sun-mi, Bang Hyun-wook, and Lee Soo-young and Yang Jung-hwan, who were now Clan masters of Mac Guild, hardened.
It was a natural reaction.
”Anyway, the green-grade monster would be the top predator that could simply eat even a yellow-grade monster, like the Black Snake.”
It was only a few days ago that they had escaped from the fear of Black Snake.
But a green-grade monster, one step higher than the Black Snake, now approached Bucheon.
”Of course we don't know if the green-grade monster from Gwangmyeong City, is heading for Bucheon. The problem is that with its move, the existing monsters are pushed towards Bucheon. In fact, the Daedongyeojido has detected the inflow of monsters from Gwangmyeong City towards Bucheon.”
Green-grade monsters also meant fear and despair for the weaker monsters. Of course, they had no choice but to run away.
”One of the monsters approaching Bucheon City is a yellow-grade monster. Of course, if it moves, the monsters below it would move toward Bucheon, as if they were fleeing. Furthermore, the number of monsters in Bucheon has decreased significantly due to constant monster cleaning. From the standpoint of other monsters, it looks like paradise.”
That was the end of the explanation of the situation. There were no questions.
'I thought it was quiet, but it was quiet before the storm.'
There were so many questions they wanted to ask, but no one had the mental and psychological freedom to ask them.
Kim Tae-hoon, the only man with such composure, was sipping coffee.
Kim Tae-hoon was not really free and didn't enjoy his coffee. For him, coffee was not proof of freedom but a tool to maintain composure in any situation.
Soon after, Kim Tae-hoon swallowed his coffee and spoke. ”What choices do we have?”
”Running away or fighting. It's one of the two.”
In this situation, Mac Guild had two options. But there was only one option to choose to live.
”If we want to live together, we have to fight back.” A healthy man who seemed to be in his early thirties also knew that fact, so he chose his option without worrying about it.
His name was Yang Jung-hwan. He was the master of the Starfish Clan under the Mac Guild.
As soon as Yang Jung-hwan opened the sluice gate, Kim Soo-ji spoke up. ”Defense is a war of consumption. With the ammunition we have, it's hard to fight for long periods of time. Our need for ammunition is urgent, and a new supply of weapons is also necessary.”
Ahn Sun-mi also presented her opinion. ”If I give an opinion as a doctor, nine out of ten people would be better left dead if they are seriously injured enough to require surgical operations in combat. There's no electricity, no blood transfusions, and the survival rate is meaningless. I'm almost out of the flesh of the Mud Troll.”
”Then, is there a place where we can get a supply?” another Clan Master, Lee Soo-young, asked.
The answer came from Jang Sung-hoon's lips. At the same time, he organized the situation again. ”There is the 17th Division located in the south, so if we go down to Siheung or Incheon, we can get weapons we can use in those subordinate camps.”
”In the end, we have to go through both combat and supply. Of course, there is only one thing the boss can do at a time.”
The crowd shut up again.
Kim Tae-hoon kept savoring his coffee.
This was the key.
Until now, the difficult problems had been left for Kim Tae-hoon, and he solved the difficult problem.
That's why everyone bet their fate on Kim Tae-hoon, whether they liked him or not. But this time was different.
Kim Tae-hoon could only do so much. He might leave Bucheon to get supplies, or he can deal with the monsters that remain in Bucheon. But it was impossible to do both at the same time.
Eventually, they needed someone to replace Kim Tae-hoon in battle or as a backup.
”There is the 17th Division, but there is also the Third Military Assistance Command in Bupyeong, Incheon.”
In this situation, Yang Jung-hwan made the first choice. ”Of course, there will be nothing at the Command, but there will be a supply warehouse where the Military Command is located. For your information, we have two members of the Samma Unit in our Clan, and one of them is from the Ammunition Company in Gyeyang District.”
Yang Jung-hwan also took out his hidden card at this moment.
Samma Unit was a nickname of the Third Military Assistance Command. The Military Assistance Command was a logistical unit that managed military supplies, from daily life items to ammunition and artillery!
If they were from Samma Unit, or if they were from the Ammunition Company, they would know the location of the ammunition dump where they worked.
Moreover, Yang Jung-hwan said that a member of the Samma Unit was from the Ammunition Company in Gyeyang District...
”If it is Gyeyang District…”
”The direct distance would be about 6 kilometers from here, but we can't fly, so about twenty kilometers back and forth.”
Gyeyang District in Incheon was located about six kilometers from Bucheon. There was no reason why they couldn't go there on foot. That's why he kept it hidden.
Yang Jung-hwan's plan was to use their firepower to advance to Gyeyang District where the Ammunition Company was located, after acquiring guns and ammunition from Mac Guild, and to secure ammunition by occupying the Ammunition Company.
It was not to antagonize Kim Tae-hoon, but it was necessary to have a purpose to secure the Ammunition Company in a world where ammunition could now replace money.
Simply put, the Ammunition Company was a treasure island and Yang Jung-hwan was hiding a map that reached the treasure island.
But now he had revealed the hidden card concerning the fate of Yang Jung-hwan himself and the Starfish Clan in front of Kim Tae-hoon.
”The reason I did not mention it before was to hide it, as all of you can imagine, but I am showing you all the cards I have in this situation.”
It meant that Yang Jung-hwan took this situation seriously.
”If I die, the hidden card is not going to make any sense. Anyway, the 17th Division is good, but Gyeyang District is a lot closer. Most of all, the man I said before retired about a year ago from the Ammunition Company, and I'm sure he has an acquaintance there if there are survivors.”
”So can rob the 17th Division?” Lee Soo-young immediately accepted his role.
It was certainly dangerous to take military supplies from the subordinate units of the 17th Division, but she had no qualms about her choice. If she had intended to ignore it like that, she would not have done anything to follow Kim Tae-hoon when he said that she should do so that day.
The two Clans chose the supply route.
”I think the roles are arranged.”
Now the remaining option belonged to the Mac Guild. The Mac Guild must deal with the monsters that come.
It was time to get ready.
”Then, let's prepare the items.”
2.
With the advent of monsters, most people lost most of what they had.
But not everyone did.
Park Gap-soo… In 2017, he was seventy years old and had been making leather shoes for 50 years.
He was a craftsman who has trained in one field for half a century.
However, Park Gap-soo has never been treated like a craftsman his whole life. He was exploited from the beginning. He had worked unpaid for years under the pretext of learning skills, and even after he was able to do his part, he would not receive his salary on time.
Even the last owner exploited him, and the owner of the shoe factory where he worked ran away instead of paying him more than two years' salary.
At that age of sixty-five, Park Gap-soo was thrown into the world without a penny of retirement pension and no money saved, and since then, he began to live life like a beggar.
Free meals given by volunteer groups were the best banquet.