60 Episode 60 - Incheon Landing Operation, Part I (1/2)
Chapter 22. Incheon Landing Operation, Part I
Translator: Khan
Editor: RED
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A woman was cutting open the chest of a monster's corpse lying on the ground with a knife between its ribs.
The red jewel that the woman who had cut open the chest popped out after she drove her hand into it without hesitation. She approached a man who sipping coffee in a thermos bottle, wiping the blood off her hands and the red jewels with a towel hanging in her pocket.
”Are you doing that on purpose?”Kim Yu-ri then asked a question to Kim Tae-hoon, giving him the monster stone.
Gulp!
Kim Tae-hoon swallowed the monster stone and raised his left eyebrow instead of answering. It meant that she had to clarify her question.
”Are you trying to save a survivor by intentionally appearing like that in an emergency?”
Kim nodded at the remark.
”Why are you doing that?”
”It would look like a savior.”
”Yes?”
”They are more cooperative with the savior who saved them than with passers-by.”
Kim Tae-hoon closed the lid of the thermos and moved toward Bae Sung-joon, who was licking the chocolate bar which had been given. Maybe Bae would prove his answer now. As Kim approached, Bae got up in surprise.
”Oh, thank you. This grace-”
”Have you ever seen this woman?” Kim sharply cut off Bae's words, asked questions and took out a paper sketch. A white woman in her mid-twenties with a cold appearance was painted by a well-drawn sketch.
”Her name is Kate Kennedy.”
Bae looked hard at the sketch and shook his head.
Kim did not express any sense of frustration at the sight. He wouldn't have come to Incheon in person if he could find her so easily.
'In the end, should I enter Yeongjong Island?'
According to the information provided by Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, the last place to confirm that Kate Kennedy was alive was Yeongjong Island, where Incheon International Airport was located. Of course, it was highly likely that she was still on Yeongjong Island.
He just asked questions in case she had come out of Yeongjong Island with the guards escorting her. Therefore, he immediately went on to the next question, ”Are there any survivors or any forces that survivors have created in Incheon today?”
”Yes, there is.” This time there was an answer.
”What about the number of survivors?”
”I think there are more than a thousand people… I don't know the details.”
There seemed to be more than a thousand. Kim Yu-ri, who was listening to the conversation behind him, had a terrible look.
'Incheon City had a population of nearly three million...'
Incheon had 2.92 million people. Of course, Incheon City was wide. In terms of population density, it was inevitably lower than Bucheon.
But even considering that, the fact that the population of survivors was a thousand units was a point of despair.
The same was true of Kim.
'The damage is enormous.'
As soon as he heard the figure of a thousand, he remembered a remark made by Lee Jin-sung, the head of the Messiah. Bucheon was lucky… Incheon became hell… There was nothing wrong with what he said. The damage in Incheon was no better than that of Bucheon.
But Kim was not choked by the tragedy. ”Where are they?”
”There are survivors at Ganseok Ogeori and Ganseok Ogeori Station.”
”What is the name of the surviving group?”
”Yes?” Bae hesitated to answer for the first time.
Kim Tae-hoon squinted his eyes. He did not appear to be like Marvel Comics' hero in the eyes of Bae, saving him voluntarily.
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He came here at the risk of his life.
And it was not just Kim's life that was at risk. The lives of those under an umbrella named Kim Tae-hoon were also at stake. Under such circumstances, there was no reason to give consideration to a person who was a stranger, or a person who would have died if it had not been for himself.
”What is the name of the surviving group?”
”So it's…”
Kim's eyes changed. If he didn't answer right away, if he kept hesitating, he would strongly express his determination to use all means and methods to force the answer.
”I'll give you three seconds.”
After the last notification came out, Bae just barely gave an answer in amazement. ”Well, it's not that. They don't have a name. The survivors are just survivors! There is no name. No, really. But there are some who call them plunderers instead. They are criminals…”
At the answer, Kim withdrew his appalling presence. At the same time, thanks to the answer, he was able to draw the situation in Incheon more properly.
'I think the survivors of Incheon City have no contact with the outside world.'
If they had had contact with an outside survivor in any way, they would have had a name to distinguish themselves from the outside world. However, the lack of a name meant that they did not feel the need to distinguish it from the outside world.
'Is it because of Bucheon?'
And if he looked at the situation in Incheon, it was understandable. Currently, only the city of Bucheon was operating properly among the cities that had a point of contact with Incheon. However, none of the survivors of Bucheon wanted to go to Incheon. The same went for those who moved from Incheon to Bucheon. There was no reason to go back.
In other words, the city of Incheon was blocked off from the city of Bucheon and became isolated.
'However, if they formed a group, they will have factions in some way… I think there is a good leader in Incheon.'
Another, there was a high possibility that there would be a proper leader among the survivors of Incheon City, because no one followed a poor leader in a life-threatening situation where his or her life was at stake.
'Plunderer…'
Of course, that didn't mean everyone was united. In Incheon, there were people who survived by plundering humans like monsters.
'Survivors and plunderers, I like it simple.'
Anyway, the situation itself was clear.
”How much weapon power do the survivors and plunderers have?” Kim asked to get more detailed information. But the answer to that question came from elsewhere.
Kaaah!