I wondered if something wasn’t going as planned.

Well over thirty minutes had passed, but Hwang Ji-Hye and Lee Jeong-Uk still hadn’t returned.

While I waited anxiously, Kwak Dong-Won spoke up.

“You don’t have to worry so much. The people there aren’t bad people.”

“Is that so…”

“It’s different when they see zombies… But they’re nice to people.”

“...”

His words did little to improve my mood.

The idea of raising zombies had probably come from their mindset that they couldn’t coexist with zombies.

Swoosh–

While I was engrossed in my own thoughts, I felt a presence behind me. I quickly got up and turned around.

"Ahjussi."

Kim Hyeong-Jun was standing in front of me.

“Hyeong-Jun!”

I bit my lip out of happiness and ran toward him. He chuckled and raised his arms.

I was just about to high-five him when I came back to my senses. It seemed like Kim Hyeong-Jun had the same thought. He quickly stashed his hands in his pockets.

“We almost knocked each other out. What a relief.”

"Definitely."

Just touching each others’ palms would’ve sent a strong, tingling flow throughout our entire bodies. We were so caught in the moment that we almost zapped each other.

Kim Hyeong-Jun snorted. “Seemed like someone was really worried, huh?” he asked.

“Yeah, man. I thought you were done for.”

“How could I die? I have to live longer than you, ahjussi.”

Kim Hyeong-Jun was right back to making jokes from the moment...