About an hour later, Hwang Ji-Hye and Lee Jeong-Uk returned. They wore complicated expressions.

It seemed like the conversation with the representatives from Gangnam hadn’t gone so well.

I looked at Lee Jeong-Uk.

“How’d it go? Do you think we can get a cruise ship?”

“No matter how many times we tell them, they don’t seem to believe us. They said they can’t lend us a cruise ship unless we tell them how to raise a zombie.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

“They’re a lot more stubborn than I thought.”

Lee Jeong-Uk clicked his tongue vigorously. He seemed worn out. Hwang Ji-Hye, who was next to him, rubbed her neck and let out a deep sigh. I looked at both of them, then let out a small sigh.

"Don’t worry. There wasn’t a cruise ship in our original plan anyway.”

“We never knew that we’d have access to a cruise ship in the first place.”

“Then what, we’re really going to make the journey on foot?”

“Now that Hyeong-Jun’s awake, it should be more than possible. There aren’t any members of the Family in Gwangjin-gu. All we have to do is watch out for zombies on the streets.”

“What about the reinforcements that the Family will send?”

“That bothers me a little… But we can’t just sit around, you know?”

Both of them nodded, grimacing.

I had scouts stationed in Haengdang-dong and Majang-dong, so we would be able to take care of anyone from the Family that followed us. I looked at Hwang Ji-Hye.

“If you could handle the survivors of Shelter Silence, that’d be great. Please get them prepared to move as early as...