Lee Jeong-Hyuk shrugged and explained himself. “Think about it. The thing we saw at the high school tried to kill us. If So-Yeon’s dad hadn’t been there, we would’ve been wiped out. If those enemies gathered more forces and came back to attack us, don’t you think it would make sense for us to combine forces as well?”

He had a point. If our enemies combined forces, we could reach a point where I might not be able to handle all of them on my own. Lee Jeong-Uk stayed silent for a while, then shared his own thoughts on the matter.

“I don’t disagree with what Jeong-Hyuk is saying. But if we join up with another community, we might run into some conflicts. We have our way of surviving, just as they probably have their own way of surviving as well. I’m just saying that it’d be pretty easy for the situation to get nasty over the smallest things.”

Lee Jeong-Hyuk didn’t seem to agree with him. “Well you do have a point, but…”

Lee Jeong-Uk cut him off. “Things will get exponentially worse when the size of the group increases. It seems like there are a good number of survivors at the supermarket, and I wouldn’t be surprised if people began to form their own factions.”

Lee Jeong-Uk also had a valid point. The rest of the group remained silent since both of them seemed to be right. All eyes were on either Lee Jeong-Uk or Lee Jeong-Hyuk. Everyone was looking unconsciously at the person they agreed with.

Noticing the division within the group, Choi Da-Hye quietly raised her hand. “Let’s do this the most democratic way possible.”

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