Lee Jeong-Uk continued to speak.

“I think everyone’s just excited by the word ‘shelter’ right now, but there’s no guarantee that it’s safer than this place. To be honest, I can’t tell.”

Lee Jeong-Uk’s words were met with silence. After a moment, the principal got up.

“I agree as well. We don’t know if the people there will accept us or kick us out. I’m also against the idea of making someone else do things for us.”

The principal’s voice was trembling. I could tell that the incidents he had endured at the high school still weighed heavily on his mind. The only reason the principal hadn’t lost his resolve was because of the children and elders that had been relying on him.

However, he couldn’t have found his feet again without realizing what he’d done wrong. He had probably condemned the younger teachers who had abandoned them at first. But he’d been forcing them to make sacrifices as well. Only later did he understand what he had done wrong.

After a moment, Han Seon-Hui, who was standing next to the principal, spoke.

“Wherever we go, things won’t be too different. There’ll be zombies, and there’ll be bad people. In my case, I don’t want to be disappointed by humans anymore.”

Han Seon-Hui was clearly speaking from her experiences as a wanderer, and the constant lack of trust. Kang Eun-Jeong joined in the discussion as well.

“Why don’t we start something ourselves here instead? I don’t think there’s a need to join up with other people, especially a group of people...