The seventh officer shrugged and continued to speak.

“Even since the Majang-dong incident, I’ve been going through every piece of information related to Majang-dong and its surroundings. However, I noticed something rather odd about the Shelter Seoul Forest report.”

“Was there something wrong with my report?”

“You don’t think there is? Even when we fail to secure a shelter, zombies with glowing red eyes like us don’t die that easily. But the ones that attacked Shelter Seoul Forest… are apparently all dead?”

“That’s because Shelter Seoul Forest has guns.”

“Sure, sure. But you know…”

The seventh officer trailed off and looked the dong leader in the face. The dong leader looked back at the seventh officer, his expression completely flat. Their short exchange was like the calm before the storm.

After a moment, the seventh officer spoke again.

“Seongsu dong leader, are you aware that you’re a lot stronger than the other dong leaders?”

“In terms of land area, Seongsu-dong is larger than the other districts. It only makes sense that more zombies with glowing red eyes would appear there, and I just happened to eat all of them.”

“Look at you go! You sure are a smooth talker. That’s what makes you more suspicious. It even makes me angry at times.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment.”

The dong leader smiled faintly and offered a slight nod. The seventh officer frowned.

“That smirk of yours… Let’s see how long you can keep that. It’ll be...