Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Huff… Huff… Huff…

On the third floor, Jin-woo, Ah-yong, and Jeon-sok were breathing heavily having just run up several flights of stairs at full speed.

"Jin, hurry!"

Up ahead at a corner, Seong was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the front of the school while urging Jin-woo to run faster.

Soon the trio reached the corner and turned. Jeon-sok saw the scene outside while running and couldn't help but let out a startled curse. Ah-yong took a glance as well and her expression pale when she saw the number of zombies flooding the football pitch.

Jin-woo couldn't be bothered to look, instead his entire focus was on the stairs up ahead leading to the roof.

Seong's body flickered and appeared below the stairs. However, when he turned back to look at Jin-woo he saw that he had suddenly stopped in the middle of the hall.

"Jin, what's wrong, why did we stop?"

Jeon-sok asked worriedly as he and Ah-yong turned to look at him.

Jin-woo didn't answer, he stared at the stairs up ahead, his face paled as he sensed danger in that direction.

Seeing Jin-woo's expression, Seong's face changed, and he flickered in front of him and asked worriedly.

"Jin, what's wrong?"

With a horrifying realization, Jin-woo looked at Seong and answered hoarsely.

"If we go to the roof... we'll die."

"W-What?!"

Jeon-sok yelled, startled. He and Ah-yong began to panic, causing them to overlook Jin-woo talking to Seong.

Jin-woo, with his heart racing, began to frantically look around, trying to find a direction where there was no sense of danger.

Suddenly, rapid footsteps came from behind them down the hall. Jeon-sok and Ah-yong turned to see Seo-joon rushing towards them with Kai behind.

"Huff… Huff… What's wrong, why did you stop?"

Seo-joon asked as he approached.

"I-Jin said we'll die if we go to the roof."

Jeon-sok explained while turning to look at the frantic Jin-woo.

"Damn it… Huff… Huff… You finally stop!"

Kai yelled as he stopped near the group with his hands on his knees. Seeing Jin-woo pacing around, his eyes flared with anger, and he yelled.

"Brat, give me back my baby!"

An enraged Kai stepped forward as if to attack Jin-woo, but Seo-joon immediately blocked him and said coldly.

"Be grateful, he just saved your life!"

"Huh?! What nonsense are you talking about? I'm the one who came to save you, how did it turn into me being saved? Damn it, there's no time for this, you've wasted time coming here when there's an escape route at the back entrance. If we don't hurry, the zombies we've drawn to us while coming here will flood the entire school!"

Seo-joon rolled his eyes before pointing at the floor-to-ceiling glass windows next to them and said.

"Go take a look for yourself."

Kai frowned, but now that it was pointed out to him his expression suddenly changed as he walked to the window to see the horde of zombies that practically surrounded the school.

"The solar power ran out and the zombies trapped in the auditorium and gym by the speakers escaped. If Jin hadn't reacted in time, then we would have been surrounded by zombies by the time we reached the back entrance."

Seo-joon said as he looked at Kai.

"Wait, the others that are outside, are they…"

Ah-yong's face paled and she didn't dare finish her words.

However, the others could tell what she meant, and their expressions turned gloomy.

Kai seemed to recover from his initial confusion. He turned around and said with a serious expression.

"Since it's come to this, we'll have to request a helicopter from headquarters. We'll need to hurry to the…"

Kai's words suddenly trailed off when Jin-woo suddenly frantically walked past him. His serious expression immediately faltered, and he couldn't help but point at Jin-woo before asking.

"What the hell is up with him?"

Seo-joon turned to look at Jin-woo, his expression turning solemn.

"Jin, can't you find a way out?"

"No, wherever we go is wrong. We're trapped on all sides!"

Jin-woo yelled without looking back, but after saying that he seemed to panic even more, his chest heaving up and down violently.

Kai frowned upon hearing that and rebutted.

"What are you talking about the roof is right there. Let's go already!"

"If you want to die then go ahead!"

Seo-joon snapped at him, but Kai being fed up with these annoying kids was about to explode. However, gunshots suddenly echoed out down the hall.

At the corner, Mai-sun and Ye-jun's figures turned and came rushing at them.

Jeon-sok's anger immediately flared when he saw them, but Ye-jun suddenly yelled from afar.

"The zombies are coming!"

Jeon-sok's and the other's faces changed when they heard that, and they all turned to look at Jin-woo.

"Jin, I don't want to rush you, but you have to hurry up."

Seo-joon said walking over to Jin-woo who was pacing around.

"I know, but…"

Jin-woo gritted his teeth, his heart almost in his throat.

At the same time, Mai-sun and Ye-jun came over. The gunshots behind them grew louder and louder, and soon Han Soo's figure appeared at the corner firing his gun.

"Damn it, enough of this bullshit let's go now before we all die!"

Kai yelled and then dashed towards Jin-woo planning on dragging him towards the roof. But Seo-joon jumped in front of him and blocked his path just as he grabbed Jin-woo's collar.

"Damn it, a bunch of crazy kids, do you want to stay here and die?!"

Kai was moments away from losing his mind. He couldn't understand what these kids were talking about or why they needed this brat to lead them. The roof was right there!

"Hyung, we have to go!"

Han Soo yelled as he fired his last shot a charged towards them.

Ah-yong, Jeon-sok, Mai-sun, and Ye-jun all stared at Jin-woo, while Kai and Seo-joon struggled with each other.

Jin-woo's eyes ridden and his fist clenched so tightly they almost drew blood.

Seong, who was in front of him, was equally panicked, but he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly spoke.

"Jin, instead of trying to find a place where you can't feel that sense of danger, find one where the danger is the least."

"I-"

Jin-woo had doubt rise in his heart, he had never been able to distinguish them before. These forewarnings only appear when he was about to make a decision.

However, Seong hurriedly explained.

"Don't scatter your thoughts like before, just focus on distinguishing those feelings of danger. Remember, each one of them is a parallel universe, a path that hasn't been taken yet. You just need to sense them and find the path with the least amount of danger, a safe path. Focus, Jin, you can do it."

Jin-woo looked at Seong, who suddenly smiled at him. He gritted his teeth even harder but nodded.

Jin-woo then closed his eyes and tried to calm his emotions. Unlike before in the showers, this time he had to calm his emotions and reign in his scattered thoughts.

If Jin-woo had to rely on his desire and emotions to use his displacement ability, this time he had to be cold and calculating to predict the future.

"Hyung, we have to go. I killed the zombies behind us, but more are coming. What's going on?"

Han Soo said as took off his goggles and helmet to look around.

"How the fuck should I know! These kids are all crazy!"

Kai yelled angrily after not being able to get past Seo-joon. He was thinking to himself—since when were high schoolers this strong? However, if you wanted to, he could overpower Seo-joon if he got serious, but he might have to break something to do that.

"Who are you calling crazy? If it weren't for Jin, would you be here?"

Jeon-sok was irked by Kai's statement and immediately retorted.

"Brat, you want to fight?"

Kai said glaring at Jeon-sok.

Jeon-sok expression changed when he saw this gangster-looking person with dyed hair and piercings glaring at him, he instinctively stepped behind Ah-yong.

"That's what I thought."

Kai said with a snort, but Ye-jun suddenly spoke up while fixing his glasses.

"Is it really the time for this?"

"Right, why are we here, we need to hurry to the roof!"

Han Soo said, but Kai angrily replied.

"It's all this bastard's- are you actually closing your eyes in this situation?!"

Kai turned to see Jin-woo had his eyes closed and he couldn't help but erupt in anger from this absurd situation. Was he going to die because of these crazy kids?

"Can you guys stop talking?"

Jin-woo's cold voice suddenly echoed out. It seemed to have some kind of magnetic effect as it immediately silenced everyone.

Jin-woo then slowly opened his eyes to reveal that they had turned completely red behind his glasses.

Everyone's gaze was immediately drawn to those red eyes, and shock flooded their hearts.

"This brat, when did he wore colored contacts?"

Kai muttered in confusion, but Jin-woo suddenly glanced at him.

For some reason, Kai felt a cold chill run up his spine and numbing his skull. He instinctively took a step back under Jin-woo's gaze, but Jin-woo soon looked away from him.

Kai, who was now in a fight or flight mode, felt cold sweat rolling down his face and back. During that brief moment when Jin-woo's gaze was on him, he felt like that time when he was facing down the barrel of a gun pointed at him by a rival gang leader.

No, back then there was a sliver of a chance to escape because he had something over the gang leader, so he was relaxed then. Now, however, it felt like Jin-woo could have killed him if he had looked at him for even a second longer, and there was nothing he could have done to save himself.

Now having silence, Jin-woo calmly looked around at all the red threads around him. These red threads flowed from his chest and spread out in all directions. Some went down the hallway where the zombies were coming from, while others went to the stairs leading to the roof and down the hallway passed it.

Not only him, but the others also had red threads coming out of their chests. When Jin-woo glanced at Kai just now, he saw one of his red threads that led to the roof glow momentarily before fading back to the same color as the others.

Jin-woo also glanced around at the others' red threads and saw a single one glowing before dimming. He knew these were parallel universes created by their possible decisions, but the glowing ones confused him. That was until he saw that the thread that glowed for Seo-joon and the others were floating around him. He realized that the ones that glowed momentarily were the decisions they were thinking of choosing.

Jin-woo stopped his probing and instead focused on his own threads. All of them were of the same thickness but after a bit of concentration, their thickness started to change. The biggest change was that the ones flowing in the direction of the approaching zombies twisted and combined into one massive red thread.

Jin-woo directly ignored it and instead focused on finding the smallest thread among the others.

"Jin, you're bleeding."

After Jin-woo glanced at them, everyone felt fear rise in their hearts and kept silent, but Ah-yong couldn't help but speak up when she saw blood dripping from Jin-woo's nose.

"Kid, what's going on with you, are you okay?"

Han Soo couldn't help but ask worriedly as well.

"I'm fine, let's go."

Jin-woo dismissed their concerns while wiping the blood away with his sleeves.

With hurried steps, he walked in the direction of the roof stairs, but when everyone following him thought he was heading to the roof, Jin-woo stopped in front of a door that was on the way.

Kai looked at the words 'Female Bathroom' on the door and his expression changed.

"Kid, you can't be serious."

Jin-woo ignored his words and stepped aside before saying.

"Kill the zombies inside when you go in."

Kai frowned, but suddenly faint screeching sounds echoed out from down the hallway.

The zombies were approaching.

"Fuck… Damn it… I'm going to die because of these fucking kids…"

Kai cursed repeatedly under his breath as he pushed the door and went inside the bathroom. However, not even a second later, two zombies heard the sound of the door being pushed open and rushed at him.

Kai's frightened curses could be heard by the others outside along with the sounds of gunshots.

After the noise stopped, Jin-woo calmly pushed open the door. However, he didn't enter, instead, he stopped by the entrance and held the door for everyone to enter.

Seo-joon was the first to enter, then Han Soo, before Ah-yong and Jeon-sok after.

Just as Ye-jun was about to enter, Jin-woo calmly pointed the revolver at his forehead and said.

"You're the bait, so why are you trying to enter?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Jin, what are you doing?"

Mai-sun behind Ye-jun said as she quickly stood in front of him.

Jin-woo's eyes suddenly burst with a harsh red glow as he glared at Mai-sun and said.

"If it wasn't for your mother, you would be staying outside with him. So go ahead, say another word to protect him and see what happens."

Mai-sun's heart trembled violently under Jin-woo's red eyes. But behind her, Ye-jun stealthily lifted her jacket and took out the gun from her waist before putting it inside his jacket pocket.

Mai-sun showed a hesitant expression, but soon lowered her head and entered the bathroom, not giving Ye-jun a single glance.

Jin-woo looked at Ye-jun and calmly extending his hand and said.

"You have something that's mine."

Ye-jun stiffened when he saw Jin-woo extending his hand but sighed in relief when he heard his words. He reached into his right pocket and took out Jin-woo's phone before handing it to him.

Jin-woo lowered the gun while putting the phone away in his jacket pocket. However, as he was taking his hand back out, something was in it which he showed Ye-jun.

Ye-jun saw the item and was confused, but before he could fully comprehend the meaning of it Jin-woo suddenly put the item back into his pocket and closed the door.

Shatter!

The sound of glass shattering suddenly echoed out as a zombie couldn't turn the corner in time and crashed through the window, falling four floors down. A few more zombies went with it, but even more, turned the corner and chased after Ye-jun.

Ye-jun's face changed and he rushed to the male bathroom while taking out the gun from his waist to fire at the closest zombie. However, after the bullet in the chamber was fired, there was a click from the gun.

Stunned, Ye-jun checked the magazine and shockingly realized it had disappeared. His face went pale, and he stumbled back in a daze.

Screech!!

The zombies' screeches immediately made him snap back to reality, and he let out a terrified scream before turning and running down the hall, passing the stairs to the roof.

The glasses that accidentally fell from his face were crushed under the feet of the blood-covered zombies who madly chased after him; all while ignoring the female bathroom.