Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Even though Jin-woo's gaze wasn't directed at them, the students from Class 1A all felt a chill go down their spines when they caught glimpses of the murderous look Jin-woo was giving Ye-jun.

Ye-jun, however, calmly fixed his glasses and spoke up.

"If you had known those two had died, would you have been willing to help us?"

"That's right Jin-woo, we didn't mean to lie to you we just…"

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"We just wanted to survive! Please, we didn't mean to lie to you."

"We…"

"Sorry, we…"

One student after another gave their excuses after Ye-jun spoke up, and Jin-woo stood there momentarily stunned. But his face suddenly contorted into a pained expression before he said.

"You… Just what are you guys talking about? You lied to me because you thought I wouldn't help you? Are you listening to yourselves?"

Tears fell down Jin-woo's cheeks, and this caused the talking students to stop and look at him in surprise.

"If you had told the truth I would have still helped. Even if you had stood there while Ye-jun closed the door on Micah, even if you had done nothing but stand by and watch Yoon-min and Micah die, I still would have helped no matter how much I would have hated all of you. I would have helped because I understand that you were all scared.

What exactly do you take me for, a monster that would just let all of my classmates die? Is it because you did it that you thought I would do the same? Ridiculous…"

As Jin-woo finished speaking, more tears rolled down his cheeks. If they had told him about Micah and Yoon-min's death when they should have, he wouldn't have spent his time looking for them in the hordes while being chased. He wouldn't have gotten his hopes up after not seeing them in those hordes, and he wouldn't be feeling like this right now.

Upon hearing Jin-woo's words, all the students of Class 1A fell deathly silent, their faces turning pale white.

It was true, they really thought that Jin-woo would have abandoned them like they had done with Micah and Yoon-min. That's why they had listened to Ye-jun and chose not to say anything. However, now that they thought about it, they realized the main culprit in all of this was Ye-jun.

Even though they were scared and hadn't rushed out to help Micah and Yoon-min fight off the zombies, Ye-jun was the one at the front of the crowd who locked the door before Micah could enter.

If there was anyone who Jin-woo would be angry with and refuse to help it was Ye-jun. His words about Jin-woo not helping them were all to make them his accomplices and lie to save himself.

Some of the students in Class 1A cast angry looks at Ye-jun, but still looking composed, Ye-jun looked at Jin-woo and said flatly.

"You say you would have helped now, but who knows what you would have done back then? After all, you're a psycho with schizophrenia. You might have even led the zombies to-"

Ye-jun wasn't able to finish his sentence as Jin-woo suddenly pulled out the gun from his utility belt and fired at him.

However, one of the teachers nearby reacted quickly and forcefully knocked Jin-woo's arm into the air, making the bullet from the gun hit the roof of the ceiling instead.

Screams filled the entire cafeteria as students scattered in panic. The teachers tried to calm them down but to no avail.

At the same time, they took the gun from Jin-woo and dragged him to a corner away from Ye-jun and the rest of Class 1A, kicking and swearing.

Ye-jun, who had instinctively dropped to the ground after nearly being shot, had his air of calmness shattered while climbing back up. Fixing his glasses he glared at Jin-woo across the room and said.

"See, he's nothing but a psychopath. After shooting me, he would have aimed it at everyone else."

Ye-jun looked around at the remaining students of Class 1A who hadn't run off before turning and walking towards the lunch area to eat some porridge.

Those students of Class 1A all glared at him angrily, thinking that if Jin-woo had shot at them it was his fault. But then they glanced over at Jin-woo, realizing that he had completely written them off. For some reason, that made them feel life would become more difficult for them going forward.

After glancing at each other, the students of Class 1A scattered to either rest or eat the porridge prepared for them.

However, it was hardly 'in the future' when signs of life becoming difficult started to appear. The ones that went to rest on the benches all saw the looks of disgust cast by the other students before they got up and walked away.

Meanwhile, the students that went to get porridge not only felt glares from the other students, but they also realized that their portion of porridge compared to the others was significantly lesser.

A boy from Class 1A who realized this looked at the students across the glass serving counter about to complain, but with a dismissive wave he was harshly interrupted by one of them.

"Hurry and move aside, the others haven't gotten any yet."

The boy glanced behind him and seeing several dozen pairs of eyes staring at him, his heart went cold, and he couldn't muster up the courage to say anything. He merely lowered his head and walked to the corner the students from Class 1A were discarded in.

This treatment was small for now, but it would only get worse as time went by. In some weird, twisted way, their roles have somewhat swapped with the once bullied and ostracized Jin-woo.

The teachers noticed this and did their best to smooth things out between the two groups of students, though to little effect.

The students coming from the classroom, some of which were second years, all felt indebted to Jin-woo with their impression of him being something akin to their protector and a lifeline in this apocalypse. Now that they discovered that these students were responsible for the death of their protector's friends, they felt both enraged and disgusted.

However, they also felt apprehension towards Class 1A students because of their brutality. If they were willing to let their classmates turn into zombies, what about them? They would rather avoid these people or else they get betrayed and left behind in times of crisis.

But the only exception to this was Mai-sun. After going up to Jin-woo and showing concern for him, she went to collect her porridge with almost a skip before mingling with friends she recognized among the second years.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Her network of close friends within the school was extremely broad, and this was not mentioning her own popularity which was in no way inferior to the sports prodigy Jin-woo, and the study prodigy Seong. After all, among the Junior and even Senior girls, she was the undisputed first place when it came to beauty and grades.

So, it was enough for her to avoid the ostracization the other students from Class 1A were feeling.