Episode 7. The Corpse That Runs (4)
Thud—
Something collapsed beyond the smoke.
No, it would be more accurate to say ‘someone.’
The silence that followed sent goose bumps racing over me.
“Urgh, huff……!”
But a moment later, ragged breathing reached my ears.
—Jae-gyeom, restrain him.
“Yes!”
At Cha Si-eon’s order, Gwak Jae-gyeom lowered his gun and ran forward.
I followed in confusion, but there was nothing for me to help with.
Gwak Jae-gyeom bound the crouching person in an instant.
The sight flustered me all over again.
Shooting a person, then tying him up.
It was something I had only ever seen in movies or news reports from the other side of the world.
And now my roommate was doing it.
My psychological resistance was considerable.
As I tried to understand the situation, I noticed something strange.
The area around him was clean.
Judging by the man’s reaction, he had definitely been shot.
But there was no blood.
“What Jae-gyeom just fired—those weren’t live rounds?”
—They are rubber rounds used for subdual.
……Couldn’t you have told me that sooner?
You really scared me.
Only then did I manage to pat my chest in relief. Phew.
Of course, shooting someone with rubber bullets was hardly ordinary either.
But the other side had thrown a smoke bomb first,…