Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Do I Also Have to Shout Together?

Seeing the [Contagious Disease Patient] texts spread everywhere, the hand itched with the heart wanting to treat quickly.

But since Park Jae-yoon and Yu Ji-han are there, postponed chasing the [Contagious Disease Patient] cats to later.

“Is it okay to throw away everything inside the house?”

“Yeah. Important items when Grandfather passed all moved to big uncle’s house.”

An old-style house with the floor and rooms long connected in a giyeok shape.

Even opening all doors wide the mold smell and old dust smell vibrated. In the yard with lush weeds there were also waste and trash that someone seemed to have deliberately thrown away.

The fortunate thing is, there isn’t that much to clean. In the meantime Yu Ji-han’s parents or big uncle organized all items that won’t be used, items that can’t be used.

The remaining are about furniture and home appliances, old daily necessities.

“It seems good to divide the work. Park Jae-yoon you secure the path to the gate and remove weeds. Yu Ji-han you with me take out the furniture first. When does the truck come?”

“In one hour.”

Changed into clothes convenient for work and put on gloves. Park Jae-yoon saying have to raise work efficiency played exciting music.

“Hey, wear a mask too. If not going to drink all the dust and mold.”

“OK, OK.”

First the master bedroom.

Detached the sliding door and moved it to one side.

“Shall we take out the closet first?”

“Yeah.”

Confirmed no items inside, carefully laid the closet with Yu Ji-han and lifted the end.

“One, two.”

Lift.

“···Hey, why is your strength this strong?”

Yu Ji-han asked with a surprised face.

I pretended not to know.

“Huh? This isn’t that heavy.”

“No, this is quite heavy?”

“Exaggerating. Just move it.”

Around the time taking all the items inside the house out, a 1-ton truck arrived making a noisy sound.

“Here! Yu’s grandfather’s grandson!”

The elder who got off the truck looked for Yu Ji-han.

“Yes! Hello!”

“Yeah yeah, grew a lot. In the meantime took all this out?”

“Hello.”

“Hello.”

“Yeah yeah, yeah. Young guys three so fast.”

The neighborhood elder who said would lend the truck.

“Try loading well neatly on the truck yourself. Contacted the waste processing place in advance, so if taking there will process themselves. Can you drive this?”

“Yes, I have a license.”

“Yeah. Then work hard. Ah, weeds are not accepted so put in sacks, or pile well on one side and throw separately.”

“Yes, thank you!”

The elder handed the car key to me and leisurely went away.

Park Jae-yoon made an admiring expression.

“Quite cool.”

Driving manual is the first time since getting the license, but operating a few times soon remembered.

After parking the car as close as possible, loaded the large furniture first.

“One, two.”

“···Oh. What, Kang Bong-sik? Why is your strength this strong?”

“I also asked the same earlier.”

I also pretended not to know again.

“You guys also exercise.”

After stopping by the waste processing company the elder informed, ate lunch at a restaurant on the way back.

“Are you going to do wallpaper and flooring new too?”

“Only wallpaper. Flooring if diligently scrubbing seems like it will do. You guys only help up to tearing the wallpaper.”

“That much is easy.”

Park Jae-yoon said with a confident face.

Yu Ji-han grinned.

“Will it really be?”

Tearing the wallpaper was also considerable labor.

Soaking the wallpaper that doesn’t come off well in water, and having to manually peel off one by one like scraping with tools.

“Aigo, waist···.”

“Yu Ji-han. This with a truck of crops is not even close. Later give more.”

“Hehe. Understood.”

I briefly loosened the body stiffened here and there.

“······.”

[Contagious Disease Patient] texts slowly moving or settling behind the house were visible.

The cats that ran far away when noisy moving furniture and home appliances, seemed to have returned again when a bit quiet.

“I’ll work on the next room.”

“Yeah.”

Going over to another room muttered toward the [Contagious Disease Patient] with a target within 10 meters.

[Contagious Disease Patient]

[(65)-3]

“Treat, yes.”

A warm colored heat haze flying slowly.

[System]

-‘Plague Treatment’ hit.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +0.5

-Experience +2.43%

-Cat treatment bonus experience +0.24%

[MP 125/190]

The remaining guys have to treat wearing the bird-beak mask when it becomes night.

I concentrated on tearing the wallpaper again.

Late afternoon.

Organized all the trash that came out in the meantime in sacks and trash bags.

“Aigo, whole body.”

“Worked hard. I’ll buy dinner too.”

“Of course, man. If you called people for this the labor cost alone would have come out enormously.”

“Oh, cleaned a lot?”

Through the widely opened gate the truck elder entered.

“You came.”

“Yeah. Seeing this clean my insides all cool.”

“The car key is here, teacher. Really used well.”

I offered the car key to the elder with both hands. Yu Ji-han took out an envelope.

“This, parents said to give as a return for lending the truck.”

The elder waved his hand.

“Enough. With that money go to the bathhouse and wash, or buy something delicious and eat.”

“Yes? But···.”

“Rather I’m thankful so. Even so these days no people in the countryside, if empty houses increase more the neighborhood atmosphere sinks more. And Yu’s grandfather’s grandson, said staying here for a while? Why receiving money stingily with this kind of thing.”

Yu Ji-han bowed his head.

“Thank you, teacher. Please take good care from now on too.”

“Yeah. Is there anything more needed? Is there somewhere the house needs fixing?”

“Yes. On Monday the hardware store boss said will look.”

“Yun?”

“Yes, Yun uncle.”

“Yeah yeah. If Yun will look well. Because received a lot of help when your grandfather was alive. Did you live the electricity?”

“Yes. Comes in well.”

“But, teacher.”

I asked the elder the point curious.

“Originally are there many cats in this neighborhood?”

“Many? Caught as many as seen and did neutering or something but, didn’t decrease well. Seems the guys living in the mountain keep having babies. Ahyu, there are many mouse bastards too, so just leaving them to catch those guys.”

“The cats seemed a bit sick···.”

“Because stray cats, wouldn’t it be because picking up and eating anything?”

“Yes···. Then.”

I pointed to the house where over a dozen [Contagious Disease Patient] texts are visible.

“Who lives in that house?”

Unlike the stray cats freely roaming, it was a feeling locked inside the house throughout. The movement also slow or none at all, so even if green worried whether an extremely sick state.

But.

“Why that house?”

The expression of the elder who was making a faint smile throughout hardened.

“No, just···. There also somehow a feeling of being neglected.”

Unlike this house the wall is a bit higher and the windows are also all covered, so couldn’t ask outright if there are cats inside.

“A person is visible once a week, but seems like a guy whose mind is a bit strange so cut off attention.”

“Yes···.”

***

After washing refreshingly at the town bathhouse.

We headed to the reservoir said good for night fishing.

It was a walking distance of over 10 minutes from Yu Ji-han’s countryside house, but moved by car because of luggage.

At the reservoir a no cooking, no night swimming sign was erected.

“Oh, okay?”

Park Jae-yoon smiled brightly and took out the tent and fishing equipment loaded in my car. Not far away people who pitched tents and cast fishing rods were also visible.

“Can pitch the tent on this side.”

“Have you come here often?”

“When young following Grandfather and Father. Also slept here, but don’t really want to recommend.”

“Why? Ghosts come out?”

“There is a ghost rumor too, but there are many bugs. Also got bitten by a centipede.”

Park Jae-yoon nodded.

“Fine. I also have.”

“Then Yu Ji-han where are you trying to sleep?”

“There’s your car Kang Bong-sik.”

“Yeah, try folding your body well.”

Installed the fishing rods first and pitched the tent. In the meantime the sunset set, so turned on the portable lighting and ate meat lunch boxes with soju and beer.

“Regrettable that no cooking. In a place like this boiling ramen and eating is the national rule···. Wow, already a signal coming?”

Park Jae-yoon threw the lunch box and ran to the fishing rod.

Even putting the caught fish in the keep net by reeling in one breath. Very natural like water flowing.

Watching that appearance Yu Ji-han said.

“Thank you for bringing your friend. Personality also seems good.”

“Not a weird guy. I’m going to the bathroom.”

“Yeah.”

I took out the tumbler from the bag left in the car.

Good that brewed in advance just in case.

Drank two mouthfuls of the cold herb tea.

[System]

-Drank herb tea.

-‘Immunity’ increases by 10 for 1 hour.

-MP recovers by 10.

[MP 181/190]

Packed the bird-beak mask and cane, churu, and headed to Yu Ji-han’s countryside house.

When arriving the day had completely darkened.

Streetlights also sparse. The house with over a dozen [Contagious Disease Patient] also whether no person was pitch black.

At least other houses with lights on the distance is far, so Yu Ji-han’s countryside house was truly immersed in darkness.

“Exactly seems like a ghost will come out···.”

[Contagious Disease Patient]

[Contagious Disease Patient]

“···Not.”

Green [Contagious Disease Patient] texts clearly visible even in the darkness. This is the first time this welcome.

Quietly opened the gate and entered.

Crouched so the cats don’t get startled and wore the bird-beak mask.

[System]

-‘Plague Doctor Mask’ wearing effect: Skill MP cost reduced by 20%

First not turning on the light, because the wall is low so my appearance can be brightly visible from outside. In the meantime the [Contagious Disease Patient] cats might run away too.

“Woojju jju. Delicious churu came~.”

Lured the cats with snacks.

Meow, meow.

Some [Contagious Disease Patient] cats smelled and approached.

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 30)]

“Treat, yes.”

[System]

-Used ‘Plague Treatment’.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +0.3

-Experience +1.12%

-Cat treatment bonus experience +0.11%

[MP 157/190]

Another [Contagious Disease Patient] cat too.

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 20)]

“Treat, yes.”

[System]

-Used ‘Plague Treatment’.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +0.2

-Experience +0.75%

-Cat treatment bonus experience +0.08%

[MP 141/190]

“Good, eating well.”

The two cats were engrossed in continuing to eat the snacks. Then other [Contagious Disease Patient] cats also sneakily approached.

“What contagious disease is circulating on earth, all wearing this kind of thing.”

Treated 4 more, the remaining MP is 27.

The cats whose contagious diseases got better leisurely stretched fully, sat in place and washed their faces or rubbed against me.

“Sorry. Now no more snacks.”

Only then I entered the bathroom and did business.

After coming out of Yu Ji-han’s countryside house, carefully approached the house where over a dozen [Contagious Disease Patient] were locked.

Still a dark house without a single light.

When approaching within over 10 meters where the ‘Sloppy Treatment’ technique works, below the [Contagious Disease Patient] text the target mark and estimated MP cost numbers etc. appeared.

Held the cane that would raise aiming accuracy in hand.

[System]

-Equipped a stick.

-Can use skill ‘Divine Punishment’.

No one right?

Looked around.

In the darkness. 3 of the cats treated a little earlier were following keeping a distance.

Since a car can suddenly pass, hid in a position not well visible from the road and aimed the cane.

[Contagious Disease Patient]

[(35)-3]

“Treat, yes.”

A warm colored heat haze slid and flew toward there.

[System]

-‘Plague Treatment’ hit.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +0.4

-Experience +1.30%

-Cat treatment bonus experience +0.13%

[MP 0/190]

Treated one and MP hit the bottom.

I sighed and took off the bird-beak mask.

If there are many [Contagious Disease Patient] in the same space like that there is a possibility of reinfection but···.

Hope at least less painful even briefly.

At that time.

···Flap flap.

Tat.

The cats loitering around me flinched, then all fled at once.

“······?”

Why are they doing that?

Is there something?

I examined the opposite direction the cats ran away. Dark so nothing visible.

···Crack, crack.

Instead, a very familiar sound was heard.

The sound of digging often heard in the military.

Moment goosebumps rose.

Digging in a dark place like this without even turning on the light?

Curiosity killed the cat they said.

Even so I couldn’t suppress the curiosity, and carefully approached the place where the sound was coming from.

It was behind the house where [Contagious Disease Patient] cats were wriggling.

A pitch-black shadow was diligently digging the ground.

Beside one large plastic bag containing something.

What is that bastard doing?

Should I report to the police?

[Natural Enemy Relationship Activated]

Bright red [Mouse] who recognized my existence ran around frantically.

Also beside the suspicious guy.

“Hwaaak!”

The guy digging the ground saw the mouse and was startled and avoided to the side then fell.

Thud.

And the gaze met with me who gently stuck out my face.

“···Hwaaak!”

Whether thinking me a ghost seeing me, the suspicious guy screamed piercingly again.

“······.”

Briefly pondered.

Do I also have to shout together?

Click, click.

For now took photos.

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