Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Chapter 107- A Sudden Betrayal

"Damn it, I need to get out of here."

Jin-woo was about to try and break the door down, but Seong stopped him and said.

"Wait, why don't you try using your displacement ability on the door handle?"

"On the handle?"

Jin-woo paused and glanced at the door handle with doubt.

"I've only done it once and it was an accident. I don't know if I can do it again, especially on a door handle that's screwed in."

"You won't know unless you try, it's already been two days since your abilities began manifesting."

Jin-woo wore an unsure expression but still nodded and said.

"I'll try."

With that, Jin-woo focused on the door handle, his mind occupied with thoughts of it appearing in his hand. However, even after a minute of this, there was no change to the door handle.

"I look stupid."

Jin-woo stopped his actions and said with a helpless expression. If Seong had not seen him teleport the phone into his hand, he would have thought he was hallucinating at the time.

"Okay, that's fine, it's your first try. What happened when you teleported the phone? Try to recall anything that can be of help."

Jin-woo was getting anxious, but he tried to stay calm and think. Back then, he felt a strange sensation when he made a phone appear in his hand, and he specifically recalled that feeling only appeared after Seong had picked up the phone.

Jin-woo relayed this piece of information to Seong, who began pondering.

However, not long after his pondering, Seong began scratching the back of his head because he had tried touching the door and then had Jin-woo try again only to fail.

"There are too many theories in Physics to accurately determine how you're able to teleport the phone. Plus, this involves aliens and fiction-like superpowers from other dimensions. Who knows, our understanding of Physics might be completely wrong. Even all the theories I've come up with to explain your abilities so far could be incorrect too."

Seong became extremely dejected after saying this, but Jin-woo immediately shook his head and rebutted.

As for Jin-woo moving it with his ability, forget about it. Aside from the fact that he couldn't see the item, the size of the object undoubtedly played a part in him being able to teleport it, and given it was impossible.

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At the cafeteria doors, Ye-jun fitted the gun inside his waist before zipping up his jacket, hiding it. He had just returned from tossing away Jin-woo's things at the back of the school. After glancing behind him, he fixed his glasses on his nose bridge and got ready to enter the cafeteria. However, the phone in his jacket pocket suddenly started ringing.

But Ye-jun didn't have a phone.

After a slight pause, Ye-jun reached inside his jacket to take out Jin-woo's phone. After looking at the caller ID, he saw that it was marked as an unknown number.

Ye-jun initially planned on ignoring it, but an idea suddenly came to him that made him answer.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Hello, am I speaking with Jin-woo?"

The voice of a man came from the other end.

"Yes, I'm Jin-woo, but who is this?"

Ye-jun fixed his glasses and responded without batting an eye. However, there was a pause at the other end which made his heart momentarily skip a beat. Just when he thought that the person realized his voice was different from Jin-woo's, the man finally responded.

"Good, I'm Kai, the leader of the rescue team. We're about to reach the school gates but there are zombies in the area giving us little time for the extraction. So, we need you to gather everyone together to make it easier for us to get in and out quickly. Do you copy?"

"Copy, I'll gather everyone now."

"Good, we'll be there in less than six minutes, get ready."

Beep... Beep...

After the man named Kai hung up, Ye-jun calmly placed the phone back into his jacket pocket while an astute smile slowly appeared at the corner of his lips.

Fixing his glasses one final time, Ye-jun pushed the door open and entered the cafeteria, having already come up with a plan to explain Jin-woo's 'sudden betrayal.'