Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Chapter 93- Failed Sense Of Humor

After the teacher announced Jin-woo's intentions to bring them to the roof, most students' eyes lit up in excitement. However, some were too scared to leave, so they chose not to follow the other students outside.

While standing in front of the double metal doors, Jin-woo watched the students as they gathered in front of him. Out of the fifty or so students, twenty-five chose to follow him outside. The female-to-male ratio was about the same.

Jin-woo knew not many people would be able to go outside after what they went through yesterday, so he wasn't surprised by the number of students. However, he happened to catch sight of someone just beyond the gathered students.

It was Seo-joon. He was leaning against a table with his crutch resting against his chest.

Jin-woo walked over and after coming up to him he asked curiously.

"Are you not coming?"

Seo-joon paused sucking on the lollipop in his mouth then pointed at his bandaged ankle before answering.

"I'll just slow everyone down, plus..."— Seo-joon's voice suddenly lowered—"...even though it's not hurting as much and I can walk on it, it's better if I take it easy until the time is right."

Jin-woo nodded in understanding, but then glanced at Seo-joon's empty waist and asked again.

"Where's the gun?"

Seo-joon motioned to the male teachers and said.

"They confiscated it, I guess I haven't earned the right to be the one to carry it like some freak."

Jin-woo smiled, then turned around while saying.

"I'm leaving, I'll be back soon."

"Yeah, then we'll continue our conversation where we left off last night!"

Jin-woo continued walking as if he hadn't heard Seo-joon's words.

Seo-joon pursed his lips upon seeing this but he then thought of something, and his voice turned serious as he added before Jin-woo could fully walk away.

The students, who were all taking hesitant steps behind Jin-woo, saw his confident strides and couldn't help but feel a bit of awe in their hearts. However, when they saw him turn the corner up ahead without even checking, their hearts almost leaped out of their throats.

Jin-woo's head suddenly stuck back out from the corner he just turned, and he said with a chuckle.

"You guys should probably keep up or else I might leave you behind."

Upon hearing that, some of the students' faces went pale and they hurriedly rushed to catch up to Jin-woo.

Seeing their reactions, Jin-woo paused, then forced a smile. Perhaps he shouldn't have chosen a joke like that to lighten the mood.

After the students all rushed to the bottom of the steps, Jin-woo sighed and decided to just give them time to calm down. He just had to keep calm himself and they would naturally follow.

Climbing up on the third step, Jin-woo turned and addressed the students below.

"I want to set some rules while we head to the roof. First, while climbing up the steps, do it in a single file while sticking to the left. Second, while walking down the halls, I'll be at the front while you guys stick to the sides so I can have a clear view of the hall toward the back. Third and lastly, try not to make any loud noise even if you see a zombie approaching us. Well, that's if you're suddenly being attacked by one, haha. If so, just scream as loudly as you can to alert us to come help you. Oh, there might be a few zombies trapped in the classrooms on the second floor, and those classrooms have windows so be careful of that when passing them. Okay, are you all ready?"

After Jin-woo finished with a smile, he looked around only to see the students staring at him with either strange or terrified looks.

The strange looks were due to his casualness about being attacked, and the terrified looks were due to them hearing about zombies being in the classrooms.

Jin-woo paused, then mentally reminded himself not to let his dark sense of humor slip out and ruin his recently established saintly image.

"Jin, can we go now?"

"Yeah, just standing here makes me think a zombie might rush in from outside."

Hearing this, Jin-woo glanced to the left and saw the main entrance that had its broken metal doors dangling from a few intact hinges.

Turns out a few of those terrified expressions from the students were due to them internally freaking out over Jin-woo choosing to say all this only after they were outside.

Jin-woo coughed in his fist and then said.

"Alright, let's head out."

Grabbing the gun from the utility belt at his side, Jin-woo turned and began leading everyone to the roof.