Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Chapter 82- Ostracized

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..."

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.

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.