I'm a Young God, so Please Raise Me - Chapter 26

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Chapter 26
The Research Facility at DeZomDeal has two bosses.
The first is the Security Guard Zombie you encounter the moment you step into the First Floor Lobby.
The Security Guard Zombie, grotesquely swollen, had injected illegal steroid-based drugs to build muscle when he was human.
As zombification progressed, the residual compounds in the drugs accelerated, transforming him into something indistinguishable from a monster.
The Security Guard Zombie boasts the strongest offensive power in DeZomDeal, but Je Hyeon-o eliminated him early on, so I never even saw his face.
The second is the Chef Zombie in the Basement Area.
According to the lore, when the zombie outbreak occurred, the chef fled to the Generator Room and became a zombie. Trapped in a space filled with 24 hours of noise, he is far more ferocious and has keener hearing than any other zombie.
The Chef Zombie is a time-attack-type boss who continuously strikes the emergency generator to reduce its operational capacity.
If you focus only on deliveries and delay the strategy, he completely destroys the emergency generator, sending you straight to a bad ending.
Additionally, once the boss battle begins, he exhibits an indiscriminate attack pattern, so it was crucial to continuously draw his attention to prevent him from damaging the generator.
If repairs cannot be completed within a certain time after the boss battle starts, the generator explodes, the entire Basement Area is destroyed, and it’s game over.
It was also game over if you depleted more than half the boss’s health before repairs were finished.
This was because the Chef Zombie would self-destruct, and the impact would cause the generator to explode with him.
Without information about the boss, you had no choice but to face a game over.
I had fought the Chef Zombie so many times I was sick of it.
Because of that, I was somewhat overconfident that I could handle most variables that arose.
But the zombification recovering was… a variable that exceeded all expectations.
The moment I exhaled the breath I’d been holding, the Chef Zombie lunged at me.
“Graaaagh—!”
“Go!”
“Trainee!”
Gwak Han-muk and Mo Hae-in immediately tried to react to the sudden emergency, but I stopped them.
“I’m fine!”
I gritted my teeth and shouted as I ran.
“I’ll… handle the boss! Throw me the bag!”
Gwak Han-muk immediately yanked off his sling bag and hurled it.
The sling bag flew in an arc and landed precisely in my hands.
I caught the sling bag, and Gwak Han-muk and Mo Hae-in rushed toward the spare parts cabinet.
Gwak Han-muk threw his body against the metal cabinet, forcibly wrenched open the door, and swept out all the parts inside.
◆Main!! Quest!!
: Eliminate the frenzied Chef Zombie.
Are you out of your mind?
You think you yourself are not in your right mind.
■■ ■ is still weak. Your abilities are equally pathetic.
You resolve never to miss the system window again.
However, a terrible situation has already unfolded.
The chef, who was always angry because of the researchers complaining about side dishes, became even more ferocious after becoming a zombie.
He would butcher you in a single stroke—
Butcher! Butcher! Butcher! Butcher butcher butcher!
I might not be able to.
Dealing with the frenzied Chef Zombie would be anything but simple.
‘I should have said something useful from the start.’
If I had, I would have made the effort to read through the system window properly.
It was the same even now.
There was nothing helpful written there—only nagging complaints about not reading it and nonsensical drivel.
I confirmed the Chef Zombie pursuing me from behind.
‘Am I the only one whose zombification has recovered?’
Watching the Chef Zombie target only me made it certain.
I couldn’t understand the reason for the recovery. I hadn’t done anything special since being bitten by Mo Hae-in.
If there was a difference between me and Gwak Han-muk….
It was that I possessed a system.
That was the only thing that stood out.
Since I was already recognized as a target for attack, it wouldn’t matter if I became a zombie again now.
I had to face the Chef Zombie as a human.
You believe this is truly a desperate crisis.
However, fortunately, a method to overcome it exists.
You wish to register ‘Mo Hae-in’ and ‘Gwak Han-muk’ to fill all ‘3 slots’ and elevate the system’s abilities to the next level.
Will you register ‘Mo Hae-in’ and ‘Gwak Han-muk’?
Seriously.
‘This is exactly why I don’t read it.’
The strange sensation I felt when registering Je Hyeon-o was still vivid.
I had no intention of registering anyone else.
I ignored the system window and ran while surveying the Generator Room.
The Generator Room was a vast space housing a massive engine, but it wasn’t spacious enough for a six-minute game of tag with the Chef Zombie.
Besides, I wasn’t agile enough for that.
If I were still a zombie, my physical abilities would have been better than they are now—a shame.
I unzipped my sling bag and reached inside.
Then I pulled out the item that Gwak Han-muk had diligently obtained despite questioning why I needed such a thing.
It was a plastic jacks stone.
Jacks Stone: Use only for playing jacks.
Clink, clink.
The small pebbles inside the jacks stone made continuous sounds.
I threw one jacks stone in the opposite direction of my run.
“Krraaagh!”
The Chef Zombie let out a chilling cry and immediately lunged at the jacks stone.
‘Perfect.’
Gwak Han-muk had obtained the item correctly.
The jacks stone was a toy that a young child at Green Zone Elementary School had been playing with.
The Chef Zombie reacted unconditionally to the faint noise emanating from the jacks stone.
Additionally, when the Chef Zombie picked up and swallowed the game stones, it became stunned for three seconds.
Throwing the game stones while fleeing was the Chef Zombie’s hidden strategy.
However, with only five stones available, I couldn’t afford to waste them recklessly.
I had to use them wisely while the emergency generator was being repaired.
“Grrgh, grrrrr….”
The Chef Zombie picked up a game stone with its decayed, crumbling hand.
It had picked it up by instinct, but seemed uncertain what to do with it.
After standing vacant for a moment, the Chef Zombie placed the game stone in its mouth and swallowed.
While the Chef Zombie was caught in the brief stun, I scrambled up the metal shelving where the pipes were organized.
As I climbed onto the two-meter-high shelf, I checked on the emergency generator.
At that moment, the system window chimed and appeared.
Beginning emergency generator repair!
Repairers: Gwak Han-muk, Mo Hae-in. (Repairers cannot be changed mid-repair.)
Current repair progress: 1%
Gwak Han-muk and Mo Hae-in sat on the left and right sides of the generator respectively, removing metal plates.
After Mo Hae-in sprayed the rust remover, she hurled the spray can with all her strength.
Clang!
The spray can struck the metal mesh on the opposite side.
Just as the stun wore off, the Chef Zombie searching for me immediately headed in that direction.
“….”
Mo Hae-in’s trembling eyes confirmed that I was unharmed.
Then she immediately turned her head back.
She rushed toward Gwak Han-muk, and together they began loosening bolts with a wrench and replacing the damaged wires according to their color coding.
Both of them moved calmly, following the repair procedure explained during the briefing.
It seemed the repair would be possible within the six minutes I had anticipated.
Thanks to Mo Hae-in buying me time, I was able to safely climb onto the metal shelf.
“Kyaaaaa!”
The Chef Zombie shrieked horribly and slammed against the shelf with a heavy thud.
The impact was strong enough to make the metal shelf, firmly fixed to the ground, vibrate.
Keeping the Chef Zombie’s attention fixed on me was the most critical priority.
I kept the repair progress system window displayed in the corner of my vision and waited for the Chef Zombie to crawl up onto the shelf.
Then, leaving one final section, I began to run.
As I sprinted along the metal shelf that stretched lengthwise through the Generator Room like a track, the Chef Zombie pursued me.
Its tattered apron, riddled with holes, fluttered noisily as the zombie ran.
Just before the shelf ended, I threw the second game stone to the opposite side.
The Chef Zombie, as expected, reacted to the game stone and turned its head.
Crash!
The Chef Zombie chasing the game stone plummeted below the shelf.
The impact of the unbraced fall left it immobilized for several seconds before it twisted and contorted its body to rise, bones creaking.
Then it rushed toward where the game stone had rolled.
After confirming the movement route, I surveyed the repair situation as well.
Mo Hae-in had turned right again, wiping away the green corrosion and loosening the inner screws.
Gwak Han-muk on the left had finished connecting the wiring and was tightening the screws one by one.
Sweat trickled down Gwak Han-muk’s temples from the heat radiating from the emergency generator’s engine.
When the Chef Zombie returned to the metal shelf, I bolted toward the generator’s cooling fan.
The scorching hot air from the cooling fan was unbearable, but since it was the loudest location, being here allowed me to briefly disorient the Chef Zombie.
Indeed, the Chef Zombie that had been chasing me suddenly lost its target and staggered.
For the next minute, the Chef Zombie would wander searching for its target.
But after that, its aggression would reset and it would unleash attacks on the generator.
I had to act before that one minute elapsed.
Having secured this brief safe zone, I counted silently and checked the wire mesh fence on the opposite side.
Beyond the fence lay another generator that had stopped operating.
While watching the Chef Zombie, the moment its aggression reset, I threw the third stone.
Thrown with neither too much nor too little force, the stone slipped perfectly through the mesh fence and landed in an ideal position.
It was just beyond the Chef Zombie’s reach.
The moment the Chef Zombie heard the stone’s sound, it immediately clung to the fence.
Unable to reach through the holes in the mesh, it began tearing at it with brute force.
Snap, crack—as the fence tore, sharp edges pierced through the back of the zombie’s hand.
Putrid fluid oozed from the punctured wound.
But zombies feel no pain.
The Chef Zombie mangled its own hand while ripping at the fence, and finally grasped the stone and shoved it into its mouth.
It was a sight I hadn’t anticipated.
In the game, zombies only showed the action of tearing at the fence—it never revealed that they could sustain such severe injuries.
Besides, with dot graphics, the information available was inherently limited.
‘I can’t have the Chef Zombie damaging its hands.’
I had no choice but to modify the plan slightly. I retrieved the pistol from my sling bag.
The compact Glock 19 held fifteen rounds in its magazine.
But I planned to use only one shot.
Since the Chef Zombie’s health wasn’t particularly high, if I misused the gun even slightly, its health would drop below half immediately, triggering self-destruction.
It was convenient but a dangerous gamble.
I’d tried to avoid using firearms whenever possible, but subduing it left me no choice.
I pulled the slide to chamber a round and aimed at the Chef Zombie.
I was an expert marksman in FPS games, but reality would be different.
I’d been exempted from basic military training, so this was the first time in my life I’d actually held a gun.
The texture of the checkering against my palm felt rough.
Tense and focused, I placed my finger on the trigger.
The Chef Zombie gurgled and turned toward me. Detecting my breathing, it immediately lunged.
I waited calmly.
‘When it gets as close as possible.’
It was the best way to minimize aiming errors.
The approaching zombie seemed to move in slow motion.
Though it should have been anything but slow.
In the moment of intense focus, I felt a scorching heat emanate from my eyes.
It was a sensation I’d experienced several times recently.
Despite its strangeness, I felt no fear.
Rather, it felt natural to me.
I pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The recoil sent the muzzle skyward, and the shell casing ejected to the side.
The first shot merely grazed the zombie’s flesh, leaving a long wound before missing entirely.
But I smiled, my lips curling upward.
I pulled the trigger again immediately.
This time, I didn’t miss. The bullet pierced through the kneecap.
“Kyaaaagh!”
Chef Zombie lost his balance and collapsed. The sharp sound of the shell casing hitting the ground rang out.
I immediately lowered the muzzle. Any further attack from here would be within my own blast radius.
I exhaled lightly and checked on the emergency generator.
But Gwak Han-muk and Mo Hae-in weren’t repairing it.
They stood motionless, their expressions tense as they stared at me.
What?
I glanced around, wondering if something was nearby.
But there was nothing.
Instead, I saw my own reflection in the glass of the fire extinguisher cabinet.
Even through the grimy glass, the light was unmistakably clear.
My eyes were glowing gold.

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