Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber

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“Oh wow, there’s a lot of them.”

In front of the department store, real zombies were crawling all over the place.

I felt like there were a lot from the entrance of the big city, but the department store was something else.

I had braced myself for it being the most zombie-infested place in this game, but… it’s even worse than I thought.

-Seriously terrifying, lol.

-Can we really get through that?

“First, let’s draw their attention.”

Charging straight through there would be a bit much.

After gathering the essential items from the car, I fiddled with the vehicle settings.

Just like when I burned down my house, this car would be the same.

After activating the car alarm, I stealthily slipped away to the back fence.

Beeeeep–!!

According to the time I set, the loud military alarm blared, and the surrounding zombies began to swarm toward the parked vehicles in the parking lot.

They might stick there for a while.

At that moment, I hurriedly dashed towards the back of the department store.

Zombies that hadn’t caught on yet were taken out with my silenced pistol or machete.

Carefully entering through a back window, I found myself facing yet another wave of zombies.

“…This is just the beginning, isn’t it?”

-For real.

-Wow, I’m getting nervous seeing this again, lol.

-It’s really scary though.

“Let’s see what we can do.”

It’s been a while since I started playing this game.

Having honed my skills over time, I confidently pulled out my automatic rifle and began to clear out the area steadily.

Even with the suppressor, it wasn’t completely silent, so my goal was to get to the roof as quickly as possible and take refuge there.

But….

Ugh–!! Ughhh….

“There sure are a lot, huh…”

One by one, zombies were falling from the upper floors of the department store.

Groups were smashing through closed doors, pouring out.

And amongst them, zombies were charging straight at me.

It’s just the entrance, but it already feels way tougher than I expected.

Thud-thud-thud-thud-!

However, I sprinted forward, quickly dispatching zombies with a dull sound of my suppressor.

My stamina has its limits.

I can’t afford to waste any energy before barricading on the roof.

Rushing straight towards the stairs, I charged ahead.

“Bomb!”

Where there were a lot of zombies, I threw the bomb I had specially prepared for this moment.

“I’ll just slip past here.”

If there were only a few zombies, I could just shove my shoulder through and push past them. As I broke through the first floor and made my way to the stairs…

Ugh– Ughhh….

Before I knew it, I could hear more and more zombies from above rushing down toward me.

-Wow, what the hell.

-There are so many, lol.

-Am I dead already?

“…I can do this.”

I switched my gun to a shotgun.

Automatic rifles are great, but when it comes to clearing zombies quickly, nothing beats a shotgun.

Bang!! Bang!!

There was a bit of noise, but I effectively wiped out the zombies in front of me as I moved up the stairs.

I had already mapped out the store’s layout somewhat.

Going through smoothly from the second floor to the third and finally the fourth, just the roof remained.

“Huh?”

The stairs that should have been there were collapsed.

“What the hell is this?”

-Huh?

-Lol.

-No way this is happening.

I was startled but quickly shifted my gun back to fend off the zombies getting close.

“Uh, is there no other emergency exit?”

-There is one in the back.

-If you go around to the fifth floor, there’s one.

-Hurry up, lol.

“…This isn’t part of the plan.”

I had already been pushing through hard with the zombies piling up behind me.

I threw one bomb and cleared my way with the shotgun.

Boom!!! Bang!! Bang!!

Is this a department store or a war zone?

With all kinds of loud noises echoing as I pressed on for a moment…

Tick, tick.

“What… what’s that?”

-Wow.

-This is bad, lol.

-Fix your gun already.

“Oh no….”

The shotgun I was firing had malfunctioned.

I tried to fix it hastily, but the zombies were already too close.

…I gave up on shooting and immediately turned back to run.

But, the zombies chased after me at a similar speed.

I couldn’t sprint full throttle without exhausting myself too much, which made it hard to shake them off.

Besides, I could only imagine more zombies waiting ahead, which naturally filled me with despair.

Is this it for me?

Did I wander too deep?

I’d love to switch back to my automatic rifle even now, but…

To change guns, I would have to stop running for a moment, and it was clear as day that I’d be caught by the zombies, so that was impossible.

…Maybe it was too reckless to come here in the first place.

I didn’t have anyone to cover my back, nor enough firepower to handle it alone.

But I was almost at the roof, and while I was thinking if there’d be some way out—

Up ahead.

I thought the stairs leading to the roof were completely blocked by zombies.

BAM–!! Rat-a-tat-tat-tat–!!

Intense gunfire erupted from above.

“Huh?”

Gunfire? What’s going on?

Are there looters in the middle of this?

“…This is bad.”

Seriously, I’m cornered.

A looter in front and zombies behind? This is the end.

-Ah.

-Something’s gone wrong.

-Wow, what a disaster.

The viewers seemed just as bewildered by the situation, pouring out their feelings in the chat.

“…There’s no helping it.”

Well, if I’m going to die, I might as well go forward and take down at least one looter.

These guys are holding me back until the end.

They’re really annoying.

So, with my broken gun in hand, I headed for the emergency stairs leading up to the roof where the looters were.

And as expected, there were soldiers shooting down zombies.

Their uniforms looked strangely familiar; they seemed to belong to the same unit I had seen outside earlier.

“…Was this foreshadowing?”

Should I have readjusted my aim when I saw the soldiers below?

Soldier looters are quite strong opponents.

If I had to pick the most dangerous moments during my time in this world, most of them would have been caused by soldiers.

There have been so many times I ended up like a pincushion because of a single mistake. This time, I leaped in, mindful of that.

[Come this way!]
[Hurry!]

To my surprise, the soldiers showered me with friendly remarks.

“Huh.”

-???

-Huh?

-Wow, is this real??

“They’re friendly? For real?”

…Friendly soldier looters are probably quite rare.

My surprise was brief, but I quickly gathered myself and approached them.

“Are you really not going to shoot? Wow, so this is true.”

The soldiers shot zombies without a hint of aggression toward me as I approached.

For a moment, I was caught off guard by the scene, but first, I needed to fix my malfunctioning gun.

Even while sneaking glances at the soldiers, they solely focused on shooting zombies that were closing in.

“Wow….”

-This is legendary, lol.

-They’re actually saving me??

-My efforts outside paid off, I guess.

“Is that really how it is?”

It looked as if they were from the same unit.

If I had shot those soldiers outside earlier, they would probably have recognized me as a hostile survivor.

…What a ridiculous coincidence.

“W-Well, I guess I’ll call in a helicopter from the roof and then come back to help.”

I let out a sigh of relief, but I was only just getting there.

I rushed to the roof to call for the helicopter and when I returned to the stairs, I saw soldiers struggling to hold the line.

[Get out of here!]
[Come behind me!]

They simply recited their lines, but those words struck me deeply.

It was like reliving the memories of meeting friendly police in this world for the first time.

“..Guess I can fight alongside the soldiers. This time, I’ll try to save them.”

-ㅠㅜㅠㅠㅜ

-People are the best.

-I guess these soldiers are Koryo-saram…

I’m not sure if saving all the soldiers in this situation is feasible.

But isn’t it always about hoping for a miracle in an apocalypse?

Quietly pulling out my gun, I changed the magazine.

In this grim world, to finally rely on the help of looters to escape was truly an ironic situation as I assisted the soldiers in shooting back.

The night was still young, and the helicopter was far off.

And so, I began battling against the hordes of zombies, using the stairs as my last line of defense.

Twenty hours of game time later…

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—

Dressed in bandages all over, I was running low on ammunition now.

The sound of a helicopter echoed down from the roof.

“Finally, we can escape.”

Hearing that sound, I managed a weary smile.

The soldiers around me had dwindled to barely half from the start, but in the end, we survived.

After emptying the last of my bullets, I commanded the remaining soldiers to follow me.

However….

[We’re going down!]
[We have a mission!]

The soldiers strangely disobeyed my orders.

“…What’s wrong with them?”

-???

-Why aren’t they following?

-Ah, are they going to save their comrades outside?

“Outside? Ah….”

Now that I think about it.

There were other soldiers outside waiting.

No wonder they kept fighting zombies on the roof, I guess they planned to clear them all out before heading down.

…Honestly, I’d love to take those guys with me since I’d developed some camaraderie while fighting.

[No!]
[Go ahead!]
[We’re going down!]

No matter how many orders I gave, they wouldn’t comply.

-Haha, lol.

-These soldiers are really cool.

-This is what soldiers should be like!

“Well, if it’s their convictions…”

I couldn’t force those people to come with me.

And since we’d already dealt with a lot of zombies, they’d probably make it down successfully.

“Then I’ll be off.”

Besides, everyone has their own path to follow.

So, after throwing down my remaining meds and food on the ground, I headed for the roof.

The stairs going up were clear since all the zombies had been taken down, allowing me to ascend easily.

And finally, reaching the rooftop.

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—

The wind howled from above, and the long-awaited helicopter was descending.

[Get in quickly!]
[Grab the ladder!]

“Looks like we’re escaping after all.”

-Haha, lol.

-I just filmed a whole drama.

-I can actually escape?

The survivor, who had stubbornly insisted on being alone in a world of zombies.

In the final moments, overcame their resentments and took hold of the ladder to escape with the help of others.

And thus, my lengthy adventure in the zombie apocalypse concluded.

“…I see.”

And then.

After going through all of this…

-???

-What do you mean you see?

“No, it’s nothing.”

As Kim Soo-hyun, the solitary looter, I now had the chance to redefine another survivor, a high school girl named Yeon-ah, who had to survive in a similar environment.