"Chapter 1​​

The weather was humid and stiflingly hot. The sun hung glaringly in the sky; even with my sunshade umbrella, my back was soaked with sweat.

I pulled out my phone to check the time: June 18th. I'd been fired on the tenth.

If you asked how I felt about getting fired? At first, it was happiness, pure elation! I practically wanted to belt out that song ""Good Days"" nonstop.

But after a few days lounging at home, I started feeling lost. If I didn't work, I had no money to spend, and no money meant no food. So, I reluctantly went out job hunting. Finding work, however, wasn't going as smoothly as I'd imagined.

World, just hurry up and end! I don't want to work anymore!

""Run! That person's mutated!""

Shouts erupted from the crowd, and a massive surge of people rushed towards me. I stumbled and fell to the ground, my sunshade umbrella knocked aside.

Just as I was scrambling to get up, a person shuffled towards me with strange, jerky movements.

As they got closer, I saw their eyes were bloodshot, pupils tiny and unfocused, staring blankly ahead. Their hands were curled up like claws. Only one thought filled my head: This is bad, run!

I hurriedly pushed myself up, but suddenly, another figure with similarly bizarre movements appeared in front of me, mouth dripping with fresh blood.

That person grabbed my shoulder and sank their teeth hard into my neck..."