Chapter 18. Trust (10)
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You can’t become friends with everyone you meet in life.
However, if you live together under the same roof, have the same enemies, and are under the great proposition of survival, you are bound to cooperate to some extent, even if not to a great extent. That’s what happened to Camilla and Leticia.
After unintentionally looking down on Cassandra sunbathing, the two women did not feel jealous of Cassandra. In some ways, a performance so overwhelming can make her feel awe beyond the point of jealousy. Instead, the two women creatively criticized each other.
“Today, I succeeded in sniping from a distance of 2,500m. Thanks to you, I had a very comfortable shopping experience. “The wind was blowing hard, but John made incredibly good observations.”
The day after Camilla showed off in this way, Leticia packed her two submachine guns and her spare magazines. It almost made me wonder if she was going to take the ammunition dump with her.
Then he ‘wiped out’ the northern region alone. He sat in the trunk of a pickup truck and fired two or three shots at a time, blowing off the zombies’ heads.
“Whether you shoot from 20m or 2,500m, in the end it is just ‘one zombie.’ And I caught over 30 zombies today. Thanks to Johan’s delicate driving, I was able to aim accurately. “It seems like we are a good ‘compatibility’ in many ways. What do you think?”
At Leticia’s provocative words, Camilla snapped her neck.
“I have no intention of finding out whether you and John are compatible. I have no intention of bragging about such a story. But I want to try to get our ‘sum’ right. “How about 30 minutes later?”
“Good.”
And the two had a fierce fight in the gym.
Of course, I actively set conditions such as ‘no blows to the face, no breaks or techniques that could cause injury and reduce combat power, no attacks that could cause bleeding, and no vital attacks.’
So, at best, the two of them could only do something half-hearted between wrestling and wrestling, but hearing the bloody shouts coming from outside the door, it seemed like that was enough.
The match seemed surprisingly close. Although Leticia had the upper hand in terms of technique, Camilla had the upper hand in terms of her physical condition, so either Leticia would finish it in the short run or Camilla would hold out until the long run. It was easy to tell who won just by looking at their facial expressions.
Of course, I’ve never seen it before. The atmosphere was strange, but I quickly left, saying, ‘I’ll go talk to Cassandra about my research progress.’
“What if two people end up strangling each other to death?”
Cassandra looked worried.
“Cassandra, are you now worried about Leticia as well as Camilla?”
“Because he is an officer who took care of Cassandra’s convenience. Of course, what happened in that medical unit is still terrible. Anyway, that’s it, I finished it.”
Cassandra took out a long test tube and shook it. It was a transparent and thin liquid. Her face heated up without me realizing it.
“Uh, so that’s… “My body odor?”
“To be exact, it is a composite of pheromone substances from John’s body. By increasing the purity quite a bit, it has quite a powerful effect. I’m just saying this just in case, but it would be better not to use it on Camilla and Leticia. “I can’t guarantee what will happen.”
The pheromone produced by the virus in my body was said to be an ’emotion amplifying substance.’ And I didn’t want to make it ‘more dangerous’ because I knew what two ‘enraged’ people could do.
“Cassandra, who created that? Are you okay?”
“Cassandra is not greatly affected by this. “It’s also an impolite question for a scientist who knows what he’s making.”
I felt embarrassed when I said it clearly. I talked around.
“Well, it’s not for use on people, it’s for use on zombies. Therefore… “The guys who hate me will literally come to eat me, and the guys who are quite likable will be more likable, right?”
“I guess so. To the extent that they are recognized as ‘the same kind’.”
A short, sharp sound was heard from the direction of the gym. It looks like Camilla won this time. Although we had a strict ‘promise’ not to hurt each other, there was a high probability that we wouldn’t have any clothes left, so I didn’t bother going out.
“… Come to think of it, I haven’t tested this. “Not only those two, but you too, Johan, will have to work hard tomorrow, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make your efforts in vain.”
“Test? “How do you do it?”
“Like this.”
Cassandra shook her test tube slightly and then uncorked her. There was a pungent scent, a subtle smell that to me resembled that of old laundry. Cassandra said, “Sigh.” Then she sucked it deep into her nostrils and closed her plug.
That was the end. Cassandra calmly took her pulse, looked back and forth in the mirror, looked at her eyes, took her temperature and wrote it down in her log.
Isn’t it ineffective?
“It’s a bit excessive. “Next time, I might lower the concentration a little.”
“Is it too much?”
“Yes.”
Cassandra stood up and came towards me. I thought it would be like that when their breasts touched and pressed slightly, but this time she came closer. Even if she were a woman with small breasts, it would be a bit close.
“This is Cassandra’s will… No. “You can’t say she doesn’t exist at all, but you can’t say she’s complete either.”
It feels a little strange when you say that while sniffing my chest. Cassandra even makes her smile subtly. Somehow the smile seems sticky.
“Uh, Cassandra? Are you okay?”
“No, it’s not really okay. I brought my nose too close to the test tube and inhaled her vapor too quickly. I’m sorry, but could you open the lab door? “I think I’ll get better when I smell the fresh air.”
“You’re holding my arm right now?”
“Cassandra can’t even shake off one of her arms while doing her exercises like that?”
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If you press me so hard and push me against the wall, my body loses strength. Cassandra’s eyes widened completely. If you look straight at her she spins around as if hypnotized.
“Are you drunk?”
“No. This is what she calls acute poisoning. Her cognition is so distorted right now that her brain is giving the wrong commands. Antidote……. How should I make it……. I have to think……. “It shouldn’t be like this.”
But she smiled brightly and unbuttoned her shirt one by one. My breathing became quite heavy, and Cassandra’s face got completely flushed. Finally, one side of her shirt was fully undone. Something great came out.
“If I do this, I’m going to have a medical accident.”
I’m not sure if Cassandra’s arm grabbed me or if I pushed her head. When it comes to accidents, I usually don’t remember them well.
Whether due to her scholarly ethics or her own reason, Cassandra did not remove her lower underwear. Instead, by ‘relieving’ my acute cravings in other ways, I became quite exhausted.
“What? Johan, why are you receiving IV fluids? Sniff. What’s this. Did you spray perfume? It’s quite addictive. What is it, Cassandra? Are you writing it alone?”
Camilla opened the door to her lab and came in, sniffing her nose.
“It’s a simple nutritional injection. Camilla, do you want to get hit too?”
“No. Today I was completely relieved of my fatigue. I was nervous because we lost in a row, but we came back and won at the last minute. “Hmph, it decomposes a lot.”
Camilla’s face opened wide. She looked very refreshed. She is Cassandra as much as her face.
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Starting the next morning, Camilla and Leticia bring rope and get rocks. It was pretty busy. When I asked what he was doing, he said he was making hunting tools called ‘hunting stones.’
The principle is simple; if you tie a rock to both ends of a rope and throw it at the prey’s leg, the rope will wrap around and knock it down. And like all simple principles in the world, it is said that although it is easy to get into, it takes a long time to use it properly.
It is better not to fly towards the prey, but if unlucky, it will spin around and hit itself or the back of the head of the person in front with a stone.
“But you were supposed to use a noose or a net to capture zombies, right?”
“We decided to compete. We each have different areas of expertise, and it seemed like there would never be an end to people saying I was better or you were worse. So, I decided to try a field I knew nothing about. “After all, this is also a matter of physical ability and skill.”
Leticia answered my question.
“John. You don’t have to worry. I’m going to prepare a noose and a net. If you catch it instead, it is invalid. “Only scores scored using hunting stones are accepted.”
Camilla helped from the side. Well, I don’t have to worry because they are people who do their jobs properly.
Today we will select the ‘dominant zombies’ that Leticia pointed out. Of course, zombies cannot communicate, so methods like ‘Follow you, you, you three’ do not work.
So, the goal is for me to open a food distribution stand a fair distance away and lure the zombies, and then Camilla and Leticia throw all kinds of tools to eliminate the ‘non-leading’ guys, leaving only the proactive guys.
If only the dominant ones remain, I’ll spray them with the same pheromone that caused Cassandra to become acutely poisoned last night.
The spray was brought to me by Cassandra in the morning. When she suddenly opened my door and came in, she was quite surprised. There was no one next to me, but I was quite embarrassed down there because I wasn’t dressed properly and it was ‘morning’.
“Is it okay to listen to it under the blanket? “Because I don’t dress well.”
“Yes. It’s simple, so I’ll say it quickly. I adjusted the concentration a lot based on my experience from yesterday. “At least zombies won’t try to make love to you.”
For a joke, it sounds like you’re serious because you say it with such a straight face.
Cassandra continued her words quickly.
“However, I think we need to track it to see if there are long-term symptoms of addiction or if it only lasts for a short period of time. Actually, I came here because of this. Now that it’s the second day, it’s less severe than yesterday, but I think I still have some symptoms of addiction. “Can you help Cassandra for a moment?”
Why do you say “Help” But lock the door with a ‘click’?