Chapter 19. First spread (2)
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It is time to leave the research institute. Camilla’s eyes became red. It seems like he developed a lot of attachment to it.
“Well, it’s not like I can’t come at all. Yes?”
A ‘twang’ sound was heard from the cargo compartment as if they were thinking the same thing. Camilla looks at me with concern.
“John, are you sure you’ll be okay?”
“Yes. In that truck, the cargo compartment and driver’s seat are separated from each other. “No matter what zombies do, they can’t get through there.”
“Okay. Be careful. “Receive the radio well.”
Camilla lightly kissed her.
Four people. Four vehicles. Twelve zombies. There was no disagreement among everyone about taking the zombies. Although each person had some resistance, they all agreed when I persuaded them, ‘Isn’t it possible to save more people through them?’
“Cassandra, you got everything, right? “You can drive well, right?”
Cassandra drives her modified car from the Hamptons. From our perspective, it contains the most important pheromones, research data, and reagents.
“Yes. It’s not difficult to drive a car like this. And all I have to do is follow behind you, John. To that extent…. By the way, did you say how long it would take to reach the wealthy area of Beitra?”
“Usually it’s about a day away, but I don’t know what the road conditions will be like. “If you think about refueling along the way, it will take about three days.”
The problem was ‘how’ to take the zombies. I can’t even get them to sit next to me. However, like mechanized infantry training, vehicles cannot crawl by one vehicle and people run next to the other.
So the solution we came up with was, ‘Let’s just put it in the truck bed.’ The conditions are that you take breaks in between, throw plenty of food inside, and don’t open the cargo compartment until you reach a safe place. Of course, if the zombies become aware of their human rights and decide to escape, that is something that cannot be helped. This is the best way for now.
“Of course, we don’t go straight into Baytra. I’ve set up several checkpoint areas, so I’ll look at the context there. Also, Leticia….”
“Do you trust her?”
Cassandra cut me off. Her face blushes as he looks at her in surprise. I don’t think there’s ever been anything like this.
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“I’m sorry.”
“Do you still care?”
“… Rather….”
I think there’s something there. He gently pulled Cassandra to a shaded area. She closed her arms as if trying to escape, but that only made her breasts stand out more.
“Cassandra. Just tell me. There’s nothing wrong with being honest. “If you felt something, I think there must have been a good reason.”
“Cassandra doesn’t like gossiping about other people. Because she was bullied a lot by Cassandra herself. So she doesn’t want to talk about it most of the time….”
“It’s okay, just tell me. “If you build it up in her mind, she will only become sick.”
Cassandra glanced around her and licked her lips as if she couldn’t help it.
“You know, Leticia, when you’re alone, you keep muttering something on your phone. “I don’t know if it was a phone call or a voice recording, but it was clear that he was talking low and fast.”
This is my first time hearing this too.
“When? “Did you see it in person?”
“Uh, yes. It happens so often that it’s hard to pinpoint when…. Camilla doesn’t know. “I was the only one who saw and heard it.”
It’s a bit strange to hear. Cassandra spent most of her time in her lab. Camila, who couldn’t get enough of it, stormed in and asked her to do some exercise, so she dragged herself out.
“Hey, Cassandra. “Can you tell me how she heard that?”
Cassandra’s face turned bright red.
“… I just heard it when I went out to go to the bathroom at night. “That’s it.”
So, that means you went to the bathroom quite often at night. It’s not a very good sign. She used to do this when she was under a lot of stress or when her body was tense. Maybe it would be better if I drank alcohol and went to sleep.
Now that I think about it, I don’t remember ever seeing Cassandra ‘relieve her stress’. Her name is Camilla, and she works out hard, or she hangs out with me if she doesn’t feel like it. Instead of her binge drinking, Leticia would leisurely enjoy her drink here and there. Because she had so much good liquor, there was no reason to drink it in a hurry.
But what about Cassandra?
“Over there. Cassandra.”
“Yes.”
“… If something like this happens in the future, just tell me. She’s better off like this than suffering alone. “I have no plans to do anything with Leticia right now.”
“Over there.”
Suddenly Cassandra grabs my wrist viciously. She sometimes forgets because she’s so distracted by her breasts, she doesn’t know what the hell she’s done to her body, but her grip itself is stronger than Camilla’s.
“Ah, ayayayat, sal, sal sal!”
“I’m sorry!”
She squeezed for a moment and it looks like she was caught in some kind of squeezing press. Her skin turned pale. She seems to be making a fuss, which is quite embarrassing.
“It’s okay. “What were you trying to say?”
“… I’ll be honest. Cassandra doesn’t like Leticia yet. She doesn’t even fully believe it. To be honest, I doubt her. But the reason I’m telling this story to John is because it’s very likely that Cassandra is wrong.”
Cassandra pressed her body close to me. Her pleasant scent made her dizzy.
“Okay? Just because Cassandra thinks that way, Johan, you shouldn’t take it that way either.”
“Okay.”
Finally, I visited Leticia. She is supposed to drive a pickup truck with a camper attached. When I arrived, the klaxon rang briefly.
“I thought I wanted to make a lot of money and drive a car like this, but I didn’t know it would happen so quickly. Besides, it’s not Mount Elsa, it’s Minsk. As expected, industrial products are from Minsk. When do you leave?”
Instead of answering, I put my face against her body and sniffed her.
“What? Suddenly.”
“Have you been drinking?”
“You were in charge of that? I drank a can of beer. Why? “There is no problem with driving.”
As I look at it quietly, it begins to push its chest towards me.
“But it was too hot. Coincidentally, there was a cold beer in the refrigerator next to it. “How can you tolerate that?”
“Leticia. Next time, I hope you don’t drink in this situation. Or at least tell me first.”
Leticia is this way, she is that way. She didn’t give an answer. Instead, she twisted her hair around and poked my chest with her index finger.
“I saw what you were doing.”
“Why is my story suddenly coming out?”
“I didn’t want to say this because I felt like I was bragging, but connecting to the information network and finding various information is quite a headache and a lot of nerve-wracking work. Moreover, we are now connected to the Elsa military network through the Minsk communications satellite. It goes without saying that both countries can track us. “You know that, right?”
It is true. The reason I was able to plan this reckless journey and reduce the risks so much was because of Leticia’s help. Of course, Leticia’s own account has already been suspended a long time ago, and the national gendarmerie has declared Leticia a fugitive and a traitor.
Nevertheless, the reason Leticia was able to navigate her intelligence network was because she saw many different security loopholes while working as an intelligence officer. In most military units, the ID is admin and the password is 1q2w3e, or qawsed at best, or password.
“And you’ve been making me lonely these days? “He didn’t even come to visit.”
Leticia glares at me with some resentment.
“I was busy preparing for the move, and more than anything, my time zone is completely opposite to that of you. “I couldn’t find it.”
“You can have a ‘date’ during the day or afternoon. Is there a rule that says you have to do it only at night? It’s changed. Really. “Before they brought me here, they attacked me so hard that my body was split in half.”
“Actually, I was a little tired. I had blood drawn frequently and….”
“Ah. I guess the big-breasted doctor didn’t just have blood drawn? Well, how can you overlook something like that?”
“I didn’t do that.”
Anyway, I didn’t do it every day, so I wouldn’t be lying if I said I didn’t do it. Leticia put her hand on her waist as if she had no choice.
“I came here just to see you. Don’t forget that. I don’t know what I’ll do if I’m hungry. Instead, I won’t drink when I’m on operations. “It’s a promise.”
“Drink together.”
“Huh?”
“Let’s drink together. Don’t drink alone. “If you keep that promise.”
“… “What am I to say if I say that?”
Leticia hesitated. He was quite cute for his age, so I pulled her by the waist. Still, she didn’t push me away.
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It’s hot. It’s just hot. Even with her window wide open, the heat didn’t go away. She almost regretted saying that to Leticia. Still, she couldn’t turn on the air conditioner. Because her gas mileage is dropping.
There is a long way to go. There are gas stations here and there, but no one knows whether there will be gas there. In addition, there were broken down cars left here and there on the road, so driving was quite difficult.
Zombies were always hanging around in places like that.
It seems that these guys have now fully learned that ‘if you stop a running car, there is food inside.’ If you see it approaching the door and glass without hesitation.
Ugh-uh-uh.
Things are a little different this time. It looks like the guys in the truck compartment have become very uncomfortable. Then the approaching zombies flinched and did not come any closer.
Bang bang! Bang bang! The guys in the cargo bay are making a fuss. I felt like I would escape if I stayed here any longer, so I pedaled quickly. We ran forward, leaving behind the seemingly frightened zombies.
And at the first gas station we shot a man.