Chapter 20. Patriot (30)
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Same time, city hall records room.
Leticia was pacing back and forth around the room, and Cassandra was focused on her monitor, feeling like she was being sucked in. And Camilla broke the gripper she found in her desk drawer. In the end, Leticia became angry.
“Oh my god, there are no such thing as zombies! What are these crazy people doing now? Is that a cult initiation ritual or something? “I was worried that I might die from a zombie bite, but it looks like it was worn away by people before that!”
The video sent from the RV helicopter was literally spectacular.
Thirteen half-naked women surrounded John, who was almost naked, and were stroking his body. It did not approach within a certain distance, as if trapping John in an invisible cage, but instead stretched out his arms and started waving them around.
That alone was ridiculous, but what was even more absurd was what happened next. The women who were rubbing John to their heart’s content put their hands to their noses and smelled him. There was a woman who couldn’t touch him because there were too many competitors, so she stuffed his clothes into her body instead. And they all coughed loudly. Except for one person.
“This woman doesn’t cough.”
Considering that she broke three grippers, Camilla was quite cool-headed. Camilla pointed to a woman a little further away from her group. Unlike the other women who only looked at John, this woman looked at both the men and the women holding her rifle. She had the appearance of a commander.
“It’s quite interesting.”
Cassandra had no facial expression. Camilla and Leticia stared at her. However, Cassandra did not give a single glance, but instead pointed alternately at the women and men.
“Look at these women. It is similar in many ways to the symptoms of acute zombification. It’s only when my body temperature rises that I try to take off my clothes. “Keeping coughing is a symptom of a viral infection.”
“Virus infection symptoms?”
“Yes. John poured a can of pheromone spray on himself. Also an improved version. “He knew it worked well against zombies, but there wasn’t much data on humans, and this was an opportunity to find out.”
Camilla pondered Cassandra’s words.
According to Cassandra’s words, those women are now infected with John’s Cro virus. A pheromone that makes even zombies, who regard everything in the world as edible food, think of them as compatriots. It was now showing great power against people.
Cassandra calmly pointed to each person and explained.
“It’s so addictive that I keep trying to touch John’s body. They keep coughing because they collide with the Cro virus that was already in their bodies. The virus will spread during the coughing process. Look. The men in the back are coughing too. “It’s spreading.”
“Then what about this woman? “She’s fiddling with this girl too, but she’s not coughing.”
Camilla pointed to the woman who appeared to be her leader. Cassandra tilted her head.
“So she’s more interesting. Why is she different than this woman? It would be nice if there was a way to contact Johan. She asked me to find out what the difference was between that woman and the other 19 people….”
“It’s impossible. John, you hid spray and cell phones in the chocolate shop. “Everyone saw it, right?”
Leticia shook her head.
John knew that the three women were watching him using an RV helicopter and an RV car. He waved his hand demonstratively, took out each piece of equipment, shook it, and hid it in the store cabinet. Then he confidently contacted the fanatics.
“… Just come back. Because it will be so smashed. “For now, let’s stick to the plan we planned in advance.”
A crunching sound came from Camilla’s hand. Leticia looked at other cameras. A military police zombie with chains wrapped around her arms was walking down the street. The battle uniforms were worn, but the appearance was almost the same.
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Catherine sent a polite proposal to Huth.
“Our target is the public health center in Silvertown. I can’t tell you the details, but we’ll be doing a very short job there and then escaping from the central district. I’m making this request with the authority of a supervisor, hut. “We would like you to accompany us.”
“That is troublesome. “I just wanted to save you, I don’t want to act like you.”
Huth showed reluctance, but Catherine did not back down.
“We will protect you.”
Twelve women looked at Hoot with their mouths watering. Huth tried to shake his head once again, but Catherine and Elian took the lead and made several suggestions.
The scouting party supplies necessary supplies to Huth, but Huth does not distribute them to the scouting party. When collecting, distribution is made fairly, but if you need anything, take care of it at your own risk.
“Instead, it is a condition of moving with us.”
In the end, Huth agreed.
“Good.”
For several days, the group moved forward slowly. The forward speed was very slow because the streets were covered in zombies and sirens sounded frequently.
In the end, the party had to use the building as a stepping stone. The idea was to completely blockade one building, take supplies, and then move to the next building once you had what you needed.
It was easy at first. Since the width of the building was narrow, it was enough to build a temporary bridge using appropriate planks or iron plates to cross. But soon a situation came where I had to run on the road with my own two feet.
Hoot showed his true value in the process. He was a very smart man. While he moved around without attracting the zombies’ attention, he also used the silent fighting method of strangling zombies by hanging a noose around their necks, and also avoided their gaze by setting up a clock that set an alarm far away and running away.
There was not a single complicated technique, and anyone could easily follow it. However, Catherine and Elian’s scouting party were impressed not by his flashy skills, but by his natural ability to act at the right time and place. Even men who were jealous of Hoot acknowledged his mastery.
“Where is your hometown? Have you come to the central district often? “You are very skilled.”
The thirteen women praised Hoot whenever they had the chance and tried to find out even a little bit of information. Except for Catherine, the remaining twelve were particularly active. It was because he had made a bet as to whether it was a handgun or a sawed-off shotgun hidden between his underwear when his pants were removed.
Each time, Hoot politely pushed them away, but did not shut her up.
Thanks to Elian’s scouting party, they learned that Huth was the only man in the family who supported his mother, aunt, and grandmother, and that he lived outside for more than 20 days a month, collecting supplies and delivering them to his home before setting out on a wandering journey again. I accepted the explanation that all three women had a ‘bad illness’ and had come to this dangerous central district to get high-quality medicine.
“Are you not planning on joining a religious order? We can take care of not only you but your whole family. “I would welcome any man as capable as you.”
The offer to join continued, but Hoot just smiled and shook his head.
“That’s the way the times are, right? Our neighbors become evil spirits, our relatives sell us out… Our family was greatly hurt. Mother. Aunt. Grandma… “I will have to go back to the world someday, but before that, I need time for my wounds to heal.”
“People who believe in Goddess are not like that. We are all family. We share and share everything. “You too can become a family member in the arms of the Goddess.”
“I don’t care. Because my family comes first. “Until they are ready, I can’t decide on my own.”
Huth was stubborn in this regard. Although the women thought that Huth was a bit of an even-tempered man, he also came to understand the sense of duty that came from being the only man in the family. In the end, I kissed him lightly on the cheek and broke up.
“Because the door is always open.”
But women also could not reach a certain level. This was because the male crew members were looking at me with jealousy. Whenever women wore clothes that were even slightly revealing or rubbed their bodies against the hoot, jeers or dry coughs were heard.
“If your throat hurts, drink water! Even zombies with their heads blown off will hear your cough and come visit!”
“Why are you coughing too, but only at us?”
It was Catherine who was in trouble. She was moving forward thanks to Huth and Elian’s efforts, but her speed was too slow. No matter how she tried to get food, there was no way to get her bullets. It was also unknown how long this good luck would continue. Coughing among the crew was also a problem. Both the male and female crew members were sneezing worse.
“Elian, the cold medicine isn’t working at all?”
Catherine looked at her Elian with concern.
“Normally, a cold lasts for a week if you take medicine and 7 days if you don’t, but this one is a little strange. I have symptoms of sore throat, mild burning sensation, and coughing due to dry throat… “It doesn’t get any better.”
“I said the symptoms were similar to the flu symptoms last time, right?”
“Except for one thing. At the time, I was so sick that I couldn’t move around, but that’s not the case anymore. Is it possible to suppress it by just drinking some water? But there is something else that I am really worried about. “Zombies.”
“Why the zombies, Elian?”
“Catherine. I guess zombies catch colds too. She sometimes sees guys snorting. “It even feels like the number of zombies with colds is increasing.”
Zombies were originally people too. And when people catch the Cro virus, they become zombies. That was Elian and Catherine’s common sense. So if a zombie gets sick, she can spread it to people. The opposite may of course also be possible.
Suddenly Catherine realized that something was strange with her.
“This never happened before her guy named Hut joined.”
“Yes. This never happened before I came to the central district. And Hoot doesn’t cough, right? “So do you, Catherine.”
“… That’s it, but. Eh, eh. I also do it lightly. No, and I think there’s something more important than that.”
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What was it? Catherine couldn’t remember. She even remembers writing down important information in a notebook, but she didn’t know which notebook it was, so it felt like she was pulling out everything she could find and opening it up. But she definitely had something to do with Hoot.
“What is it?”
“Hoot….”
“Yes, he is a good person. You took risks to save us. He’s even the one who supports his family of three. We are all like that, but we have an umbrella called a denomination. Hoot doesn’t have anything like that.”
“No, more than that…. “Don’t you all love hoots so much?”
A slight twitch occurred on Catherine’s face. Elian frowned at her as if asking what was the problem. But then, she smelled something good from somewhere. Catherine’s eyes opened slightly. Elian’s face lit up.
“Oh, Hoot?! “What the hell is going on?”
Hoot was standing in the doorway with sweat all over his body. Unbeknownst to Elian, she was overcome by her urge to lick the sweat. Although she came to her senses as Catherine outsmarted her self.
“Where did you sweat like this?”
Catherine wiped Hoot’s sweat with her sleeve. It was a very natural impulse. It’s as if it’s as natural as sleeping when you’re sleepy and eating when you’re hungry.
“I went on some reconnaissance. “I’m trying to find a quick way to the public health center.”
“Huh?! Without saying?”
“I can’t go, huh, I was going to go, right?”
Elian rushed towards her in her anger, but Catherine stopped her. Then she pushed her face into her hoot. It felt great to feel the heat on my skin, but now it was time to get to work.
“So did you find a way out?”
“I found it. It’s a road without many humanoid zombies. But there are beast-type zombies, so you need a firearm. A herd of leopards is camped out. “But we’re short on ammunition, right?”
“Why are you worrying about us?”
Elian slapped Huth on the arm. Rather than hitting her, it would have been better for her to have wiped him with her palm.
“I’m not worried about you guys. I’m worried about my family. I have to go back quickly. “Aren’t you like that too?”
“… If you’re that worried about bullets, there’s a way. “I have to go back a little bit, though.”
In the end, Catherine made her decision.
“But Catherine, that place!”
“I know. It’s a place you don’t touch unless it’s really dangerous. It’s also a savings just in case. And now is the time for us to capitalize on those savings. Twenty-one people can’t die out here.
Now that an unexplained cough continues to spread and a connection with zombies is raised, the question is either complete the mission as quickly as possible or give up quickly. First of all, we don’t even have a Humvee, right? To get it back, we need firepower. And you, Hoot.”
Catherine pressed the palm of her hand against Huth’s chest.
“What is it?”
“We have guaranteed your freedom to some extent now, but not in the future. You need to be under our watch. The place we are going to go to is the church’s supply warehouse, a place that is not known to the outside world. If an outsider found out, they would die. I don’t want to do that to you. Please don’t let me hurt you.”
Catherine continued speaking quickly as if she was reciting the terms of her insurance policy. She was such that even Elian was a little dumbfounded. Hut sighed deeply.
“… There is still sufficient surveillance. What more should I do? Should I at least hand over my gun?”
“No. By my side… At least don’t stay away from Elian. Other women may think of you, but I’m different. “Because it guarantees your safety.”
Elian felt a strange sense of heterogeneity. ‘Surely she didn’t say earlier that Catherine liked everyone too much?’ She remembered what she had said. But she was concerned that Catherine was secretly trying to rub her breasts against Hoot, so the first thing she did was pull Hoot’s body slightly back.