How To Be Misunderstood as a Villain in a Zombie Apocalypse

Chapter 7. Ice is just as good as fire (complete)

Hampton is not the largest city in Elsa. However, when asked to choose the city with the greatest gap between rich and poor, it always takes first place.

Hampton was a major transportation hub and was surrounded by wide plains and a wide river. It was the optimal condition for a factory to be built. As Cybele’s buildings came in, poor farmers and dairy workers headed to the factory.

As a result, wealthy factory owners settled in the center of the city, and poor employees settled in the outskirts. But even then, there are some characters who cannot join in.

Wanderers.

“They couldn’t find a house in the Hamptons. So we built a shantytown on the outskirts of the city. Lay the foundation, erect the pillars, and put on the roof. Actually, it’s not just a Hamptons phenomenon. It was like that in all cities. Then the cities of Elsa used a trick.”

“How?”

“Incorporate the shantytown into the city, impose heavy taxes on the people living there, drive them out, then tear down the shantytowns, build cheap houses, and sell them at high prices.”

In this way, the city grew bigger and bigger. But the wanderers did not stay still. He stood up holding a weapon.

“I’m not saying the people in the shantytown did well. Because illegal occupation is true. But if you look at it that way, Hampton City is equally guilty.”

In other words, it was a kind of overstepping of authority, no different from driving out a person who was sleeping on the streets in Gyeonggi Province from Seoul City. As a result, the issue developed into a fight between Hampton and local government officials rather than an armed uprising by wanderers.

“A nasty lawsuit ensued and Hampton eventually surrendered. That’s why I built this apartment. The name was pretty. ‘Pruitt-Igo’ apartment complex. Only the person who wrote it knows what it means. From the outside it looks pretty stylish. The problem is.”

Camilla tapped the wall. All kinds of sounds were still coming from the front, back, above, and below without any filtering. I could even hear the sound of the toilet flushing in the downstairs bathroom.

“It was built in this shape.”

“Oh my God.”

“There is a story that it was built like this on purpose. Eventually, people left and this place became a slum. And when the Syndicate took over here, a completely different situation unfolded.”

The fact that it was not soundproofed was actually an advantage. If a zombie appeared somewhere, anyone could easily ask for help.

CCTV installed in each room by the syndicate also helped with security. In a situation where the government is not functioning properly and the market order is collapsing, the overwhelming violence here was a ‘fair order’ that everyone could accept.

“Isn’t it funny? A huge hideout created for crime has become the safest market in the city. Other buildings are also occupied by large and small organizations, but they are much worse than this one. Even the Goddess of Hunger doesn’t know what’s going on inside. “You will be covering your eyes and blocking your ears.”

The sun was setting over Hampton City. Hampton’s bare face, revealed in the sunset, was dirty. Suddenly a siren sounded.

– 「Zombie outbreak in District 16. Earth 16 zombie outbreak. Please evacuate into the building immediately. Please evacuate into the building immediately.”

The sound of gunshots could be heard up to here. No screams are heard. That’s how it is. Violence has a greater impact than screaming. Camilla yawned slightly. I suddenly became curious.

“How did you know all this?”

“First of all, I received training several times. That’s how we can find applicants. I often came here to get things. Anyway, it’s not my first time coming here. It was a different name and a different look back then. By the way, today was really hard, wasn’t it?”

It is true. It was long and long. I woke up early in the morning and was busy moving around, almost revealing my identity, and being dragged around to get a temporary ID card. But the most tedious thing was issuing temporary ID cards.

Acquiring a new identity in the city was similar to ‘marrying Bill Gates’ daughter.’

First, he went to Bill Gates and got his approval by saying, ‘My son is the CEO of the World Bank, so let’s marry your daughter.’

Then, he went to the Chairman of the World Bank and received his approval by saying, ‘My son is Bill Gates’ son-in-law, so please give him the position of CEO of the World Bank.’

It is a very crude method, but it can be applied in many places just by changing the subject and object. What Camilla did was essentially similar. I just did it several times.

Because of that, I was extremely tired when I arrived at the ‘Beehive’.

Verify your identity more than 20 times a day and go through ‘Select all photos that contain buses among the following’ about 10 times, then use ActiveX instead. It was similar to when I installed and uninstalled the ‘security’ program that had been converted to an exe more than five times, rebooted about three times, and then saw the ‘Not enough available memory’ balloon help message.

“Now that I think about it, I couldn’t say thank you.”

Camila sat in her chair and swung her legs.

“What thanks?”

“Thanks to you, I was able to avoid getting caught by brokers. Also, you did as I said the whole time I was looking for an ID. If you get one thing wrong there, I’m dead there. “You too, but I’m still grateful that you trust me.”

That was true. The questions were sharp and delicate. Camilla is devastated because she gave us the expected questions and answers.

If I had bad intentions and said, ‘This woman tricked me,’ Camilla would have died right away.

“Thank you, Camilla. “You had a hard time too.”

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Camilla laughed and she stood up quietly. She turned on her phone’s flashlight and looked around, until she found a shiny lens.

She thought she was going to put some tape on it, but she didn’t. Instead, she pulled open the door and cleverly angled herself to block her lens.

“John. “Do you want to come here?”

Camilla called me toward the bathroom entrance. There was a camera in the bathroom, but Camilla covered it with a shower curtain.

“Yes.”

“How do I look?”

“Honestly, it’s a mess. “He looks like a frog prince.”

Perhaps it was because of her tension and relaxation, the smell of canned saury, and the fact that she was wearing too many clothes, Camilla smelled amazing. Of course, I’m in the same situation, so it’s not for me to say anything.

“Then you know.”

Camilla placed her finger on my chest.

“Remove the curse on me. “Please cast a spell so that I can turn back into a woman.”

– Ang. Ah. Aha, more, more!

Camilla and I both burst into laughter at the sudden voice. I was shocked that something like this happened before I could set the mood.

So, she cupped her face and kissed her. He kissed her and took off her clothes one by one. Her outer clothes fell off with a thud. The back of Camilla’s hand tapped my thigh.

Camilla’s face heated up.

“But there it is.”

“Yes.”

“How far did she go with that woman?”

– Bang! Bang!

I hear gunshots coming from somewhere.

* * * * *

Hampton, District 4. Leticia’s apartment.

Evening.

Leticia returned home. Before she even took off her uniform, she opened the refrigerator and drank a can of beer. It’s the last drink she’s been saving. I was going to go to the ‘Beehive’ to get some alcohol tomorrow, so I drank the last remaining beer generously.

“Big.”

Diriririn. Diririririn. The phone rang. Leticia answered the phone unpleasantly.

– Uh, Leticia? I was at home.

“Oh, brother.”

It was a call from my older brother, Hameln. ‘At least it’s better than a work phone call.’ Leticia took it as a small consolation.

– I looked into something you asked me to look into before. Director Virginia Helford. There were so many rumors that I couldn’t tell what was real. So, I only looked into some famous stories.

“Yeah, wait a minute…” Uh. “I prepared a memo.”

– You know how the Römer nobles work, right? They force their children into power struggles from an early age. We only postpone killing and killing until after adulthood. By the way, Virginia was bitten by a poisonous snake in her childhood. Because of the snake venom, her skin and hair turned white, and her eyes also turned purple.

“I heard that story.”

– But, there is one more thing. Doesn’t she leave one bullet behind?

Leticia was surprised. It was like that. During the Rambert chase, Virginia had one bullet left in her revolver. Still, Virginia sheathed her gun, saying, ‘I’ve used up all my bullets.’

“Oh, right. What’s the matter?”

– That story is famous here too. He is an expert marksman, but he never fires the last bullet. Even while taking the risk of being disadvantaged because of it.

“Why is that?”

– It’s a rumor, but it’s so absurd that even stories like this go around, so just understand. When she was bitten by a poisonous snake, she made a wish to the devil in the Helford family crypt. That family is a bit vicious, and there are rumors that they keep a devil locked up in the basement.

Leticia had also heard of Halford’s viciousness. In fact, it is necessary to do so if you do not want to lose the position of Senate President in the Römer political world where all kinds of intrigues are rampant.

“But?”

– So I guess I was cursed instead of being saved. When I fire my last bullet, it will inevitably hit the one I love the most.

“… What opera?”

– Isn’t it funny? But they say all the Halford family members are like that. The whole point is not to use the last bullet. As if I had made a promise. They said it was a family curse. Well, I think it’s okay to say this because it’s a story that everyone in the know knows.

Thinking that this was a strange thing, Leticia waited for her to continue. But her next words were disappointing.

– That’s it. When Virginia Helford was young, no one knows where she was, except that she was bitten by a snake. It hasn’t been long since I showed up in public. And then the President of the Senate sent Virginia to her Elsa. I don’t know why. Is it for promotion in the military or exile? What. Like this?

“Thank you, brother.”

– What. Erza’s situation is getting worse…

“It will get better.”

* * * * *

Chimera Provincial Disease Control Bureau Laboratory, 30km away from Hampton.

It was late at night. The office was empty. Nevertheless, Cassandra claims to be on duty and is analyzing blood samples.

By analyzing the blood of a person suspected of being infected, it is determined whether or not the person is infected with the Cro virus.

If you work two full days, today and tomorrow, you can free up one day. She was happy to take a day off to see him.

I drink strong coffee, rub my sleepy eyes, and test my blood again and again. Detection. Not detected. Tracking required. Detection.

Any other researchers would have seen that Cassandra was doing something strange. She is now doing the same experiment twice.

And if she had been more attentive, she would have seen that Cassandra was injecting drop by drop of the ‘inactivated Crovirus’ into her blood as a control.

“… Eww. Neither is this. “This isn’t it either.”

But soon, it is carefully discarded. Cassandra tore open her notebook and placed it in the three seasons. The machine made a rattling sound, but soon became quiet.

The deep fatigue came again. Cassandra took a sip of her cold coffee.

‘Maybe I’m doing something in vain.’

I look down at the pile of twisted springs gathered under my desk. These are traces of her spring notes that she threw away.

Cassandra wrote numerous formulas and proofs, and when she failed, she changed them to three terms. I put the spring with the torn page in a box under the desk. And now, it’s time for her to empty the fifth box.

‘Will I be able to find the answer by filling in the next box? Will the world hold out until then?’

Cassandra lowered her head. But she got up again. She bit her lower lip until it bled.

“Cassandra must atone to the world.”

I look at the ceiling with watery eyes. She was given artificial tears to make her tears flow. When truth and lies are mixed, it just becomes lies. So Cassandra didn’t cry.

“I can’t rest.”

But her mood had already subsided. Cassandra weakly picked up her next sample. And, she smiled slightly.

This is a sample of ‘He’.

“… Also. We are… “We can’t break up.”

She said he smelled good. This is a trait not found in ordinary people. Maybe she could be the key to that.

The three companions of ‘him’ were also put into the analyzer and run. After a while, the analyzer spit out the results.

“… ?”

Cassandra tilted her head.

Something was strange about the numbers. There is no way the machine was wrong. She discarded the sample and ran the test again. This time she did not carry the ‘inactive Crovirus’. She got the same number as before.

“There was definitely only one woman?”

Three people appeared on the screen that showed him. One ugly man who looked like a frog, one fat man, and one woman who was fatter than both of them combined.

However, the gender analysis results show that there are two women and two men. And he is definitely a ‘man’. She still remembers the feeling of his body touching hers, the feeling of his teeth rubbing against her driver’s seat.

“… You.”

That frog-looking guy,

“It was a woman.”

She was a b*tch who looked like a frog.

“… What are you doing? Why do the two people’s analysis results overlap? Why? Why? What is the relationship between you two? “What did you two do?”

Cassandra chewed her thumb. I think we need to hurry up and meet up.