Chapter 43: Who Do You Think Caused This Calamity?
As I watched her lower her head, cover her head, and groan, a sense of foreboding gradually grew in my heart.
Then I noticed her title was slowly changing.
Her title suddenly turned red, but it didn’t represent killing intent. If you ask why, it’s because it was written above her head.
[Zombie (Awakened)]
[Rationality Loss Abstinence Syndrome Viral Spread]
The text, which originally had only two lines, became three. Below her name, another line appeared, saying “Rationality Loss Abstinence Syndrome Viral Spread.” I also received information from somewhere.
This seemed to be text indicating the target’s current state, a more advanced system than the previous method of distinguishing emotions by color.
Before, since one color represented multiple emotions, a more specific distinction couldn’t be made. All I knew was that black and red were dangerous, green and blue were safe, and white and gray were indifferent.
But recently, the colors have become increasingly complex. A girl’s thoughts are truly unpredictable, and her emotions change too richly, with various colors mixing together, making it impossible to understand what the other person means.
It seems to be a new ability developed after Yata no Kagami stabilized. I don’t know why I know these things, it’s as if the knowledge was directly transmitted into my brain. I suddenly understood these things.
It’s useless to tell me this now. Tell me the solution! The solution!
“Ughhhhhh!”
“Damn it!”
Li Nai suddenly raised her head and rushed at me with extreme speed, as if to tackle me to the ground.
Bad, bad, bad!
She’s really turned into a zombie! This girl!
Speaking of which, aren’t zombies usually slow? Uh, speaking of which, zombies in recent zombie movies act like rabid dogs.
At this moment, Li Nai’s skin had turned almost gray, her eyeballs had rolled back to reveal whites, and her half-open mouth was dripping saliva.
She dumbly extended both hands and placed them on my shoulders, bringing her head closer.
“Ooooh oh oh oh oh oh!”
I pushed her face with all my might, and with my other hand, I pushed her chest. Although I felt softness, I didn’t have time to appreciate it.
Because she was getting closer and closer!
Her gaping mouth touched my nose, and her breath touched mine. Seeing that I couldn’t stop her anymore, I gritted my teeth, pressed down on the back of her head, and slammed my forehead into hers. With a bang, our foreheads collided.
Ugh, that hurt—damn it, I’m a little dizzy. Is this girl’s head made of iron?
At the same time, the hand I had placed on her chest moved upwards to her jaw, forcing her mouth shut.
Li Nai began to grimace, emitting low groans of “Uhm, uhm, uhm, ehhh,” and rubbing her gums against my cheek, smearing saliva all over my face.
Fortunately, I had already turned my face away and pushed my mouth to the side. Otherwise, her saliva would have definitely gone into my mouth. If her saliva accidentally splashed into my mouth, who knows if it would turn me into a zombie too. I had to avoid contact with her saliva as much as possible.
The situation is urgent. I don’t know how long I can hold her back. If she really bites me, I’m truly screwed. I don’t know if the organization has a cure for the zombie virus. No, before that, I hope I won’t be mistaken for a fodder zombie A and killed by the protagonist.
However, to others, our actions seemed like a display of affection. We were being pointed at and talked about by passersby.
“Really, young people nowadays are hugging and kissing in the street. How indecent!”
“Wow! Someone beat me to it! I didn’t realize the class monitor was like this too! I was too careless!”
“Uh, that pose, doesn’t it look a little strange? And the guy looks like he’s struggling a bit.”
“They must be kissing too hard! How enviable, having a girlfriend like that must be awesome.”
Take off that “awesome” part. I’m really going to die now!
Damn it, the crowd of onlookers nearby seems to be growing! I can’t stay here any longer!
The only way now is to use my ability to make her shut up temporarily, so I can take her away from this place.
I don’t know if my ability will work on zombies, but the situation is so urgent, I have no choice but to go for it!
Speaking of which, in this situation, Kuuga, can’t you lend a hand!
However, even though I shouted this in my heart, I received no response. It seems Kuuga is determined not to reveal his true form in front of others.
Hmph, if you don’t help, fine. I’ll get myself out of this predicament.
After moving my tongue and performing the action to activate my ability, I uttered the command with all my might.
“Get back, Li Nai!”
“Ahhhhh! Ehhhh!”
Although the effect wasn’t very significant, the mental pressure seemed to work. Li Nai didn’t retreat, but her head gradually moved away from me. Her whole body was trembling as if resisting my mental pressure.
Taking advantage of this moment, I quickly wiped the saliva from my face, and without a word, I picked her up and ran.
I need to get back to Black Street first! I can’t stay outside. Otherwise, once she breaks free, who knows if she’ll continue…
I fumbled to get my phone out of my pocket. I didn’t have time to call anyone to explain the situation, so I directly opened a map app to find the entrance to Black Street.
However, when it rains, it pours. More bad luck kept happening. The nearest entrance to Black Street was several hundred meters away. Who knows if she would have broken free by the time I reached there.
(She’s about to break free from your verbal restraint.)
“What!”
How could it be so fast!
And why are you only showing up now, Kuuga!
While complaining in my heart, I accelerated with all my might. As I was about to reach the alley where the entrance to Black Street was, Li Nai had already broken free!
Without a word, I threw her away. This is no time for tenderness. If she catches me again, I’ll definitely be bitten.
I grabbed Li Nai’s arms and used them like a shoulder throw, slamming her forcefully behind me. The moment I threw her, I regretted it.
Damn it! What if she loses interest in me and attacks someone else?
If the zombie virus spreads, things will become uncontrollable! The entire city will be completely ruined!
Fortunately, after Li Nai spun in the air an unknown number of times, she landed on all fours and then charged at me as if I were her target. Phew, that’s good. At least my target is still me.
Good, my foot!
Run!
But after breaking free, Li Nai’s physical abilities seemed to have improved again. My escape speed was no match for her pursuit speed. Even though Black Street’s entrance was only about twenty meters ahead, I was pounced on before I could reach it.
I felt her hand grabbing my pants. I desperately dragged myself forward on the ground. She, like a spider pulling its prey closer, clung to my pants and pulled with all her might. A tug-of-war on the ground began, and the rope was my pants. And, coincidentally, I wasn’t wearing jeans today, but sweatpants without a belt, so my pants were pulled down.
“Damn it, don’t pull my pants! You perverted zombie! Why did you turn into this!”
(She became like this because of the ‘abstinence phenomenon.’ Because she hadn’t eaten the most important thing for too long, the zombie virus began to spread.)
“What?! Eaten what?!”
I know what the abstinence phenomenon is. I saw the word in her status just now, but abstinence, abstinence, what is the abstinence phenomenon caused by? Could it be that Li Nai is…
(What do zombies eat, do I even need to say it?)
Although the situation was urgent, and my pants were already more than halfway down, I still thought according to Kuuga’s hint. My intuition told me this might be the only breakthrough.
What do zombies eat? Do they need to eat?
Light Novel
This iconic zombie move, I had always overlooked it. But in addition to attacking and infecting, its original meaning was ‘eating’.
“Human flesh?!”
(Bingo. Congratulations, you got it right. Now, what to do next is up to you to figure out.)
“Hey, wait, where am I supposed to find human flesh!”
Damn it, to restore Li Nai, I have to feed her human flesh, but being bitten by her could turn me into a zombie. This is simply unsolvable!
Human flesh. The situation became more and more urgent, but I became calmer instead.
First, to avoid contact with her bodily fluids, I cannot let her bite directly, so I must chop off human flesh and feed it to her mouth.
And the only person nearby now is myself. Whether she can recover by eating her own flesh is hard to say, so I will have to be the one to ‘sacrifice myself for the zombie’ by cutting off flesh to feed Li Nai.
But I don’t have anything sharp to cut meat with. All I have are my teeth. However, I, who can feel pain, can’t bring myself to gnaw off my own flesh.
If anyone can do it, please introduce them to me. I’ll take them as my master.
What should I do now… damn it, damn it, damn it.
I still can’t bring myself to bite off my own flesh, and I don’t know how much is enough. If just a little bit of minced meat is fine, but if a lot is needed to fill her stomach…
While I hesitated, she had already taken off my pants. I kicked off my pants and shoes together, gave her a kick, and then rolled over on my butt, backing away and shouting loudly.
“[Don’t move! Li Nai! Stop! Stop! Don’t come any closer!]”
Although I kept shouting commands and applying mental pressure, she seemed to be completely immune. She kept pulling at my pants and climbing up.
I could already feel her head reaching my thigh. I clamped her mouth with my thighs, but that wasn’t enough, so I pursed my lips, pressed my teeth against my upper lip, and used the ‘excuse’ ability to force her to speak, so she couldn’t bite me.
But she still resisted my spirit. The moment I made her shut up, she broke free and opened her mouth again. I controlled her to shut up again, and so it went, opening and closing in front of my underwear.
This scene seems a bit… problematic, in all aspects.
I felt a chill in my crotch. If she were to break free and bite that area at this moment… Ughhhh.
I don’t care anymore, I can only use my own flesh! I’ll bite my finger!
Which one, which one is it? That’s it! That’s it!
My left pinky finger! That finger that was reattached with someone else’s finger, but is now numb!
This is a godsend!
Realizing this breakthrough, I didn’t hesitate any longer. I brought my left pinky finger to my mouth and bit down hard!
The taste of blood spread in my mouth. Although that finger was numb, I still felt pain. No, perhaps it was psychological. Anyone who bites off their own finger would be deeply shaken.
At this moment, Li Nai also broke free from the ‘designated ventriloquism’ restraint, grabbed my shirt, and lunged at me to bite me!
As I leaned back, I spat out the finger from my mouth. With the help of thought acceleration, I aimed at her gaping mouth and spat out my fake hand.
Although it’s fake, it’s still human flesh!
It should be enough to eat human flesh!
Deactivating thought acceleration, the blood-stained, saliva-covered finger flew into her mouth. At the same time, I reached out and grabbed Li Nai’s neck, pulling her down towards my collarbone, making her close her mouth and swallow the finger.
“I can’t feed you with my lower body, so eat this similarly shaped cylindrical object!”
Oooooh! Recover, please recover!
Li Nai, whom I was holding down, struggled desperately. She struggled, and then… stopped struggling.
Just kidding, she stopped moving erratically.
I collapsed onto the ground, exhausted, and panted heavily. It was too much effort to suppress a zombie like this.
Phew, this should be fine. Please, no more problems.
But if I have to bite off another finger to feed her, I won’t be able to handle it. Right, I need to stop this finger from bleeding first, otherwise, If I lose too much blood, I’ll faint.
Wait, can I really let go of her now?
Has she recovered?
What if she suddenly tries to bite me again? I’ve truly exhausted my strength.
With various doubts, I called out softly.
“Li Nai?”
“Juncheng?”
I got a response. Judging by her reaction, she should have recovered.
After I let her go, she looked up, sat on my belly, looked around confusedly, and the first thing she said was:
“Huh? Why are you only wearing underwear? I didn’t expect Juncheng to have this kind of… *hiccup*.”
“Do you think this is *my* fault, damn it!”
Damn it, you’ve worn me out.
