[Hunter] How to kill a zombie

?She couldn't tell herself.Maybe what she should hate is not the knight or Pallstone, not the Arthur Graystone who chose the wrong one since "saving" her, nor the high-level man on Meteor Street who gave Arthur the virus.Should she hate herself?Every minute of her life brings infinite danger and pain to this world, but is it her fault?

Maybe.

To say who Zoe Corleone was, she was already dead. What is still alive now are the memories of some people and the virus that controlled her body.But it wouldn't be quite right to say that she wasn't controlled while she was alive.People can't help themselves wherever they are, it's better to say that after she died, she became more relaxed and free many times.The life of these ten years is the closest to her ideal life. She watched the works she wanted to see and did the things she wanted to do.It's even harmless, if you don't take into account the number of humans consumed each month.

Zoe also thought about giving her another two or three years, and when she felt that she was ready, she would turn herself in to Kim Fulishi, or Kate, or someone else trusted by the Hunter Association.Parisstone is definitely not good, it looks like a worry-free type.

"Can't it be because I finally saw you and wanted to talk?"

"If this is the case, you can go back." Zoe said, "I have other things."

The knight seems to be thinking about something, what is he thinking about?

"Okay," he sighed, "since you don't want to chat with me..."

Zooey thought he would pull out the antenna like before, or suddenly tell her that the antenna was already plugged in somewhere on her body, but no.The knight just sighed, the smile on his face disappeared, those emerald green eyes looked at her, so familiar yet strange, like a lake in which she had never drowned.

"...I want to ask you to help me recover my memory." He tilted his head and laughed again.

When Lucas woke up and found that Zoe was not around, he regretted and panicked for a moment. He felt that he should not have fallen asleep so easily, nor should he have believed her so easily.That's his sister. He has been with her day and night for more than ten years, and he knows the danger of that person better than anyone else.

The most silent people are often the most dangerous.

Everyone will explode when they are depressed to a certain extent, but he has never seen her angry once.She never speaks out against the oppression of her parents, even the disgusting ones.She lives according to their wishes, the only little resistance - the major she chooses in college, is also a moment of peace in exchange for all the freedom in her future life.

Lucas couldn't understand, he never could understand Zoe.Sometimes he even hoped that she would be angry, that she would vent her anger desperately.She must have had a lot of anger, and Lucas felt that if it had been him, he would have screwed everything up if he had been in her position.But she kept forbearing, it was something he couldn't understand.Sometimes he even felt that Zoe Corleone might not have a heart.

Her heart may have died long ago.If that's the case, it's good, and you don't have to endure too much pain.

It might not be kind to say it, but at the moment when Zoe killed his parents, Lucas even felt a little gloating in his heart.Those two people are not worthy of being parents at all, they are like animals.His thought at the time was: Sure enough, there would be such a day, if he had already done this, he would not have waited until now.

He didn't know much about what happened, and he didn't know where Arthur took her that day until much later, and he didn't know that she was still "alive", but turned into a "zombie".The corpses of his parents were quickly disposed of by those people, so he couldn't see the corpse scene.If possible, he would really like to see it, the scene must be very happy.

Turned into a zombie, Zoe can live without worries and even take revenge on the world that has not treated her kindly over the years.Lucas felt a little happy, but he knew Zoe, even if she turned into a zombie, she might not really blow up this fucking world.She won't do that.

She's so gentle, she wouldn't do that.

"Restore memory?" Zooey froze for a moment.

"Didn't you inherit Arthur's ability?" Said the knight, "His ability can not only erase other people's memories, or fabricate false memories, but also restore memories that have been erased. Real memories."

"True memories..."

"I have a memory that I can't find." The knight said with a smile, "Actually, that's why I took on the mission to approach Arthur. To restore the previous memory."

"But doesn't it matter if you don't remember?" Zoe said, "You have been here for so many years." And you are alive and well, and you have become a member of the famous Phantom Troupe (this is when the knight came to her house. I told her on the way, and by the way, the black-haired guest was their group leader Kurolo Rousiru, and it was only then that Zooey remembered that it was the black-haired kid who liked books).

"I know." The knight said, "I probably went to Arthur myself to ask him to erase my memory, and insisted that he not replace it with a false memory. Otherwise, I wouldn't have realized that I didn't have this part. Memories. But—well, it really wasn’t me who erased memories.”

Zooey frowned: "But, if it's the memory you want to erase, isn't it a very painful thing? Would you want to get those things back?"

"The past will catch up one day." The knight said with a smile, "Look, didn't I meet you?"

"May I think about it?"

"Of course," said the knight, "and I will pay you the money, you can decide the amount."

Zooey glanced at him inexplicably.

"I thought you were thieves, just grab what you want."

"You see, the head of the group paid you for the books. Don't look at us like this. Sometimes we will still act according to the rules." The knight said, "The most important thing is to do whatever you want. Haha, some of our group members will stick to it." Not paying for anything and having to snatch it is a thief style, but I am not like this. No one will say anything. Hey, they are some interesting people, and I should introduce you to them someday."

"A meeting between criminal gangs and dangerous elements? Let's forget it." Zoe said and started to send the knights away. "And I already know your leader."

"Eh? When did you meet the leader??" The knight said in surprise, "Ah, I see. You mean when you were in the bookstore? You may be able to chat. The leader also likes to read books." I don't know. Why, the knight hesitated when he said the last sentence.

"I've known Kuroro a long time ago."

"Eh--!?"

"Okay, let's go, I really have other things."

"and many more……"

After seeing off the knight, Zoe also packed up her things to see what she wanted to take to Lucas.I don't know if he's awake now, he looks like he hasn't slept in days, and it doesn't hurt to sleep a little longer.

However, do whatever you want.

It seemed that they really did whatever they wanted, and Zoe couldn't help but start to imagine what kind of people there were in their Phantom Troupe, and maybe one day they would really get to know each other.But these are not important.

The important thing is that what the knight said raised doubts in her heart.

If Arthur has the ability to change the memory of others... Then, has her memory been tampered with?And the ability to restore memory...can it be used to restore one's own lost memory?

Thinking of this, she went back to Lucas's residence and put away her things. By the way, she went to his room to check, and it turned out that he was already awake.

Zooey showed a smile: "You can sleep for a while."

Lucas seemed relieved to see her push the door open, but he didn't intend to go back to sleep.Instead, get out of bed and start getting dressed.

"How can there be so much time to sleep?" Lucas complained, "A gang of gangsters will participate in the auction on September [-]st, and a bunch of junk needs to be dealt with. Fuck... Hey, what are you laughing at?"

How should I put it, Zooey couldn't help thinking, seeing Lucas like this, she just couldn't help laughing.

It's great to be back.

Break wrist

One month passed quickly, and it was the end of August in a blink of an eye.

These days, Zoe has been working hard to repair the relationship with Lucas. There has been a gap of more than ten years between them, and it cannot be repaired just by saying "repair".Many times, there are still obstacles between the two of them getting along, and the sharp strangeness and stinging pain lie between them.However, since Lucas is willing to accept her, she is also willing to make efforts for it.

Lucas has really changed a lot.Zoe still remembered that he used to just stay in his room and play games, but he didn't expect that now he could take care of the entire family's affairs by himself, and he was even valued by other underworld members.It can be seen from the ten old man directly contacting him to give orders.When asked about it later, Lucas only downplayed it by saying he hasn't played games since then.

"Can you still read?" he asked Zooey.

The answer is of course yes, but at this moment, facing Lucas, Zooey suddenly understood.

Lucas' games and her books are just means for them to escape from reality, but Lucas is no longer escaping, and she still lives in that illusory world, trying to draw comfort from it.

"Actually, that's pretty good.