[Hunter] How to kill a zombie

Don't you want to go out with Arthur? "For the first time in such a long time, Arthur decided to let the knight follow him to deal with "business" matters, which can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The soothing and icy body temperature left him, like snowflakes that have been melted by the high temperature before falling.

He couldn't tell, but he realized he was stalling for time.The previous ones are just some high-sounding excuses.Sometimes he imagined, what if he was really just an assistant helping Arthur?

...But this is not good.The knight thought.not good at all.

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People are probably contradictory.

This seems to be the same with zombies.

Zooey knew that the knight was not Lucas, but she still couldn't help casting Lucas' figure on him.She knew that Arthur was simply kind to her, but she couldn't help but want more.

Today, Xia Ke and Arthur went out to run errands, leaving her alone to look after the house, and Zoe sat in her corner reading a book as usual.She picked out a random book Arthur had brought her, and it turned out to be a guide to beekeeping—she preferred to read novels herself, but it seemed good to read such practical books once in a while.Today is a rare sunny day on Meteor Street, with the sun shining into the house, there is no need for more lights to illuminate the pages of the book.Zoe was flipping through the book in a daze, and she wondered wildly, if she hadn't turned into a zombie, wouldn't she be a freshman in the Department of Literature at Bard University now?

Her father originally disapproved of her reading literature, thinking it was a useless subject, but fortunately, her mother still supported it.Mom was always supportive of her.In the end, Dad seemed to be persuaded by Mom. Although he was reluctant, he still gave her an expensive pen before saying goodbye-Zoe knew that this was his gesture of goodwill.

Bard's tuition isn't cheap, but her parents don't mind that.The Corleone family seems to have a reputation, and many people respect and fear their family.Zoe herself didn't know exactly what the family background was, but she could vaguely guess it.Contrary to people's imagination, Zoe's own life is actually not that different - she will go to school and participate in interest clubs like ordinary children, and she needs to pass the monthly and general exams, and her father will be angry if she fails the exam .But fortunately, her grades have been relatively stable. Although she is not in the top ten in her age, it is still acceptable.Sometimes she also felt that if she hadn't been admitted to Bard University (which is also one of the most famous institutions of higher learning in the world) with her own strength, her father would definitely not agree to let her go to the Department of Literature.

Thinking about it now, it all seems like a long time ago.The night when the mutation happened was still Xia Ye. She originally planned to go to school to settle down a month in advance, and get acquainted with the surrounding environment by the way—after all, she had never lived in such a distant place by herself.The weather was still very hot at that time, and the summer on Meteor Street was the rainy season, so it was always hot and humid. She still remembers thinking at that time whether she would rot soon, and whether she would still be conscious after rot, but who could have imagined , she actually found a solution to the problem by cannibalism.

Now that the season has entered late autumn, three or four months have passed without knowing it, and the knight and Arthur have become her new family members, but she still can't forget Lucas.She asked Arthur several times to let her speak to Lucas, but was refused.Of course she knew that after what happened like that, it was impossible for Lucas to still be willing to hear her voice, and even preferred that she was dead.Arthur, however, would tell her about his brother, who seemed to have been adopted by a friend of his father's and had recently been on the right track at school.She knew that the pain she had inflicted on him would not disappear easily, but she was relieved to hear that her brother was still alive and well.Maybe it was for the best, maybe it was best for her to disappear from his life.

After all, who wouldn't want to be around a zombie, would they?It's weird to think about it.Well, except for Arthur and the knight, but no matter how you think about it, these two can't be regarded as normal people, right?

Life on Meteor Street has a different kind of simplicity and innocence.Zooey recently began to feel that Arthur brought her to live here for no reason.Of course, the identity of a zombie is less likely to cause problems in such a place, and the occasional missing person will not be asked.But such a simple life made her feel at ease.

Zoe occasionally feels that she is becoming less and less human, both mentally and physically.Some kind of zombified virus runs in her blood, and she has only humans on her menu, and she has no particular aversion to the idea of ​​turning people into zombies, or eating other people.Zoe didn't know if she was afraid of these transformations, if she was gradually turning into a bloodless monster, but she didn't know how to stop this process.The two priests who she turned into zombies are still buried in the garbage dump in the backyard—torn apart, with limbs, torso, and head in different places, but the last time Zoe went to check, they were still dead. "Live.

The book in her hand said that bees die after they sting.Life is so fragile, but how on earth can you kill a zombie?

There was a reassuring touch to the pages beneath his hands.Zoe likes to read books, not only because she is mechanically repeating what the "living" Zoe loved to do every day, but also because it is a way for her to feel closer to "human beings".If she can be moved by books, does it mean that she is not completely devoid of humanity?

At this moment, there was some movement in the window.

Zooey raised her head and looked out of the window. The scene outside was the same as usual: endless mountains of garbage and a few wooden chairs that Arthur had left at the door.But the movement was still there, so she put down the book and went to the door and opened it.

Standing in front of her was a dark-haired boy with a tattoo of a cross on his forehead, much like the cross in a church.He looks about the same age as the knight, maybe a little older.When the boy saw her open the door, he neither flinched nor showed hostility, but looked a little surprised.

"I've come to find Arthur Greystone," he said.

"Arthur went out today." Zooey smiled politely, "What do you want from him?"

"He has something for me."

"Ah, so to speak..." Arthur seemed to have told her that someone might come to pick up things today, but Zooey didn't expect that the other party would be such a young child, "Come in and sit for a while, I'll get it for you .”

The boy nodded and walked into the room.

When Zooey was about to go to Arthur's room to find something to take, she suddenly remembered to ask the boy if he wanted something to drink, and found that his eyes were wide open, staring intently at the pile of books she piled in the corner.

"Are those... all yours?" the boy asked quietly.

"It should be Arthur's, but he brought it for me." Zooey walked to the side of the boy, "If you want to see it, you can take a look at it later."

"Have you seen all these?"

"Well, not all of them, but I've seen almost all of them." Zooey thought about it, "Arthur said that he would bring a new batch back soon, why?" She looked at the black-haired boy beside her, " Do you like to read books?"

"Do you like it..." The boy seemed lost in thought, then shook his head, "I don't know either."

But he didn't take his eyes off the books for a moment, and there was a certain hunger in his eyes.Zooey laughed seeing him, and stuffed a book that she thought was pretty good into his hand. "Then give this to you? Anyway, Arthur won't mind, you can take it back and read."

The other party's eyes suddenly locked on to her, as if seeing something incredible and puzzling.

"Send me?" he murmured.

"Oh, by the way, would you like something to drink? I can help you get some tea." Although the resources are scarce, thanks to the double efforts of Xia Ke and Arthur, their small store has always been rich in resource reserves.Zooey even felt that this place was almost as comfortable as her home in Youkexin except for the poor location.

The black-haired boy frowned: "No."

Zooey didn't think much, nodded and went into the house to help find something, and didn't see the strange look in the black-haired boy's eyes.

mutation

After the knight was ready, he went out to find Arthur, and the man was already waiting for him outside the house.

Arthur was uncharacteristically dressed in a neat suit, and his brown hair was pulled back in a bun.What is he going to do?The knight thought, maybe he could see the famous "Self-Defense Forces" under Arthur's command today.

This is a well-known thing.In addition to human trafficking, Arthur also kept a wave of children with the most potential under his command.No one knew what he was trying to do.Some people say that he is providing more thug resources to the underworld, and some people say that he wants to form an army by himself, or overthrow the rule of Meteor Street Presbyterian House. In short, there are countless rumors about this man, but so far no one has succeeded in bringing him down. fall.

On the one hand, it was said that it was because of the strength of the children Arthur trained; on the other hand, it was mainly because of Arthur's terrifying ability.It is said that the conflict between the House of Elders and Arthur has lasted for a long time, but the reason why they have not started the war openly is that apart from being a little jealous of Arthur's background in the gang, it is because there was a group of people who got rid of Arthur before, and the result was several Months passed without any news, and finally people found out that the killers