Doomsday city

"Try to pray, Esther, your voice will be heard by the loving Father."

In front of the majestic statue, Esses looked up at the human figure carved out of the stone, with her hands hanging on the cross. The pastor touched her head and asked her to knelt on the carpet and pray to the heavenly father with her hands clasped.She was as docile as a sheep, she followed all the rules with her head up, and then fell silent.

"Esther, do you have anything to say to Heavenly Father? Sad or happy, He will accommodate us all." The pastor kindly encouraged the young girl. He stood beside the statue, his firm eyes reflected the glass The colorful colors revealed, Esses just looked up at him and the cold stone statue behind him.

"Dear Heavenly Father," Esther said slowly, and she heard her own voice echoing in the empty church, "Are you willing to tolerate a demon?" It was like a mother whispering and angrily insulting her as a demon after she did something wrong. , sinful souls crawling up from hell, born into the evil of this world through a woman's womb.

"Esther," the pastor asked, holding her hand in surprise, "what are you talking about?"

"Pastor, you said that Heavenly Father will tolerate everything about me, even if I am a devil, He will love me, right?"

Esther was lying in bed when she awoke.

A bed, a bed with a soft mattress and a dry quilt, surrounded by ordinary furniture, even dried flowers on the bedside table?God, how long has she not seen such a beautiful flower, Esther thought dizzily.She tried to move her body, but the sense of powerlessness coming from her bones told her that it was best not to even move a finger now.

"I'll leave the rest to you, don't break things anymore..." At this moment, small voices came from outside the door, the off-white door slowly opened, and Vinoya, wearing a doctor's robe, met Esses's confused eyes , The two were stunned for a moment, and then the doctor gently closed the door, and said, "Neeming? Headache?" She said as she walked, pulled Esther's wrist to check her pulse, and then opened her eyelids to look at it. .

"Water..." Her throat was almost split open.

Vinoya got up and poured a glass of water for her and fed it to her mouth, "You still have the effect of tranquilizers on your body, which will last for about half a day, if you want to drink water or are hungry, just say so, and I will find someone to assist you. "She put the water glass on the bedside, and Vinoya was not in a hurry to leave.

Esther raised her eyes to look at her, and the doctor suddenly put his hand on her cheek, his fingertips gently ran down the earlobe to the neck, and said, "Your injury will heal quickly," her voice was no longer indifferent, but It was a steady voice with a touch of breath, whispering, "Charlotte knows about me, about the... changes after the injection of inhibitors."

She tentatively interpreted the mutation as a benign reaction.

It took a few seconds for Esther to come to her senses from her disorganized thoughts.They broke into the abandoned campus for supplies, while Vinoa and Charlotte were assigned to the medical building to investigate.Those graduate students who habitually stayed up late all turned into zombies. If Vinoa didn't use his mutated mobility to save Charlotte, neither of them would be able to escape from the zombie cave, so Charlotte discovered the big secret.

According to Vinoa's report, Charlotte decided to study the mysterious relationship between Henau virus, evolution and the human body.

"Then I..." Esses was a little nervous and wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Vinoa.

"She needs the experimental serum and I will cooperate with her. As for the fact that you can quickly heal the wound, just—you, me and Charlotte know for the time being." She didn't want Ingrid or Frieda to know, they It is strong enough even if it is not mutated. As for Mabel, the doctor is not sure to control her actions, and the artist's ideas are always unpredictable.

Esther nodded wearily to express her understanding, the sedative effect in the blood made her dizzy.

The hand caressing her neck went up slightly, along the earlobe and then back to the cheek. The doctor's important fingertips were touching the corners of Essers' lips. What is the meaning in the eyes that are as dark as a moonless night.

It wasn't until Vinoa pressed her cool lips to hers, and hesitantly and gently rubbed them a few times, that Esther turned from puzzlement to shock.She couldn't even raise her hand, and what was even more surprising was that she didn't want to refuse the kiss. Whether it was because the majesty exuded by Vinoa made her feel at ease, or because she really wanted to be loved, Essers didn't resist.

The doctor put one hand on the side of the pillow, raised her chin to allow Esses to open her mouth to get closer to each other, she lightly poked the tip of her tongue in, savoring the softness like a butterfly sucking nectar, and then kissed deeper and deeper, almost To swallow Esther in his stomach.

Just before his sanity broke, Vinoya stepped on the brakes urgently in his heart.She stopped all her actions, and said to Esther who was blushing and panting, "It seems that you don't hate me?" Although it was a question, her tone sounded affirmative, and she was sure that Essers did not hate her.

"You're almost crazy, Eli. At that time, you looked like a zombie. If you weren't breathing, I would have smashed your head with a crowbar." Those dark eyes were always staring at you. Esses, she will never forget Esses madly attacking zombies with an umbrella, let alone her appearance after being attacked by fear.

Essers didn't answer, in fact, she even forgot how to get herself out of the girls' dormitory.

Everything is so blurry.

"...Thank you for not smashing my head?" Esses was silent for a few seconds and tried to ease the atmosphere. After all, the low pressure from Vinoa was enough to make it snow outside.It's a pity that her words didn't have any effect, the other party still stared at her with suppressed eyes, Essers knew that Vinoya's eyes were always focused, which was also her advantage.

"You were almost crushed by the pressure in your heart, just like when you were on the Hellship." She pulled out the wrist that Essus had cut, and there was a light-colored scar on it, which was the proof that she cut it off with her own hands after the breakdown, "Listen Now, you are different from us, you feel guilty, you feel very guilty when you kill those zombies, even though you know they are not human anymore."

Esses quietly looked away, and Vinoa immediately pinched her chin to force her eyes to meet.

"You want to escape?" Vinoa's words made her start to tremble, "Your escape will only make the situation worse! Tell me, Eli, do you have any way to divert your guilt?"

"...No." Esses felt her lips trembling violently, trembling uncontrollably as if standing in the snow for three hours.She has long since lost her faith, because she knows that the benevolent Heavenly Father can tolerate anyone, but definitely not her, because the devil is the enemy of the Heavenly Father.

Ignoring Essers' objections, Vinoya pulled her into her arms, pressed her head lightly on her chest like a mother holding a child, and said, "Listen to me now." Follow the resonance and it sounds humming.

Esther lowered her eyes and focused on the doctor's strong heartbeat.

Vinoya maintains the posture, letting Essers lie on her chest, and every time Essers breathes, the warm breath will sprinkle on her clothes. She asks Esses to count her heartbeats, and Vinoa is also counting her The number of breaths, "Are you afraid of zombies?" She asked softly.

Esther closed her eyes and nodded.

"Are you afraid of killing zombies?" Vinoya stroked her hair, running her fingers through it one by one.

The sharp question made Esses feel as if she had been pricked by a needle. She frowned and nodded again. Every time she recalled the feeling of the iron rod hitting the zombie, she felt uncomfortable.

Vinoya pulled Esses up, looked at her flustered eyes and emphasized, "So are you afraid of death?"

──"Would you tolerate a demon?"

A childish voice that belonged to her suddenly sounded, and Esses couldn't help shedding tears, from choking to sobbing, and then howling, her heart-piercing crying made other people in the room rush, After opening the door, I saw Vinoa tightly hugging Esses who was lying on top of her and gasping.

Ingrid looked surprised. She pursed her lips and was about to move forward, but was stopped by Vinoa raising her hand with a cold face. At the same time, Charlotte also held Ingrid's arm.

"It's okay, I'm also afraid of death, you don't need to be brave," she patted Esses's hot back, and Vinoa whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, everything will pass, you will become stronger and stronger, So there is no need to rush to change anything, we all need time to grow, we must support each other to tide over the difficulties, if you feel that you can't bear it, let us help you, anything, as long as you are willing to speak and believe."

Mabel listened to Vinoah's words, smiled lowly and told the onlookers to go out and lead them to the door.

"Don't promise me, Eli," Vinoa wiped away her tears, and retracted her hand after confirming that Essers had vented her fragile emotions. "You just need to remember what I said."

"Hmm." Esses took a breath, her nasal voice made her sound like she was being coquettish.

Vinoya raised her eyebrows and stared at her for a while. She looked like a resident doctor, with one hand propped on the edge of the bed, her head hanging down, she didn't know what she was thinking, "I know, I thought you were a zombie. Do you still feel anything outside of your head?" The corner of the doctor's mouth was tightly pursed, as if holding back his anger every time.

Esther hesitated for a few minutes, then shook her head honestly.

She didn't want to make Winoya angry.

"I was thinking that it's a pity that I didn't kiss you." Her voice was so low that Esther couldn't react for a while.

"...what?" It took her a moment to find her tongue and reorganize how to use it.

Esther wondered if she was hallucinating again, or was she still in the storage room of the girls' dormitory?Or maybe she has been bitten to death by zombies, and this is the kingdom of souls?Weird, even spooky!Vinoa York - the doctor who keeps yelling at her sullenly and says it's a pity he didn't kiss her?

"Eli, I said that your emotions are easy to show on your face." Vinoya pinched her chin and looked at her. There was some stream of light in her dark and cold eyes. The temperature could be called a smile, and it was as gentle as a lake. Ripples on her face swayed.

The doctor said helplessly: "Yeah, it's a damned terrible pity, isn't it?"