Chapter 11 (Lead The Way)

That happened many years ago, before when Roland sat alone on a park bench looking at his cell phone. He saw that there was a girl who could be said to be innocent being attacked by many women. "Hey, rotten, you don't deserve to study at our place, it's not that I don't like you, but I'm trying to save you from everyone's glances," said one of the women who had been pushing her.

"So for that, I can save you faster" She took a large razor from his pocket. The girl who was being bullied was shocked and stepped back slowly but two bullies held her from behind.

"You don't deserve to live, ugly." The girl holding the razor opened her mouth and put the razor into the mouth of the girl who was being bullied. The victim of the bullying could only cry and scream in pain.

"Haha, come on, swallow it quickly," said the bully girl with a murderous look but Roland came and grabbed her shoulders while turning her around to face him. So that the razor came out of the victim's mouth.

"Hurting an innocent girl, are you considered friends?" Roland said with his sharp gaze suddenly behind them.

"Huh, who are you?" The girl was about to fight back but Roland had already hit her in the stomach first.

"Ah, watch out for you." The girl fell and was taken away by her friend.

The bullied girl sat crying while lowering her face. Roland bent down and brushed the girl's hair. "I'm helping you not just to cry in vain, I'm helping you to change yourself" He stared then walked away. And that was how she met Roland for what wasn't even the first time.

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"You... That girl... That was... Before I met you at daycare, right?!" Roland shouted while shaking Imea's shoulders who nodded.

"At that time I changed my appearance, but unexpectedly the world had changed," said Imea.

"Imea, haha, I salute you, you are really great" Roland stared but Imea covered Roland's mouth with her index finger.

"Sust, I know that. Mr Roland, I was born for you." She looked at his gently. Roland smiled too and would come closer to give her a kiss. But there's something disturbing.

"Ahem" Line looked at them as they both stopped and pretended not to do anything.

"So this is what I get from a junior huh, I'm having a hard time, you're actually happy here" Line approached with a cold gaze.

"Well, you were the one who told me to do it," Roland replied.

"... Mr Line, what happened to Miss Uminoke?!" Imea looked in surprise at Uminoke who had fainted in Line's arms.

"You already know about that Iranian girl, right?" Line replied then put Uminoke down.

"Her thigh is injured, I can't heal it," said Roland.

"What do you mean you can't?!?!?"

"The tear is too deep and wide, this wound requires stitches as well as a tool to remove the bullet that is inside," said Roland while looking at Uminoke's wound but he was shocked.

"It's just a gunshot wound" Line looked at him in disbelief.

"You think this girl's skin is the same as ours, something is also very serious here," said Roland

"It's a bit serious... Line, I don't want to say this but, her supporting bones and nerves are broken, she can't walk. She has to have surgery to remove the bullet... If you look at it, the bullet is very deep, maybe it was shot at close range."

Line who heard that became silent. Imea was also surprised.

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That night Uminoke woke up in a white bed with her leg bandaged. She looked around and was surprised then looked down. Line was seen sleeping sitting beside her. Uminoke holds Line's head.

Immediately Line grabbed her hand making her startled, and when Line pulled it, Uminoke was pulled down and they looked at each other very closely. Uminoke was awkwardly surprised but unexpectedly Line smiled sweetly at her. "What are you doing lewdly, was that smile really weird?"

"Hm..? Why? I'm entertaining you"

"That's not entertaining!" Uminoke interrupted but suddenly fell silent in pain as she held her leg. "(My leg still hurts... Is it because of... that shot...)" She was silent then Line held Uminoke's cheek making her silent.

"Rest," said Line who turned around and removed her hand.

"W-wait, Line where are you going, are you going to leave me, here?" Uminoke stared.

"I'm just going to get some food for a moment." Line gave her a cold look then walked out.

"[He was smiling, why did he change like that]" Uminoke was annoyed with herself.

Line came out and met Imea who was in the hallway, apparently they were at the hospital.

"...Mr Line, how is Miss Uminoke?"

"She's fine, can you bring her food?" Line looked at her then Imea nodded.

After that, Line came out of the hospital to see Roland who was still repairing his car.

Roland, who heard something approaching, turned his head.

"What about that girl?"

"She is fine"

"Hmp... If I weren't there, you would have panicked looking for someone else." Roland looked arrogant because he was the one who operated on Uminoke with the tools in the small hospital.

Roland has special experience as a surgeon but he is also great at repairing cars, which is why he always repairs the Jeep.

"Have you fixed the car?" Line asked.

"Yes, this car is ready for our final journey, in about 6 hours we will arrive in Kyoto, oh and I found the cat earlier" Roland pointed to the seat in the car where there was the cat Line. Line was surprised to see him because the cat was carrying a paper photo.

Line took it and thought to himself. He felt confused and looked at what was in the photo and he was really surprised because in the photo there was a giant zombie in the middle of the city.

"H-how is that possible?" Roland stared in surprise.

"Its size probably increased because of something, look at the ordinary zombies attacking it from below, meaning that the big ones are different from the usual ones."

"But if it's as tall as a building, how do I finish it off before it destroys the city?"

"That's the right thing," Line said then he whistled to call his cat as he reached out his hand. As soon as the cat took something he had brought earlier, namely a book, Roland became a little confused when Line opened the plain book and opened it.

"Hmp, here it is" He showed information about the infected virus.

"This virus occurred several centuries ago, but it is not serious because this virus will weaken if the smoke population decreases. It is said that this virus died when a witch came to summon holy rain. When the holy rain fell, the population of dirt there decreased causing the virus to disappear "This book. I got this book while serving in Greece and Egypt"

"Huh...? Where did you get this book? It's not true that the author isn't there," Roland stared.

"That's what you don't know, while on duty I asked this cat to look for hidden items that needed to be studied. I've gone through many cases like this while joining the many intelligence officers here... They work fast and I managed to get information like this from them Line replied with a grin.

"(I can't underestimate this guy.... He's too great to be an information thief.. He's not even afraid of being wanted by every Agent)... So you're saying, this cannibal virus is caused by dirty rain."

"Yes, this year everything is indeed progressing, but behind the progress there will definitely be something called pollution. You've heard of cases of waste pollution before, haven't you, it's caused by the human mindset which only cares about itself. Water to make rain becomes cloudy and causes "The hot sun makes the water vapor higher so that it drains a lot of dirty water, after which it is lowered in a number of parts of the world that are affected by these clouds."

"Then what must be done to kill the infected. You can't possibly summon holy rain, right?"

"Hmp, what are you talking about? Witches only exist in old fairy tales. Besides, we are from a hidden agency whose name is kept secret... Wait, why am I discussing this? I've already left there too, right?" said Line.

"Line, aren't you afraid they will look for us?"

"That's not our problem just yet," said Line, reaching out to his cat again. Then the cat gave a small piece of paper to Line's hand.

"Here open this" He gave it to Roland.

Roland, who was confused, opened it and was surprised that the small paper had become a large newspaper.

"This newspaper was written by our own agent," said Line.

Roland read that their secret society was located right in the vast English forest. There is a fortified building like a city and that is the safe place for people who have survived the virus.

"They are trying to make an antidote vaccine by testing it on humans who have been bitten," said Roland with a stiff look.

"Yeah, that's why I got out of there, it's because they are no longer a secret society in this dead world" Line added.

"Even though you used to be great"

"...Stop talking nonsense, bring lots of guns because we will be fighting that giant soon" Line stared coldly.

"Hah...Wait, you're not sure, are you...We won't be able to fight it alone, we need a jet plane with a large explosive bomb. The bomb will cause it to be immediately destroyed or buried in the building there."

"That's true, but it will block our path later... If we can't fight, how about being bait to lure him to a faraway place?" Line looked at him as he walked away from him.

"That... That's good..." Roland agreed with his plan.

"But remember... There is only one big creature... Don't let the virus's breath get into other creatures. That could cause them all to become big and continue to have generations," said Line.

"Through what later?"

"Hill... Mist from... Something... I still don't know how to channel the virus to the other flocks," replied Line.

But Roland stopped him. "Wait Line...."

This made Line turn to him.

"... I didn't say that you used to use a sword as a weapon...."

"So what? I prefer knives now."

"Haiz.... Wait a moment" Roland walked to the trunk of the car, making Line silent in confusion.

He searched until he found something, something long and he showed it to Line who was shocked and couldn't believe it.

"This is your sword," said Roland.

"How could you...."

"I decided to go looking for you and bring this sword.... I just want you to be a leader who is strong enough to protect you, not run away from reality," said Roland.

Line was silent for a moment then accepted it. "Thank you, it's really easy for you to talk to me." He looked at him with a small smile, making Roland smile a little too.