Chapter #35

Author posting the chapter despite not having any backlog:

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Zeno left the molester with an incurable disease then he took Saeko's hand and kept walking.

Saeko didn't stop her hand being taken, nor did she feel afraid of Zeno. She was still patiently waiting for an explanation.

So, Zeno explained about himself, his race and everything. He told more to Saeko than he did Saya since Saeko was much more clear headed compared to his sister.

Saeko listened intently while asking some questions from time to time until she was satisfied.

"Now I understand why my father was so respectful with you." Saeko sighed.

Her whole demeanour had changed unnoticed by her. She could no longer see Zeno as just a friend and a love interest, a dragon deserved respect after all.

Zeno sighed seeing the change in her behavior but he didn't try to correct her. The brainwashing done by the Busujima family was through and Zeno would need to infect Saeko to undo the mess they made.

Still, that counts as mental manipulation, something he didn't want to do with his treasures.

'I can change her views slowly.' He nodded to himself.

Soon they reached Takagi Estate, Saeko had to go through a security check but other than that there were no problems.

After all, she was entering the home of the current prime minister. Even a member of the Busujima family would be subjected such security measures.

The dinner was awkward due to Saya stealthily glaring at Saeko which wasn't stealthy at all. Saya hadn't spoken with Zeno ever since his revelations but she couldn't help herself after seeing Saeko.

'Who is she!?' Saya was jealous yet she didn't speak.

She was still mad at her family for deceiving her for so long, but she didn't expect her brother to come home with a beautiful girl.

'How did my antisocial brother get himself a girlfriend?' Saya didn't have an answer, she could only pout and glare.

Meanwhile Yuriko was chatting with Saeko while both of them tried to ignore Saya glaring holes in their bodies.

On the other side Souichirou was giving Zeno a thumbs up while drinking some sake. He seemed exceptionally joyous for some reason.

'He finally got a girlfriend! My little Saya is safe...' Souichirou drank another cup, not knowing how wrong he was.

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Over the years Zeno finally developed a scientific way to detect and interact with the undead seed inside humans of this world.

He just had to try a lot once he confirmed the existence of the seed.

The reason for this was because Zeno wanted to share it, not because it will save more people but he wanted to ensure the other countries would blame Japan once the outbreak occurs.

Currently Zeno was going over the blueprints of Project Sephiroth. This project involves a series of laser weapons similar to Archangel from Crysis 3.

But, these weapons are capable of accurate shots and could snipe a single zombie from outer space.

Still, the energy required for the initial launch was immense and Zeno figured he would use the Ice Dome that Ceph utilized back at Ling Shan.

So, he needs all the nukes in the world to hit Japan to collect the energy from them to launch his own super weapons.

[You're evil, I love it...] System muttered.

{Well, it is indeed going to save more people.} Ouryuu didn't mind.

'This all depends on whether we can awaken a zombie as a demonstration.' Zeno sighed.

At that moment one of his scientists arrived bringing a solution to that very problem.

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Currently Zeno was looking at the test subjects with curiosity and some apprehension.

The subjects were chosen from scum of the earth and were subjected to many trials to turn them into undead.

Most of the serial killers, rapist and pedophiles in the prisons had unwillingly sacrificed themselves for the betterment of the country.

Finally, Zeno started to get some actual results as one of the subjects started to trash around in his bindings and let out animalistic sounds.

Zeno and the other scientists focused on the subject as the equipment recorded the entire process until the zombie broke out of it's bindings.

"Fuck!" Zeno cursed and jumped in the containment cell.

The Zombie they had created seemed more powerful than he expected, Zeno had to know why that was.

He quickly created ropes of tendrils that were stronger than titanium binding the zombie tore up before he bound the zombie once more.

Once the zombie was contained again, Zeno got a closer look at his product, the zombie they created was looking better than the anime counterpart. It was agile and many times stronger than he expected.

Appearance wise the zombie looked sleek. That was the only way Zeno could describe it, this man got handsome as he turned into undead.

'It seems a controlled release causes an equal distribution of undead energy, on top of that being more efficient it results in better zombies.' Zeno thought to himself.

[It seems the main source is a parallel world, it is actually run by undead. Meaning the main characters are undead, that makes the paladins villains.] System quickly accessed the necessary information.

It couldn't do it before since the undead energy was sealed in the seed not allowing it to probe. The sample inside Zeno was already gone after they interacted with it. Now that it was released the system can analyze it.

{I never thought I'd see the day creatures considered evil, being main characters.} Ouryuu sighed, until he realized the other two were looking at him like he was just a child.

[He needs some culture] System nodded sagely.

'You are the one with the Multiverse Internet!' Zeno talked back.

[Oh right. Come my friend, I will introduce you to the wonderful world of anime and everything that is dark and chuuni.] System started mentally dragging Ouryuu towards his little cave of degeneracy.

{Zeno help me! That cave gives me the chills! Zenoooo!..} Ouryuu's voice cut off abruptly.

Zeno stopped for a second realizing that he cannot sense the presence of the two in his mind, and surprisingly it felt refreshing.

'I am getting therapy when I am able to. I finally understand why there's a saying 'Silence is gold.'.' Zeno decided.

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Zeno decided to continue the experiments until he got a zombie similar to the one's from the anime.

He theorized that the release of the undead energy was accidental or that the seal around the seed had been wearing down until it broke in the supposed canon timeline.

[It would be really messed up if the first zombie was a baby that was kept safe by its parents until it grew teeth and bit them.] System sighed.

{That's so sad...} Ouryu sniffed.

'...' Zeno nearly facepalmed but didn't explain why they were wrong.

Unknown to them the patient zero would indeed be a children around the ages of 3-4 and that their parents would keep them safe until they got bit as well.

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On the relationship side of things Zeno didn't have much luck with Saya. She stopped speaking with him all together, and Zeno didn't mind it.

He had already cured Yuriko and Souichirou from Silverlight. His existing relationship with Saeko allowed him to think more clearly and he gave up on Saya.

'She will have to move on.' Zeno thought to himself while going towards Busujima Dojo.

{What if she comes back and apologizes?} Ouryuu asked.

'Well, it appears I am getting a bit prideful as well. She'll have to put some effort other than pouting, then again I never did enjoy Tsunderes.' Zeno frowned thinking about several tsundere characters.

[What about Rin?] System asked while Zeno remained silent.

{...}

'I just like her thighs...' Zeno confessed.

[Blasphemy! What about Sakura and Saber?] System counted the other routes.

'...' Zeno remained silent.

He was afraid to voice his opinions since he never quite liked the main heroines of Stay Night due to either their personalities.

[God damn! It's like I don't know you anymore!] System exclaimed.

It's source world was Type-Moon, Zeno not liking it's home dealt a blow to the poor Origin.