Chapter 28 title at the end.

Jack rushed out activating his tactical goggles to find her rather than waste his time asking them about anything as he lacked time, within ten seconds he found where she was as the others from the group all looked at him as if he was going crazy or something.

Jack quickly exclaimed thanks to the turn of events

"I'll be right back!"

Shizuka was in a room sweating heavily while laying down on a makeshift bed as her abdomen had been hurting for quite some time now a few days after the little fun she had with Jack it was just a slight prick at first only for it to get even worse with each passing day.

*THUMP THUMP THUMP*

was what she heard before seeing the man that she had been thinking about for quite some time...

She tried to smile at him and attempted to stand only to feel a surge of pain again before laying back again to somehow ease it then told Jack this in a weak voice.

"it appears that I'm dying."

Jack said nothing as he approached her then asked her if she had gotten injured or anything like that, as he knelt down beside her before using the nano suit to scan her body as 2 mins and 36 seconds were left.

its discoveries that were the cause of infections was...

what he left in her a few days ago.

apparently, the 'upgrades' he had also affected the physiology of his body more than he'd like causing him to punch the ground in frustration as Jack was forced to make another heavy decision the nano suit also found a zygote that had miniature amounts of nanobots supporting its growth slightly accelerating it, was also infected...!

meaning that he had to eliminate that too.

it will preserve the woman's life and frankly thinking about the possible child won't be able to be born as the mother wouldn't live that long.

But it still hurt he was hoping to find a loop around it however the Notification he received upon thinking of trying to preserve it somehow brutally destroyed that hope.

<<NEW MISSION UPDATE ELIMINATE THE ZYGOTE BEFORE IT FULLY ATTACHES TO SHIZUKA MARIKAWA>>

He felt numb, extremely numb, as Jack slowly and reluctantly placed his hand over Shizuka's lower abdomen before taking control of the nanobots inside of the zygote and whatever remnants he 'left' in there ordering them to eliminate everything that was his and whatever virus that was inside before removing his hand and left Shizuka laying there as the pain she had felt was quickly subsiding before the sandman did his work.

the timer stopped letting him know that his job was done for now as he gained another free upgrade point making the number that he had collected reach 4 but he wasn't happy with the result.

One of the dreams that jack had was to have a family, so even if he was making excuses it still hurt so bad, he was crying because of the bitter play of life and death he just had to deal with, so as the rest of the group went to follow him while checking on Shizuka he left them a message.

"Please keep an eye on her while I keep watch over the mall!"

Before leaving them with more questions even Saya was unhappy with his abrupt disappearance, but things weren't going well, as they were distracted, Shizuka opened her eyes briefly, and inside of her left eye was numerous blackened veins were obvious before they turned normal as the look on her face wasn't the usual airhead and kind one but more of a sinister kind as something flickered behind her hair that covered her forehead before disappearing for now, as Shizuka fell asleep that seemed so comfortable in such a long time.

when She relaxed completely, the others from the group finally arrived and checked on her before deciding to call it a day and relax as a faint-looking smog slightly above the ground was spreading within the mall something that they failed to notice.

As for Jack, he was trying to find that brat that caused the zombies to be able to enter the mall, and sure enough, he had found the kid that was mumbling to himself repeatedly telling himself that he 'can be a hero' "a badass hero!"

He kept his eyes on the boy, as his thoughts wandered towards the effects of his upgrades so he asked his suit.

"Suit, is there a way to isolate the infective genes?"

the answer was cold and curt.

<<NEGATIVE>>

so he decided to ask a different question.

"is it possible for me to have a family?"

The same curt answer followed.

<<NEGATIVE>>

He was about to go livid from this but the suit continued.

<<NO ONE IN THIS WORLD CAN HANDLE THE INFECTIOUS GENE OF USER>>

a thought came to mind when he read 'in this world' so he reworded his question.

"Is there a world where I can have children of my own?"

<<INTEGRATED DATA IS LACKING PLEASE PROVIDE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION>>

Jack frowned at this, so he put these questions aside for now since the suit was 'unable' to answer before focusing on the boy he was watching was leaving the group as he looked at his hidden knife rather crazily.

Since he was approaching one of the doors that was barricaded then began removing some of the sticks and obstacles, jack landed near the boy quietly before stabbing he claws through the boy's chest then used a power jump to reach the upper floors staying out of sight as he disposed of the body the zombie way.

the suit's screen was acting up again so that would mean anything but good.

<<PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTION FROM REACHING THE REQUIRED CHARACTERS TO REACH THE NEXT STAGE>>

as the mission tags floated over five people which confused jack quite a bit as the main character's group that was originally 6 became nine after his intervention and the more pressing thing was the mission tag wasn't floating over one particular person...

Shizuka Marikawa...!

Jack quickly made his way to the woman, finding her sleeping... rather peacefully?

This baffled him before he assumed that it was just for the next mission.

But there was one more thing that jack had forgotten about when it came to this world...

a loud explosion followed from the sky as every electronic device shut down, including his suit!

as these notifications followed.

<<EMP ATTACK RECEIVED NANOSUIT TEMPORARILY SHUTTING DOWN>>

<<ALL MISSION NOTIFICATIONS WITH STILL BE AVAILABLE>>

<<ESTIMATED TIME OF SUIT'S REACTIVATION 10 MINUTES>>

Jack's suit retreated back into his skin as he cursed in his mind for not remembering this problem, leaving him with a set of pants and a baggy shirt, his back was pressed on by something soft before one woman came to mind.

he smiled as Jack was about to say something only to feel a sharp pain in his abdomen noticing that there were five blade-like objects sticking out, he struggled to see who the culprit was before hearing the very woman he was worried about talking into his ear, it was just that her tone was off, very off sounding very similar to the man that he assumed was already dead after blasting his whole upper body off!

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! hello again Jack, surprised that I'm still alive?"

the nano suit with a corrupted screen that was connected with his eye.

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Shido was back and this time within Shizuka's body! (same as title)