Ch 049. Angry Utaha

"Thanks."

Seeing her sweetheart and mother staring at her, Eriri took the paintbrush expressionlessly, and then greeted her with a grateful hug.

"Eriri is angry." Sayuri covered her mouth and smiled when she saw the eyes her daughter cast on her, "Shiina-chan always surprises me."

Yao also smiled dumbly. To be honest, he was a little confused about Shiina's brain circuit.

At this moment, the team members who were sent to carry out the clean-up tasks also came back.

"Looks like the door has been repaired."

Noticing the pitted marks on the door panels on both sides, Utaha nodded in satisfaction, "Now there is no need to watch the night."

"Who told you that?" Yao glanced at her, "It's your turn to watch the night tonight, don't try to shirk it."

Utaha was a little annoyed when he interrupted her self-deceiving happiness.

"Utaha-senpai, although the door has been repaired, it is always right to be careful."

Thinking of the thrilling scene just now, Kato patted her chest with lingering fear.

"I know, i's just talking. Who knows that the captain is still so stingy, and he doesn't know how to take the initiative to show consideration for the sleep-deprived players."

Starting from "initiative", Utaha emphasized her tone, and after she finished speaking, she gave Yao a cold look, and left with her arms folded.

Looking at her back, Yao frowned slightly. Since yesterday, this team member seems to have been stimulated by something, and her attitude towards him has been up and down.

"Yao-kun, when we were exploring this rich area just now, we encountered mutant zombies."

Before he could think about the reason, Saeko walked up to him and described what happened just now.

"Are you injured?" Yao frowned and grabbed her hand, seeing the large red marks on the white arm, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"It's okay, I was hit by that zombie against the wall."

Seeing him stroking the scar on her arm, Saeko withdrew her hand resolutely, "Utaha was also injured, but like me, she was not caught or bitten by zombies."

"Tell me what's going on."

Sensing that everyone has quieted down, Yao also knew that now is not the time to be emotional.

"That mutated zombie is similar to a reptile. It is extremely sensitive and can climb rocks and walls, but it is not very powerful."

"Licker?"

Hearing her description, Sayuri, who had been listening all the time, couldn't help calling out the name.

"Mom, you've watched too many movies." Eriri's expression has returned to normal at this time, "It's not the kind of monster in Resident Evil. It doesn't have a long tongue and sharp claws, it has eyes, and its brain is not exposed."

"Having a reference prototype can help with understanding."

Eriri was taken aback by her understated answer. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

"Where did you meet it, is it far from here?"

Unlike the team members, Yao felt the breath of danger. If he could really climb rocks and walls, then the surrounding walls would be as if they were fake.

"It's farther away from here, and it's also a villa, but the mutated zombie was found in the basement.

When we opened the door, it rushed out, covered in water stains.

After we got rid of it, we went down to have a look, the basement was seeped by blood rain water. "

After listening to her description, Yao felt a little headache, not because of the variety of zombies, but worried about how to transform the wall.

"Go and rest first."

Noticing that they all looked a little tired, Yao signaled them to go back to the house first, and then started weeding with Sayuri.

As for Shiina, she was assigned to a patrol post.

After all, having the talent to perceive danger is very reassuring. It is a waste not to use it.

Before rebuilding the fence, Yao was going to wrong her temporarily and take more responsibility in this position.

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At night, there was only a faint moonlight in the surroundings at this time, Utaha stood on the balcony holding a telescope.

Although the light was insufficient, her five senses had been strengthened once, and she could barely see the scene clearly.

She used the binoculars to look around every short period of time, she went downstairs and out of the house with the binoculars to check for abnormalities.

Utaha returned to the balcony, and the quiet surroundings made her extremely annoyed.

She finally knew that the cheapskate captain must have targeted her on purpose, and there was no noise at all when it was her turn to watch the night.

"Hey...it's really boring, but you can't be careless."

There was no one around, and she leaned her arms on the safety rail, looking around with the binoculars in a bored way, enjoying the pitch-black night scene by the way.

After more than twenty minutes, just as she was about to turn around and go downstairs, there were slight footsteps behind her.

"who?"

Hearing the sound of walking, Utaha knew that this was definitely not a zombie, but it was unclear which teammate couldn't sleep.

"I."

"Captain?" Utaha was taken aback, not knowing what he was doing.

"How's your back? Does it still hurt?"

As Yao approached, the blurred moonlight only illuminated the lower half of his face, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

"Thank you for your concern, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Somehow, faced with his concern, Utaha not only didn't feel happy, but her mood became inexplicably worse.

"let me watch the night now then." Yao reached out to take the telescope in her hand, "You should rest well these few days."

"No need." Utaha frowned, her tone a bit aggressive.

"Every member has to do their job well. If you, the captain, have to bear the burden because of some injuries, then what role do we play in the team? A vase?"

In fact, she still wanted to say more, and the following words would be even more ugly and unpleasant, but Yao blocked her lips with her fingers.

"I know what you are going to say next, Utaha." Yao kept his face calm, "but I never thought about it that way."

Before she could respond, Yao continued talking.

"In my opinion, you are teammates, you are friends, and you are family members that I want to protect."

"The relationship between us will not change because of the addition or absence of a 'partner' identity."

"Whether it's Eririi or Saeko, I admit that although it is impossible to be absolutely fair in some matters.

But in the face of major events, I will never treat anyone differently , nor will I let the two of them hide behind and let you stand in front because they have a closer relationship with me. "

The voice stopped abruptly at this point, Yao didn't continue talking, just looked at Utaha.

After a long time, Utaha patted his fingers blocking her lips, and said word by word:

"Saeko? She has a more intimate relationship with you?"

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