C15 Red Eye Disease(15)

The next morning, the sky was gloomy.

In the end, I changed into the red checkered shirt and tied Yukio to the bed in her bedroom with Aoba, just like how I treated Mr Miwa.

After finishing everything, we left the bedroom and went to the living room on the first floor.

"Yukio also became a patient..." Aoba's face was full of melancholy.

This change of events once again sounded the alarm bells in our hearts. At the same time, it also showed the unpredictability and high risk of the Red Eye infection. Like what happened to Yukio last night, it must be happening in the midst of the survivors in Beaver City every day. But we don't know if it will be our turn next.

It's not like I don't have the mentality of being lucky.

I, Aoba, and Alphonse Elric, whom I have never met before, are different from all the survivors in Beaver City. They don't belong to this world, and they are special. This special thing, will it also give us special treatment when it comes to the infection of the Red Eye?

What I mean is... Will Aoba and I not be infected by the Red Eye at all?

At first, when we took the carriage from Beaver High School to escape, our team had a total of four people. But now, Mr Miwa and Yukio changed one after another, but Aoba and I were safe and sound. In terms of probability, this is a small possibility. Let's put it this way, if one of the four people who escaped from the school were randomly chosen as a patient, Then each person has a one fourth chance of being selected. Aoba and I have a one in half chance of being selected. After Mr Miwa became a patient, one of the remaining three people would be randomly chosen as a patient. Each person has a one in three chance of being selected. Aoba and I have a two-thirds chance of being selected. First, half, then two-thirds. In these two lucky bets, Aoba and I didn't draw the lots and draw the lots. Although this could be explained by good luck, But if one didn't consider luck, Could it be the evidence that Aoba and I will not be infected?

The Black Hand can send us to this world and even provide me with the convenience of language and writing. Will it also provide us with the convenience of not being infected by the Red Eye?

Although I do have this kind of luck in my heart, to be honest, I dare not bet.

"Aoba, let me tell you something." I said.

"Hmm?" Aoba looked at me doubtfully.

"It's like this. Last night, I went to the stronghold on the map..." I told Aoba about the matter.

Aoba earnestly listened to what I said.

After listening, she revealed a pondering expression.

"I don't know what that fellow is planning to do by telling me the clues to save Beaver City." I said, "Although destroying the stronghold was an order given to us by the Black Hand, even if he didn't try to lure me into doing so... I will do it sooner or later, but as expected, I can't rest assured. "

Even if the brawny man didn't say anything at that time, I would still follow the message sent by the Black Hand without any clues. This is still much better than waiting for death.

"Sorry, I don't have any clues either." Aoba said very apologetically.

"It's okay." I didn't look forward to it either.

"Are we really going to continue to destroy the stronghold set up by Heretic?" Aoba asked.

"Yes." I said.

Other than that, I also want to look for Alphonse Elric. It's still too long to call him by his name and surname. After that, I'll just call him Alphonse. I heard from the brawny man that Alphonse was defeated and taken away by Heretic's leader, Priest. From the previous exchange with the office workers, Alphonse should be a pretty strong Superpowered. However, he was defeated by Priest. No one knew how strong Priest was. The brawny man had also said that Alphonse still had a chance of winning against him. However, he had no chance to fight back against Priest. He could only be defeated. This showed that Priest must be a very powerful figure.

That burly man was already strong enough, and it would be very difficult for me to defeat him. If I were to face Priest... I might not end up in a better situation than Alphonse.

However, I have to fight.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you with anything..." Aoba sighed.

"No need to apologize, you..." I paused for a moment, not knowing how to comfort Aoba.

I am not good at communicating with others, so naturally I am not good at comforting others. To be frank, Aoba is indeed unable to help with the current situation. It is already good enough that she does not drag me down.

"This is for you." I took out an item.

It's a handgun.

It was originally Yukio's handgun, but since she had become a patient, It would be very dangerous to keep it in her hands. Although I am a combat personnel, it seems that it would be better for me to hold it. But I do not know how to use guns. If I want to deal with opponents within ten meters... A pistol is far from being as good as a Psychokinesis. If I want to deal with an opponent ten meters away... The accuracy rate of using a gun is not high.

"But I don't know how to use a pistol either." Aoba looked troubled.

"It's better than nothing." I said.

Although I also feel that Aoba doesn't know how to use a gun, she might be even behind me when it comes to shooting. However, having a weapon and not having a weapon have a different mentality. With a weapon in hand, More or less, it will increase her sense of security.

Aoba carefully took the gun.

"Ah, right." She remembered something.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"The ingredients in the fridge have been used up." She said.

Except for Heretic, no one could have predicted that a disaster would happen. Therefore, this villa did not have much food and ingredients, so it was not strange that it was used up.

Since it was used up, there was no other choice but to go out and collect.

We went to the garage.

"Do you want to drive out?" Aoba asked.

"Of course." I used the key that was originally on Yukio's body to open the car door. "There are many patients outside. We can't go forward while fighting. That would be a waste of time. Furthermore, the car itself can also store things."

"But..." Aoba could not help but ask, "Ning Hai, you don't know how to drive, right?"

"You just need to practice and feel around." I sat in the driver's seat.

...

This trip ended not long after. I brought the food from the nearby supermarket back to the villa's garage, and the car that I drove became devastated.

Aoba, who stayed at home, heard the sound of the car. When I got out of the car, she went into the garage.

"Uh..." She stared blankly at the car that was covered in injuries.

There was no other way. After all, this was my first time driving. Although I slowed down the speed of the car in order to reduce the damage from the collision, it was inevitable that I would crash into the car many times and end up like this.

Aoba speechlessly touched the dent in the outer shell of the car.

"If Mr Miwa wakes up, he will definitely be very angry." She said.

The prerequisite was that he can wake up.

"I brought the food back." I changed the topic. "Put them all in the back. They should be able to eat for a few days."

After that, we had a simple breakfast.

Aoba took the initiative to tidy up the dining table.

"I will go out again later." I said.

"Are you going to Heretic's stronghold?" She asked.

"Yes." I nodded, "Right, there's one more thing..."

I told Aoba about the incident that happened while I was collecting food in the supermarket.

While I was collecting food, I ran into another group of people who were also collecting food. There were a total of four of them, all of them young men in private clothing. They held simple sticks and knives in their hands, probably avoiding the patients along the way. After they met me, they tried to attack me. They wanted to steal the food I collected, but I fixed them.

It seemed like it was just a robbery, but it was different from a robbery in peacetime. The current Beaver City was an impossible place, and there were no laws or law enforcers; however, that group of people seemed to have no qualms about hurting others. They even said that they wanted to kill me before the fight started.

I am the Superpowered, I can protect myself, but what if I am not? If I am an ordinary person, they will not be lenient to me.

It is not that I don't understand their mentality. In this city of destruction, There are patients everywhere who are no different from homicidal maniacs, and it's very easy for people to become violent. Even Yukio had the tendency to kill others more than once. I saw all of this.

How many uncontrollable citizens are there in the Beaver City now? I don't know, but I can't let my guard down when facing these people.

"I thought of a secret signal." I said to Aoba, "When I come back in the future, I will use this rhythm to knock on the door..."

Knock, knock, knock, knock.

I bent my fingers and knocked on the table rhythmically.

"If the person who knocked didn't use this secret signal, don't open the door, or even make a sound."

Aoba earnestly listened to my words and said, "I will remember it."

...

Ten minutes later, I passed through the attic's skylight and stood on the roof of the villa.

Then, I took out my black phone and reconfirmed the locations of the other three strongholds on the map.

The SMS command requires us to choose three of the five strongholds to destroy. Now that Alphonse has destroyed one and I have destroyed another, I only need to destroy another stronghold to complete this command.

After completing this command, there should be a new command sent over.

What kind of command would it be?

Combined with the information that the brawny man revealed to me, I think it might be a request for us to destroy the core of the ritual.

I started to run, jumping from the roof of the villa to the opposite roof.

Running, jumping, running, jumping...

After 30 minutes, I arrived at the entrance of Beaver High School.

In front of the school gate that was destroyed by the truck, there were two black-robed Heretic standing guard.

That's right, this place has also become Heretic's stronghold.

Based on the previous experience of destroying the stronghold, this stronghold should also have a guardian like that brawny man who was in charge of guarding the node of the ceremony.

They had to act cautiously.

I carefully hid nearby and changed into a black robe - this was taken from a certain Heretic when I snuck into the last stronghold last night. It helped me reach the muscular man smoothly. I haven't thrown it away until now for this moment.

There's more than one camouflage tool.

I took out another fully covered mask.

The mask is black, there is no eye hole, there is only a red eye symbol in the middle.

This was the mask that Heretic, who had used a fireball spell to kill the three working families, wore after I defeated him. Yukio took it off Heretic's face and placed it in the car. I also found it when I drove out to collect food. I didn't expect it to be in the car.

What I can confirm now is that in Heretic's group... Those who can use magic should have a higher status than those who can't use magic, and this mask was once worn on Heretic's face, who knew fireball magic.

Maybe I can use it.

I put it on my face.

Although this mask doesn't have any bandages, and there are no other parts that can help me stabilize it, the incredible thing is, it directly attaches itself to my face, and doesn't show any signs of falling.

Furthermore, compared to this, what is even more inconceivable is...

I can see the scenery outside.

As mentioned before, this mask doesn't have an eye hole, it's completely sealed. Logically speaking, it would block people's vision and make them unable to see the scenery outside. However, I can directly see the outside through the mask, as if the mask itself doesn't exist. And I'm not wearing the mask at all. Right now, I can see the scenery outside so clearly.

If I didn't feel the cold sensation and weight of the mask, I would even suspect that it had fallen off.

I touched the mask to confirm its existence.

It felt like metal.

This is truly miraculous. Could it be that there is some kind of Supernatural Power prop here?

After that... After that, I wore a black robe and a mask. I walked out of my hiding place and arrived at the school gate.

The two Heretic who were standing at the school gate saw me. They didn't wear masks and looked at each other before making way for me.

I looked straight into the school.

Very well, I mixed in.

I don't know what this mask means to Heretic. They didn't seem to show any respect to me because of it. They didn't show any strange expressions either. Initially, I suspected that since this mask was worn by someone who seemed to be a high level Heretic, Perhaps it has the function of an identity symbol, but now it seems like I was overthinking it.

However, as long as they don't find it strange that I'm wearing this mask. Even if the mask doesn't have the meaning of an identity symbol, it can at least cover my face, so that others won't recognize that I'm not Heretic.

Although I didn't expose my face last time, since I have a better condition this time, I naturally have to make good use of it.

Relying on my disguise, I walk around and observe.

The school was very big, and there weren't many Heretic in it. It was as if the number of people in a class had been divided into an empty school. Occasionally, I can see a few figures. I walked around for a while, and very quickly, I found the place that seemed to be the node of the ceremony.

It was the track around the sports field.

On the red plastic track, there was a fire with an iron sword inserted into it. Beside the fire, there was a wooden stool with Heretic sitting on it.

This person should be the guardian of this node?

I carefully observed him.

Unlike the bare-chested man I met last time, he was wearing a black robe and reading a book on a stool.

I noticed that the black robe he was wearing was different from the usual Heretic's. It had a bright red totem pattern, just like the Heretic who knew how to use fireballs.

Could it be that the mask is not a symbol of identity, but clothes? Heretic, who had a totem pattern on the black robe, had a higher status?

I noted this down, and then stealthily sneaked over.

There was a small warehouse outside the runway. Most likely, it was filled with sports equipment. I hid behind the warehouse, less than 20 meters away from him.

He didn't seem to notice me, so he quietly flipped through a page of the book.

I observed my surroundings.

Very well, no one else is looking over here.

Immediately after, I took out a sharp fruit knife.

Under the control of the Psychokinesis, the fruit knife floated up into the air. The tip of the knife was aimed at the guardian sitting in front of the bonfire.

He still didn't make any unusual movements.

Didn't you notice me? It would be best if that was the case.

I stared at him and attacked.

Shua!

The fruit knife shot out like a bolt of lightning, instantly crossing a distance of less than 20 meters.

Swish!

The knife stabbed into the back of the Guardian's head.

His entire body trembled as if he had been electrocuted. The book fell to the ground, and his body fell heavily.