Doomsday city

When Charlotte learned that the inhibitor would have a special effect on the human body, immediately at the bottom of the second floor, a storage room with only transom windows was arranged as a research room.The dark space is only illuminated by old-fashioned tungsten filament bulbs. She is obviously very satisfied with this narrow and quiet private space, and often asks Vinoa and Esther to come into her laboratory as guests.

"Now, tell me what's going on?" Charlotte said, biting her pen, shaking the test tube containing the serum quickly in her hand, and at the same time distractedly staring at Esther and the scattered documents on the table, and from time to time she had to write the pen on the paper. Notes and references are quickly written on the Internet. Although it is very busy, it is nothing to a workaholic who is used to a busy life.

Esther looked up at Charlotte suspiciously.She didn't say a word when she entered the laboratory and gave the serum drawn by Vinoa to the postdoctoral fellow. Her puzzled expression made Charlotte growl in annoyance, and her short brown hair became more disordered, like a fried hair s cat.

"I'm talking about you and Vinoa! Damn, your eye contact these days is too much to care about, what's the relationship between you? Don't tell me that you are a patient with the same disease! You know I won't believe what a three-year-old says, even if Not even 20 years old!" She tapped her fingers on the table nervously, shaking the glass test tube excitedly, if it wasn't for the cap, the liquid inside would definitely spill all over the floor.

This question made Esses clenched her hands in embarrassment. She knew that she was overreacting, but whenever she met Vinoa's eyes, she would always think of that 'regret'──she called that kiss a regret, and every time Thinking about it is still unbelievable like a dream.

"Answer me, Esther Eli," Charlotte finally let go of the test tube and turned to stare at her, "You must tell me! You and I don't know the troubles of obsessive-compulsive disorder! I can’t sleep anymore, and now I can’t eat because of your affairs. Do you want to see me exhausted? If I die, you don’t want to know what the inhibitor has to do with the damn zombies! And the damn changes on your body! "

"Okay! I said, I said..." Threatened by Charlotte's series of howls, Esses waved her hands in a panic to comfort her. She stared at the front of the fluffy slippers without frustration, and said every word: "Kiss...kiss ...."

Charlotte looked calm.

"I mean... once, I don't quite understand what Dr. York meant, she said it was a pity? Maybe? The atmosphere made everything fall into place, like a candlelight dinner or a romantic date... maybe...probably... ..." Esses tries to make 'regret' sound like real regret or accident.

"Oh, you mean kiss? If I heard correctly, it is indeed 'kiss', right?" Charlotte relaxed her nerves as if listening to a joke, and her nonchalant tone made Esther also heave a sigh of relief, but Then suddenly slammed the table and shouted, "Kiss? Mouth-to-mouth exchanging saliva kisses? My God! Did you tell Ingrid? Oh no, don't tell her! She'll kill us if she finds out." Yes, that woman will definitely kill us if she gets out of control, you should see her madly wanting to rush into the room and drag Vinoa out to pieces! If she kills Vinoa, we hapless ghosts will follow ! She will definitely do it!" Charlotte chattered nervously.

Esther tightened her hem painfully.A strong sense of guilt kept accumulating in the bottom of my heart, and when Charlotte roared, it also ignited her depression. Although it didn't sound like a blame, it made Esther feel dignified. She didn't refuse Vinoa's kiss, especially because The rare gentleness of the doctor reassured her.

But this is wrong!A voice exploded in her mind.

They are teammates at best, no one can guarantee what will happen next, not to mention that zombies will break in and bite them to death?Or will be left behind the next time you go on a mission?Fear of the unknown spreads everywhere, and the most dangerous thing is to truly 'trust' someone. If you let anyone step into the softest part of your heart, it will definitely make you want to die?Especially in this world where you can die at any moment, who knows?

However, Esther wanted some warmth selfishly, she was not greedy, just wanted some.

"I'm sorry...I'll find a chance to talk to Dr. York about that..." Essers hated herself for being weak. In this team, she would only drag her legs, even if she was thrown out to feed zombies one day. Unexpectedly, just thinking about it made her choke up, covering her face in discomfort.

Charlotte feels that she is ten years older in an instant. Why does she have to solve the relationship problem that has no formula at all?Or is there something wrong with her to choose these problems to torture herself?

She wiped her face and said, "I think you misunderstood something, but I don't mean to blame you!" At least on the premise that Ingrid did not threaten her life, Charlotte would not blame anyone.

"I know I'm not strong enough. I can't control myself. I may have held back in prison, but now... there are zombies everywhere, and I may die at any time. I'm so scared that I can't control myself..." Esther Si hugged her arms tightly, as if she wanted to keep shrinking herself, so that no one could see her embarrassing appearance.

"Hey, Essus, it's not your fault." Charlotte took a breath to make her voice less sharp, and said, "It's the end of the world now, and only those who are not afraid have problems, such as that lunatic Frieda , she never cared about zombies or death, but you are different!" She patted Esses on the trembling shoulder, "Fear, hesitation, guilt—it's fine, I must say, This is a good thing! At least you still have the values ​​of normal people."

Esther closed her eyes and said hoarsely, "But I don't want to." This meant cowardice and timidity.

"Please, don't talk nonsense, Essus, if... I mean, if we can really survive until the day when the light comes, you don't want the world to be left with lunatics like Frieda, do you?" Charlotte She pursed her lips, "For God's sake, please don't let that day come. Essers, being afraid doesn't mean being weak, and you don't need to apologize to anyone."

"Remember Della? I appreciate that you didn't speak ill of her for being irrational. In fact, she did very disorderly behavior. But she was just scared and broke down. You don't like that kind of person. You will blame her, right?" Charlotte didn't want to use this as an example, but it was indeed a bloody lesson, and no amount of accusations would be superfluous for a person who lost control to the point of insanity.

As long as it is a creature whose heart is still beating, it will definitely be 'feared', the difference is only in the 'endurance'.

Esther hesitated for a while, and accepted Charlotte's comfort.

"But I must remind you, Esther." Charlotte twisted her neck wearily, looked at her seriously, and said, "We are a team, and the team is the most taboo of division and rift, do you understand what I mean?" ?” All betrayal begins with distrust, and distrust begins with disgust.

Simply put, an imbalance can get out of control.

Esther lowered her eyes gradually. Of course she understood what Charlotte meant. There were too many time bombs in this team, and she was one of them. She was like a torpedo sunk on the bottom of the sea. As long as she was not careful── boom!The chain reaction will see the entire ocean boil.

When Esther came back to her senses, she was standing outside the laboratory door alone.

The plainly decorated long corridor was empty, and there were several forest oil paintings on the wall. Behind her was a window nailed with wood, and a gleam of light leaked through the gap, which meant that it was daytime, and they had been there for a long time. Don't dare to open the window and don't try it easily even on the second floor.

For some reason, Esther felt restless, especially when the surroundings fell into silence, a sense of despair became more and more obvious. This feeling once appeared at the moment of the judgment. Lost its proper color.

She once believed that she would die tragically in prison.

Now she believed that life would be worse than death...

"Hi! Hello! You're...Esthers, yes, they said your name, sorry, I didn't remember it. My name is Doreen Brown, er... a newcomer? I think so, quite Nice to meet you." A famous girl walked out of the room, her warm smile was like a flower blooming in spring.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Brown." Esther quickly hid the haze in her heart and shook hands with her.When she was sedated, Frieda found Doreen Brown locked in the dormitory for female students in the university, and she was brave enough to rescue her out of the dormitory like a knight and walked with her companions.

It's touching.

"Just call me Doreen," she said, with limp blond hair and black-rimmed glasses that made her look smart.

"...Are you still used to being here?" Seeing her shy smile, Esses said, "I mean...our teammates." She wasn't sure if Frieda had introduced everyone's background, But after hearing that the other party said that everyone was kind to her, and even praised Frieda as a very kind person, Esses was sure that the cunning Broken Neck had concealed something, especially the part about crime and prison.

"Esther, we're going to have lunch, come together? Mabel is cooking today, and I don't think it will taste worse than Charlotte's pasta yesterday. Oh, don't say I said it." Lin warmly invited her, and made Essus, who had originally planned to refuse, take back her words, although she was ordered by Vinoa to only eat white bread and boiled water.

Young girls are just like what they should be at this age, full of vitality, sunny, youthful and beautiful.

They hurried downstairs and turned into the cramped kitchen.

"Good afternoon!" Doreen said cheerfully when she stepped into the threshold, she put Mabel's shoulders on Mabel's shoulders intimately like a dormitory girl, and looked at the food in the pot expectantly against her back, "Oh my God! It smells so good! This What is it? French food?" She couldn't help licking her lips, like a very hungry child.

"Aioli meat sauce, it's great with bread, try it?" Mabel scooped up the food in the pot, passed the spoon to Doreen's mouth, watched her roll the meat paste into her mouth with the tip of her tongue, and asked with a smile: "How?" She squinted her amber eyes like wine, her tone sounded lazy and sexy.

She is like a cat in the sun, elegant and charming.

"It's delicious! It's so delicious! Mabel, were you a chef before? This is restaurant level!" Doreen helped her hold the pot and put it on the table, and smiled and beckoned Esther to sit down, "I'll call them over , don’t start yet! I think it will be more delicious if everyone eats together!” The girl ran away after speaking.

Mabel came quietly to Esther's side as she dutifully pulled back the chair.

"How do you feel about your body?" She sat on the dining table and raised her slender legs. The loose sweater exposed a large piece of honey-colored skin at the neckline. "You have been ordered to stay in the room these few days. She touched Esther's cheek and raised the broken hair around her ear, "I was under house arrest by Dr. York, wasn't I?"

"The doctor thinks I should rest, and I also think..." Halfway through speaking, the index finger stained with meat sauce suddenly moved to Esther's mouth.

"Try it?" Mabel asked with narrowed eyes.

Essers was in a stalemate with her for a few seconds, the slender white finger with a woman's delicate skin was stained with dark red meat sauce, if Mabel didn't eat it, she had more rude ways to make people subdue besides continuing to put it aside.Esses hesitated for a few seconds, and chose to open her mouth to enclose her fingertips before the situation got worse, but when she wanted to back away, her fingers pressed the base of her tongue viciously.

The body instinctively wanted to retch, Mabel's other clean hand grabbed Esses's hair, raised her embarrassing expression, and leaned close to her lips intimately, and the warm breath brushed against her cheeks. lower lip.

Mabel chuckled softly, "Poor child, I wish you a speedy recovery."