STERILE: My Bottom Is A Zombie

Chapter 26: (STERILE: X-Virus)

"Help me!"

Hideo heard the screams of one of his men, then he turned towards the place where the man was. With the glasses set into a viewing mode in the dark, Hideo can still identify a man who is firing a bullet. A few zombies approached towards that person, unforgiving. Hideo felt the situation was not in line with expectations, so he ordered all his men to retreat and save themselves.

The one who shouted just now was none other than the new kid. As part of the team, he should understand that in every action STERIL members are asked to be neat and organized. They have a rule, especially in Hideo's team not to make a fuss in the line of duty. They came silently, moving silently, leaving also silently. In each movement, STERIL requires all members to enable silent mode in their weapons. This is so as not to attract the attention of zombies also does not provoke aggressive action. But it seems like the new kid is a bit reckless. He instead sparked a commotion and brought the team into danger.

"Retreat! Back off! Quickly go to the van!" hideo's orders.

"They're too many!" call other members.

Hideo and his team are being chased by the undead. No matter how many shots were fired, how many times the firearm eruption was spewed out, they kept coming as if inexhaustible. Dory the flying camera robot follows where Hideo is going. When he was in a high position, one of the zombies crawling on the wall suddenly jumped up, then lunged at Dory. A loud sound was heard.

BUGH

"Ouch! Help me, Commander!"

Basically all the camera robots that are tasked to STERIL are specially designed. All components are made to withstand impact as well as shock. Intel's core computer microchips are also made with the latest technology. Scientists who make it want a camera robot to have emotions like humans but still be able to think rationally. For the size of the robot that all parts of his body are hard, it seems that Dory is a little excessive.

"Don't you see I'm busy?" Hideo shot at the zombies that came back and forth. They came through the dark space like an ant coming out of a nest.

"Please! I'm gonna be a zombie!" Dory forces herself to fly away from the fray while complaining that she can turn into a zombie. He's not a superhero who can suddenly change. Okay fine! This made Hideo very eager to shoot him as well.

"You're a robot, how can you be a zombie. Go to a safe place!"

Hideo and his men were cornered. He doesn't want to have to make a decision. Hideo picks up a mini bomb and throws it at the incoming zombies. "Close!" loud shouting.

BOOMING

The bodies of life were blown away like flying feathers. But darling is very dear. Fate still wanted to play around with them for a moment. Among the bodies of the undead there was one that survived. Like he never died, he rose from hell once again. He's the only big zombie. In plain sight, one could see his muscles poking out of the torn clothes.

His face was covered with an iron mask, so that no one could see how ruthless he was. With the remaining power, he ran and then lunged at Hideo.

Hideo fired a bullet, but in vain. The mask worn by the zombies was quite thick. The bullet fired by Hideo just stuck, but not deadly. A fist hit Hideo's face and he fell. A moment later all I felt was the pain of the impact. As fast as lightning, the creature came. Hideo resisted the attack with his hand, but his hand was bitten.

"Scorpion emblem?!" hideo muttered in pain as soon as he saw the black tattoo in the shape of a venomous animal on the neck of a zombie. Hideo kicked him.

BUGH

Hideo rolled to the right to avoid boxing.

BUGH

Hideo rolled to the left to avoid the next fist strike.

"Commander, here!"

After realizing what had just happened and managed to control himself, Hideo caught a rifle thrown by his men, then he fired another bullet. One-two-three, and finally the creature is really in hell.

A lump of body lying down does not make the tension subside. Quite the contrary, Hideo now has to deal with a reality more terrible than just being chased by zombies. Hideo saw his hands hollow. From the hole the blood bite marks dripped out. He now knows that he is still human. But for how long? Soon she'll be one of 'them.' If she changes, what about her lover's fate?

Hideo anxious. He was afraid to leave the throne alone.

"Commander .. You were bitten." One of his men returns Hideo to the real world. Hideo's confidant is taking up arms. The tone of the bass voice that greeted hearing was unable to cover the doubt again anxious.

Hideo turned his eyes to his men one by one. It never once occurred to Hideo that one day he would see his own men standing around him with guns.

STERIL has a 'Shoot dead infected troop members' rule.' Hideo didn't think the weapon would be aimed at him so soon. The wheel of destiny rotates in such a way. It used to hunt, it's now hunted. Hideo remembered the Throne. Unfortunately, when she wants to start a new relationship, she has to leave her lover. He's not willing, really.

"Commander, are you still conscious?"

Hideo chuckled, laughing at himself. "I'm fully aware." Hideo lifted his head and said, "Now. If I change you can shoot me."

"Commander, we all know the rules. But we decided to take you to Atlantis. Let you be quarantined to be cured."

"What if my status is 60%?"

"No, Commander. You just got bitten ...."

"I asked 'what if my status is 60%?' What are you guys supposed to do?!" Jerky Hideo. Hideo's voice started to cling to his throat. Body hurts. There was blood dripping as he wiped his nose. Puddly red. Very fast phase of change. Hideo can no longer stop the virus from spreading inside his body, despite his wish. "Look! I'm starting to change. You're gonna have to shoot me, got it!"

"We .. understand, Commander." Answer Hideo's men, I had to. The rifles in their hands were clasped tightly, worried about falling down from yielding to pity.

"Commander, greetings will be conveyed. But please, hold on!"

Hideo's men are starting to grieve.

"You're all military, it's inappropriate to put on such a sad face. There's no more time. Uhuk!" Blood soiled Hideo's hand as he coughed. "Damn! So this is what the Throne felt when it was a zombie."

Hideo is speechless. The man who was once strong, now fell. Both of his legs were unable to support his own body weight. Hideo felt his entire body being hit by thousands of needles. Blood not only comes out of the nose, but both ears, as well as eyes.

Hideo's men quietly flinch. None of them fired a bullet. They decide to wait for Hideo to turn into a zombie. That way they will. They will destroy the lifeless creatures of Bringas. Until Hideo finally fell down.

In this phase, Hideo's eyes slowly changed. The originally colored cornea of the eye is replaced with gray.

"Tahta," he muttered last time before his consciousness disappeared.

The zombie virus in the human body has a long journey. When they enter the human body, it immediately attaches to blood cells, changing the DNA tissue and damaging it. The virus has now infected Hideo. The virus makes blood cells in the body rupture and interfere with the performance of the heart so that it fails. Because the inner body is damaged, blood comes out through any hole.

But the virus is not alone.

There is another virus that lives first in Hideo's body. They divide very quickly and coexist with their host DNA. The originally calm virus suddenly turned aggressive. They feed on zombie viruses like piranha fish that eat fresh meat. They eat greedily. Ate. Eat again. Keep eating until the food is not left. When the zombie virus runs out, they move back slowly.

With a single breath, Hideo returned to his world. A world where love exists and lives. Hideo's eye color turned brown as usual. Through a normally functioning optical lens he saw his men standing firmly in their original position. Undaunted. In the heart Hideo praised. Its members should be proud. Hideo thought he was going to die, but knowing that he could remember one by one the names of his men, Hideo was astonished.

"How can you?" Hideo saw the wound on his hand now begin to dry up.

"He has changed! Now, shoot that zombie!"

"Tu-wait! Don't fire! It's me, your Commander." said Hideo quickly as one of his men gave instructions.

"Commander? Is that really you?"

Stared full of hostility, Hideo then put his two hands up as a sign of surrender.

"Of course I'm still your commander. Don't shoot me!"

"Don't joke! You were bitten by a zombie and then you bled. How's the story going you're still our commander? Prepare your weapons! Maybe he's a new kind of zombie!" Hideo's men's orders with the nameplate 'Zarda.' Weapons were increasingly directed at the Commander-in-Chief man.

Hideo goes awry, but the finding that he's okay is more important than anything else.

"I don't know exactly what's going on. I know, I got bitten and almost changed? I thought I would forget you, but now I still remember your name and the Throne. Can we go to Atlantis and tell this to the scientists there? You can mess with me if you're afraid I'll attack you."

Zarda called Dory. The spherical camera robot flew up and stopped in front of Hideo. After the 'BIP' sound, Dory's screen gave off a blue light that moved from head to toe, then quickly Hideo's identity was read.

[This man is named Hideo Alexander. Position: Commander STERIL Northern Division. The network structure in my data says he's human.] Dory breathed a sigh of relief. [Thank God, Commander. You scared me.]

After the data shows that Hideo is still human, Hideo's men embrace each other. It was impossible for them to hug their commander because Hideo's state still needed to watch out. Blue Haru enveloped them including Dory. Dory was unceasingly crying as she flew around Hideo.

Hideo went home with his army. As usual they came to Atlantis to hand over the hunt. Dory has recorded all of Hideo's team activities and sent them to the center. But because it was too sad, Dory cried and did not record the entire incident until it was finished. He only recorded the part where Hideo was bitten as well as the moments of the phase of changing into a zombie.

As a result, having just arrived at the door of Atlantis, several protective troops in black clothes lined up to block Hideo's path. Hideo frowned at the sight of military weapons being pointed at him. He decided to wait for what the military would do. After all, the goal was not them, but Leony. Leony can certainly explain what really happened.

"Stay in place and don't move! We've seen reports from the Northern Division team's camera robot. You've been bitten and become a zombie. How can you walk to Atlantis without being chained?"

The loud voice again fiercely stopped Hideo's intention to step up. The protective leader of Atlantis would certainly not let him enter so easily. If told, even the military people would not understand. The only one who can explain it is a scientist.

"Chain him!" Military leader's orders.

"Wait a minute!" Leony came in a hurry. In her white suit, Hideo sees Leony as a savior angel.

"Are you Hideo?" ask Leony to make sure.

Hideo. His eyebrows and lip lines were flat, not painting any expression. This made Leony's face stiffen.

"My jaw! Are you still Hideo or a zombie?!"

Hideo raised his hand intending to reveal his wound. However, the military vigilance of the protector of Atlantis, interpreted differently. For them Hideo is a threat, so the trigger is ready to be pressed.

"Catch and isolate him!"

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