Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 238 - Doctor of the Dead
Day 11: 8:46 A.M

Osaka: Tsutenkaku Tower: Control Room

Melee: Brass Knuckles, Wakizashi, Kitchen Cleaver(Repaired and Enhanced), Piyavka Sickle

Guns: AR15(Scope and Supivpressor attached) Colt 45, Beretta M9 Pistol, Hunting Shotgun

(Kyosei’s View)

”Still?! Do you think 37 years old is an age still young? Even though you are looking like that with a baby face, there is no way you are 37 years old!” Nanami did not believe at Kogure or should I say Dr. Kogure.

”I can’t blame you if you think I am younger than I appear to be but I am 37 years old. It’s just my babyface that dominates the most that you can’t tell I am an old individual already,” Kogure said as he showed his smug smile.

”Urgh! I am so pissed!” Nanami stomped her feet as she headed to the sofa and glared at Dr. Kogure.

”Let’s ignore her for now. Anyway, why did you lie about your real age earlier? I can tell that something is wrong with you but I can’t easily pinpoint it as I thought you are just a seven years old kid,” I asked Dr. Kogure about it because I am curious about it.

”Heh, it is an old trick of trickery to easily fool anyone. I don’t trust you before as you have the ability to kill a person without blinking an eye. I had to be wary of you until I have reached your base and see the situation in my own very eyes. Luckily for you, it seems you have a good reputation for your actions and you can easily choose a decision to help anyone in need.”

”Huh. Are you sure that is the right words to say your praises to me? Because I don’t show any mercy to my enemies.”

”I am not praising you, I am just stating the facts. As a doctor, I developed a habit of saying whatever is going on in my mind without care so if you receive a rather complimentary choice of words from my mouth about you then that means that is what I truly saw on your character.”

”Never mind, I don’t care about it. Anyways, you can tell us what kind of doctor are you. We lack any kind of doctors in our side and the only ones we can call ”doctor” from everyone are the combat medics and a few surgeons that was rescued by the SDF during the beginning of the outbreak.”

Kogure adjust his glasses on the corner of his glasses and grinned as he started talking.

”The word doctor has so many definitions and the way you use them can also change the way you perceive the doctor itself. In my case, I am not officially a doctor but a scientist that is involved in medicine development and microbial experimentation.”

Hearing this, I didn’t hold back and asked, ”Are you involved in Virus Galea’s outbreak causing havoc all over the world?”

Dr. Kogure looked at me with a face that tells me indirecty, ”Are you mocking me?” expression. He sighed and started walking back and forth on the room.

”If I am involved in this project, I wouldn’t make a mistake of releasing the virus to the public and infecting humans. For what, to increase the suffering in this world or to obliterate the humanity who is the parasite of the planet?”

”So you mean...”

”Yes. It would be a great honor to study the structure of the Galea Virus but I am not one of those people chosen to check and study the structure of the virus. I don’t know what happened but I heard that the virus has been coveted by the government officials to be used as a bioweapon.”

”That’s what I heard too.”

”The government bastards who were so warmongers are the one to blame for this. To use dead people to go to war, it is akin of creating disaster itself. It is one of my regrets that the virus is just created for the sake of becoming a bioweapon. Those selfish humans didn’t even think of creating a cure in case things turns out of control.”

I looked at Nanami to convey the state of the research to Dr. Kogure but from the looks of it, she didn’t understand my signs that she just shrugged instead.

”Do you still wanted to study the virus, doctor?” I asked.

”Heh, if I indeed study the virus, I wanted to do so to create a cure or even a vaccine to allow humanity to avoid being bitten by the infected.”

”Then you are in luck. Let’s go to the temporary lab room created. I have something to show you.”

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Day 11: 9:00 A.M

Osaka: Tsutenkaku Tower: Makeshift tent facilities

Melee: Brass Knuckles, Wakizashi, Kitchen Cleaver(Repaired and Enhanced), Piyavka Sickle

Guns: AR15(Scope and Supivpressor attached) Colt 45, Beretta M9 Pistol, Hunting Shotgun

(Kyosei’s View)

Due to the lack of usable room on the tower for different purposes, the others that no longer get to fit in to the tower’s rooms are now laid out just outside the tower using the makeshift tents to create a room.

We went to the ground floor and went to the medbay. Though we didn’t go inside the medbay but went behind the medbay tent. Just behind it is another tent, much smaller than the medbay tent but much bigger compared to the other tents that were used for other facilities.

”We are here, please get inside, Doctor,” I said.

Dr. Kogure sniff the air and he looked surprised.

”Interesting,” he said before he parted the entrance of the makeshift tent for the temporary laboratory that involves the study of Virus Galea.

Inside, Chie is busy scribbling on the notebook as she observe something on the microscope before going back to her notebook and started writing on the notebook to record something.

”Hey, Chie, you kind of busy?” I asked in a loud voice.

Chie who was preoccupied on her research raise her head and reveals her tired looking face with dark circles on her eyes, a sign that she keeps on doing some overnight session of something.

”Oh? It’s you Kyosei. What brings you here? Did you bring any sort of samples for me to study?” she asked as she adjust her glasses and glances at Dr. Kogure. The moment her eyes landed on Dr. Kogure, she immediately stiffened and started speaking formal.

”I am sorry, Doctor Kogure, I didn’t see you there earlier. My behaviour is insolent.”

”Oh? If it isn’t my favorite student, Chie. You survived eh? That was one good luck on you. To think you would start the research of the Virus Galea this early. Color me impressed.” Dr. Kogure said.

”You two know each other?” I asked.

”Indeed, boy. Chie is one of my precious genius students and also a distant relative that has the IQ to properly understand the study of microorganisms. So seeing her perform investigations for the virus Galea is quite expected but commendable.”

”Your words flatter me sensei,” Chie bowed once more.

”It is a fact. I always say that, didn’t I do it even before.”

”Yes, thank you for the facts that you told me, sensei.”

”Alright then, let’s get into your research and let’s see your progress on the creation of any kind of potion or medicine to combat the undead. Even a cure or a vaccine would be really great.”

Chie nodded and lead us to her table as she pulls out some of the books involving the microbiology and her own draft plans in regards to the virus itself.

”The virus itself is very complicated and many things have been a victim by it. Studying it too will also make you break your head. With so many variables of the virus present and its structure is pretty hard to crack down, I slowly experimented on the virus by gathering potentials of its structure. I noted most of them on my notebook.”

”So, did you already get any kind of progress regarding to the cure or the vaccine?” Dr. Kogure asked.

”Unfortunately doctor, my research is halted as I get into many blunder involving these things, I needed to experiment it more and gather more intel on it.

The two continue talking gibberish science that I am unsure how will they stop and take a rest. Because I am going to be out of place here, I decided to exit the tent and stretch ny body for a bit. After knowing Dr. Kogure, I am now sure that the development of either a cure or a vaccine will proceed smoothly.

Now that things are finally clear, I needed to go back to Nanami. With the prototype for the intenet connection created by Zhao Fang is finally out, I am sure Nanami would be asking me to fetch materials. With the internet has trouble on shutting down in the future, this is the only way to get more information regarding its installment.