Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 292 - Recovery of Traumas Done by the Dead
Day 320: 9:00 P.M

(Kyosei’s View)

Currently laying on a bed for the operation to remove the bullet on my arm, Miyuki looked at me with a stern look on her face.

”I keep telling you to not overestimate yourself and act like you can dodge everything on your way! You may be someone who has a body different than ours because of the infection of your body from the original virus but that doesn’t mean you have transformed to a superhuman already! What if the bullet didn’t go to your elbow but in your vital points?! We would have no more chance to revive you anymore if that happens!” Miyuki said.

”Don’t scold Kyosei too much, Miyuki. I know you are always worried about his well-being but don’t always nag at him like a mother though,” Rin said.

”You can’t blame me! This time, it is a little bit serious wound! This might have hit him fatally if he is not fast enough to dodge it!”

I kept myself quiet from her ramblings as I just listen to them argue. If this is a real hospital, they would have already been fired by the hospital because they will argue first before treating their patients. But I didn’t mind them doing this once in a while, this might be their way of coping up with the trouble of the situation and how stressful the work of a medic is as they handle the lives of everyone that has been sent for them.

But still, they didn’t forget to keep the proper process of treating my wound. They continue to put enough pressure to my wound as they try to take out the bullet. I lessen the bleeding earlier with the bandage and asked Kaito to give me a proper first aid while the bullet tip on my wound is still not taken out. It was fine a moment ago before it was strained during the defense as I forgot the wound due to the pressure of the situation. If it wasn’t due to the Night Rage earlier, I might have relaxed and easily avoided too much strain on my wound.

Still, it seems my rapid regeneration healing is still happening in my body. I kind of suspected to have this already even before I know I was infected, and I thought of it as my body’s ability to heal rapidly than normal to be just my specific trait. However, this might be the result of the dormant original virus galea in my body body, repairing all the damages the host body has to avoid danger that might appear and endanger its life. I am just theorizing it but it might be the real cause of everything abnormal to me.

I might not have any kind of power but it allowed me to be capable of becoming more capable than a normal human. But as long as the virus is in my body, I am still an infected. And to make up for everything and taking advantage of my physics, I will keep on doing suicide missions that will be really hard to handle by anyone to ensure the safety and the future of my group. Besides, I still haven’t fulfilled the promise I had with Leo. I also have to reunite everyone to their families whether they are already dead or alive. Until then, dying is not an option.

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It took me them 30 minutes before the bullet was fully removed from my arm because it dug too deep than expected and the flesh around it has been starting to clot rapidly that if they didn’t remove it now, it might have trouble if it remained longer.

”Still, to see your wound clotting already despite being a latest fresh wound you just acquired earlier this morning, it is rather difficult to see much,” Miyuki said.

”Indeed. It has been a while since we have operated a victim that needed bullet removal but this is the first time I have encountered this. If I didn’t know it myself and you told me this wound has been a few days old already, then I might have believed you on that,” one of the medics that are teaching Miyuki, Cindy and the twins, Rin and Ren commented as she helped with the bullet removal after the others have found a little bit of trouble removing the bullets necessary to be removed. If she didn’t help, it might not have gone too well.

”It doesn’t really matter, the bullet is removed so it is fine,” I said.

”You should rest a few days for now. Do not go on missions for now unless in the base only. Explorations outside is prohibited for now so don’t even dare do anything that will make the matters worse,” Cindy said.

”Yeah, yeah,” I said.

Still, it was still a bit of a miracle to see them like this. During the first day of the apocalypse when I rescued them all, they were just naive students who still have little to no grasp on what is happening until the very last minute and have survived hell for most of the time in the past especially during the time our very first base was destroyed and we are forces to wander the streets of the dead. Even Cindy who was usually using her looks to get what she needed in the past is now doing her best to become a medical practitioner.

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I left the medical building to see the situation of the survivors. The gunshots and different sounds of undead are all groaning outside the walls. The defense is much better now with the outposts so the horde is much easier to handle now compared before. Although it is still hard to dispose some of the variants like the Juggernauts in one go, at least they are not as dangerous as they were when they appeared first.

Walking around, I saw Kaito resting with the little brother of that woman named Himari with him, drinking cola. Kaito saw me and started the conversation first.

”Did you already finish your treatment? How is the wound?”

”Its not serious so it was not threatening my life. Anyway, why is this little kid with you? I never saw you interact with the other kids here in the base so I am surprised to see you with one.”

”Oh, his sister is currently taking a physical examination with the other people that we brought together to make sure no one is hiding any kind of problem like bite marks as they are the ones who will bring danger.”

”So that is why I don’t see them,” I nodded after learning the reason.

”Of course. With all the trauma they got from the gangsters, they needed help and even though we don’t have a legitimate doctor as we only have a few combat medics filling the role. It is much better than nothing. If we just leave them without any help, even though we rescued them, they might commit suicide due to their experiences so we made sure that they won’t feel any despair.”

Kaito was right about it. We can rescue everyone but they might fall to despair if left alone. Giving them hope, even it is a little bit bleak will be enough to let them keep moving forward.

In the end, all of them are not infected and were fine. Three of them are pregnant which means the men who molested them has been able to fertilize them causing for them to be pregnant. In times like this, they will start screaming ans will go upset over everything so they are not easy to handle.

The others are only malnourished and lack nutrients in their body so it is kinda normal for them to be like this. They are the ones who has been able to avoid ”doing it” with the gangsters who failed in pregnancy tests.

Although the pregnant women do not want to give birth to them, they were instructed that they don’t have the blame to be born in this world. Despite the bastards who were responsible were all evil people, the unborn babies are not the one to be blamed. They are not someone who will be burdened to the sin of their fathers. They are innocent and whatever the men who violated the mothers did, the kid is not the one to blame.

In the end, they were accepted by our group and the ones who can fight are going to be trained with the others so that they can join the people who will be able to fight against the dead. As for the people who can’t fight, they are given the opportunity to join the noncombatant areas of the base to join in so that they can get contributions too. As for the pregnant women, they will be going to be resting until the day they needed to give birth. Because giving birth in this rotting world is already a miracle itself.