XG 155 - We, the normies, are not going to waste our bullets
"A crazy person won't do such a life-threatening thing," the soft-spoken guard said.
"I'm talking about him having drugs! Or else why would this guy dare to do such a crazy thing and even spouting nonsense?"
"Stop bickering and work harder to stop him! Shoot the speaker!" The team captain ordered.
The beanie hat guard succeeded in bursting one speaker, and it send the driver into a panic.
"Wait! Just help me! I'm telling the truth! That shaman can chase the monsters away! Those monsters are really afraid of her!"
"Shaman? Is that person hiding inside the van?" The soft-spoken guard asked.
"No. There's no one else other than the driver," the guard with binoculars reported.
"It would definitely be much easier to shut his mouth if he's dead," the beanie hat guard threatened.
"No killing!" The soft-spoken guard quickly spoke up. Although they were now in an era where rules were worthless, that does not mean they had discarded their morals.
"I know that, or else why would I do such a bullet-wasting thing? But we can't just let him continue to drive up, right? The only way to chase this nuisance away is to scare him."
Yet, the newcomer was not afraid of being shot at all! Was he that confident they would not kill him?
"Other than looking out for danger, the top says to look out for special visitors," the soft-spoken guy reminded the team.
"I think he's just a crazy bastard that's spouting weird excuses to get in!" The beanie hat guard shot another speaker, which prompted the driver to use the remaining speaker to plead for them to believe him even more.
"It will be more believable if he claims to know a scientist that discovered a cure. I don't think he's lying about the shaman, but it's a little doubtful about the shaman's capability," the soft-spoken guard said.
"Wait, you believe him?!"
"Either way, the damage is already done. The speaker had already attracted more zombies."
"What should we do? The van is getting very close," the guard with binoculars prompted.
"Tsk! Listen to him!" The team captain patted the soft-spoken guard's back roughly. "Save that fella's ass and I will use the communication line to talk to the top for verification whether to continue our thankless job or ignore that outsider."
"Fine! If the top says not to, I will personally send a bullet to his brain!" The beanie hat guard started shooting the zombies running behind the van. His heart bleed in pain seeing how many zombies there were, and then compared to the tiny amount of bullets he has.
The driver was quick to catch on seeing that the bullets were no longer targeting him. He immediately expressed his gratitude with the loudspeaker. "Thank you! Thank you! I promise that you won't regret it!"
"Oh, shut up!" The beanie hat guard yelled but did not waste any bullets to intimidate the annoying driver. "Call the ability users to join us quickly! We, the normies, are not going to waste our bullets!"
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Perhaps sensing Wong Xue Guo and Chen Yibo having an argument, Smoker would occasionally inform Wong Xue Guo about Chen Yibo's latest news that was relayed to him from L.L.
"Aren't you going to see him?" Smoker was puzzled on why she would be this indifferent after hearing Chen Yibo was still unconscious.
While no one knew she had confessed and got rejected, that does not mean no one was blind to miss how close she and Chen Yibo were getting recently. Thinking they were just arguing, the others believe the fight was not so terrible that it had broken their good friendship.
They could also see that Wong Xue Guo did not reject Chen Yibo's hospitality, and even somewhat expected it from him.
People of the opposite gender could be friends, but unfortunately, Chen Yibo's rather caring attitude towards Wong Xue Guo just collapsed that setting.
Most people would be unable to resist falling in love with such a good, handsome and caring man. Unless they were in a loving relationship.
"What's the use of me going there?" Wong Xue Guo played with her shadow on the wall, forming an image of a thorny monster. She was not a doctor or a scientist capable of knowing how they were doing things there.
Chen Yibo had fallen into a coma after taking a booster shot, but his vitals showed he was fine and there was no fever, so he was not forced to wake up. The only abnormal thing was his brain activity was very active, but not something to worry about yet. They just had to wait patiently for him to wake up by himself while continuing to supply nutrients into his system.
Her vibrating phone attracted her attention from her solo shadow play.
"There's a van coming straight to our gates. We need to rescue him from the zombie horde surrounding him," Chin Chun informed as soon as the call connected.
A van? Wong Xue Guo knew the van would not be their base from Chin Chun's wording.
"It would be more suitable for middle-range fighters to handle it. I doubt anyone will be willing to fight face to face in close distance with a horde of zombies." She also has no replacement for her broken sword and she would not take Chen Yibo's even if he offered.
She still have her gun, but bullets were limited. And she had slacked off with her gun training.
"You are right. But we insist for all ability users take this opportunity to further experiment with their ability with free targets. At the same time, everyone could contribute to keeping the base safe."
"My shadow would be useless, but I will join the fight."
"Your ability is more than a 'shadow'. We just need to continue to explore its uses and not limit it within our humble expectations."
Chin Chun's words reminded her of the encounter with Miu yesterday.
It was a coincidence meeting Miu.
Wong Xue Guo was able to replicate the situation where she could control Mr Rabbit's movement under Nana and Smoker's supervision. Her movement as 'Mr Rabbit' became smoother, but she instinctively felt that there was something that stopped her from completely controlling the plushie.
But she could never 'possess' other items, much less able to lift them, not that the items she tried had arms, legs and eyes. Thinking this far, she decided to search for another plushie to test on, so she went around to ask if anyone had one.
"Miu has one," Nana said. During this period, she had gotten along well with Miu, whose personality was quite similar to Nana in some aspects.
Who would have thought Miu would be the one with a plushie?
It was a threadbare brown teddy bear and most of its colour was gone from constant washing.
"This is Kiat's." Miu caressed the bear's head affectionately. With her son gone, she could only restrain her grief by holding onto his favourite teddy and occasionally using her ability to see her son again.
Wong Xue Guo had not met the real Kiat before, and only remembered the lunatic 'Kiat' that was possessed by the 'Ghost' to commit suicide before his mother. It was unknown if it was a gift that Miu could always replay the memory of her son from the 'memories' of the bear, or if it was torture to constantly refresh her memory of the son she failed to protect.
For not realizing her son's body was occupied by his murderer, Miu definitely could not forgive herself even if she believed she had succeeded in helping his son avenge his murder.
"I will find if there are other soft toys." Wong Xue Guo does not dare to bear the consequences if her ability accidentally destroyed Miu's precious momento.
Fortunately, she did find other plushies, but unfortunately, the children refused to let her borrow them. Fear of making them cry, she did not urge the children to lend their toys even if their parents agreed to lend them to her.
Wong Xue Guo was thinking of going out and visiting a toy store, but Miu stopped her. "I have heard from Nana what you want to do with a soft toy. There is no harm in lending my bear to you for a moment, but do you mind if I watch what you are intending to do? I'm curious about your shadow."
Aren't you just afraid I might destroy your toy?