YOUR CHOICE
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Farhana is infected...
Farhana is beyond saving anymore...
Had he believed it?
With Jane's crying voice echoing after them as they left, Deserell found himself feeling all cold over his body as he followed Yuheiyo's footsteps in silence.
Just thinking about the moment where he would see his brother Far's defiled body, the corner of his eyes are already getting wet.
He doesn't want to believe it.
Until he sees it from his own eyes, he won't believe it, and so he really did come at that. Flesh, flesh, and flesh. A second later they stepped into the hallway, a strong nauseating scent hit their noses, and it made the stomach turn. Both had the urgency to vomit right away, wanting to let out everything to make themselves a bit comfortable, but the two chose to endure, continuing without any words of complaint.
Eyeing everything carefully, they have finally reached the specific place where it was said the other group left Farhana's body. Though the chance of believing he is no longer alive is slim, they still didn't expect what they saw right now, which is beyond their expectation. He is just right there. His whole limbs and head are still intact, and more likely he looks like he is just taking a nap, but all over the bloodied ground.
"It is brother Far!" Deserell crouched down. "He is still alive."
"And, infected." Yuheiyo's stated.
"Huh? What are you saying? He isn't —"
A certain look at Farhana's delicate neck made it clear to Deserell.
There, if you focus on staring at the white skin, one would see it, the sign of an early stage of infection, starting from the base of the neck where the dark veins are showing up, and soon it will might reach the face.
"What should we do?" Deserell heard himself asking. "We can't leave him like this, we can't leave brother Far."
His fingers began to shake, and he reached to touch Farhana's paled face.
It is cold, and there are no longer signs of human body warmth anymore.
Is he dead?
No—he wouldn't, as far as Deserell could remember, according to the Academy of Science teaching that if the infection was formed throughout the wounds or bite of an infected human being, then this is what they called the preliminary stage of a man turning into a man-eating zombie, type A.
"Right, we can bring brother Far back to the HOPE institute to get a temporary cure." Deserell voiced, hinting a bit of joy in his conclusion.
"What?"
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
"Don't tell me you are planning to leave brother Far?"
"He is infected." Yuheiyo's tone sounded as if he was saying a matter of fact.
"And so?" Deserell's eyes narrowed, and at this moment his mind can't seem to understand what the other is trying to say. "That's why we will have to get a cure for him."
"He is infected with the possibility of type A."
"Brother Yu..." Yuheiyo frowned, he didn't expect the other would call him like that. It was something that caught him off-guard. Right there. He seemed to genuinely gaze down at Deserell with a glint of unknown resentment.
And uttered, "Your choice."
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