Chapter 43: Evolution
"Do you remember me?" a soft voice.
I looked up, and a young girl stood in front of me, I knew she was smiling, but I couldn't see her face.
"Finally found you......"
The girl held out her hand to me......
Opening my eyes suddenly, I sat up from the couch. The girl's voice in the dream still seemed to be echoing in my ears......
"You...... Who is it?" I whispered to myself.
"What's wrong?" a crisp voice sounded beside me, "Nightmares?"
I turned my head to see Saya Takajo sitting on the couch across from me, holding a cup of coffee.
"Good morning. When she saw me, she said hello.
"Uh...... Well, early. I subconsciously responded, and then my eyes widened: "You ......"
"I? I'm fine. She said naturally.
"You were still dead yesterday...... I mean, I look weak, how can I suddenly become so energetic today!"
"Nonsense, if the fever is gone, it will naturally be fine, it's just that the wound is infected. Saya took a sip of coffee, frowned, added a spoonful of sugar, and looked up at me: "It's you, your face is so bad, as if you're going to die." ”
"My face is bad?" I touched my face, "Yes?"
"It's bad, you'd better look in the mirror. Saya said lightly.
Complexion...... It's because I'm not sleeping well and I've been having strange dreams lately.
"Do you remember me?"
I shook my head and expelled the auditory hallucinations.
"It's you, is it really okay to drink coffee just after you've recovered?"
"Coffee helps me think about something. Saya said, two beautiful eyebrows lightly locked in the center of the eyebrows, "But...... I didn't expect to wake up and see you again. ”
"It's just my turn to take care of you again. ...... What are you thinking?"
Saya Takashiro looked at me, his eyes flashing slightly behind the lenses: "You say, the zombies in the town below are the result of infection in the other direction, or are they the evolution of the zombies we saw before?"
"Evolution?" I was stunned, then shocked, "you mean ......"
"It's about becoming more agile, more and more intelligent, and so on. Saya said solemnly.
The corners of my mouth twitched: "How is it possible, those things are monsters that don't even have metabolism, how can they evolve? Only living things can evolve!!"
Saya Takashiro pouted, "Origi, do you know the definition of living organisms?"
"What is the definition of living organisms?"
Saya nodded, and raised his right hand to support his glasses: "The so-called living organisms are living organisms with kinetic energy, living objects with the ability to survive and reproduce, and living offspring produced by them through reproduction. Able to breathe. ”
"Kinetic energy, zombies can move, so they naturally have kinetic energy, as for survivability, these guys have strong vitality enough that as long as their heads are not broken, they can constantly attack the target. It's just a guy who is more disgusting than Xiaoqiang. Saya said.
My throat was a little dry: "But it doesn't have the ability to reproduce, and it doesn't breathe......"
"Why don't you have the ability to reproduce? If it bites you, you're a brand new zombie. This can also be considered as a means of reproduction. As for ......breathing," Takashiro sneered, "have you looked closely? Can you be sure that those disgusting things don't have the ability to breathe?"
"But...... What about life, it's not alive! You also said that living things are living things...... "I'm trying to find a loophole."
"What is life?" Saya Takajo interrupted me by pushing his glasses again, "Life is actually a semi-open system of matter that can respond to stimuli and reproduce with stable material and energy metabolism. So, until we actually catch a zombie and study whether its metabolism exists, we can't deny its existence. ”
Speaking of this, Saya spread her hands: "Then tell me, Oriki, from the information I have so far, is there any evidence that can disprove my arguments?"
I sat on the couch, dumbfounded, speechless for a long time.
............
"Ya, you're not in good spirits. ”
At the dinner table, Tsuiko said.
"Is there one?" I smiled, and my eyes couldn't help but shift to Saya Takashiro who was eating and drinking, she wasn't affected in the slightest?
"What are you looking at?" Saya looked up dissatisfied, and a grain of rice stood next to her mouth.
"Hehe......" everyone laughed. I couldn't laugh at all.
"Is it really okay to overeat like this just after recovery?" asked Komuro.
"Less verbose!"
"It's okay, it's time for nutrition. Shizuka Jukawa smiled.
"Uh-huh, Takashiro-san is a genius and needs more energy to keep his brain running!" said Kota Hirano.
When he said this, Saya Takashiro blushed and put down the bowl embarrassedly.
"Shut up!!"
Everyone laughed again.
"You're on good terms. Shizuko Sakai said enviously, "Although there are many people, the relationship between each of us is very good." ”
"Well, it's alright!" I laughed, touching the back of my head.
"Don't look like you're giving the credit to you. Bonnie said lightly.
My face froze: "Bonnie......"
The latter turned his face away.
"By the way, Origi-kun, how is your kendo study?" asked Kiriko.
"Kendo?" Sanhua Xingna raised her eyebrows, "What about you." ”
I shook my head helplessly: "I have no fate with this kind of thing, maybe I can learn it in the next life." ”
"Speaking of which, Sanka" Komuro said, "if I learn......"
"You want to learn kendo?" Sanka Xingna said in surprise, "If it's ......"
"What's wrong?" asked me softly, "You don't look very good." Did something happen?"
"Hmm. I nodded, "I talked to Saya this morning about zombies. ”
"What's the topic?"
"If Zombies Could Evolve ......"
Poison Island's eyes tightened.
Saya says that zombies have the characteristics of living organisms, so even if they can evolve, it is not impossible, but in fact, she suspects that the zombies in the town are zombies that have already evolved. I whispered.
"If that's the case, I don't really know what to do. I said, "If those guys are going to get better and better, I'm afraid everyone will be in danger......
"I don't have a way at all, I don't know how to deal with these guys that are harder to destroy than cockroaches, I don't even know how many kinds of zombies there are, I don't know what kind of monsters will appear. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if I can keep everyone alive as I said I would......" I hugged my head.
Tsukiko Poison Island reached out and held my hand, she looked at me and said softly, "I believe you can come up with a way to deal with it, and I believe that you can take everyone alive all the time." So, please believe in yourself too. ”
I felt the softness in my hands, but my heart was uneasy.
...... You trust me so much, if I ......
"So, I don't have time to teach you, and I'm already in trouble alone. "Sanhua Xingnai spreads his hands.
"That'...... Poison Island-senpai?" Komuro came over.
"I have a broken arm. Tsumiko Poison Island smiled.
Komuro sat down in frustration: "That's it...... Do you want me to go to Mr. Zuomen?"
"Huh...... Great idea!" Sanhua Xingna laughed, "Teacher Zuomen is very powerful, better than all of us. ”
Takashi Komuro seems to be a little moved.
Bonnie glanced at Komuro Takashi lightly: "A word of advice for you." I had heard since I was a child that the old man had a penchant for abusing his apprentices, and I suggested that you carry a wooden board with you. Or...... Armor plate. ”
"Steel, steel plate ......" Komuro's face turned pale for a moment.
"Actually, the teacher on the left door is not bad. Poison Island said, showing a look of memory, "I've always been very kind. ”
Sanhua Xingna glanced at her: "That's because you can always complete the task assigned by the teacher." Don't you see those senior brothers who didn't complete their tasks? ”
"Really?"
"Forget it. Komuro Takashi said dejectedly, "I don't study anymore." ”
"That...... If you don't mind. A voice rang out.
Yuko Sakai said, "If you don't mind, please let me teach you." ”
"You?" Komuro was surprised.
The corners of Sakai Yuko's mouth raised: "I see contempt in your eyes, I learned kendo from Grandpa Zuomen for a while, although it is not completely penetrated, but at least it is more than enough to teach you." ”
Everyone looked at Sakai Yuko's delicate and weak face in astonishment, such a girl like a deep boudoir turned out to be a hidden kendo master?
"Really?!" Komuro Takashi was surprised, "That's great!!!
"Nothing, hands-on. Yuko Sakai said.
...... This...... Reinen Miyamoto ?......
The same thought flashed through everyone's minds almost simultaneously.
Many people have their eyes on Miyamoto Rei.
The latter's face was as usual.
...... Hey?......
Many people began to mumble in their hearts.
Kiriko's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
............
"Dead fat house, what are you staring at me all the time?" said Saya as she put down her chopsticks and said impatiently.
Kota Hirano squirmed and said, "That...... Gao Cheng, in the novels and movies I used to read, it was said that people who have not turned into zombies after being bitten often have abilities beyond ordinary people......"
Saya Takajo's forehead throbbed.
Kota Hirano continued, "If you can, can you let me see it?"
"Boom!!"
There was a muffled sound, followed by Kota Hirano's screams.
"Ahem...... Well, don't forget to go to the dojo in a moment. Sanhua Xingna said to me.
"Hmm. "I picked up my chopsticks.
...... Let's eat some more. ......
"Miss Shizuko. After the meal, while packing up her things, Shizuka Jukawa called Shizuko Sakai, "Do you have any wine?"
Shizuko Sakai was stunned: "Yes, yes...... Big sister, do you want to drink?"
"Hmm......" Shizuka Jukawa's expression was a little gloomy.
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