Chapter 5 — Queen of the Zombie Picky Eaters

I climbed up the city wall. Tham Tan grabbed my wrist.

“Khuong Dao.”

I looked at him.

"You're one meter nine tall, don't frown, you're ugly."

I jumped down. When I landed, my knee shifted to one side and then quickly returned to normal. Co Nghien reached out to me.

“Good.”

I walked up to him. Just as he was about to touch me, I kicked him in the knee. Co Nghien knelt down. The researchers panicked. Khuong Le was stunned. I pulled her up and ran away. The zombies poked their heads out from the rubble. Co Nghien shouted behind him:

“Stop her!”

Several zombies rushed forward. I turned my head and shouted:

“Get out!”

They fell to the ground, holding their cow's heads and moving backwards. Khuong Le held my hand, her voice very soft.

“You, you can really command them.”

“Don't praise me, I'm very arrogant.”

The city gate opened. Tham Tan led people to rush out to respond. Co Nghien stood up from the ground, the fake smile from before was no longer on his face.

“Khuong Dao, you will regret it.”

I helped Khuong Le go inside.

"If I die, I'm already dead. It's not my turn to regret it yet."

Before the gate closed, Co Nghien said:

“She is not my sister.”

Khuong Le's hand immediately loosened. Co Nghien continued:

“She is a vessel fed by my blood.”

Khuong Le was brought into the laboratory. While Professor Lam was examining her, she kept staring at me. I was looked at to the point of being scared.

"If you're hungry, look at Tham Tan. He's tall."

Tham Tan placed a bag of plasma in my hand.

“Silence.”

Khuong Le suddenly burst out laughing.

“Sister, you also said the same thing before.”

Professor Lam's hand stopped. I sucked on the plasma bag.

“Before?”

Khuong Le said:

"In the research institute, they forced me to study with you. You said I didn't study the same way, because seeing people under one meter eight makes me want to bite them."

I remained silent. This sentence is indeed similar to what I could say. Professor Lam took out a new report.

"She has your blood sample in her body, but the level of infection is deeper than yours. Co Nghien sees her as a backup key."

“Open what?”

“Zombie horde.”

Tam Tan asked:

“Why does Co Nghien want to control the zombies?”

Professor Lam said:

“He wants to enter the main city.”

Captain Trieu, who was being escorted outside the door, heard it and immediately shouted:

"I know! He once came to me, saying that as long as I helped him cause chaos in the base, he would give me and my son entry into the main city!"

His son stands behind.

“So dad admitted it.”

Captain Trieu opened his mouth but did not dare turn his head. Tham Tan told the soldiers:

“Record.”

Captain Trieu panicked:

“If I confess truthfully, will my charges be reduced?”

I said:

“Could reduce facial skin a bit.”

Khuong Le suddenly hugged her stomach. Her face quickly turned pale. Professor Lam held her back.

“She needs fresh blood.”

I held out my wrist. Tham Tan stopped.

“No way.”

“She is fed by my blood.”

“So it's even more impossible.”

Khuong Le gritted his teeth and said:

“I don't need your blood.”

She looked towards Tham Tan. I immediately blocked her sight.

"This person can't do it, I saw it first."

Some soldiers in the laboratory tried not to laugh. Tham Tan rolled up his sleeves.

“One sip.”

Khuong Le shook her head.

“Co Nghien placed something in my body. Whoever you bite, he will find that person.”

Professor Lam lifted up the hair on the back of her neck. Under the skin there is a black protrusion. I reached out and touched it. That thing suddenly moved. The siren sounded again. On the screen, the zombies outside the base once again gathered. This time they did not kneel. They raised a white flag. My name is written on it. Return Khuong Dao. Otherwise, the whole city will be massacred. In the meeting room on the city wall, everyone was arguing. Someone said they should hand me over. Some people say you can't trust Co Nghien. Team leader Trieu knelt in the corner, seized the opportunity and shouted:

“Hand her over! It's all because of her!”

His son stood at the door, his face unsightly.

“Dad, say one more sentence and I will gag you with my own hands.”

Captain Trieu fell silent. Tham Tan looked at the map.

“Co Nghien wants Khuong Dao, not the base. He does not dare to attack directly.”

A vice captain said:

“But he has zombies.”

I raised my hand.

“To be precise, it's my old colleague.”

The deputy captain glared at me:

“Can you still joke now?”

“If you're not kidding, you won't hand me over anymore?”

He couldn't say anything. Professor Lam projected the image of what was on the back of Khuong Le's head onto the screen.

“This is a positioning needle placed by Co Nghien, and can stimulate her to lose control. He wants to force Khuong Dao out, then use Khuong Le to lead the zombies to attack the city."

The deputy captain asked:

“Can I take it out?”

“It's possible, but it takes fifteen minutes. During that time she will go crazy.”

Everyone looked at me. I said:

“What are you looking at me for? I'm not a tranquilizer."

Khuong Le sat in the corner, her voice very low.

“Tie me up.”

Professor Lam said:

“Normal wires don't work.”

Tham Tan took out his handcuffs.

“Use this.”

Khuong Le looked at the old bite mark on his wrist.

“Did you ever bite me?”

I replied:

“Job requirements.”

Khuong Le asked:

“Is it sweet?”

I stood in front of Tham Tan.

“You ask too many questions.”

The surgery begins. Khuong Le was held on a chair. As soon as she slit her skin, she let out a roar. The glass vibrated every now and then. The zombies outside also roared. Co Nghien's voice came out from the loudspeaker.

“Dao Dao, are you coming in fifteen minutes?”

Tham Tan tried to turn off the speaker but the button was ineffective. Co Nghien continued:

“If you don't come, I will make Khuong Le tear his own throat.”

Khuong Le struggled until her wrists bled. She looked at me, her teeth gritted together.

“Sister, don't come.”

I held her face.

“Look at me.”

She gasped. I said:

“If you dare to die, I will take Co Nghien back to be your food.”

Finally, Khuong Le was quiet for a second. Professor Lam grabbed the needle. Outside the door, team leader Trieu suddenly pushed the guard down and rushed towards the circuit breaker.

“Let's all die!”

The light is off. Khuong Le's handcuffs broke. In the darkness, Khuong Le rushed into the nearest person. The closest person is me. She bit into my shoulder, her teeth sinking into the flesh. I was so hurt that I cursed. Tham Tan rushed forward and used the butt of his gun to hit Khuong Le's back. I shouted:

“Don't hit her!”

“She's biting you.”

“I know, I'm not blind.”

Professor Lam fumbled around looking for a spare light. Team Chief Trieu crawled towards the door, but his son stepped on his hand.

“Dad, do you still want to run?”

Captain Trieu cried:

“I don't want to die!”

His son said:

“What do other people want?”

The backup light lights up.