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I tightened my grip on Queenie's hand.Queenie calmly continued, "I don't even know why I decided to save you—it was probably the look in your eyes. You were barely alive, but there was no fear in them, only exhaustion."I paused for a beat and then said, "I didn't see any reason to keep living back then."Queenie instantly looked up at me.I looked at her and said, "It's different now, though."She chuckled softly before leaning against my shoulder again.The campfire crackled, pushing back the utter darkness of the wasteland that stretched into the night.I wasn't afraid anymore, as I had Queenie by my side.…It was three years later, and the zombie outbreak slowly quieted down, with major bases forming an alliance to start rebuilding society.In the meantime, our settlement kept expanding, and we welcomed hundreds of homeless survivors. There were some who handled farming, some who went hunting, and some who were taking care of patrols. Though life was hard, it was peacef
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Whitney collapsed on the ground. She glared at me, her gaze full of spite and pure hatred. "Y-You'll regret this…"I ignored her, turned on my heel, and walked over to Queenie.She held her wounded shoulder, her face pale as she smiled. "I'm fine, Maverick. I'm not going to die from this."I reached out to steady her, my hands trembling as I held her up.In the meantime, the members of Nocturne Organization scattered and ran the moment the Void Domain dissipated. I didn't bother pursuing them, either.Damian Lister, Base Commander of Northvale Base, showed up with reinforcements after the dust had already settled. He took one look at Whitney on the ground, then at Queenie and me. Without a word, he signaled with his hand. His guards instantly stepped up to apprehend Whitney.Whitney glared daggers at me as she was hauled away, shrieking, "You're nothing but someone I threw away, Maverick! Who the hell do you think—"Her voice gradually faded into the distance.I stood where I w
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A piercing screech broke the night, followed right after by running footsteps, shouting, and the terrifying growls of mutant beasts.I grabbed my machete and ran outside. I spotted Queenie standing atop the wall, silver-blue light gathering in her hand.Masses of shadows were closing in from the distance. They were mutant beasts pumped full of drugs, double the size of normal zombies and covered in dripping, corrosive slime. There were roughly over a dozen figures further back, all of whom were members of Nocturne Organization.Whitney was leading them. She had lost a lot of weight, her eyes were deeply sunken, and her face was marked with scars. However, the hatred in her eyes had grown stronger over the past year.Queenie looked back at me and said, "Fall back, Maverick."I held my ground as the mutant beasts started bashing against the wall, breaking the stonework and kicking up clouds of dust.Queenie leaped down from the wall as silver-blue energy manifested into deadly blad
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"Let's go," Queenie said.I nodded and walked out of Northvale Base alongside her. I could hear the celebration going on behind us, but it was none of our business anymore. I didn't look back for a second as I stepped past the base gates. I knew that once certain doors closed, there was no point in looking back.Queenie broke the silence as we headed back to the settlement. "How does it feel, Maverick?"I considered it for a second before shaking my head. "It didn't feel as great as I thought it would."She tightened her grip on my hand and said, "It's because you're nothing like her."It didn't take long for the news of Whitney's banishment to hit every settlement. It was all anyone on the streets could talk about. "Did you hear what happened? Whitney only made it to A-rank by leeching off some ordinary man!""He was her personal cash cow for three years, and she repaid him by faking his test results and drugging him!""She got what she deserved! She's nothing but a stray d
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In that instant, everyone at the venue fell silent and stared wide-eyed at the holographic screen, then began whispering among themselves.Whitney turned completely pale. She tried to say something, but no words came out. Caleb Lister, her fiance, stood beside her with a frozen smile. He slowly looked at Whitney, his eyes full of disbelief.In the meantime, the display kept running. It showed photos of packets of suppressor drugs sealed in clear bags, right alongside Whitney's signed receipts. Then the witness was brought out. Queenie's subordinate escorted someone from the crowd and brought him onto the stage. He was dressed in gray, his head lowered as his whole body shook.He dropped to his knees the moment he reached the stage. He was a staff member from Northvale Base's testing facility. He was trembling as he exclaimed, "I-I'll confess! Whitney came to me three years ago with a massive payoff in contribution points to alter Maverick's records to a non-ability user! "She
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I barely got a wink of sleep over the next three days. It wasn't that I didn't want to sleep; I simply couldn't.Queenie's subordinate returned on the fourth night, dragging in someone from the Northvale Base testing facility. That man looked deathly pale as he trembled violently and dropped to his knees the second he walked through the door. "I'll tell you everything!" he said. "I'll tell you whatever you want!"Queenie remained seated, barely glancing at him.That man frantically banged his forehead on the ground. "Whitney came to me three years ago. She claimed Maverick had a rare constitution and that if he ever awakened, he was bound to surpass her. "She handed me a bunch of contribution points and told me to alter the results to show that he was a non-ability user…"I clenched my fists tightly."Go on," Queenie said, her voice totally calm.That man kept his head lowered and continued, "S-She gave me some kind of drug too. She made me spike Maverick's drink after every
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