Chapter 95 : Zombie Empire 9 (2/2)
‘Plot-sama is as all-encompassing as always… and as eager to push me towards the main character…’
“Meow~~” White Tiger, who had been in her arms this whole time, suddenly meowed. Shi Sheng looked down and her gaze just so happened to meet White Tiger’s bright eyes.
‘You’ve been asleep for more than 20 days already… just what kind of an ability were you awakening?!’
“What’s your power?” Shi Sheng pinched White Tiger’s paws.
“Meow~”
White Tiger licked the back of her hand. Its brilliant eyes shone with human-like joy. No matter how much Shi Sheng asked though, White Tiger didn’t display any signs of an ability. Even after ‘tormenting’ it for a bit, which only caused White Tiger to meow more and allowing it to eat more Nuclei, nothing changed.
‘If this fellow can absorb Nuclei then it must have an ability… But it seems a bit dumb.’
Dummy White Tiger circled Shi Sheng and brushed up against her legs while meowing ingratiatingly.
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Before they set off, Chang Xin sent two soldiers to ask if Shi Sheng wanted to accompany the group. Shi Sheng rejected the offer. ‘Mr. Future Zombie Emperor ran away from home and hasn’t come back yet. If I leave, where will I find that fellow? Since he likes my ability so much, he’ll return on his own.’
Shi Sheng waited for three days. On the last night, when she was resting, she felt eyes staring at her. She opened her eyes to find a pair of lifeless ones. Those eyes seemed to gain some hints of vitality when they met hers. She hadn’t seen his face clearly before she was enveloped in a hug.
“Huh huh!!!” Zombie Emperor-sama seemed very happy for he picked Shi Sheng up and spun her around while continuing with his ‘huh huh’s.
“Meow!” White Tiger was startled and let out a fierce cry as it arched its back in preparation to attack.
“Raarrr!” Qian Li growled back at it before teleporting to the other end of the room.
White Tiger immediately chased after him while issuing low growls. The fur on its back was already standing up.
A rusted curved dagger suddenly appeared in mid-air and shot towards Qian Li, who teleported away from that spot with Shi Sheng again.
Shi Sheng bore witness to White Tiger constantly throwing more things towards them. The things had appeared mid-air and came in all shapes and sizes. There was pretty much everything; including zombie corpses.
In the past three days White Tiger had frequently gone outside on its own, and she had ignored it because she was too focused on playing around with her ability. ‘Who knew this fellow had a space-type ability?’
Shi Sheng called for it to stop when she saw the number of zombie bodies being tossed over increasing. ‘For fuck’s sake, why does it have so many zombie bodies in its space?! More importantly: Why did it put them there in the first place?! To enjoy looking at them or as food reserves?!’
Regardless of which reason it was, Shi Sheng wished to express her inability to accept it. ‘Son of a bitch, I don’t understand the thought processes of mutant animals!’
“Rarr!” A low growl echoed out from a corner of the room. Shi Sheng turned to find the zombie ‘corpses’ that had been lying there had shakily gotten up. Perhaps due to Qian Li’s presence, they didn’t dare to advance, and instead cowered further into the corner. Quite a few were curled up into a ball.
Shi Sheng was speechless. ‘These zombies are rather cute! No wait, they’re alive!!!’
[1] For those of you who are unaware, chuunibyou is a Japanese word used to describe a syndrome which causes people to be too… whimsical? Fantastical? Nerdy? Imagine that nerd kid who always plays D&D and says stuff like, “I am [insert name here], [insert insanely long posthumous title here], [(optional) include every single power here]” I would advise you to look it up yourself because I can’t explain things for the life of me.