Before Donald could open his mouth, Nicole suddenly said, "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. I'm just letting you know that you can talk to me."Donald was feeling both relieved and guilty. He was relieved that she wasn't pushing him for answers. Then he wouldn't have to make a decision right away. He could keep it a secret. However, he felt guilty for keeping it from her when this could affect them in the future. She probably thought it was just something personal."After all, I don't want to hear about how your ego was bruised," she said, causing Donald to sputter. "Anyway, isn't it about time you got some sleep? It's supposed to be my shift."He was still annoyed that she had made fun of him earlier, but she was right about him getting some sleep. Since it was her turn to keep watch, he should get some rest. However, he didn't feel sleepy. His impromptu nap from earlier was the reason he was wide awake now. He could feel her judging eyes on him as he looked away

Donald found that things weren't different when he woke up. He only had a brief talk with the system before he went down for breakfast, but the system hadn't changed its mind. The only good thing about the conversation was that he could upgrade his power's range since it was more than an hour. He was also able to draw some conclusions.The points went up based on the current number of points multiplied by itself. That was why it went from three points to nine and five to twenty five. In that case, wouldn't that mean next time it would be eighty one points and six hundred twenty five? Those were some terrifying numbers, so he hoped he was wrong about his guess. Maybe it would just keep multiplying by three and five, which he could accept.Now he was back down to two points. If he wanted to upgrade conductivity, he would need seven more points. If it were power or range, it would be twenty

When Donald and Nicole had tied up the zombie, they had only expected two things from it. It would either break free from her control and attack him or remain docile. What they couldn't have expected was for it to suddenly drop dead to the ground. Well, technically, it was already dead since it was a zombie. It was a bit confusing, but the point was that he didn't know how to react.Donald stared at the zombie, wondering if he should get near it. It could be that it was playing dead, but he didn't think the zombie was that intelligent. If it was, then he figured they would have had more trouble fighting it earlier. As it was, he kept his distance just in case, as he was trying to figure out what could cause the zombie to act this way.Obviously, Nicole was out of range. It was the only reason for the zombie to suddenly change its behavior when it had been perfectly happy doing nothing. W

"Is it because you're worried that people would think I'm the zombie user?" Nicole asked.Not expecting her to be so calm, he blurted out, "You know."She raised an eyebrow as she said, "Even I panicked, thinking I was the zombie user, when I was somehow able to control a zombie. I hadn't even known I could do that and freaked out over the idea I was everyone's target."Okay, when she put it like that, he could see her point. If he were in her place, he would also probably freak out the moment the zombie started obeying him. Being the zombie user meant being everyone's target since the only way to end this was for the zombie user to be killed. That wasn't exactly a good position to be in. For a brief moment, he wondered how the zombie user was selected."However, you're probably right that I should stop controlling zombies for the time being. The cons outweigh the pros," she said before returning her attention back to the zombie. "We should deal with the

Whatever Donald had been planning to say went out the window as his mind shortcircuited at her words. Did she seriously say she would do anything to make it up to him? He had never expected to hear anyone say that, much less Nicole. Weren't those kinds of words the kind that came up in those cheesy porno videos? Not that he would know, obviously.Donald wasn't someone who wasted his time watching those kinds of things. It wasn't like he never dated or couldn't get himself a girl. He simply had better things to do, like get a job so he could have lots of money. The only reason he knew about them was because he heard about them all the time on campus and on the internet.However, none of them could prepare him for ending up in such a situation. What was he supposed to say? She was obviously already helping him, and there was no way he would ask if he could do anything remotely inappropriate to her. One was because he was crazy enough to try it. Considering Nicole's character and how she