At the end of Billy's story, the elderly woman was the first to speak. "That's quite a tale. It's hard to imagine all of that happening.That was the kind of reaction he had expected from Jacqueline. Of course, she had to prove herself different and accept it without batting an eye. Now the question was what the elderly couple would do now after hearing Billy's abridged version of what happened. Would they decide that he was just making things up and ask him to leave? Would they take him seriously, like Jacqueline did?"In fact, it sounds complete nonsense," the elderly man said before getting elbowed into the side by the old woman."What the old coot is saying is that he can't believe it either," she said.Her answer wasn't much of an answer. It still didn't tell him what they intended to do with the information he provided. Were they going to accept him or not? Unable to take it anymore, he decided that he should take matters into his own hands instead of waiting for their judgment.

Billy thought they had prepared well for what was to happen. After all, there wasn't much they needed to do after barricading the house. Training was a must, and making sure they were armed to the teeth was easy to do. They didn't have to worry about supplies, and they had someone to always check the cameras in the security room, so why was he receiving this message from the system now?[The second wave has started.]Normally, this wouldn't have bothered him. He had seen it before in his previous lives. It was standard procedure for the system to give prior notice when a new wave started. His problem was the timing of the message. In his previous lives, the system had warned them about the second wave not long after the first wave. It was about, maybe, half an hour. It had been a few days.Jacqueline hurried into the security room and said, "I just received the message from the system. No what?"He took a deep breath before saying, "Don't panic. It's good that the second wave has fina

Billy groaned as he cursed himself for being right. He had thought that everything had been resolved after their conversation and that they would have more time to deal with what they had discussed. Of course, the world decided to screw him over. How else was he supposed to explain away the fact that a very familiar pair of faces were coming down the street?Fortunately, he was alone in the room, so no one else knew about the two kids that gave him and Jacqueline grief in previous lives who were walking down the street. Since they were moving slowly, he still had some time to think about what he should do about them. While they were alone this time, he wasn't sure if it was a good idea to step out and kill them.There was no way he could leave without being noticed. With the whole place on lockdown, the only way he would have been able to leave was if he deactivated the security. That would immediately notify everyone that someone was trying to leave, which was no good. He would have t

"It looks like we were unable to save them," Billy calmly said.Jacqueline nodded. "It's unfortunate, but someone bitten by a zombie isn't safe to be around."Billy's eyes noticed the bite mark on one of the kid's exposed arms. Now no one can try to say they were monsters for killing them. Anyone in their position would agree that it wouldn't be smart to let someone bitten by a zombie roam free, even if they were a kid. It could even be said that they were merciful and put the kids out of their misery."What should we do about the bodies?" she asked."We should just leave them. We don't have time to handle them," he said, reminding her of their strict deadline.She nodded before they hurried back to the house. Neither of them gave a single glance back at the bodies. They had already confirmed that the kids were dead, so there wasn't any point in checking on them again. The duo quickly entered the house and closed the door behind them. The elderly couple's expression fell when they saw

Billy vaguely thought to himself how the elderly woman's words and the current situation would have been heartwarming under different circumstances. Well, he was sure that Jacqueline was really affected by the elderly woman's words. For his part, he felt apathetic about the whole thing. Despite having lived with them for some time, he didn't have the same attachment as Jacqueline.However, he felt that there was something off about her words and asked, "I don't mean to be rude, but what are your intentions by coming with us?""Billy," Jacqueline said, shocked that he would ask such a thing."We're saying that if push comes to shove, we would rather be used as bait to protect you," the elderly man said.Jacqueline gasped as Billy frowned and said, "That's not necessary.""What if you're stuck in a situation where you need to sacrifice someone to save yourselves?" the elderly woman asked."I will be blunt. I think that would only happen if you came with us," Billy said."Billy," Jacquel