Billy stabbed a zombie in the head, and a message informing him that he had earned a point popped up. Not bothering to look in its direction, he moved on to the next zombie. It was just as easily dispatched as the first. Checking his surroundings, he saw that there weren't any left nearby. Wiping up the bit of blood that got on his face, he pulled up his skills. [They're not skills. It's your upgrades.] He ignored the system and focused his attention on how many points he had. So far, he had managed to collect twenty points. It wasn't much considering how many points his upgrades demanded. He needed to hunt more zombies if he wanted to upgrade his power. Well, there was another reason why he wasn't making much progress. Turning his attention to Christina, who looked ready to heave at any moment, he said, "Let's move. We need to check the next building." "Can't we take a quick break?" she asked. "No," he said bluntly, before moving on without waiting for her. Billy could hear her
Billy grimaced. He debated on whether he should go and check on the noise she was talking about. She might have been too high strung and was just hearing things, but there was a possibility she wasn't. He couldn't rule out the possibility that someone was following them and was prepared to ambush them when their guard was down.With a sigh, he said, "I'll go check. Don't move."Leaving her behind, he peeked outside while using the door as a cover. He made sure to move as carefully as possible to avoid detection. However, he couldn't see anything out there that would indicate there was someone spying on them. Well, they could be doing a good job hiding themselves. After scanning the area a little more, he determined that there was nothing for him to see.He retreated back to see Christina anxiously waiting for his return, and she asked, "Did you see anything?"Shaking his head, he said, "There was nothing."That answer didn't reassure her, as she quietly said, "Oh."Instead of trying t
Christina stared at what remained of the man that Billy interrogated before looking back at the calm man who noticed her expression and said, "Let's go. We have a lot of work ahead of us."If she had known how brutal and heartless he was, she would have never gone within several feet of him, even if it killed her. It felt like she had just signed her life away to the devil, and there was no escaping him. She reluctantly followed after, since she feared what would happen if she refused. Her hesitancy was obvious to Billy, who chose not to comment on it.It was decided. If he did go through another loop, then he would definitely not bother with her next time. Sticking with Jacqueline was his best option. It was unfortunate, but he wasn't going to waste time on someone who wasn't worth it. Speaking of someone who wasn't worth it, he was going to have to snuff out a certain brat.After traveling some distance, he raised a hand as a signal to stop and peered around the corner. If the man h
The kid's warning came too late, as they could hear shouting in the halls. The guards cursed as they shoved Christina forward and went to check what was happening. She collided with the ground with a hiss. The kid had stepped back to avoid being crushed beneath her as he stared at her with wide eyes. Christina scrambled to her feet as she tried to undo her restraints.While she was trying to break free, the kid looked around as if looking for something. Joshua had to get out of there before Billy found him. There was no way he could forget the man who had taken him in briefly before abandoning him to die. It was obvious why he was there, even though he never told the woman in front of him. Billy was really going to kill him.Joshua refused to let that happen. He still hadn't found his little brother yet. The men here had taken him and Jacqueline hostage. That was all the information he was able to get out of the guards. The boss made sure they wouldn't know anything about them. Even i
"Wait!" a familiar voice shouted.Billy and Joshua looked behind Billy as Christina limped down the stairs towards them. Her eyes were blown wide with shock and fear. She had finally gotten up to chase after the kid, even though she had a knife stuck in her side. However, she could have never expected to see such a scene play out in front of her. What was Billy doing? It looked like he was going to kill the kid."Billy, are you crazy?" she asked as she looked between the two. "Drop the knife."Joshua picked up on Billy's thoughts and screamed, "Don't!"Without batting an eye, Billy stabbed downward, and the kid screamed as the knife buried itself into his arm. However, Billy wasn't satisfied with just this. The kid deserved much more than a simple stab wound. Billy couldn't forget what he had just seen in the previous room. Just thinking about it made his blood boil as he tore the knife out.Something grabbed his arm, and he looked up to see that Christina had shortened the distance i
Billy stared down at the corpse, feeling no satisfaction. Even though he had gotten revenge, it didn't change the fact that Jacqueline was dead. She wasn't supposed to die, but his negligence caused her death. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he tried to come to terms with what had happened. With her gone, should he continue this run? His only partner was dead. He didn't consider Christina as an equal.The chances they would last until the zombie user was dealt with were slim. He couldn't trust her to have his back. Going at it alone might be better. However, he would have to drastically change how he operated. The base he had chosen was too hard to protect by himself. Even with Jacqueline, it was a big space. They were supposed to eventually expand, but he couldn't see it happening now.Christina stared anxiously at Billy's back. He hadn't said anything for a while, and it was making her worried. Would she be his next target? She almost glanced down at the body, but she managed t
Staring into the face of his manager was the last thing Billy wanted to see. It meant that he had restarted back to the beginning. The thought that he had to relive the days of the zombie apocalypse over again made his blood boil. It must have shown on his face as the manager fell silent and stepped back. His other coworkers followed the manager's lead, making sure to keep their distance.That was good for him. He wasn't in the mood to humor them like he had done before. Instead, he needed to find Jacqueline right away and discuss what happened in the previous life. He grimaced at having to retell her everything again. Without giving them a backward glance, he turned on his heels to search for her. This seemed to snap the manager out of it."Hold it. Where do you think you're going?" the manager demanded as he took a step forward in Billy's direction.Billy ignored him. The man wasn't going to survive the zombie apocalypse, so he had no reason to pay him any mind. Even if he somehow m
"How are we going to do this?" Jacqueline asked. "Are you going to do the same thing last time?""If you're talking about whether we will still go to my house, I don't see a reason to change something that's been working. However, the timing might be off since I've already changed things," Billy said as he considered what happened before.Billy had just quit his job, which was a huge divergence. In his previous lives, he had still kept his job, even if he did run off right in the middle of it in one of them. He wasn't sure what they would do. His wife and her family hadn't known much about what happened while he was at work, but the people in charge might contact them about him quitting.In that case, there was a possibility they would confront him once he returned home. There was no way to know until he actually headed there. As he considered what their plan of action should be, the duo had continued walking out of the building. Once outside, he had settled on what they should do, bu