Capítulo 26: Terra-virus MK1
I slowly opened my eyes. My vision was still a bit blurry, so it took me some time to adjust.
I looked around. There was a curtain between me and I was lying on a bed, tied up?
Wait, why am I tied up?
I tried to free myself, but I could not move an inch. My whole body had no strength at all. Only with difficulty did I manage to move my head. It was as if I had been paralysed.
Then I heard two voices from outside.
"We have to kill him. He will also mutate sooner or later."
"No! I will never do that. Get out of here."
The second voice was my mother's? If it was hers, does that mean I am in the hospital?
Aaah my head. My memories are a little fuzzy. There was a bomb explosion... I was injured... Hoyo was with me... S-she collapsed... I also fainted.
I am getting dizzy.
"Oh, Shinji, did you wake up?"
I turned my head to the left and saw my mother looking at me worriedly.
"Um, yeah, but why am I tied to the bed? And why can not I move my body?"
"Oh, I am sorry about that, let me untie you."
"So, what's going on here?"
"How much can you remember?"
"My memories are a little fuzzy, but I can remember there was a bomb blast and then some kind of gas? And Hoyo collapsed. Wait, WHERE IS HOYO?" I said, shaking my head.
"Calm down, calm down, I will explain everything, at least everything I know. You, Hoyo and the others who were in the club were exposed to a bioweapon. We call it Terra- virus MK1."
"Why MK1? Is there a second one?"
"No, we just thought it sounded better that way. Anyway, this virus changes the molecular structure of your body. In other words, it mutates you.
"W-what? Then what am I?"
My mother sighed and continued.
"This virus mainly mutates the body. We do not know what exactly the mutation will be because it varies from person to person. Then, after it spreads throughout the body, it goes to the brain. And either your brain stays intact or you become a creature that has nothing on its mind but to kill."
"Woah, woah, so I'll turn into a bloodthirsty monster?"
"Well, your case is a little different. You have the chip in your brain, don't you?"
"You know about that?"
"Of course I know about it. What? Did you expect your father not to tell me?"
"I see."
"Well, thanks to this chip, the virus can not completely infect your brain. So you are saved from becoming a bloodthirsty monster."
"Fuuu, thank God."
"But the mutation thing is a little different. The way I see it, you have become a kind of zombie."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Your skin is pale, your heartbeat is too slow, and most importantly, do you remember what happened when the bomb exploded?"
"Um, what happened? I... My arm had been cut off."
I lowered my head a little and to my great surprise realised that my arm was attached to my body as if nothing had happened.
"H-h-how? How is that possible?"
"When you arrived here, you were in the same bed. Your arm had been cut off, so we put it near the wound in case we could reattach it. But when I got to you, to my great surprise, I saw that your arm was sewn back on by itself. To tell you the truth, I freaked out at that moment. But you are my boy, so how could I be afraid of you?"
"T-then that means I can not die?"
"By natural means no. You can only die if the part of the brain your chip is attached to is destroyed. Otherwise, there's no way you can die."
"But what about Hoyo? She was with me too."
My mother looked away and was silent for a while.
"Mom, where is Hoyo?"
"H... Hoyo's case is a little different from yours."
"What do you mean?"
She got up from the chair she was sitting on and pushed back the curtain on my right side.
I saw that Hoyo was lying on the bed next to mine, hooked up to a series of machines.
"W-what... Why is Hoyo like this?"
"She's also affected by the virus, but it's spreading slower than most victims. She has a month left at most." my mother said, lowering her head.
Lowering my head, I hit the wall to my right with my fist and almost the whole wall shattered.
"Hey, hey, Shinji, calm down, you'll destroy the whole place if you hit it again."
"Aah, sorry, I did not know my power had gone up too."
"I did not know that either. Hmm, noted."
As I looked at Hoyo, I could feel my anger growing. But wait, now I can control my emotions? Is this because of the virus? I do not care what caused it, but it's pretty useful.
I unwound the bandages from my chest, but as soon as my mother saw me, she yelled at me.
"Sit down and do not move. You are still a patient. Here, take the controller and open the TV."
Eeh, from the moment I had no more injuries, why should I stay in the hospital?
But my mother did not listen to me at all. She just opened the TV and sat next to me so I could not escape.
"... Ladies and gentlemen, the police have found a prime suspect in the case of the club where a bomb exploded. The police have managed to find this person through a video from a camera near an abandoned factory. We warn you that some may find the video disturbing."
He said something about an abandoned factory? I have a bad feeling about this.
And, of course, my instinct was right.
The video actually shows me killing the police officers. I do not know how they got the video, but I suspect it was planned from the beginning.
Ts, this is annoying. I have to get rid of him somehow.
"Shinji is that you? That's a fake, is not it? You would not kill anyone, would you?"
"Yes, of course it's fake. I could never kill anyone. (Except for everyone I have already killed and probably everyone I'll kill in the near future)."
"Ooh, thank God. I was worried for a moment. But who would want to frame you?"
"The same person who did this to Hoyo and me."
"But why would anyone do such a thing?"
"I still do not know..."
Before I could finish my sentence, I saw what looked like a hologram? And why does it show police officers coming in? Wait, someone is going to my mother, but my mother is on my right. Then who is she? She looks like my mother. What the hell is going on? Then the hologram disappeared and I heard voices from outside.
"We are from the NeonDown Police Department and we are looking for Shinji Tokihiro. Where is he?"
Damn, the police got there faster than I thought.
I quickly got up from the bed, closed the door, and barricaded it with a chair.
"Shinji, what are you going to do?"
"I am going to have to find whoever slandered me to get rid of the police. Do not worry, I'll definitely come back for you and Hoyo."
"Alright, good luck son."
I gave her a smile, went to the door and rushed toward the window at the end of the room. I broke it and fell from a height of about 10 metres from the window to the floor below.
I think I broke both my legs, but I did not feel a thing. I guess I will not feel any pain in the future either. But that did not stop me because they both healed almost immediately. What the heck is with this healing speed.
Anyway, now I have to find this person at any cost. And I will kill him with my own hands.
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