Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 193

Chapter 193: Working with Captain Harlow
“For now.”

These words left Captain Harlow and his fellow soldiers confused. Turning to face Grace, the man asked, “Why are you saying so? Is something else going to happen?”

After getting to know Grace and how she worked, Captain Harlow and his team had come to realize that they could trust this woman and her words just as much as Davian’s.

Since Grace herself wasn’t looking forward to handle those who were showing symptoms of turning into zombies, she decided to take Captain Harlow’s help to solve the issue.

“Because soon this place will be once again swarming with zombies. Some have turned during the past few hours, and others will continue turning. There’s no really solving this issue until we have taken care of it from its very root.” She explained, noticing the way a frown appeared on the Captain Harlow’s face.

“Are you saying that more residents are going to turn into zombies?” He asked, studying her closely.

This time, Davian finally decided to step in as Grace couldn’t reveal too much without making the Captain and his team curious about her identity.

“I’m not sure if you are receiving any updates from your seniors, but my connections within the higher government have shared a really interesting piece of information. These recent transformations are happening because of the Shadow Rain that took place months ago. Those who got in contact with that rain are beginning to either get access to some kind of superpowers, or transform into zombies.”

Captain Harlow and his team was visibly taken aback by this news. Considering they all were normal soldiers, they indeed had no way of learning about what was going on within the higher government. And based on Davian’s identity, they all knew that this man definitely had his connections in the higher government and even within the military.

“What should we do then? There’s no way we can tell exactly which resident is going to turn into a zombie and which one will not-”

“We can.” Grace said while interrupting Captain Harlow. And once again, she succeeded in leaving the poor man baffled with her words.

“How can you do that?” One of the soldiers asked, looking actually curious to hear her answer.

Grace shifted her attention toward the one who asked the question before she began answering, “Two of my own turned into zombies few days ago. We have doctors in my team too, and they have closely observed the full period of transition of those two. I’m sure the doctors in my team can locate those who are showing signs of transition once they will have a look at them.”

She had chosen her words wisely, creating a whole story to make Captain Harlow and his team believe that nothing really strange was going on at her end.

The soldiers exchanged another look between them before Captian Harlow spoke. “Let’s say that these doctors in your team can indeed recognize those residents who are going to turn, but just based on that, we can’t go around killing people. It will create chaos. And what if we ended up hurting someone innocent?”

“Of course, we aren’t going to hurt anyone innocent.” Grace quickly explained, not wanting Captain Harlow to cancel her plan.

“Then how are you planning to handle this situation?” Captain Harlow asked as he focused his full attention at Garce.

Instead of answering immediately as she already had a plan, Grace took her team and pretended to appear lost in thoughts. She didn’t want the Captain to think that she had everything planned from the very beginning.

After what seemed like a few long minutes of silence, she finally clicked her fingers to show that she had thought of something and suggested. “How about we move the residents of one of the remote buildings into others, and use that building to keep all the residents whom the doctors will find under the process of transition.”

Before Captain could have said anything, Rune decided to play a little part in the play. “That sounds like an amazing idea to me. Instead of having these dangerous people spread across this residential area, it’s better to have them all in one place where the soldiers can keep an eye on them.”

Davian also nodded his head and added, “That’s a good suggestion. We can kill those who will transform into zombies and let those go who will not after keeping them under observation for a few weeks.”

All eyes turned to Captain Harlow as they waited to hear what the man had to say. And what else he could say hen even Captain Cool was in favor of the idea that sounded perfect to handle the situation. After all, he was the last person who wanted to face another situation like what he did today.

With a deep inhale, he nodded his head both in agreement and approval. “Alright. Let’s go with your plan.”

With that being said, they wasted no time and began planning their next big move. They selected a twelve-storey building with a total of seventy-two single room apartments.

Next, with 2025’s help, Grace selected down the apartments with the most infectants and asked Captain Harlow to begin their checking from there.

With both her team and Captain’s team combined, it became easier to handle the residents as they were called out of their apartments to get checked. Because of the soldiers, very few people tried to make a scene, and even they calmed down into silence once they realized that no one was there to handle their tantrums.

“I’m surprised that you are putting so much effort in keeping this entire residential area safe.” Rune said as he joined her in the corner of the fifth building they were currently checking.

Grace sneaked a glance at Dr. Kian and Maria working on the other side of the lobby while she replied to his statement. “We can’t have this place swarming with zombies as it will only create problems for us.”