Hearing someone calling her, and feeling her shoulder being patted, Kiba Mikoto suddenly woke up.
Just as she was about to enter a defensive stance, she realized it was Sister Yuko waking her up.
The light was so intense right now - it was noon.
So she was still very sleepy.
Because since last night she had been continuously watching that group of people, seeing them busy until morning, then seeing that there seemed to be no movement as they entered a rest state.
However, they had become aware of one thing - the medicine that group was making might really be able to target the disaster caused by D99.
That little girl seemed to have had some problem at the time, possibly infected with the virus, and could only be carried by her father.
Then, after that man fed her some kind of dose, the little girl quickly recovered and could walk, looking perfectly fine.
After that, the group seemed even more enthusiastic about manufacturing something, each one so excited. Until morning, because the sunlight would shine directly into the room where they were manufacturing something, all the glass window curtains were drawn, so they couldn't see the activity inside.
Now at noon, there was finally movement - they all came out.
Mikoto noticed an abnormal situation, because quite a few living dead had wandered near the hospital entrance, around their vehicles.
This time, that man and the sword-wielding girl didn't act - instead, the other students took action.
Although everyone's expressions still seemed somewhat afraid of the living dead, they also seemed somewhat at ease, not worried about anything.
This was as if—
"It looks like it's really targeting the mutant virus produced by D99. Not being afraid of infection means what they manufactured was a vaccine?"
Sagiri Yuko couldn't help but murmur somewhat dazedly.
A vaccine that a group of high school students could manufacture - this really seemed like a joke, but it was the truth.
She wasn't stupid enough to think that a vaccine targeting a virus based on D99 could be manufactured successfully with such simple steps, thinking the formula was simple. There definitely had to be something else involved.
But since high school students could help manufacture it, it meant it wasn't truly very difficult.
If manufactured by industrial machinery, it could definitely be mass-produced on a large scale.
"Mikoto, satellite phone!"
The other party knew they were watching and didn't plan to stop them. Instead, they openly let them know what they were manufacturing.
This meant one thing - the other party intentionally wanted them to know.
So Sagiri Yuko had already speculated about one possibility - a pretty good possibility.
"Okay."
Kiba Mikoto immediately took off her backpack and handed over the satellite phone.
This must be reported immediately to everyone at "Black Label," to inform Director Mochizuki.
You have to know, because of knowing this kind of apocalyptic crisis would break out, Director Mochizuki had made many preparations, especially regarding medical supplies.
If the other party could cooperate and come to the Mochizuki base, they should be able to begin mass production immediately.
Hioka City.
Now of course it was no different from other cities - this city was also full of living dead everywhere.
The slight difference was that the mayor had performed very well when this disaster struck, at least saving more citizens than other cities.
This was mainly because the mayor had an old relationship with Director Mochizuki Masamune of Mochizuki General Hospital, and even knew Director Mochizuki's true identity.
So after the virus outbreak, Mochizuki General Hospital immediately became the most stable area in this city currently.
However, although Mochizuki General Hospital was the largest hospital in this city with a very large area, it still seemed small for the entire city.
But beneath the hospital was also unimaginably large shelter space - Black Label's base.
Now the entrance was also opened, allowing many citizens to hide inside.
In the hospital's conference room, secretary Fiona Winchester suddenly interrupted the meeting, handing a satellite phone to an elderly man who seemed somewhat sickly - Mochizuki Masamune.
"I understand. I'll have Fiona arrange for the hospital's medical supplies, various equipment and other materials to be transmitted over. Additionally, we can't send anyone over to help you right now, so please, I'm counting on you!"
Although not knowing what the director had heard, as his secretary, Fiona had never seen the director have such a strong emotional reaction in all these years. It was clear that the member executing the mission in Tokonosu City had reported quite shocking intelligence.
"Fiona, besides D99, also photograph and introduce the hospital's other secret medical facilities, organize the materials and send them to Mikoto."
This made Fiona's pupils contract. Aside from the base's security defense intelligence, wouldn't this expose almost all of Black Label's assets?
Although the director's orders had always been correct, this time really—
"Mikoto's side has discovered a vaccine that can treat viruses developed based on D99. The other party directed a group of high school students to manufacture it in a hospital in one night."
"How-how is this possible!"
Fiona couldn't help but respond in a somewhat lost voice.
Having also researched D99, she knew how terrifying this virus was.
How could a vaccine be developed so easily?
Wait, could this be a trap, a Syringe trap?
When she thought of this, the director also saw what she was thinking—
"It's not Syringe. The other party is an unknown third party, and they even fought with the Syringe members that Mikoto and the others were pursuing."
Saying this, the director fell silent, but Fiona could see something.
"Syringe wasn't a match?"
"Right. Those twin sisters including their Osprey aircraft were destroyed by the other party."
If so, then it was indeed unlikely they had a friendly relationship with Syringe.
"Additionally, for some unknown reason, the other party himself was seriously injured. When he discovered Yuko and Mikoto's tracking and they fought, they were no match for him. If the other party hadn't subsequently recognized them as Black Label people, I'm afraid—"
No need to say more - they would have met the same fate as Syringe members.
Hearing this, Fiona was also confused. The other party knew of Black Label's existence, knew what kind of organization it was, so that's why he spared them, right?
But how powerful was this person?
He must have been enhanced by D99 too, right?
Could he be—
"He's not one of our former people. The other party is a young man."
Mochizuki Masamune also said this confusedly.
The other party looked only a few years older than Mikoto. Such a young person wasn't from Syringe - what other force had the capability to manipulate D99, what other side had the red liquid?
So he could only continue speculating from the original team members about who else might have stolen it.
Syringe - the organization's name came from the "jet injector" project.
This was research and development based on the D99 virus to ultimately obtain divine power - immortality.
This was theoretical.
But there was a serious shortage of vaccine - the so-called red liquid.
Black Label should have some, and also had the original D99 virus, so Syringe was trying every means to obtain it.
So when this apocalypse was discovered to be related to them, they simply accelerated it.
With more infections and more samples, some special individual cases would always appear, and the vaccine would probably be available.
Additionally, with the world collapsed, Syringe could also act more conveniently and openly.
After all, if the world were normal, although Syringe had its own armed forces and had planted insiders in national governments and militaries, in peacetime this wouldn't have much effect. National power wouldn't be dominated by Syringe, and if Syringe were exposed it would be eliminated.
But with nations and the world collapsed, and being prepared, they wouldn't have to be so timid and could openly attack Black Label to seize D99 samples.
Syringe, which was about to rule the coming chaotic era and dominate this era, hadn't expected to suffer considerable losses on the very first day of chaos.
So looking at that brief footage transmitted before the Osprey crashed, everyone fell silent.
After that person appeared, he instantly killed the younger of the twin sisters. Then he mysteriously pulled the trigger of an unknown large-caliber handgun at the Osprey, and the Osprey was shot down.
"I request to take that medicine and deal with this person!"
A burly masked long-haired man stood up and said in a low voice.
The medicine he wanted to take was a semi-finished product.
Since it was semi-finished, it meant instability and serious consequences.
This also stunned most people - this Knight had quite terrifying abilities, yet still needed to use this thing?
But thinking about it, this might be to avoid accidents.
This guy would really stop at nothing to eliminate the Princess's enemies - such loyalty.
Some people sneered inwardly.
"I understand. I allow you to take it."
The Princess agreed just like that.
The Princess was also the current master of Syringe.
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