Apparently they do

"Reports of an ongoing undead attack has been circulating over the city of plants also known as city AB it is also reported that it's reported that the neighboring cities were also affected by this event."

John has turned off the tv and proceeded on typing an email to the media.

The email is about reports of Alex and Owen's possible whereabouts. Unlike the whole of Altair, John is so obsessed with this whole project to the point that he will kill himself to make sure it gets recognized.

John thinks that this kind of power must be shown to the world. He is the total opposite of Matsumoto but he hopes the Matsumoto will understand his cause.

Back at the city where Alex and Owen are.

Owen has discovered what it meant to enter the 30, not just any other 30km run but a 30km run on nightmare difficulty.

He's been running for two days every morning in the forest where the ground is almost composed of sharp edge stones and those stones sometimes slip making him fall to the ground. To make things worst for Owen, Alex had asked him to tie up a log almost weighing 20kilograms to his belly.

Owen took on the challenge and he makes sure that he doesn't give up despite the wounds from tripping over and his body being sore. Owen doesn't want Alex to be the only one to be physically strong.

A new day comes but this time Alex will show Owen how fast he can complete the 30.

He did it perfectly even with a 40kilograms log tied up his belly. He finished the run at 44 minutes and 20 seconds which Owen has never reached before.

Owen took over by the night and thinks of a strategy to at least get close to Alex's score.

'Why am I even doing this!' Owen shouted on his thoughts which made Alex laugh

"Giving up already?" Alex said

Owen stared at the wounds and bruises on his lower body and his elbows and thinks of what he should do. Alex can hear Owen doubting himself, he can hear Owen going through the lines of asking himself why he's doing this.

"Of course I'm not giving up." Owen said

This made Alex happy as he now concentrated on being quiet so Owen can sleep.

The night just went on with Owen entering a deep sleep with his breathing becoming different than usual. Alex may not see hear Owen's breathing but he can feel it as if it was his body. Alex knew Owen's body is changing the way his body changed back then.

This also formed a theory inside Alex's mind that maybe Owen is just him except it is a character of him he let go of.

Owen woke up earlier than usual, he was up by 3:50 am even Mick and Brian hasn't wake up. He went down and saw Ayesha wearing a blazer with a thin amount of makeup on her face.

'She's pretty..' Owen thought

"Don't even think about hitting on her, that'd be weird for me." Alex said

"You up earlier than usual." Ayesha said

"I plan on beating your brother's record besides I think my body is pretty conditioned for a dark run." Owen said this as he noticed that it was still dark outside

Ayesha took this as a joke as she saw how many wounds and bruises Owen have.

"That would be a good joke if you added a scar on your face." Ayesha said looking at Owen's bruised elbows

"But I'm not joking." Owen said

"Really? Doesn't look like it. Anyway, I have to leave, good morning to you two!" Ayesha waved her hand and left the house.

"Where is she going this early in the morning with very formal clothing?" Owen asked Alex

"She changes jobs mostly every month so I don't know what job she has now." Alex said

"Weird..."

Owen washed his face and wore the old red shoes Alex used to use back when he was still in junior high.

He went to the starting point of the thirty where he noticed that the rocks seems sharper than usual.

"It is just that you can't fully see the rocks." Alex said

"I hope so." Owen said

Owen tied up the log Alex used yesterday as he suddenly felt so confident. He started running to the dark woods, despite barely seeing the path he still proceeded as if he is just running under the sunlight.

He jumps over fallen logs which there is a lot. He dashed sideways as he is greeted by trees he doesn't see from afar. He even tripped over due to a twig hanging out of a bush.

He continued running, everything seems to normal to Owen but Alex finds it weird that his run isn't over still.

"Owen stop for a second!" Alex said

"Why?" Owen asked

"Look around, do you notice anything unusual." Alex said

Owen did as Alex said and as he looks at his back he noticed a man filled with blood slowly walking towards him.

"Are you alright sir?" Owen said as he approaches the man

"Owen don't, this might be a trap." Alex said

"But he's woun...ded." Owen slowed down as he saw the man's face

The man's face is covered with fungi and his teeth were somewhat sharpened, his pupils couldn't be seen, Owen could also see the man's nerves popping out of the skin.

Using Owen's modified memories, he immediately realized what was in front of him before the man could even take a bit out of his nose.

He stepped back, despite having superpowers, he knew that zombies can infect him with just a scratch so he just decided to run in a direction he doesn't know.

"What are you doing idiot?" Alex asked

"That's a fucking zombie!" Owen shouted as he runs

"Zombies doesn't exist in this place." Alex said

"WELL, APPARENTLY THEY DO!"

Owen didn't realize that his mistakes would lead to a more troublesome situation until he got in front of a horde of zombies.

He fell down the ground with sweat accumulating his forehead. He doesn't know how to deal with them despite having knowledge of movies.