Chapter 41 - Chihara Akane (8)

I could feel the virus surging through my veins, a searing sensation that dulled all my senses. My vision blurred and twisted into a grotesque shade of purple.

"Aaargghhh!" A tortured scream erupted behind me. I whipped around to see the military man in the throes of transformation. "I... I can't... that man... that man betrayed..." His voice gurgled, blood pouring from his mouth with each agonized word. His muscles strained grotesquely, bulging and turning a sickly gray.

I was succumbing to the same fate. My eyes felt like they were about to explode, blood gushing from my mouth in a hot, viscous torrent. I vomited the bloodied liquid as I crumpled to my knees, my body wracked with the horrific changes.