The Existence of Superpowers

However, Bruce was unaware that aside from Jesse, who had regained consciousness and found his teammates, three kilometers north of the hotel in a shabby rented house, Duane, who had slept through the night, was gradually waking up.

His head felt a bit fuzzy as he looked around in confusion.

In the corridor, the growls of zombies could still be heard.

Was it that zombie grandma who bit his arm yesterday?

"Huh, wait, why am I still conscious?"

Duane snapped out of his daze, feeling bewildered.

He had witnessed with his own eyes pedestrians bitten to death getting up and continuing to walk.

And he had indeed been bitten himself?

"What... what's going on?"

Duane looked at his arm, where there were indeed bite marks, with a row of teeth imprints.

But it had already healed.

But why hadn't he turned into a zombie??

"Could it be that I've awakened some kind of superpower?"

As a homebody, Duane watched dramas and read novels every day. After the apocalypse, he had even seen someone who could breathe fire.

Naturally, he knew about the existence of superpowers.

But unfortunately.

A few minutes later, Duane confirmed that he didn't have any powers.

Not only that, he also confirmed that he was still just an 'ordinary person.'

Gurgle!!

He felt very hungry!

Being hungry meant he was still human.

But he didn't rummage through the fridge in the house.

Because he lived alone, and there was no food left in the house long ago.

Now he only had two options in front of him.

Either leave the room and fight those monsters, and if he won, perhaps he could survive.

Or stay in the room until he starved to death.

He didn't have much to hesitate about. Before going to save the girl named Audrey, he had thought it over countless times.So he gritted his teeth, picked up the kitchen knife, opened the door, and walked out of the room.

Creak!

The door opened, and the crisp sound echoed in the hallway!

The zombie grandma in the corridor seemed to hear the sound, turned her head, and looked at Duane.

Their eyes met, and in that instant of confirmation, it seemed like even the breath stopped.

But this time was different.

This zombie grandma just glanced at Duane, then turned her head as if Duane didn't exist at all. "What's... going on? Why is this zombie ignoring me?"

Finding the zombie grandma ignoring him, Duane frowned and began to ponder.

Soon he thought of a possible answer!

"Could it be..."

"Holy crap, if this possibility is true, then I definitely have a chance for revenge?"

Duane was first stunned, then quickly became excited.

Why did he want revenge so badly?

Because he vividly remembered that Bruce and the other two had put him in the hospital.

If it weren't for those three months in the hospital, how could his body be so weak?

If his body wasn't so weak, how could he have been bitten by that zombie?

So he blamed everything on Bruce and the others.

If he really had this kind of ability, then he definitely had a chance for revenge.

Thinking of this, Duane looked at the zombie grandma opposite him and took a deep breath.

He remembered when he saved someone and escaped back here, this zombie grandma had pounced on him like a mad dog and bitten his arm.

And now... this situation was really abnormal, right??

Duane didn't move, staring at the zombie.

The zombie grandma was still wandering around there, completely ignoring Duane.

"Is she really not going to bite me?" Seeing that the zombie didn't bite him, Duane felt a bit more confident and walked slowly towards the hallway.

As he approached the zombie grandma, his heartbeat began to accelerate.

And the faster his heart beat, the faster it got.

Then the zombie grandma, still ignoring Duane, just glanced at him and continued to wander aimlessly.

He quickly bypassed the zombie and ran downstairs.

Uh... Uh... Uh!Hehe... Hehe...

In the hallway, there were unexpectedly five or six zombies gnawing on corpses and two lizardmen lying down, resting with their eyes closed??

They heard Duane's footsteps.

The zombies collectively turned their heads, and the two lizardmen also raised their terrifying heads.

And then... none of them paid him any attention.

The zombies continued gnawing on the corpses, and the resting lizardmen continued to rest.

As if they considered Duane one of their own?

Confirming this point, Duane became even more excited.

"Holy crap, I'm awesome!"

Meanwhile.

Bruce had no idea what his antagonist halo had brought to him.

Because at this moment, he had just woken up.

Nine in the morning.

The sunlight streamed through the glass window into his room.

"Ah..."

Bruce lying in bed couldn't help but stretch lazily without even opening his eyes.

From last night past nine until this morning at nine, a full twelve hours of sleep.

Such abundant and deep sleep had restored Bruce's physical and mental energy to its peak.

This feeling was beyond satisfying.

Bruce didn't rush to get up but instead opened his eyes and glanced around the room.

The huge golden silk monkey was squatting by the window, looking at the scenery outside.

"Ben... Forget it, I'll do it myself."

He had originally wanted to ask Ben to help him get dressed.

After all, with the existence of the Dark Pact, Ben had regained the intelligence of a monkey, and even became smarter than before!

It would make perfect sense for it to understand Bruce's words.

But seeing the dried-up bits of meat and blood stuck to its fur, Bruce immediately dismissed the idea.

He didn't know how he managed to fall asleep with such a stench last night!!

Bruce muttered to himself.

While dressing, he began to recall the events of yesterday.

Encountering Jesse in the sanctuary was quite surprising.

But not killing Jesse felt somewhat regrettable.So Bruce's next goal.

Is to clean up the monsters around the hotel while improving himself.

Then, he plans to pull Malachi into the team next door and then take care of Jesse at the school.

Leaving Jesse alone would be a potential threat, especially since the situation has already alerted Jesse.

Before, when they were in the sanctuary, Bruce's strength was not enough to stop Jesse.

But now that he has advanced to Black Iron High Rank and has two battle pets, Jesse shouldn't be able to escape so easily.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

"Young Master Bruce!"

Finnegan, Ignacio, Dominic, Cedric, and Elbert all gathered in room 8006 in the morning.

Seeing Bruce with two monsters, they all respectfully greeted him.

After a night passed.

The news about Bruce having two monsters as pets had spread throughout the hotel.

Apart from marveling at Bruce's good fortune, there wasn't much surprise.

After all, the whole world had changed, and having a couple more monsters as pets was quite normal.

"Hmm!"

Bruce nodded slightly and looked towards Ignacio.

Betrayal rate still at 60%?

Higher than the betrayal rate of strangers?

Well!

That's how much Bruce took him in for.

But Bruce valued his abilities and decided to observe him for a few days before making a decision.

If it didn't work out, he'd just exile him.

"Dominic, go call Cynthia."

"Yes, Young Master Bruce!"

Dominic dared not disobey Bruce's wishes and quickly got up and left.

In a moment, Cynthia, wearing jeans and a mask, entered the room.

Followed by Joanne, wearing a tight-fitting dress and looking serious.

"Bruce!" Seeing Bruce again, Cynthia seemed unusually happy, for reasons unknown.