Disease Spreads

Walking over to the main lobby building, he began asking around if anyone had seen a group of people matching Ace's description.

Unfortunately for Cal, most of the people refused to answer him, while others swore they'd seen them but couldn't remember where.

After over an hour of searching, Cal bumped into a sick young man who looked to be around 18 years old.

"If you've checked everywhere else, I recommend you look in either the infirmary or the group shelter. That's where most of the people are these days—sick or dying," he said in a hopeless voice.

He himself was on his way to the infirmary to see if he could buy some medicine, even though he already knew it would be impossible.

In the last few days, dozens of people had died from this illness, while the majority of others were bedridden, waiting to see if death would claim them too.