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“Your camp’s in chaos–no one’s in the mood to eat. Why don’t we head back and let you focus on restoring order?” someone from Ark Camp Two suggested.
The second–inmand smiled coldly. “Why so eager to leave? Worried it’s not safe here<i>… </i>or afraid that if you stay too long, we might find something out?”
The faces of the Ark Camp Two delegates hardened. “What are you implying?”
He didn’t bother hiding it anymore. “There haven’t been any zombies near our camp. Security here is airtight, the third–floorb is secure, yet the moment you arrive, the zombie virus breaks out. Don’t you think you owe us an exnation?”
<i>The </i>usation stunned the room.
<i>What </i><i>the </i><i>is </i><i>he </i><i>saying </i><i>we </i><i>nted </i><i>the </i><i>virus</i><i>? </i>
“Second–inmand, be careful with your words,” one of them warned. “You could damage the rtionship between our three camps.”
“You’re capable of something like this, but you’re worried about me damaging rtions?” The second–in-mand pped down a thick stack of reports and evidence.
<i>They </i>showed images and logs proving the Ark Camp Three researchb was clean, the gates were secure, and no one had entered or exited except the visiting delegations. Every bit of data pointed straight at the outsiders. Even the visitors themselves could see how bad it looked.
“We had neither the motive nor the opportunity!” a man from Ark Camp Two insisted. “We stepped off the helicopter and went straight to the rooms you assigned us. We stayed there the whole time under your supervision. All our movements are ounted for. We couldn’t have nted anything. You can’t pin this on us.”
“What are you saying?” Morgan’s head lifted sharply. “That if your camp had no chance, then Ark Camp One must have done it?”
Realizing toote how it sounded, the Ark Camp Two delegate’s eyes flickered. In a moment like this, Morgan was still technically their ally. using him directly would be reckless.
Then his gaze shifted to the woman at Morgan’s side. “Wait… isn’t she the same youngdy who came to our campst time? The one with the dog?”
Morgan nced at Theresa. “Mm.”
“I remember you saying she wasn’t/from Ark Camp One–just a friend you brought along?”
“That’s right. She’s from KI Camp”
The namended heavily. Everyone in the room knew it.
<b><i>So</i></b><i>, </i><i>she’s </i><i>from </i>K1 <i>Camp</i><i>… </i>
The Ark Camp Two man’s eyes lit up. “I believe Ark Camp One wouldn’t do something like this, but this
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youngdy from K1 Camp is far too suspicious. After you were settled in, you even took her to tour Ark Camp Three.”
“Ark Camp Two…” Morgan’s voice was edged with warning.
“Think about it–our three camps are supposed to stand together. She arrives, and suddenly the zombie virus breaks out. If not her, then who? I trust you, but I’ll never trust her. Kl Camp is definitely hiding something.”
Morgan’s brows drew together beneath his mask, but he stayed silent.
Just then…
“Your mother’s the one with a problem!” Theresa kicked a foot up onto the table and let loose. “You think you’re clever, trying to change the subject? You say the outbreak started when I arrived–weren’t you here too? Or do you not count as a person?
“You’ve been acting brain–dead since I met you, but now I see it’s because that lump on your neck isn’t <i>a </i>head, it’s a tumor! Even a tumor would make more sense than that garbage logic. Me, nting the virus? Sure–only if I had the same polio–brain–paralysis–idiotbo you’ve got!”
“You!” The Ark Camp Two delegate went pale with rage, nearly choking on his own breath.
How <i>can </i><i>someone </i>talk <i>like </i><i>this</i>? <i>Everyone </i><i>at </i><i>this </i><i>table </i><i>is </i><i>supposed </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>dignified</i><i>… </i>
When he finally caught his breath, his voice was sharp. “I was only suspicious before, but now I’m certain- it was Kl Camp! You couldn’t stand to see us prosper, so you sabotaged us!”
Theresa lifted her eyes, smilingzily. “Tell me, little idiot… did you forget about the time your camp sold a fake inhibitor for a fortune?”
The man froze mid–retort.
She went on. “If I wanted to nt a virus, I’d have to bring it with me. But your camp? You’ve already had the perfect delivery system–and it worked.”,
The room fell silent, so still one could hear a pin drop.
She’s right<i>–</i>the <i>zombie </i><i>virus </i><i>inhibitor</i><i>… </i>
There had been debate over whether it worked at all, but after an ident in Ark Camp Two, their camp leader had used one and still died. That had left them with no way to confirm whether the inhibitor was effective… or whether it was something else entirely.