The conversation felt like merchants haggling over prices.
Especially when it came to signing contracts, both sides had ulterior motives, wanting to make some moves and play word games.
Or it was like politicians dealing with each other on some matter.
Not getting straight to business from the start, but beating around the bush, being wishy-washy.
Ejie didn't like this at all.
Things that could be explained in a few simple sentences - he directly and concisely explained several matters.
First, Saeko Busujima was his representative, and security issues.
Second, he needed to obtain a new batch of panacea within forty-eight hours at the fastest speed.
"I understand. Please give me one hour to prepare."
The reason he needed an hour was that Souichiro Takagi needed to rearrange the current Takagi family forces, reassign their main task to collecting medicines.
He also had several targets, including large general hospitals and pharmaceutical factories.
This expedition wouldn't just use helicopters, as they simply couldn't transport much. After all, these weren't large transport helicopters - he didn't have authority to that extent.
This time they would mainly depart as vehicle convoys, simultaneously targeting several locations.
Of course, he also needed to explain the situation to his subordinates, otherwise the actions would be too abnormal and some people might be unwilling to help.
It wasn't mainly because they were afraid of taking risks and becoming corpses.
Rather, the current situation made them realize the world had collapsed and there might be no future. Some people became pessimistic, thinking they were just barely surviving.
Since they were going to die anyway, they wanted to die together with their families.
They wanted to spend as much time as possible with their families in the remaining time.
Of course, some families hadn't been brought here yet, and they urgently wanted to go out and find them.
So there needed to be a reason to make subordinates follow.
And now, there was certainly sufficient reason - reason enough to inspire them - that was the panacea.
The other party had two doses remaining, which he gave to him and his wife, one each.
So Souichiro Takagi assembled all personnel in the mansion except for some necessary guards who had to stay.
"What's this about again?"
"They actually caught a corpse and put it on this platform - what for?"
"Probably another political performance."
The voices of discussion weren't from Takagi family members, but from the sheltered citizens.
Hearing some of these comments, Saya Takagi frowned deeper and deeper.
Some people seemed to still not realize the true massive changes in current society and the world, not realizing there was no going back to the past.
They felt it was like an earthquake - temporarily take shelter, then everyone could go back to their homes and resume their former lives.
So these people viewed her father's actions with malice, thinking he was taking the opportunity for political propaganda to win hearts and minds.
So were these people really stupid? Or were they escaping reality?
"...Do you see clearly? He is no longer human, but an extremely dangerous corpse!"
Her father pierced a corpse's heart with his sword, yet this thing was still alive.
"...So once you completely become a corpse, whether it's a lover or family member, don't hesitate to strike them down!"
Saying this, her father closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
At the same time, the restrained corpse was released and suddenly charged at her father, making Saya Takagi tense up.
The next moment, her father opened his eyes—
"Farewell, my friend!"
The corpse had indeed been one of her father's friends in life, someone Saya Takagi would call uncle and who seemed quite nice.
As her father's words fell, the sword in his hand had already slashed sharply, separating the head and completely stopping its movement.
This scene made the atmosphere somewhat heavy and oppressive.
"But it's not yet time for despair..."
The person saying this wasn't her father, but her mother.
The two were actually playing good cop and bad cop.
Her mother who emerged had a much gentler and softer tone, not as fierce and resolute as her father.
"Just today, the government has made some progress in developing medicine targeting the corpse virus."
Saying this, her mother took out one of those blood collection test tubes.
This scene immediately changed the crowd's atmosphere, with people getting somewhat excited.
"A vaccine?"
"They developed it so quickly?"
"Feels like some conspiracy - isn't this self-directed theater?"
Again those troublemakers - why were such people let in?
"Mrs. Takagi, does this mean that taking this vaccine will prevent becoming a corpse?"
"Yes, but currently we only obtained two doses."
Her mother's words made the crowd pause, then immediately become noisy, about to cause trouble.
The reason was simple - people thought only those with power would get distribution, not caring about ordinary people. This kind of unfairness would quickly cause chaos.
"However, just talking can't prove whether it's effective. It's best to let everyone witness it firsthand. So is anyone willing to become the user of this panacea bottle and let a corpse bite them?"
Her mother said somewhat frightening words in a gentle voice. This immediately made the outcry pause, then even stronger noisy voices erupted.
They said things about wanting to use ordinary people as test subjects, being inhumane - some even started cursing.
"I say, do you know who is sheltering you? Do you think you have the ability to lead the current chaos?..."
After a series of words, everyone fell silent.
Her mother's meaning was simple - currently, she and her father were the key figures. Without the couple's leadership, the team here would definitely collapse.
This seemed very arrogant, right?
But her mother was very eloquent, providing detailed explanations from all aspects - how things here needed to be handled, what to pay attention to.
Only then did everyone understand there were too many things to consider. Without such minds, this place would indeed quickly fall.
"And now, as benefactors who saved your lives, we also hope for your repayment. We just need one person to stand up and contribute to everyone, to the world. Is there no one?"
This was a test of human nature and hearts, also convenient for screening and eliminating certain people.
Regarding this, everyone fell silent.
No, some people wanted to stand up - those belonging to the Takagi family.
As for the citizens, they remained mostly silent.
Finally, only three people stepped forward from the citizens' side.
Those who had shouted the loudest all hid in the back, trying to conceal themselves in the darkness poorly lit by the lights in this world now shrouded in night, afraid of being pointed out or called upon.
So only one person was needed for testing - would these people draw lots?
No, they actually never intended to have these people test it.
They saw her mother suddenly walk toward a cage that also contained a corpse, and her mother suddenly extended her arm toward it.
Just like that, so suddenly, the beautiful limb was instantly bitten and torn, with a chunk of flesh removed.
The citizens witnessing this scene became even quieter.
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