In the darkness, Carl felt that the breathing beside him had calmed down, so he opened his eyes.
After a while, he carefully removed the arm that was on his body and slowly and gently got out of bed.
He put on his slippers, glanced at Beth who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, put on a coat, hesitated for a moment, and without taking his holster, he wanted to go out directly.
And just as Karl gently closed the bedroom door, there was a slight sound.
Beth on the bed opened her eyes, sat up, and looked at the closed door in the darkness.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
The knock on the door, neither light nor heavy, echoed in the dark corridor.
The door was not open, but Karl was not in a hurry. At this time, the people in the house might have already fallen asleep, so he needed to knock more.
"Boom, boom…"
In addition to the knocking sound, there was also the sound of my wrist beating. It was very light, but also seemed very heavy, as if it was suppressing my heart.
'That's stupid.'
The door opened a crack, and the padlock behind it was locked, much faster than Carl expected.
"who is it?"
"What do you think?" Carl responded softly.
The door was closed and then opened again, the padlock had been removed and it opened directly, with Liz holding the door to the side.
"Are you alone?" Carl asked.
"Um."
Carl nodded, stepped into the room, closed the door, closed it tightly, and locked it.
Then Carl walked inside by himself. The room on the fifth floor was much smaller than the one on the sixth floor. There was no living room, only a bedroom, and then a small room-like layout separated by the balcony.
The layout is somewhat similar to that of a hotel room, but this room is sufficient for Ritz who lives alone, and it can even be called spacious.
"Give it to me." Carl walked to the balcony, looked outside, and did not look back.
"What?" Liz shuddered slightly.
"Wasn't what I said clear enough?" Carl turned his head and stared at Liz with an extremely rare look that he had never shown to others.
Liz's body trembled slightly. She felt keenly that Carl was different. No, she didn't have to be too keen to feel it.
"Do I need to say it a third time?" Carl's jaw began to tremble slightly.
"No..." Liz's eyes were evasive. Although her body was shaking, she still refused.
"No?" Carl tilted his head and smiled, then bit his lips tightly as he smiled.
Then he suddenly grabbed Liz's neck, squeezed it tightly, put his head close to Liz and asked, "What did you just say?"
"I… cough cough…"
"I asked you to answer me." Carl squeezed tighter. Even though Liz's body began to struggle instinctively, the struggle seemed a little weak.
"Sorry, I forgot you were speechless like this." Carl loosened his grip and let go of Liz's neck.
"Cough cough..." The strong feeling of suffocation, even though it was short, made Liz's brain a little dizzy. She knelt on the ground unsteadily, still coughing.
"Now, tell me, what were you talking about just now?" This time, Carl's hand covered Liz's head and held it.
"No, I said no!" Liz raised her head, there was no trace of evasion in her eyes, but instead there was a fierce look in them.
Karl was startled for a moment, closed his eyes for a long time, let go of Liz, took two steps back, and asked softly, "What was the target you were aiming for this afternoon?"
"It's not you. I didn't mean to kill you." Liz didn't stand up, but sat directly on the ground.
"So what now? You want to kill me? After doing this to you."
"No."
"That's great, but that's not the point. Tell me, when you raised your gun several times this afternoon, what were you aiming at? What exactly did you want to do?"
Karl's emotions suddenly got out of control. He took two steps forward, grabbed Liz's hair, lifted her head and stared at her.
"Do you think I really won't kill you? Do you think I don't dare to kill you? Or do you think that if I give you a gun, you will be able to grow stronger?"
"No..."
"Sorry." Carl suddenly let go of Liz again, his eyes becoming dull and lifeless.
A scene appeared in front of Carl.
There are iron railings and a corridor with dense gaps on the ground. Behind you are iron doors, some closed and some open.
There were several corpses in the open space on the first floor, some in human form, and some that had turned into zombies and were shot in the head.
There was also a door in front of him, an open iron door of a cell.
This was the night when the virus broke out in the prison area.
In addition to the images, sounds also began to echo in Carl's mind.
It was very noisy, with people shouting in panic, zombies roaring from nowhere, gunshots in the distance, and clearer sounds coming from the room in front of him.
"dad!"
"It's okay, I can fix it quickly!"
Carl stood there silently until a zombie came from the opposite side of the corridor, an ordinary zombie.
As long as Carl is willing, he can raise the Glock in his hand and shoot the zombie casually, and the zombie will fall down.
But Carl chose to retreat. Carl's retreat seemed to make the zombie more excited, and its steps became faster.
But as it passed the open cell, its attention was drawn to the cell that was closer to it.
Carl, who had retreated to the bottom of the stairs in the corridor, just watched it approach the room, and then walked towards the room again without haste.
It was not until he heard a scream that Carl quickened his pace, walked quickly into the room, and raised the Glock.
…
"Sorry, my emotions are a little out of control." Carl looked at Liz in front of him with some apology.
"You don't need to apologize, and you shouldn't apologize. You can't apologize." Liz said seriously.
Carl smiled and once again placed his hand on Liz's head while she was still sitting on the ground, but this time it was just a gentle touch.
"But I hope you won't continue to test the edge of death. This time, forget it, but if there is a next time, if you dare to have any thoughts about Beth again, I will make you feel that death is a relief."
"I just want to protect you."
"Do you think I need your protection? Zombies can't pose any threat to me. If you stay in the car obediently this afternoon, and a zombie gets within five meters of me, I can kill it in one second.
Besides, don't think I don't know what you are thinking? Even if you don't aim, I will know who you are aiming at. Don't forget, we are the same kind of people. "
Looking at Liz on the ground, anger accumulated in his heart again, but this time Carl held it back.
"Your gift to me."
"What?"
"The reason, the same reason I just said no. There's no reason to take back a gift once it's given away." Liz smiled.
"Can you please not be so bizarre in your thinking? Although I know you are not mentally normal, it is difficult for me to understand my own mental abnormality."
Karl pursed his lips and said, "It seems that you are not as afraid of death as I expected. Perhaps the greatest punishment for you should be to abandon you and let you fend for yourself."
"No…" Liz shuddered and quickly grabbed Carl's legs.
"Of course, but there is a prerequisite."
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