Before the Zombie King Hatched, They Locked Me Up

Summary

At the base entrance, the guard stopped us for the usual inspection.

“Your infection test came back negative, right?”

I nodded.

The guard was just about to let me through when Ethan Cross, the team’s new medic, suddenly spoke up.

“Wait, Captain. What about that scratch on your arm from the mutated rat?”

The air froze.

The guard’s expression changed at once.

“Captain Hale, is that true?”

I gritted my teeth.

“It is. But the wound has already been treated, and I have antibodies.”

“I’m carrying a top-level mission. I need to enter the base immediately.”