I'm Going to Make a Phone Call (This Kitty Thinks This Kitty Is Getting More and More Orange)

"What... what is this...?"

Watching those dead people get back up again, even Laura's face went pale. It wasn't like she had never experienced combat. Back in that castle, Fang Zheng had even led them in battles against ghosts and monsters.

But!

To Laura, those had merely been monsters, Demon Beasts. Now, however, she had watched a human corpse climb back to its feet and attack her with her own eyes!

The impact of that was something ordinary monsters and Demon Beasts simply could not compare to.

And because of that, when facing these strange zombies, Laura realized that her hands had begun to tremble!

Even if the person standing before her had been a fully armed jaeger, or even some mighty expert who had entered the Realm of Reason, Laura probably would not have been this shaken. But now, merely looking at a slow-moving, helpless corpse, she found the hand gripping her greatsword trembling uncontrollably!

"Threat. Must be eliminated."

Fortunately, not everyone was as bewildered as Laura. Accompanied by Altina's cold, mechanical voice, the black humanoid tactical shell she controlled materialized in midair once again and punched the zombie before them, sending it flying. On the other side, Fang Zheng raised his pistol and fired twice, blowing apart the zombie's head. Soon, the two of them worked seamlessly together to clear every zombie from the carriage.

"W-what exactly is going on?"

Only after all the zombies had fallen again did Laura finally let out a breath. She lowered her greatsword and realized that she was drenched in sweat—facing a zombie with no real threat at all had somehow exhausted her this much!!

"Weren't they already dead?"

"They died, then came back to life."

Fang Zheng swept his gaze around the area. To be honest, when he had first found