Izumaru's travel notes

1991, two years after the Colorado incident.

"Doctor, this is the lab report."

At the Colorado base, Yamaoka compiled the data from the experiment into a report and handed it to Dr. Nishijo.

"Thank you."

After looking through the report for a few seconds, Dr. Nishijo's expression turned ugly again.

"Is it still not working, Doctor?" Su asked when he saw the Doctor's troubled expression.

Dr. Nishijo shook his head. "The data is too bad. This is the suspected antibody extracted from who knows how many experimental mice. But just like before, the alien factor in Zero can transform it into an alien in just a dozen seconds, and it shows a strong aggressiveness towards intelligent life."

Dr. Nishijo put down the report in her hand and pinched her brows. In a whole year, although there has been some progress in the research of antibodies, the speed is too slow. Since the last time the suspected existence of antibodies was found in mouse No. 5624, there has been no progress until now. She once doubted whether her experimental direction was wrong, and the alien beast antibodies did not exist at all. No. 5624 was just an accident.

"Don't worry, Doctor."

Seeing the doctor's uncomfortable expression, Su suggested going out for a walk, "There's no point in continuing to work so hard, so why not go outside and relax." Shangang Yi also agreed. The depressing atmosphere here was really uncomfortable.

Dr. Nishijo nodded helplessly, and the three of them walked out of the contaminated area together. After deep disinfection and purification, they took off their chemical protective suits and came to the public area. But as soon as they walked out of the base gate, Dr. Nishijo saw someone he never expected.

"Nagi?"

"mom!"

Looking at Nagi standing next to Takamiya and running towards him, Dr. Saijo hugged her helplessly.

"Sorry Doctor, she missed you so much."

Takamiya spoke a little embarrassedly. He didn't expect that Nagi, who had always been independent, would actually ask him to come to her mother. Takamiya, who had always been helpless with children, could only drive to the Colorado base and hand the girl over to her mother.

"Don't do this next time. Do you know what's in here?"

Dr. Saijo scolds Takamiya, but Nagi speaks up.

"Mom, don't blame uncle. It was me who wanted to come here. You haven't been home for a long time, and today is my birthday."

Listening to Nagi's babyish voice, Dr. Nishijo realized that he hadn't seen Nagi for a whole year.

Looking at the tender scene between mother and daughter, Su walked to Chonggong's side.

"What's the result?" Chonggong asked.

"As expected, Yamaoka has been secretly obstructing the Xenomorph antibody experiment. The only suspected antibody test subject 5624 was also disposed of by him because he went crazy. Although suspected antibody serum was separated from its blood, the amount is too small to support the experiment. It seems that Zaki has possessed it."

"Ah."

Takamiya glanced at Yamaoka Ichi. Even though he was playing with Nagi in a friendly manner, he was already full of the scent of Zaki.

"When will we do it?"

"Let's wait a few days. There has been no progress at Prometheus. Although they have cultivated a large number of people with super powers, I have seen that few of them can reach the level of Hayato Umimoto. One of them even has a genetic defect."

"How do you plan to trick Zaki out?" Su asked in a low voice.

"Let me think..."

In fact, Chonggong wanted to delay. With Chonggong's current strength, he was not absolutely sure of killing it. If he acted rashly and let it abandon its host, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find it again.

"Su, I need you to do this..."

...

At night, at Dr. Nishijo's home, in order to celebrate Nishijo Nagi's 7th birthday, Dr. Nishijo took a few days off, which was rare. However, since the higher-ups were still arguing with each other, no one paid much attention to this matter.

"I'm sorry, Nagi. It's Mom's fault. I forgot that today is your birthday."

At the dinner, Dr. Nishijo looked at her daughter with an apologetic look on her face. She had actually forgotten her daughter's birthday. She was such a negligent mother.

But Nishijo Nagi had no intention of blaming her at all. In her eyes, she was happy as long as she could see her mother.

Since it was a hasty birthday party, Dr. Saijo didn't have time to prepare a gift for Nagi, but Nagi said:

"My mother coming back to celebrate my birthday is the best gift for me."

Hearing these sad words, Dr. Nishijo hugged Nagi with pity. Due to the nature of her job, she owed her children too much.

"Nagi."

Takamiya and Su came over, one holding a teddy bear and the other holding a Labrador puppy. "Happy birthday."

"Thank you uncle."

Nagi smiled happily after receiving the gift.

"Thank you for your help. Please accompany Nagi-chan on her birthday."

Dr. Nishijo looked at them apologetically. They were originally his experimental assistants, but now they were like babysitters.

"It's okay. The lab doesn't need me anyway. It's just cooking. I'm sorry to have to let Nagi-chan down."

Chonggong scratched his head helplessly. Since he had lost his sense of taste, cooking was like doing an experiment for him, with a scale, measuring cups, and seasonings calculated by grams. This was hard for him to accept as he grew up in a traditional flower-growing environment.

"Everyone, it's time to eat."

Shangang brought out a birthday cake with seven candles on it. After Nagi made a simple wish that her mother would spend more time with her, she started to eat.

After a simple meal, the group was ready to leave, but Dr. Nishijo said he would go out to see them off anyway. Even though Su and Takamiya kept refusing, Dr. Nishijo still insisted on seeing them off to the station. He watched Takamiya and the others get on the train before returning home. But within a few minutes, there was a hurried knock on the door.

"Shangang, didn't you go back?"

Dr. Nishijo opened the door and looked at Yamaoka Ichi at the door, a little confused. Didn’t he get in the car?

"Dr. Nishijo, I have something else to tell you."

After saying that, Shangang suddenly smiled ghostly, stretched out his hand and hit Dr. Xijo's heart hard. The dark red energy turned into a sharp blade and easily pierced Dr. Xijo's heart, and blood gushed out.

"Mom? Who?"

Nagi heard a knock on the door and walked out in her pajamas, only to find the living room was dark. Her mother was lying at the door, and next to her stood a man with sharp bone spurs slowly growing on his back...

"you you…"

Nagi looked at the man, her legs weakening and she sat on the ground, while the Labrador beside her rushed over.

"Oh, how brave."

But Zaki suddenly discovered that the dog... was getting bigger?

"Roar!"

In the blink of an eye, the Labrador puppy, which was only the size of a paw, turned into a guy as big as an adult man. His appearance became more and more ferocious, and he even grew three heads...

"Galuberos!"

Shangang was shocked and was knocked out by Garuberos before he could dodge. He rolled on the ground twice before getting up. He didn't understand how this guy got here.

But what surprised him even more was that "Dr. Nishijo", whose heart had just been pierced by his blow, actually crawled up from the ground.

"Long time no see, Zaki."