Black Alice in the Murder Land
Chapters 17. Hunting in the Wild. 4

Tenn and Code Name: Tarzan sees the zombie herd in the woods. They split up, but some went together.

“That girl is dead, Alice-kun.”

“I know. If you can, don't call me Alice-kun. I am a man!”

“But you are Code Name: Alice. Admin Wonder says we can't give up our real names. You can call me Tarzan if you want.”

“Haaa..” Tenn rolled his eyes as if he didn't care. He chose to jump down to look for clues.

Seeing Tenn do it makes Code Name: Tarzan jump down. Tenn looked at the bloodstains on the scene and touched them.

-sniff.

Tenn sniffed it, “The blood is still fresh, but this one is already rotting like it's been dead for more than two days.”

“Despite that, human blood will clot and will form clots in the body when they die.”

“The setting is almost like a zombie movie in a drama. But in the forest that is in the fairy tale ‘Tarzan, The Ape Man’ it is too..excessive.”.

“After all that is in the fairytale forest is only him and the wild animals. Why become a zombie?”

“And unfortunately again, I could not use the help of the tsundere system because he sulked for two hours. No use!”

Code Name: Tarzan approached from behind and saw what Tenn was doing.

“You touched that blood? No disgust?”

“Hah?”

“After, you looked disgusted once when I touched your hand.”

“Of course disgust! It was a hand that was ripped apart the zombie stomach and took out its contents, right?!”

“But what you touched was also zombie blood? What's the difference with the one in my hand?”

“This is what I touched myself so I know it's sterile.”

Code Name: Tarzan looks at Tenn with a strange look, “You have a disorder huh? Where is there blood in sterile soil?”

“Steril my version is not the same as the normal version. Stay there and don't bother me! I'm busy investigating everything.”

“Hoo~you can draw many conclusions from all these events?”

“Certainly can.”

“What is it?”

Tenn stood up and looked at his interlocutor's face seriously. With a confident tone of speech and a flat expression, he said out loud.

“This place is crazy. Just as crazy as the admin who made it.”

“The setting does want to kill us and with the presence of zombies as a substitute for wild animals in the background Tarzan story makes me sure he has bad taste.”

The comment made Code Name: Tarzan speechless and unwilling to speak up. He chose to keep his mouth shut.

“I dare not mock admin. If I misspoke, I might die.”

Tenn finally walked in the direction that the most zombie herd had gone among the scattered earlier.

“Where are you?”

“Kill zombies and get his clondike card. You already have one, while I still have to find “Diamonds” suit scattered like dust in this forest.”

“If you and I are already a team, we go and do the cooperation now.”

Code Name: Tarzan can only nod stiffly and follow his new partner.

During the trip, Tenn was silent and Code Name: Tarzan was thinking what topics would be suitable to start the conversation.

“Umm, Alice-kun?”

“Hmm?”

“You don't want to talk about the continuation of our previous cooperation relationship?”

“Thanks?”

“Regarding the details of the level of this place and anywhere we can find the cards.”

“Good. System, please tell me about the details of places that may have cards.”

[Analysis is performed]

[Analysis complete. There are about 18 qualifying spots]

Code Name: Tarzan tells Tenn, “Says there are about 18 eligible points.”

“18 dots? Can the system also tell us the klondike card needed by us to make a combination of “Royal Straight Flush” in one suit?”

“If about it can't. My system can only tell me about the existence of the card, but it cannot tell you the type.”

“Hah?” Tenn was confused. He clearly remembered his system could do such a thing before.

“Why is that? Though the tsundere system can do it.”

Tenn recalled the events before his system sulked, while he was in Cinderella's former palace.

[Detects. “Ace of Diamonds”]

[Observations. There is one “Ace of Diamonds” card among the undead. Please find to exit this place and go to the next location]

[The “Ace of Diamonds” card is inside the body of a male corpse on the eighth step of the right side]

The strange face is shown back by Tenn.

“It turns out so yes. Each player does not have the same system. Because the algorithm is different, so the capacity and nature of the carrier is also not the same.”

“This is interesting. Means I have to admit that my system includes pretty good.”

Both arrived in a bush.

“Cuzzling!” Code Name: Tarzan pulls Tenn's hand and asks him to duck.

“What?” whispered Tenn was upset.

“In front of us a pack of zombies. But there's something weird about them.”

“Any?” Tenn looked behind the bushes. A little unusual looks. “It...Cinderella?”

“Cinderella?”

“I saw her last night when I got to Cinderella's palace. So, he became the leader of the zombies here?”

“What does it mean that all those zombies are NPCs that are turned into zombies?” ask Code Name: Tarzan.

“Entahlah. But, I knew that there was a card that I might be looking for.”

“Suit “Diamonds”, right?”

“True. Ask your system, is there a card between them?”

Code Name: Tarzan asked his system, “System, are there cards among the zombies?”

[Detects. There are 3 cards that are on the inside of the zombie body]

[One is on the inside of the head and the other two are inside the stomach]

“Says there are three. One is on the inside of the head and the other two are in the stomach.” Code Name: Tarzan replied.

Tenn looked delighted and even licked his lips with his tongue as if he was getting his new prey.

“Yosh. Then, it's time to tear up the corpse.”

“Eh?”

“We do a one-sided massacre and get his cards to finish this crazy game.”

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