They say powerful Infected have peculiar habits.
After joining a large company and observing his coworkers, Su Qin realized that was indeed true.
A coworker who started at the same time as him held a memorial service for their boss's pet kangaroo.
His assigned roommate stared at his fish tank in the middle of the night, eyes glowing red and drooling.
His mentor worked part-time as a butcher, dismembered bodies every day, and loved bringing Su Qin barbecue skewers of mysterious origin.
They're all crazy, and that's just fine.
Su Qin quickly adapted to his slightly strange working life. But as an Infected, he was bound to encounter discrimination at work.
One day, while he was eating in the cafeteria, an agitated researcher rushed over, face twisted in rage, and yelled at him, "Disgusting Infected! You're all lunatics who think of nothing but killing and sex! Get out of the research institute!"
"Su Qin, are you really here for the paycheck? You just enjoy the moment you gut your prey, don't you!"
Oh, right. He was a weirdo too?
Su Qin gave some thought to what he'd been up to since starting the job.
All he'd done was secretly swipe the company's infected specimens and sell them for pocket money, beat up some trash who bullied their juniors, and accidentally blow up a few labs. How could this guy slander him like that?
This was workplace bullying!
As he wondered whether he should deal with the guy using some suitably Infected methods, his lunch buddy beside him suddenly slapped the table and stood up.
"Exactly! We're all lunatics and madmen. Right now, I really want to peel off your skin, cut open your stomach, pull out your intestines and nail them to the wall, then XXOO..."
The provocative researcher fled in a panic. Su Qin turned around belatedly. "...You were joking, right?"
His buddy gave him a mysterious smile, but kept staring right at him. "Mm, of course I was~"
"How could he have a partner as delicious as you? Of course I'd rather have you."
Theme: Life is precious, but freedom is worth even more.
