Zerra watched the escalation in shock. She examined Laziel, who was dripping with sweat. His face was full of exhaustion. There were more ability users from the base present. She was surprised that they had been so quick in reporting and fetching people from the base. They must have been driving at full speed. Or there might be a shortcut they didn’t know. "The rest of you, continue to search for living people!" Lieutenant Colonel Dalton announced strictly. He was bringing his own subordinates. Because of his merit, he had risen in rank from captain to lieutenant colonel now. He had undergone many dangerous tasks, especially after the last octopus monster incident. He had finished one more task, which was also dangerous and brought a lot of survivors out. So, his higher-ups decided to promote him to a suitable rank for his merit. They didn’t care about the two girls’ drama. On the way there, Arnold had given them a briefing about the conditions at the mission destination, so he was quick to act and give orders. He didn’t care, but that didn’t mean others wouldn’t care. Arnold stayed, pretending not to hear Lieutenant Colonel’s order. He wanted to see the wench get her comeuppance! He and his brothers didn’t expect that the first thing they encountered as soon as they were back was such an exciting scene. Silently, he cheered for Nyra to give her another slap. "One slap doesn’t seem to be enough, right? You have two cheeks." Nyra cracked her knuckles as if reading Arnold’s mind. Zerra found it a pity that it wasn’t the correct time to take out her popcorn. She silently approached the two kids and gave them a candy each before unwrapping one for herself. She was about to take another one like usual before realizing that Cassias wasn’t there... A little dazed, she stared at Meira again, whose complexion had gone very pale. "Azi..." Meira ran to Laziel and grabbed his arm, shaking it lightly and still sobbing. "It hurts." Laziel pursed his lips, looking very troubled. He rubbed his temples, but didn’t push Meira away. "Elder sister, can you tell me what had happened?" He had a hint of pleading look to Nyra. At this moment, everyone’s attention was on Nyra, waiting for her to answer Laziel’s question. They were equally confused by her actions. After all, it was Meira who was running toward them to report Nyra’s predicament, nearly getting bitten by a zombie too when she went to tell Darren he was in the wrong house. So, the slap had caught them off guard. "This evil woman must have done something insidious, right, Miss Nyra? Just tell the truth. We will support you," Arnold chimed in. "Right, Miss Nyra. Don’t be afraid." Another one joined. Nyra scanned Meira from head to toe. Facing Nyra’s ruthless eyes, Meira shrank further into Laziel’s embrace. "She locked me inside the house. I was trying to bring the kids out first, but the door was locked." Nyra scoffed. Her voice was a bit weak because of exhaustion, but it was filled with power. Darren’s expression darkened when he heard that. He turned to Meira, who was ridiculously sending him a hopeful look in return. "Is what she said true?" "No, no, it isn’t true, Mr. Valez!" She shook her head frantically. "I didn’t lock Nyra! She told me to stay outside, and I wandered off. I didn’t know if someone else locked the door, but it wasn’t me!" "I-I am only an ordinary person...so I can’t fight. I waited for her to come out, but after waiting for a while, she still hadn’t come out. The door couldn’t be opened. I became more worried, and then I came to find you." She sobbed tearfully. Everyone was unable to determine whether she was lying or not now. Zerra was enjoying the sweetness of the candy in her mouth and the drama. A doctor was taking care of the little ones, who were now sticking themselves to her. She had to help the doctor coax them, cleaning their faces and the small wounds. "I will give you a reward later if you turn your head to face the doctor–" Her words were abruptly cut off by someone else. "I think we can ask Miss Zerra. She was the one who found the key." A man suddenly spoke. Zerra’s fist hardened. It was them again, the scoundrels who had dragged her into this drama. Moreover, they were the people who had been on the same team as her. She shot the man a look. He pretended not to see it. "Miss Zerra should be able to explain..." She squinted her eyes. Her mouth twitched, but now the man had successfully made the little boy’s head turn in the doctor’s direction. But Zerra felt no sense of accomplishment at all. A lot of eyes were on her, so she had no choice but to explain. She cleared her throat. "Yes, this thing, right?" She held up the key, which now had a cute blue star keychain. "I found this among the pots in the front yard. It seemed very conspicuous, so I picked it up. Unexpectedly, it’s a key. I tried to fit it in the door lock hole, and I opened the door." "Is there no suspicious person...?" She shook her head. "The incident had happened long time ago. The person must have run away or hidden themselves." When she said this, her eyes inadvertently swept over Meira’s figure, who flinched under her gaze. There was a loophole in Zerra’s statement too, but most people ignored it. Nyra sneered. She turned back and took a seat on a chair in front of the house. Zerra checked the survivors’ wounds. The doctor had taken care of all their wounds. "Mr. Adler, can you check my sister too? She injured her foot." "Of course." With that, the doctor moved in Nyra’s direction. Darren accompanied her. Follow current novels on NovєlFіre.net Laziel looked like a statue, standing still and rooted to his spot no matter how hard his girlfriend tried to shake him. His forehead filled with frowns; he was thinking hard. Zerra shook her head. She knew it wasn’t enough for Laziel to snap to his senses. There should be solid proof so that Meira couldn’t refute or make up a convincing reason. Unfortunately, it hadn’t happened yet, but since it was already this far, that point might not be too far away anymore. Laziel rubbed his girlfriend’s shoulder in reassurance. He pursed his lips. "I will talk to my eldest sister later to explain." However, when he went to Nyra some hours later, she only gave him a one-sentence answer. "Break up with her. Choose her or me."