Before Zombie could charge straight at him, a strange figure appeared in front of him.
Zombie instinctively took a step back, creating distance between him and the strange figure. However, upon closer look, he realized that it wasn't a living person. It was a mannequin that strange resembled a person.
It looked like a girl that he had seen before. The mannequin had brown hair and it also had facial expressions that resembled Ana as the mannequin had furrowed it's eyebrows, similarly to what she does when she is angry.
"What...the hell?" Zombie said, his eyes widened, unable to speak.
"Ooo, I can tell from your expression...the face looks familiar, doesn't it? "Parlo said, slightly giggling. "It is no other than Ana! Someone from your organization and a close friend of Alex!"
"Hah, I was simply slightly surprised. Making a mannequin that looks similar to a member of our organization isn't going to do anything" Zombie said with a smirk.
"Make? I think the word you are looking for is 'transformed'!" Parlo said with a creepy expression, his smile widening as he slowly noticed Zombie realizing what he meant.
"Wait...Now that I think about it, I didn't see Ana or Anthony when I met with Alex" Zombie said, his face turning pale upon realizing.
"Exactly! It seems that you figured it out! I can turn dead people into mannequins that fight for me endlessly until they break!" Parlo said, laughing like a maniac. "That is my ability! Now, show me that face of despair!"
"Despair? I feel like you have the wrong idea" Zombie said with a blank expression.
"Wrong idea? The hell are you talking about?" Parlo said, his face turning serious and his smile fading completely.
"Most people think that I got nicknamed 'Zombie' because I look like one. However, it is actually because I am emotionless towards other people. I couldn't care less if they died or lived. That is the real reason I was nicknamed 'Zombie', which has become the name that most people know me by" Zombie said, slowly approaching Parlo.
"Nonsense" Parlo scoffed.
Before Zombie could reach Parlo, the mannequin moved and attacked Zombie from behind, causing him to be launched onto the stairs. The mannequin then proceeded to appear right in front of Zombie and launched a large barrage of punches, each punch burying Zombie further into the stairs.
Zombie could do nothing but cough up blood and scream in pain.
"Finally! That is the face that you should make!" Parlo said, laughing once again. "The face of despair! Oh, how much I love it!"
The unknown special grade that was quiet for the whole mission was about to help Zombie but Vivian stopped them from doing so. "Believe in him. He may be the weakest special grade but he's a special grade for a reason."
"Uhm...okay" The unknown special grade answered, her voice sounded like a girl.
"A girl?" Vivian said to herself, removing the cloak that hid her face, revealing a beautiful and cute girl with pink hair.
Even Vivian was slightly surprised by her beauty. "Huh...not bad."
"W-Why did you remove my cloak!" The pink haired girl said, her face blushing all of a sudden.
Vivian slightly smiled, something that she only does once a decade due to her depression. However, her focus soon changed to the fight.
Zombie's face and body were covered in blood, a few of his bones broken.
Finally, the mannequin stopped punching him and Parlo stepped on him, burying his face into the stairs even further. "I can't even see the face of despair since you are covered in much so blood" Parlo laughed, mocking him.
Suddenly, Zombie touched his leg using his arm. "Hah...I knew you were going to do that."
"Do what? Tch, how can you be so-" Before Parlo could finish his sentence, he fell to the ground and his vision faded instantly, though he wasn't dead.
Zombie had split Parlo's leg into two, though, there was no blood coming out of the arm. Instead, Zombie simply stood up and removed the dust off his clothes. "When I touch someone, I can access their information and all of their memories, which also causes them to instantly get knocked out. Making it easy to kill him."
"I guess I don't need this book" Zombie said, flipping through the pages. Though, in the very next moment, he simply burned the book with his lighter that he had in his pocket. Suddenly, the body of Parlo also began to burn, killing him instantly.
"Impressive as always. Your "pages of truth" power never disappoints, does it?" Vivian said, smoking her cigarette.
Zombie slightly smiled. "Enough with the compliments, we need to defeat the main boss."
"Main boss? Did you get that from the video game we were playing?" Vivian asked with a slight smile.
"I indeed did, your receipt power is quite useful when life gets boring" Zombie said, climbing up the stairs. "Anyway, we need to get going."
Zombie hadn't noticed the pink girl due to her covering herself with the cloak once again.
With that, they made their way deeper into the castle.