Chapter 21: Corpse Control?
Unsurprisingly, the outside of the sophomore dormitories was packed with operators, numbering almost 20. Most of them were just handling cleanup while a few of them occasionally went in and came out, either bringing new bodies or new captives to be executed, then tossed into the corpse pile, which now formed a small hill.
Looking at those faces, some of which were his classmates or juniors, full of despair as they died unwillingly, Kaizer became silent. He began to wonder whether his reluctance to kill was a mistake, as they were not creatures that should be spared, in his now revised opinion.
Kaizer raised a hand and grabbed the body of one of the male corpses near the back of the pile. He concentrated the full extent of his telekinesis on the corpse, causing it to rise to its feet in jerky, unsure movements that seemed like a puppet doll being manipulated.
However, the corpse soon steadied itself and seemed to gain some sort of semblance as Kaizer focused on controlling the bones and muscles with his telekinesis, rather than the external form. He then took a few confused baby steps around the corpse pile, eventually becoming more fluent with his movement by the time he arrived at the side where the killers stood.
Two of the killers were standing side by side, idly chatting as they scanned the area around them for any sign of trouble, not even looking at the corpse pile behind them. After all, each person within was confirmed dead by double tap and even triple tap, so unless there were ghosts and gods in this world, they shouldn't be able to cause trouble.
However, they were soon surprised when two bloodied and unstable arms reached out from behind and grabbed the head of one of the two men from behind, using its full strength to twist it to the side. The spine immediately dislocated, and one could even hear a 'pop' sound as the bones within broke, killing the man right away.
As the killer fell to the ground, his compatriot's head snapped to the side with shock, wondering what had just happened. However, when he saw what was for all intents and purposes a lifeless corpse—given its eyes, which were void of life and its facial expression, which remained the same no matter what—dash towards him with its arms outstretched as well.
"Ah! What the fuck?!" The guy screamed as he turned and unloaded his bullets into the corpse, which was stopped by the barrage and became riddled with holes, blood leaking out of many of them.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the corpse shot forward and grabbed him by the head, trying to twist his neck as well. The fellow fought back, grabbing the hands of the corpse and trying his best to resist, but he simply could not defeat a fatigueless creature enhanced by telekinetic power.
Eventually, he too was killed, and the others nearby turned to glance this way in surprise since they did not expect shots to be fired by these two. When they saw the corpse that was damaged by bullets ambling towards them, they were also stunned for a split second, wondering if they were hallucinating or if this was some sort of nightmare.
"What the heck are you idiots waiting for? Fire at that unholy thing!" One of their men roared, causing the group to snap out of their horrified stupor and raise their weapons to fire at full blast.
Countless bullets loaded into the corpse, turning it from somewhat whole into extremely ruined, with pieces of flesh and bones strewn about around it. The corpse could not function like this as it lacked too much, eventually falling to the ground, dead as it always had been.