Jayr POV - Earth, Geia, King ty - 2010

  I'm calmly walking while gently carrying the corpse of Man's wife in my arms after I made sure to destroy the brain and only the brain by using a very precise and trolled blow to the head that delivered all the force within the body destroying the ihout actually damaging the outside.

  I even made sure that the force within the blow would only damage the brain enough to cease all funs without actually totally destroying it and damaging other nearby ans, all this to make sure that the body of Man's te wife would be in the best dition possible for a proper send off.

  As soon as I arrive in front of the house, the doors open and I see Man waiting there with a somber look on his face, but soon after, a teary-eyed Duane rushes out but soon stops as his gaze falls on his mother's corpse in my arms before falls on his knees before he starts g loudly.

  Seeing that, Man quickly moves toward his son, hugs him, and with tears in his eyes he starts to fort him, "It's fine, Duane... It's fine. I'm here with you. Cry as much as you want."

  I briefly stop beside them and say tan who is now looking at me with his face marred by tears while still hugging his distressed son, "I'm going to prepare and her up a bit so that you guys give her a proodbye. I already took care of all the walkers in the area... so it should be safe to stay here for the moment, but it is still better to be cautious so when Duane calms a little head baside."

  In respoo my words, Man silently nods before he focuses ba his son, and seeing that, I tio calmly walk into the house, onside, I walk up the stairs and head into the room where we took care of Rick yesterday aly y the corpse of Man's te wife on the bed.

  Shortly after that, I grab a couple of towels, some cloths, fragrant soap, and a basin full of water before I focus baaking the corpse of Man's wife more presentable.

  The first thing I do is gently close the eyes using the soft pad of my fiips and hold them closed for a few minutes hoping that they may stay closed on their own, but when I lift my fingers from them, they immediately snap open.

  Seeing that, I sigh as I expected something like this to happen, then I gently close her eyes again and pce a soft smooth cloth over them and then pce a small soft weight to keep the eyes in position.

  The weight iion is a pair of small pstic bags filled with dry uncooked rice whose weight is enough to keep the eyes closed long enough to stay in that position as the rigor mortis does its job.

  After doing that, I start to gently wash and her face using the wet towel while being as careful, respectful, ale as possible.

  While I'm doing that, I hear Man walk into the room and softly ask, "Doc... what are you doing?"

  I turn my head and look at the man whose teary gaze is fixed on the body of the woman he loved and answer, "I'm ing and preparing her body so that you and Duane properly send her off. Looking like the woman and mother you guys loved so mustead of the thing she became."

  After saying that, I ask, "By the way, where is Duane?" making the grieving husband dryly reply, "He cried himself to sleep... He is now sleeping on the bed."

  Hearing that, I nod and thely ask, "Do you want to help me? I'll guide you on what to do."

  In response, Man stares at his wife's body for a few seds before he looks at me, silently nods, and slowly walks beside me as I finish washing her fabsp;

  After I have washed her face, I close the mouth before the body starts to stiffen and sihe mouth, like the eyes, didn't stay shut, I pce a rolled-up towel uhe .

  But sihis does not provide enough support to keep the mouth closed, I also use a lightweight, smooth fabric scarf.

  Pce the middle of the scarf at the top of the head, ing ead around the side of the face, uhe , and up to the top of the head where it be gently tied while expining tan what and why I am doing this and that these supports will bee unnecessary in a few hours and be removed.

  After that, I carefully aly wash the hair that has bee quite dry and dirty while Man s the teeth and mouth luckily there is no blood on them whidicates that when it was a walker it wasn't able to successfully attayone.

  Doh that, we move on to the part that could have been the most unfortable for me if Man hadn't decided to help me, ing the body, after all, some may be unfortable with the thought of someone else seeing their loved one's body naked even if the person iion is a doctor you trust.

  At this point, to respect their privad modesty, I y eyes and simply start instrug Man on what to do, "First, you have to undress her. Then you have to wash her body using a facecloth with water and a small amount of soap. Begin with the arms and legs and then move to the front and back of the trunk. If you need my help to roll the person to each side to wash the back you just have to tell me. If you wish, you add those fragrant oil or flower petals I put over there to your rier. Also, remember to dry the part of the body you are w on before moving to another. O thing, if you want I also close up the wounds, but that should be doer you have ed and dressed her."

  After Man dutifully ed his te wife, he started to dress her, opting to use one of hers more pin nightgowns.

  Once she is fully dressed, I open my eyes and move over to take care of the wounds on her body, which are mainly some scratches on the feet and legs, and the bite mark on her chest close to the neck.

  First I foaking the smaller wounds as presentable as possible by suturing the cuts with a very thin, almost invisible thread, of course, to do that, I use the materials in a medical kit that I pulled out from my Soulbouory, one of the many things I prepared for this Random Battle.

  Then, I focus on the more difficult bite mark because I'm her an embalmer nor a pstic surgeon, because of that, I never had to focus on doing something like this, but with a bit of improvisation, I'm able to dress the bite mark in such a way that it is barely noticable.

  After doing that we position the arms alongside her body and make sure that the legs are straight.

  Looking at the result of our work, tears once again start to fall from Man's eyes as he mutters, "This isn't the thing that took her pce when she died... This my Jenny and she is as beautiful as I remember..."

  At this point, I stand beside Man and ask, "Man... how do you want to deal with her body? Do you want to bury her somewhere? Or do you want to cremate her body and bring her ashes with you and Duane?"

  Hearing my question, Man clears away his tears and replies, "I'd like to cremate her body but... but it is impossible to do now. Using a regur pyre to ie the body isn't going to work as the smoke produced by the fire may attrawatention. This means that our only solution is to find and use a crematorium, however, now that the electricity is cut off there is no way to make it work..."

  I quickly interrupt him and say, "Wait. If you really want to cremate her we do it even without electricity. We still make use of a crematorium's cremation chamber to burn the body, the only thing we have to use some ohat burn hot like propane, natural gas, charcoal, and hardwoods like oak or hickory to start the fire, and then wait for the heat to build up enough to work and turn the body into ashes. I take care of that while you and Duane wait outside."

  At the same time, I make sure to maintain eye tact with him to show that I'm fully vinced of what I'm saying while thinking, 'Like I'll do something so troublesome... I'll simply light up a random fire in the cremation chamber and burn a casket filled with deg fruits just to create enough smoke and smell to give the impression that I'm actually doing that. But, in fact, I'll simply ask Babamon and Jijimon to do that in my Soulbouory. Babamon will make sure to purify the body from the virus. While Jijimon will use his magic to create a fire strong enough to turn the body into ashes and voilà, in a few moments the body of Man's wife is turned into ashes and ready to be preserved in whatever tainer we find.'

  While I'm thinking that, Man looks at me in silence for a few moments before he nods and agrees.

  After that, I leave him aloh the body of his wife a out of the house to give him and Duane some time to grive.

  Oside the house, I focus on the many bodies on the ground, aing out a sigh, I mutter, "Haa... I 't in good sce leave them like this... I have to at the very least bury them somewhere. Maybe the park where I arrived is a good choice. That way the bodies will then turn into nutrients for the soil."

  ing to that decision, I didn't waste any time and quickly started to run around to search for a vehicle big enough to carry all the bodies in a single run.

  Unfortunately, I found none in the neighborhood and had to reach the Harrison Memorial Hospital, the hospital where Rick woke up, to find a funing military long Cargo Truck with the keys still in the ignition.

  Of course, before "borrowing" the truck, I also make sure to "borrow" all the gasoline avaiable in the surrouding, both the ohe military has left behind and the one iher vehicles' tanks, resulting in more than two dozen jerry full of gasoline all of which tain 20 liters of gasoline more than enough for the immediate future.

  After that, I drive the cargo truck baan's house and once I arrive, I quickly load it with all the bodies in the area before I drive the Cargo Truck to King ty Park.

  Ohere, I quickly use a shovel I "borrowed" from a nearby shop and start to dig enough holes to bury the bodies on the cargo truck luckily with my physical power this is something quite easy, I just have to be careful not to strain the shovel too much but even with that, ihan an hour, I have dug up all the holes needed.

  Then I gently y the bodies in the holes and quickly bury them oer the other, in fact, I also bury a few more I encoutered on the way among which there is the mangled body of that walker woman that Rick shot a few ho, and once I have taken care of every single one of them, I simply jump into the cargo trud drive baan's house. In the end, to find the cargo truck, seard gather the gasoline in the jerrys, drive the cargo truan's house, load the Cargo Truck with the bodies of the walkers, drive the cargo truck to King ty Park, dig the holes and bury the bodies all it took was one hour and a half.

  The only reason that it took so little time is thanks to my overpowered physique, after all, when you run faster than any vehicle on the p and have the power to easily lift more than a ton with your little finger, some things bee quite easy to do.

  After driving on the empty road for 15 or so minutes, I arrive at my destination and randomly park the cargo tru front of Man's house, befetting out and calmly walking into the house.

  Onside, I immediately walk up the stairs to reach the upper floor and more precisely, the room where the body of Man's wife is lying and notice the figures of Man and Duating in front of the bed.

  As I walk ihe room, Man notices my presend greets me, "Doc... you are back. We are ready. We... We said oodyes to Jenny."

  At the same time, Duane also turns his head in my dire and I notice that his face is still marred by tears as he is still grieving for the loss of his mother but I also notie form of acceptan his face about what happened.

  After that, Man and I gently envelope Jenny's body in a white b and carry her body downstairs and out of the house before we gently load it on the cargo truck with Duane following after us.

  Then I follow Man's dire as I drive toward a crematorioun that be found just outside the city.

  Once we arrive at our destination, I tell Man and Duao remain oruck as I grab my Bo Staff and quickly run into the crematorium to scout it and make sure that there are no walkers hidden inside, luckily with my enhanced sehey 't hide from me, and I easily find and take care of them.

  After ing up the crematorium, I help Man carry his wife's body into the cremation chamber before I tell him to wait with Duane in the small chapel that be found withiructure.

  Once I'm aloh Jenny's body, I don't waste any time and quickly send Jenny's body into my Soulbouory, of course, since I don't want the virus to spread I make sure to send it into my desote training area, at the same time, I send a set of precise instrus to Babamon and Jijimon.

  The reason why I'm sending the corpse into my Soulbouory instead of summoning Babamon and Jijimon here is that just like me, they won't be able to use their power in this universe, but they won't have such a problem in my Soulbouory and sihose two are Ultimate Level Digimon, I trust the fact that they easily handle such request.

  After doing that, I pull out some random wood and more than a kilo of rotten durian fruit and start to buro create enough smoke and bad smell to make it look like I'm actually turning a corpse into ashes.

  Oook care of that since I have to wait at the very least the minimum 70 minutes o fully turn a corpse into ashes when one uses the cremation room, I started to look around to search for a tainer for Jenny's ashes, and it seems that I'm lucky as I find dozen of empty urns in one of the ste rooms which makes me realizes, 'It seems that this pce also sells urns among the other services...'

  Without aation, I quickly dismiss all the biodegradable urns that are made of biodegradable material, such as paper, cy, pnt material, bark, wood, sand, bamboo, wicker, and other substahat will naturally depose over time as they aren't the most reliable to carry around in a dangerous setting like this universe.

  For the same reason, I also dismiss gss urns, stone or marble urns, ceramis, and wood urns they too are all tile for my liking.

  This leaves out only the metal urns that are made of many materials such as aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, steel, aal alloy and in the end, I opt for an urn made of stainless steel as it is the most reliable among all the materials present.

  After chosing the right urn, I don't hesitate to send it to my Soulbouory and wait for Jijimon and Babamon to do their job and so, I sit on a random chair in front of the cremation room and calmly wait while reading the manga that Hajime sent me, Mobile Suit Gundam 00F.

  While reading that manga, I 't help but have the urge to explore that legendary multiverse while thinking, 'It's incredible that I still haven't visited any Gundam Universe... Since I reinated I always wao visit the Gundam Multiverse. In fact, it was the first universe that came to my mind that I wao visit I even fully pnned all my moves and a way to explore the whole Gundam Multiverse even without the use of my o, but then I realized that learning magid breaking through the limits of my former human body was more urgent and chose the Arifureta Universe instead. After that, I wao improve oeology side and once again, my first instinct was to choose the Gundam Multiverse hell, I was almost sure of that choitil at the st moment I remembered that the time for the first Random Battle was close and with Saori and Tinant, I had to ehat I was strong enough to win. Because of that, I recklessly chose the Teoppa Gurren Lagann Universe and luckily everything worked fine in the end... but the wish to explore the Gundam Multiverse is still very much present. Maybe after this Random Battle, I'll be able to do it, after all, thanks to my Digimon Ination, I don't have to worry about being away a long time from my family.'

  While I'm thinking that, I tio calmly read the manga until the 70 minutes pass, and then I put the manga bato my Soulbouet up from the chair, make sure to fully put out the fire in the creamtion room, and quickly pull out the stainless steel urn now full with the ashes of Jenny Jones, Man's wife, and Duane's mother.

  I also read the message that Jijimon and Babamo on the urn tellihat no problem occurred and that everything is fine.

  After that, I do not waste any more time and qucikly walk toward the chapel with the urn in my hands where Man and Duane are waiting for me.

  Ohere, I give Man the urn and reassure him that the process went on perfectly.

  Man holds the urn for a few moments before he gives it to his son Duane who holds it tightly close to his body and then we walk out of the chapel and walk back to the cargo truck.

  Onside the cargo truck, I calmly drive baan's house and while we are on the way back, Man tries to distract his son from thinking about his mother too much by saying, "Son, I promised that I'd teach you how to shoot and since doc secured the area around the house racti the garden without w about attrag more of those things. Do you still want to learn?" which makes Duane reply in a sad tone, "Sure..." Watg his son, Man 't help himself from letting out a sigh before the two falls into an awkard silehat gets broken a few moments ter by Duane's voice as he asks, "Why did you kill her?"

  Hearing that, Man quickly tries to correct his son, "Wait, Duane-." but I interrupt him and calmly answer, "I did not kill your mother... nor any other walker. They were all already dead way before I stopped their bodies. The only thing I did ut her and everyone's body to rest to not only end your and your father's suffering but also to stop the thing that was trolling her body to harm the ones she loved the most and so make her even more sad."

  In respoo my words, an intrigued Duane asks, "What do you mean?" I also notice that Man is also listening carefully, before I tinue, "Let's hypothesize a different but simir sario from what truly happened. In this sario, you are the ohat was bitten by the walker and died, but while your soul went to heaven, your dead body fell uhe trol of the thing that is behind all this and started to move much to the horror of your mother and father."

  I turn my head ahat both Duane and Man's eyes open wide as they listen to the description of that sario, but I quickly focus ba the road and tinue, "Now for semplicity sake let's just say that everything proceeds in the exact same way as you know it, with the only difference is that it is your mother that is standing with your father and your dead body is roaming the streets, do you follow me?"

  Hearing Duater a weak, "Yes..." I nod and tinue, "Now, think about this. Your soul in heaven is able to see everything that is happening, you are watg over them and seeing how they try to survive and move on, but you also see how much suffering your dead body is causing them, how every time your mother catches a glimpse of your body she starts to cry in despair, how your father tries to be strong for her but when he is alooo breaks down at the thought of having lost you even more so when he remember all the happy times you have spent together... how would that make you feel?"

  In respoo my question, Duaands in silence for a few minutes with glistening eyes before he replies, "Sad... seeing them so sad would also make me feel very sad..."

  I nod then I add, "Then this hypotetical sario tinues and e the day your father and mother met and save Rick, but this time, I didn't e and tinued on my jouroward Atnta's C.D.C.. Everything more or less is the same, your mother and father being the good people they are still help Rid expin to him what is going on, then the day they go to the police station and do the same thing we did today your mother even ask your father to teach her how to use a gun so that she defend herself, everything is the same until they separate. Rick goes his way to search for his wife and son while your father and mother return back to their home."

  At this point, I once again look at Duane and Man ahat both are fog on me and this hypothetical sario before I focus ba the road and say, "Now things are a little bit different. Armed with the new rifle, your father decides that it is time to end both your mother and his suffering by putting dowhing that remembers them so much about what they have lost and heads upstair. He shoots a couple of walkers to attract your dead body and o arrives, he aims at it, but in the end, he isn't able to pull the trigger a your dead body go. Then after some time, everything seems fine, until one day your mother, who has learned how to shoot, decides to do the same thing your father did some time ago and goes out to search for your dead body."

  Suddenly, I hear someone loudly gulp, but I ig and focus oory, "She finds it and fronts it with her gun, but just like your father, she starts to hesitate and isn't able to shoot. Because of that, you dead body takes advantage of that opportunity and bites your mother basically killing her leaving your father alone. Now you are seeing all this from heaven... what would you feel watg your body killing the person you love most?"

  Odyin