"Exponential."
"As a language teacher, I've seen and heard this abused as simple hyperbole. Unfortunately, this is not one of these times. When they say exponential, they mean it."
"I knew it was strange when the parents told the kids not to go home after we decided to cancel the camping trip. Especially when most of them caught a fever. And some suffered dangerous hypothermia. Did we catch some weird illness?"
"Overnight, hundreds of thousands of people died. And that was in Tokyo alone. The situation rapidly deteriorated all over Japan within hours. Not even the government, the military, and the police were spared."
"And those who are dead... don't stay that way. They woke up angry and hungry. They're not... human anymore. They might not even be alive as we understood them. They... they all became zombies. God, I hate the word zombies, but to use any other word is unnecessary."
"The world has not seen such a pandemic in human history, and likely, never will be. Assuming there will be anyone alive to remember and write this account."
"My parents told me they loved me. I felt like I hadn't done enough to repay them. I cried like I hadn't done in an actual decade. Yet, it was too late. All I could do? I will hold onto my duty until the end."
"To protect my students and ensure they stay alive."
"As a language teacher, I've seen and heard this abused as simple hyperbole. Unfortunately, this is not one of these times. When they say exponential, they mean it."
"I knew it was strange when the parents told the kids not to go home after we decided to cancel the camping trip. Especially when most of them caught a fever. And some suffered dangerous hypothermia. Did we catch some weird illness?"
"Overnight, hundreds of thousands of people died. And that was in Tokyo alone. The situation rapidly deteriorated all over Japan within hours. Not even the government, the military, and the police were spared."
"And those who are dead... don't stay that way. They woke up angry and hungry. They're not... human anymore. They might not even be alive as we understood them. They... they all became zombies. God, I hate the word zombies, but to use any other word is unnecessary."
"The world has not seen such a pandemic in human history, and likely, never will be. Assuming there will be anyone alive to remember and write this account."
"My parents told me they loved me. I felt like I hadn't done enough to repay them. I cried like I hadn't done in an actual decade. Yet, it was too late. All I could do? I will hold onto my duty until the end."
"To protect my students and ensure they stay alive."
- Hiratsuka Shizuka