Chapter 44
Summary
Knowing that the both of them will die on the sinking ship, Erina shares one last passionate kiss with her husband Jonathan. However, as she finishes, Jonathan points to a baby nearby whose mother had been killed by the zombies, and tells Erina to live on. Erina objects, but Jonathan tells her that he is asking her to do it because his own mother died in the same way as this unknown woman: protecting her child.
Dio's head clings to a pipe overhead by his hair. He commands the other zombies to devour Wang Chan's body in an attempt to prevent the explosion; however, before they can even begin to, the engine starts to explode. Shrapnel shards shower and piece Jonathan's back as he shields Erina and the baby.
Dio quickly attempts to sever Jonathan's head and take his body. He explains his contingency plan is to then hide in his coffin, built to withstand even the blast of a ton of dynamite, and wait until an opportune time to come out. He wraps his blood vessels around Jonathan's neck and prepares to attack.
Jonathan prevents Dio's assault by removing a piece of the shrapnel from his back and stabbing it into Dio's head. Jonathan then embraces Dio's head so that it can no longer move and reflects on their history together and how their fates had been forever intertwined. He then speaks his last words to Erina, telling her to be happy. Dio attempts to bargain with Jonathan, offering to give him his powers, but Jonathan is already dead. The ship explodes.
Later, in the middle of the ocean, Erina and the baby she rescued have survived the ship's explosion by climbing into Dio's coffin just as it occurred. Eventually the two wash up on the Canary Isles and find their way back to civilization.
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