Volume 1 Chapter 4 (2/2)
I called out loud as I continued on.
I sheathed my blade and then grabbed onto one of the zombie’s backs.
It was quite difficult to forcefully move a full grown man. Thus I gave up, I then leaned against the railings on the stairs.
Using what I learned online, if the head of a zombie were crushed, their movement would be neutralized.
However, I can’t confirm this theory. Even I wouldn’t try it on a fish. Despite the difference, a human head can be tough to cut through with a knife.
Fortunately, being near the stairs, the handrail’s height seems to be only as tall as my waist.
The zombies busy with their door, doesn’t seem to mind Yuusuke at all. Using this as a advantage, he then begun to pull the zombies to the handrail, then proceeded to push them off, having them fall to their doom.
BAM! The sound of something hard hitting against the ground could be heard.
Looking at the results, a body crushed by the impact of gravity could be seen distorted with a pool of blood underneath; however, the body parts seem to move just fine even after falling from such a distance.
I felt guilty, but I proceeded with the next two.
After disposing the other two, I quickly called out to the woman’s door.
“Hey! You can now relax! I quickly disposed of the three zombies.”
There was no reaction from the other end. I was curious and I began to open the door slowly.
Pus.h.i.+ng the door, it was chain locked from the other side. Unable to open it any further, the face of a 30 year old woman could be seen looking in my direction. The moment she saw me, she screamed.
“Eek-….!”
Yuusuke then remembered that he had his helmet on, and quickly removed it. If It were me on the other end, I probably would’ve reacted the same way as she did.
“It’s alright… you don’t have to be scared. I already took care of the zombies.”
After showing her my face, she began to be more relaxed and moved towards the door.
Her sanity seems to be recovering after seeing the face of another human. She then unlocked the chains.
“I’m sorry for suddenly screaming… and thank you for rescuing me. I wasn’t able to escape when this epidemic began.”
“It was no big deal for me.”
He said happily and carelessly.
I understood her circ.u.mstances, if there was someone on the opposite side right now, there would have been no way to escape.
Though it was mysterious how the zombies surrounded only this room, it may have just been bad luck.
As she opened the door, she looked uneasy as she surveyed the hallway.
“Is it safe around the hallway now?”
“For now it should be safe, but there were times when cruel events had happened.”
Yuusuke answered her questions by remembering the information from the internet. Because of how the zombies ignored him , he did not have a lot of fear for them.
The woman felt relieved from the words of Yuusuke. She bowed many times out of appreciation.
“Really, thank you so much for your help! Miki-Chan! Come, let’s go meet daddy.”
A faint sound of footsteps were heard from behind the woman. A little girl who looked like a grade schooler was seen wearing an elementary school backpack while looking up at Yuusuke.
The woman then went inside of the room and came back with a bag and some luggage.
While putting her shoes on, the woman asked,
“I failed to escape with the evacuation group, would you mind joining us in finding the refuge?”
“Refuge? Such a place exists!?”
“Mhm, it’s located in the school where my child was enrolled in, Nanba Elementary.”
“Well, I don’t really know the direction of this place… mind guiding me there?”
“Well of course, shall we get going then?”
The woman had a happy expression on her face to know that there was someone else to accompany her and her daughter.
–CHAPTER 4 END–
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