Volume 2 Chapter 31 (2/2)
If he had left Mizuki with the hand gun, this situation wouldn’t have happened. (TL: b.u.t.t hurt gun law f.a.gs rant in 3…2…)
He had a spare gun.
Even without fighting the opponent, she could have threatened and restrained them. There aren’t many people who would approach despite a gun pointed at them.
Then, if he were to say why he never left a gun with Mizuki…
It’s that.
(……I couldn’t trust her.)
If he handed over such a powerful weapon, there would be fear of rebellion.
He never thought this place would be attacked, and so never thought to arm Mizuki.
(TL: I guess he means the zombie guards were supposed stop the intruders.)
However, now that it had become like this, there were no excuses.
With regards to this incident, Yusuke’s suspicions of Mizuki are what caused it.
“Ah…Ahh…..”
Yusuke looked up at the ceiling.
“What to do…..” (TL: Takas.h.i.+ is just dying in the background)
An uncomfortable silence dominated the room.
(We have no choice but to go the the mountains…. but what do we do if Takas.h.i.+’s condition worsens. Can we treat him good enough ourselves? Does he need a blood transfusion? What kind of medicine does he need? Would it be fine with just antibiotics? d.a.m.n it, if only we had a doctor….)
At that moment, a siren sounded from far away.
Yusuke stopped moving and listened closely.
It was a discomforting sound he hadn’t heard until now.
The wall separating him from the outside made it difficult to hear, but it was definitely the disaster prevention sirens.
He stood up and started to head into the corridor, but stopped, worrying about leaving Mizuki in the room with the intruder.
Had she not acknowledged the siren yet? She sat there with glazed over eyes, staring at the s.p.a.ce in front of her.
If an announcement were to be made over the broadcast, he wouldn’t be able to hear it from inside the room. It would be best for him to head to the roof, but he didn’t want to take his eyes off the man.
(Tha…. no, with the radio…..)
Picking up the lantern, he approaches the desk with the radio. Flipping the switch, there was no reaction. It was obvious it wouldn’t work due to the power outage.
Clicking his tongue, Yusuke goes under the desk and switches the radio’s plug from the outlet, to the battery box next to it. There was power. Coming out from under the desk, he starts up the radio.
The disaster prevention radio frequency had to be among the default set of channels. He operates the key pad, searching through the channels. The siren suddenly stops, and is replaced by a m.u.f.fled sound.
A voice began to flow through the speakers.
It was the stammering voice of a young woman.
“…..gawa. …..if possible choose wide roads and move silently. I repeat. …..this is Oono City Hall. We are currently providing shelter for over 100 survivors. Three days from now, a rescue helicopter will arrive. For those able to move, please head towards Oono City Hall. Located at the intersection of route 33 and Hidakagawa. …..if possible choose wide roads and move silently. This message will broadcast every hour on the hour for five minutes, 24 hours a day until the battery dies. To all survivors that can hear this voice, head towards Oono City Hall. Whatever you do don’t give up! I repeat. This is Oono City Hall…..”
It was a hard voice, not accustomed to broadcasting.
With a puzzled look, Mizuki stares at Yusuke.
(There were still that many survivors huh…..)
Yusuke covers his face with his hand. What he had just heard jumbled his thoughts.
(….100, 100 people huh? They seem to have the place under control enough to broadcast…. maybe they have medical personnel there, but even if they don’t, when the helicopter comes, we can get medical treatment for Takas.h.i.+ then. I was worried about those dangerous guys at the university but…… city hall is pretty far away. Can we make it in three days…..?)
Thinking it over, Yusuke opens his mouth.
“Mizuki, Takas.h.i.+ will be in your care. Use a blanket or something to wrap him up. I’ll…… I’ll take Yuu. We will be leaving soon.”
“Y, yes.”
Mizuki hurries to the back to get a blanket.
While Yusuke was also preparing to depart,
“Ah! H….hey…..”
With a voice calling to him, Yusuke turns.
The intruder’s line of sight was directed at him.
“………….”
Yusuke and the man’s gazes meet.
“…..P, please…..”
At the man’s pleading voice, Yusuke slowly drops his gaze. What entered his vision was the hand gun, tightly held in his hand.
An impatient look was spread across the man’s face.
Yusuke lets out a sigh,
“You want to go too?”
“! Ah, ahh! Please!”
Yusuke flings the key from his hip,
“Bind both of your hands with the handcuffs. When you are finished, throw the key back to me. If you make any strange movements, I’ll shoot you in the head.”
“I, I understand!”
The man desperately unlocks the handcuffs around his ankle, and uses it to bind his arms; showing a flattering smile. He was probably thinking that compared to Mizuki’s earlier actions, Yusuke showed no intent to kill.
“Takemura-san?!”
Mizuki, who had returned, let out a surprised voice.
“Why would let that kind of person..!”
“It’s fine so be quiet.”
“But…!”
“Shut up.”
Furrowing her brows, Mizuki wraps Takas.h.i.+ in a blanket while glaring at the man with eyes full of hatred.
With the handgun, Yusuke urges the man forward.
“We’ll go outside first.”
With a willingness to follow their orders, the man walks along the wall, heading toward the exit. Yusuke follows behind him.
Entering the hallway, the man heads in a direction when Yusuke calls out to him.
“Wrong. Go right. Before we escape, I want to see what the condition is outside.”
At those words, the man stops and turns right, heading towards the end of the hallway. It appeared to be morning, and sunlight was s.h.i.+ning through the windows along the corridor. The green leaves of the plants along the windows were soaking in the morning sun. Beyond them was the parking lot.
Yusuke speaks up.
“How is it outside, are there any zombies?”
“N, no…..”
“Is that right.”
Surprised at the voice so close to him, the man turns around.
Less than a meter away, the hand gun was pointed at him at waist height.
The sound of a gunshot is heard.
The man falls back and slams against the gla.s.s. Cracks spread across the surface. Leaning against the gla.s.s, the man stares blankly at the hole in his stomach.
“Did you think would quietly let you come with us?”
The hammer is pulled back. A bullet is shot through the man’s right leg, and his body jolt with the impact. The cracks in the window at his back get larger.
Once again the hammer is pulled back.
A bullet is shot at the man’s left leg.
With the 3rd shot, the gla.s.s shattered. The man’s body falls through the window among the tiny fragments of gla.s.s.
His body slams into the concrete, and his arms are bent at absurd angles like some kind of toy. Blood gushes from his wounds, and a puddle begins to slowly spread beneath him.
Yusuke looks down at him with hard eyes.
He was still alive. He turns over and tries to crawl with his distorted arms and legs.
“………..”
He felt the presence of someone standing next to him.
It was Mizuki. (TL: Takas.h.i.+ is seriously going to die in their hands.)
She watched the man in silence. While the two were staring down at him, zombies started to appear. There were attracted by the stench of blood. There was about a dozen of them. They slowly approach the man.
The man tries to flee, but it is impossible with the condition of his arms and legs.
One of them bites into the man’s arm. The man screams as his flesh is torn. With that, the zombies begin forming a group around him one by one. With blood splattering everywhere, the mans screams echo in the air.
It was a feast of blood and flesh.
Unexpectedly, he has a flashback of the video he found on that campus.
“…..While he is distracting the surrounding zombies, we’ll escape from underground.”
He turns away from the man.
There, Yusuke comes to a stop.
Mizuki was staring intently at him. At her intense stare, Yusuke shuts his mouth.
It felt like she was looking deep within the depths of his heart.
As if she could see everything within him like he was transparent.
“……Let’s go.”
“Hai.”
Mizuki answers quietly.
With the screams from below echoing behind them, the two slowly departed.
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