Volume 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4: The mother and the child

Today, I’m about to do another neighborhood search, but this time outside.

Extra layers of clothes were worn. I had a leather jacket on the outside of my outfit to ensure that if I were to be bitten outside, the extra clothes would somewhat protect my skin.

I also wore some gloves and held a motorcycle helmet around my arms.

On my belt, I had a kitchen knife. It may be inefficient, but having a knife nearby brings comfort to myself.

In the middle of heading down the stairs of the apartment building, I also grabbed my motorcycle keys.

In the third floor, A sudden noise came from the end of the hallway.

When I went to check to see what had happened, three men could be seen cl.u.s.tered together in front of a door.

Just like with Kurose, door scratching sounds could be heard from them.

“What are they doing…?”

The clothes of the men were tattered and dirtied, they also gave off a strange atmosphere.

Still, Yuusuke turned towards them and spoke to them from afar.

“Excuse me, is everything alright?”

They gave no response to Yuusukes question.

Wondering if they were zombies, he questioned why they were surrounding such a door.

Suddenly, the movement of the men hastened. As one of them began to loudly smack the door.

Then, the faint scream of a woman could be heard in the inside of the room.

“h.e.l.lo? Is there anyone in there?” Yuusuke cried out towards the direction of scream from the girl.

“Hey is anyone there? Are you guys alright? I’m speaking to you from the other side of the door.”

A reply could be heard from the other end.

“Help!! We can’t get out of here, please don’t leave us!”

“Yes! Just hang on, I’ll try something” Yuusuke said in excitement as this was the first human he had come into contact with.

Yuusuke then readily guarded himself, as he proceeded to rescue the woman.

He readily put his helmet on, equipping his knife for safety.

Yuusuke cautioned himself as these zombies may be the type to attacks humans. They didn’t react to Yuusuke’s voice, but he had to ensure safety.

“Is that what I think it is?”

What caught Yuusuke’s attention was a fire extinguisher on the wall.

He opened the container that was concealing the fire extinguisher. As he pulled it out, he realized that it was heavier than what he expected.

He put his finger on the trigger of the extinguisher, and wondered, Would they eat the foam too? If they were humans, they wouldn’t be able to consume it.

Ignoring his idiotic thoughts, he then decided that he would throw it as a distraction. It was also used as a test dummy to see if the zombies would counter attack.

He then proceeded with his plan. He also made sure he was near the stairs, in case he needed to retreat.

The extinguisher was heavy to throw, but it successfully hit the zombies. The zombies tumbled from the attack and began a domino effect.

Yuusuke watched patiently at the reaction, the zombies slowly recovered their footing and continued to bash the door.

After judging their responses, he decided that the zombies wouldn’t attack him at all.

“I wonder if it’s really safe..”

He questioned himself as he walked towards the zombies.

Ignoring Yuusuke, the zombies continued to pound onto the door.

He then came to his previous conclusion of whether they would attack humans. He finalized his thoughts and believe that these zombies were neutral.

His mind was filled with questions.

“Do they want to enter the room?”

“To whoever is inside, I am doing alright, just wait patiently as I remove the problem.”