Chapter 30 Dead by Midnigh (2/2)

”Sir, are you a doomsday prepper?” Nanami asked out of the blue.

Yao Lei chuckled as he pours hot water from the thermos to his mug.

”You can say that. I am quite prepared already in apocalypse but I never expected it to happen so abruptly. I heard earlier in the news that Sapporo and Nagoya have fallen in the hands of the infected and the other parts of the country are also in danger of destruction,” Yao Lei said.

”Is it due to the Night Rage?” Nejima asked.

”Huh? Night Rage?” Yao Lei was confused.

”Uh, sorry. We call the dangerous behavior of the dead during the Night as Night Rage. We just randomly names it though,” Chie said.

”Interesting,” Yao Lei nodded as he sipped the coffee in his mug.i

”Actually, I got stunned by that behavior of the dead that the news just reported. I expected that they will move slowly like in the movies Land of the Dead and Day of the Dead, but it is more dangerous in reality. I never expected that you all named the phenomenon as Night Rage,” Yao Lei said.

”For what reason are you here, sir?” Sena asked.

Yao Lei chuckled.

”I am fascinated in zombie apocalypse in the past and when I decided to build my own underground bunker. When I build my school, I also decided to put the underground bunker under the school. I will keep on living here in memory of my deceased wife,” Yao Lei said.

Souichi felt the sleepiness a bit and Yao Lei noticed this.

”If you wanted to sleep, there are lots of spare bunker beds here but if you don't want to sleep yet, drinking caffeine is also a good thing to let yourself stay awake for a while,” Yao Lei said, smiling.

”Thank you, but why are you helping us?” Souichi asked.

”Does Kyosei send you here?” Yao Lei wears a serious face.

”You know Ichi?” Nanami asked.

”Yeah, he is the only one person besides the principal and the janitor that knows my location. He is a good kid but has a bad temper. If you all are his friends, of course I will help you,” Yao Lei smiled.

Souichi can't respond to that as he looked at Yao Lei in seriousness. Nanami opened her bag and pulls out a cord.

”Sir, do you have any television here or something?” Nanami asked.

”Yeah, your planning to connect your laptop to the TV? Let's go to the living room since this room is the living quarters,” Yao Lei said.

Everyone are stunned. How rich is this guy to make an underground bunker?

They walked and arrived in the living room that Yao Lei mentioned. It is rather unique. The place may be a bit dark but the chandelier gives a rich mood and the flat screen TV is also hanging in the wall to complete the wala set containing the tables and a very comfortable sofa set. Nanami immediately put the cable on her laptop and extends it to the television. Soon, the laptop's screen is also projected in the television.

”Good thing that the electricity is not yet down and the internet connection is still solid though the cellphone networks are to.busy to be used,” Yao Lei said.

”It might not last forever. Internet connections are still a manned system and won't be functional if the staff are all dead. Maybe making a private network that can connect to the satellites will do,” Nanami said.

The screen flashed and a live news appeared on the Television Screen.

”Currently, the Kyoto branch are also not spared and we lost contact to our reporter stationed in there. According to our aerial scouts, Nagoya, Sapporo, and Kyushu are overwhelmed with the dead after the Six in the evening strikes on the clocks. Osaka, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukooka are still on battle against hordes of the infected. The other big cities like Nara, Okoyama and Yokohama are still out of our contact and we can't establish a contact and scouts in the area yet. We also got a report that Australia and America are also hit by these deadly phenomenon and are currently requesting help to the neighboring countries.”

The news keeps rattling on and on as several images and videos that are captured using the chopper are streamed in the screen.

”Screw that!” Sena was stunned by the News. ” My family is in Kyoto!”

Nejima is also looking with a dark expression. Chie is taking notes of the cities that are mentioned. Nanami is still typing and trying to find an area where someone can be quarantined.

Yao Lei's expression also darkened.

”I suggest you all to stay here for a while though you can't stay here for the longer run. I know you are all worried with your families so I will not pin you down here though this place is safe. We still don't know the future yet,” Yao Lei said.

Everyone nodded. Just like Yao Lei said, they won't be staying here for long. They still need to find their families that are around the area. They are only staying in the bunker waiting for the morning.

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Souichi looks at his phone. 60 seconds left before midnight. Though he wanted to sleep, he can't sleep at all, maybe due to the effects of the coffee. He keeps on staring on his phone and when the clock display on his phone strikes on Midnight. A very sharp howl of some sort resounded the whole area, which causes everyone in underground bunker to clutch their ears due to the ear piercing howl