Chapter 43 Passage of the Dead (1/2)
Day 2: 2:00 A.M.
Kirishima High School - Gymnasium: Entrance
Duration of the Night Rage: 5 hours left
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Burnt flesh are scattered in the front door, the smell is quite disturbing and somewhat familiar. You might smell it like some roasted pork but you know that they are former humans and you just burn them to death. The girls pushes the carts one by one after Kyosei cleared all the bodies away from the entrance. He also finished a few stragglers and wanderers around while he is at it.
As the girls passed by on the dead bodies and smell the burnt aroma, they can't help frown and form a disgust. It might smell like food but it is quite bullcrap if you think about it.
Kyosei also cleared away Sendo's dead body. He felt his pulse and he is quite sure that he died being burned. He also checked his skin and discovered nothing in particular that indicated that he got bitten by the dead.
Kyosei made sure that the formation is definitely warded. If an attack came from their six, Nathalie will inform them, Snow will inform him if there is an attack in three and Haruna will inform if there is an attack at nine. Kyosei is in charge on defending the twelve and all of the directions while Cindy is in charge of bringing the duffel bag and a few of the weapons in the bag.
Kyosei is swift and if they go directly to the hallway, they might survivre and prevail. His only problem is the lack of firepower. He is the only one in defense and offense, if an attack are initiated in all directions, it will be really tiresome, troublesome and directional problem.
He will deal with the surrounding undead once more. He also made a few Molotov's Cocktail in case for crowd controls. With limited bullets left, a chipped cleaver and the Molotov's Cocktail in his arsenal, he is hoping to survive.
Okabe and Leo are both grunting in pain as their wounds are affected by their posture in the cart. They only persevere so that they can live further on. The blonde boy is still unconscious and has no obvious signs of waking up.
Making sure that there are no more obstructions, surprise attacks and troublesome foes, the group move forward. The cart is not that heavy due to the help of the wheels. The only problem is that, their movements are slow and they can't move fast. Kyosei hopes that no problems will occur.
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Day 2: 2:00 A.M.
Kirishima High School - Underground Bunker
Duration of the Night Rage: 5 hours left
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Nanami kept her eyes in the multiple screens as she sips her hot coffee. Kyosei ordered her to keep watch and help him on the way to the library and all the passage to reach the said library. She knows that Kyosei did not plead and instead ordered her, but still, it is quite good that Kyosei started to rely on his comrades more.
She finally fixed the static in the camera near the Gymnasium and the scene where Kyosei and the others are pushing carts containing the others. Fortunately, she noticed that only dead bodies and no visible infected nearby.
Miyuki appeared out from the kitchen after cooking food. Yao Lei permitted them to cook food since he already stockpiled lots of food with him and it might go to spoilage if it isn't consumed. Everyone knows that he is alone and could not finish the stockpiled food for five years. At least, they can eat for now.
”Is everything well?” Miyuki sits beside Nanami as she put the spoon full of food into her mouth.
”Yeah, for now. Though I don't know how long. Everything is quite unpredictable for some time now and only just a few minutes that it is peaceful,” Nanami sips her coffee again as she looked once more into the screen.
Miyuki look at the surveillance video transmitted by the hacked CCTV. She quickly recognize who is the one in the video who is leading a new group of survivors.
”That is Kyosei right?! I didn't expect him to bring a ragtag group of survivors along with him!” Miyuki comments as she keep on staring at the screen.
”Mmm, that's him. He encountered a few survivors along the way when we got separated afterthe Juggernaut attacked,” Nanami explained to her.
”Juggernaut? What is that?” Miyuki asked.
”Ah, right you didn't know since you got knocked out earlier. From what we see in its features, it is the undead version of Kaze, only that he became tremendously big like some stone giant. Kyosei fought against it before he forced himself to retreat. He made us retreat too, knowing that it is dangerous. Later on, when we got here and got the time to hack the CCTV cameras, I found the body of the Juggernaut lying without its former brutality in the field. From the looks of it, a grenade explosion might have caused it and only Kyosei might have done that since there are no military forces around the vicinity,” Nanami explained.
”I see,” Miyuki nodded in understanding and then she stayed silent for a while, looking vacant and lost.
Nanami snapped her fingers in front of Miyuki's face, causing the startled reaction of the latter.
”W-what?”
Nanami frowned at her reaction.
”Your thinking something? You keep having that vacant face if you are lost in thought,” Nanami sips her coffee again.
”Sorry, I just thought of my family. I wonder if they are alright, with the undead variants and all of these trouble,” Miyuki said with a gloom in her tone.
Nanami also turned gloom. Nanami and Souichi's parents are in Kyoto which is later pronounced as an ”extinct” or ghost city as the dead are all around without any sight of human activity. Nanami also hoped her family is alive but she is unsure too. Only his brother might be the last relative she have in the world. With the sudden outbreak, its more unlikely that they didn't survive and became one of the walking corpses. If she gets the chance, she wanted to know if they are still alive at least.
Only time and fate knows, she dropped it and focused on her tasks as she stares at the screen alongside with Miyuki to help Kyosei.
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Day 2: 2:06 A.M
Kirishima High School - Pathway to Old Building
Duration of the Night Rage: 4 hours and 54 minutes left
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The way to the Old Building is quite peaceful, only a few undead attacked them but Kyosei successfully defended, keeping everyone safe. Cindy looked around her as she observe the mutilated bodies of different individuals. There are severed legs, arms, intestines and other kinds of body parts that are no longer connected to the original body. Nathalie also did look around but felt her stomach turn upside down like she wanted to vomit all of the food she ate that night. Haruna also couldn't bear to look as the former school she used to teach the students became a den of the cannibalistic individuals. Only Snow remained unaffected by the scene since she had her fill on seeing different gruesome scenes in just a day.
Kyosei observed the area and for some reason, the lights are on, letting his companions see the gruesome scenes. Since they are still a bit far and they are in slow pace, Kyosei decided to engage conversation.
”About earlier, I entrusted the revolver to Leo, how come it is Sendo in who is holding the gun, leaving the others injured?” Kyosei asked.
Haruna looked at Kyosei before she decided to talk. As she push the cart slowly towards the destination, she began to retell the events earlier...
Earlier...
Day 2:
1:32 A.M
Kirishima High School - Gymnasium
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Haruna idles around as she looked at her phone many times. Like everyone, she is waiting to see the network signal return so she can contact her parents. Her phone is almost around ten percent battery left. She looked at Leo who is currently busy
trying to know the posture of the proper posture of the gun. She also took a glance towards the others.