Chapter 260 - Deadly Events in the Eyes of the Child (1/2)

Day 311: 9:00 P.M

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The last food supply I have been keeping for myself has already been reduced to the very last can of pork and beans. It should be ”save the best for last” but for me, eating pork and beans is something I detest. I hated the taste of the pork and beans the moment I can determine whether a food is good or bad.

Looking all the empty cans in the trash can and the empty shelves that was used to put all the canned goods I got last time, it reminded me a grim reality that my stockpile of food is already gone to the last can in which I am currently holding. I don't want to starve, so even if this food is not to my liking, I don't have any choice about this and I am forced to suck it all in and just endure it.

My name is Byakuya, I am a normal 9-year old kid enjoying my daily life with my friends until the apocalypse claimed the lives of my friends, teachers and some of the a.d.u.l.ts I know. It also didn't help when I arrived back home, my mother turned into one of the freaks. That is my very first kill ever since the apocalypse started, and the first casualty is none other than my mother.

Kids my age all have the time in their world and also dependent to their parents and will always find a good time to play around. However, I find those things a waste of time. I would rather use the time I have for playing to looking valuable things like food and water.

My hobby before this hell started is playing video games with my friends, however, that hobby is now replaced differently as I now would rather choose to make and modify weapons than to play games.

It's been 10 months and from those weird events in the past, it allowed me to know that things are not what they seemed to be. I was forced to develop my a.d.u.l.t side to face the harshness in this world. Because the world is not a forgiving place for people like me. Only the strong will continue to live and for someone who lost his mother and has no father since birth due to him dying before I was born, being a naive kid will only cost me my life rather than helping it lengthen.

I have been looting the surrounding buildings during the morning, practicing all my reflexes and developed a sense on when is the right time to kill the dead. And with the help of getting those foods in many locations I tried looting, I managed to put a good amount of stockpile of food and water, alongside with water and medicine. Because it's not forever for me to get food in an unlimited way as this place is more real.

My stockpile is piling up nicely when all of a sudden, chaos broke out from many places especially near my hideout. Some dangerous people that looked like some gangsters have started shooting others down and they also have been abducting people who are not connected to them in any other way. Due to this, I have to stay in my underground base that which is in a manhole. Since the drainage is much bigger and there are some pipes below them that are no longer at use, allowing me to create my shelter there.

I continue to stay there without going outside my base. Since the manhole and drainage I used appears to be abandoned and no longer connected to any kind of connection to the pipes that water flows around Japan, I am totally safe here. As long as I have food and water supply, then I am good to stay here for a few days.

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But things didn't go as planned. I thought the chaos would stop in a few weeks but it seems it is not and it lasted for a month. For the duration of that, I consumed the stockpile of food I stashed. I keep on hoping things will be much easier if I continue to stay here, however, everything is just a pipe dream and there is no such thing as safe place. Even the stockpile food and water is not infinite and the bitter truth came sooner than expected.

”Ugh... gross...” I grumbled while chewing the pork and beans.

I am ready to vomit if necessary but I endured. I will force myself to eat the things I hate because the apocalypse will kill all the picky eaters especially if the food they wanted to eat is not available. Once the last beans inside the can is consumed and already in the first stage of digestion, I throw the can on the floor and grab the almost empty bottle of water and drank its contents as soon as possible.

Leaning on the wall, I sighed and looked listened to the water flowing to the manhole's cover into the floor. It looks like it is raining which means it is safe to venture outside. Since there is nothing for me to do right now, my only choice is to rest as early as possible as I needed to go and find food and water for tomorrow.

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