Chapter 263 - The Apprentice and the Child of the Dead (1/2)
Day 313: 11:00 P.M
(Byakuya's View)
I slowly opened my eyes and woke up from my slumber. My head hurts a little bit but it is not as painful as before when I got a headache. Where the heck am I? I remember earlier that I met that guy earlier with a gun.
”Don't tell me I am captured?!”
”Oy, what the heck are you muttering about?”
I was shocked by the girl talking to me I almost fell on the bed.
”I am quite sure I do not look like a ghost, why are you so afraid of me though?”
Taken aback by her sudden appearance, I slowly recovered from my shock and looked at the girl before me.
She looked the same age as me, she has long white hair, a slightly pale skin color, and has a pretty face. If I compare her to my female classmates from my last semester, she wins without even a fight at all. However, there seems to be this odd feeling around her presence that I can't exactly pinpoint.
”Who are you?” I asked.
”Shouldn't I ask you for your name first instead? It's a common courtesy to introduce yourself to someone if you want to know my name.”
”Huh? That's the first time I heard about it...”
”You are still a kid in mind, and I thought you would be a bit mature enough since you are more on surviving by yourself rather than joining a group,” she sighed and shook her head.
”But you are also a kid...”
”I know, but as one of the two kids existing here, I am the more mature one. I am not counting you, you just arrived here alright?”
Two kids? Aren't the kids are being hunted by many of the gangsters and other groups around since they sell high in the slave market? It looks like this place does not forsake kids here.
”Anyways, what time is it right now? I needed to go back to my base before it gets dark and scary.”
”It's 11 in the evening, 1 hour left before the clock strikes at midnight.”
I was taken aback and then realize that she said it is already nighttime! Without asking her, I grab the chair and immediately block the door. I also try to grab the cabinet beside the bed and tried to push it but it is too heavy for me to move.
”Uh... what are you doing?”
”Can't you see? I am blocking the door! We can't let those infected come closing in and kill us! So if you want to still live, help me block the door with this cabinet since this is so heavy!”
Instead of helping me, she just tilted her head and looked confused about my actions.
”Hey?! Do you want to die that badly? Just help me.”
”Are you seriously getting paranoid? Why do we have to do that? We are indoors.”
”That's exactly the reason! The infected can easily crowd this little room in seconds if we don't block the entrance!”
Just when I thought she will agree to help, she started laughing.
”Hahaha, you are funny you know?”
”Huh?”
”There is no need for that. You will realize that what you are doing right now is unnecessary work. Come on, let's go outside,” she smiled as she removes the chair blocking on the door.
”Why are you removing that?!”
”I lived here long enough for me to get used to this place in the apocalypse. I can understand your worries but you shouldn't be too paranoid as this place is different compared to the place you stayed before that left you traumatized to the core. Come, follow me. If you don't do so, I will drag you out of the room without hesitation.”