Vol 1 Chapter 7 (2/2)
“Cough, cough!! R-right, we need to get to the hospital on the hill! We need to start there!!”
The rest went quickly
No, perhaps the extreme tension had just messed with my sense of time
Luckily, the vale ain And next tiht lock onto us more accurately If that happened, we couldn’t escape The entire district around us would be wiped out when they landed
The hospital on a large hill was nearby
We were soaking wet as we got the boat onto the roundabout out front and ran in through the outpatient entrance The building was still standing, but all the glass was broken I had trouble telling if that was due to the zombies and vampires or if it was due to Erika’s special attack
“I estimate the final attack will hit within two minutes”
I shuddered at those words
Visiting hours were over, so the hospital was deadly silent
The Swimsuit Class Rep tilted her head and looked around
“Is no one here?”
“Hmph Don’t be ridiculous Now, Onii-chan, this way We need to take the stairs to the basement!!”
“To the basement?”
“We don’t have time! Just trust me!!”
I ran after her and down the stairs, but they did not take us to a room or a hallway
It was a door
An enormous door
The round metal door was ed on a bank vault These doors could be found below every house in Kukyou City yet no one had ever opened them Yes, this was a door to the tornado shelter
The Class Rep brought a hand to her mouth
“I see If we escape beyond this thick door…”
“Yeah, it is a shelter, but I’ve never seen these doors open Can they even be opened from the outside?”
My little sister with the rolled up ends to her twintails stood tall and gave a triulared at the door
“Onii-chan, you wait here with the Class Rep”
“?”
“I’ll go grab the ‘items’ needed to open this”
She immediately turned back the e had co the Class Rep andwith twoI could do and nowhere else to go I could only leave this to Ayuht my attention
It said Bright Cross Disaster Prevention Foundation
“Maxwell, did you e to simulate what’s inside here?”
“Sure”
“Then do you knohat’s inside?”
“No”
I had not expected that answer
But the Class Rep explained
“The system automatically creates a virtual space based on the inputted data I cannot provide an oral explanation of a supernatural va calculated based on the parameters provided by a third party”
“Hm So that means…”
“I have received general data on Kukyou City and the holes are filled with predictive calculations, but each object is not directly designed It is all born of automatic calculations, so I cannot supply data on what I have not directly experienced”
It sounded simultaneously complicated and simple
“My mind and body are both exhausted… Maxwell, can I use the Class Rep’s lap as a pillow? While she’s wearing the swimsuit?”
“Sure I do have to wonder why you would flee into escapism while already in a virtual world, but I will fulfill the task I aiven”
“Ahhh…”
“You see, user”
“Just so you know, I’ht in a cave-in as long as I had the Swihs”
I lay sideways on the floor I curled up like a baby and let htlessness for a while, but then I heard a sound from the stairs
Then Ayu up from the depths of hell
“…What are you doing, Onii-chan?”
“Uwaoh!! I coot about you…”
“That’s the worst thing you could’ve said!”
For some reason, Ayumi was upset as she descended the stairs and she slapped the top of ot to my feet
No, wait
Ayuet that big manly hand from!?
“Don’t show ht when I wake up!!”
“It’s your fault for going to sleep while your cute little sister was out working”
“You damn zombie!!”
“Of course I’m a zombie! …Hey, Onii-chan, do you knohat these are?”
Ayu around her “victory prize” that was severed at the shoulder
“They’re the fingerprint and iris of the guy who runs the place That’s e needed”
I couldn’t quite place the word “iris” for a second, but it all clicked into place when I saas rolling around in her other hand
It was an eyeball
Ahhhhh! It looked me in the eye!!
Where did you get that fro up acorns!
I was shocked, but Ayuh some kind of authorization process Finally, I heard a complicated metallic sound and the round vault-like door slowly opened toward us
“We have less than thirty seconds until the false asteroid strike Beginning countdown: 10, 9…”
“Hurry, Onii-chan!! Oh, I hope we can actually lock this thing from the inside!”
Before it fully opened, we forced ourselves in through the gap
This was a tornado shelter
Every house had one, but no one had ever gone inside
It was truly our last resort
And as Ayumi feared, we did not have time to lock it behind us
As the thick door slowly opened and closed, it was hit by an intense shockwave from outside It was slammed shut like a deadly bear trap Just the little bit of the shockwave that h the air
I did not have time to co the pull of gravity
I was slammed to the floor and rab the reins of my consciousness
[Pick Up] An Unnatural Suicide Note Written on a Word Processor [Net Files]
I’m sorry
I was elected ht I had workedthey fill my mind But no h So I h words and do so with my actions
This may only be an excuse, but Kukyou City was in dire straits If we had not been designated a National Reinforced Planning Zone, ould have fallen into bankruptcy just like so ional cities
But I never thought it would lead to this
I will not ask you to forgive me
I had been inforht I understood its necessity based on the reports I was given But now that I have seen it near coht I knew has shattered That is too much If that is actually used, how many shouts and screams will sink into an ocean of blood? How little hope will remain for the future?
I thought about stopping it
I did everything I could
But there was nothing I could do To the more than a doll with a replaceable head If I defy them any further, they will replace that head They have ied and there was no smile in their eyes
I apologize for giving up
But it’s too er
My soul will never reach heaven if I do
But I can bring that soul to the grave before it is defiled any further
[Pick Up] Smartphone Video Intercepted by Echelon JP [Net Files]
Their so-called “secret base” was just a salvanized iron sheets gathered below a bridge But if it was left alone, it would becos, so it had to be cleaned periodically That group of friends took turns cleaning it and it was a small boy who arrived that day
Was that coincidence for better or for worse?
He found two beautiful girls already there
“Oh…sorry This was your secret base, wasn’t it?”
“Hey, Onee-chan can’t go out in the sun, so can we borrow the place until the sun goes down!?”
Only the boy’s group of friends was allowed to use the secret base
So he had a siroup of friends
“Well, if you’re fine with that…”
“Oh, dear But do you really want people like us in your group?”
He did notpeople They ended up talking about different topics, and the two girls eventually noticed a slight change
“H?”
“Everyone has their oorries”
He had hidden it at first, but that had not lasted long The girls had done everything they could to draw it out of hi he knew, he could not stop He cried as he revealed the worries he had never told anyone about before
“It’s okay It’ll be okay”
He was sick of hearing cheap words of consolation He was tired of being treated gingerly and given nothing but useless platitudes No one ever saw his probleh to the end
“Ha ha☆ Then how about I beco sister?”
“Ah! No fair deciding that on your own, you two!”
The boy had been confused as the two girls laughed
“Hey”
Then they had brought their beautiful faces in close, looked the boy in the eye, and asked a testing question
“What would you do if I was a vampire?”
“What would you do if I was a zombie?”