Volume 2 Chapter 19 (1/2)
She awoke fro while clinging to her Feeling that body tes; and with a puzzled expression, discovers that she is in an unfamiliar room In the corner of this room lined with desks, three people sat crowded in a corner Underneath them lay numerous cushi+ons
(Ah, that’s right…)
Fragrabbing the hands of her brothers, running a great distance to get away… She just ran after the backs of the people in front of her, not thinking about where she was going They escaped to a place that see lot As if evicted, people ca shelter inside the Supermarket
A number of e shoppers, looking as if they wanted to seek refuge inside Strange looks were couard approached them,
“Hold it! What are you guys doing?!”
In the middle of his words, he directed his attention to so appearances that were gathered outside of the autoures which were pushi+ng and shoving up against the glass, plunge forward, knocking and shoving each other as they poured inside In a hurried voice, the security guard spoke,
“Oi! Close the shutters! Close—!”
(TL: For those who are confused—The huuard approaches theures (zolass, finally opened the autouard tells the eetting in)
Hearing that voice at her back, Mizuki left the group of people, and ran upstairs She had to find somewhere else that was safe She heard screams resound from behind her at a distance They cli ‘Employees Only’ In the back, there appeared to be a lone old h the security careen face, welco the fire door behind them
With the people following behind, seven people entered the roo couple, a lean ed old lady With the old ht people in total
(I wonder if dad and the rest are alright…)
She took out her cell phone, redialing her parents; and just like yesterday, it rang and rang without answer While quietly uely hears a far away sound There was also the sound of someone’s voice
In a way so that she wouldn’t wake her brothers, she gently separated fro down the corridor, she headed towards the noise So on the fire door from outside, and the old man employee raises his voice from in front of the door
“Please calm down! What happened? Calm down! If you would like to enter, then please say so!”
There was no reply to his words, only a dull banging sound could be heard from the other side
“U, umm…” (TL: “A, ano…”)
Noticing Mizuki, the old man turns around
“Ahh…this, this has been going on since last nightBecause there is no reply, I didn’t let them in but…”
“P, please don’t let them in! They are not normal, definitely”
“Alright…” (TL: “umu…”)
He lets out a breath with his arms folded
“Have the children woken up? We have a stockpile of food, so if you don’t have anything to eat, please tell h to feed 10 people for three days”
“Thank you very much I will take care so that the preserved food doesn’t run out”
Mizuki bows her head
“Right, this will all be settled shortly Let’s be patient until the police get here”
But, in three days, rescue never came
The banging on the fire door subsided a bit but, there were still signs of so behind it The old man employee tried to contact various places but, there were either interruptions or coet a decent connection
The portable TV, which was set in the corner, reported news of a new type of rabies Because the people infected becoht to be the cause of the riots An aerial shot frohout the city On the screen, the word ‘zo
During commercial breaks, the screen just became fuzzy It wasn’t normal
(TL: Fuzzy = Black and white sandstorm)
In the office, a cooped-up feeling was in the air Everyone was silent, staring at the TV The couple was snuggled in a corner, theher cell phone in her hand, the lean man took some distance and kept quiet
Over those three days, the people shut in together never spoke to each other; and had spent the time separated from one another Even the old man employee deliberately refused to take leadershi+p, only passing out food when asked When the news said that provisional government’s quick response self-defense force had taken action, the old man stood and spoke
“I think we should go outside and call the rescue team”
There was no reaction to his words In silence, everyone searched each other’s faces
“I’ve left an SOS cloth hanging from the rooftop, so rest assured that the police will come if they pass by”
To the oldout to him
“Ano” (TL: Calling out to him)
He turned around to Mizuki’s voice
“Will it be alright…? It’s dangerous…”
The old man replied with a troubled expression,
“…my family, I haven’t been able to contact them… I’m worried”
To those words, Mizuki couldn’t say anything
The old , on the 5th day, the TV no longer received a signal Without reason to watch the TV, everyone stopped gathering in the office Continuing to redial her parents, Mizuki’s cell phone ran out of battery, and she didn’t have a charger
She cut the food they brought fro any erous She peeked into the locker in the corner, which held the stockpiled food The cup noodles which were stored there had been reduced to 1/3 the original as worth, and split it equally between her and her brothers
When entering the hot water supply rooet soirl of the couple
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“Ah…… can I borrow some, for the cup noodles?”
“…………”
The girl never answered She just drank hot water from the pot in silence
“Ano…”
“You can get some without permission you know? It’s not mine”
Saying that, the girl turned and left Mizuki stood there in silence for a bit, but with a breath, she bent down and took out the cup noodles
The feeling of tier they could survive on the vanishi+ng food
Her brother Masaru woke up at o to the bathroom; and Mizuki accoet turned around, she turned on the light, lighting up the corridor Waiting on her brother at the entrance to the bathroo to hear it more clearly
The voice was co closer, a girls gasps could be heard The sound of so echoed