Volume 2 Chapter 28 (1/2)

The site of the fire was located on a university campus

Stopping across the street from the campus, Yusuke stops his bike, lifts his visor, and looks at the caly

The surroundings were lit by ht, but were still dim

Facing the front gate, there stood a five story building, shrouded in darknessAcross the avenue, there is an enorulfed in fla it nothing but burning branches, illuround beneath it

(…Was the fire accidental?It would be great if there was no trouble, but…)

When heading to the h here would be the quickest routeFor that reason, Yusuke wanted to confirm the area was safe

It would take a considerable detour to avoid this areaIt would be fine if it was just him, but he had Mizuki and her brothers with hi journey

In the vicinity, Yusuke could see zombies here and thereThey were draw to the university, but thetheir entrance

Suddenly, the sound of an engine resounded from the back of the campus

(…What’s that?)

Gripping the handles of his bike so that he could escape at a moment’s notice, he looked toward the direction of the sound

What had appeared was a silver es at the ate, the mini-van tries to coh pitched screech of the tires against the ground, the ateThe front of the van took heavy da open resounded through the darkness of the night

The thing riding on top of the ate, and rolled to a stop on the roadStretching it’s liets it’s feet under itself and stands up

The thing that had been riding on top of the van was a man in a black coat

Ignoring Yusuke who had braced himself to escape, the ate with nimble movements, he comes up to theof the van and bashes it with a rod he removed frolass, and a woh-pitched screas out the screa woman

With a savage hostility radiating off his entire body, the ate countless tiathered on the other side becah the bars, and reached their hands through

After a while, the worip on herHer body collapses on the ground

The man then takes a hatchet out of a sheath on his waist, and swings it down on the woman’s neckHer head separates, and rolls on the floorPicking up the severed head by the hair, thethe expression of agony left on itThe blood spurting fro on the floor

After a while, as if the ins opening the ate

The gathered zoate and flocked to the woman’s corpse

Observing that scene, Yusuke’s finally reacted

“Oioioi…”

Unintentionally, his voice leaked

“……Is it a… zombie?”

His ood to be a zombie

However, it didn’t appear as if the zo leisurely, turning to leave

Staring at his back, Yusuke becomes troubled for a moment

He wants to know everything about him

But he doesn’t kno much risk was involved

However, Yusuke quickly prepares himself, and et away on his bikeIf he let’s hierous

Yusuke revs his bike, letting the engine roar

The man in the black coat turns around at that noiseThe surrounding zombies don’t react, and continue their meal

The man’s entire body seemed to be covered in scars and various woundsThe black coat had several rips and tears

However, what drew his attention , was the man’s faceHis nose had been broken off and you could see the nasal cavity bone(TL: Not sure what to call it)His cheeks were gouged out, exposing his bare gums beneathHis eyes were sunken deep into their sockets, creating a ghostly appearanceThe only parts undaed, were his eyes themselves, his forehead, and his short black hair

They stood there staring at each other as if glaring

There was intelligence in the eyes that were staring at Yusuke

In spite of that, no life could be felt from him

(So it’s a zombie after all…)

Besides spirit, there was no hostility or anything that could be felt from the man

Inadvertently, looking at the black coatednear the cuff of the coat and is reIt was a familiar navy blue uniform

Hanging on his waist next to the sheathed hatchet was a baton(TL: nightstick)

(A cop…?)

A zoIf a child were to becoth, but if a large male were to be turned, he would be a threat

Unexpectedly, the man turned and ran away

(shi+t-)(TL: Yabe)

Yusuke put his bike in gear

That man was obviously not a normal zombie

Fortunately, it didn’t look like it would attack himWhat he hand to do noas capture itHe needed to know ular zombie

Besides, that skull erousIf that kind of zos were sure to followIf Mizuki and her brothers were attacked by it, there’s no way he could protect them

Tracking him down, he would look for a chance to trap him

Deciding on that plan, Yusuke twists the grip on his bike, and follows after the zombie

There was al froate had blackened the surroundingsThere were no lights on in any of the buildings, shrouding them in darkness

With Yusuke trailing behind, skull man runs up onto the sidewalk, and disappears inside of a research buildingYusuke left his bike and followed hi in the first floor control roon of him anywhere

Readying his handgun, Yusuke quiets his footsteps while cli the stairs

Inside the building was darkThe only source of light was froht, but he didn’t want to give off his location until he had to

(This is kind of bad huh…)

It was bad that he lost skull man, but that wasn’t all that bothered him

It would be fine if it’s a zo other survivors in close quarters at all costsThe person heunfriendly

There was no sign of skullhe should head back, he hears a sound

Silencing his breathing, he explores in the direction of the noise

It was co from a room close byHe silently approaches the door to the roo around inside

Readying his handgun and hesitating briefly, Yusuke calls out in a small voice

“Is anyone there?”

There was no reaction to his voice

The noise continues inside, unaffected

(Is there no one inside…?)

Yusuke breathed deeply to calm himself

Blood had gone to his head a little(TL: Not sure what expression to use, so I did the literal)

His adrenaline was going and his heart was pu wildlyHe turned the doorknob slowly, and pushed the door open with his footIainst the wall, he waited for movement inside the room

The sound kept co, unaffected

Keeping his pistol out in front of him ready to fire, he slowly leans his upper body into the doorway, peeking into the room

In the darkness at the back of the roo the pistol with his right hand, he reaches his left hand into his and pulls out a flashlightOnly shi+ning the light on it for an instant, he understood what it was

It was a female zombie without limbs

With her neck strapped to a pipe on the wall, she washer stumps like a crocodile(TL: wtf)

Her mouth was filled with a thick rope she had bitten into

Yusuke entered the roo the door behind him

Turning on the flashlight again, he observes the woman

She was a burnette woman with her hair died red in a bobcutShe looked like a college studentHer mid section between her cut off limbs was covered in a thin film (TL: I’m pretty sure it’s semen)

With a spaced out look in her eyes, she looked up at him

Her naked body had dried dirt caked on here and thereWith the nasty s off of her, it was evident that she had been used

Her voluptuous white breasts standing atop her chest, had several long nails driven into thehs were littered with numerous cutsShe was probably played around with as a toy for fun

“How barbaric…”

He unintentionally let out his voice

Yusuke also treated zos, but as expected, this kind of treatmentthings which resembled humans

“This is the end of the world huh… seriously…”

He pulled out a knife and cut the rope sealing the zombie’s mouthThe zombie looked up at hie, and upon closer inspection, he could see that all of her teeth had been pulled out

(……I’m not one to lecture others, but as expected, this is……)

Thinking this, he cuts the rope around her neck

Suddenly, he heard the door behind him open

Following that was the sound of so into place

Feeling a great chilled down his back, Yusuke immediately rolled on the floor

The next e throughout the room(TL: The author uses Pashu so it is either a silenced weapon, or not even a gunCrossbow?)

Scrah an open doorWhile he is doing this, he catches a gli build and a wide stance, the person was facing hi device

The place he fled appeared to be the documentation roomThere were cabinets and steel desks, but there was no exit

(shi+t)

Kneeling behind a desk in a shooting position, he calls out to the next room

“Oi!I’m human!You’ve made a mistake!”

The response wasnails,the floor

It appears to be a nail gunThe safety device had been reas powered

(It can’t be helped, I guess I’ll startle him a bit)

Yusuke pulls back the hammer on the revolver and points it toward the door

His intention is to get the man to expose himself, not to kill himThere was a lot of risk and he didn’t want a battle hereIt was better to intimidate him, and use that chance to escape

Listening to the casually approaching footsteps of his opponent, Yusuke times his shot

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, he hears thein despair

He can hear the sound of so with the repeated shots of the nail gunThe nails hit the walls of the room and ricocheted everywhere

Getting up and peeking through the door, at the bottoure was the female zombie from earlierShe seems to have freed herself from the rope around her mouth that he had started to cut before theher lis

She had no teeth so there were noattacked by a zoun around, he shoots nails all over the place

(Abune-)(TL: Dangerous, or look outHe says it to himself)

Yusuke ducks his head as a nail ricochets nearby

The sounds of scuffling went on for a while, but then quieted downIn panicked footsteps, the man leaves the room

(TL: For those who are confused, I think he had , he stayed on his side of the door while listening to the fight)

Cautiously peeking into the roo in the floor with countless nails sticking out of her

Her eyes, which were faced toward the ceiling, had lost all lightHer forehead had been punctured by several long nails

Slowly, Yusuke steps inside the room

There was no sign of the man close byIt seemed he fled

Only the tragic corpse of the limbless zombie was left

“…………”

Offering a prayer with one hand in silence while keeping a look out on the corridor, Yusuke leaves the roomAs expected, he didn’t feel the need to search anymore

As he reached the stairs, down another corridor, he heard the cries of the

Looking down it, at the end of the corridor, thehis nail gun

Ahead of hiure that looked like a raptor ready to pounce on it’s prey

It was skull , and the man was hit in the faceWith a loud crack, he flew into the air, into the wall of the corridor

Keeled over and groaning, the ed to the back of the corridor

It all happened in the blink of an eye

Yusuke hesitated, wondering what he should do

“……fuck”

Raising his handgun in front of hiain, Yusuke chases after the back of skull man

Even though he was dragging that violent person in tow, skulltheh a corridor and arrives at another building

Looking around, the skull man is no where to be found

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Suddenly he sees a light

It is leaking froht, Yusuke steps inside

Inside was a wide open area

It was a concert hall with an open 2nd floor

Right noas at the 2nd floor entrance, and below hie with a staircase connected to it on both sidesAs if surrounding the entire hall, there were aisles going down both sidesAlong the railing of the 2nd floor balcony, lighting equip the aisles were a number of doors

The hall was not lit up by the lights, but fro pile of charred wood and burnt chairs near the stageIt would appear that this was the site of the fire

Standing there, he could smell a putrid burn smell come up from below

With that sht to hold back his vomit

“What is this place…”