Chapter 40: A little Scare(Part 1) (1/2)

”How much shotgun ammo do we have left?” Ombit ask to the four men holding the shotgun.

They checked and after a while. One of them spoke.

”Boss, we only have 13 shots remaining.”

Because they have wasted four shot's yesterday, only 13 ammo left in their arsenal.

”I think that will be enough, we should only use the shotgun if we ever came across a strong zombie just like before. The remaining zombies that are wandering around the department store are weak compared to that zombie we killed last week.” Polonyo said.

Even though Polonyo's usual confidence of being a Barangay Captain had faded, he will still voice out his thoughts from time to time.

After two months, and after knowing the method to get stronger, his confidence slowly rose again.

Last week, when they are cleaning the perimeter of the Department Store, they came across this zombie that is comparable to the strength of Ombit and Goryo. They have also wasted quite an amount of shotguns' ammo during that time before they killed it.

Ombit have collected the Apocalypse Virus of that zombie. It was greenish just like before, but the difference is that this Apocalypse Virus had the characteristics of being sticky or slimy.

”After cleaning the area around the Department Store, we should not act rashly and scout the store first. It will be bad if there is also a powerful zombie inside.” Goryo said while he rested his chin on his hands.

Looking at the action of his brother, Ombit could not help but also put his chin on his hands. He thought it was kind of cool.

Ombit is also acting warily against the zombie compared to before. The appearance of the powerful zombie and the young man had woken him up on his delusion.

After they ate their breakfast, they proceeded and march towards the department store.

Of course, the shameless 'adopted' people berated them when they passed by them.

They keep saying something like, ”Find us some food,”, ”Be responsible for accepting us.”.

They ignored it. Only in a tight spot would people reveal their true colors.

A month ago, they may not be the happiest bunch after Ombit and the other adopted them, but they are also not this unreasonable.

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When they arrived at the Kanor Department Store, they noticed that not a single zombie wandering could be found.

The door of the Kanor Department Store also had the signs of being opened.

”Should we continue or retreat first?” Goryo said. The plan was to kill the remaining zombie around the Department Store before investigating the insides of the store.

But now, the zombies wandering around are already dead and the door has the sign of being opened, Goryo's cautious nature kicked in. What if, when they open the door, a powerful zombie will suddenly pounce on them? A bunch of what if's keeps on echoing inside Goryo's head.

”No, we should enter. The wandering zombie is already killed, and the door has the sign of getting opened. It means that zombies are killed by a human, the opening of the door, I think zombies doesn't have that much intelligence.” Ombit contemplated.

”You mean that the human who killed the zombies had already come inside and neutralize some of the danger?” Polonyo ask Ombit.

”Yes, but we should still be cautious.” Ombit said, he then turned around and picked up a two meter long stick.