Chapter 81: The Two Minutes that Seemed to Be Longer than Eternity (1/2)
Calvin took out a piece of crumpled paper and hurled it at the patients behind him.
Afterwards, he raised his gun and took a deep breath.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boom!
Three consecutive gunshots rang out along with a fierce explosion that sent a shockwave directly at those shadows.
Before the others realized what just happened, Calvin had already unleashed four attacks in a row!
The three bullets that he unleashed accurately struck the brain stem of the madmen.
They died on the spot!
”Wha...”
Jane collapsed on her knees.
She was the first one who awakened from her trance. She managed to raise her pistol and point it at the incoming enemy, but she found herself unable to pull the trigger.
Thankfully, Calvin's assault arrived even before the patient could reach her.
”Stop standing around! We have to move! This is just the start!” Calvin knew that the start of the patients' assault must be on the second floor since the Vocational Block's Art Room was located on the second floor. In other words, Calvin's group would face the most resistance on this floor.
If they wanted to successfully escape and survive, then they must squeeze through the net sprawled by the patients!
Bang!
Hugo finally recovered from the shock as he raised his gun and sent a bullet flying towards a patient who was trying to get up. However, his nerves were still disturbed by the sudden ambush of the patients so his aim erred and he missed his target.
”Don't waste your bullets! Don't bother aiming for their heads if you can't! Shoot their chests instead! These bastards may be scary, but they are not that durable after all the experiments done to them by Fivecent!” Calvin declared.
Hugo sent another bullet flying at another patient. This time, he aimed for the chest.
Puchi!
A soft sound of flesh being torn rang out and the bullet directly tore the chest of the patient apart.
Hugo's eyes gleamed with understanding.
His military training immediately showed its effects as he took control of the situation, ”Stick together! Aim at the chest, these bullets are powerful and they can tear through the bodies of these madmen!”
Hugo declared and he started shooting at the distant patients that were running towards them.
Jane shakily stood up and mustered her courage to aim her gun at an incoming patient.
The madman had an excited look on his face, seemingly unaware of the danger.
”Season the flesh! I want meat! Give me meat!” Saliva leaked out of the man's mouth and his shout startled Jane who subconsciously squeezed the trigger.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, but Jane's shot had missed.
Her aim was so unsteady that her shot completely missed the target despite the fact that the man was only a few meters away from her.
”Hieeek!” Jane cried out in a panic upon realizing that her enemy was still standing.
Bang!
Another gunshot reverberated.
It came from Scarlette who had decisively pulled the trigger on her gun and directly shot the patient on his face.
Blood and copious amounts of brain matter scattered as the patient directly collapsed in front of Jane.
The sight of the milky-white brain matter mixing with the crimson blood made her nauseous as she keeled over and dry heaved.
”Are you okay? We've got to move! He's already dead! It's fine now!” Scarlette comforted Jane.
She stared right at Jane's eyes and reassured her with her own eyes that everything was fine.
Her method proved effective for Jane recovered from her trance.
”Y-Yes... I'm okay now...”
”Sorry...”
”Sorry for being so useless...”
Scarlette shook her head, ”No... You're not useless at all. It's completely normal for you to be like this. Don't say that you are useless. You're not useless at all.” She ruffled Jane's hair before the two of them followed after the others who had gone several meters ahead.