The fire scene was a university campus along a four-lane provincial road.
Parking the bike across the road, Yusuke wanted to see the visor of the helmet.
There are moonlights, but the surroundings are dim.
A five-story building across the main gate was burning up in the dark. Fire also moves onto nearby tree-lined roads, and the wide leaves, which have become branches only, become large pines, illuminating the dark grounds.
(... a fire? I hope it's not a hassle...)
This is the shortest way to get to the mountains. As for Yusuke, I want to make sure he's safe around here.
A detour away from this vicinity can be quite a turnaround. Anyway, Yusuke has three girls and kids. I want to avoid travelling long unexplored routes.
Nearby, you can also see the light and the zombies. It seems to be drawn to the university side, but the main entrance is closed, inhibiting zombie entry.
Suddenly, the engine sounded from behind the campus.
(... what?
Yusuke grabbed the grip and stared in the direction of the sound, keeping it ready to launch at any time.
What showed up was a silver minivan. He leaves something on top and pokes at the front gate at a speed near the slip.
Look at the closed gate. The minivan cuts the handle, but not the speed in time. The tire and the rubbing, tall skirless sound of the ground sounded, and at the next moment, the minivan was sticking its nose against the pillar beside the gate. The front breaks wide and the framing crumbles echo at night.
An object on top of the minivan was thrown out, over the gate, and rolled onto the road. It stretched out its hands and feet, got in shape, and stood up.
On the ceiling of the minivan was a man in a black coat.
The man runs toward the minivan, approaching Yusuke, who solidifies himself in abrupt expansion.
The man, who could fly through the front gate in a mild motion, slammed a stick pulled out of his hips towards the inflated interior of the airbag. The door glass is shattered and the scream of a tall woman is raised. Stick your arm straight into the car and drag the woman out the window.
The man made his whole body look vicious hostile, knocking the screaming woman over and over into the iron door of the main gate. Splashing blood, the zombies gathered at the gate reach out as excited.
Eventually, when the woman was quiet, the man let go of his hand. A woman's body collapses to the ground.
The man bent down beside him and shook the bamboo pulled out of his hips sheath down his neck unconstitutionally. A detached head rolls down to the ground. He grabbed his hair and lifted its raw neck, staring at the woman's face from the front as if it were an ornamental expression of agony. The blood flowing from its neck muscles begins to build a bloody build-up on the ground.
Eventually, as he was tired of throwing the woman's neck, the man took off his candle and began to push and spread the front gate.
The zombies that were gathering push all the way inside and flock to the woman's body.
The sight finally melted Yusuke's rigidity.
"Whoa, whoa..."
My voice leaks unexpectedly.
"... zombies... is that it?
It's too human a move for a zombie.
But there's also no way to get attacked by the zombies around you. Trying to walk away slowly.
On its back, Yusuke only bites for a moment.
I want to know who that man is.
But I can't measure the danger.
But Yusuke quickly decided to be ready. Even if I get attacked now, I can get away with it by motorcycle. It's dangerous to miss that one without doing anything.
Yusuke emptied the engine and let the exhaust explode on the spot.
To the sound, the man in the coat swings off. The other zombies are not reacting and continue to eat.
I hear the man is wounded all over his body. The black leather coat was badly painful and scratched.
But it was that face that caught my eye more than that.
The nose is shattered and the hole in the nasal bone is visible. The cheekmeat is peeling and the gums are peeling. He had such a miserable face that he put both eyes on his face. Safe is about the eye area, forehead, and short dark hair.
The man and Yusuke stood still in a staring fashion.
The man's gaze at this one has a clear intelligence.
Nonetheless, I don't feel alive at all.
(Zombies, after all)
That's no hostility, no nothing, an inorganic gaze.
Second, I noticed that I looked familiar in my peek outfit from the collar of a man's coat. It's a blue uniform, seen in alternation.
Next to the crotch tucked away in the sheath of his hips, the baton also hangs.
(Are you a cop...)
The power of zombies is dragged by the flesh of their lifetime. A young child's zombie never emits a power, and if a trained human zombies, it becomes quite a threat.
Unexpectedly, a man turned away and ran out to the back.
(Yabe)
Yusuke turned the bike around.
That man, as a zombie, is clearly not normal.
Fortunately, it doesn't look like they're coming at us. While we're being able to capture it, I want to see how it goes as much as possible.
Besides, he's dangerous. With such a zombie, the danger on the road jumps. If they attack you while you're on the move, you won't be able to protect the three of them.
Track him down, see how he's doing, and eliminate him.
When he decided on the policy, Yusuke grabbed the grip and followed the man.
On campus, there were few injuries. Away from the main entrance where the fire is taking place, the darkness darkens very much. There was no light in the buildings around, and the area was falling into darkness.
He motorcycled down the sidewalk and followed the man, but as he entered the research building in the back section, he disappeared. Put the bike down and explore inside, but there's no sign of it either in the control room on the ground floor.
Yusuke kept his pistol standing and sneaked his footsteps up the stairs.
The indoors are dark and only the moonlight that enters through the windows depends. There are flashlights, but I don't want to act noticeable until the end of the line.
(That's not good...)
It hurts to lose sight of the man, but he is slightly too deep.
Zombies are still fine, but I want to avoid close encounters in the dark with human survival. They're not necessarily friendly.
There was no sign of the lab lining up upstairs either, and when I was thinking about going back, I heard a faint noise.
Yusuke whispered and explored the source of the sound.
Looks like a nearby room. I sneak up on you and stand by the door listening. Something was moving inside.
Yusuke whispered after cruising with his pistol standing.
"Is anybody here?
There is no response to that voice either.
The faint noise continues, as always.
(Not human...?
Yusuke takes a deep breath and calms down.
There is a little blood on my head. The adrenaline is out and somewhat excited.
Slowly turn the door knob and kick it open with your feet. I stranded right against the wall and waited for the movement inside.
The noise continues unchanged.
Yusuke slowly glanced inside, half-hearted, ahead of the set of pistols.
In the dark in the back, something about hip-height is moving faintly. Remove the flashlight with your left hand from your chest pocket while holding your pistol with your right hand. When I only shined a light for a moment, I found out who it was.
A mutilated limb, a female zombie.
His neck is attached to a wall pipe, moving his hands and feet like minotaurs. There was a thick rope bite in his mouth.
Yusuke entered the room and closed the door behind her back.
Turn on the light again and observe the woman.
A lightly dyed, brown-haired bob-cut, little face, about a college girl. A thin, dermal membrane is applied to the sections of the chopped hands and feet. The woman had blurred eyes and looked up at this one.
Dry dirt creeping all over my naked body. Even from the faint smell, it was obvious what it was used for.
The richly exuberant white chest is punched with many long nails. I also have a number of cuts on my thigh. Maybe he was being toyed with in the funny half.
"Ebony......"
Unexpectedly leaks his voice.
Yusuke deals with zombies, but he just frowns at this treatment. There's a lot of resistance to hurting people's shapes.
"It's the end of the world, seriously..."
Yusuke pulls out the knife and chops off the rope that was blocking the woman's mouth. The woman had decent eyes and had looked up to Yusuke. If you look closely because of the strange condition of the mouth, your teeth almost seemed to be removed as well.
(... I can't tell you about people either, but that's just right...)
Slowly, cut with a knife in the neck rope.
Unexpectedly, there was a door opening behind me.
Then there is a chilli and some sort of actuation sound.
He felt a strong chill and Yusuke rolled to the floor.
At the next moment, from behind, Pash, sounded an airy sound and a slightly delayed, tall metal sound.
Yusuke crawls through the floor and escapes to the door that was open nearby. All I could see for a moment along the way was a figure standing at the entrance. I'm putting up a big chunk and pointing it at this one. Sounds like some kind of shooting device.
The place where he escaped seemed to be a material room, with only a cabinet and a steel desk, and no exit.
(Damn)
Yusuke regained his position, took a knee-standing shooting position, and called next door.
"Hey! This one's human! Don't get me wrong!
The response was, Pashpash, a shooting sound. A long nail is struck at the shaking door, creating a dent and rolling it onto the floor.
Looks like a nail gun. I guess he's removing the safety device. Is it gas based on the power?
(Hey, you surprise me a little)
Wake up the revolver's shooting iron and point it at the door.
I'm not going to expose myself and shoot you properly. It's risky, and I don't want to kill each other aggressively. It would be your word if you ran away with intimidation.
Yusuke weighs the timing in on the footsteps approaching the unwrought.
On the verge of trying to squeeze the trigger, from the next room, a man's stunned voice sounded.
Rubbing noises and nail gun indiscriminate sounds. A bounced nail jumps around the room and makes a shitty metal noise.
When I glanced at him, at the foot of the black shadow, an earlier female zombie was assembled. He pulled the rope he was putting in the chops himself. As he roars, he twists his limbless body and tries to bite on a man's leg.
He won't be fatally injured because he doesn't have teeth, but it seems the man panicked when the zombie attacked him. He's waving around the nail gun he's holding in his hand and shooting nails at him.
(abuzz)
Yusuke pulls his head on a nail that has bounced nearby.
The brawl sounds continued for a while, but eventually became quiet. A rushed footstep keeps me away from the room.
A glance at the dreaded room revealed a woman laying on the floor, growing nails all over her body. Eyes staring at the ceiling are lost in the ocean and all light. On that forehead, there were many long nails pierced.
Slowly, Yusuke stepped into the room.
No sign of a man nearby. They ran away.
Of a woman with no hands or feet, only an unbroken body is left behind.
…………
Yusuke clapped with one hand silently, wanting to see what was going on in the hallway before going outside. Exactly. I don't feel like continuing my exploration anymore.
I was about to head to the stairs, and from the hallway on the other side, a man screamed.
Turn around, at the penetration of the hallway, while the earlier man backed off, he was shooting nail guns randomly.
There, a man flying like a raptor.
He's a punk. In an instant, he plays a nail gun and punches a man in the face. The man blew up and was slammed against the wall.
A man grabs the collar of a man who falls and groans. Keep dragging it to the back of the hallway.
It was quick work.
Yusuke tours what to do.
"... damn"
Yusuke poisoned him, put his pistol back on him, and followed him after Yusuke.
Despite being forced to drag a rambling man, the foot of the rambling man was fast. As I was desperate to chase him, I was passing through the crossing and following him to another building.
I look around, but there's nowhere to look at the man.
Second, the light caught my eye.
The lights are leaking out from behind a broken, double-open door nearby. Yusuke was stepped on as he was invited by the light.
It was a big space there.
I blew through the ground and second floors, it's a small hall.
The entrance you are now at is on the upstairs section, towards the stage below, with seats lined in a staircase. From both sides of the entrance, the passage was stretched to enclose the hall, and lighting and the like were placed to illuminate it from above. I can also see some doors along the way.
The hall was not lit, but the darkness that burned and dulled, and the seats that burned like an oozing fire, lit up inside the hall. It seems to be quenching the fire now, but there was still a fire here, apparently.
Mixed with that scorching smell, the rotten smell of my nose blew up off the stage.
Yusuke suppressed the stomach fluids he was about to give in.
"Here..."
Covering his mouth with his hands, he snaps.
If you look closely, there were human bones scattered all over the hall. Pieces of meat that you may not have had hanging in your seat, and dried blood is all over the place. It was like a slaughterhouse sight.
Unexpectedly, without any foretaste, two figures rose from the seat.
It's a woman.
The state of eaten torn bodies and messed up clothes showed that they were both zombies. In thin darkness, flaming back from behind, the figure floats up in the unseen.
The women stand still and stare at this one.
He had inorganic eyes, just like the man.
Yusuke accidentally lagged behind.
He doesn't look like he's attacking me, but just saying he's being watched by a zombie puts pressure on him. Normal zombies don't even recognize Yusuke.
"What the..."
It's not just a man.
There are too many unusual zombies here.
At that time, from behind the aisle on his right, a man screamed. When I turned my gaze to you, something unusual caught my eye.
It's like a jumping table, from the railings in the aisle towards the center of the hall, with the plates stretching about a few meters.
From the door nearby, a man appeared. I'm dragging an earlier nail gun guy out of there. The flaming side of the man was young, about a college student. He was screaming with a cry.
"No! Hih... no! Stop... loosen up..."
He climbed the platform and drove the man to the end of the board. A man out of balance is about to fall off the board.
With both hands hard caught, the man clung to the board and dressed as a hanging.
"Hih... Hih...!
The man looks up at the overhead man and is dazzled as if he had an attraction.
The man looked down at him as if he were snuggling.
Slowly the man's mouth opens and his peeling cheek creases.
It was a vicious grin.
At the next moment, toward both hands of the man who grabbed the board, the man's waving down.
Fingers jump with the bloodshed, and the man falls into the hall screaming.
Yusuke raised his voice unexpectedly.
"He!"
When the man saw the man fall into the hall, he disappeared into the door as if he had lost interest.
Yusuke regained his pistol and followed its appearance. Run down the aisle, push the door open and go inside.
It was dark in the room.
Take out the flash light with your left hand and run the light. It looked like a control room in the hall, lined with various pieces of equipment by the wall.
There is no such thing as a man.
Yusuke is cautious enough to throw light in the corners of the room and in the corners of the room. It was a messy room. Complex shades of cords and equipment float up against the wall.
I was checking to see if there was anywhere I could hide, and I found a door in the back of the room.
When I opened it, I went out into the moonlight illuminating hallway. He's gone out the hall.
If you look at the end of the left and right corridors, you won't see the man.
"... damn"
Yusuke sighed and lowered his pistol.
We shouldn't be pursuing them any more.
It's tidal time.
Go through the room and back to the hall.
Under the aisle, the female zombies were just eating up at the fallen man. The man sprays blood bubbles from his mouth and is cramped. It won't be long now. I can't help it any longer.
Yusuke took his gaze off the man and glanced around.
The plate where the man was thrust down led to a staircase table placed in the aisle, which was increasingly made of a jumping table. All over them, dry blood makes red and black stains.
(... No, I mean this is a jumping table...)
One word comes up in the back of my brain.
(Execution bench…)
It's also made by humans.
…………
Yusuke returned to the control room. When I was checking the room earlier, I found something odd on my desk.
It was a bunch of compact digital video cameras and mini-tapes. When the lights were on, the labels on each tape said the date and name. Some men's names, some women's names.
I had a strange heartbeat.
…………
Yusuke stared at them, but eventually took the tape and gave it to the video. Turn on and open the side playback monitor. The battery remained.
Just in case, seal the entrance to the room with equipment. After keeping out of the way, Yusuke pressed the play button.
It was a sight of human execution, by man.
A young man, strapped to his wrist, crying and frightened, is dragged out onto the execution bench. The camera is still following that. I hear a stupid laugh from outside the screen, and a yaj flies.
A handmade spear with a knife at the tip of the stick snaps around the man who resists desperately. Soon the man was covered in blood, driven to the end of the board, out of balance and falling into the hall.
Cheers from around.
The screen shakes, moves the location, and is fixed again. The screen was shaped to look down the hall from above the railing.
The man is trying to drag his body and escape to the corner of the hall. Two zombies are after it. The whole zombie thing rides his seat and eats at a man. The camera is zooming, shaking with a handshake, trying to capture how its predation is. Yusuke felt ill as the photographer's adhesive excitement seemed to convey.
Inside the screen, two zombies were swarmed by the pushed down man. The scream broke off and the man quickly stopped moving.
…………
Yusuke stopped the video.
".................. fu"
Exhale deeply, keep your back in the chair, and whisk through the dark ceiling.
…………
Private sentences?
Entertainment.
Or maybe he tried to overcome his fear of zombies by keeping them. Like keeping a tiger or a lion.
I still have the tape.
I opened the video camera and switched it to the youngest dated tape. I go through my eyes as I fast forward.
The contents were similar.
The first zombie in the hall, apparently, was the only one. Victims thrust down there became zombies, one after the other.
Replace the tape in date order. Yusuke stopped to see the man on the third tape.
I had a slight hunch that the figure was that cop in the coat. You were beaten. Your face is swollen and tied to your back hand. There was a deep laceration in his thigh and his legs were bloody.
I'm sending it fast, so I don't know what the conversation is about. But I could see the perseverance of the cops. He was calling for something to persuade him to the end, but he was poked deep in the belly with a spear and dropped downstairs.
…………
Replace the tape silently.
Where there were about ten zombies downstairs, there were no more than that. I guess the increase in numbers has made them eat before they zombie.
Crowded with victims. Some of them look like that cop. Was it eaten by zombies when it was dropped, and the flesh on his face had been ripped off.
He looks like a dude.
"Yabe, this..."
Yusuke snaps.
I watched the tapes in order and noticed that the zombies were behaving a little differently.
The zombies, who at first were just as awesome as the beasts, take back human movements, little by little, every time they eat people.
At first, he was only moving like a zombie.
But on the second half of the tape, he shows dangerous behavior, glaring at hatred, wandering over this gap he's shooting.
Something terribly cold, similar to fear, struck Yusuke's back.
(While taking this... they didn't wonder anything?
What's behind Yusuke's brain right now is the question he's been tickling about zombies.
Zombies lining up like commuters at the station's home, and zombies roaming around shopping in supermarkets.
A zombie figure that repeats lifelong patterns of behavior that I've seen all over the city.
Yusuke has always wondered why only those few zombies take the pattern amidst the majority of zombies sagging aimlessly.
The answer to that question.
One hypothesis emerged behind Yusuke's brain.
(Zombies who ate people get only smarter for that...)
Given the small number of zombies that glimpse the pattern, it probably won't change in small amounts. Even if I ate more humans, I guess at best it's to the extent that it reminds me of my lifetime behavior.
But if the more people you eat, the more intelligence you're going to regain...
Reminds me of the man.
A vicious grin when you slap a man down to the execution site where you killed yourself.
Pure hatred of humans.
As far as the video goes, there were at least ten zombies in the hall. Most of them are out of here.
The dangerous zombies, who may be fed and regained their intelligence just like the men.
"... dammit!
Yusuke slammed the video to the floor.
(Shit, shit, shit, scumbags doing extra stuff! What are you gonna do, raise a threat? Cunt! Fuck you!
Yusuke stood up with a rough breath.
…………
Summarize your thoughts.
(... I'll just have to detour. too dangerous around here)
If that's the case, there's no reason to go after the man. I'd like to make sure the detour route is safe, but we should probably go back to the supermarket once.
Staying in the whole city is also dangerous. Assuming there's a zombie who's regained his lifetime intelligence, it's more dangerous where people get together. The mountains will still be safer.
When he decided on the policy, Yusuke unsealed the door and went outside.
From the entrance to the hall, Yusuke stopped as he stepped out into the hallway.
There was a girl standing about a few meters away.
His right hand is tangled with hair and his neck hangs.
I opened my eyes and distorted my face in pain, it's a man's neck.
On the other hand there was a snoring spear wet in blood.
…………
Yusuke and the girl stare.
She's about a high school girl. I tend to have slightly suspended eyes and crying bogs beneath my right eye. Her face is beautiful, but there were big bite marks on her clavicle.
Zombies.
The girl is blurry, throwing her gaze at this one.
Long, flaky dark hair with rough feet. The figure, blurring naked and holding a spear, also looked like a barbarian girl.
Unexpectedly, a girl distracts herself from the window. Yusuke also turned his gaze, and at the end of the courtyard, there were several chunks that folded.
It is dissolved in the dark and its contour is uncertain. In the faint moonlight, look away.
Eventually I could see the
(... human, or...?
Yusuke breathes.
It was a pile of corpses.
Yusuke returns his gaze to the footsteps that slap Peppa and the hallway. The girl was about to return the shock and walk away. My head shakes while my hair is grabbed.
At that time, from somewhere far away, I heard faint screams of women.
Yusuke understands.
Their hunt continues on this campus.
Yusuke stood still, staring away at the girl's back.
Eventually, Yusuke exhaled heavily as the girl disappeared across the darkness.
".................................... damn"
Stop thinking and head to the stairs.
There's nothing I can do here.
Yusuke speeded up his return leg so as to delude the lying cold.