Sekai ga Death Game ni Natta no de Tanoshii desu

Then, traveling for about fifteen minutes, the Syndicates reached near Rivermall.

Around the River Mall, there are multiple layers of severe barricades made of cars and so forth, and even more around them, there are flocks of more than a hundred demons and dead ghosts.

The Syndicates watched such a river mall in an unnoticed position by the demons.

"... What do you think of this?

Yurina asks Syndicate.

"On the contrary, shall I hear Mr. Mizuhashi's opinion? What do you think?"

To Syndicate's response, as she gave up, Yurina puts her breath down once and then speaks out.

"Right. From what I've seen, unlike any public building or elementary school I've ever seen, there's no sign of it being broken by a barricade or a door. I don't see how I've moved or broken it from the inside since I built the barricade, and I don't know more about it from the distance to the inside... it seems pretty likely that there are people who survive"

To Yurina's prediction, Syndicate nods.

"Right. Mr. Mizuhashi is right, there must be someone in there."

"... So what do you want to do now? Do you want to defeat the demons over there?

Madoka, who was behind the Syndicates, asks questions.

"Mm-hmm. Because I don't know exactly how the people inside are yet. Let's not do that. I can predict... Speaking of which, is Changchun... Changchun?

Just in case, I'm going to check with Sai as well, and Syndicate looks back toward Sai next to Madoka.

"... what's up?

There was a look of Sei with her lips stuck and her cheeks swollen.

"... No, Changchun said he didn't feel anything."

"... nothing in particular. If seniors don't understand, I guess I do."

That's the answer, Sei turns that way.

"... Oh, yeah"

Slightly, heavy air flows.

Syndicate takes a look at Yurina and Madoka as she asks for help, but they both immediately turned a blind eye.

"... well, for now, we should have a place to put it easily, so let's go there first"

Saying so, Syndicate walked out a little distance to get away from that heavy air.

"... yeah, I knew there was no barricade over here"

"Is this... a common exit?

The Syndicates had come to the back of the River Mall, where there was a common entrance for working people to use when entering the store and an entrance where baggage was being loaded.

"Instead of a barricade, you don't have any demons."

Yurina looks around and says.

"Maybe the demon wants to come in from the front, too. or do you simply think you can't get in from this side"

"... right. This side, unlike the table, feels kind of cold or accepted, but not at all."

Madoka says, making it look cold

That cold would be more of a mental thing than a physical thing.

Gorgeous, unlike the table, these facilities are just inorganic on the back.

On the back, there's no bright, big, welcoming front door, easy for people to get in, just walls and metal shutters.

If you look at this, you don't think the demons have an entrance here either.

"Speaking of which, even in the apartment, demons and dead ghosts were walking towards the entrance to the apartment. Not the back door or anything."

Syndicate says, as I recall.

"Really?

"Yeah, because while Mr. Mizuhashi and the others were fighting, we were observing. Somehow, you know what an entrance is. I can't tell you the same thing about dead ghosts."

"Dead ghosts, did they move with desire... do they want to get in through a proper entrance, because it's desire"

"I want to be welcomed. Die doesn't change that, does it?"

Syndicate sees glutinous and inorganic walls.

There's no sign of welcome, and on the contrary, there's not even any sign of being seen.

"Nothing, even standing without hiding. You don't seem to be on guard or anything. If you're not doing anything at this distance, is it okay to go in normally?"

"... So, where do you go in from? The shutter is down at the inlet…"

"Huh? Normally, 'Archie'"

When Syndicate casts his magic, he hears a cachary and lock coming off the door of a common mouth for employees.

"... can you unlock it"

"Is that it? Didn't I tell you?

Syndicate and say, even if you remove the lock that was on the vent, it makes it normal.

Madoka and Ulina were just watching the two of them.

"Yes, I didn't hear that."

"Well... well, it's a skill you don't use to level up, didn't you show it?"

"Senior, that's the place, isn't it?"

Yurina looks grumpy, staring at Syndicate.

"... yeah, you are"

Madoka agrees with Yurina.

"That kind of place?

"... nothing. I can't help but say it. More than that, can you tell me about that skill, how it became available?

"Good but... shall I keep my weapon first"

Syndicate says, looking at Yurina and Madoka.

"Huh...?

"Why... oh, is that what you mean"

Leaving room for the baffling Madoka, Yurina understands or gives her weapon to Syndicate.

"Lili, do you understand?

"Well, roughly. Without weapons, there won't be a 'fight' inside, will there?

"Right. You can assume that, given all the rigorous barricades that you've built, you won't be attacked here."

"Really..."

I didn't understand it very well, but Madoka, too, puzzled by the spare attitude of the two of them, hands over the weapon to Syndicate.

"Mr. Changchun..."

Sai stuck out, silently, the weapon he had in Syndicate, the Mithril dagger.

"... then I'll keep Changchun's too... Shall we go?"

The truth is, Sai wanted him to keep it in his own item box, but the word swallowed and put Yurina's wand and Madoka's spear and axe in the item box with Sai's dagger, and Syndicate starts walking.

"Yes. So, how do you do the magic..."

We had that conversation, and then we followed the other three.

Then, after a short walk, the four of them walked through the employee aisle and went out into the store.

The interior of the River Mall is blown out, and even from the ground floor where the Syndicates are located, you can see what's happening on the other floors.

Whether the electricity was not on or through, the store was generally dim and some stores had shutters down.

But from what I've seen, it doesn't look rough.

If you close your eyes to the fact that some dry blood remains in the store.

"Is it an iGOD magic item"

"Speaking of which, you were obsessed with raising the level and arching with Sai, and you didn't take a good look"

"Right......"

Yurina and Madoka, who taught Syndicate how to remember 'Archie', talk about its contents.

"Is that it? Mr. Mizubashi is a wizard, but he didn't see it?

Syndicate asks Yurina, wondering.

"I was going to check it out once and for all...... honestly, you only looked firmly at the magic that seemed to be available for battle, such as attack magic. I wasn't even interested. Neither have I. Unlike games, when you actually act, you have to do something other than fight."

Yurina is making her face swell with regret.

"Well, it wasn't even a situation that seemed necessary. I think you can keep doing that."

"Mmmm..."

Syndicate's words would have arrived, but I guess I still can't forgive myself. Yurina is roaring in a grumpy manner.

"... mmm"

... Even here, the grumpy roar is rising.

The Lord of Voices is Sai.

"... what's wrong? Changchun?"

"Mmmm...... no, nothing"

Sai turns sideways to distract him from the syndicate.

"Yeah, that would be nice."

That's all I gave back. Syndicate returned to conversation with Yurina and Madoka.

Lightly.

Sei, who looked back at such a syndicate, tries to squeeze it out and says:

"... can we be so chatty? In a building like this, where you don't know what's there, it's peppery..."

There was a considerable amount of protest in that voice.

"Oh, that's all right."

Syndicate normally returns the word so as to receive such feelings of protest from Sai.

"What is it..."

"Because I want you to listen to what Sai said earlier."

Yurina answers Sai's question.

"Huh?"

"If we'd only talked about this, because if anyone were alive here, they'd notice... so we'd have talked normally, right?

Madoka says, for some reason, she seems just a little sorry.

"But then, that's not what we should be talking about, calling out loud..."

"Hey, there's something you need to know."

Syndicate says to Sei's, decent opinion.

"What do you want to know?

"Oh, I don't want that to happen if I can..."

Saying, Syndicate takes two and three steps and a leg.

It was then.

Turn and you can hear the sound echoing throughout the wide store, and Syndicate's body leans heavily.

The sound I heard, obviously, was a gunshot.

"Senior!?

Like, Sai tries to run over to Syndicate.

"Move it!

But another shot, I heard gunfire, stopped Sai from acting.

There is a hole in the floor in front of the sei.

"Stay still."

I heard voices, and Says looked up.

I guess he was hiding. The lords of that voice were upstairs.

Dozens, men.

They all have something in their hands.

Hunting guns, golf clubs, bats, bowguns, knives… Usually, those tools used for another use can be used as a weapon that can kill people as things stand.

With them, they were looking down at the Says from above.

"Look, I'm going that way now. Don't move. There's also a bowgun over here."

I guess he's a representative of the men.

Dim and not clearly visible to his face, but a man with a hunting gun tells the Says.

"... kill"

It has not reached Sai's ears in any way, such as the words of such a man.

Seeing a syndicate that wouldn't move while being shot, Sei snapped small.

"Hey, Sai, calm down"

"... Huh?

Yurina tells Sai in a small voice.

"Do you think a senior would die with one of those guns? Look closely."

Yurina points to Syndicate with her gaze.

Syndicate has not moved in any way while being shot and fallen.

But there was not a drop of blood from Syndicate's body.

"I know. That's about it. But you attacked me all of a sudden, right? Then we have to kill him."

"No, seriously, calm down. Because this is also the seniors' idea. You left your weapon in the first place..."

While interacting like that, a man with a hunting gun comes down to the Says using an escalator that's not moving now to take a few men.

"... don't move. As soon as I see some weird moves, like that guy over there..."

"... that? Uncle the guardian?

Coming down, Madoka speaks out when she sees a man with a hunting gun in his sixties or so.

"Hmm... that? Madoka?"

Seeing Madoka like that, men also sound surprised.

"... what, do you know him?

Sai asks Yurina.

"Yeah, guardian. You're the chairman of the town in Yamaguchi. I used to come to Madoka's house to buy flowers."

Whisper, Yurina responds.

"After all, it's my uncle.... but why, do this"

I know someone, and for a moment only, Madoka gave me a delightful look, but as soon as I stare, I see the guardian.

"No, that's... I can't believe it's the Madokas, a week ago..."

Seeing the look on Madoka's face, a man named Protector says he bumps at something unsettling.

Don't think I know you, you must have shot a gun.

So, you seem upset.

"And let's settle one end anyway. First, calm down, then…"

"Calm down, that's not what people who've been shooting guns all of a sudden say."

Yurina tells the guardian.

"You're at Mr. Mizubashi's... yes, but first, anyway, we need to get the boy out there, to the zombies..."

"Let me out, what...!

"It hurts."

When Sai was about to jump on the guardian, Syndicate woke up peeling.

"Become...!?

"I heard some loud noise, I was surprised, I stumbled on it. What, what's wrong?

Syndicate looks at the protectors, whilst making a deliberate voice.

"Ah! What, good! There was someone alive! You did it, Bayano, Mizubashi!

And hold Madoka and Yurina's shoulders from behind as they rise in strange high tension.

"Let, seniors?

"Huh...!? Oh, yeah, right."

"Hey, it was good. I've never seen anyone before... what's wrong?

Suddenly she has room for Madoka and Yurina, who are hugged and bewildered, and Cinzi smiles at Nico and speaks to the protector.

Such a protector kept his eyes open and his mouth open.

"Ah... oh, no, you, you're hurt..."

"Injury...... looks like I smacked him in the forehead, but I'm fine. It's no big deal. Thank you for your concern."

Pecori and Syndicate bow their heads.

"Oh well... good for you"

"Yes. Good."

Nico and I didn't break our smile, and Syndicate was watching the guardian.

"... shall we talk here? Sit down."

Then, the Syndicates were taken to the guardhouse and came to a café on the third floor.

"Yes. Excuse me!

Syndicate sits honestly in the chair in the front of the guardian.

"... excuse me"

Subsequently, the Says also sat in the chair.

"This is the situation. I'm sorry I couldn't get you a cup of tea."

"No problem. But you have more people than I thought. Is this all of them?

Syndicate says as she looks at the men standing around the cafe.

Will there be fifty?

Exactly, they weren't pointing their weapons at the Syndicates... but they were holding on tight.

"No, there's more."

"How many are there?

"Sixty-one people in all... how can you ask me that?

"No, I'm glad there's someone who's so survived."

Haha Syndicate laughs.

"Well, I don't know if that's all I'm supposed to say."

"Ah... right"

Syndicate, turn off the laughter.

"But... where did you guys come in from? The entrance to and exit from this store should have been sealed tight..."

"It's from the back vent. It wasn't locked, so from there..."

"You forgot to check? That happened... dude!

The guardian tells the men outside.

"They said the back access door was open. Go check it out. Find out if there's another problem elsewhere."

"Okay!

The guardian tells me about half of the men start moving scattered.

"Phew...... not at all. I'm telling you this is the situation."

"... what is that?

"Oh, you don't have to worry about it. So, you're here..."

"Uh, yes. Well, we came here today to find Baino and Mizuhashi's parents..."

"I knew it, right? I'm afraid I'm not here. I hope you're all right because I made it better for Lily Noh."

The guardian exhales.

"... Really?"

Madoka clouds her expression when she hears the protector's reply.

Syndicate looks worried and says Madoka like that.

"... I knew you weren't even here. I understand that Mr. Mizuhashi may be in the city center at work... but speaking of which..."

Syndicate turns to Kurli and turns to the guardian.

"There are extremely few women here, aren't there? How so?

"Huh...!

To Syndicate's question, the guardian opens his eyes.

"Speaking of which... Sixty-one for all, just the men outside, because there are fifty..."

Yurina sees the men waiting outside.

"Somewhere, only the women are evacuated elsewhere, something like that? What do you think? Don't you know anything about that?

Syndicate asks the guardian, shining his eyes more than he has ever shown.

"Yes, no, that's a story..."

"But being here only for a man means that somewhere else, Mr. Baiyano's mother... Oh, okay, you're evacuating to another facility only for a woman. Then go there..."

"Mr. Baiano is from St. Spear Town! He's nowhere near here!

To the insistently devoured Syndicate, the guardian tells him to scream.

"... Huh?

Madoka snapped a little.

"... excuse me. I'm a little concerned. This is the situation, don't make me feel bad"

"Yes, sir"

Hearing the crying voice of the guardian, Syndicate shrunk herself, trembling.

"... you haven't seen anywhere else? For example, public and private buildings, elementary schools and"

"Yes, no. After I ran away from school, I was rolling over each house... and today, I finally got to Mizuhashi and Baiyuno's house, and then straight over here"

"Right. Then let me tell you, the public halls in this neighborhood and shelters like elementary schools have all collapsed. There will be no other place for people to gather."

"Really?

Syndicate, with her eyes open, makes a look like a surprise.

"Oh, there are some people, like you, who have evacuated elsewhere. It was almost ten days ago. They said so. He was evacuated, but he was attacked by a zombie five days later."

"Really..."

Syndicate drops her shoulder wide and lowers her hand.

"... from earlier, isn't acting too exaggerated?

"... Shit, they'll notice."

Yurina would have been unbearable.

I sneak ears at Madoka, who was next door.

"... hmm? What's wrong with you?

"Yes, no, nothing."

Yurina and Madoka wave in a hurry.

"Right...... well, it's too late today. We may have a lot to ask each other, but leave that story alone, what are we going to do?

"Um, right. I'd like to find Baiano and Mizuhashi's parents, but if they're not close, they're a little..."

"Then stay here."

The guardian says with a gentle smile.

"Is that okay?

Syndicate looked up happy.

"Oh, of course. Though a mistake, you surprised me. Stay with me. I just want you to stick to that because there are rules"

"Rules, is it?

"That's right. In this situation, if you don't stick to the rules, it's going to be a big deal. You better stick to the rules we've set than we are here."

"Okay! That's the rule!

Syndicate says with her hands up full of energy.

"Well, rules aren't that tight stuff either. In a nutshell, I want you to cooperate."

"'Cooperation'?

"Oh, here's the situation, there's still food and stuff to be had, but there may be a lot of bad things to come or missing things. But first, I want you to think about 'cooperating'. I am not alone. I have to 'cooperate' with everyone. He's one of the few people who survived this situation. For the sake of everyone, let's 'work together' and support each other in what we can. That's the most important rule."

"Okay! 'Cooperate'!

"... All right. Then I'll tell you the details."

Then, the guardian taught the Syndicates the time of meals, the time of watching, and so on.