The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Below Black Water (8)

The two of them combined the silencers in the firearms.

Piquad is sinking fast. Just climbing a flight of stairs from the middle floor to the upper deck won't be easy. It was because every time the staircase broke on the landing, the ramp changed. Half of the stairs gradually softened, while the other half had to climb like ladders.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Your stomach shakes like an earthquake. It was not an external shock. After the vibration subsides, the sound of water spilling becomes stronger than before. Apparently, it was torn by pressure somewhere below the deck. Joanna, who is on her way up the stairs, says anxiously.

“This is bad. Looks like the waterproofing walls are still open." I wonder if I'll have time to look for survivors.... ”

Even if the double hull breaks, closing the bulkhead in time greatly reduces the chance of sinking.

However, there could not have been a person at the site of the damage when the evacuation was almost complete, and the internal infection did not seem to have been responding properly to the situation room.

Winter and Joanna watching the road out while hiding in the corner.

The upper deck is not as quiet as below. A series of experiences, but not for a while, echoes through the hallway. Kuaaak, Kuaaak! Boom, boom! Starving things are pounding on the door like crazy. A narrow passage clogs up with corpses. The faces that suddenly shone were familiar without exception.

I wonder if there's someone trapped inside. Winter sends a signal to Joanna to take out the heat grenade.

Tick. sound of delayed renal tubes igniting. Instead of throwing, the wick waits for it to burn. Measuring the time left to explode was a link between Crisis Detection and Survival. When will I die if I hold it like this? As soon as the warning blazes, winter throws the explosion one second later.

Thousands of pieces exploded over dozens of skulls.

The violent noise sweeps through the narrow and long margins, and the light on the ceiling breaks.

When the storm passes and you reach out your head, not one of you stands still. I can only see things that fall and wriggle in blood. The result would have been different if you had just thrown it or rolled it to the ground. No matter how much debris was scattered, it was difficult to penetrate one body.

“Excellent. I can't believe you got that many in one fell swoop. ”

Johanna makes a confirmatory kill, saying so. It was good at first, but it was faster and more accurate than before. Even in exhausted situations. I wonder how much practice there was. Maybe it wasn't an attempt to suppress the anxiety.

Now the dead stand at the door they knocked on. Was the prisoner a survivor? Bang, bang. The knock inside and out is no different than the knocking of starving things outside.

“Is anyone there? ”

I wonder if there is a harsh answer to the question that was asked beyond the door. Gaaaak,!

The anterior and posterior situations were easily drawn.

‘I went in and locked the door, but it must have been bitten before. ’

Suicide is not an easy choice. Even if it means being a monster. If I'm going to die anyway, I want to live one more meaningless second. It was an irrelevant psychology for the winter, but it came to me with a lot of experience. Sometimes living can be the meaning of life itself.

Johanna, who recovered the ammunition and grenades from the armed corpses, handed over her share of winter.

“Why don't you just walk by? ”

Despite her proposal, winter clings to the door.

“Maybe it's Chadwick. ”

The agent has accepted. He is a man of many secrets. I was likely to have clues, or something else, that led to my patriots. He was in charge of Fair Strike operations, so he was the last to leave.

If you can't open the door, the mutants on the other side should be ordinary.

Winter replaced the weapon. You pick up your pistol and twist the door hook.

Hiccup!

The frightening impact of heat was the weight of adults and the strength of the plague. However, as a general variant, winter could not overcome the power of winter. We've gone as far as Joanna here. Khhh! Just enough cracks to fit into the silencer to crawl out with just a pale finger. Mutants that stick to doorways with bloodshot eyes, like people starving for air outside. But it wasn't Chadwick I was expecting.

Even though the breathing corpse was wearing body armor, its face was defenseless. Winter aimed between the clashing teeth. A blunt gunshot was the euthanasia of a plague patient.

There are no more pushing monsters. However, there was an unexpected human voice.

“Oh, my God! Winter lieutenant! Director Gibson, are you here to rescue us? Thank God! ”

“…… Agent Talbot? ”

Oliver Talbot crawls out from under the desk in the cabin with another agent. Here's the other guy hiding in the locker. There are three survivors trapped in the same room as the monster. Joanna, who asked me to just pass by, asked with a embarrassing look on her face.

“How long have you been there? ”

“Four hours. When did you two get back? Any other reinforcements? ”

“Coming back.... We never left this ship. ”

Then Talbot panicked this time.

“What do you mean? I heard you were part of the Second Relocation. ”

“Oh, really? Did Chadwick say that?”

Talbot was quick to find out like an intelligence agent.

“What happened? ”

“Long, to say the least. First of all, you don't seem to know his secret, and then I don't know about the other two. I want to move quickly, but I don't want to leave the anxiety behind. ”

Even at this moment, the sea was swallowing the whaling line. Decks are tilted so much that if you don't bend down, you lose focus.

As for Joanna's razor-wire warning, their reactions were no different than those of a frightened layman. I'm just saying I don't know anything. Joanna sighs and shakes her head, staring quietly.

“You have to believe me now. What do you think of winter? ”

“I agree. You can't abandon the living, even if you're accused. I don't think it's a threat. ”

I'd say administrative limits. There was no need to be wary of combat strength while hiding from one of the three mutants. If they choose a different mind, they will be able to conquer them all. The premature headshot is much slower than the winter rear shot.

Will he be able to survive without winter? Those who were unable to deal with their colleagues at the moment of their mutation or extraordinary behavior. Until we got to a safe place, it was enough not to forget our vigilance.

“What's your name? ”

Winter Question: Many of the Situation Room owners were faceless. Neither are these two.

“This is Sean Tucker. ”

“Samantha G. Kelly.”

The nodding winter heads toward the corpse.

“Very well, Agent Tucker, Agent Kelly. Arm yourself first."

Each of them was carrying a handgun. However, there would have been no reason to be locked up if there had been ammunition. Looks like we're all out of gas while we're running here.

With the bodies of many of the other members of the strike team, Johanna still has enough weapons and ammunition to go around. including undamaged electronic equipment such as radios and night vision.

Tucker and Kelly follow the instructions of winter. But my hands were busy. I was useless. Johanna, who was guarding the passageway, shoots you ferociously.

“Desk bites. They don't move nearly enough! Do you want to drown? ”

Even touching was like Rieling in Bradley at a level of rejection.

Talbot is at least better. Armed at a rate comparable to those on site. But it was separate from confident. Space in the field that cannot be reached even by training. I felt it. Every time I met her, the relaxation I had seen was not as faint as my eyes.

“Agent Talbot. Tell me, how did this happen? ”

Johanna speculates as she resumes her journey. I was about to ask him about winter.

“I don't know how the infection started. It was when it got dark and there was no fog. I heard screams from a distance and I thought the atmosphere was unusual, but I heard a sudden gunshot from the sub receiving the seventh pullout. And then something came up to the deck. We had to evacuate the ship, but somehow the infected came out from the inside. ”

Agent Kelly gives you a trembling, stuttering look.

“It was really quick……. When I woke up, I was alone. I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't met Tucker and Talbot...! ”

“Okay, so don't point that gun at me. Keep your voice down. This is insane. ”

Johanna's scream is still sharp. However, when I was tired and worn out but could not relax, it was a great control by not insulting me.

As I move again, the blinking lights went out completely. Johanna said.

“I'll use infrared lighting. Everyone wears night vision. ”

The rest of the way was not long. It could be seen by the air that changed it. Smells too, but the rising humidity was the fog coming from the outside. It was so deep that I could hardly breathe.

He steps out onto the outer deck, reaches the door and kills two of the mutants guarding him. Winter sighs for a long time.

Terrified Tucker cautiously asks.

“What's the matter? Were you close? ”

“No, I think we need to deal with a new specialty. ”

“Yes?”

“Look at the wounds left on the corpse. ”

The boy pointed to two corpses. The wound that caused the infection was unique. There were two rows of teeth above and below. When I smelled the wound, I could still smell the stench.

‘Mutation Code Melville'. I was nervous before, but I didn't think so.... ’

If I had to, I'd have to fight this monster in a sea city. The fog and sea's synergy have created the best hunting grounds for sea monsters. If this boat or Piquad were still intact, it would save the benefits of the terrain and height....

Kuang! The Fiquad is shaking. On the other side of the deck, red light fades from beyond the fog. It looks like it exploded on a small boat. Not only that, the audible chaos is pushed from all directions. Scream and shout, survival charm, gunfire, saturation, thunder, clash, and affection!

“Well, isn't it just a malformation? Or maybe two big and small guys bit into the same spot.... ”

This is what Joanna said to Tucker.

“Say something that makes sense. It's not normal from the width. The spacing of the dentition is too constant in the sense that different guys broke it. ”

The width of the indentation is more than a centimeter. I couldn't beat Grumbling to swallow a man without chewing him, but at least it was proof that he had a bigger mouth than Trickster. It can't be a malformation.

Above all, winter knew why a deformity of inefficient shape did not appear.

Johanna grimaces at the smell of the wound, questioning the winter's actions.

“Smells?”

“It's early to settle, but it's a special variant optimized for underwater activities. ”

It would be best to say this now. There's only one scent. I couldn't tell you everything I knew in the winter. It will help you if you say it now, but it will be a problem after you get out alive.

‘It never ended well being treated like a prophet or a superpower. ’

Thumping, thumping, thumping! You hear the sound of starving things running down the deck. And someone screams. Darkness and fog flash like lightning, along with a gunshot from a spear scratch. Talbot chewed on his lip.

“Dammit! What if it really is a new variant? ”

Then it was winter. Grumble has been hunted for the first time, and Trickster has also been dealt with as an unprecedented encounter.

But is there a question as meaningless as this?

“With or without mutants, escape is urgent. Does anyone know when the nuke went off? ”

The situation was clear that a final solution would be implemented, but at that point there was no agreement. They just gave me a withdrawal order.

I wondered if there were other intelligence agencies, but they all followed me. Agent Kelly mentioned them carefully.

“I think I would know if I were Team Leader Chadwick or Agent Kowalski. He's the head of the branch, Kowalski inspects specialists for comms security. ”

“Do you know where he is? ”

“… I don't know. ”

I guess I'm nervous and out of judgment. For now, they were just useless words.

The slope suddenly approached 30 degrees. The boat that was lifted by the player looked like it was going to snap in the middle.

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# Events

I don't know why you feel so bad about the autograph book, but I can't help it if you want to.

I'm going to draw one of you again to comment on this issue and send you an autograph.

The submission period is next Sunday, March 19.

(Added 6: 11 PM March 11: Comments are expected to be higher and will be closed early.)

Unlike the announced event, this must have a signbook, which is for those of you who don't need to sign it, because it will raise Tunguska's energy to make the ramen taste better.

But if the number of recommendations is less than the number of comments, I will cancel the event.:)