Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 256 - The Dead, the Human Survivors, and the Gangs Part 3
Day 312 : 1:54 P.M

Osaka Streets

Equipment: 

Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Blade Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

It’s been a while since I have gone to Shinsaibashi and now that we are heading there again, it seems nostalgic to me to remember all of the dangerous times that occurred in the area especially some of the close brush to death.

”You rememberin’ those days aren’t ya?” Souichi looked at me while chewing the ch.i.p.s he snatched earlier on one of the passing cadets who were distributing some snacks.

”It’s not that long, of course, I remembered most of the things that occurred in that area.”

”It’s kind of strange to receive some radio transmissions in that area. Most of the Shinsaibashi streets are flooded by the undead and we looted most of the buildings in there last time. How come we will receive a signal from others?” Okabe wondered.

”Is it necessary for the radio transmission to be automated? I think some don’t need human interference to function properly,” Cindy quickly rebuked Okabe.

”Cindy is right. It might be some sort of signal that is programmed by someone and allowed to send waves of signals to other receivers to attract people who are still alive on it,” Miyuki said.

”Why would they do that though? It would risk everyone if they do that since the undead is quite sensitive to sound. The dead won’t just stay put and watch for it to continue,” Sena seems to be perplexed.

”Maybe it is some sort of beacon? To attract all people to it. And for the reason they have those signals, maybe it is also a supply cache?” Souichi said absentmindedly as he keeps on devouring the ch.i.p.s.

When Souichi said that, everyone looked at him like they suddenly realized something.

”Huh? Why are you guys looking at me like that?!”

”Idiot. For once you have the brain to think properly. I think your assumption is the closest thing we can guess on the radio transmission.”

Aika who was quiet for a while spoke while holding the katana by her body.

”Do you mean this would act as a salvage operation to retrieve that beacon?”

”Indeed. If the assumption of Souichi is correct, that would be the closest thing we can think of. That must be some sort of supply cache and to make it hard for people to retrieve it easily, they used the radio transmission to attract a horde to avoid random people looting for it be dependent on it.”

”Hah, I think this is indeed the work of the new military that has formed somewhere and is dropping supply caches to locations. Or maybe this is their method of thinning the remaining humanity who are on the infected zones like this place,” Kaito said without opening his eyes.

”Whatever it is, everyone should be careful. You guys can’t just go and rush to the horde and depend on us after. There are also limits of things we can do too and we can’t revive you guys if you ever die. So please, don’t act rashly,” Cindy said. Miyuki also agreed on that.

”That is always the plan,” I muttered as the car continues to move towards Shinsaibashi before night falls.

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Day 312: 2:43 P.M

Osaka: Shinsaibashi Streets

Equipment: 

Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Blade Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

Not even that far from the Shinsaibashi area, the dead are already crawling around and they are populating the streets. Even though Shu already reminded us to avoid the car from bumping and crashing some of the undead, we can’t help but crush some of them as avoiding them is close to impossible with them crowding the streets.

”I can’t believe this, the amount of the undead in the streets is just staggering!” Okabe said as he peeks out of the window.

”It’s indeed puzzling. We should have thinned it out a lot since the last time and even if we left out this place for a while, the undead coming here shouldn’t have amounted to this much,” Souichi said.

”Let’s clear out this place for a bit before moving to the designated area.”

All of the fighters nodded. Preparing the weapons we used, Miyuki opened the door of the car, allowing us to move out. The undead on the streets who are all following our car started to gather, allowing us to just remain near the car and attack the invaders without a problem. Since all of us are seasoned killers against the dead plus the Piyavka weapons we have in our arsenal, the normal undead did not stand a chance.

”I spot dogs in the distance! Sena!” Souichi shouted.

”ON IT!” 

Sena climbs up to the top of the Pickup truck and crouches down, allowing her to position herself and snipe the incoming undead. Since Sena is a sharpshooter before the outbreak started and these past few months allowed her to strengthen her ability to snipe enemies and if you add the training she got from the SDF who have some expert snipers, then she is already impeccable in her job.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

And it was indeed the case. The moment the ’BANG’ sound resonates in the area, a dog in the distance burst into pieces. She was quick in shooting and she was quick in reloading, allowing her to deal rapid kills using the sniper rifle.

Still, despite her rapid kills, that doesn’t mean she alone is enough to kill those dogs. Okabe also started using his rifles and started firing bullets in the distance. The rest of us are left to deal with the walkers to lop off their heads or burst them to pieces. Aika and Kaito are quite proficient in that they don’t even leave a single one alive in their wake. Souichi and I are also doing good with the kills as we slowly decimate the remaining undead in the vicinity.

Miyuki and Cindy are the ones in charge of refilling the magazines of the sniper rifle of Sena and the assault rifle of Okabe. With this cooperation, it’s not a wonder for us to finish all of the dead in just a few minutes.

As I lop off the head of the last undead, Souichi looked around the surroundings before he confirmed the extermination is complete.

”Good job everyone. Let’s proceed to the target area,” Miyuki said.

I look around and frowned. I have a bad feeling like someone is watching us but because I can’t detect anyone else around, I decided to just stay vigilant for now. Next stop, the Radio Transmission.