Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 262 - The Deadly Little Devil’s Apprentice
Day 313: 2:00 P.M

Equipment: 

Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Blade Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

Because we have expanded our reach to the nearby streets, I was tasked to clear out the nearby undead that are walking around the streets.

Since this doesn’t need the help of others, it is fine for me to act alone and do things by myself. Despite the outposts installed in the area to lessen the territory of the undead.

There are plenty of them around but due to the help of my weapons, they don’t pose any threats.

I check the buildings around too for sometimes, there are those spawns of the mosquitoes around. If we don’t regularly destroy the eggs of the mosquitoes every day, the mosquitoes will attack every night rage and it will be annoying.

Most of the buildings I surveyed and entered have no traces of undead or spawns which is good. That way, my job will be much easier and I can finish it much, much earlier.

Back on the streets, I continue to survey the alleys. Not too long after that, I spotted someone on the further side of the streets. It looks like a kid but because the kid is far from my location and seems to be hiding in the dark alley, I can’t see the figure clearly from where I am standing.

Since the figure did not do anything except to observe, I didn’t bother to apprehend that guy out and let it continue whatever it was doing.

However, I stopped ignoring the figure the moment an undead appeared behind. The kid immediately stopped the figure but due to the size comparison of the two, the kid was easily overpowered and almost got killed.

This has already gone past the ignoring phase, I pull out my Beretta M9 Pistol, run towards the kid, aim the gun, and...

BANG!

The undead that assaulted the kid died as the bullet I fired pierced the head without any obstruction. The kid was surprised to see me as he was fazed after the incident. He was shocked but he doesn’t show any fear.

”You okay there kid?” I asked.

The kid looks wary of me and he quickly pushed the dead body out of the way before he back off to the alley and ready his baseball bat that is modified to have spikes and barbed wire.

”What is a kid doing here in the first place?”

”I am currently looking for materials to create a ranged weapon. I also need some food and water,” he replied, still vigilant to my actions as he keeps on glancing at my pistol that is still emitting a little bit of smoke.

”You can’t find any of those in here. We have already cleaned up the loot available in these buildings ao even if you search this place upside down, you won’t find anything worth looting.”

”Eh? Everything is already looted?”

”Our group claimed this place and I am currently clearing up the infected around the place to completely liberate the place from the grasp of those dead people. If you wanted to loot some things, just go in the opposite direction and find things you needed there as we have yet to even touch that place. You also need to get going and return to your group once you are done with your looting activities. It’s not that safe around here.”

The kid went silent and sighed. Since he didn’t respond, I decided to leave him alone. I am not a guy who tortures kids to spill the beans of why they are spying on me or our base. If he didn’t do anything, why would I bother hurting him?

”If you are fine, then I will be on my way. I will not bother other people’s business.”

”Ah, wait... guh...” the little kid fell down to his knees and is struggling on breathing.

I frowned seeing him act like this. Before I can respond, he fell down to the ground and is struggling on breathing. Due to this, I didn’t bother if he was from another group or not. This kid is suffering which is the time I needed to take him back to the base.

....

Day 313: 2:19 P.M

Osaka: Blood Battalion Base

Equipment: 

Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Blade Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

I quickly took the kid to the infirmary. Miyuki and Cindy are currently resting when I arrived and they were surprised when they saw a kid in my arms.

”Wha? Who is that?” Cindy frowned.

”Help him first. He seems to be suffering on an illness of some sort but I can’t figure it out since I am not a nurse or a doctor. You guys know your medicine stuff right?”

Miyuki and Cindy immediately stood up and led me to the nearest bed where I put the kid down. Miyuki immediately  checked his heartbeat and pulse while Cindy took out a thermometer and a sphygmomanometer1 to help check the situation of the kid.

”Kyosei, can you please go out for a moment? We needed some thorough examination on him to ensure he is not infected or anything,” Cindy said to me.

”Sure.”

I went out of the infirmary room and went outside. I put his backpack beside me and decided to check his belongings. I don’t steal but I also needed insurance that he is not someone with an ulterior motive of going in here. After all, there are plenty of them in this world and will take advantage of your kindness to them before they will stab you in the back the moment you trust them.

Inside the bag are just a few miscellaneous items that can be found in a survivor’s backpack. A few canned food, water, band-aids, a few medicine of some sort that I have no idea what is the medicine for, a sharp knife with a little scabbard, and some little wood enough to be placed inside the backpack.

There is nothing more to this kid’s belongings including any sort of photo or any kind of extra items like a journal or anything that helps me identify the identity of the kid.

While checking the contents of the kid’s bag, Miyuki went out of the room and took off her face mask.

”The kid is currently suffering a normal flu. It seems that he is living in a bad location as he seemed to be also malnourished and he lacks the normal immune system a 6 years old kid usually has. He needed to rest for a while before he can move out and about with whatever he needed to do.”

”Well, that’s a good news. What about any bite marks? Is there some signs that the kid is infected or previously bitten by the undead?”

”Thankfully, that is not the case with him. He might have some bruises on his little body but he lacks the bite marks we fear. As for whether he is infected in his blood, I also doubt it but we needed some time to examine his blood for now.”

”Good. Can I visit now?”

”I’m sorry Kyosei but that is not applicable for now, as I mentioned earlier, he needed some rest. Please allow him to do so. You can visit him maybe a little bit tomorrow but now is a no go.”

”Understandable.”

”Where did you find this kid anyway? It is rare for you to pick up someone like a kid. The only one you picked up before is Eve.”

”I saw him around the streets when I was doing my cleanup operation on the new outpost. He was attacked by an undead before I rescued him. The next thing happened and he is currently now under your care.”

”Someone from the other factions?”

”Not entirely sure but it is sure for me that he is lacking any means to contact any faction. It is a little bit more like he is living independently.”

...

Due to that, I decided to check up on the streets again and check for any possible locations where he must be living somewhere. I am quite sure that this kid’s little base is just around here. Based on where he came from, it is possible that he live in the danger zone of the area as this place is still under the jurisdiction of the dead and some of the factions of the groups are always fighting here, which makes me believe it looked like some sort of gang war always.

As I waa walking around the streets, I noticed a dead body of an undead on the road with a decapitated head. Not too far from the corpse is a manhole. Opening the lid of the manhole, I noticed that it was an abandoned pipe below underground.

My curiosity is getting thirsty which is why I decided to check out the little base inside the manhole. A sphygmomanometer, also known as a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner, and a mercury or aneroid manometer to measure the pressure.