Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 263 - The Apprentice and the Child of the Dead
Day 313: 11:00 P.M

(Byakuya’s View)

I slowly opened my eyes and woke up from my slumber. My head hurts a little bit but it is not as painful as before when I got a headache. Where the heck am I? I remember earlier that I met that guy earlier with a gun.

”Don’t tell me I am captured?!”

”Oy, what the heck are you muttering about?”

I was shocked by the girl talking to me I almost fell on the bed.

”I am quite sure I do not look like a ghost, why are you so afraid of me though?”

Taken aback by her sudden appearance, I slowly recovered from my shock and looked at the girl before me.

She looked the same age as me, she has long white hair, a slightly pale skin color, and has a pretty face. If I compare her to my female classmates from my last semester, she wins without even a fight at all. However, there seems to be this odd feeling around her presence that I can’t exactly pinpoint.

”Who are you?” I asked.

”Shouldn’t I ask you for your name first instead? It’s a common courtesy to introduce yourself to someone if you want to know my name.”

”Huh? That’s the first time I heard about it...”

”You are still a kid in mind, and I thought you would be a bit mature enough since you are more on surviving by yourself rather than joining a group,” she sighed and shook her head.

”But you are also a kid...”

”I know, but as one of the two kids existing here, I am the more mature one. I am not counting you, you just arrived here alright?”

Two kids? Aren’t the kids are being hunted by many of the gangsters and other groups around since they sell high in the slave market? It looks like this place does not forsake kids here.

”Anyways, what time is it right now? I needed to go back to my base before it gets dark and scary.”

”It’s 11 in the evening, 1 hour left before the clock strikes at midnight.”

I was taken aback and then realize that she said it is already nighttime! Without asking her, I grab the chair and immediately block the door. I also try to grab the cabinet beside the bed and tried to push it but it is too heavy for me to move.

”Uh... what are you doing?”

”Can’t you see? I am blocking the door! We can’t let those infected come closing in and kill us! So if you want to still live, help me block the door with this cabinet since this is so heavy!”

Instead of helping me, she just tilted her head and looked confused about my actions.

”Hey?! Do you want to die that badly? Just help me.”

”Are you seriously getting paranoid? Why do we have to do that? We are indoors.”

”That’s exactly the reason! The infected can easily crowd this little room in seconds if we don’t block the entrance!”

Just when I thought she will agree to help, she started laughing.

”Hahaha, you are funny you know?”

”Huh?”

”There is no need for that. You will realize that what you are doing right now is unnecessary work. Come on, let’s go outside,” she smiled as she removes the chair blocking on the door.

”Why are you removing that?!”

”I lived here long enough for me to get used to this place in the apocalypse. I can understand your worries but you shouldn’t be too paranoid as this place is different compared to the place you stayed before that left you traumatized to the core. Come, follow me. If you don’t do so, I will drag you out of the room without hesitation.”

Maybe I was acting so paranoid but that is normal as I have experienced the danger of this world in the apocalypse. My survival is my priority and that will not change at all.

Although I am reluctant, I decided to trust the girl and followed suit. I was expecting the place to be a little bit rundown without anyone around due to the fear of the undead running outside to do the kill. But all of those expectations are not what they are actually.

When we arrive in the living room, I saw a few guys reading a book, playing poker, and some are just chatting while their guns and weapons are just nearby. They don’t seem to be doing anything that would cause them to panic.

”Hey there, little Eve! Why are you still awake? Isn’t it time for your bedtime already?” A guy who looks like an American teenage boy smiled as he started a conversation with this girl. I also learned that her name is Eve which is why I don’t need to introduce myself to her for me to know her name.

”Oh, Steve-onii chan, don’t worry. I took a good sleep this afternoon and I am still too energetic to sleep.”

”Haha, but remember to go to sleep once it gets too late. A kid shouldn’t stay up too long as it will hinder the growth hormones from developing your body.”

”I don’t think that works that way,” she said.

He then looks at me and examined me from head to toe like he was scanning me.

”Who is this kid, Eve-chan? Is this your boyfriend? Kyosei would surely go berserk if he knows this one!” 

”Him? My boyfriend? No way. I am still a kid and besides, he is still too naive for him to be my boyfriend. If he wanted to become my boyfriend, he needs to surpass my daddy’s abilities.”

Steve laughed awkwardly and sighed. ”Man, I don’t know if Kyosei raised you that way or you picked up some of his mannerisms. Anyways, don’t wander off too much around. Many men are busy so you guys shouldn’t block the road to avoid accidents, understand?”

Eve nodded before she pulled me away from there. I am not too sure why they are very nonchalant and seem uncaring about their surroundings at all. I mean, it’s nighttime, shouldn’t they be hiding right now than out of here?

We continued walking around and this time around, I noticed the heavy gunfire of guns around and I can also hear some explosions too.

”We are almost there. You will see the situation of this place, live. You will also know that you don’t need to be too cautious always.”

I am still not convinced but because she was still so confident, I decided to continue observing. At long last, we arrive at the time of truth.

Outside the house is a noisy place. And the bloody look on the ground, paint the ground into a bloody mess. I can see everyone holding guns and they are all shooting below the wall.

”What is going on?!” I didn’t expect anything but this is beyond my expectation at all.

”It was a well-defended base? What about those guys who quickly dispose of their targets?! That agile one?!”

”Oh, you mean the decapitator?” They also kill them if they managed to infiltrate. They are too weak for everyone here so we don’t need to worry about that guy down.”

The guards on the walls are just dumping bullets and bullets below the ground without even conserving ammo. Besides that, they are all using guns like they seemed to be fully equipped with guns alone.

”So, what do you think? Do you need to block the door again?”

”What is going on? Sure enough, you guys can fight because you have guns but why is everyone treating this situation so lightly? Many people die every day due to this and I also have close brushes of death due to this!”

As I was talking to Eve, one infected managed to infiltrate and arrive behind the walls.

”Ah! Crap! It’s infected that cuts off the head of its victims! We are all doomed!”

I was ready to flee when all of a sudden, the infected that just landed suddenly turned into mincemeat and were reduced to cube size flesh. It was too quick that I didn’t see what happened and how it happened.

One thing I knew, it all happened too fast I can’t think of a way how it was done in just a few seconds after the infected landed inside the base.

”W-what? What the hell did just happen?! Did my eyes deceive me or something?”

”What are you talking about? Aika-onee chan did the work properly. Why are you still somewhat startled by what you just see?”

Aika? I looked to the left and saw a teenage girl holding a katana with a deadpan look on her face. Is she the one who did the kill, reducing the infected to mincemeat?!”

”It’s almost midnight, wear these earplugs and relax. Do not pull them out. After the clock strikes at midnight! Also, I almost forgot to say, but welcome to the base, the Blood Battalion.”