Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 267 - Reunion in the Dead Streets
Day 314: 2:11 P.M

Osaka Streets: Abandoned Convenience Store.

Equipment: 

Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Blade Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

It took around 2 hours before the flames that I purposely ignited in the convenience store extinguished themselves. After the flames died down, I checked the bodies of the gangsters left inside the blazing room earlier. Since the place has been burned to ashes, I only needed to kick the door of the storage room down.

BANG!

Once the door fell, it revealed all of the dead bodies that are charred beyond recognition. They are all killed while trying to get out of the door seeing that they are all stuck in the doorway. Even if they managed to escape, they still won’t make it out alive as I will be shooting them with my rifle once I fixed my sight on them. Thank goodness I was spared doing something like that.

I pull out my pistol and shot the heads of the dead bodies one by one. I am just making sure this will not repeat some of my previous mistakes. Just like what the saying in that one particular movie, if you are not sure the dead is really dead, then make sure to kill it twice by doing the ”double-tap”.

It took me quite some time to reveal their heads since some of them have fallen over to one another and their flesh has been burned together, causing their burnt flesh to attach like plastic but it was still done so I am no worried.

As for the former survivors who were all murdered by the gangsters, I already dug up 7 graves in the opposite direction of the convenience store, and are all ready to be buried. It took me a few minutes to gather their belongings and burying them together. I don’t need to do a ”double-tap” on them as their bodies are already impossible to reanimate due to their bullet shots are all done in the head.

I pulled their dead bodies out of the convenience store as they don’t deserve to be burned alongside them. At least they can return to the nature without problems. I clasp my hands together and say a silent prayer for a bit to them before I started filling the holes with soil. 

Reality is often cruel but there is nothing to be done with it. Even innocent people who are not into violence will be the first people to die out and get killed, especially in this chaotic and a world where dystopia is almost in reach.

After burying the seven corpses of the survivors, I went to inspect the car and truck that were brought along by the gangsters when they came into this place. I have no clue where the gangsters are going and where their base is. It would be wonderful if they have left something for me to work on as this task is hard without any clues on where you will be going.

The truck is just your plain truck without any kind of connection to the gang. Aside from the supplies inside the truck’s container, there is nothing interesting here even if I scavenge a little bit longer.

As for the car, some things are left behind though I doubt if they are of any usage. The only thing that seemed to be containing something is the notepad left behind in the backseat. There were some schedules and stuff on the paper and from the looks of it, the owner of this notepad is organized on what he should do since only someone with this behavior will create a timetable like this.

Only the notepad seems to contain any clues for me to use as the rest of the car is nothing much. With nothing else to learn, I abandoned the car and took the truck with me. The keys are still attached to the ignition lock cylinder, allowing me to spare the time rigging the truck’s wirings for me to start it. With the sun slowly going down on the horizon, I hurry back to the base before the Night Rage starts rolling in.

However, I think I have to go to the Bang Gunstore this time around. If I wanted some info involving the gangs, maybe they sell those kinds of info too. I have a few points built up from them from fulfilling some requests in the last few months. It is time to spend it on something like that.

....

Day 314: 4:03 P.M

Osaka Streets: Bang Gunstore

Equipment: 

Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Blade Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

It took me a while to reach the gun store as driving a truck is a little bit different than driving a normal car. It took me a bit of practice before I get to properly drive it though I still needed to slow down a few times as it I have to make sure I will be able to navigate the road using this and to also avoid potential accidents.

After giving the usual password, I entered the shop. Once I got inside, I noticed that there are other people inside who are all strangers to me and not your usual customers. They are holding guns and are holding Kota and Shoko at gunpoint.

These men looked into me and frowned while Shoko smiled.

”Ah! Perfect timing Kyosei, can you take out the trash for a moment? It will just be a little bit so you don’t need to be so wary.”

”Hey?! Who said you can talk?! Do you want me to blast your head off?!” the guy holding her at gunpoint threatened her.

”Oh my, how scary indeed.”

I sighed and scratch my head. It looks like this day is full of trashes to be taken care of.

”What would I do once I get to clean up the ”trash”? Is there any sort of reward I should be expecting with?” I asked.

”Of course, one service free of charge, will that suffice?”

”Good,” I nodded.

The men started to get wary at me but I am not a guy who would take things very long for them to do their things immediately therefore, I decided to act as quick as possible.

Pulling out my pistol, I fire a quick shot at the gangsters though I didn’t properly aim it.

BANG!

The men instinctively try to cover but that was the time I took an action and grab my Piyavka Machete and close myself into the guy covering his face and stab his throat fatally before pulling it out and went to the next guy again. He managed to recover quickly but that isn’t always the case. He tried to defend against my Piyavka Machete but he forgot one thing.

BANG! BANG!

His feet were shot twice, causing him to flinch. With that flinch, I quickly stab him in the throat before he died. I repeated it most of the time, allowing me to kill and dispose of the men threatening Kota and Shoko.

”Superb moves as always Kyosei. You don’t disappoint. I also notice that you are now using guns in your fighting style. I never thought you would incorporate fighting using a gun in close range battles,” Kota said as he fixes his shirt collar.

”Indeed. I heard you stick to melee most of the time so it was a surprise to see you use the gun right now,” Shoko nodded, agreeing on Kota’s astute observation.

”Although I indeed prefer to use melee, that doesn’t mean using a gun is not something I would do. I will use everything at my disposal to get the job done,” I answered while flicking the blood from my Piyavka Machete.

”True enough. Anyways, since you have taken the request and we have indeed promised you one service for free, you can now ask us what service you wanted us to perform for free,” Shoko smiled.

”I don’t know if you guys wanted to look professional at all times despite the recent incident just now threatening your lives.”

”Of course we are professionals. We can’t just let a single kind of problem like this ruin our reputation of being professionals in the business.”

”Is that so? Well, I don’t care much. Anyways, I will ask for free info then. If there is an additional payment to be done, I will use my points for this.”

”Aha, you are doing some info gathering? Then let’s meet two people that might help you guys out as they have quite a good knack at getting reliable info.”

Kota pinged the bell on the counter and two people went out of the back room. But I didn’t expect it to be someone I knew.

”Huh? Kyosei? You are alive?” the girl who went out with the guy earlier was stunned seeing my face.

”Oh, didn’t expect you to still be alive, Cousin Chiaki. It’s been a while.”

In an unexpected turn of events, I have reunited with my cousin, Chiaki Ichinose who should be living in Tokyo right now.