episode_0337

At first, of course I couldn’t believe my ears.

Because it was such a difficult thing to believe.

“What? Say it again.”

That was why I said that to a colleague who seemed to have rushed towards me from the face.

“There is a gap in the siege network.”

Nevertheless, the other person’s words did not change from the first time.

As the disbelief in my own hearing disappeared, what took its place was doubt.

‘why···?’

Wasn’t their goal to trap us here and kill us?

You drove so many people to death for that purpose, and now you’re lifting the siege…?

A judgment that makes no sense when you think about it with common sense.

So the first word that came to mind was none other than…

“···Trap?”

That was it.

“A trap? Do you mean the gap that has appeared now?”

“Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense. How many troops have they brought in to confine us here in Minato-ku?”

“Definitely…”

After listening to it, I wonder if it felt quite plausible.

A colleague who had rushed all the way here from the area he was in charge of to deliver the news shook his head with a serious expression on his face.

“Of course… this is just my personal guess, and maybe there’s something wrong with them.”

There was a good possibility there too… I don’t know if it was because of the unidentified yellow stone that was forcibly implanted in the body, but the zombies did not antagonize them.

Of course, it didn’t seem like he thought of me like a colleague.

It just feels like looking at structures that exist around you?

So they had to pay attention not only to them but also to the zombies.

I’ve managed to do it well so far… but what if something went wrong?

Maybe… this might be my last chance.

From their perspective, this might have been their last chance to escape Tokyo, a city that was no different from hell.

In order to be sure about that, it was necessary to understand more closely how something like that happened.

“So? What happened?”

“Well… I’m not sure either.”

I’m not sure.

Did I do something else while working?

I’m not that kind of person by nature…

“What I saw was just… a survivor I had never seen before being dragged into their camp located in the area I was in charge of… and after that, they suddenly abandoned the camp and left as a group to go somewhere.◦@ ◦

“One survivor was dragged into the camp, and then they suddenly abandoned the camp and started withdrawing?”

No, what is that…

“Is it really true that you were the first survivor you saw? Isn’t it like the executives of the military?”

“You know, Captain. After my body became like this, I don’t know anything else, but the one thing I see is on a different level from others.”

“···I know.”

Of course I knew that.

In the example, the unknown yellow stone gave each of them different types of blessings and a common curse.

It was a blessing I never really wanted, but it was what it was.

And in the case of the man who is now coming to her and revealing what he saw… his body has changed and at the same time he has gained the ability to control his vision at will.

The price was an appetite and hunger that were difficult to suppress with anything.

In fact, the reason the military formed a siege and drove them into Minato City was because they knew that.

Appetite and hunger, which can be barely satisfied by eating an amount several times that of an ordinary person, naturally lead to the consumption of enormous amounts of materials.

At least this place has been able to survive until now in Tokyo, the largest city in Japan. What if it hadn’t been like that?

Everyone would have become like those who were once their colleagues but are no longer colleagues, unable to overcome their burning appetite and hunger.

Is it because I thought about these people who couldn’t overcome their instincts and ended up turning into monsters?

I naturally closed my eyes tightly… but I didn’t have any intention of just being buried there.

To be precise… there was no time for that.

That’s because they had a mission that they had to accomplish.

Because I had a mission to tell the group of survivors outside of Tokyo who might exist what happened to them here and what a terrible time they had.

I don’t know if such a thing would actually be possible in a world where all means of communication have been disrupted, but I had to do it anyway.

Only then will we be able to prevent more victims like them from occurring.

“So… what do you plan to do?”

“Would you like to gather people together?”

“Are you sure you’re going? Maybe it really is their trap?”

Yeah, maybe that really was the case.

I don’t know if the intention was to eliminate us all at once…

“I have to go. If I could send even one person out of this hell.”

Anyway… I had no regrets about life anymore.

With a body like this, you won’t be welcomed anywhere you go.

This is a situation where survivors are fighting fiercely for the meager supplies. How much more would anyone welcome those who appear to be monsters?

It would be fortunate if they didn’t point the weapon in their hand towards me, let alone welcome me.

Nevertheless, the reason they were trying to get out of this damn city was to let the outside world know what had happened, but it was also because of the kids.

I wanted to send out at least the children who had been exposed to extremely cruel experiments simply because they had succeeded in surviving among the zombies.

For that purpose… it wasn’t a waste of his life.

However… in the midst of this, if there is one thing that is unfortunate… it would be that there is no way to find out news from my sister who is working as a health teacher in another city, as all means of communication have stopped working.

At the very least, if I could at least know if my sister is alive, I wouldn’t want anything more…

‘Karen…’

As I thought that perhaps today might be the last time I suffer from hunger like this… I missed my sister’s voice especially today.

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Kwaang!

When I heard the explosion, I was far enough away from Tokyo that I thought everything would be okay.

A huge explosion was heard, ignoring distance.

Was it really the sound that surprised me?

“Hi…!?”

Chiyo, who was hovering near me and closely marking me in order to implement the special measure of confiscating sex for a week, came out from the mouth of Chiyo.

“It looks like it has started…”

The reason I muttered that sound without realizing it was because I thought that something was coming.

Something that was bound to happen someday.

And as I was picturing in my head the events that had been pushed forward so much because of me…

“Umm···.”

A slightly uncomfortable feeling began to creep up my body.

It wasn’t because of conscience.

Rather than feeling like my conscience was bothering me, it was more like feeling like I had something like spinach stuck between my teeth.

Isn’t there a strange feeling that bothers you even if you don’t want to be conscious of it?

So, that unique feeling that makes me keep moving my tongue in that direction without even realizing it.

Something like that kept creeping up my body.

The reason I jumped up from my seat without realizing it was because that feeling was so annoying.

“···? Where are you going?”

He didn’t seem to want to talk to me, let alone have sex, for a week, but when I suddenly got up, he must have been curious about my destination.

Chiyo quietly added a word.

“Walk.”

“What? Suddenly?”

“I can’t do it because it stings.”

Of course, for a walk, there was a considerable distance to go back and forth… but when I say walk, I guess it’s just a walk?

“···You’re not trying to do anything dangerous again, are you?”

“I don’t.”

“Really?”

···maybe.

It’s just that I’m a little concerned and want to check.

Wouldn’t it be dangerous at that level?

“In the first place, everything outside the blanket is dangerous.”

“I have nothing to say, so I’m just talking nonsense…”

“I’m coming.”

“If you come back hurt, I’m going to be really angry this time.”

Did he see my expression and realize that he couldn’t stop me?

Anyway, his eyes were full of worry and concern for me as he stared at me, as if he was telling me that he would hate me to death.

“Is it okay to impose a ban on sex for a month?”

“If possible.”

“What…?!”

No, I was just saying it as a joke…?

Are you seriously considering this…?

It won’t work.

In order not to fall into frustration, you must never get hurt.

“So… you have to come back safely without getting hurt? Because I will wash it cleanly and wait for you…”

This is it… I wasn’t the only one who was bored because I couldn’t have sex.

“When you come back, will I be able to see you and Reiko lying naked on the bed side by side?”

“Mi, are you crazy?! Why am I lying naked with that lady?”

Not “~”

“Ssi… Really… People are seriously worried…”

While Chiyo was making a sound like a boiling kettle, she tied her shoelaces tightly to prevent them from coming undone.

“I’m really going. If Reiko comes looking for me, just tell her that I went for a short walk out of frustration.”

“Hmph!”

After receiving Chiyo’s sendoff(?), he quickly left the procession and ran towards the direction from which the explosion sound had been heard.

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“Stop it! Don’t let anyone escape!”

“Ha, but there are also children…!”

“In your eyes, does that look like a child? Those are monsters! A monster that eats people!”

Write… Look at this?

I knew it would be like this.

Common sense tells us that in this era, there is no way that a group of guys with guns could be okay, right?