Chapter 15: Hope Against the Dead

"How can we know death is, if we do not yet know what life is?"

-Confucius

Day 1: 7:45 P.M

Kirishima High School - Gym Storage Room

Duration of the Night Rage: 11 hours and 15 minutes left

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The last piece of the biscuit is savored slowly by the three teachers like this is the last food they will ever eat. What's more, they even savor the crumbs of biscuits left inside the wrapper and didn't leave a single tiny crumb wasted. Haruna sighed as she licked her fingers even though it doesn't have any residue of sauce. She felt satisfied and in the same time, disappointed since the biscuit lasted only a few minutes for them. They even have no water available to drink. If they stayed holed up here, they will end up dead in dehydration.

"I'm thirsty. Do you have some water?" Haruna asked.

Sendo shook his head. Its normal since in panic, he didn't get anything valuable with him except himself and his phone along with the biscuit.

"Me either. I don't think we know that this would happen anyway," Leo groaned.

Haruna sighed.

"I hope my family is alright in Kyoto. I hope the outbreak did not reach that far," Haruna said as she looks in her phone.

"My family is in the Philippines. I am also worried on my Wife and my children," Leo said sighing.

Sendo nodded. He is alone in Japan since his parents died early due to sickness so he strived to live alone and survive with the help of the neighbors and friends. Leo is a Japanese who got married in the Philippines after meeting his wife in a fortunate day while Haruna is living originally in Kyoto and her family is living there.

Sendo picked his phone he put in the crate and he saw the connecting image like something is forcing to enter his phone.

"What?" Sendo tried most of the things but nothing happened. He then noticed that an answerable question with choices appeared in the his phone screen.

As he confirmed it, Sendo heard a familiar sound.

"Hello? Is this Mr. Takumi? I hacked the network and did not expect someone to connect on my SoS call," the voice which he heard on his phone is none other than Nanami.

"Is this Honda-kun? Thank goodness we are not alone. How did you contact me? There is no signal in cellular networks you know?" Sendo asked.

"I hacked the network using the internet connection of the school and since your phone is also one of the phones connected in the school's IP address, I sent an SOS call to determine who are still alive. And luckily, you picked it up," Nanami said.

Sendo nodded. He didn't expect that the literacy of Nanami on gadgets and stuff will be really useful for now that the cellular network is down during the time of need.

"How are you holding up in there?" Sendo asked.

"Not good sir! We are barred with wire here in the clocktower's gear room and Kyosei is currently defending us by killing the undead. We have one casualty and she is currently fainted so we do our best to help her since a stone wounded her," Nanami reported.

"Who are you with? Your saying you are with that brutal delinquent, Kyosei?" Sendo is shocked. Of course, he have heard the name Kyosei since it is famous in the faculty as a very good student in academics but really troublesome since he keeps on going through fights which is really hard for teachers to stop. Many said he is ruthless and if possible, he will kill if needed.

"Big bro Souichi and his girlfriend Sena Yotsumishi, Nejima Mirai, President Miyuki Tamehara, Chie Mutsuki and of course, Kyosei Ichinose," Nanami said.

"Why are you with that delinquent kid? He might bait you all on those dead people eating others!" Sendo warned.

"Sir, we are grateful to him. He saved us when Vice President Kaze Tsukiyama hostages and tried to rape us. Kyosei is much more trustworthy than the honor student who is really a bullsh*t person!" Nanami protested.

Sendo is flabbergasted. He never expected that the Kaze he is approving on anything is a very bad person hiding in a clothing of a good person. And the person who saved them is the Kyosei Ichinose who is a delinquent that causes trouble and headache to the school.

"Sir, if you are hiding somewhere safe, do not let the undead get in especially at night. They will be chasing you running nonstop. Also, prevent the mosquitoes bite you, they are carriers of whatever causing the dead to rise. Stay safe sir, we will try to locate you all when the morning comes. Stay where you are sir and whoever you are with," Nanami said and cut off the call.

Sendo sighed as he heard the beep sound which indicates that the call ended. Haruna and Leo got curious and snoops around.

"What's up? I thought the network cannot connect?" Haruna asked.

"Its Nanami Honda. She hacked and contacted my phone that tells us that her team will go and find us. She also warned us to never leave this place or else we will get chased and killed by those dead people. Our hope for surviving the day is still on the way," Sendo smiled.

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Day 1: 8:00 P.M

Kirishima High School - Clocktower

Duration of the Night Rage: 11 hours left

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Kyosei groaned as he flicks the cleaver and the baseball bat together and blood splats off from its surface. He is now so tired as he struggles to stand and swing his weapons. The hurlers are not ceasing on throwing the undead and Kyosei defended the place with swift and precise attacks. His attacks are getting weaker and weaker and he forget how many kills he did during the timespan he defended. He looked back on the group inside the wire and he saw Miyuki is still fainted. He sighed in relief seeing her wound is now bandaged. Souichi, Nanami and Nejima are looking at Kyosei and in their faces marks the worry and they are planning on helping him.

"Back off, you are all not needed to do this troublesome thing and I am enough on this," Kyosei said.

"Kyosei! Don't try everything in solo! That is suicide!" Souichi shouted.

"We can defend together!" Nejima seconded.

"F*ck off! If I say no, it is a no!!" Kyosei gritted his teeth. He faces once again, seeing the incoming undead and despite Kyosei's weak attack, he didn't stop his assault.

The rest helplessly watched him as he continued his defense. Sena is rummaging around and found the slingshot and the grenades together.

"Souichi, give this to Kyosei, he needed this!" Sena said as she handed the slingshot and grenades to Souichi.

Souichi trembles seeing that it is a legit grenade in his hands.

"Grenades?! And Slingshot? Are you serious?" Souichi felt troubled and he is really having a hard time touching the pin of the grenades. He knows how devastating it will be if he pull the pin off the grenade.

"Hand it out, dumb*ss, Kyosei is much smarter than you if you handed the grenades and slingshot to him," Sena groaned.

"F- fine!" Souichi reluctantly holds the grenades and slingshot and as the grenade touches his hands, his heart trembles and pounded so fast like it was about to explode.

"Kyosei!" Souichi put his hands out on the wire.

Kyosei turns around and he immediately noticed Souichi's trembling hands, holding the slingshot he just made and the grenades.

For some reason, he find it too dangerous to do and it might kill him in accident. Kyosei shook his head and grab the grenades and the slingshot. He didn't use it and just put the slingshot around his neck and put the grenades on a safe distance in the floor. A new wave of assaulting undead came flying straight to him.

"F*ck off, b*tch!" Kyosei performed his roundhouse kick with a strong force, slamming the undead to the floor, head first. Kyosei is now clouded with death aura on his mind.

Kill!!

He swiftly make his work as the newly arrived undead starts to rise back up.

"Kiss the floor!!" Kyosei performs a slam kick, breaking the head of the undead like watermelon, he also used his baseball bat to do the work of breaking the heads of the undead. As he striked the last undead, he saw another horde arriving. What is more, two hurlers are spotted in the area since they are only far from the normal ones and they have muscled bearing bodies.

"So persistent," Kyosei wiped his sweat and backs off near the area where Souichi and the others are.

"Hey, four eyes, does the wire still have a bit left?" Kyosei asked while still focused on the broken glasses.

"Ah? Y-yeah, it has a few rolls of it yet," Souichi said and beckons on Nanami to bring the wire.

Nanami did as he says so and brings the roll of wire to Kyosei.

Kyosei received the wire but he did not say anything.

"So ungrateful..." Sena frowned.

Souichi just sighed as he cannot even understand Kyosei at all.

Kyosei gets the slingshot off on his neck, stretch it a bit and when he tested that it was fine, he nodded and picked up a grenade on the floor. Grenades explode with a set amount of time after the pin is pulled on it. Kyosei did not hesitate or he won't got another chance.

"Let's gamble on this," Kyosei sighed and immediately pulled the pin and put the grenade on the slingshot and quickly released it to the horde as he quickly targeted the part where the hurlers are.

It quickly fell and a split second after landing on the ground, the explosion caused a good blast of smoke, dust, flames, guts and blood altogether. A few of the hurlers are caught up with the blast, killing the hurlers with ease. The horde got attracted by the blast and this causes Kyosei to furrows his eyebrows as he quickly look for the hurlers in the horde. Picking up the grenade, he also pulled the pin, put the grenade in the slingshot and letting the grenade go to the direction he intended it to arrive.

BOOM!!!

A loud, booming noise shakes the ground and blasted the undead on the ground. Kyosei did not waste his time and immediately picked up the wire and barred it on the broken mirrors with the help of tying skills to secure the opening for the undead. He didn't stop and quickly used all of the wires just to bar the undead being thrown by the hurlers. In a few minutes, he successfully barred the undead from entering and can kill them safely without having the trouble of being scratched or bitten by one especially that the undead that he is facing alone is much more vicious than the morning version. Wiping his sweat that keeps on flowing from his forehead, he stares down seeing the massive amount of the horde still trying to have a taste on them. He did not feel a single thing, not a single hatred appears on Kyosei's face. Many are hopeful that this is just a dream and once they wake up, everything will be alright. Hope is always a cruel way of clinging the truth.

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Hey, hey, Kyosei here again! Another creature is now in the highlights! We are talking this time about the enemies known as "Mosquitoes". Of course it is a common thing for us seeing a normal mosquito, but in this novel, mosquitoes are being used as dangerous monsters!

Mosquitoes

(Appears in chapter 9: Dead Bites)

Danger Level: Level 5

Normal Level: N/A

Night Rage Level: Level 5

Individuals before they became this creature: Normal Aedes Aegypti

This mosquitoes are very troublesome. They can be seen easily and produces a buzzing sound but once they bite, they are silent killers. Unlike normal mosquitoes, they will drain your blood causing the victim to look more like they are rotting. Their bites are also infectious and once bitten, you have no chance to live as a human anymore, your only choice is to die or become one of the undead.

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Chapter 16: Kaze is Dead

"Death is not the worst thing that can happen to man"

- Plato

Day 1: 8:15 P.M

Kirishima High School - Gym Storage

Duration of the Night Rage: 10 hours and 45 minutes

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The distance did not hinder the sounds of growling and explosions in the distance. The sounds of that explosions are shocking on the ears of Haruna and Sendo. As explosions occur, Sendo and Haruna will cover their ears. They are not used to it.

"Oy, do not panic, those are obviously the sounds of grenades," Leo said without a sign of fear and panic.

"Wow, your so tough Leo-san, we are not used to the explosions yet," Sendo nervously laugh.

"Nah, I'm not tough, its that, I am used to the sounds of explosions. In the Philippines, especially the Mindanao region in the mountainous areas, rebels usually do that and we live in fear whenever the rebels and soldiers clashed. Later, we moved to the city of Davao to avoid the battles and lived there until I decided to go abroad as a teacher in Japan. I just hoped that this outbreak didn't reach yet in the Philippines," Leo sighed.

"I'm sure they are safe, Leo-san. This problem is not yet in the views overseas so you can rest assured," Haruna said.

"Nah, that is just a wishful thinking, I think the trouble is spreading fast like a wildfire. Many people will try to evacuate via boats and planes. But even so, a few infected people will get onboard and they will become one of them once they reach the next country. I usually see this events in movies and computer games so I think, not only Japan might be infected but also the other countries," Sendo explained.

"This lad is right. We still have no idea what caused this problem at all. It is the first day and yet, many are dying already in real life and widespread already in Osaka. The government will keep on hiding the fact on there involvement on this incident," Leo said.

A few more explosions occurred until it became tranquil once more, only the moaning and grunting noises of the undead. Sendo, Haruna and Leo decided to shut up and rest for the night to avoid attracting the undead that might kill and rip their bodies once they are discovered....

Day 1: 8:18 P.M

Kirishima High School - Clocktower's Secret room/ Kaze's room

Duration of the Night Rage: 10 hours and 42 minutes

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"F***********ccccckkkkk!!!!!"

The voice of Kaze echoes in the room but not a single thing answered him back. The whole room is quiet and not a single person moved except the struggling Kaze. Kaze gritted his teeth as he tries to endure the pain of the bruises in his body that felt more like he is in the oblivion of death. He grunted and struggled, only to find out that he is tied upside down. He keeps on moving but he can only swing back and forth. He can't really do anything and only by swinging back and forth is his only chance to escape. He gritted his teeth and cursed.

"F*ck you, Kyosei! Once I get myself out of this predicament, I will kill you!" Kaze shouted.

Silence lingered once more. Kaze is sweating and since he can't do anything except by swinging back and forth and looking his surroundings, he decided to look around him and find anything that can help him escape. He then noticed his lackeys tied up in the corners of the room. They are all not moving at all.

"Hey, motherf*ckers! Untie me! Stop dawdling!" Kaze groaned as he tried to move his body the best he can but he can't wriggle out. The ropes are very tight. Seeing that nobody is budging at all, a vein popped out from his forehead as his temper rose. His blood already accumulated inside his head due to the fact that he is hanged, upside down for a long time.

"*ssholes!! You better prepare if I get down in here! I will put your dicks to your mouth once I get down here!" Kaze shouted.

He wriggled his body once more to escape the tight rope, tied in his body.

"Come on.... come on!!!" Kaze continued his futile struggle.

Suddenly, one of his lackeys who is tied up near the window is a bit illuminated move and raised his head.

"Oh for f*ck sake, why did you only the wake up now....." Kaze felt his throat go dry seeing the face of the lackey.

The lackey looked like he is dried up, devoid with blood and has no signs of being a healthy person. He is really pale and he didn't look like a living person with a rather deep and tired eyes, he looks like a corpse right now. In Kaze's perspective, they are rather scary to look.

"F*ck, f*ck, f*ck! What the actual f*ck!!" Kaze felt the air turn cold and every sound he makes echoes in the room.

The "lackey" snarled and tried to pounce Kaze. Luckily, the "lackey" is tied up and has no means to escape, left only to snarl and drool on Kaze without stopping. The red eyes of the "lackey" pierces through the darkness and this made Kaze sweat seeing the other "lackeys" raise their heads, showing their piercing red eyes to Kaze. Base on these characteristics, they are no longer human and rather they are already one of the dead.

"Kyosei!!!! I will kill you a thousand times once I get myself out in this predicament!!"

Kaze groaned but he didn't see the big flying insect buzzing in his back. The next thing Kaze knew, something sipped his consciousness and energy away like being vacuumed. His power to prevail disappeared and his eyes are devoid in life as his life slowly got sapped by a mosquito...

Time of death: 8:21 P.M

Victim: Kaze Tsukiyama

Killer: Mosquito

Time before he turn: 3 minutes

Infection Rate: 100%

Day 1: 8:18 P.M

Kirishima High School - Clocktower

Duration of the Night Rage: 10 hours and 42 minutes left

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Kyosei is looking for a few changes in the place. He can't really say much since the undead stopped their throwing assault on the clocktower after his barrage of grenades on them. Souichi is now sitting in the corner, fiddling with his glasses, Miyuki is asleep, Sena is attending and helping Chie do the work and Nejima is helping Nanami do the hacking work even though Nejima has no expertise in the hacking field.

Kyosei sighed and look flicks the blood on his cleaver and baseball bat. This battle really cost him a lot of grenades and energy to use. He only have two grenades left and he is getting sleepy. Fatigue kicks in his body and his eyes are slowly getting heavy.

"No, not now," Kyosei groaned as he slap himself.

He have already taken much more severe sleepless nights in the past but this is the most severe all in all. He look at the door that he locked up Kaze earlier. For some reason, he has a curiosity that he wanted to know. If Kaze is dead....