Capítulo 77: Is Human?
Inside the bridgehead restaurant, Frank was brainwashing three new survivors, boasting about how safe the hot spring hotel was and how friendly the people were.
Then they heard a burst of gunfire coming from the direction of the bridge, followed by the sharp sound of screeching brakes.
They looked towards the noise.
It seemed that from the direction of the hot spring hotel came a jumble of combat noises and cries.
In the apocalypse, everyone tried to keep quiet to avoid attracting zombies.
So, the noise from the hotel stood out starkly.
Given the quietness elsewhere, they could faintly hear it even across the bridge.
"Frank, could there be trouble over there?" one of the survivors asked cautiously.
Although they indeed wished for a windfall,
they weren't about to blindly trust a stranger they had just met.
"Of course not, you know, there are over a hundred people stationed at that camp!"
"And there's a powerful elite squad defending against zombies on the north side!"
"They're professionals, nothing like our makeshift camp here!" Frank said with full confidence.
Bang!
The sound of gunfire erupted again just as Frank finished speaking.
People then noticed, at the other end of the bridge, a man and a woman running towards them.
There seemed to be another person standing in the distance.
Due to the distance, only a tiny silhouette could be seen.
"It must be trouble, otherwise why would they be running?"
The survivors became even more cautious.
"Sorry, we just came to look around, we didn't actually plan to stay!"
"Thank you for your time, we're leaving!"
The leading survivor said dismissively.
Then, leading a few members, he turned and walked away.
"Don't go, there must be some misunderstanding!"
Frank tried to retain them.
But these people had already drawn their weapons, retreating slowly with wary expressions.
To insist on keeping them now would mean having to resort to violence.
Frank had always believed that their camp was like paradise.
There was no need for things to escalate to this, so he swallowed his saliva and remained silent.
Koike and Shima, however, stood silently at the window without speaking.
There really was trouble at the hot spring hotel.
Otherwise, Uesugi and Akatani Yoko, who had always lived luxuriously and been seen as superior...
They wouldn't be running so desperately!
"Should we go help?"
Shima asked.
"With Uesugi's character, seeing him in such a desperate state, do you think he'd appreciate our help?"
Koike scoffed, counter-questioning.
"Then... should we kill him?"
"He's got all our supplies from north river stored in his ring!"
"With those things, we could start our own faction!"
Shima grinned.
"It seems... someone beat us to it!"
A flash of horror crossed Koike's eyes!
Just as the two were chatting...
Suddenly, a figure rushed towards Uesugi at an incredibly fast speed, reaching him before anyone else.
With one punch, he sent Uesugi flying through the air.
Mid-flight, without even seeing the figure touch Uesugi,
Uesugi's body turned into a puff of smoke and dispersed in the air...
Only a collected body would disappear like that!
This person not only possessed formidable strength but also special abilities!
Then, a [Survivor's Supply Box] dropped to the ground.
"Let's check out this guy's capabilities!"
Koike said.
"I'm already on it... but..."
Shima seemed to have seen something unbelievable.
Their eyes widened, and they stammered for a while.
"What's the situation? Can't you determine the opponent's strength?"
Koike asked in surprise.
Shima's strength was at the physical limit, and his [Basic Eye of Insight] allowed him to clearly see the capabilities of opponents up to three levels above or below his own.
This man in front of them was certainly not inferior to Shima.
Counting up three stages...
That would make him a Stage 3 Junior Awakener!
Only those above a Stage 3 Junior Awakener would be unrecognizable to Shima.
Could there really be such a powerful survivor?
This leveling is like riding a rocket!
"No... I can see his strength... it should be at the Stage 3 Junior Awakener..."
"But his junior awakener status is not quite the same as others..."
"Nakajima Takeshi was on the genetic evolution path, his display was red!"
"Nomura from the northern defense line is on the energy evolution path, his display is blue..."
"And this guy... he has two colors... blue and red, and both are at Stage 3 Junior Awakener!"
Shima looked at the man in front of him.
His strength had exceeded Shima's understanding.
Reaching Awakener status was already among the elite of survivors.
He never expected to encounter someone with dual talents!
And at a Level 3 with dual talents!
"What... how many people has this guy had to kill..."
Koike said, his face pale.
In his view, becoming stronger by killing zombies wasn't reliable.
Killing a hundred zombies might yield 60 energy cores, which was already good.
That was far slower than slaughtering survivors.
Henry's rapid advancement must have involved a frenzy of slaughtering survivors.
The massacre at their hot spring hotel camp must have been his doing as well!
"The hot spring hotel is gone, then... what do we do next?"
Shima asked.
"Before this killing god notices us, let's evacuate quickly!"
"We can't get Uesugi's supplies now; staying alive is the priority!"
As they were speaking, suddenly another scream was heard outside.
Akatani Yoko was pinned down by a Crawler, which was ferociously tearing at her flesh.
She wasn't dead yet and was screaming in pain.
"With this man's strength, the Crawler won't delay him for long, let's retreat quickly!"
"Also, take Frank with us. This is human territory, and we need a human face to speak for us!"
Koike instructed.
"Okay, I'll handle it now!"
Shima, along with others and Frank, didn't dare to use the front door.
Afraid of encountering Henry on the main road, they gloomily escaped through the back door of the restaurant, sneaking out through the alley.
As for where they were going, they didn't even know themselves.
For now, the priority was to flee from this man, more terrifying than a Crawler.
As they turned out of the alley, Koike couldn't help but look towards Yoyogi Bridge.
He saw one Crawler with half its body hanging over the bridge's railing, then turning into a wisp of smoke and disappearing.
Another was pinned under Henry's foot, struggling in agony.
In a moment, it too turned into a cloud of smoke and vanished...
Crawlers, considered nearly unbeatable, couldn't even last a minute in front of Henry...
Is this... still a human?
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