章節 36: Sudden Change
Spending more than half an hour waiting, I had settled comfortably in my luxurious chair which seemed to have some kind of magic trying to lull me to sleep. Just when I was about to fall asleep, I hear Saeko's voice.
"Oh, I came to tell you that the food is ready but maybe I am bothering you, Alex-san"
"Hmn? Saeko-chan? No, it's alright, lets go eat now..."
"Fufufu, Shisuka-san I'm a little envious from how comfortable Alex-san seems to be laying on you ..."
"... I-I understand Busujima-san, but please don't look at me with those eyes ... they scare me a little"
The heavy eyelids caused by my sleepiness leaves me when my chair suddenly becomes a massage chair that trembles slightly, I open my eyes and see Saeko staring her down. Honestly I don't feel anything that causes me fear, it feels normal to me, but it seems that with some kind of perception that I don't possess, Shisuka thinks something else. Perhaps we all have someone with whom we are bad at dealing with ... Kurisu is bad with Shisuka, and Shisuka is bad with Saeko.
I get up from Shisuka's legs, and approach Saeko who takes her eyes off her. She smiles at me and points to where the dining room should be. Shisuka sighs and follows us, along with the others.
We walked through the corridors until we reached a large dining room where the others were, when Kurisu sees me, she comes towards me right away.
"Why do you have the smell of Shisuka on you?"
"Eh? Emm ..."
Being less than a meter away from me, it is the first thing she said to me and it baffled me a bit, while I think of an answer, I discreetly tried to smell myself, but I don't perceive anything ... hell, does she have the nose of a dog? Then, before I can say anything, Shisuka speaks.
"That's because I was hugging him outside." -Shisuka
"... Shisuka-san, you shouldn't just go hugging people." -Kurisu
"Eeeh, but Alex-kun is so cute. Also, last night you didn't let me hug him while we slept. You and Saeko were the ones who took his sides and held him like a pillow just for you two, that's not fair!" -Shisuka
"Eh? T-that was because ..." -Kurisu
Seizing the opportunity while the two were discussing I made a strategic withdrawal from Kurisu and went to the table together with Saeko. So some things happened last night that I didn't know huh?
At the table several people from my group were already seated plus the Takagi couple, with their bodyguard ... I think his name was Yoshioka. Komuro and Hirano had also taken a seat next to Rei and Saya respectively, tch, these guys abandoned me in times of war, they are not my friends.
We look for some empty seat and we also sit down, on the table there were several dishes, it doesn't look like we are in an apocalypse ... well, maybe this is the food that the Takagi had before this happened, they were a rich family and things happened recent after all.
"You are a very popular boy among the girls, Alexander-kun, fufufu, maybe Saya is having a hard time. You should strive Saya, mom encourages you!"
"Mom, stop saying that… besides, Alexander-san is younger than me by at least 5 years"
Yuriko-san said when we sit down, she looks at me, then immediately movse her eyes over to Saeko and quickly passed over Kurisu and Shisuka who were still arguing as well. Finally she looks at her daughter and speak to her encourage her, she slaps the palms of her hands on the table and stands up to answer her, after raising her voice Saya's tone drops sharply so it is a bit difficult to distinguish her final words.
"Yuriko, don't bother Saya so much. Let's eat before the food gets cold."
Soichiro intervenes putting an end to the interaction of mother and daughter, with his words the rest take the cutlery or chopsticks and start eating. As an Asian region one of the main foods is rice, although it is a bit tasteless, the fish being a little salty was a great complement.
We all eat with great appetite emptying plate after plate, with the minutes passing the food disappears until it is completely finished. Seeing the abundant food they served for all of us, I can't help to asking.
"How are you distributing the food to the others Soichiro?"
"Everyone gets a fair amount to cook and eat to fill their stomachs ... is there a problem Alexander?"
Soichiro responds to me, when he sees that my brow furrows, he asks me. The way they are distributing food, the consumption will be very high, they may not have much problem now because the number of people here is not that many and there is still enough in the city, but with thousands of mouths to feed in addition to the fact that getting provisions implies a high risk, it will later become a problem to continue like this.
I do not want to overwhelm Soichiro by changing everything when we have just arrived, they agreed already to move the camp to another place, so maybe we should speak about this in few days after we settled in our new home. For now we will concentrate on transferring everyone, with that idea in mind I answer.
"Food will undoubtedly be a priority for us to get, but for now we will focus on taking everyone to the amusement park, after that we can solve our other problems"
"We will do that then, Me and Yuriko will continue talking to the others to inform them, and will begin to organize everything so that we can leave."
The Takagi couple and their bodyguards say goodbye to us and leave the dining room to do what they said, when only those of my group remained, I turned to Misuzu and Niki who had also come here to eat.
Although they tried to maintain their composure, I could see in their auras that they were depressed and sad, and they could not hide their red eyes from crying.
"It´s a shame what happened to your relatives"
"... thanks Alexander-san, I appreciate your words, but everyone has lost family or has not been able to find them. What is happening to us is the same for others, so you don't have to treat us in any special way."
"Misuzu is right, we have undoubtedly lost a lot, but we also gained new partners we can trust"
Misuzu tries to keep calm while talking, facing the loss with the fact that most were in the same situation as her. Niki being more sentimental, sheds tears while seeing all the people here and makes the choice of leaning on them.
"You are strong girls, you will see that soon we will create a place where everyone's relatives are safe in this world, we will also continue to look for survivors and maybe find the people that you are looking for"
Everyone's spirits go up a little and they nod, smiling at what I say, without more to do here, we get up and walk down a corridor with large windows in it. While I was thinking about what to do now, Hirano's broken voice full of surprise and fear is heard.
"I-im-Impossible ..."
Everyone turns to look at him only to find a pale face, without understanding the reason for his reaction, we follow his gaze, outside the window everything looks normal, I did not see zombies that had invaded the place, so when I tried to ask what was happening, I saw something that gets my attention in the sky.
There were several cylinders that flew in the air driven by the propulsion of a strong flame, the others also discover it and become as pale as Hirano. It was understandable, since it was usually only seen in movies and it was shocking to see it in person.
It was a weapon that became known to the world in this country, perhaps fate was being a bit cruel to use it here again. Its devastation caused even those who launched it to repent greatly, since they were not expecting it to have such fearsome consequences.
Since then, that weapon became synonymous with "persuasion" for the nations and fear for the general population, who feared a war in which they might be used.
Yes, it was an atomic bomb, the weapon that went down in history as the most dangerous weapon ever created and used in a war.
You might think that I was rushing to think it was an atomic weapon, but when I saw it, the memories of the anime came to me, and they detonated that kind of missile.
Confirming my words, one of these missiles begins to descend and is lost from our sight, then seconds later a great flash emerges. From the intensity we all cover our eyes, then seconds later a loud sound like thunder is heard and a huge column of mushroom-like smoke is created.
Shit, did the sequence of that part of the anime happen this early, it has only been like 30 hrs since things started. With the sound and radiance the attention of everyone outside is also absorbed by the event, then fear and uncertainty arises in everyone.
"Quick! Somebody go find Soichiro and ask him to check the cars. If they don't work, have people repair them immediately!!!"
With my words I begin to walk outside the house, I thought that we would have more time until the zombies to invade the mansion, but it seems that I was wrong. I have to pick up Schythe and the Venus Luciferian from outside before that happens.
"Quick!!"
When I start walking I noticed that I was alone, then I turn around and everyone is still shocked by what they witnessed, I shout out loud to get them out of their trance. They shudder and put their eyes on me and Saya then speaks.
"I understand, I will go to inform my parents" -Saya
"The others should also accompany her and ask if there is anything that you can do to accelerate the transfer of everyone in the house"
"Where are you going Alex?" -Kurisu
"I have a bad feeling, I will go get Scythe and my plant."
More than a bad feeling, I am sure the situation will get bad soon. I need to go for my monsters before everything gets out of control.
"I'll go with you Alex" -Kurisu
"I also accompany you, I am worried that something happened to Scythe-chan" -Saeko
Kurisu and Saeko walk to where I am with fast steps, the first seems nervous about what happened and surely me being the person that she trusts the most here, she should feel calmer by my side. As for the latter, as she expressed, wants to come to make sure Scythe is fine. The two are placed at my sides and then the three of us go to the entrance of the mansion.
[Beep]
[Increasing levels of radiation in the atmosphere, analyzing danger to the user ... radiation levels still at safe levels]
When we leave the house I hear the notification of the system, for a moment I was worried, but it seems that it is acceptable to continue without taking any precautions against radiation.
The people outside who witnessed the detonation of the nuclear missile were worried, understandably, adding to the zombies that swarmed around the city, now they also have to worry about literal bombs that could drops on their heads at any time. Even I am afraid that the country might consider this city as lost and decide to annihilate everything in it, I am stronger than most here, but even I have nothing that I can do against nuclear bombs.
I arrive at the fence and ask a guard to open it so I can leave for a moment, the man frowns, but in the end he opens it for us. I go directly to where I left the plant with Scythe before, being a nearby place it doesn't take long. When we arrived, there were good and bad things that we found where my monsters should be ...
The bad thing was that Scythe was not there, she should have gone in search for the next zombie, I don't think there is any problem, because from our connection I can feel that she is fine. We will only have to wait until she returns dragging her prey with her.
The good thing is that it seems that my plant had a change in the short time that we separated, now instead of two mouths it had 3 and also had another part that instead of a mouth was more like a flower bud before lit opens. The strange thing about this was that, a red pistil, entered in and out from the bud almost like the tongue of a snake ... well, seeing the red color, this is probably really a tongue instead of a pistil.
Hell, it actually grows at an accelerated rate when it is fed ... at the time I left it wasl level 7 and in a little over an hour the plant leveled up to 16.
"Is this the same plant as when we left?"
"It looks like it ... but it has grown"
While I was analyzing the Venus, Saeko and Kurisu talk to each other when they see it, it is certainly a bit incredible... maybe zombies are a great fertilizer for plants? They are decaying organic material after all ...
There is no time to think about that, I put two fingers in my mouth and whistle taking all the air out of my lungs, I hope Scythe is not far away and can hear me.
Waiting for Scythe I approached Venus near one of the mouths that is not digesting food, I did not want to let acid fall on us by mistake...
Seeing the Venus's status, I notice that its loyalty has also increased. It went up to 257, although I am not the one who gave it its fertilizer, because of the bond between us, it must understand that it is because of my orders that Scythe fed it.
[Shaah]
When I stroking its leaves, It swings the stem happily while opening and closing its mouth, if it keeps growing more mouths even with the inexhaustible Scythe, she will not be able to keep up the rhythm to feed it ...
After about 5 minutes of waiting we heard sounds coming from the streets of the city, a few seconds later the figure of Scythe is distinguished in the distance in one of the streets, she is dragging a zombie again while running towards here.
"Is this not bad?"
Kurisu steps back a little when she sees what was following Scythe. Then Saeko speaks up and as her words suggest, the situation does not look very good, a large number of zombies are following Scythe.
Seeing the zombies, someone on the inside of the fence rings a bell, it must be some kind of alarm implemented by Soichiro to alert others in case a large number of zombies are seen.
"We must return to the house, Scythe release the fertilizer and run as faster as you can here!!"
When I shout, I take out my poke-ball and aim it at the Venus and a red laser hits the plant, then it turns into light and enters the ball. Scythe following my instruction releases the zombie and accelerates to where we are.
With the monster stored, the 3 of us run to the gate of the fence, the men watching see us and opened the gate quickly, when we cross over they want to close it again, but I stop them. We discussed a little, but by explaining that Scythe is still out there, they understand and decide to wait ...
"Alex ... stop holding the gun on that man's crotch, they have already said they would wait ... I feel bad for him, it seems he will faint if you continue"
Well, maybe my Beretta that is pointed at the crotch of one of them influenced his decision, but that is something only they know, I want to believe that they are just good people who worried that something bad could happen to Scythe if she was surrounded by a large number of zombies.
Waiting for a short time Scythe crosses the fence as well, then everyone proceeds to block the entrance, I look up and only see bodies on top of bodies of corpses walking in this direction ... I don't know how long this fence can resist that zombie horde.
"Alexander-san, a large numbers of the cars have been damaged, only the oldest ones that do not have modern parts were not affected by the electromagnetic pulse from the bombs, although the radiation did not move here, we are still within the area of involvement ... hey, what the hell is going on? Why are there so many zombies?" -Saya
"Everyone prepare to resist them!" -Soichiro
Saya comes to where we are with Soichiro who should have heard the alarm, the first one tells me the thing I was most afraid of happening, as in the anime the bombs ruined everything electronic, including the parts of the cars that work with circuits.
"No! We will resist the zombies as much as we can, but others should focus on making sure that we have enough cars to transport everyone. That fence will not support against that many zombies pushing against it.
You must order them to start loading people and the most needed things that can be accommodated in the cars, we will leave when everyone has boarded a vehicle. "
I intervene and stop Soichiro who was preparing to resist the zombie horde, I knew that was a lost cause, it was better to direct our energy to escaping from here.
After I tell him that, he turns to the zombies while considering for a bit, then nods and gives orders to start doing as I said.
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Written by:
Jwunder99
Ideas by:
Drack21
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