I Became a Hero in a Pandemic - Chapter 46

Chapter 46

Hero Pandemic chapter 46: House

Yumi´s POV

“……… . . Sniper?”

It is two kilometers from here to the sniper point . It’s definitely a miracle to make it a success . But how can you properly snipe a zombie in this darkness and in this downpour? How could you perceive the existence of zombies in the first place?

As a possibility, Kaede was watching me from the beginning to the end . If so, she may have noticed the existence of a zombie .

But Kaede was looking at the whole story of the escape, instead of sending a lookout, helping to escape……what are the benefits? What the hell is the sniper thinking?

Kaede stopped there because of bad knowledge and head turning . It was because the idea of ​​the sniper couldn’t be read at all .

Kaede didn’t know why the sniper has helped, but I who knew the sniper was able to move faster than her .

“Kaede-san, lets go!”

In such a situation, I stood up and took the arm of Kaede who doesn’t move and ran ahead without thinking where to go .

(Why did Ai-san to me……?）

There are many doubts, but now it is best to leave this place . We would die if we stop, we should think so .

Thunder resounded with a roar and several zombies were seen in the front as the vicinity glowed up brightly .

It’s better to detour… . Two shooting sounds were heard when I think so . The emitted bullet pierced the head of the zombie on the right accurately .

After a momentary rush, we run like sewing between the remaining zombies .

Run, run, run――――I couldn’t hear the gunshot when I noticed it . Although the zombies haven’t disappeared yet, it probably has fallen out of the effective range to the drift . There is no more a miracle like that .

However, such a miracle was more than enough at one time . There were very few zombies wandering around the fence . Of course it is not enough to fill, but at best double-digit ……still, it is a great number though that the living area is so near . The location with more zombies is a bit farther than here .

If you settle so far and die, it would be better for you to die before you have a strange hope .

“Let’s first find a place to take a rest”

When I nodded to Kaede´s proposal, I was carefully advancing forward .

“There is……no one”

Walking for about ten minutes, the two of us were sneaking into a house where the fence collapsed .

There is no sign of people and naturally no zombies .

The room is dusty, but three months have passed since the pandemic . It probably isn’t that no one lived there .

“There are no foods in particular”

We open all the doors in places where people can enter even a little and search for items that can be used at the same time but there is nothing .

“Is there something in the kitchen?”

“……Maybe”

I take a glimpse of the window that we broke to invade . Considering the possibility of zombies coming in from there, I want to close the shutters, but if there is a zombie in the house, we won’t be able to escape immediately .

However, if I think about the worst pattern of zombies before and after, I might want to close it .

(From the height, it doesnt fit zombies……）

Eventually I thought so and did not close the shutters .

“Ah, I’m going ahead”

“……That’s right, please”

I stop Kaede who was trying to go to the top and I advanced forward . Due to the problem of physique, there is a high possibility that I can cope when something happens .

Of course, when attacked by a male zombie, even I have no chance, but I can earn time even if momentarily more than Kaede . There is a chance that help will be in time if there is a moment .

As a matter of course, getting ahead of your opponent is a bad hand itself, so we act carefully .

But the old house sounds crisp just by walking and when I open doors it sounds annoying .

“The building is bad, isn’t it? ……It’s like a grandma’s house”

“Ri……Right . I guess so . Though my house is like this”

From me that is an urban child, the house isn’t like an apartment, but a house that can be called grandparents’ house . I knew it wasn’t natural, but I couldn’t understand it .

Especially words of defense don’t come up, while we silently walk in the hallway . In retrospect, there was a “reception room” plate on the top of the door that came out .

Once again after confirming the surroundings, we left the drawing room and the entrance is on the left . Just to be sure, I opened the shoe box, but there was no zombie just because of the moldy smell . The door is locked properly .

This time, the reverse, leaving the drawing room to open the right room .

There is a corridor in the front of the reception room and there is a room on the other side, so Kaede observes it .

Giii, the door crowed .

Tick, Tack, Tick, Tack… . . the pendulum clock sound echoes .

As soon as we entered the room there was a switch on the left side but I could not turn on the electricity thinking that the base people were looking for it .

Instead I launch the smart flashlight application and light up the room while paying attention not to spread the light with the palm of my hand .

Apparently it seems to be a room like a study room, because it is full of bookshelves . Is it because the bookshelf is blocking that there are no windows? Certainly direct sunlight isn’t friendly to books, so it may be reasonable .

Releasing my hand that is covering the camera part, there seems to be no place where zombies hide such as storage in the visible range . Even if there is, it is behind the bookshelf .

“Kaede-san . Here, a storage may be behind the bookshelf, is it okay?”

“Well . I don’t want to spend too much time in a crowded room”

I leave the study room with Kaede’s consent .

When we got out to the corridor again, there was a staircase on the left side a few steps from the drawing room . I thought it was a steep gradient for a old man, but I remembered the interaction with Kaede and said nothing this time .

Looking at Kaede, she seemed to have understood this intention and shook her head . It seems good to postpone here as well .

Leaving the stairs behind, just in front of it ……looking out from the drawing room there is a glassed door on the left . I tried to slide with a little effort, but the glass made a loud noise .

“…… . ”

I listen carefully, but I cannot hear any sound . If there is no response with the current sound, there may not be a zombie in this house .

While rubbing slowly and badly, I slid open the polished glass door with a sound that reverberates through the house .

“……If there is no response after making a sound so far, isn’t there somebody here?”

“Do not let your guards down . ……But well, maybe we can afford to find food here quickly”

At the end of the door was a kitchen . There is a large dish rack on the left, ten people can eat at the same time . There is a refrigerator and a rice bowl on the right hand . It looks like a country table .

I first opened the refrigerator with a high possibility of having food .

“Ah! Kaede! The things which seems eatable are a mess!”

Retort food and a large amount of canned food were stocked in the refrigerator . In this case it will be possible to rest several days here without consuming our own food .

In the meantime, we look for safe routes and aim for another safe area…… basically it was possible to predict that it will be repeated .

“Really, I wonder if this will be enough for a week”

Canned foods are compact and easy to carry, but they are inefficient . Because it cannot be carried too much, it is better to consume them here .

“If inside a house, it’s okay to warm it up”

“That’s right . But don’t use hot water . The gas water heater sounds quite a lot and smells very unique”

“Understood”

Of course hot water can only be boiled with a gas stove, so I reached out to a type of retort food that boils in water .

“Does Kaede want to eat anything? It is better to warm a chilled body――――!!?”

I heard the sound of heavy things falling from the second floor .

There is only this food . Perhaps there are people . Or is that person already dead?

If it only was something that was unstable that fell down……I called out to Kaede while having such a feeling that such pale thoughts were broken down .