I Became a Hero in a Pandemic - Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Hero Pandemic chapter 60: Finger on the trigger

Overnight .

After having a Shizuyo-chan handmade breakfast, the four of us were having a strategy meeting .

“The zombie corpse that Senpai found yesterday wasn’t blood dry yet”

“Ah……there is no doubt that there are humans . I wonder why they bother to come to this troubling place?”

There was no answer, but I could imagine some .

After the university……there is a base of the SDF though it is quite apart even if I say so . So to get there, we could have killed the zombies that came across from this side like us .

Or maybe the zombies are gathering at that university because there are people, and they could have killed the zombies they came across in the midst of scouting or catering .

……The worst pattern is that the SDF base has not played the role as a base yet and the person who escaped from the other side to this side could have killed the zombies that came across the road .

“Is it a person who lives originally there?”

“No, I can’t deny what Kurumi-chan says, but I think it’s almost impossible . Kurumi-chan if you were the person himself, do you think you’ll live in this place?”

“……I don’t think so . If there is no gun, then it’s impossible”

It is certainly not impossible if there is a gun, gunfire will call the zombies who are a lot in number . The zombies that were dead had been beaten to death in blunt . Of course, there is a possibility to hit and kill them by not using a gun as much as possible, but if you squeeze it out there, it becomes anything .

And if you’re using a gun, it’s better to have a corpse lying around .

“We have Kazuya-san and our bows so we are save!”

“……Yes”

It is very difficult to find a person who is seriously hiding . Even if the rule is decided by hide and seek, it is hard to go forward while continuing vigilance while not knowing where and what kind of person there is . The thread of tension is broken somewhere, off guard, and it is the end if someone is caught by any chance .

Imagine . Someone with a weapon captures one out of the three girls . Telling me to throw down my weapon if I don’t want to be killed .

No doubt I will obey it and will be killed as a matter of course . And, the three girls are played with .

But I have to compromise somewhere . If it is not so, Aya and Shizuyo-chan will have to stop going out alone without me . I must be alone . I am afraid that it will be the best . It is undeniable that I’m accustomed to this world honestly .

I knew that I was scared of humans, but I seem to have forgotten it because I didn’t encounter one .

“……Senpai . Let’s go scout that place again . And if you decide to go any further, it should be fine”

After all, according to my words, we were going to go scouting for that place again .

“Lie……”

Someone leaked the feeling of this moment, but I’m not sure who said it or whether it sounded as if I was hallucinating .

The factory entrance was filled with dozens of zombies .

“That’s impossible . Lets return today”

It is not as hard as it is to push away that number . Although it certainly came out, although it is uncomfortable to go home without fulfilling anything, it is not necessary to just go to the dead ground alone by that .

Everyone was in favor of my opinion and didn’t disagree . Kurumi-chan would have dropped her little shoulders .

“That’s right . We have to hurry――――”

And a dry sound sounded . A pop of gunpowder that sounded like a cracker . My body becomes half sitting in the reflection and three girls are lying on the ground .

There was definitely a gunshot .

“Senpai, now……”

“Ah, a gunfire . For now let’s go”

I panicked and hid in the shade of a near car with everyone .

“Wh, what do we do, Kazuya-san”

“Calm down . I heard only plosive sounds, so it did not aim at this place and there should be a short distance”

I would have heard the sound of bouncing bullets near me . However, the thing that I didn’t hear is that the bullet did not fly toward here . The pop sounds are so far from the sound, it should be a little away from our place .

However, it can be said that it is a near place to hear the firing sound .

We should get away from here as quickly as possible . I know that . However, there is only a part of people who are able to have a gun in this Japan .

There might be a store which deals with shotguns in Tokyo, but the bullet in that case was different . The sound was small for a shotgun or it was a light shot . Like the handgun I used at that time .

“Senpai!!”

“Wait a moment . I will think about it now……!”

I’m not familiar with guns, and if you take a police gun, then ordinary people can be armed . So maybe I shouldn’t make a vague decision .

Still, I have a bad feeling about it . I feel like I can hear the appeal of the past again .

Once you’ve given up, how do you become the hero of the story?

Should we head back here? Or should we check?

……No, it is good if I am a hero for these three girls . It is a goal, and it is not necessary to become a hero if it is possible to defend these three till the end . It may be that they are not asking for help in the first place .

Instead of being cornered to use a gun, they may be enjoying hunting as a gleefully .

If the former, you will be saved by saving a person in need . There will be several live birds in the streets where countless zombies are living . And the latter……it is likely to think of as many worst endings as possible . There is no need to put these two on balance .

That’s why, I’m here .

“Senpai”

The moment I tried to answer the question, Shizuyo-chan gently grasped my hand .

“We will obey Senpai, so please don’t make a decision that you will regret later……I know that Senpai is a kind person”

“That’s right, I don’t mind the bad part of Kazuya-san will regret or match his painful eyes……I don’t mind……I will not dislike you even if you say something selfish……firstly, how can I hate Kazuya-san when I didn’t hate you at my first-time experience!?”

Shizuyo-chan wears a smile and a expression full of compassion, so that I don’t know what she wants to say from the middle . Kurumi-chan has become the opposite and shows her feelings . And Aya, she just throws a glance of just saying, “I’ll affirm everything” without saying anything .

Should I say that it is purified? I felt like I was rind perfectly clear .

It was ruined not only the town but also my mind because I killed and live on now . I was broken only to pretend to have kept sanity though it was a meaning in living as man because it was such time .

These three girls healed me who was a piece of junk .

“Go to help people who might be in trouble… . It’s natural, right?”

In the past when I felt like that a long time ago……I was rescued by a young man on that day when I realized that mankind had been hopelessly defeated . It is good to return the kindness of the time to someone who might be important . I’m going to turn around and return to help . Like at that time .

“Good, then the three of us are going to help them, as quickly as possible, without making a sound . Never rush, it is forbidden!”

“Yes!”

“Understood!”

I moved my eyes from those three who nodded in desire and turn to the crowd of zombies .

“Aya-chan, please give me the key . If I give you a signal, open it at once, and I’ll get the closest ones in order”

Aya-chan makes a thumbs up and went to the door first . The key is already passed .

“We attract the zombies and hit them to secure the path, let’s pick up the arrows later”

I camouflage the hood of the car lightly when I told the strategy easily . The zombies react to the sounds of the van and the surrounding area and come to this side . The zombies in the vicinity of the door did not hear the sound or even turn a glance, but Aya-chan quickly cleared up everything there .

We also shot with our bows .

Although we are careful that the zombies does not become a straight line, the concentration increases extra because Aya-chan is ahead . We can never fail .

“Alright, it will not be long . Run”

“”Yes!””

Running at the head I released a number of arrows, who will shoot through the heads of zombies that are at a distance that is likely to be grabbed by chance .

“Before!”

“Yes, leave it to me!”

The two sisters preceded and the zombies approaching were defeated by one piece . It takes a little time to roll the chain and attach the padlock, but it’s a bit too close to the zombies .

“Senpai”

“Kazuya-san”

These two who might have come out of the door cover me from behind, but the wind sound that beats the eardrum cools the liver . It is necessary to believe those two and the body secretes a cold sweat with fear .

“Alright, stop . That’s enough!”

I also went through the door at a dash after confirming that an arrow flew out of the back . It is Aya who locks it thinking about the emergency, but the time seems to be enough, and the zombies were still ten meters away even if the lock ended .

“Everyone, just to be sure, don’t even leave from here . I’m afraid to leave, but it’s scarier to know everyone’s position, so let’s move away… . . I will never forget the safety check and promise not to overdo it . ”

I take the vanguard with their consent . Aya, Kurumi-chan and Shizuyo-chan were coming back in order .

Pipes and tubes have been spread all over the factory, and the four of us are moving apart as much as possible . Although I was relieved that the intention had been neatly transmitted, we advanced ahead .

The firing sound is ahead or on the campus of the university . It might be within the factory, but it is not possible to be alert because it has been heard from a direction at least .

When I was thinking about how to invade the university campus, I heard a sound like a conversation . When I stop, the sign that my three girls stop their movement has been transmitted in the back .

Slowly moving forward while hiding in the shadow of a pipe .

“――――Yo!”

“…………So?”

Gradually the sound becomes clearer . It seems to have been a human conversation . I heard a slightly intense, angry voice and a resounding voice .

Are they squeezing something……?

It’s a bit reckless to stick my head in the trouble of someone with a gun, without knowing anything . To get a little bit more information, I put my back on the wall and slipped my head out . And then,

“――――Eh?”

A goofy, surprisingly distracting voice leaks out of my mouth . The voice was so stupid that I couldn’t even block my mouth with my hand . Who would think? In a place like this .

Makoto-kun is pointing a handgun to Yumi-san .

At least I didn’t anticipate it at all and I was staring at Makoto who just put his finger on the trigger .