Chapter 24

(Good reading)

We arrived at the mall and the first thing we saw was that it was incredibly big, I'd never been to a mall in this life because our father didn't see the point of it and in my old life I was someone who only went to the race when needed so I never went to a mall

And to tell the truth, it's big, shops everywhere lit by the top windows but that's not what holds the most it's especially the smell

The smell is horrible, I won't be able to describe this horror, all full of mixture there is the smell of piss, sweat, etc. but the smell especially of zombies because yes there are some and not just a little there are too much that's why we had to be discreet because I could see zombies still waking up walking around as if watching

I gestured for Takeshi and Hisashi to follow me then we crouched down behind a counter that used to be a place where we sold ice cream then I whispered

"Very well guys, we have to be discreet because if we get caught we have no chance of getting there"

"You're right but which store are we invigilating?"

"Choose survival and clothing stores, maybe we'll find a suitable weapon and suit"

"But where do we find these stores?"

"You should look for a plan of the building because most often it is indicated which store it is"

Then we started to make ourselves as discreet as possible, squatting we wandered between the zombies holding our breath as hard as possible, however, Hisashi walked on a can which alerted the 2 zombies on patrol and we quickly hid behind the counters of a store then we put our hands over our mouths and trying not to make a sound then we heard sniffles and I knew we were in deep shit because I heard footsteps coming closer so I pulled out my combat knife and waited

When the zombie was looking over the counter I popped up and stuck my knife with all my strength in his head then brought his body behind the counter the other zombie who was on patrol and came but Takeshi was waiting for him and just like me and stuck a knife in his head killing him instantly

When it was over we took big suctions because we knew that if we had been spotted we had no chance of getting out of it.

Then after this calmed down we continued much more easily being that there were no more zombies patrolling and we found the plan of the first floor and the ground floor, the ground floor had the clothing store and the store of hunting and electronics was upstairs and there was also a room in which no name was displayed but it must have been the surveillance room

Understanding our direction, we went into the clothing store and unsurprisingly zombies were dormant if I may say so then we looked for clothes to help us and we found then we went to the depot which was a small room and we changed and while we changed we talked in whispers

"I thought I was dying"

"Sorry "

"No need to worry as long as you don't make the same mistake, plus the mistake allowed us to kill whatever was patrolling"

"Yeah plus Naru and I easily killed them so no need to worry"

"Thanks"

Then after we were done we were going to leave but before I saw a black mask that looked like what people wear when there was covid and I decided to take it just to remember my old life

"Why a mask?"

"Don't worry, let's go upstairs"

(Naru's outfit picture)

(Image of Takeshi and Hisashi's outfit)

While always in discretion we arrived where there was the escalator but no way to pass without being caught by the zombies so we turned around towards the stairs but when we tried to open it the door was blocked because a distributor had fallen and how will you say because of a body which is placed there without its lower half surely which was pushed by a zombie and which made the distributor fall on the way and we cannot move it because it will be too noisy then we went to the stairwell but there we saw 2 babies, one who had nothing left except his head and the other in his stroller, watching us eat us and I decided to at least shorten his suffering and stuck my knife in his head and left but I turned my head and saw a children's play center and I can't imagine the number of children in it, I sighed then I joined Takeshi and Hisashi who were waiting for me

"We can go upstairs ?"

"Yeah but you have to hurry it's not too stable"

"Okay, I'll go last"

Takeshi got up first through the elevator hatch and going up you could hear the elevator creaking almost about to fall but Takeshi managed to get up and finally looked and saw that the way was clear, it was much better because fewer zombies because people had to rush downstairs to leave

"It's good to go"

When Hisashi arrived, the elevator manage to hold even if there was more noise.

"I hope who will hold on"

Then as soon as Hisashi arrived I started to go up but fate did not want that because when I jumped on the hatch the wire which held the elevator was cut

"NARU"

Then when the elevator fell I landed with my back on the ground and it hurt extremely badly because in addition to the speed of the elevator I sometimes heard Takeshi say

"NARU IF YOU HEAR ME WE GO TO THE SURVEILLANCE ROOM AND ESPECIALLY SURVIVAL OTHERWISE SAEKO AND SHOKO WILL KILL ME"

"TAKESHI WE MUST GO"

"SHIT!"

The sound of the elevator crashing had woken up all the zombies in the center so they could only flee around the room dodging all the zombies

"Shit, I'm in a lot of pain"

Trying to get up I had a bad back but when I wanted to rest a scream came from the elevator door and I saw it was slightly open and at least one head could pass and when I heard something rushing towards the elevator, I covered myself on the left of the door and put on my mask because the fact that I have a mask will allow me to block the breath that I have at maximum and I heard that something happened in front of the door

(Mmh guess what it is and thanks for reading ❤)