A Hearty Feast

Usually, whenever Snow encountered strangers or people with hostile intentions, its first reaction was to bare its teeth as a warning.

But today was different.

It was worried that baring its teeth might scare them off.

And then it would have to stay hungry until Henry came back.

An opportunity like this, with food coming right to its door, was too rare to pass up!

Excitedly, Snow wagged its tail and stood still.

Its dark eyes watched unblinkingly as Sakata and the others agilely climbed over the fence.

"See? This puppy doesn't have a strong sense of territory!"

"It's very friendly towards people too, look, it's even wagging its tail at us!"

"Poor little thing!"

"It has no idea what we're going to do to it in a moment," Sakata said with a smile.

His companions also laughed loudly, recklessly.

They thought Snow was incredibly foolish, completely lacking any sense of danger.

"Come here, little doggie, come to me, I've got something tasty for you!"

Sakata crouched down, smiling as he tapped his fingers lightly on the ground.

In reality, he had nothing in his hand.

It was just a cruel game to torment the puppy before its demise.

He even envisioned the puppy struggling and whimpering in his hands.

"Whoo..."

A droplet of Snow's drool hit the ground with a splash.

It really couldn't resist any longer.

Slowly, it walked towards Sakata.

"Look how stupid this puppy is, actually thinking I have something in my hand!"

"Drooling too, haha, it's too easy to deceive!"

"Just like those people, the senator releases a video and they all believe it!"

"Ha ha ha... Ah!~"

Sakata had just let out a few laughs when he suddenly screamed.

At the same time.

Snow's body rapidly grew in size.

It stretched to three meters long, with a shoulder height of nearly one and a half meters!

This size could rival a brown bear!

Its gaping maw clamped tightly onto Sakata's forearm.

With just a casual clench of its upper and lower jaws, a crunching sound was heard!

The powerful bite easily snapped Sakata's forearm into three pieces.

But it wasn't over yet.

Snow habitually shook its head a few times.

The immense force directly tore off half of Sakata's torso.

Blood splattered everywhere.

The other team members were instantly petrified.

Is this a puppy?

What kind of monster is this?

It's way too big!

"Attack, attack!"

"Fire, kill it!"

As they watched Sakata pass out from the pain, the other teammates shouted desperately.

It was both to steady their comrades and to muster their own courage.

"Ah, die!"

One of the teammates raised a katana high and violently chopped towards Snow's back.

There was a dull thud!

Snow's fur was incredibly tough.

Each strand of hair was as sharp as a steel needle.

With just the physical strength of their peak limits and ordinary weapons like katanas...

Chopping into that thick fur couldn't breach the defense!

After all, just a few days ago, Snow could already single-handedly take on a Crawler.

And now it had grown even more robust.

These people couldn't even defeat a Crawler, let alone face the even stronger Snow.

It was literally a suicide mission!

Swoosh!

Snow's tail swept across.

It heavily smacked onto a person's thigh.

The force was like being violently struck with an iron rod!

With a crack, the thigh bone fractured!

The person fell flat on the ground, face slamming hard against the surface.

The pain was so intense that he couldn't even cry out...

Snow leapt forward and pounced on a person trying to drag Sakata away.

In just one bite, it crushed the entire head.

White brain matter burst out, spilling all over the ground.

"Ah... you monster!"

Another person pulled out a pistol and frantically pulled the trigger at Snow.

Unfortunately, the bullets from this kind of pistol were still too weak.

The bullets hit Snow, causing small scorched marks on the surrounding fur.

Although they couldn't inflict substantial damage to Snow, the bullets still hurt a bit.

Snow roared in anger, then howled to the sky:

"Awooo!~"

Following that, two wolves, each the size of a lion, slowly emerged from the shadows.

"Is... is this an ambush?!"

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

"But what about Captain Sakata?"

"What are you talking about at this time? If we don't run now, we'll lose our lives, Captain Sakata would understand!"

Snow had just made its move and had already severely injured Sakata and another team member.

It had killed one.

And with this creature impervious to knives and bullets, how were they supposed to fight?

Seeing the situation was hopeless, the remaining three turned and ran.

Snow snapped one up in its jaws, the gunman from Japan.

It had initially intended to swallow him whole.

But after a moment's thought, it spat him out.

Standing on his head with one foot, it opened its mouth and feasted eagerly.

It had to leave a corpse for Henry as a trophy.

After all, this was also its spoils of war.

If it ate all six people at once, how could it prove that anyone had come?

Moreover, it had seen Henry collect corpses.

It knew this might be useful to Henry.

So, it only ate the flesh, leaving most of the bodies intact.

The other two had just climbed over the wall, about to jump down.

They suddenly felt light.

Two little Howling Moon Wolves, one for each, snatched them back.

The massive canines pierced into the bodies.

It was clear they wouldn't survive.

"Awooo~"

Snow excitedly wagged its tail.

Now there was food!

The feeling of a full meal was just too good!

Elsewhere...

north river... the hot spring hotel...

The Crawlers were released by Henry.

He came specifically to cause trouble.

Birds of a feather flock together!

Having seen Minako's ruthlessness, anyone who associates with her is likely no saint either.

However, after scouting, Henry found that there were over a hundred people at the hot spring hotel.

Henry wasn't worried about the number of people, but rather about the possibility of someone slipping through the net.

Zombies and humans behave differently.

Zombies, upon seeing a living person, will rush in swarms without fear, until you completely annihilate them.

But humans have fear; they hide and run away.

Especially the camp leader, who controls all the camp's resources.

If he were to escape, not only would he leave future problems, but he would also take almost all the camp's resources with him.

This attack by Henry would then be utterly pointless.

Releasing the Crawlers was to use their keen senses to kill the survivors and flush out the camp leader.

Henry stood on the rooftop of the hot spring hotel, silently observing everything around him.

Sure enough, he saw a black SUV emerge from the underground parking lot and head straight towards the bridge.

"Finally found you!"

Henry smiled faintly.