“What should we do next?”
Looking at the girl who had been tightly bound, everyone felt terrible.
If the zombies broke through the door again, would they end up in the same state too?
“I’m going to search for resources.”
Ignoring everyone else, Yuto said to the gloomy-faced Hayama Hayato beside him, “If we want to survive for thirty days, we’ll definitely need enough food and clean water.
We’ll also need to use the toilet, so we have to go out.”
As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the classroom windows on the other side that had not been sealed shut.
This classroom was on the third floor.
Below was an extremely broad sports field.
At this moment, a few scattered zombies were wandering sparsely around the rubber track.
Judging from the situation, before the apocalypse broke out, it had at least not been a school day.
Otherwise, the number of zombies definitely would not be this low.
“Searching for resources?
Isn’t that too risky…” Hayato could not help speaking up to dissuade him.
After the danger just now, Hayato instinctively did not want to go out and take risks.
But after thinking about it carefully, Yuto was definitely not an ordinary person.
With his skills, perhaps he really could scavenge some resources.
“It’s almost dark.
We have to act quickly.”
Through Hayato’s expression, Yuto saw his hesitation.
Clearly, although Hayama Hayato also had this idea, he understood that the people in the classroom did not possess Yuto’s courage.
The encounter just now had already scared everyone out of their wits.
Now, all they wanted was to stay here quietly.
They did not want to face the endless zombies outside.
“…”
Yuto could not be bothered to waste words.
He put on his equipment and prepared to head out.
At that moment, a cold female voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
“Wait a moment.”
“Hm?”
Yuto turned his head.
To his surprise, he discovered that it was actually the aloof Yukinoshita Yukino who had taken the initiative to walk up to him.
“Yuto-kun, I want to become your teammate.
May I?”
“You should have heard my recruitment conditions earlier.
Can you really accept those three conditions?” Yuto frowned slightly and asked in return.
“I can accept them.” Yukino’s clear eyes were utterly pure as she looked steadily at him.
“I am willing to obey your orders unconditionally.
When danger comes, you may abandon me at any time.”
“When scavenging resources, you will have priority in choosing.”
“Yukino!”
Hearing the girl agree to Yuto’s harsh conditions, Hayato’s heart tightened.
He hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.
“Those conditions are too harsh.
Why not wait until everyone has calmed down, then go out together?”
“Wake up.”
The black-haired girl glanced coldly at the blond-haired nice guy and said word by word, “Once night falls, it will only become more dangerous!”
As for the indecisive Hayato, Yukino could only say that perhaps he was a nice guy.
But this was no longer a peaceful school.
It was unknown and full of dangers.
Taking even one step too slowly would only increase the risks.
Judging from their performance just now, Yukino did not believe that these people present could survive the campus at night.
Rather than that, it would be better to follow the highly skilled and daring Yuto out and take the risk.
If they could find a way to leave the campus, that would be even better.
“But…” Hayato still wanted to persuade her.
Ever since they were young, he had grown up together with Yukino and Yukino’s older sister, Yukinoshita Haruno.
For Hayama, who had a crush on Haruno, if Yukino encountered danger in this world, then after returning to reality, Haruno would definitely break down, and he himself would feel extremely guilty.
“You’re still the same as before…”
Yukino’s elegant brows furrowed slightly.
Expressionlessly, she avoided the boy’s hand as he tried to reach out and pull her back.
She did not have the slightest feelings for Hayama Hayato.
She only felt that the boy in front of her was, as always, unable to see the situation clearly.
“…”
Hearing this, Hayato also fell silent.
Clearly, he too had remembered the past between them when they were children.
In elementary school, he had once tried to help the isolated Yukino, only to cause the situation to worsen.
That incident had become a thorn in both of their hearts.
“Remember the rules.
Bring your equipment.”
Yuto had no spare time to care about the grudges and entanglements between the two of them.
After nodding, he took the lead and prepared to leave.
Yukinoshita Yukino’s expression tightened.
She hurriedly picked up the equipment she had carefully chosen and quickly followed his steps.
“A bow?
Not a bad choice.”
After walking out the door, he glanced somewhat unexpectedly at the weapon in the girl’s hand.
It was a typical American hunting recurve bow, along with a quiver filled with arrows.
From its appearance, this American hunting recurve bow looked quite similar to the one used by the female lead in The Hunger Games.
This type of bow usually had a draw weight of around thirty-five pounds.
It combined the appearance of a traditional bow with modern bow-making technology, and its shape was designed to be more ergonomic.
It was very suitable for beginners or shooters with weaker strength.
It was also very friendly to girls, making it easy to learn how to draw.
Yukinoshita Yukino had clearly chosen this bow after careful consideration.
Compared to unfamiliar hot weapons like firearms, a bow, as a cold weapon, was obviously much easier to use when fighting zombies.
Not only was it accurate, but it was also silent when drawn, making it very suitable for her.
The zombies in Left 4 Dead were extremely sensitive to hearing and vision, and were easily attracted by light sources.
Although Yuto had attached a suppressor to his Beretta M9, he still did not want to open fire on a large scale and attract the zombies’ attention.
Anyone who had fired a gun before knew that a suppressor did not completely silence a gun.
It merely reduced the sound.
Using cold weapons for stealth kills as much as possible was the best strategy.
Yuto drew his kukri knife, took a deep breath, and took the initiative to slowly move down the cold, empty corridor.
Yukino followed closely behind him.
Her expression was equally tense, and her small hands gripped the recurve bow tightly, ready to provide support at any time.
At this moment, aside from the three zombies that had been thrown out earlier, several scattered zombies were also wandering at one end of the corridor.
The two of them tacitly hid behind an abandoned desk.
Yuto gave Yukino a look.
He took out a piece of chalk he had scavenged from the classroom from his pants pocket and gently tossed it near a lone zombie in the far corner.
The chalk landed on the tile with a tap.
The crisp sound was especially piercing in the deathly silent corridor.
In the corner, that zombie suddenly turned its head.
A trace of confusion flashed through its murky yellow eyes.
A low “huh-huh” growl squeezed out of its rotten throat, and it staggered toward the source of the sound.