After listening to the woman’s explanation, Shiro roughly understood the situation.
After realizing the other side wanted to ambush them, the two had used the narrow space inside the house and their position near the front door to their advantage, rushing toward the entrance first.
To buy the woman a chance to escape, the man relied on the longer reach of his wooden stick and stood alone in the doorway, blocking all four attackers.
In the end, after confirming that the woman had already run far enough, he prepared to retreat.
But one of the four, a yellow-haired man, casually picked up a rusty kitchen knife from the ground and threw it at him.
Although the man dodged in time and avoided being hit in the head, the blade still cut across his face.
Since they had not found any medicine inside the house, the two could only rinse the wound with water after returning, then wrap it up as best they could.
However, by this morning, the wound had inevitably begun to worsen.
When the woman was at a loss, she finally remembered Shiro and Shizuka, who had returned yesterday.
So, with the faintest bit of hope, the woman came to Shiro’s RV early in the morning to ask for help.
“Mmm, I understand.
Wait here for a moment.” Marikawa Shizuka thought for a bit, then pulled Shiro back into the RV.
“Is that blueprint very important, Shiro-kun?” Shizuka asked him quietly.
Since Shiro had agreed to exchange with the woman, that blueprint had to be something special.
“That’s right.
It’s a blueprint for a vehicle-mounted drone, and it’s gold-grade.
I don’t know exactly how blueprint grades are divided, but a gold-grade blueprint is definitely something good.
Besides, the drone can scout ahead for us while we search for supplies.
It’s a very useful reconnaissance device, so getting it would be ideal.” Shiro nodded.
With a drone, their future explorations would become much more convenient.
“In that case, I’ll get her some medicine.
Where did you put it?” “In the box under the bed.
I’ll pull it out for you.” After taking one box of each medicine, the two returned to the RV door.
By then, Shizuka was holding several boxes of medicine they had found yesterday.
“These are antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medicine, painkillers, fever medicine, and bandages.
There are also disposable gloves and a bottle of medical alcohol.
After you go back…” After explaining how to use everything, the two sides exchanged the items in their hands, bringing this conversation to an end.
After going through battle together with Shiro, Shizuka was no longer quite the same as before.
Although she was still airheaded and careless, she had also come to understand how dangerous people’s hearts could be in this world.
On top of that, her relationship with Shiro had been growing warmer during this time, so she restrained her original kindness and placed their own interests first.
Only by doing that could they survive in this world.
After putting the blueprint away, the two finally began eating breakfast.
When they returned last night, they had been too tired to even eat dinner and had gone straight to wash up and sleep.
This morning, they had been interrupted by that woman for so long.
By now, both of their stomachs had already started protesting.
After breakfast, Shiro opened the map they had obtained yesterday and placed it on the control panel.
This map was the underground pipeline map they had received after defeating the Zombie Mayor yesterday.
“This is where we’re going next.
The underground warehouse.
There weren’t many supplies in the houses we explored yesterday, so I suspect the mayor moved most of them into the underground warehouse before he died.
According to the map, the warehouse has two entrances.
One is inside the Town Office.
We checked it yesterday, and the Zombie Mayor had sealed it off with things before he completely turned, so there’s no way to enter from there.
That leaves only one other place.” As Shiro studied the map, he pointed to another location.
“Here.
This is the town’s medical station, and it’s also where the other entrance to the underground warehouse is located.
But judging from the map, this medical station should be quite far from us.” Since the underground pipeline map only roughly marked the buildings where the surface entrances were located, Shiro did not know exactly how far the other entrance was from them.
For now, the only thing they could do was first scout out the situation around the entrance, make preparations, then set off.
“In that case, let’s leave now.
The sooner we go, the sooner we can come back.” Shizuka nodded and stood up excitedly.
However, Shiro quickly pulled her back down.
“I plan to visit the Town Office again first.” Shiro looked into the distance, in the direction of the Town Office.
“Eh?
Didn’t we clear out all the zombies there yesterday?” Shizuka looked confused, but she did not question Shiro’s decision.
Since she had already decided to follow his lead, she would naturally carry that through to the end.
“I want to see whether the zombies inside respawn.
We’re players, after all.
Since we’re players, this world is basically a game we’re playing.
And games have respawn mechanics.
If they do respawn, can we get the reward again?” Shiro put away the map.
His words immediately made Shizuka’s eyes light up.
“Oh, right!
If they really respawn, then wouldn’t we be able to get the reward again?
Then let’s hurry and go!” Shizuka excitedly hugged Shiro’s arm and started pulling him toward the outside of the RV.
Exploration came with danger, but as long as Shiro was beside her, she felt completely safe.
She believed Shiro would definitely protect her well.
All she needed to do was properly comfort and assist him whenever he needed her.
That was the kind of brilliant idea someone with her personality would come up with.
“Wait.
I’ll bring the gun from yesterday, just in case.” Shiro took the gun from under the head of the bed, loaded the bullets, placed it back in the holster, and covered it with his clothes.
Only then did he take Shizuka with him toward the Town Office.
Along the way, they encountered several more zombies.
With Shiro’s Precision Strike talent, zombies that originally required heavy blows to the head before dying were no longer so troublesome.
As long as he struck their weak points with some force, he could trigger the talent effect and smash their heads apart without much effort, saving himself a lot of stamina.
“There are way more zombies on the street.
What’s going on?” Unlike yesterday, there were many more zombies along the road today, and their movement speed had also become slightly faster.
“I think the zombies inside must have respawned.” Just as Shiro was thinking, a roar suddenly rang out.
Shizuka pointed toward the Town Office in the distance.
That voice was extremely familiar.
It clearly belonged to the Zombie Mayor Shiro had killed yesterday!
“Looks like the zombies in this world really can respawn.
And the respawn time is this short too.
It only took one night.
Sensei, stay close to me from here on.
Something feels very wrong with today’s zombies.” With a serious expression, Shiro warned Shizuka beside him.
Then he walked in front once again.