Summoned

Town of shops

(I'm getting some really intense Dead Rising vibes from this place. Because, you know, zombies and Shopping Malls. Wouldn't it be funny if the granny here actually had a dog too? Heh.

Though, now that I think about it, can animals even get infected? I know corpses are attracted to the sounds they make. Like, the way little ol' Zeke got a horde right outside of Rika's house by his incessant barking.

Yet, I have not seen a single animal corpse yet, walking or otherwise. I think I should be glad about that too. The last thing I need is resident evil zombie dogs. Yeah, jumping through windows and being able to run faster than your average human? No fucking thank you. But in any case, time to get back to it.)

I get up from the cushioned bench I was sitting on and exit the store that I decided to take a break-in. Which also happened to be the same store that I saw Saeko enter before Takashi interrupted me. Sadly, by the time I got back here, Saeko was nowhere to be seen.

As after Takashi dragged me along to check the barricaded doors, a good one hour had passed. During that time Rei left too, saying that she wanted to check the stores for things that we could use. Though I think she just got salty because she wanted to be alone with Takashi. And apparently, he was too dense to get the memo.

(Still, if both Rei and Saeko have disappeared, could they be at the bike store like in the manga? Hmm, I did spot such a store while I was walking with Takashi. So, yeah, let's go check that out. I want to make sure that Saeko is still in the building at least.)

I nod to myself and start walking on the second-floor walkway.

(The store was on the second floor if I was not mistaken, so if I keep going straight from here, I should find it on my left.)

While I kept walking, I looked to my right, over the railing and at the floor below. To see some of the other survivors strolling about. I could not make out who was who though, other than the fact that they were all guys.

(So far, I didn't have to interact with any of them. And honestly, I'm aiming to keep it that way too.)

After a couple of minutes, I also spotted Kohta, Saya, Alice and Takashi down there as well, speaking near the entrance of a store. Shortly after, I saw Takashi and Kohta walking away while Saya left with Alice in the opposite direction.

(I remember this scene. Kohta must be heading towards the bike store along with Takashi, right? Hmm... yeah, that could work.)

I pick up the pace and keep moving forward, following behind the two guys from a relative distance...

And in the end, thankfully, I was right. As after they went back to the second floor, they kept walking for a couple of minutes, until they reached the bike store. Rei and Saeko inside.

(She's still here, good.)

Some seconds later, Rei called out to Takashi. And he, along with Kohta, walked inside the store.

(Nobody noticed that I was here? Eh, meh whatever. Tis the Ninja Penguin skills.)

I turned around and walked towards the nearest bench, then took a seat.

(I'll just wait for them to finish, don't feel like joining in anyway.)

After I sat down, I took off my bag. Opened it, and looked inside.

(Uhh, why did I leave all these goddamn clothes in here? Got to leave them in the Humvee first chance I get. At least they work well enough at hiding the two handguns for now.)

I then take the bokken off the bag's side and look at the wooden blade.

(Hmm. Wonder how sturdy this thing is. The one that Saeko used didn't even have a scratch on it, even after she went nuts on multiple corpses with it.)