Chapter 258 - The Dead, the Human Survivors, and the Gangs Part 5

Day 312: 4:21 P.M

Melee: Piyavka Sword, Piyavka Knives x2, Throwing knives x10, Hidden Blade

Gun: Glock 19, Remington Model 870 

(Kaito's view)

My attack is fast for those people below to notice. When the lackeys and some of the subordinates of the ugly bastard look behind them, they were not able to respond as the sharp throwing knives that I have thrown to them the moment I land pierced their throats, ending their very pathetic lives.

Of course, I left one guy alive for Kyosei to interrogate.

Bang!

The last guy fell to the ground after he was shot. To be exact, he has been shot with a tranquilizer instead of a real bullet. A few shots of the sniper followed through and the guys doing the tinkering to the crate with the transmission radio fell one by one without even knowing what hit them. As for the guys that are on standby, Souichi appeared dragging a few corpses of them which means they didn't live too.

"Ha, they think they can be so sneaky against me," Souichi grinned.

Kyosei went down the roof by jumping down to the ground and checked the corpses of the dead guys out though he reprimands Souichi.

"Start taking these guys seriously. Don't just underestimate them just because they are killed so easily."

"Of course I know that!"

Cindy, Miyuki, Okabe, and Aika pulled over the pickup truck with Okabe as the driver. Once they went down the truck, Aika went to the hostages while Cindy and Miyuki went immediately to the corpses to make sure none are alive and feigning death.

Once the medics took over the check-up, Kyosei went straight to the hostages. They are still shaking to the boot.

"Please let us go..." the guy who is battered up is shaking as he pleaded with our leader.

"Not yet. I don't trust you guys yet so we will have you guys come with us with all the ropes tied up. Don't worry, we won't hurt you guys unless one of you attacks us," Kyosei threatened.

"Are you sure that is the wise choice Kyosei? Despite being victims, we can't always trust them without knowing their true natures. We should just leave them here," I asked.

"Don't worry about it. They won't be able to do so anyway, so why not."

Okabe went out of the pickup truck, carrying a toolbox with him.

"Kaito, assist Okabe from opening that crate. The more that tries to open it, the higher the chances of opening it."

I nodded and followed Okabe into the barricade. It was a good thing the barricade managed to hold on against the undead that was all trapped on the other side. If not, we would be taking more time than necessary just to open this crate.

Though this is just a crate, it has a question of who dropped this from the sky.

"Let's get working before these corpses make trouble on the barricade," Okabe said, pulling out the tools one by one from the toolbox. It took a few minutes only which is unexpected for me who witnessed the struggle of the gangsters earlier.

"The lock isn't complicated enough. We can brute force open this one but it will take time so I decided to finish it immediately."

After opening the lock, it is time to view the contents within the box.

"Holy sh*t, this is something else..." Okabe said, in awe with the contents inside.

I thought we would be only getting supply contents like food or water here but what we saw inside are guns, medicine, ammunition, and of course, the food. Since the crate is quite big, it is already normal to know that this will have good and long contents but didn't expect it.

Two rifles, both are AR15 and a shotgun, a Remington Model 870 just like my shotgun. There are also loaded magazines inside amounting to 20 rounds, 10 for each of the rifles and shotgun shells that amounts to 30 pieces.

As for the medicine, all of them are for different sicknesses and the majority of them are painkillers like Morphine and Methadone. I also saw some injection-based medicines but I am not sure what they are so I didn't bother knowing so.

The food inside is all elaborate preserved foods that are expected to avoid easy spoilage. Most of them are canned goods but there is also frozen meat that seems to be salted as it was wrapped in paper and is currently There are also bottled water and some cans of soda and canned coffee which is, all in all, are good.

"Yo, Kyosei, check this out! Looks like we manage to land a gold mine this time!" Okabe said, grinning with the find.

"Whatever it is, pack them up on the truck. We can celebrate later, we can't keep staying here, there's one hour left before Night Rage."

"Ah! Sh*t, I almost forgot about that! Let's go Kaito, we can't afford to miss the chance to take this loot."

I nodded and took some of the bags from the pickup truck when someone started shooting at us. It was unfortunate but I was shot in the right arm and it is bleeding. It's not painful but my arm is getting numb due to the blood loss. Taking off the bandana on my forehead and quickly tying it to my wound, I lessened the blood flow from it before I pull out the Glock 19.

"We are under attack!" Souichi shouted. 

Sena immediately retaliated and snipe one down but due to the barrage of bullets, she was forced to do one-shot kills then hide tactic due to the gunfire intensity.

Cindy and Miyuki helped the hostages to hide from the bullets.

"Cover-up Okabe and continue to fire!" Kyosei shouted before he continues to shoot enemies.

I noticed the people shooting at us are the same comrades of the gangsters that we just killed. This means they will not be liable for negotiations and will attack us on sight immediately. To think they still have someone to send backup.

We exchange gunfire for quite a while. It took a few minutes before Okabe is done packing everything on the pickup truck. Maybe due to the adrenaline rush, Okabe performed a bit too much and carried all the loot without trouble.

"Get inside the pickup truck! We need to get out of here as soon as possible! Stay low or the bullets might pass through the windows! The hostages will have to curl up outside for now to avoid the bullets!"

The hostages won't be pleased but it looks like Kyosei didn't as long as they don't get caught by the fire of trouble which will give more problems.

We can hear revving engine sounds somewhere which means someone here is coming to get us. When all of us managed to get inside, Okabe took the front wheel immediately.

"Brace yourselves guys! This will be a bumpy ride!"

Okabe turned the engine on and quickly step on the gas, allowing him to start driving.

Gunshots came flying everywhere and the shouts of the guys keep on echoing in the background. It looks like we will be abandoning the rifle I took but it is better than exchanging it with a casualty.

"Sh*t! They are so persistent! They are now tailing us for F*CK sake!" Okabe groaned as he continues to steer the car from the road rubbles.

The gangsters are so persistent that they followed us with their customized jeeps while keeping on shooting behind us.

"Should we go straight back to the base leader?!" Okabe asked while still keeping his eyes on the road, trying his best to steer clear from the guys chasing us.

"Don't be a fool and endanger everyone even though we can go straight back to the base. Keep on driving."

The blood on my wound continues to flow out of my arms. Cindy noticed it and pulled out the bandage in her pocket all the time.

"Let me see that wound Kaito."

"No worries, it doesn't hurt, I will seek medication later once we got out of this situation."

"Don't just wait till later, we can't afford to get it infected making matters worse!"

I sighed and allowed her to examine it. She clicks her tongue and takes the disinfectant and bandage ready.

"It is a fresh bullet wound. The bullet is still embedded in the flesh. We will have to remove it later on to avoid infection. But since we have no proper tools, for now, we have to bandage this one tight to reduce the blood. The bandana helps a bit but not the exact solution either."

"That's why I said I know that it is fine and I will seek medication later on."

"Your way of tying it up is sloppy, it pisses me off," Cindy said.

"..."

It looks like this will take a bit more time before we can escape this troublesome chase action.