diskusbooks #348 - The End Defense Organization is established, the light of hope in the desperate end of the wo
#348 - The End Defense Organization is established, the light of hope in the desperate end of the wo
They scattered, barely dodging the sumo zombie's initial charge.
The sumo zombie emitted a low growl, its eyes growing increasingly violent.
At this moment, other survivors also arrived on this floor. Some of them had found guns and aimed at the zombie's head, firing a shot.
Bang!
The bullet hit the zombie's temple, but only caused a slight dent.
Kensuke: "It's useless. Its skin has keratinized to the point where it can defend against bullets. That's why it can break through walls. We can only delay it by hitting it with blunt objects. You guys go upstairs quickly."
Kensuke and his two companions reorganized and covered the other survivors as they went upstairs.
Hanada Jiro took the lead, wielding his fists and striking the zombie's chest with lightning speed. The sumo zombie staggered back several steps but managed to regain its balance.
At this moment, Shimazaki Kazuya had already circled behind the opponent, swinging the baseball bat in his hand and aiming for the back of the zombie's head, delivering a heavy blow.
Clang!
The zombie was struck dizzy and saw stars, but still stood in place. The bat in Shimazaki's hand had completely broken.
Hanada and Shimazaki were completely dumbfounded: "What exactly is this monster?!"
At this moment, G-chan shouted, the signal light on the VR device flashing wildly, and charged towards the sumo zombie.
She landed a heavy punch, hitting the opponent's abdomen. After the zombie bent over slightly, it was completely enraged by this punch and began to chase G-chan madly.
G-chan screamed, "Ah, you mua, don't come over here!" while leading the opponent around the pillar on the first floor of the castle tower.
The viewers in the livestream were as anxious as ants on a hot pan:
"G-chan, hurry up and run! It's catching up, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
G-chan glanced at the surrounding environment, and in a moment of quick thinking,
as she passed a load-bearing pillar, she slammed on the brakes, turned around, aimed at the sumo zombie's leg, and quickly pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The tracer bullet shot out quickly, hitting the sumo zombie's calf. The impact of the gunpowder caused the zombie to stagger and fall beside the pillar.
A loud bang, the sumo zombie's fat body was stuck between the load-bearing pillar and the wall.
"Run!"
Kensuke pulled up the other two, and the three of them ran towards the top floor of the castle tower while hitting the ordinary zombies to cover their retreat.
......
At this time, the top floor of the castle tower.
Researcher Nishikawa and other survivors inside the door were overjoyed when they saw living people rushing up, and quickly opened the iron door.
The survivors began to push and struggle to enter the iron gate.
The men guarding the perimeter urged anxiously:
"Don't push, don't squeeze, otherwise no one will be able to get in!"
Previously, Ueda Yusaku had been hiding in the group of the elderly, women, and children. Originally, he was at the end of the line because he didn't want to charge with the other men, but now seeing that the team was entering the door so slowly, he anxiously pushed forward.
"Old thing, don't get in the way!"
Ueda Yusaku revealed a fierce look and rudely pushed away the old couple wearing beach clothes, taking the lead to squeeze into the door.
"Grandpa, Grandma, are you okay?"
Emi and Hanada Misaki, who were already preparing to enter the door, quickly ran back to help the old couple up and helped them into the door.
At this time, Kensuke and his two companions also arrived at the stairwell on the top floor.
Emi and Misaki were happy to see that they were safe and sound, and quickly greeted them:
"Dad!"
"Kensuke!"
"Come in, come in quickly!"
Just then—
"Roar!!!!!!"
A huge vibration came from the floor below, and Kensuke and his two companions turned their heads and their expressions changed drastically.
The sumo zombie had forcibly broken the pillar and was running wildly towards the top floor.
Now, the survivors had not yet entered, so they had to use their bodies to block the small wooden door at the stairwell to buy time for everyone to enter.
Clang!
The sumo zombie crashed into the wooden door, and the three of them were immediately hit with blood surging, spitting out blood.
"Senior Shimazaki!!!"
Two tall members of Nagasaki High School's baseball team rushed over to help Kensuke and the others block the door.
The survivors slowly entered the iron gate on the top floor, while the five people blocking the small door were gradually exhausted.
Ueda Yusaku rolled his eyes and quickly incited:
"That sumo zombie is very powerful. Those few people definitely can't stop it. Everyone, quickly close this iron door!"
The survivors looked at each other. Four of the men stood up and helped Ueda close the door.
Seeing this scene, Kitahara Kensuke rushed over and, at the moment when the iron door was about to close, used his arm to jam the door and roared:
"What are you doing? Let us in!"
Ueda Yusaku then bewitched the surrounding people: "They may be infected by zombies. Look at them, they're covered in blood, and that sumo zombie is right behind them. You don't want to be bitten, do you?"
Soon, the other survivors around couldn't stand it anymore. Whether they were men, women, old, or young, they were desperately pulling the men closing the door:
"Let the police officer and the children in. Without them, we would have been bitten to death by zombies long ago."
With the combined efforts from inside and outside, the gap in the door became larger and larger, and Kitahara Kensuke finally pushed the door open!
"Hurry!"
He greeted his other companions at the door.
Hanada Jiro, Shimazaki Kazuya, and the two high school students released the small wooden door at the stairwell and ran wildly towards the iron gate in the top floor hall.
Bang!
With a loud noise, the sumo zombie directly smashed the wooden door!
It suddenly squatted halfway on the ground and launched a sumo stance!
Thump!
Thump!
The sumo zombie's body jumped in the air at a strange angle, knocking down the two baseball team high school students.
"Ugh, ah, ah, ah, ah!"
The two high school students spat blood and screamed.
"Takagi! Yokoyama!"
Shimazaki Kazuya was heartbroken to see his good brothers being torn apart by zombies, and his legs couldn't move.
"You brat, pull yourself together!"
Hanada Jiro quickly picked him up and rushed into the door.
At the moment when the sumo zombie was about to catch up, Hanada Jiro and Shimazaki Kazuya rushed into the door, and everyone worked together to close the heavy iron door.
Bang!
The entire iron door made a huge noise, and the sumo zombie's fat body crashed into the iron door, imprinting a huge human-shaped mark.
After hitting it for a while, the door became completely quiet.
Everyone took several breaths in place with lingering fear.
Game prompt:
[Objective completed, the survivor team has been safely brought to the top floor of the castle tower]
[Reward: Gun Charger X2]
Because the two students did not escape successfully, Shimazaki Kazuya collapsed on the ground and cried bitterly.
Hanada Jiro's forehead veins bulged, picked up Ueda Yusaku, and punched him in the cheek.
"Pfft—"
Ueda Yusaku was punched directly and spat out two teeth.
"You bastard, we could have all been rescued, why did you do this, why, ah, ah, ah!"
Hanada Jiro kicked Ueda Yusaku to the ground, and then started kicking his head like a soccer ball.
Ueda was soon beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face, and blood sprayed wildly.
Ueda, curled up on the ground, shouted while holding his head and dodging:
"You see, you see! These people are terrible, they are covered in blood, they have been infected with the zombie virus, so they have become violent, everyone work together to drive these people out!"
The four men who worked with Ueda Yusaku to close the door were afraid of being liquidated, so they also echoed:
"These people beat people casually, they are demons."
But most of the citizens' eyes were sharp, and they also hated Ueda Yusaku's style.
The old couple in beach clothes said angrily: "Don't distort the facts, you have killed more people."
"That's right, that's right, you selfish ghost, you killed my friend at the subway station!"
Some angry citizens directly raised the rifles they had just picked up and aimed at Ueda and the four men.
Ueda and others were instantly forced into a corner.
Ueda raised his hand and looked at Kitahara Kensuke: "Police Inspector Kitahara, you can't allow them to do this, you are a police officer..."
He thought for a while and continued: "And, don't forget, I am the leader of drug research. Without my participation, humans would not be able to develop a vaccine."
Hearing this, Kitahara Kensuke's expression changed slightly.
He pondered for a moment and ordered: "Tie them up and throw them in the corner, and send people to guard them in shifts 24 hours a day."
Hanada Jiro was unhappy: "Why not just kill them? To pay for the lives of those high school students?"
Kitahara Kensuke closed his eyes: "Whether they need to pay for their lives needs to be judged by law. We can't be like them and degenerate into demons."
"Tch."
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Hanada Jiro clicked his tongue unhappily, and added two more kicks to Ueda Yusaku's body before leaving reluctantly.
After that, Kitahara Kensuke asked researcher Endo to call the researcher Nishikawa who had called for help.
Kensuke shook the gun in his hand:
"I'll give you a chance. If you don't want to be locked up with Ueda and the five of them, it's best to tell the truth. What is the truth about the Arasaka Science Park production accident?"
Endo and Nishikawa looked at each other. Kensuke's sense of oppression as a police officer shattered their psychological defenses, and they had no choice but to tell the story in detail.
Arasaka Pharmaceutical's special drug "Conningle" for treating Alzheimer's disease has been in development for many years, but has not made any progress despite a large amount of research and development funds being invested.
In order to explain to the shareholders, Arasaka's councilors issued an ultimatum, requiring the First Research Institute to complete the Phase III clinical trials within the year.
Therefore, Ueda Yusaku, under pressure from the board of directors, forcibly opened pre-sales and biological experiments.
Unexpectedly, the popularity of this new drug was more popular than expected, and a large number of pre-sale orders were obtained, so the First Research Institute decided to take the risk and directly used the trial products that had not been carefully verified on mice for experiments, but unexpectedly the experiment failed, and the mice all turned into monsters and escaped from the laboratory...
Kensuke asked Nishikawa: "I heard you say that you have research data on you that can develop a vaccine, is it true?"
Nishikawa nodded:
"Theoretically, it is possible. Since this zombie virus was originally synthesized in the laboratory, we can design an mRNA vaccine that can block the virus's transmission chain through its original gene sequence and production data.
However, for confidentiality reasons, these research data and gene maps are usually divided into several parts and kept by different researchers.
If you really want to develop a vaccine through reverse engineering, you need to follow the Shinkansen and find all the researchers again."
Kensuke said in a deep voice: "Are the maps you two keep on you?"
Endo and Nishikawa looked at each other and each handed over a small USB drive.
......
At midnight, while everyone was resting, Kitahara Kensuke came to the place where Ueda Yusaku was being held alone.
He picked up Ueda, searched his body, and sure enough, he found a new USB drive.
At this time, Ueda Yusaku had been beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face by Hanada Jiro, and was extremely weak.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood and said with a smile:
"Police Officer Kitahara, do you know why I am so sure that you can't kill me?"
Kensuke stared at the other party and remained silent.
"The reason you don't kill me is definitely not because of some bullshit law. If you really care about the law, you wouldn't have accepted so much dirty money from me.
The reason you don't kill me is because of the twisted and contradictory things in you."
Kensuke said coldly: "If you don't cooperate in developing a vaccine later, then I will kill you without hesitation."
Ueda Yusaku laughed:
"Look, I guessed it right.
Police Officer Kitahara, in fact, we are all the same kind of people, we are all demons.
It's just that I am a true villain, and you are a hypocrite.
The difference between the two of us is that you care more about your reputation."
Seeing Kensuke continue to remain silent, the joy on Ueda's face gradually emerged:
"As the outstanding graduate representative of the police academy, you must be very proud of this profession, right? However, due to livelihood and life pressure, you have to accept my money.
You are unwilling to admit in your heart that this matter has tarnished your police honor.
On the one hand, the bastard Japanese government is reducing public spending, and the higher-ups are eating, taking, and asking, making it more and more difficult for you grassroots police officers to do, and even the salary cannot cover living expenses and cannot give your family a better life.
On the other hand, it is the so-called noble sense of honor in your heart.
Presumably in the past, you have been unable to sleep in such an agonizing and twisted state for countless days and nights, right? Hahahaha..."
A flash of cold light flashed in Kensuke's eyes, and he held the gun against Ueda's chin.
Ueda Yusaku was still grinning:
"Shoot, Police Officer Kitahara, prove to me that you are a consistent demon.
By the way, I am now very happy to tell you a truth that you are unwilling to accept—
Yes, that's right, without your help in managing and sheltering Arasaka Pharmaceutical's many illegal business practices over the years, the police would have banned them long ago.
In other words, the world has become like this now, thanks to you, Police Officer Kitahara.
So, you are eager to come to Tenshukaku to save Nishikawa, because you want to develop a vaccine to reduce your guilt and continue to maintain your little remaining noble honor."
Kitahara Kensuke trembled all over with anger, but did not know what to say to refute the other party.
The finger he was holding on the trigger kept twitching.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!"
In the end, with Kensuke's roar, Ueda Yusaku was pushed back to the ground by him.
Ueda fell to the ground, his pupils reflecting Kenji's panicked departure. The laughter hadn't stopped, as if he were a warrior victorious in a duel.
…
The next day.
Kitahara Kenji gathered the surviving hundred-odd survivors and announced:
"After a short rest and the incorporation of survivors from Osaka, we will return to the Shinkansen train and continue our journey through this apocalyptic world."
Someone worriedly asked:
"It's relatively safe here, and we have supplies. Why not stay here and wait for aerial rescue?"
Kenji stated confidently:
"The Japanese government is already overwhelmed and won't be able to send rescue. We can only save ourselves. The water and food here are limited. Our only hope is to continue traveling along the Shinkansen line.
And…"
He paused, emphasizing his tone:
"Moreover, we have the potential to develop a vaccine against the zombie virus!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd erupted in an uproar!
Afterward, Kenji had Endo and Nishikawa come on stage to explain.
The Araksaka Pharmaceutical First Research Institute has a total of eight core researchers scattered along the Shinkansen line. As long as we can gather them, we can reverse engineer the zombie virus.
After hearing this, many citizens cried tears of joy:
"Really? That's great!"
The lure of a permanent vaccine was far greater than a temporary shelter. Soon, the survivors expressed their agreement.
Previous rescues had already allowed Kenji to accumulate enough prestige among these people, and this speech directly established his leadership authority.
On the way to Osaka Castle, the survivors found a total of 10 guns, including assault rifles and pistols, along with a small amount of ammunition.
Kenji kept a rifle for himself, gave Hanada Jiro a shotgun, and Shimazaki Kazuya a submachine gun.
Relying on his police intuition, he selected seven reliable men from the crowd, gave them the remaining guns, and taught them how to use them.
These 10 people temporarily formed the leadership of this small group.
Afterward, Kenji collected all the remaining water, food, medicine, and other supplies, and allocated them uniformly.
After spending a day stabilizing the order of these survivors, the next day, Kenji used the radio to broadcast a signal throughout Osaka:
"Frequency 189.6. If anyone hears this broadcast, please find a way to come to Osaka Castle.
We are a safe haven with defensive forces, food, and medicine. If you are still alive, please join us.
Repeat, we are safe here. Please join us."
Kenji's voice spread through the streets and alleys of Osaka, through every high-rise building and dark corner.
Soon, someone spoke on the channel:
"I am a survivor in the city center CBD area. I am a Self-Defense Force soldier with a gun. What organization are you, Self-Defense Force or police?"
Kitahara Kenji pondered for a moment:
"We are a civilian organization looking for a way to save the world. You can call us—'The Last Line of Defense'."