Run

After my rapid flurry of questions, I calmed her down by telling her my name and she told me hers. She seemed to lower her guard somewhat after this.

Her name is Yui Tachibana and she was a third year middle school student before all of this. She escaped from a large horde of infected with her parents two months ago and until a few days ago, she lived with them in a shelter dozens of kilometres away from here. There were many hunters with guns at this shelter and it was as safe a place as you can find in this world. Continue reading →

Silence

The first thing I did after emerging from the apartment building was to check the street. I wasn’t checking to make sure there were no cars before crossing, but rather, to be sure there were no infected in sight. I don’t think I’ve seen a car running in nearly a month.

If there were any around, I could easily hide inside and wait until it’s clear or exit the building through a different door. The most important thing to remember is that the infected will pursue you as long as they know where you are. If spotted, the first thing you should do is try to find a corner that you can take to break line of sight. Which is why, when I move through the city, I approach any intersection by hugging the wall and moving towards the corner. Continue reading →

Silence

Two weeks had passed since I barricaded myself on the top floor of an apartment building.

I carefully cracked open the front door and winced as the hinges creaked slightly. After being locked in a pitch black room with all of the windows covered, the sudden rays of sunlight hitting my eyes from the corridor partially blinded me for a moment. I closed my eyes in anticipation of this, but it still wasn’t enough to prevent it entirely. Continue reading →

Lucky Boy

I stared into the candle’s red flames as they gently danced in the pitch-black room. It was my lone source of light in my new home.

The lifeline known as electricity that humanity had grown accustomed to had disappeared long ago. It’s not as if I forgot to pay the electricity bill either. The people in charge of running the power plant have long since abandoned their posts. No matter how many times I flip the switch, none of the lights will turn on and the streets will remain dark at night. Continue reading →

Prologue

The infected people in this novel are not necessarily the zombies you may be familiar with from other works of fiction, nor is this a story about an all-powerful main character that is capable of taking down hordes of the infected all on his own. The setting is modern-day Japan and, as such, only weapons available in Japan will appear. “A gun? What is that? Is it delicious?” Guns won’t appear just for the sake of convenience. 

As the title suggests, the hero of this story will be more likely to choose to escape rather than fighting. That’s not to say that the main character is completely useless or a coward.

I hope the above points will give you a better understanding of what to expect from this novel. Continue reading →