Chapter 257 - The Dead, the Human Survivors and the Gangs Part 4

Day 312: 3:00 P.M

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

Gun: Glock 19, Remington Model 870

(Kaito's View)

As the one who has the lowest presence in the group and the one who can easily deal kills in a short time while remaining in stealth, I was tasked by Kyosei to take a look at the surrounding area and check the road to the destination.

As always, the best and safest route to avoid the dead on the road is to take the rooftops and climb the highest places to avoid their attacks. Equipped with a telescope, I made my way to the rooftops using my parkour skills. I rarely use my parkour abilities nowadays as we mostly deal with attacks on the ground and rarely do infiltration or scouting missions like this as most of the time, our missions are dealing with straightforward goals.

Jumping to the next rooftop, I noticed the alleyway is full of walking dead. They are just dawdling and walking without any sort of destination which means they have gathered here not due to radio transmission but by pure instinct or they just got here after walking and not gotten killed by any survivor or soldier.

I continue my mission and reach a good vantage point. Entering the building, I silently went to the third floor to check for any undead as the third floor has a better view in the window rather than on the roof. However, the moment I reach the third floor and get to the point of my destination, I saw a man lying flat on his stomach on a long rectangular table, facing the window and currently holding a sniper rifle aimed at the streets.

'A sniper?! Is this guy targeting someone?' I thought to myself.

As someone who is on the dark side of dirty works such as assassination, seeing snipers on a building is not an ordinary coincidence. Most likely, this sniper is tasked to remain hidden and stationary and pull the trigger once the target appears or the signal to shoot is given out.

But I didn't go in for the kill first. I decided to return to the roof and check anyone on the streets. If there were people below, then the sniper might be targeting either the undead or the people below.

There were indeed people in there but they are poorly equipped. Most of them are wielding pipes and planks of wood. Some had decent weapons like a normal pistol and a baseball bat.

Not only that, but I also noticed that there was a fence on the road which is strange since I don't remember seeing a fence here. Using my telescope and zooming in, I noticed a big black crate sitting in the center of the fenced area. On the other side is the horde blocked by the sturdy fence and the side where I am seeing right now is composed of those poorly equipped people and some old geezers that are carrying some high caliber rifles.

I also noticed that a few of those poorly equipped survivors, namely the women are all tied up. Seeing those guys and the threat they possess, I don't think I needed to think any further about what this sniper is trying to do.

Returning to the third floor, the guy is still unaware of my presence and still focuses on the scope of his sniper rifle. For someone like him to make a mistake like this, he is not a professional sniper and might be someone who just had good precision and has good timing in landing hits using the sniper rifle. A sniper needed to be always aware of his surroundings, not just the target on his scope.

I crept closer to him and stood next to him. Raising my left hand, I revealed the hidden blade in its shining glory, before stabbing his nape using it. I just can't get over the feeling of doing this, as my days of being an assassin came back to me.

As for the sniper, he died without seeing the one who delivered the final blow to his life. It is just instantaneous, he didn't even feel the slightest discomfort for too long, just for the moment he was stabbed, and that's it.

After doing the deed, I took his sniper rifle off the window and check his other belongings. I am not a fan of looting dead people but in an apocalyptic scenario, looting is one of the best skills you needed to ensure the survival of your group or yourself.

He didn't have many supplies with him except for a radio transceiver, a box of cigarettes, a lighter, 20 bullets for the sniper rifle, and a Beretta M9 pistol with two mags full of bullets.

With him gone and with our target on sight, I contact Kyosei to inform him of what I discovered.

"Kaito here, over."

"I hear you loud and clear," Kyosei responded.

"I have scouted the area where the source of the transmission came from. It is some form of a crate that looks like a supply crate to me. And affirmative, the transmission is now guarded by a group of armed people. They have secured it with a fence that separates the undead and the people from it. I have terminated one sniper in a building too, over."

"A sniper eh, what about the people who have secured the crate?"

"Right now, they are currently holding a few survivors as a hostage and I doubt they will let these guys go without being killed."

"That serious huh... What is your assessment of the situation? Can we do an immediate rescue to the hostages if possible?"

"If we do an ambush rescue operation, we can pull it. If we consider the sniping ability of Sena-san and reducing their forces, we can pull it off."

"If that is the case, then let's commence the operation. If the situation started to get dire on the survivors, then you are free to deal with what is the best action to do so."

"Roger, over and out."

I left the sniper rifle to an easy-to-access area where I can just take it later as it will be c.u.mbersome for me to move around the rooftops with that hoisted in my shoulders. It's not like I am abandoning the rifle there, I am just not a fan and I don't want to mess up jumping from roof to roof while I have that in my possession.

Waiting for the others, I made sure to get near the road and get to view them but also concealed to them at the same time. That way, I can immediately do a decision in case I don't like what is happening.

In my position, their voices are loud enough for me to hear. I don't mean to eavesdrop but that is not for them to decide if I want to eavesdrop or not.

"Maybe I should sell you guys to the slave traders? It would profit me from all the resources I lost from fighting against you guys," the fat, ugly bastard man grinned as he caresses one of the woman's cheeks which the latter immediately shook off angrily.

"Boss! This crate needs a little bit more time to open! It's quite sealed and hard to open forcefully without the proper tools!"

"Hmph, incompetent bastards. Just open that damnable heavy thing and we are good to go. I can't wait to relax on the base after dealing with these guys."

It looks like they are trying to brute force open the crate. And since they lack the necessary tools to open it forcefully, it is taking them longer which is a good thing for us to take our formation.

While observing them, I noticed their mannerisms are similar to the gang that is notorious around the Shinsaibashi thrashing and doing some late-night riots from time to time. I had encountered them before due to one of my targets who is also a member of this particular gang. To think they managed to survive.

It didn't take long for Kyosei to arrive at my location.

"How's the situation going?" He asked before peeking out into the road.

"Same as before. It seems they are planning to sell off these guys to slave traders for some quick money."

"Damn, the slave traders? Looks like we are in the jackpot."

"Is this one of the missions that the Bang Gunstore issued before?"

"Yeah. The slave traders are picking off some of the survivor groups that has been a good customer to the Bang Gunstore. Since they don't want to lose more customers, they decided to issue me the mission since we have the highest completion rating."

"Are the others also in position?" I asked.

"Yeah. Once we make a ruckus, they will immediately help out. It's much easier this time around as no undead will obstruct us in this operation."

"Then let me do the honor of doing the ruckus to start the operation."

"I was just about to ask you to do that but I guess you can easily read my mind. Okay, go ahead and deal with those bastards."

Having the affirmation from Kyosei, I ready my hidden blade and jump from the roof. It's killing time.