"This is as far as you can follow"
YuJu stopped the two just above the junkpile where they could see most of the small dwelling made beyond it
"I need you to hid here, don't expose your presence at any cost and wait for my signal"
He conjured blood between his hands aning that it would be in the form of a blood ssage
"The second you see it I want you to split and surrounded the small town from the left and the right, I will be taking the direction opposite to this junkpile, we will box the inhabitants in and slaughter any who try and escape"
"Oh my"
"?!"
Mia seed intrigued by the sudden ruthlessness while Ika was just shocked, it was one thing to rcilessly experint on people and another to go about slaughtering, then again they did mass murder back when they were driving off the inhabitants of the settlent into their new ho
"But my Lord, why are we killing them without rhy or reason?"
"Because by dawn tomorrow they will either turn to food or mindless undead, either aning their life is forfeit"
"....."
When he put it that way it made her feel less guilty
YuJu cast a disapproving glance at Ika before disappearing into the shadows, those who needed to justify their actions were almost always the ones to perish first, there was no room for humane feelings in this world
Abandoning any further thoughts about the matter he refocused on the town's inhabitants as he sneaked into its crowded clearing
The place was clearly once a town now debilitated into broken houses, still usable nonetheless in case one needed shade from heat or cold
Even so the scarcely clothed inhabitants chose to settle under the sun when it was at its highest above this steaming part of the city causing the temperature to be unimaginably hot
The reason for this was the steady stream of scorching air gushing from their houses, apparently whatever was causing the ground to lt the tal beyond the junkpile was also flowing through the pipes, or whatever remained of them anyway
YuJu also took his place among these people, standing in the middle of the clearing, eyes moving in every direction, scanning the people for anything out of the ordinary whale their conversations trickled into his ears
"I told ya to build us a shelter, we ain't lasting long under this sun"
"Would you shut it already old man? Told you a hundred tis to raise your vitality instead of wasting it on intelligence"
"Who gonna be the brains then huh?"
"Like you have any"
"I heard that rascal!"
….
"How long till sundown Josh?"
"About six hours dear"
"Good heavens, six more hours in this heat, I wish I had so shade"
" too love, too"
…..
"Do you think the wall of waste we've made will stop whatever is lting everything out there?"
"It ain't gonna stop nobody I tell ya, the thing is underground, already approved it when the houses started steaming"
"Nobody started you old man! Get bickering with Nathen and leave us to our talk, right John?"
"Yah"
"Humph, bunch of ignorant fools"
...
'Not the old man, not the couple'
Even with so many people talking his brain still managed to process most of the talk, signaling out the ones that couldn't possibly be what he was looking for
'Soone that wouldn't be noticed upon their change of behavior nor be watched constantly'
Naturally he started crossing people who were very active in discussions and couples who stuck together, eliminating a lot but still left with dozens of people
He watched these people, analyzed their behaviors, looking for any verbal or physical tics, anything that singled them out
And so hours passed, useless talk took most of the people's ti as they wobbled about in this place without aiming to achieve anything other than short term survival, they had no plans, no motivation to level or build their own brand new shelter, rely living their days about while complaining, waiting for yet fearing their inevitable doom
"Finally, my old back be hurting from sitting on the ground"
"Forget your back, my skin is itching red from all this sun"
Even as the sun went down they ceased not their complains, moving about to stretch their sore limbs before entering the no longer steaming houses, the source perhaps going to sleep as the moon rose
With the people scattered it would be hard to effectively catch onto the person he sought, but YuJu did not hesitate to follow two n into their small abode, certain of his guess
'John was it?'
He wasn't the quietest, he wasn't the most inconspicuous, but he was the perfect fit for a cover
'Not too close to anyone, not alone either, isn't the leader in conversations, and certainly would not be put on the spot when big things happened'
That was his basis for appraisal, hopefully it would be spot on
.....
'My na is John, I've been living a dull life working as a physical instructor'
Within the small apartnt John looked on aimlessly at the ceiling while his friend read so magazine under the candle's dim light
'When disaster struck and the world went to ruin I was fortunate to hide it out with so people I t during the panic, later we made this neighborhood into a town to live in
He could hear the small mumrs of his friend but ignored it, nothing but useless chatter ca out of that mouth anyway, even the old man was a better roommate, at least that guy had sothing in that weak skull of his
'Until recently we have been doing well, now however we are trapped fearing so entity slumbering under the earth, fear and panic slowly creeping to our slow minds, sooner or later sothing will change, sobody will try to do sothing about it...Identity check number 643 Finished'
The dull and weird spree of recalling thoughts ended there, John clutched his stomach in a bothered manner as it did
"I'm going for a walk"
"Whatever man"
Taking his leave he stepped into the now empty and cool clearing, breathing his fill of the clean air
Growl~
His stomach protested, air wasn't what it needed but food!
'Lunch portions are getting less and less with nothing easy to hunt'
Stretching his limbs John started to walk around without any real purpose, just trying to forgo the hunger plaguing his thoughts
His steps echoed through the empty place, being the only sound for quite so ti
'Why am I so hungry'
John thought, it was normal to be hungry but no matter how he tried to distract himself his mind kept reminding him of the empty stomach making the desire to feast more and more appealing
The wind blew once more, with it there was a sweet sll that tickled his nose promoting him to swirled his head to the side, eting eye to eye with a woman sitting alone in the dark
"Can't sleep?"
She asked to which he blinked, not knowing what to do for a mont
'Act normal'
"Yah"
"Hungry right"
"?"
"Co on, we both know the food isn't enough, soon it'll run out too"
She turned, looking at the clear dark sky that housed no stars, rely the bright moon
"Staying here will only spell our doom, if not by hunger then by whatever lays under the earth, we must move"
She sighed, her overworn short sleeve shirt slipping off her shoulders, exposing that tantalizing supple Flesh!
"Can't go alone though, I got to convince the others but they won't listen"
Indeed, he wasn't even listening now, all he had in my was how a delicious al was sitting in front of him now, alone and defenseless
'She's been talking about leaving every day, nobody will think much of it if she just up and disappears, at most they will chuck it up as her escaping on her own'
His hand reached out for that dainty shoulder, gripping it gently as desire overwheld his logic
"Ay! Didn't peg you tow for a couple, been doing it in secret ai?"
The sudden voice shocked both, jolting John into taking his hand away while causing the woman to look at the couple who just ca from the direction of the junkpile
"He was just being a nice person, nothing sneaky like what you two were up to"
"We're married hun, nothing to be sneaky about"
"Yah, like we can't hear your groans at all, we all have improved physics you know"
The couple blushed and went silent, rushing to their house whilst feeling sha
"Haah, people these days right?"
The woman glanced at John who seed nervous, smiling at the innocent looking man
"Hey I know you were going to comfort , there is no need though, I'm not well liked since I keep talking about leaving the place but I'm also not weak enough to feel bad about being isolated"
She stood, dusting her short which was beyond dirt and dust at this point, then left without another word, not even a goodnight for the misunderstood John whose heart beat quickly
'Almost got caught, damn this stupid body and its dull senses'
With a huff he made his way back to the apartnt, ignorant of the skeptical eyes that had been watching him ever since the sun had set
'....Is it really not him?'
YuJu could have sworn this was the person he was looking for, now however it seed his guess might have been off the mark
'If it was that thing then it would have just eaten the woman after the couple left, maybe I this person really is ordinary'
Not too sure but without another choice he gave up his watch over John and went to investigate the second most likely suspect
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