I had never felt so close to death.

We divided into three groups according to the plan we had previously specified, Team B searched for supplies in the city, Team E searched for the vehicles on the road that the captain said on the map, and Team C stayed behind to defend at UDX.

When the supply team reported before, we thought the number of infected people was acceptable, so we chose to work in groups of three, but when we saw the sea of corpses slowly squeezing through the abandoned vehicles, my sanity began to crumble, and at that point I felt that there was nothing to stop the group.

"B1 calls E1, retreat! Retreat now! Team E didn't respond, and there was just some nonsense on the radio.

The sense of security that comes with having a rifle in hand before setting off is completely gone, replaced by powerlessness and fear.

"We can't just go back to UDX, Team C definitely can't handle this group of corpses."

"Agreed, I suggest we go to Don Quixote, where I haven't searched before, but I left a back door there." Nagiyoshi and the sergeant finalized the plan, and I had to flee for my life after the two of them.

"B1 calls C1, we have encountered a wave of corpses, how is your situation there?"

"Received B1, UDX is currently in a safe state and we are in the process of relocating all supplies in the building to the roof."

"Roger, B1 ends the call."

Team E couldn't be reached, Team C was safe for the time being, and it seemed that we were alone this time, and although the sergeant told me not to look back and concentrate on running, I still looked behind me.

Although these infected people did not walk quickly, there were still scattered infected people who escaped from the small alleys to join the huge wave of corpses.

"Here, fire escapes." Yongji pulled down the fire escape on the wall.

The alley was soon filled with infected people, who clung to the fire escape but would not climb it.

The corporal who climbed to the top looked at the hands clinging to the ladder and trying to reach out to catch their infected, and he scolded fiercely, "Climb for you, dog mongrel." ”

The sun was more intense than it had been in the early morning, and the temperature outside had reached unbearable levels, but luckily there would have been no smell of corpses on the bodies of these infected people, otherwise I would have fainted with this heat wave.

The sergeant took out his binoculars and looked at the corpses, and when I asked him how he was, he didn't answer me but handed me the binoculars.

The corners of my mouth twitched as I looked through the binoculars, I had never felt so close to me, and according to the real-time images from the satellites of the base's reconnaissance, the tide of corpses we were fighting had been pouring in from the Taito, Chuo, Bunkyo, and Minato districts, which were constantly coming from the Chiyoda district.

"Nothing, why didn't the base give the order to stop training in this case? And with such a huge number of corpses, why didn't the intelligence officers at the base find it before? ”

"Not to mention the Ministry of Intelligence, when we went out to investigate before, we didn't find a wave of corpses, and this group of infected people appeared as if they appeared out of thin air." Corporal Yongji kept swiping the terminal screen in his hand, "We have to get out of here, we have to get out of here anyway, can we contact Team C and Team E now?" ”

"It's all gone, nothing but this damn murmur." The sergeant held his head and gritted his teeth vigorously, "They're all gone." ”

"Hurry up and go down to the house while there is still time to pile up the supplies to the roof of the building as much as possible, maybe it will last a few days."

"That's right, at their value-added rate, I'm afraid it won't be all of Tokyo in a long time... No, the infected people in Japan are coming over. ”

Yongji and I grabbed the squatting sergeant and pulled him off the roof, a large shadow slowly moving around the corner, I stopped and stared wide, and a round maternal infected appeared around the corner.

I pulled out the M45A1 on my waist and slowly leaned out, and before the maternal infected person could notice me, I burst her head, and I beckoned the corporal and sergeant to come over.

When we walked lightly to the department store area, we found that it had been looted for a long time, and there was no cosmetics or anything left.

"I don't even have a pair of scissors left." Looking at the packaging bags on the ground, the lieutenant kicked the shelves next to him in anger.

"Let's go to the Akihabara 48 Theater on the eighth floor." I said helplessly, "Maybe I can get a chair to sit on in the background or something." ”

The red doors of the theater were open, and it was pitch black inside, and we turned on the lights on our helmets.

"Ah, I'm sorry, the theater is not open today, can I come back next time?"

Suddenly, the theater lights up, and in the middle of the stage stands a woman in a staff costume wiping the floor of the stage.

"Are you a member of the staff here?" I put the muzzle of the rifle in my hand down, so if the other person is not infected, there is no need to aim the weapon at the other person." ”

The woman looked behind us and said, "Little brother at the back, can you please close the door?" "At the back of the walk was Sergeant Kinoshita, who closed the door like a robot when he heard STAFF's words.

"Then please sit down here." STAFF POINTED TO THE AUDIENCE, "AH, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONE AND LIGHTS." ”

"That... We're not here to see the show ... ”

Just as I was about to say something, the STAFF walked backstage on stage.

"Hey, Sergeant. We're not really going to watch this show here, are we? The corporal asked the sergeant sitting next to him, and the sergeant did not answer him.

"Welcome to AKB48 Akihabara Theater, please turn off your mobile phone before the performance starts, no cameras are allowed inside the performance, no loud noises are allowed, please pay attention to the safety of your personal property."

The lights in the theater were all turned off, and I could feel the restless impetuousness of Corporal Nagayoshi next to me.

"Well, this kind of free show ticket is only available to the 1,000,000th audience."

"Huh?" The corporal was puzzled, "I'm fed up, you're weird about Kinoshita, you were so depressed when you thought Team E and Team C were all dead on the rooftop, and now you're here to watch your idol's performance, what the hell are you thinking?" ”

"I'm listening to my inner voice." The sergeant took six triceratops from his waist and threw them to me and Yongji, "If you don't want to watch this performance, you can leave here, but if you decide to stay here, keep your mouth shut, Yongyoshi." ”

"Inexplicably, your brothers have all died in battle, and you may be the only commander who can still enjoy the performance here!" Yongji turned to my side, "Hey, private, aren't you worried about your friends and classmates?" ”

"Ahh They have superpowers, so there should be nothing wrong with them... ”

The corporal whispered "timidly", I actually want to leave here with the corporal now, but even if we leave this theater, we can't go anywhere, we can't do anything, as long as the base doesn't announce the end of the exercise, we have to stay here.

The music was already on, and the sergeant told us to knock the triceratops open, it was the first time I had seen such a performance of an improvised idol, and I didn't know what to do, and I watched the sergeant shouting to the rhythm and looking very professional.

I see, it turns out that the sergeant is a senior otaku??

What kind of light novel is this? Will I write a light novel called "My Sergeant Can't Be So Otaku" in my post-war memoirs in the future??

"Sergeant... Is he a veteran otaku? I asked, leaning into the ear of Corporal Yongyoshi, who was next to me.

"The sergeant has been here since he joined the army, so I'm a big fan of AKB, well, I've been here a few times before, but not as deeply as him."

"Huh? Are you sure?! ”

"That's where Kinoshita and I met, and that guy rushed into the theater without even changing his clothes after one of his assignments, and scared the little idol when he gave him a high-five at the end of the performance."

"Why is the sergeant so obsessed with this idol?"

"Well, a person has a person's opinion." The corporal's tone became relaxed, "Originally, idols are a profession that makes everyone relaxed and happy, but after a tiring day, come to the theater to see the smiles of the idols, and then look at the sparkling appearance of your life on the stage, and the pressure you will be under for a day will dissipate." ”

"Maybe you haven't been exposed to these things, you don't know very well, the 48 series idol group is faceable and visible, and the 48 series has an annual general election, fans can vote for their main idols, it can be said that the bond between idols and fans is very strong, and those idols who only want to make money and don't take their fans seriously will not be recognized by their fans."

"I probably understand that if it's such a high-intensity interaction, then the idol that the sergeant has been desperately trying to see must have a very strong bond with Sergeant Kinoshita, right?"

Of course, the idol that the sergeant pushed at that time was one of the other "immovable aces" that everyone recognized after Atsuko Maeda. ”

"So, is that guy on stage now?" The corporal did not answer my words, and I had a hunch that things were not going well.

"Her name is Takahashi Dunzi, and she is a very very good child." The sergeant said to me in a hoarse voice, "Her presence is incredible, whether it is for every AKB fan or for the AKB theater, she can remember every Fan's face and name, whether it is her own fan or not, she can reciprocate the same enthusiasm and smile of the other party." ”