The third floor had many clothes, all kinds of them, which excited the girls to try them on.
However, while everyone else went to try on clothes, Inaba Tsukiyo went to the stairs between the third and fourth floors. She had heard a sound coming from upstairs earlier.
Moreover, she could smell a burnt odor coming from upstairs.
"A big fire... Could it be that the supermarket's power failure was due to a big fire?"
Such a large supermarket was the best place to survive. Whether in terms of size or supplies, it could be a very good defensive point.
It's just... when there are too many people, disagreements and accidents can arise. Even if things start well, accidents can happen during subsequent explorations.
Such a large supermarket would surely have many survivors. Even if the only precaution needed was to avoid being bitten by zombies, accidents would always happen.
If... if someone in the team didn't tell others after being bitten, then an accident would occur while everyone was sleeping.
The room that she had sensed earlier, hidden with a huge number of zombies, was probably a situation like this.
"Tsukiyo-chan, what's wrong? Did you find anything?"
As Inaba Tsukiyo was about to go upstairs, Wakasa Yuri noticed Inaba Tsukiyo's unusual behavior and asked curiously.
"Nothing, it's just that the burnt smell from upstairs feels a bit strange."
Inaba Tsukiyo didn't hide anything and told Wakasa Yuri what she had just thought of. As the most rational member of the team, Wakasa Yuri could help analyze it.
"When the disaster broke out, this large supermarket was very likely to become a refuge. But from the moment we entered until now, we haven't heard any sounds, nor any signs of survivors."
"Now that you mention it, we really didn't notice that point earlier."
Everyone was busy moving supplies from the warehouse earlier and hadn't considered whether there might be any survivors here.
From Inaba Tsukiyo's words, it could be inferred that there had been a fire upstairs. Although the fire had not spread to other floors, it proved that there must have been survivors here at some point.
"Could it be that room you heard earlier? Didn't you say there were hundreds of people there? Could it be..."
"No, Yuri. If there were really that many living people, wouldn't they have discovered the supplies in the warehouse? Moreover, there are zombies on other floors, so to ensure the safety of this place, they would definitely clear out the zombies."
Just like them at school, their primary goal was to clear out the zombies inside the teaching building to prevent other zombies from coming to the third floor.
If there were truly survivors, these guys certainly wouldn't be so foolish as to let zombies remain here; they would definitely clear them out.
Furthermore, Inaba Tsukiyo hadn't heard any talking among those sounds; there were only low growls.
Wakasa Yuri remained silent. Although she had considered this possibility, knowing that so many people had died here made her feel somewhat heavy-hearted.
"Never mind, it's time to rest now. Didn't we agree to go change clothes together? Everyone has already gone to look for swimsuits, preparing to wash the Rooftop pool when we go back and relax with a swim."
A gentle smile returned to her face, and Wakasa Yuri grabbed Inaba Tsukiyo's small hand and walked towards the women's clothing section.
"Tsukiyo-chan always wears this miko outfit. Everyone wants to see what Tsukiyo-chan looks like in other clothes."
"But... no matter how beautiful the clothes are, I can't see what they look like."
Although girls all like to dress themselves up beautifully, Inaba Tsukiyo didn't have much interest in clothes.
For someone who couldn't see anything, what was the point of dressing up? In her eyes, all clothes were the same, as long as they didn't hinder her in combat.
Inaba Tsukiyo's world was very strange. Her senses had reached the level of radar; as long as a slight sound was made, she could see the approximate outline of the target.
However, she couldn't see the true appearance of the subject. If she hadn't seen everyone's faces in her dreams, she wouldn't have known what they looked like.
No, there was another way for her to see the target's appearance a little more clearly: when it was raining or showering.
Water droplets constantly falling on faces would allow everyone to appear with relatively clear features in her 'sight'.
Inaba Tsukiyo clearly felt Wakasa Yuri's hand, which was holding hers, tremble slightly when she said this, but it quickly recovered, tightening its grip.
Then, Inaba Tsukiyo became everyone's doll, subjected to various dress-up plays.
Perhaps because of her relatively petite figure, Wakasa Yuri found a light, floaty white Gothic Lolita style dress here, with roses embroidered at the bottom. She also found suitable shoes and white over-the-knee socks.
Although Inaba Tsukiyo was made to hold a plush doll as an embellishment, a small and cute princess appeared before everyone.
Inaba Tsukiyo couldn't see how she looked now, but everyone was captivated by Inaba Tsukiyo's attire.
To match this outfit, Wakasa Yuri even temporarily untied Inaba Tsukiyo's twin tails, making her feel like Princess Alice from a fairy tale.
"Wow, it's amazing. Changing clothes makes her aura feel different, Sister Megumi."
"Yes, but that's also because Yuri chose the clothes well. And Tsukiyo-chan has a good foundation, so any type of clothes can be matched well with her."
Sakura Megumi and Takenouchi Yuki watched the somewhat bewildered Inaba Tsukiyo with smiles.
Inaba Tsukiyo's previous performance in front of them had been too perfect, giving a very unreal feeling.
Now, without her previous warrior aura, if Inaba Tsukiyo was purely just a girl, she would instead feel like the one most in need of protection in the team.
"What a pity, if we had a camera, we could have taken a picture. And my phone is out of battery, truly."
Sakura Megumi's phone had long since run out of power. If she had her phone, she could have captured this rare moment.
"Although this Tsukiyo-chan is cute, that's true. But what about dressing her in something a bit more boyish?"
While Inaba Tsukiyo in princess mode was cute, Kurumi wanted to see Inaba Tsukiyo's boyish side.
Then, according to everyone's interests and preferences, Inaba Tsukiyo had to change clothes almost every few minutes, and in the end, many different swimsuits were chosen.
About half an hour later, after everyone was satisfied, Inaba Tsukiyo was finally liberated.
The liberated Inaba Tsukiyo put on her original miko outfit again, leaning weakly against the wall, and shivered slightly in fear, thinking of what had just happened.
She was just changing clothes, so why did she feel so tired? It was even more exhausting than facing hundreds of zombies on the First floor back then.
"Woof! Woof!"
At this, two barks came from far away and approached, attracting everyone's attention.
Turning around, they saw a small orange dog with a red collar running towards them with its short legs.
However, as the puppy approached Inaba Tsukiyo, for some reason, its fur bristled, and it quickly jumped back a few steps, squatting down and watching Inaba Tsukiyo warily.
Inaba Tsukiyo, who had originally intended to restrain the puppy, tilted her head in confusion.
After all, no one knew if this puppy was infected with the virus. Although birds had not been infected, no one knew if a puppy could be infected.
In this situation, Inaba Tsukiyo could not allow any mistakes and had to face danger with caution.
However, it hadn't even gotten close to her, yet it was already showing obvious signs of wariness...
"Why does the puppy seem so afraid of Tsukiyo-chan? Kurumi."
Takenouchi Yuki and the others also noticed the puppy approaching. Compared to the wariness of the others, Takenouchi Yuki was more curious as to why the puppy acted so strangely when it got close to Inaba Tsukiyo.
"Hmm... maybe it's because its will to live is very strong. Ah haha~"
They say every Animal has a so-called intuition. Perhaps this puppy could sense the terrifying aura emanating from Inaba Tsukiyo.
And indeed, the reason the puppy was so wary was precisely because it saw a very terrifying rabbit behind Inaba Tsukiyo.
Generally speaking, puppies are not afraid of rabbits, but the killing intent emanating from this particular rabbit scared the puppy, which is to say... it chickened out.
Inaba Tsukiyo couldn't approach the puppy. Wakasa Yuri found a rope from a nearby store, and under Inaba Tsukiyo's deterrence, the puppy obediently had its mouth tied. Sakura Megumi then examined its body.
After examination, the puppy was not injured, or rather, not only was it not injured, but its body was quite clean, as if someone had cleaned it. However...
"Tsukiyo-chan, the puppy isn't hurt, but it has bloodstains on it."
Wakasa Yuri noticed the problem with the puppy. Although it had no wounds, the bloodstains on its body had not yet dried.
This meant that the puppy must have gotten its owner's blood on it, and the blood hadn't dried yet. Perhaps this large supermarket wasn't as they imagined, without any survivors.
"Hmm? [Taromaru] Taromaru?"
"Woof!"
Takenouchi Yuki, who took Taromaru from Sakura Megumi's hands, noticed the name marked on Taromaru's collar and tried calling it.
Taromaru responded cooperatively, which made Takenouchi Yuki smile as she lifted Taromaru high.
"Taromaru? A name without much deep meaning. Although he's still small, we can raise him for now. He'd make a good emergency food supply. From now on, let's not call him emergency food supply, let's call him 'reserve daughter.'"
"...Tsukiyo-chan."
Everyone, who was happy about the addition of this little life, heard Inaba Tsukiyo's suggestion and looked incredibly incredulous.
'Tsukiyo-chan... is a demon, isn't she?'
This was the thought that floated through everyone's minds. To have such a thought, she really must be a demon.
(Inaba Tsukiyo: After all, this miss isn't some kind of demon~.)
"Um... Tsukiyo-chan, Taromaru is a male."
"Oh, then let's call him 'reserve son.'"
"..."
Is she really that fond of the word 'reserve'?! Can't she see that Taromaru's face has turned pale?!