Although they had boarded the train, everyone was still worried about many things. Food and water, for example, were both problems. Besides, they were now dependent on others and had no idea how they would be treated.
"Do you think they'll give us food?"
While staying in the carriage, Miyamoto Rei asked in a low voice. After all, they had spent so long in the mall that they had eaten almost everything edible, without even a can left. When they left the mall, each person had taken only a few changes of clothes and whatever medicine remained unused. They had originally had some food reserves, but after those zombies swarmed into the mall, even their last reserves were gone...
"They probably won't let us starve to death... I think they seem like pretty nice people."
Marikawa Shizuka looked quite carefree, leaving everyone speechless—but honestly, despite her appearance, she was at least a doctor. Even if she was only a school nurse, that still made her extremely valuable in this apocalyptic world.
"They don't look like people who've been struggling to survive in the ruins."
Takagi Saya snorted softly.
"This train is pretty strange, too. I know some places have what you might call survivalists—or something like that—who build shelters for themselves to prepare for the apocalypse or a nuclear war. But using a train as a shelter? That's incredibly strange. After all, a train needs tracks to run, and no one can be sure whether there'll be cave-ins or something along the way. Besides, trains need fuel..."
As she spoke, Takagi Saya counted on her fingers. The more she talked, the more tightly she furrowed her brows.
"And besides... what value do we have to them?"
"Value?"
"That's right. Even before the apocalypse, we'd have needed to buy tickets to