Mami Nakaoka met Saeko Busujima's gaze and continued helplessly, "You're right. The corpses spread the infection too quickly. By the time the military arrived, the number of infected had already exceeded anything we could control. And the order from our superiors was to hold our ground to the death."
"Hold our ground to the death?"
Even Milk Seele wore a strange expression. The place had already fallen completely—whether they held their ground or not was meaningless.
Wasn't that just wasting manpower and lives?
"That's right!"
Mami Nakaoka lowered her head, her eyes filled with sorrow.
She clearly understood the situation well enough. Yet their mission was still to hold this place to the death. No matter how she looked at it, it was abnormal.
"The government ordered us to hold New Bird Prefecture to the death so that its high-ranking officials could evacuate from various regions and eliminate all dangerous factors."
Though Mami Nakaoka spoke softly, her tone still revealed her disappointment in the government. She continued in a grave voice, "But it isn't just Tokonosu City. Several surrounding cities, even entire prefectures, have been designated red no-survivor zones."
"All major roads leading to other cities have been guarded by the military. Even survivors lucky enough to escape have to undergo extremely strict inspections before they can enter."
"They sealed off the roads?"
Understanding flashed through Seele's eyes.
They had all anticipated this possibility, but they had not expected the military to act so decisively. They were practically cutting off every escape route from the surrounding regions.
"When the dozen or so of you escaped, I heard you mention rescue. What happened to your rescue?" Saeko Busujima asked.
"Our rescue..." Mami Nakaoka clenched her lips, her shoulders trembling as she exhausted all her strength to say, "Something may have happened