This shelter was truly luxurious.
Three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, a kitchen, and further down, four storage rooms.
One room stored three generators and various machinery, tools, etc.
Another room was filled with 50 square meters of barrels upon barrels of gasoline, along with some cleaning agents, lubricants, and other items needed for machinery.
The third room was probably for food, a full 100 square meters, but it was completely empty, not a scrap left.
Come on...
They didn't take the gasoline because it was too heavy?
The fourth room stored daily necessities like tissues and blankets. Some were taken, some remained.
It had to be said, the owner of this shelter was truly prepared for long-term habitation.
Reaching out to touch the wall, he quickly got the answer through his ability.
This concrete was a full 3 meters thick...
How the hell did they manage that?
At the very least, they would have had to demolish the villa above, right?
Hmm...
Is it possible they started digging from the yard?
After all, the yard was large, and with money, even difficult projects could be tackled. Reaching this level wasn't impossible. Perhaps other standalone villas also had shelters, but this was the largest and most luxurious villa, so Kaito had focused on it first.
Also, the radiation level here was within a weak range. As long as they didn't expose their skin for extended periods, they could live here normally.
"Kaito! I think I heard gunshots outside!"
Akina, who was on lookout duty upstairs in the villa, hurried down. Upon hearing gunshots outside, Kaito immediately went back up and walked to the third-floor large balcony, using a telescope to look outside...
Well, the view in that direction was blocked by a commercial building.
But Akina was right; scattered gunfire could indeed be heard from a distance.
It was hard to gauge the distance, as the entire city was very quiet!
In such a quiet environment, it was natural for gunfire to carry further.
"First, park the armored vehicle in the garage over there."
Kaito said to Misuzu and the others who were moving supplies inside. The clever Sayuri quickly went to lock the main gate.
"Kaito, what should we do? Stay put here or go investigate?"
"..."
Lowering the telescope, Kaito pondered deeply the choice Akina presented.
Regarding the area with gunfire, it could be two groups of survivors exchanging fire.
It could also be people attacking mutated animals hiding in various parts of the city.
Since this wasn't a zombie apocalypse world, they didn't need to worry about gunfire attracting hordes of zombies, just nearby mutated creatures.
In terms of numbers, from the moment they arrived here until now, they had encountered less than ten mutated creatures, so they didn't need to be too afraid.
Of course...
The most critical issue was that Kaito lacked weapons. If he had one, he would have gone to investigate immediately and captured someone for information.
They were desperately short on information.
"..."
"Let's wait for a moment. I'll make some weapons first."
Hearing the gunfire continuing, Kaito sat down on the balcony and began using his ability to create rock throwing knives one by one.
Without guns, he could only resort to rock throwing knives that didn't consume much stamina and mental energy, serving as long-range weapons.
After creating 30 rock throwing knives, Kaito found a backpack in one of the villa's rooms. Judging from the photos in the room, it likely belonged to a female high school student, and this was her backpack.
He took the books out, placed the rock throwing knives inside, and then explained the situation to the others.
He had them hide in the underground shelter first, while those with direct combat capabilities and support abilities would follow him.
After some selection, Misuzu, Mikoto, Sephie, and Momo would go with him, while the rest stayed behind.
Momo had the ability to communicate with and even control plants. Sephie had chosen fire magic, so the mother-daughter pair came along.
Misuzu and Mikoto went without saying.
This lineup was definitely a top-tier survival team in the apocalypse.
"Let's go, before the gunfire stops."
They chose not to drive, to avoid alerting the enemy prematurely.
They walked out of the villa area together, left the luxury complex, closed the main gate behind them, and quickly moved towards the location of the gunfire.
After about 8 minutes, Kaito arrived at an apartment building. After cautiously checking and confirming it was empty, he entered an apartment with an open door and used a telescope to observe.
This was the fifth floor, offering a wide field of view.
Looking down, sure enough, Kaito saw a scene of two groups of people exchanging fire several hundred meters away.
One group clearly had an armored vehicle loaded with supplies, along with some ordinary cars. The other group hadn't driven there and was firing from rooftops and other various locations.
There was only one conclusion: a group was trying to hijack supplies!
"Kaito, what's it look like?"
"It's likely a fight between two factions, over supplies."
Sephie's eyes flickered, then she nodded.
Kaito continued observing, thinking about how to proceed.
Should they just watch, or sneak closer and wait to reap the benefits, confiscating their supplies and guns?
"Heh, looks like the faction being attacked is still quite strong."
Observing further, Kaito saw that the attacking side was nearly wiped out. This surprised him and also gave him a sense of pressure.
But considering the victors probably had less than ten people left, this was a perfect opportunity to pick off the leftovers!
"Phew... Let's go! We all have two layers of shields. We'll decide how to attack based on the situation! If you get hit and the shields I put on you shatter, immediately run and hide!"
Kaito turned and said to the women, then headed directly towards the firefight zone.
By the time Kaito arrived, they had just started cleaning up the battlefield.