End of Century Chapter 03
"Awakened" The sprawling city of "Kusano" centered around a large shopping district. On the road leading into the city, a protective barriers is erected from the inside, fortified with construction fences, iron plates, and piles of building debris. On the outermost layer, abandoned cars are lined up, with sharply pointed iron pipes and reinforcing bars jutting out from their interiors. With this, monsters wouldn't easily get in. The city's sole entrance is the arched gate of the shopping district. At the entrance, two gatekeepers stand, along with an aluminum gate that commonly seen at construction sites. The gatekeepers, pointing the makeshift spear, at the three. Saeki, Shimada, and Kato. "You, travelers. What brings you to this city? Migration? Or just lodging?" "We've come from Kyushu. We'd like to rent a room for the night." The gatekeepers looked at the three with suspicion. Kato in particular was