Chapter 56

As the sun set in the west, it finally completed its journey for the day. The brilliant light gradually faded, as though its nature had shifted from generous to miserly, leaving behind only a faint golden afterglow to decorate the world. Soon, even this last trace of light would be devoured by the night, like a vampire, marking the arrival of the black night, with a bright silver moon hanging in the sky.

North Kawahiro lay down faithfully on the rooftop, using his sniper scope to observe the movements of the factory area in the distance.

On the open space outside the factory, it seemed the evening had come, and many scavengers began covering empty iron barrels with fuel, lighting them to use as heating.