Thanks for breakfast. *Sigh* It was amazing.

You're welcome. We're all energized now that our stomachs are full.

I bet I could even take down those zombies if they showed up now!

I think it's better to avoid them, Rin.

Well then, what do we do next?

Shall we use that radio transceiver we talked about last night to make contact outside of the island?

Good idea. We don't know when the zombies will appear next, so we should do everything we need to get done right now while we're still safe.

If possible, I'd like to gather some food as well. While it's a prospect I don't want to think about, we might be in for a long battle…

That won't happen as long as we make contact with someone on the outside. Come on, let's head out to the shed.

[Fade in/out.]

They aren't around here, right?

They?

You know… THEM.

The z-o-m-b-i-e-s. Eli-chi is so scared that she can't even say the word.

I see…

You'll be all right. It doesn't look like the zombies are nearby. And if anything does happen, then I'll protect you, Eli.

Emma!

That's so kind of you, Emma, but don't worry. I raised Eli-chi so she'd know how to protect herself.

I don't recall you raising me, though, Nozomi!

Shush. We don't know when something might jump out at us, so let's get our task done as quickly as possible.

Y-You're right.

[Fade in/out.]

It's too dark in here to see anything.

Oh, isn't that it?

This? Yeah, but, how should I put it…?

The radio looks like it's seen better days.

Yeah, it seems like a pretty old model.

I probably should have brought this up earlier, but do any of us know how to use this radio?

Rina, how about you?

I don't know what to do with something this old.

Yeah, that's to be expected.

I heard that older devices are simpler in construction. We could probably figure it out by messing around with it.

This button looks promising, right?

In that case, let's push it.

Did it connect?

I don't hear anything.

It won't break if we mess with it too much?

Maybe, but we won't get anywhere just by looking at it.

Umm… Let's try this, then this…and this.

Oh, it's working!

Way to go, Ai!

*Chuckle* I'm a gal that gets things done. Then, turn this and…

Huh? Hmm… What? That's weird.

You can do this, Ai!

It's no use. This radio isn't connecting to anything. Guess this means we can't just mess with it and hope things work out.

Ugh! So it turns out that we can't call for help!

That means, we really can't leave this island until our ride home arrives in two days.

Hey, could it be possible that we mistook what we saw yesterday? I mean, don't you think it's strange? We haven't seen hide nor hair of those zombies today.

You saw it too, though, didn't you, Maki?

Actually, it was too dark to make anything out clearly. I know something was there, but did any of us get a good look at them?

Now that you mention it. I don't think I got a good look at them either.

Same here.

So what could they have possibly been? You heard all the noise they made and the things that said, didn't you?

True. I definitely heard them.

Isn't it possible that the noise was something else?

Something else? Like what?

Hmm…

Could they have been people in distress who drifted here to this island because of some kind of accident? And maybe they were coming to us for help?

People in distress…

That's at least a more realistic theory than zombies.

Let's go look for them!

Look for them? We don't even know if anyone is actually around.

But there'd be big trouble if they are around! We have to help them if they're in strife!

Yeah, Honoka's right. We have to find them quickly.

Then let's go now to search places they're likely to be!