The moment she saw that thing, Saeko Busujima's pupils constricted, and her scalp instantly tingled.
It had been so long since the virus outbreak, and she had yet to see such an abstract-looking monster.
And it was extremely fast, its claws, larger than its head, clung to the concrete building surfaces like octopus suckers, climbing rapidly.
When it landed on the ground, any zombies in its path were instantly torn to shreds by the monster's sharp claws.
"Is this... a Licker?"
The information she had previously read instantly popped into Saeko Busujima's mind.
Bio-weapons formed from mutated humans or other quadrupeds, which, in addition to natural mutation, could also be mass-produced artificially.
Combined with the mission released in the chat group, perhaps these Lickers were sent by Umbrella Corporation.
Saeko Busujima immediately stood up.
Although she didn't know when the group members would arrive, her life was still in her own hands at the moment.
She grabbed the katana placed by her bed, rushed out of the bedroom, and looked at the few people lying or sprawling asleep in the living room.
"Wake up quickly, we have enemies!"
It was summer, and the weather was hot.
To save electricity, only one fan was blowing back and forth in the large living room.
When the temperature was too high, people also became listless.
Although the few girls in the living room were dressed quite lightly, they still couldn't beat the scorching heat, feeling drowsy and their eyes glazed over.
Even when they heard the commotion Saeko Busujima made, their minds didn't immediately catch up.
One of them, a tall, voluptuous blonde beauty, had particularly hazy eyes.
"Someone's here? Is it rescue? Huh?"
Juchuan Shizuka, the school nurse.
The school nurse of Saeko Busujima's academy, the mansion they were temporarily staying in was her own luxury home purchased in Tokoname City.
She had a great figure, like something out of a manga.
But she was a natural airhead.
If it weren't for her, Juchuan Shizuka would have been surrounded and dismembered by zombies in the infirmary long ago.
"Enemies?"
Saya Takagi, the pink-haired girl lying on the sofa on the other side, immediately jumped up.
Saeko Busujima was a senior from the school's Kendo Club. Not only did she rescue them from the school, but she also awakened her abilities earlier, effectively becoming the leader of this all-female team.
Seeing her in such a hurry, Saya Takagi also fumbled to grab a pistol placed on the table, a nervous expression on her face.
"Enemies?"
Rei Miyamoto, also a student from Fujimi High School, frantically climbed up from a lounge chair, instinctively gripping a long spear placed beside her.
She couldn't use a gun but was a member of the school's spear-fighting club, using a makeshift spear as a weapon.
"Big sister, what happened?"
"Woof woof woof!"
The youngest girl, Alice, who Saeko Busujima had rescued during their escape from the academy, stood by the window, looking into the distance.
At her feet, a white puppy barked incessantly at the window.
Just then.
A gunshot echoed from the rooftop.
Followed by a series of gunshots.
The girls' hearts jumped.
Nan Lixiang, a police officer from the SAT team and a friend of Juchuan Shizuka, along with Yuriko Takagi, Saya Takagi's mother, were on lookout on the rooftop.
Under normal circumstances, they would never open fire.
Immediately after, everyone heard movement from the stairs.
Yuriko Takagi's figure came into view.
"Mutated monsters are approaching, there are many of them, and Nan Lixiang is having a hard time holding them back."
Her words were brief, but everyone understood the seriousness of the problem.
Nan Lixiang was one of the top five snipers in Island Nation. If even she couldn't stop them, it meant the situation was quite severe.
"You all do as we practiced during training. I'll block them from the front."
Saeko Busujima drew her sword and went to the window.
Her exceptional eyesight allowed her to see objects a thousand meters away.
That being said, she wasn't sure if the girls in the team would be able to remain calm when they saw the true appearance of the Lickers.
Lickers were very fast.
They could easily reach speeds of sixty kilometers per hour and were tireless.
Although a few Lickers had already had their heads blown off by Nan Lixiang, five or six more Lickers had already reached a very close distance.
Saeko Busujima leaped from the window ledge, several meters high, her figure like a nimble swallow, dashing through the narrow streets.
The Lickers seemed to receive an order, three of them rushing towards Saeko Busujima, while the remaining three charged towards the shelter.
"What are those things?!"
At a distance of less than a hundred meters, the girls could easily see them.
The blood-red skinned monsters brought a powerful visual impact, and a strong sense of fear arose.
Let alone these girls.
Even the raccoon city police, when they first encountered these monsters in the Resident Evil plot, would initially be stunned and dazed.