Yuto, confused by the shadow just disappearing decides to step back a little, seeing the figure standing there with a backpack and his formal clothes, the director succeeded in his journey around the apartment complex despite it being half in ruins and many shadows lurking throughout the night.
"Yuto, move"
Yuto instantly stood over to the side as the director walked into the library Yuto closed the door behind him but yet again there was silence around the library, the director had an annoyed demeanour while looking at Kenzo.
"Director I-"
"Shut up Kenzo, I gave you one task to do, open only when you hear three knocks, nothing else yet you nearly killed everyone including yourself, If I didn't arrive back, you think Yuto could've killed it? My knife or rather machete is the size of two inches and you can see that it still took multiple deep blows to get to work"
Kenzo, disappointed at his incompetence, seems to think staying silent is the best choice he could make.
"Kenzo you are officially not fit to be the second in command with Yuto, as of now you will listen to me and Yuto until you grow up enough to be able to follow something made to save you"
Kenzo's tears drop onto the ground and start soaking the floor, those words hit him harder than any shadow could, the idea of him being so knowledgeable and trustworthy and now him making such a reckless decision that endangers the life of the entire group was unimaginable, Yuto and Kenzo were both known to do a bit of recklessness but not to the scale where it could cost three people's lives.
"I understand Sir"
Kenzo stayed quiet now as the director and Yuto started to plan out the escape
"All right, the best way to escape this place is mostly likely from the front gate since on my expedition I'm pretty sure that the gate has been abolished and left in ruins, this is my idea"
"Director I agree with you but I suggest that we should set out on the day since our visibility will be higher"
Yuto shows the director the watch he managed to take before jumping into the library, the signs showing it to be around 2 am which is around two hours after the incident
"Right now we should sleep so, we all set out tomorrow when the sun is high, it should be saver that way, now everyone gets a good rest as we will be walking for a long time"
Morning hits as they all wake up to the sound of silence, no rooster welcoming the new day with the sun shining on their faces but just the thought of getting out of there as soon as possible.
"OK GET READY EVERYONE"
Yuto shouts for them to prepare their supplies, Maya looks at Yuto as she is already packed up and determined to escape this place already into a new world, they are all seen to have put the supplies into the bag which the director holds, Kenzo holding Maya's hand to make sure she doesn't run off and Yuto holding a bunch of otherwordly books he found in the library under the same series called "The flipped world and beyond ours"
"DIE YOU CREATURE"
As they opened the plank from the staircase, they ascended back onto the surface hearing those words, the words of another human being left alive, this must be a miracle in disguise, they all ran to a corner looking out onto the intersection seeing a man and shadow fighting in the ruins of what is left.
"HAHAHAHA"
The shadow laughed at the man's face seemingly unphased by his attacks, scared the man started to use his surroundings to his advantage trying not to die at any cost.
"AAH"
the man screamed as he picked up a metal pipe and hit the monster with it, the attack seemed to anger the shadow it started using its claws to attack the man into shreds, he ran and ducked over and under many rocks trying to use the surroundings to his advantage to evade the upcoming impending doom, quickly grabbed a rock and threw it at the shadow's face causing it to scream in agony as the rock broke.
"ARGH, DIE"
Yuto watching learned a couple of things, the shadows are affected by being hit in the face even by rocks, this could be a potential weak spot they could abuse in the future, but the more concerning part is that shadows might be evolving slowly as they seem to be able to speak in a disturbing course but understandable voice to humans.
"NOT DYING YET"
this man knowing he would die seemed to reject the existence of the idea of dying to begin with, he stood there, alone and unphased getting ready to strike with his bare bloodied knuckles at a creature which could kill him with one swoop, this was a man who had nothing to lose, a rage-filled beast waiting to be unleashed.
"UH-"
One, two and three, the man was surrounded by three of such creatures, not sure if this was backup or a planned ambush by the shadows as they seemed to have the ability to communicate with each other as they had with the human fighting them.
"RU-"
Yuto tried to tell the man to run away but the director covered his mouth, not wanting to draw attention to themselves they could easily slip by towards the gate while the man was slaughtered by three shadows, this was morally wrong but the idea of morality was out of the director's mind and the only thing he cared about was getting out with the kids fully intact.
"Let's go, we can't waste this chance"
They ran away towards the gate avoiding the scene, Sounds of slashing and screaming were heard in the background as they ran the opposite way of the intersection avoiding the fight, Yuto trying to keep his composure as he felt guilty for not saving him and calling out one last time.
"Director you a cruel man"
No response was heard but only a staredown from the director showing Yuto he doesn't care about the cruelty as long as what he cares about is saving, the screams slowly faded and the slashing stopped, once again making silence the only sound.
'the outside world show me what you have to offer'