I Found a Hole in my Yard. It Might Be a Dungeon, but That’s Now my Garbage Dump

oesn’t appear to have progressed at all.

 

 

Is it possible that some conditions happened to coincide and the decomposition didn’t progress?

Or perhaps, could it be that these corpses had actually survived until very recently, and the corpse in the photograph was a different one from these?

 

 

As Dr.
Fernando pondered about this, he came to the conclusion that there might be other survivors in the village.

 

 

Having this in mind, Dr.
Fernando called the Captain on the radio and received an immediate response.

 

 

[What’s the matter?]

 

 

[I think the corpses are too fresh.
The decomposition hasn’t progressed.
There may be survivors in the village.]

 

 

[Understood.
What should we do?]

 

 

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The Captain was quick to make his judgment.

Dr.
Fernando, feeling reassured, issued a request and a warning.

 

 

[Call out loudly and ask if there are any survivors.
However, don’t touch anything in the village.]

 

 

[Understood.
There are Tamils in our unit.
I will have them call out in Tamil.]

 

 

[Please do so.]

 

 

Half an hour later, five more black corpses were found in the village, bringing the total to eight, including the corpses on the beach.

As Dr.
Fernando collected samples from around the village, he laid the corpses on the beach for a full-body examination and noticed several oddities.

 

 

[……None of these corpses had decomposed.]

 

 

[Yeah.
There are also not many of these.
If the list is correct, there must have been 30 people living in the village.
Judging from the number of houses, there certainly should have been at least that many.]

 

 

[The age and gender of the corpses also seemed to be one-sided.
The corpses here are only middle-aged men.
Where did all the women, children and elderly go?]

 

 

[……They may have made them escape? Or perhaps, they may be hiding somewhere.]

 

 

[Hiding? Where in the world would they hide……]

 

 

[These small northern villages were sometimes used as rebel strongholds.
In such cases, the women, children and elderly who couldn’t fight in the village would flee to a shelter and wait for the men to return.
Sometimes, they would even hide for weeks……]

 

 

The Captain glared sharply through the thick jungle behind the village.

 

 

[In that case, it will be impossible to find them right now.
Let’s go back to base camp.]

 

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[I suppose you’re right.
We can’t go into the jungle with these god-awful clothes on.
Well, I guess it’s a good thing you won’t be bitten by insects with this thing on.]

 

 

The Captain pleasantly laughed after insulting his full-body protective suit.

 

 

[So, what about these corpses?]

 

 

[It pains me to say this, but we will need to leave them as they are.
The camp doesn’t have the facilities to keep such a large number of bodies sterilized.
We will analyze the samples first.]

 

 

They can’t just bring the corpses and risk their camp from being infected.

 

 

At that moment, someone shouted “Uwaahhh!” over the radio.

 

 

[What’s the matter!?]

 

 

[No, I just felt like a corpse grabbed my leg…….
It was just my imagination!]

 

 

[I think it’s that so-called rigor mortis.
The rest of the team should check their boots.
Check the rest of your clothing for holes too!]

 

 

The Captain has all members of the team cross-check the airtightness of their full-body protective suits again.

 

 

[All clear.
No holes found!]

 

 

[Alright! Be careful!]

 

 

[My apologies!]

 

 

The man who had caused that ruckus breathed a sigh of relief and thanked his lucky stars that the surface of his book was only blackened in what seemed to be a finger.