Waking up on his bed, John went to the toilet to relieve himself.

  「You never take anything for granted until it really is gone.」

  Walking out of the toilet, he washed his hands and prepared a small breakfast as he put on his suit.

  His usual breakfast as toast with butter. Eaten in seconds, he left after putting on his shoes.

  「Everything seemed normal at first.」

  Walking through the same path, riding the same train, working the same job...

  「No one would have guessed it, not even the seer.」

  Walking back, exhausted, John saw a beautiful red moon, it was almost as if a trance was put on him.

  He hadn't made it to the train station back home yet. He was just walking out of his office building as his eyes caught the glimpse of the moons ruby colour, which was strange...

  "...!"

  "...?!"

  Not hearing the yells around him, nor the fires burning, not even the sounds of bones cracking around him.

  "...n!"

  He didn't even notice a shadow over him that covered the entire building he worked at, well... that was until.

  "John!"

  「I should have died there, like everyone else.」

  Michael, running as fast as he could grabbed John by the arm, snapping him out of his trance, as the both of them tumbled down onto the concrete.

  BOOM!—

  A resounding explosion was heard as John quickly turned to look behind him of where his old office was...

  A foot as large as three of the buildings stood where his old office was, looking up to see where the foot was connected to was a giant... giant, well, giant!

  Michael, putting his hands over John's ears began dragging and, basically, yanking him along as he tried to save John.

  "John!"

  Soon, John finally began speaking once more as the initial shock died down.

  "What the fuck!"

  「My words were 'what the fuck!' As anyone would say.」

  "What is going on! Was that fucking foot!?"

  "John, listen..."

  "How is that real! What is going on! How do you know where i work Michael?!"

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  "John!"

  "..."

  「That moron, even though he was an idiot, he is my friend. He kept me steady.」

  "Now isn't the time for any of that. C'mon, I know a safe area."

  Michael, grabbing John's arm began dragging the still confused and terrified John

  While traversing the alleyways carefully, there were the flickers of fire over the buildings as screams could be heard, even weird flying creatures that John could not see properly.

  "What is going on, atleast tell me!"

  「It wasn't obvious at first, for me, but it was clearly...」

  "The end."

  "What? The end of what!"

  "Look around us John, the world is ending."

  Soon, the two make it to a small dug out area under a building, in the alleyway, behind a dumpster.

  "You're asking me to fit in there?"

  "Can you nitpick?"

  Without much convincing, John went into the small dug out area, Michael joining close after. It left enough space between them but both had to sit and bend their backs.

  "Where even are we?"

  "A hole."

  「I really couldn't tell if he was a smart man or an idiot among idiots.」

  "Who made this? And how did youknow where to make it."

  "Well, i think a 'thank you' would be nice first."

  "Sigh... Thank. You. Now tell me."

  "Idunno!"

  Michael said while looking at John with a smile.

  「I really couldn't tell.」

  "Sigh, would this be any safer? What if that giant foot thing came down again..."

  "They only target specific buildings."

  John had a shocked look as he heard Michael's reasoning.

  "And you know this, how?"

  "Know what?"

  "...seriously?"

  Michael tilted his head innocently, which did not help because he was around 25, slightly younger than John.

  「Sometimes, he really did seem off in the headw while other times...」

  "Plus, it's safer to be inside than to look at the false moon."

  "???"

  John had this look of whiplash and confusion all over his face as Michael kept switching on him.

  "The fuck is a false moon!-mphf!"

  Michael covered John's mouth with his hands as she made a shushing gesture before pointing upwards.

  "Dont yell it out. It does not like being called out."

  John, overall, was confused.

  「His explanation was strangely clear. Megalo's are giant, well, giants. The same ones that destroyed my, and many other, buildings by stepping on them. who tell sweet lies to gain a cult-like following as they eat their own believers.」

  「The red moon was an entity that wished to bestow this world their own light.」

  "So, how long are we gonna stay here?"

  "An hour, then everything should die down."

  Michael sounded very confident even though he acted, or was, like an idiot.

  "Atleast the beginning part, then there would be zombies then meteors and comets raining down. The sun wouldnt exist and so on and so on."

  John, with a horrified expression was horribly confused and terrified.

  "And how do you know all of this!"

  "Know what?"

  John gave up, covered his head inbetween his knees and waited.

  「Before i wrote my days and stories, this is how i would cope. I guess.」

  ●●●

  "Hey, John. Lets go!"

  Michael squeezed through the gap and helped John out too, the fire was still raging and the screams were everywhere... but there were obviously less now.

  "Where the fuck are we supposed to go now."

  "Lets first get out of the city."

  「With a goal in mind, we began to move across alleyways and move through roads, until...」

  "...what is that?"

  Behind a wall, John peeked out and saw a man eating another man.

  "Undead cannibals."

  Michael's voice was full of hatred making John surprised before Michael looked at him innocently, making John repulsed and ignore Michael again.

  "They look like fuckin' zombies."

  「Undead cannibals, they can think and have autonomous control over their body, they just like eating human flesh.」

  "Nah, that hasn't been released yet, these prototypes will be here for a week before the actual zombies are released."

  John turned back aroun to face Michael, wanting answers to his mad words only to be hit with the innocent face, repulsing John and making him forget why he wanted to ask the question.

  "We're close so lets just run by and make it through the forest."

  "Nah, we have to leave from the other side of the city, now i know where the Cannibal country started..."

  John thought to himself

  This guy really is insane, atleast he seems to know what he is doing.

  The two had to backtrack now, the pilgrim begins.