<span style="color: #00BFFF">“I know that…”</span>Junko murmured with a soft sigh.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Still… If we are going to be partners, companions, whatever… You should learn to rely on me a little more. That’s all,”</span>she told him with a shrug.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Ranged fighting might be my specialty, but I’m not useless in close-quarters, you know,”</span>she told him. She did also carry blades of her own. It would be foolish to travel alone if she were unable to fight in close quarters, too, after all. She finally smiled a little at his reaction to the Venison.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Thanks,”</span>she replied, taking a bite of her own as she considered whether she knew of any stockpiles of ammunition.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00BFFF">“Well, I can’t say that I know of any with that specific ammunition. There are a few abandoned old military bases, outposts, caches, and the likes scattered around,”</span>she replied thoughtfully.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Normal bullets are useless against a vampire, so the Japanese Imperial Demon Army probably didn’t waste time and resources trying to recover those types of things,”</span>she explained.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Doesn’t mean they weren’t raided by scavengers and whatnot, though,”</span>she told him before taking another bite of her food.<br/><br/>She considered his next question as she took another bite of her food.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Well, they may notice that the squad doesn’t return. It isn’t uncommon for that to happen, though. That is the reality of this world,”</span>she said this as a fact, but there was a sadness hidden in her eyes that told that even though she accepted it, she wished that weren’t the case.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“It is likely that they will assume that the squad made contact with some vampires and didn’t make it out,”</span>she explained.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00BFFF">“If they were wielding Enchanted Gears, I doubt the army would investigate at all. But with them wielding Cursed Gears, they may investigate, if for no other reason than to attempt to retrieve their lost weapons,”</span>she told him before taking another bite.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“This place isn’t considered important, so it is outside of the main patrol areas. Those who patrol here patrol a large area, so they don’t swap out as frequently, which means that they probably won’t be identified as missing immediately.”</span><br/><br/>After finishing her food, she gathered up both of their dishes and eating utensils and began to clean up the area. She glanced up when grabbed the bottle of still-cold vodka and took a drink, his breath fogging when he exhaled.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Interesting indeed,”</span>she agreed with a nod as she continued cleaning up and putting things away.<br/><br/>While he dealt with their prisoners, she finished putting things away and took a seat in time to watch him cut them free and them scurry off. She was admittedly a bit relieved that he had decided to set them free, and that they had been cooperative. There had been enough humans killed in this building for the day, she thought.<br/><br/>She smiled a little when he said he didn’t feel like killing them, especially after killing the army guys.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“Hey, you don’t have to justify yourself to me,”</span>she told him with a soft chuckle.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“I wasn’t going to complain. I’m glad that’s what you chose,”</span>she shrugged, taking out a bottle filled with water and taking a drink.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“I think we should be fine for the night. It will likely be a little while before anyone notices they are missing, and longer before they send anyone to investigate,”</span>she assured him.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00BFFF">“Besides, I doubt we’ll find a better place for a while. Best to rest while we can,”</span>she said as she put the bottle away.<span style="color: #00BFFF">“You can go ahead and get some sleep if you want. I can take the first watch,”</span>she offered with a small smile as she stretched her arms above her head and moved them side to side to loosen up her muscles.