Let's talk about Takumi.
While others were resting, he was still wandering around the United States.
Unlike the disciplined "Flower Gardener" nation, the United States could not refrain from firing weapons. After the outbreak of the zombie crisis, gunshots were heard everywhere, and there was never a moment of silence. Even at night, many city gangs organized themselves into primitive survivor bases, guarding specific areas and forming groups to resist the zombies. Not to mention, there were also official survivor shelters.
It was for these reasons that Takumi almost always avoided the cities. The main reason was that if he were exposed, he would be in trouble. At this stage, it was only the early days of the zombie crisis. As long as the authorities organized effective actions, the zombie craze could be completely suppressed. After all, no matter how dangerous the virus was, it was still just a virus and could only be spread through contact.
Therefore, as long as military-grade weapons were used—such as infantry fighting vehicles and the like—soldiers could output firepower in a safe environment, making any number of zombies irrelevant. The real dangers were those who knew they were infected and hopeless but hid it for fear of dying sooner. As the saying goes, strong fortresses often begin to crumble from within. Only when something goes wrong within the resistance force can the zombie craze truly get out of control.
Takumi didn't know about other aspects, but he saw that the United States was already showing signs of being unable to hold on. To be honest, Takumi was a little surprised that the United States could survive for even two days. After all, the United States—or most countries' armies without "Red" discipline—usually lacks the ideological awareness and combat quality to prevent the concealment of infection.
But after careful observation, Takumi felt relieved. The reason the United States survived for two days was simply due to the advantage of advanced equipment. The soldiers were wearing stab-proof uniforms without a single gap; they were armed to the teeth. Those ordinary zombies transformed from common people truly had nothing they could do against them. Even if zombies rushed through the hail of bullets and pounced to bite, they would only bruise these soldiers at most, never breaking their defense.
As for why there were still signs of failure despite such an advantage? This was mainly due to the "fire in the backyard." Although the situation was initially brought under control by military intervention, the army opened fire indiscriminately, killing zombies in large numbers. This caused some people to object. The situation was similar to that of the Takagi family in the original Highschool of the Dead. Some people argued that zombies were just "sick patients" and felt that the army should not slaughter them so recklessly. They began to organize protests.
I have to say, this was very "liberal." The army, which had already controlled the situation, began to feel pressure and had to change its tactics from killing to containing. As soon as this method changed, the difficulty of the operation skyrocketed. After all, zombies have no sense of pain. The methods usually used to subdue humans did not work on them. Electric shocks were somewhat useful, as they could stun the zombies temporarily, but there were so many zombies and nowhere to put them.
Containing each one was very laborious. It required manpower to separate the zombies individually and apply electric shocks before they could be contained safely. It wasn't like there weren't smart people coming up with solutions. Someone took advantage of the fact that zombies identify targets by sound and came up with a "safe" method. First, they used a trap cage to load a carload of zombies and transferred them to a prepared maze entrance. Then they used sound and control gates to separate the zombies one by one in the maze, allowing personnel at the exit to easily contain them.
The method was decent, but the efficiency was too low—far slower than killing. The most important question was: what happens after they are contained? Treat zombies as "patients"? Their hearts don't even beat; they died a long time ago! If you could truly turn zombies back into humans, that wouldn't be treatment—it would be resurrection!
The army only discovered this problem halfway through the containment. All that hard work was in vain. And since containment was useless, they wanted to resume killing. But this was no longer possible. Why? Because the protesters did not accept the result. They protested again, claiming this was a military conspiracy and that the zombie disease could be cured, but the facts had been tampered with. They argued the military claimed it was incurable only because the cost of treatment was too high, whereas bullets were cheap.
Military officials thought: "What you said makes sense, but I can't refute it."
As soon as this logic—so consistent with the style of the United States—surfaced, the military was speechless. In the past, they had done many immoral things and tried to explain them away. Now, they were actually doing the right thing, yet they were being wronged by their own people! At this moment, top military officials and politicians felt as if they had swallowed something disgusting. Eventually, the military stopped arguing and went back to killing zombies.
But then something magical happened. Those people were so stubborn that they went to the front line to protest and even interfered with the soldiers' operations. This included snatching weapons, tackling soldiers, and pushing gun barrels away. If you do this, trouble follows. These soldiers had been fighting continuously; they were exhausted and suffered from the civilians' petulance. Additionally, although the stab-proof suits prevented infection, the force of a zombie's bite was immense. Many soldiers were bruised and injured.
When these protesters caused trouble and led to accidental injuries, the soldiers reached their limit. "We tried our best to protect you, and this is how you repay us?" Many soldiers executed the troublemakers on the spot. This added fuel to the fire! The news of soldiers opening fire on civilians caused an immediate uproar, and people started to riot. Now, there was a complete "fire in the backyard," and it was impossible to control.
Takumi looked at the soldiers who were suddenly attacked from both sides, suffering heavy casualties. He was dumbfounded by this scene. He had guessed the ending, but he hadn't expected the process to be so absurd.
"If you lose yourselves this way, you'll probably be rated as the most useless nation in the world," Takumi smiled with a bit of schadenfreude. As a "Rabbit" from his own world, he was happy to see the United States in misfortune.
Then Takumi set his sights on the Eurasian continent again. He found that besides China and a few other places, almost everywhere was out of control. The most outrageous was undoubtedly India. Their senior officials had gone into hiding long ago, making them the first to enter a state of anarchy. The army tried to turn the tide, but their lack of cohesion and metaphysical "brain circuits" caused them to collapse from within just as Takumi predicted. "The comedian 'Third Brother' did not disappoint; his performance was normal."
As for the African continent? It's better not to mention it. Its fall was certain; there was no resistance at all.
Takumi was also surprised by Russia's situation. It wasn't "exciting"; on the contrary, it was somewhat defeated. Although resistance forces were organized, the survival rate was shocking. "Why are there so few people?" Takumi checked and found that the infection rate was extremely high. In big cities, the number of survivors was only about 5%. Even if India was out of control, the survival rate in its cities was 3%. Russia was barely better. In comparison, the survival rate in American cities was around 13% or 14%.
"Where is the 'fighting nation'? You showed me this?" However, Takumi discovered a clue. There were many empty, broken wine bottles at the Russian borders. "Was it fake alcohol? I thought Russia restricted alcohol after the Soviet collapse." In the end, Takumi regarded this as a world difference and continued his work.
After searching the pharmaceutical factory, Takumi found a few more laboratories. However, these biological laboratories currently had many survivors inside who were basically fine. This made Takumi sigh—disaster prevention truly depends on the facilities most prone to the problem. Takumi destroyed the surveillance cameras and went in. He did not kill anyone to avoid damaging the precious equipment, so he just cast sleeping magic on them.
Over the next four days, Takumi did not rest. After moving equipment from Japan, he moved to other countries. Kanae and the others participated in the search during the day and rested at night. Finally, the world could hold on no longer. Air-burst nuclear weapons caused EMPs to attack the entire world. This was the United States' last stubborn act—if they died, they would drag the world down with them. The action was so sudden that other countries, tired of dealing with zombies, couldn't react. Many places suffered, including China. However, the "Rabbits" did react and launched their own "mushrooms" back at the United States.
"It's time."
Takumi teleported above China and saw many cities plunged into chaos by the EMP. He took action. Extremely large magic circles appeared over Chinese territory one by one, eventually enveloping the entire country, and then golden light rain began to fall.
He had reconsidered his plan over the past few days. He gave up the time-consuming recruitment plan and chose a new one: cooperate with the "Rabbits" of this world! Sooner or later, he would clean up all the zombies, so why not start here? Save them first, gain a long-term partner, and get a helper to complete his tasks.
As for whether their selected people would have hidden agendas? Takumi's [Psychic Test] magic was not for show. In a world without supernatural powers, how could they avoid his detection? Furthermore, even with tricksters, the [Soul Contract] would turn enemies into loyal allies instantly.
Takumi's only worry was if the "Rabbits" here were unwilling to cooperate. But for the sake of his heritage, he was willing to take a gamble. If it failed, he would just abduct some people. I believe after such a disaster, many lonely survivors would be willing to leave this sad place.
Let's talk about the people below. The moment the magic circles appeared, they speculated what it was. They wanted to find out, but after the EMP, they had lost their observation methods and could only stare up. After a while, they saw the golden rain and noticed there was no lethal movement. They breathed a sigh of relief and became curious.
"What's this? Golden rain? So beautiful."
"Wait! Look outside!"
People soon discovered the use of this light rain. When the rain fell on zombies, they twitched, emitted black gas, and fell dead.
"The zombies are all dead! Awesome! Is this a manifestation of a god? From today on, I am a loyal believer! Finally, those damn zombies are dead. I survived!"
The higher-ups were also shocked. "What's happening? Who did it? We don't have such ability!"
As for Takumi, after confirming all zombies in the territory were dead, he put away the purification magic and used a projection instead. The people below saw the magic circles disappear, replaced by a huge screen.
"Who is this? Did he save us? Is this a god?"
Under everyone's gaze, Takumi smiled and spoke in his native language. But what followed was unbelievable to them.
"To the 'Rabbits' of this world, hello. My name is Takumi, and I come from... another 'Flower Gardener' world!"
"If this is the case, will Kanae and the others be allowed to visit the Harry Potter world in the future?"