The sky was covered in an orange hue as the sun disappeared behind the tall buildings
The environment, usually bursting with energy, was eerily still, as the world was on pause
Haruno ate the last slice of her saved lunch as she watched the streets covered with undead in the comfort of her nearly broken down car.
She checked the time on her watch and grumbled. 15:20
She had managed to get near Fujimi high only to be met with massive foot traffic
" Truly a pain in the ass " Her face dark with frustration, Haruno bit into the sandwich with the ferocity of a wild animal, She watched the setting sun before taking out her phone " If only Takumi was still at the school,
If so I wouldn't be so worried about Yukino "
Haruno felt tired. Regardless of whether Saeko really saved her sister, as a Bonified Siscon, she could never rest without seeing Yukino for herself
Finishing the sandwich she checked her phone's messages
Saeko - For someone not present, you sure do worry for those of us here. This is the 7th time you've asked how we are...heh maybe that's not it. Should I say this is the 7th time you've asked how Yukino is? - 15:15
Rei - Huh? Why the hell would I say anything to you! Stop texting me or my brother * Contact Rei Miyamoto has blocked you * - 14:59
Saya - Yukinoshita-san is fine in the gymnasium and the place itself has already been cleared by Busujima an hour ago. Please stop wasting our time with updates, Yukino Yukinoshita isn't the only life we have to care about. - 15:05
Miku - Fuck off bitch!! * Contact Miku Yuki has blocked you * - 15:07
Haruno sighed
She never felt such deep regret in her life before. Having an enmity with Takumi was the issue that still causes her problems right even now.
Before, she could ignore the problem and pretend that Yukino's hateful gaze didn't exist...but now it was just a painful reminder of her regrets
" Huh? " Haruno's eyes flickered with tension as something entered her line of sight. She felt her mind sharpen in disbelief " You've gotta be kidding me "
.....
Fujimi High School
Swish swish swish
Saeko's figure flickered in the hallway. The bukkon trailing her as she decapitated the body of a slumbering undead. The zombie didn't even have a chance to wake up before it went to eternal sleep
" This place seems to have less undead than the other areas of the school " Saeko commented off handedly while searching the body for any useful objects
Retrieving a cracked phone she turned to her companion and smiled gently while heading to the cafeteria door in front of them, " What do you think is takumi's reason for protecting the group back in the gymnasium? "
" I don't know but I feel it should have something to do with him wanting to secure the school as a base of operation. And we can't possibly manage this massive area on our own " Saya carrying chair leg, stated calmly
Saeko curled her lips into a small sneer, " Takagi-san sure loves to see things in a positive way, surprising, considering that most of the people in the world might have gone to the afterlife and the ones who are left may be more words than the undead themselves "
Saya frowned at Saeko, " what exactly are you trying to say, Busujima-san? " Saya naturally understood what Saeko was implying
Saeko didn't bother hiding her thoughts on the matter too. As she opened the door to the quiet school Cafeteria she grabbed her bukkon tightly, " What I mean is that in this world filled with danger, takumi will inevitably come across a situation where he can't win "
She dashed at a zombie jumping at her. Ducking under its launch and before delivering an upward sword draw to the zombie's skull. A roar to her left signalled her to another undead approaching
Saya proved she wasn't just a case. The chair leg, already bloodied from previous encounters, once again found a new victim as she caved the skull of the undead targeting Saeko
The two girls, despite never having been in a scenario where they had to fight for their lives, showed surprising compatibility with each other, alongside an absurd degree of adaptation to the world's situation
In less than two minutes they both finished their respective battles and continued their way to their spoils of war, The school food supplies!
Meanwhile
Back at the Gymnasium
A student held her phone tightly, tears falling slowly as she read the panicked message sent by her younger brother
She wanted to go and help him but recalling Saeko's intimidating presence doused any sudden courageous feeling and replaced it with fear and apprehension
The normally saintly Senpai seemed to have become a bigger monster than the undead outside.
She didn't have the guts to confront her as she still thought herself normal like the rest not noticing as her fingers scraped into the wooden floor in anxiety
However, what she didn't notice was not only her abnormal situation but a pair of sharp eyes locked onto her, their pupils shrinking behind their lenses before a dark light flashed through behind the glasses
Shido, who had been racking his brain for a way to solve Saeko, seemed to have found it right when it was best to act
Riko Takeru was so deep in internal thought that not only had she failed to notice what she had done but also failed to notice that a predator had set its sights on , already planning to how to use her for its own benefit
.....
Meanwhile back at the Takumi's house
Two girls sat on a coach in front of the TV watching the news broadcast the situation happening outside in real time. Rei looked at Yuki and noticing that she like Rei herself wasn't focused on the screen but lost in deep thought
Seeing this she e decided to just start small " Hey Bitch, I hope you're not envisioning my brothers dick with that dazed expression, after all if, you are it'll be painful for you since you'll only be able to envision with experiencing it, he's too much for a street whore like you "
Rei started the conversation in classic Rei Miyamoto style
Insulting the other person ✓
Glaze her brother ✓
And glaze him some more while disrespecting the other person again✓
Miku didn't even bat and eye and just continued staring into the TV showing the reporter screaming as she was eaten by the zombies of what seemed to be 3 middle school students
Rei, seeing she was ignored felt had a somewhat unpleasant expression and was about to continue when Yuki finally replied
Yuki Miku turned to face Rei, her sultry face having a gloomy expression no different from Rei's. She opened her mouth, " I may have a small chance at booking up with Takumi-sama as a so called 'street whore' but I don't you think you should be smug "
Yuki Miku curled her lips in disdain as she faced Rei who seemed to already know what she was about to say
Yuki Miku have a small laugh and finished her sentence with a happy tone, " After all you're Takumi-sama's one and only 'sister'~
"
" Ugh " Rei seemed to have suffered critical damage and could only weakly reply " we're stepsiblings "
Yuki Miku shook her head and stopped joking around, " You want to ask me something? "
Yuki and Rei may always be found in an arguement but they could also be said to have a good relationship centred around Takumi
After all these months of 'getting along' they knew each other very well. Rei didn't hide anything too, directly saying her thoughts, " It's been almost 2 hours since Nii-chan's inner voice spoke "
Rei looked at her phone, " This happened after he lost his phone in what I assume to be his fight with the undead named a 'Tank' so his lack of replies on his phone is somewhat understandable "
Yuki nodded, " You're wondering if something happened to him? "
Rei nodded only stopping when she noticed Yuki looking at her like an idiot
Rei frowned, " what the hell is that supposed to mean? " Yuki sighed then explained, "I don't know why you're so worried, Takumi and that fucker Takashi are the people who know how to survive in this apocalypse better than us.
I don't believe for a second that the shifting and acceleration of events is enough to kill them
As for why he's inner voice is quiet, didn't you ever consider maybe he was asleep? "
Yuki looked at the stunned Rei with contempt and continued, " Let's leave the fact that Takumi didn't come to school because he had a massive headache "
Yuki looked towards the now static TV and spoke, " The 'tank' Takumi fought seems to be a powerful zombie that took most his energy.Of course he'd have to rest before going to Fujimi, a place filled with over atleast 500 zombies "
Rei stayed quiet
Yuki opened her phone when she felt it vibrate and saw a sent text by saeko
Saeko - Operation become a foodie - Accomplished ✓
She smiled and turned to the brocon beside her, " let's get to sleep, tomorrow is going to be rough...if we don't die by then "
....
Pain
So much pain
White hot pain
Takashi felt like his head was injected a glass hundred shards which exploded into his skull
" The fuck happened? Why the hell does my head hurt so much? And where the fuck am I? "
?
?!
!!!
Takashi suddenly remembered everything that happened before he passed out. Realising that his attacker was likely the person who dragged him here
[ Shit shit shit shit! Who the hell even was that bastard!? His reaction speed was ridiculous just like that bastard Takumi!
Why did he attack me?! Wait wait wait, was it me who attacked first?..... Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!! ] - Takashi
The heroines who were either recuperating or making preparations for the future were stunned to hear this so called Protagonist's voice
Didn't Takumi beat him up?
How was he still alive then?
After all if Takumi beat him into unconsciousness like they highly suspected from the long period of silence * long period without him saying something nearing mental sexual assault * he would have most likely been killed by a stray undead
The zombies relyed mainly in hearing and were blind
But that didn't mean they didn't have the remaining senses such as smell, taste and feeling
And the sounds of their battle should've attracted quite the number of undead
If so, a zombie should have come sooner or later and found a snack to eat in the ground, right?
Is this the protagonist's plot armor?
Isn't it a bit too exaggerated?
As for the idea that Takumi saved him
They didn't believe it after all both Takumi ans Takashi gave the heroines the picture of people who had deep grudges against one another
Did Takumi, as the Antagonist actually save the protagonist?
Bullshit
Takumi woke up screaming bloody murder about the protagonist and the world!
Why would he save him. His inner voice seemed to want to kill Takashi very, very much
The heroines didn't realise that what they felt was the most inconceivable possibility was in fact the true reality of the situation
Takashi suddenly heard shuffling beside him and froze. He only then realised that this small room, had not only him inside it
Slowly, he turned. He had no intention to wake up his attacker and possible savour especially when his body was a deck
As he slowly turned his head to catch the figure of the one who made him see stars, he felt his heart pounding .
He noticed the wooden sword which was used to whack his head in his head laying between the other person's leg, gripped tightly
Arms bound tightly in tape and magazines
A backpack filled with supplies that could probably last a while
And laying on top of it was a head staring right a him, familiar heterocromatic eyes boring into his soul
Takashi froze
" Takumi? " His voice cracked with something between shock disbelief and weariness
[ Shit! It's this bastard Takumi! Fuck! Has he been watching me like a hawk the whole time!? And more importantly does he remember our past life ] - Takashi
" Takumi? Is that you buddy? It's been a while " Takashi didn't know what expression he made but it probably wasn't pretty
He realised that there's a high possibility that Takumi like him retained memories of their past life
As if that was true, than this Takumi is the same Takumi who's life had been messed up by him
If that was true he had to bluff this, he absolutely couldn't reveal what he remembered and had to be the Takashi of the past
Only then could be survive
However
Takumi's gaze sharpened and he spoke a sentence that seemed to plunge Takashi into the abyss
" Drop the act bastard. If you were that Takashi you wouldn't be looking like someone constipated. Besides you're wording have you away. "
Takumi curled his lips in disdain, " It's been a while? Didn't we meet today before you went to school or did your regressed memories fumble with your recent ones "
Takumi gripped his bukkon tightly and looked at Takashi with killing intent, " Either way I know for sure that you aren't Takashi my friend but Takashi the bastard that ruins everything "
He pointed the bukkon and smiled darkly at the weakened and terrified protagonist and said coldly, " So 'buddy' ~ let's talk~
[ Fuck! ] - Takashi
End of chapter