Distracting himself, Akira immediately realized something was approaching. "It seems like someone's coming, because of the noise the zombies made earlier." Akira, hearing the noise approaching, tried to figure out who was approaching.
And thanks to his spatial ability, he immediately knew who it was.
(Akira's spatial scanning ability allows him to see without boundaries and obstacles; as long as it's within 20 meters of his position, he can place the object within his space.)
"So it's zombies. It seems I need to be more stealthy," after realizing the zombies were approaching, Akira didn't panic.
He knew that with his spatial ability, he could keep all the zombies at bay, especially since, in his eyes, they were now points he needed to earn.
"Come on, come into my space!" the zombies within his spatial range quickly entered.
The system notification sounded again, but this time Akira ignored it.
"There are four zombies... successfully contained. As for the others, they haven't approached, so there's no need to take action." After capturing the four zombies near the clothing store where he was hiding, Akira then turned his attention elsewhere.
He felt he couldn't act freely, at least not during the day, as there were still many human survivors, so it would be risky to act openly.
Furthermore, it had only been an hour since the zombies entered the school, and the town he had arrived in hadn't yet been completely overrun by them.
"I need a safe place to hide, and only when night falls will I act more freely," Akira made a quick decision.
With that in mind, Akira left the clothing store and began to observe the other shops around him.
Besides the clothing store, there were restaurants, bakeries, souvenir shops, repair shops, and several other shops that were currently surrounded by zombies.
"There's a bakery next to the clothing store, and judging by its location, it looks like it's closed, so it should be safe to enter.
However, I need to check to see if anyone is inside, but judging by the appearance of the shops on this street, they all seem to be uninhabited, so there shouldn't be anyone there." Akira began inspecting the bakery next to the clothing store.
Judging by its size, which was only a few dozen square meters, Akira knew there wasn't much space inside.
And that only indicated that the bakery was a small to medium-sized shop.
"I have to enter through the roof. The front door is locked, and if I use force, it will attract more zombies, and worst of all, it might attract human survivors as well."
Returning to the clothing store and looking for the back door, Akira discovered that there was a warehouse behind the clothing store, and right next to the warehouse, a 3-meter-high wall separated the clothing store from the bakery.
Using his spatial scanning ability again, Akira checked and, after finding no one inside the shop, easily climbed up the wall.
With three times the physical strength of a normal human, Akira easily jumped up the 3-meter-high wall. Once at the top, he quickly found a gap and entered the bakery.
Entering the bakery, Akira found himself in a warehouse filled with various flours and bread-making ingredients.
Seeing this, he felt impolite to stuff everything into his space. Although he had already stocked up, more food was certainly better.
After inspecting the entire shop, he found that it was divided into three small rooms: one storage room, one baking room with a small bathroom in the corner, and one room where the bread was sold.
Akira nodded in satisfaction at the sight of the place where he would be staying for the night.
"I'll relax here until sunset and take action when the night gets darker. There's no need to rush, as I'm not running out of time.
Furthermore, the protagonists in this world will remain safe for the next few days, so there's no need to rush into confronting them.
My top priorities are staying safe and gathering as many zombies as possible to upgrade the system.
And I need 10,000 zombies, which is a lot."
So Akira then began to take out his cooking utensils, while also taking out some of the food he had stored.
Making use of the time he had, Akira didn't forget to start making warm meals to store in his space, as he didn't have much cooked food stored.
First things first… What Akira did was brew a large batch of instant cup noodles. Using the still-clean uncontaminated water, Akira began boiling water in the container he had prepared.
He also kept plenty of boiled hot water in his room for any emergencies that might arise.
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Elsewhere, the original protagonists of this world finally, after much effort, arrived at Shizuka's friend Rika's house.
"I'm so tired!..."
"This is like a dream!!!"
"Finally, we can rest in peace!!"
After a short rest, they began discussing their next arrangements.
"Where are we going next?"
"We can't just stay here."
"Teacher Shizuka, are there any weapons in your friend's house that we can use for self-defense?"
"Yes, I believe she told me where they are kept. Let me look for them first," Shizuka replied.
Watching Shizuka go searching for weapons inside the house, the others remained silent and simply waited. Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long.
Then they heard Shizuka's excited voice from inside the main bedroom.
"Found it!!! I found the weapon!!" Shizuka happily told the others.
"Great... let's go take a look!" They eagerly headed towards Shizuka.
To their surprise, upon entering the room, they found several long-barreled guns neatly arranged on the bed.
And there were still several other weapons that Shizuka was still trying to extract from the secret compartment there.
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Before realizing it, the night passed, and Akira, who had been in the bakery for several hours, nodded in satisfaction, looking at the many dishes and dishes she had created.
"Hahahah... I never thought I'd be able to make this much hot food to store in my space.
There are over 130 cups of instant noodles, 50 ready-to-eat fast food meals, plus three large 10-kilogram pots of cooked rice, dozens of kilograms of boiled potatoes, dozens of kilograms of boiled sweet potatoes, dozens of kilograms of corn, plus plenty of sausages and boiled eggs.
That's a lot, and with this, at least I have emergency food ready to eat for a while.
So now it's time to start hunting... ahh... before that, I think I need a warm bath."