"Time to settle this."
With a light chuckle, Asagami Fujino arrived at the Rainbow Peak. At this time, Yuki and Ajie had not yet arrived.
"Master!"
Upon seeing Asagami Fujino, the Suit Freak immediately knelt respectfully on the ground, looking like a loyal servant. Using mental power to forcibly modify someone's memory without damaging the brain or turning them into an idiot was a trivial matter for Asagami Fujino.
"Everything proceeds according to the original plan; do not make any changes," Asagami Fujino ordered.
She didn't intend to change the outcome of this matter, which naturally referred to Yuki and that Ajie. The entire city would eventually be saved; all she had to do was accelerate it, watch, and participate to a certain extent.
However, Asagami Fujino hadn't forgotten what she promised September.
"Yes, Master," the Suit Freak replied respectfully.
Asagami Fujino didn't give much of a reaction and vanished again. However, she didn't go back; she simply went to another hall to rest and wait for the performers to arrive.
The paper airplanes upstairs are already being prepared.
A grey night, rain dripping from the firmament, washing away the scent of blood in the air but failing to wash away the bloodstains on the ground. Under the rain's scour, the blood instead seemed to spread more fiercely. From a distance, the entire police station seemed surrounded by a sea of blood.
Gunshots rang out one after another without pause. Although the pressure on the people in the police station had decreased significantly under Nyarko's violence, facing the zombies that continued to pour in, this pressure was gradually returning and rising.
October stopped shooting, his expression darkening as he pondered. This couldn't go on; zombies were still appearing, and ammunition was being consumed too quickly. Before long, even the ample pre-stored ammunition wouldn't be enough to sustain this expenditure. If this continued, only a Seventh Sense eruption could possibly save them completely. Although it was raining, it didn't have much of an effect on October's Seventh Sense. What October and the others worried about was merely exposing the existence of the Seventh Sense. In a society where ordinary people still didn't know about it, exposing its existence would only bring a lot of trouble, especially from those powerful people who craved power. Moreover, doing so would only benefit Lucifer, who was Xuan Yue. By now, October and the others had guessed the true purpose of this virus: to select Fallen Angels who could resist the invasion of the element needle and activate their Seventh Sense!
Once the matter of the Seventh Sense was exposed, as long as Xuan Yue released the news, one could imagine that many who craved power would desperately accept the power of the element needle, even if it meant death!
At that time, with Xuan Yue controlling numerous Seventh Sense users, the whole world would likely be unable to stop him. But this was just one guess, and no one dared to bet on this possibility!
Due to Asagami Fujino's interference, October and the others hadn't discovered that Ajie's music could disperse zombies. So far, the only clue they had was information provided by a doctor in the basement who imitated a certain brand's old man. Without Asagami Fujino, October and the others probably wouldn't be thinking so much right now. Unknowingly, Asagami Fujino had become a presence akin to a troublemaker.
Sound waves—a special kind of sound wave—were what she used to control the zombies' actions. With October's intelligence, he also established a hypothesis: since sound waves could control them, it also meant they could stop the zombies' movements. Although it was a hypothesis, October was more inclined to believe it was a correct deduction.
"Mr. October, these are words my master has for you."
The surrounding space turned grey. October was surprised to find that everything had stopped: the fired bullets, the police officers' distorted expressions—everything seemed to have had the pause button pressed, and their colors were all grey.
Only he and a maid who had appeared before him at some unknown time remained. In a blue and white maid outfit, even just standing before October, she exuded a perfect and elegant aura. A flash of amazement couldn't help but flicker in October's eyes; he had never seen someone like this, yet he felt she looked somewhat familiar.
Wait! Persian Gulf! October remembered. When they went to the Persian Gulf and met Asagami Fujino, the maid before him seemed to be by Asagami Fujino's side. It was just that she wasn't dressed in a maid outfit back then, and her temperament was different, so October didn't recognize her immediately.
"Mr. October, my master told me to tell you that Ajie's song can stop the zombies—that is, the red-haired zombie you caught before. The way to stop this disaster is to go to the highest point of the Rainbow Palace and play that song. You don't have much time left."
October instinctively looked over; Ryusei was holding a strangely styled mobile phone.
0---This must be it! October thought to himself. Then he turned the phone's volume to the maximum and clicked play!
Singing came from the phone. Although it seemed weak under the sound of gunfire, facts proved that October hadn't made a mistake! The zombies in front of him stopped.
"What's going on!" February and March near October also noticed his actions. Looking at the zombies stopped in front of October, they couldn't help but look amazed.
"February, March, and you dimwit, hold the line! I have a plan!"
"I'm not a dimwit!" Ryusei shouted resentfully at October's back after knocking down a zombie that had stopped in front of him.
Unfortunately, October only looked back and gave Ryusei a smile that said, 'You know exactly how much of a dimwit you are.'
At the Rainbow Peak, Asagami Fujino was slowly drinking coffee. The coffee didn't taste great, and unfortunately, there was no tea here. Compared to coffee, Asagami Fujino preferred tea, but she had almost finished what was in her system space. She hadn't gone to the system shop to buy tea leaves either, as she hadn't drunk any for a long time. Seeing instant coffee here, she just tried it out of convenience. Instant coffee was slightly different from what she drank during work before she transmigrated, but it still made her feel a bit nostalgic.
She looked up at the television in the room. There were two screens: one of the police station and the other from Yuki's perspective.
Watching Yuki carry Ajie into the Rainbow Peak, Asagami Fujino also put down her coffee. Reminiscing about the past was fine occasionally, but she wasn't one to wallow in it. She was satisfied with her current life. Now only this last matter remained; once finished, she could change maps and play elsewhere. Rising with a smile, Asagami Fujino disappeared once again. The entire room was empty, with only the steaming coffee on the table and the TV screen, which had turned white and was making a static sound.
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