Sorry for those who were waiting for this chapter yesterday something came up and I couldn't deliver
But here is the promised chapter * cough * 3 days late * cough *
I hope you enjoy
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Boom! boom! boom!!
Takumi panted heavily, his breath uneven as he kept his distance from the large figure ahead
The ground was covered by the corpses of undead, killed by him and the tank in front of him
The Tank roared and charged!
Takumi didn't hesitate
He ran towards the beast of a zombie, his bukkon already trailing behind him
The tank and him met in the middle of the roof. Both had the intention to end the others life
Takumi saw the tank's first attack clearly
It wasn't anything special
Just a punch capable of turning him into human stew
He didn't hesitate as he swung his bukkon to his left, grunting as he was pushed back slightly
The massive fist carrying heavy weight didn't lose its power but missed its target
Takumi didn't waste the opening as he took a deep breath, his heart accelerating even more in this high stakes battle
The bukkon which was now covered with blood swung with monumental force, aiming for the tanks face
Thwak!
Takumi's expression darkened as he saw the outcome of his attack
Not only had he failed to kill this undead but he had enraged it! The attack that was supposed to break it's skull didn't deliver its intended purpose and the instead revealed a painful truth
The tank in front of him, which was clearly not supposed to be around at this stage was even more outrageous than his earlier guess!
[ This thing is the second generation! The hell is with this fucked up scenario!? I can understand starting the apocalypse earlier and pass it off as a coincidence but this is outrageous! The tanks themselves should have only started appearing in five days while the second generation should've arrived in the 2nd week...and now you're telling me the one I'm fighting is a second generation? Heh...WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLOT!? ] - Takumi
Takumi snarled as he jumped back for distance, dodging the falling fist aiming to smash him into the ground
He jumped into the fist which was planted into the ground and jumped towards the tanks face again
This time he aimed not to slash but pierce
Slick!
The bukkon, which had failed its masters expectation before, made up for its failure with a sickening squelch
The tank roared in pain, it's left eye stabbed by a wooden sword
It threw its hands towards its face trying to catch the prey that had made it so furious only to grasp nothing but air, the prey and its weapon gone together
Having clearly noticed that its target wasn't on the roof it looked up only to meet a pair of heterocromatic eyes staring into its twisted soul
A moment later
Roooooaaaar!!
Takashi felt a chill run down his spine
He felt slight pity for the poor bastard who had the fate of encountering that monstrosity
He had just finished escaping from that monster himself
He knew exactly how troublesome it is, his 4 broken ribs could testify
As he dragged himself towards a secluded alley, he heard growls from inside the alley he was heading
He continued dragging his tired body while putting his weapon, a bloody pipe, in front of himself, ready for battle
He felt his non - existent appetite packing up for long term vacation
Inside the alley 4 figure surrounding a lone fallen figure, even without seeing the scene clearly, Takashi knew exactly what was happening inside that alley
Takashi pulled the bloody pipe he had been using as a weapon and approached the undead feasting on the body of a fallen
As Takashi approached their 3 meters mark the undead as if sensing him turned to see what was approaching
The sight that greeted them was red and silver flying in blazing speed and exploding heads. Takashi may feel a headache fighting special mutations right now but ordinary zombies?
You can send as many as you like!
Fujimi Highschool
Gymnasium
" Therefore I suggest a leader be elected in this disaster, to shoulder the burdens and concerns of everyone, And as the only adult present I feel this role is better with me "
" Wah! Shido - sensei I'm so scared woowoo what's going to happen to us, our families?! "
" I know you're very confused and scared Amasawa - San but please keep your voice down we don't want to cause any more problems by inviting those monsters here "
Saeko watched the scene happening in front of her with a cold look
This teacher known as Shido
He had been talking nonsense since the moment he entered gymnasium
She really regretted saving him
Saeko could tell
This guy was nothing but trouble waiting to happen, a time bomb that could go off at any time
After all, he was the one who had almost caused Miyamoto Rei to repeat a grade due her so called bad attitude towards those of higher authority than her
Saeko knew he wasn't a good guy but had taken him along when she noticed the large number of people with him
If she could, Saeko really wanted to send him to feed the zombies
But Takumi had strictly told her to not kill people in the school unless absolutely necessary
And while the vile snake known as Shido was basically brainwashing these students who had basically zero ration thought right now
He technically wasn't doing anything ' wrong ' so she didn't know what to do
To make matters worse, her phone was buzzing like an assault rifle with how many messages were being sent every second
Rei – Has brother arrived there yet? He's not replying to my texts right now!
Haruno – Takumi isn't hurt is he? That tank or whatever that he mentioned in his inner voice sounds like trouble. Damn it I gotta go on foot the road I'm on is blocked!
Saya – The school cafeteria is filled with undead so I suggest closing any manner of exit and entrance first before we can move on with Takumi's arrangements
Yuki – Saeko - senpai, did Takumi-kun contact you? If so please tell me if he's ok, hearing his inner voice go silent is really unpleasant
" Sigh "
Saeko stood up and walked towards the clown show. Her actions drew the attention of every person in the room. Shido who was moments ago smiling confidently suddenly had a slightly bad premonition
Saeko walked until she stood right in front of Shido
" Student Busujima, what seems to be the problem? Is there any matter requiring my aid? If so please speak your mind so I can try to help to the best of my ability! "
Though he was weary of the girl infront of him, Shido still choose to act as friendly as possible. It wasn't because he was grateful for her saving his life but that he knew who to provoke and who to stay away from
Shido had wanted to gather a lot of faith from the students, so that he could have a high standing in the group of people in the gymnasium
Why you may ask?
Because the world had changed
He didn't have high ability but if he won the people he was basically untouchable
Shido, pushed up his glasses as his gaze fell on the girl infront of him. Saeko Busujima, A girl who had ranked 2nd and 3rd consecutively during exams and excelled in sports, she was captain of the kendo club and had reached the international quarter finals last year during last years spring competition , an event gathering all students
He knew her, not just because of her achievements but because she was beautiful!
If not for her achievements, background and strength, he would've made a move on her long ago but just like that girl named Miyamoto Rei, fate seemed determined not to let him have his way
He knew she was the leading voice in this group. It was natural as she was the one who saved most of the people here, so opposing her was a move that risked being kicked out of the gymnasium camp but he didn't want to give up
He was just about to continue with his words when
Swish
A wooden sword cut the air in front of his face, passing right in front of his glasses
Shido's smile froze
" Stop causing trouble or I'll throw you back where I found you "
Saeko looked at shido and said coldly. " Just because you're older, you're qualified to be a leader? Don't make me laugh "
She sneered distainfully, " Takumi, the person who actually told me to save you is on his way here right now. If anyone is qualified to lead this group that's him! If you got any problem with that take it up with me and my bukkon "
Saeko lifted the bukkon up and smiled ' kindly ' , " I'll have a loooong ' talk ' with you personally about it ~ "
The gymnasium fell silent as her words fell on the people like a mountain
Was there anyone who had the courage to speak?
Heh! They still valued their lives thank you
.....
Saeko looked at the gloomy teacher in front of her
It seems he's sensible enough to know his place
" Takumi's first priority is securing the school and saving as many people as possible. If you're not helping, shut up, you're risking bringing danger to all of us with your loud nonsense "
With that Saeko stopped paying attention to the people around her and walked towards the gymnasium entrance
She felt her blood was boiling again so she'd go release steam as while waiting for Takumi to arrive
She ignored the part of her that was worried about his sudden silence and walked out ignoring the multiple fearful gazes and one malicious gaze directed at her
Takashi stood up with difficultly, wishing he could be in the warm embrace of a beautiful woman
He's body felt sore all over and his stamina was depleted, and not in the satisfying way too
He sat down in the alley, catching his breath for the first time since he left the school. He had been running since things went to shit and had met with Big Daddy ( Tank ) Halfway through his Shura path towards home
To bad he had to abandon that thought when Big Daddy ( Tank )Decided to play ' it ' with him
Takashi sighed and prepared to go back to his original plan, which was to go home when his expression changed
[ Hold on, why the hell is it suddenly so quiet? Did all the undead leave the area or... ]
Takashi grabbed his pipe tightly and looked out the alley with intense focus
" Come out, I know there's someone there "
Takashi directly spoke
The other cause of this silence would be that all surrounding undead had been sent to King the hell for tea. And the fact he hadn't been attacked when his guard was down reduced the chances it was an undead that did it
He had chosen an alley with few undead inside but that ' respawned ' zombies every few minutes as a way to understand the situation outside
He could immediately notice when the zombies would die of left form inside the alley
This was so he could hide and scout at the same time. Zombies had hierarchy. If a stronger, more aggressive one is close, the weaker ones make way
If Takashi sensed their retreat he'd be ready to flee as he was currently unsuitable for high intensity battles with high level zombies
But it was also a scouter for strong survivors too. If gev zombies were killed it means people are close
Takashi was even more weary of people than zombies so his attitude was very cold
Seeing the that the person outside refused to show himself, he didn't hesitate. With a burst of speed he dashed out the alley, his arm already midflight , aiming to kill or maim the other party
This was the apocalypse, a true kill or be killed environment, he didn't have the luxury to care whether the other party was kind or not
He could not have kindness when he himself had a chance to die
His eyes sharpened
Since that person chose to hide it meant he was weary of Takashi and that weariness meant the other party, while not having bad intentions, definitely had no good intentions
He'd rather kill 100 innocent people than let 1 potential enemy go. The bloody pipe which flew towards the person who was strangely familiar aiming for his neck, but just as he was to land the strike
Swoosh
The other party leaned back and took a half step, dodging by a hairs breath
Takashi's alarm bells rang as he sensed malicious intent direced at him. He didn't hesitate and jumped back. A wooden sword grazed his hair as the otger party swung his own weapon with deadly intent
[ Damn that was close. Who the hell is this? His reaction time is unreal.And what the hell, I just realised that the tank is suddenly so quiet? Is it dead!?] - Takashi
[ Damn I just finished fighting a tank and now this. At this rate I'll drop dead from exhaustion before reaching Fujimi! Who the hell attacked me? Though the lighting in this alley is dim, and I only aimed to remove their fighting ability, their reaction time is very high ] - Takumi
The inner voice of two people suddenly rang out together and the heroines actions suddenlt stagnated
Because unlike both Takashi and Takumi, they who could hear their inner voices, immediately realised...that the protagonist and the antagonist of this world have finally met
And judging from their inner voice, both parties, even without realising it, had the same intent
Fight the person infront of them
Rei - Damn Takashi! Who the hell said you could attack Takumi-nii!?
Yumiko - This perverted bastard is trying to attack Takumi?! Damnit! Takumi-kun is already tired from what I can hear I his voice
Yuigahama - Please be ok Takumi-kun!
Yukino - .... Stay safe
Haruno - No no no absolutely not! Takumi is not allowed to die! If he does I don't trust myself to protect Yukino! Mother and Father are overseas for 1 week! I don't even know if they'll be able to reach us
Miku - Takashi Komuro huh? I see you have chosen death
Saya - Sigh I didn't expect them to meet so quickly. And the first encounter is a fight . Truly the world wants them at odds
Saeko - Takashi Komuro. It seems you're tired off living
The heroines directly exploded
The protagonist and antagonist met for the first time since they had regressed and the first encounter was a clash of blades
Takashi Komuro suddenly became target to multiple malicious intents
In the alley, the fight had escalated
Though both were strong, they were in poor conditions
Takashi had been running for more than 30 minutes, attacking stray zombies I his path while Big Daddy tried to flatten him
Takumi was even worse off. He had been cutting zombies like grass for the past 8 minutes before encountering Big Daddy and being thrown onto a building roof, fight Big Daddy with his fatigued and injured body and killing Big Daddy with his injured body
He had dragged himself to a seemingly safer area while playing slice and dice with a few stray zombies to hide for rest when he heard a faintly familiar voice from inside
He had barely paused for 7 seconds to try registrating who that was when a pipe flew at his face, escalating the situation
Takumi blocked the pipe and tried to kick his opponent only for Takashi to back off
Takumi stepped forward and aimed to pierce Takashi's shoulder only for Takashi to side step and throw a punch towards his chest
With a hard thump, the punch landed on Takumi's body punching him back and knocking the breath out his lungs
As Takashi pulled to his fist he felt a sharp pain on his head before his consciousness went to Lala land
Takumi looked at the down opponent and shook his head
Though their abilities were nearly identical, their fighting experience was clearly world's apart
Takashi seemed to be the one holding his own but Takumi had only been waiting for the perfect chance to strike
Takashi seemed oblivious to the fact that most of the attack's he landed were due to Takumi intentionally opening his guard
So when Takashi entered his range of attack with his momentum, he had already began passively ignoring that possibility of being struck
The bukkon hit its mark at the back of the head and the opponent became unconscious
Takumi sighed as he was about to sit down
Takumi took of the mask on his face and took a deep breath as he sat down his gaze went to the downed person and his eyes widened
[ WTF?! THAT WAS TAKASHI!? ] - Takumi
End of chapter 6