Potential Teammates

The moment Saeko got up the door of the infirmary started shaking. Someo-No, many people were banging on it.

"Coming~" Shizuka got up to open the door but Saeko held her back and looked through the small gap present.

'So these are zombies?' She forced Shizuka to wait in the furthest corner and opened the door, immediately stepping back and slashing.

Of the four zombies, one was now laid cut down in half. The sight was disgusting, causing Shizuka to pale but Saeko didn't stop and killed them all within a moment.

She remembered how Akito had emphasized on the head, saying that since these zombies might be like movies then go for the head.

"Y-you."

"They weren't human anyway. Let's go we need to run."

"Eh, Uhm Okay~" Shizuka immediately packed a set of things to take with her and after that, she ran over to Saeko as her boobs unnaturally jiggled up and down making Saeko's lips twitch.

With Saeko in the lead, they started moving and Saeko easily killed any zombies in their way.

She also had to avoid panicking students.

Shizuka stumbled and fell while running and Saeko immediately frowned.

Using her hands she tore Shizuka's skirt causing her to widen her eyes in surprise.

"You! Are you crazy!? This is Christian Dior!"

"Do you think I care? What's more important your life or the brand."

Shizuka got up and with a pout said indignantly with teary eyes, "Both are!"

...

A few hours had passed.

Akito walked the road with light steps, avoiding any unnecessary confrontations but people were running about everywhere.

The zombies were, how should he say, weak. Zombies were supposed to be weaker but they were weaker than he expected them to be.

He did save those that he could but that was it. He didn't take anyone along with him, he didn't think he was ready to bear the burden of other people.

Whether they survived or not was up to their luck.

His current destination was the police stations. Soon people would realize that there were no 'laws' holding them back and would scavenge like him.

The most popular item would probably be guns. He was going to take every handgun he could find.

As he neared the police station he saw someone trying to sneak into it. Unfortunately, the person was negligent and his pole collided with the police car.

In just under a minute he was devoured by the zombies, becoming one of them.

Akito currently had no interest in fighting zombies. He lusted the Sub-Quest rewards but it wouldn't be too late after they arrive at Shizuka's friend's house.

He successfully sneaked in but only found a single handgun. This caused him to frown, how was he still late? The only guns left were the ones hanging on the holsters of the police zombies.

But he ignored them, he wasn't in desperate need of guns but ammunition but even most of the ammunition was ransacked though it seemed like the culprit was in a hurry and didn't take all of it.

Occasionally he would kill some zombies in areas where there weren't many, such as now.

In front of him were 12 zombies wandering at a distance from other zombies.

Currently, Akito had already killed 83 zombies and only needed 17 more.

He sneaked in on one of the zombies and bashed its head with the metal bat. Blood sprayed everywhere, even a few drops landed on his face which caused his expression to scrunch up into one of disgust.

Even though it had been hours since they started appearing, Akito couldn't get used to the smell.

But of course, this didn't cause him any hindrances, it was just annoying, that's all.

The sound spread and all 11 zombies turned their heads towards him at once. But instead, it was Akito who ran towards them.

His movements were too nimble for the zombies to get a hold of him. Akito didn't give them a chance and swung his metal bat with approximately half his strength

But that was enough for the zombies to get reduced to meat paste.

His body kept on bathing in blood but Akito ignored it.

Suddenly a soft buzz echoed in his mind.

Akito didn't immediately open the DCG but broke into a house nearby. Killing the couple in it he sat on the couch.

[Saeko: How and where are you? Zombies caused havoc in the school. Currently, I'm on the school bus with doctor Marikawa.]

[Akito: Hmm, Nice. I've just looted a police station. Do you have a proper destination or just blindly escaping for now? Also, did you find anyone with potential?]

...

Saeko sat alone on one of the front seats with her sword on her lap, blood dripped down but she didn't care.

The people around her besides her group looked at her with fear. She was an absolute monster she cut through zombies like vegetables, it didn't look like she running for her life, rather just strolling leisurely while protecting people.

Takashi and the group were just as stunned. Saeko Bujishima was famous in school so most of them knew about her. They did expect her to be good at fighting but not so much.

Honestly in gaming terms, they were being carried.

The most surprised was Rei. She held a small rivalry with Saeko because she was amazed at her skills but Saeko was just way out of her league.

Saeko who was sitting on the bus looked at the reply with worry.

It had only been probably half a day but the police stations had already been destroyed, the situation was turning worse.

As for Akito? She didn't worry much, why would she? Akito was smart and not to mention stronger than her.

"Potential...?"

Saeko's eyes immediately darted towards Kohta and Rei. They were the main fighting force and very skilled, the one that surprised her the most was Kohta. He seemed to have excellent knowledge regarding guns and he barely ever missed a zombie till now.

Akito would surely be ecstatic if she brought Kohta with her. Imagining Akito's surprise caused her to let out a soft smile.

But her happiness was interrupted by a rat-like voice, "Ahem, are you the leader here?"

He was Koichi Shido, a teacher. He was wearing a black pinstripe suit. Inside the suit, he wore a white dress shirt along with a yellow tie. He also wore black-framed glasses. Shido's body frame was very thin.

He had a snake-like expression.

With annoyance, she replied, "Yes."

She wasn't really interested but Akito wanted to form a proper team and a team without a leader was idiotic.

She would assume the role of the leader and pass it on to Akito later.

"O-Oh"

He was momentarily surprised because he had been observing the group and there seemed to be no single strong point. When he looked at Takashi and the others he didn't see them disagreeing or any discontent.

"I see... But are you sure you can properly handle the position as the leader? You can't just become a leader by physical strength you need to be able to handle conflicts with understanding and maturity. Why take on such a burden on your young shoulders?" His smile widened and his eyes were like crescents, "Aren't you tired by it? Why not hand it over to me? As your teacher, it's my responsi-"

"Koichi Shido."

Saeko's voice dripped with coldness and her face was expressionless, "Shut your trap and quietly sit down, I won't hesitate for a second to throw you out if you bothered me any further."

Shido paled and his eyes turned towards the sword that was still dripping with blood on her lap and took a step back in nervousness.

"I don't see why you say that." Retreating a bit further he continued, "All I want is to ensure all of you remain safe, Why are you so hostile against me?"

"Did you not understand what I just said?"

Saeko's hand tightened on the sword and Shido noticed this.

"... I see." His expression was hidden by his bangs and glasses but he quietly sat down in the back.

Seeing his miserable state Rei and Kohta looked at Saeko with stars in their eyes, inwardly praising her. But Takashi felt a bit bad, "I think you maybe went a bit overboard."

Saeko looked towards him and said, "You only say that because you don't understand his true nature."

Rei furiously nodded and said with venom, "Yeah! A person like him should die for sure."

"Rei!" Takashi softly yelled.

Saya and Takashi couldn't understand the hate but Saya didn't mind, she didn't like how ruthlessly Shido kicked the student whose ankle had broken.

Seeing everyone like that Takashi could only nod helplessly, if one was hating someone then it could be called a grudge, but if several people hated someone that meant something was wrong with the person.

...

Akito had just taken a fresh bath and he felt refreshed. It felt so good to not reek of blood and smell like dogshit.

Just as he was about to wear a new shirt he received a message from Saeko.

[Saeko: Yes! In all honesty, I've found two extremely helpful allies. One is extremely knowledgeable about guns and has good marksmanship while the other has talent in using the spear. I have two more people in the group, One is a self-proclaimed genius but her intelligence can't be doubted, besides that she is not helpful at all, easily terrified, and a bit arrogant. The other is brave but he still doesn't know how to fight properly, his movements are too wide. Slightly stubborn but has a good heart.]

Akito slowly read through it.

The helpful allies she was talking about must be Kohta and Rei while the 'genius' was Saya.

The brave one was probably Takashi. Since Saya and Takashi lacked the skills to be helpful Saeko had even described their personalities a bit.

He chuckled, Saeko was quite meticulous with whatever she did or was told to do.

[Saeko: Do you want me to get the bus to head near you? We can pick you up.]

[Akito: No need, Just send me the location that you've decided to use I'll head there by myself.]

[Saeko: Okay, Take care.]

He noted the location that Saeko showed him and the bus was in an entirely different place and would be very troublesome for them to get the bus to him. Not to mention he had no interest to join them, he knew the area of Shizuka's friends' house.

He could clear the area of some zombies in the meantime.

Tomorrow he would meet the main cast of Highschool Of The Dead. Of course, since this was no longer an anime he didn't care about them but it would be a lie if he said he wasn't interested in meeting them.