Chapter-54<*Return*>

After taking care of the zombies, the group returned to the camp with the survivors, but before all that, the lighter of stomach began to vomit because it was the first time they saw this in first person. Usually they watched the outcome or just killed the zombies before they started devouring the flesh of their fallen comrades, so this was their first time seeing this.

"Good job"-said Amami when she saw how the group had returned. He had returned to his group two days ago-"We have finished cleaning up the city, thank you very much for everything you have done"

". . ." - The soldiers fell silent.

"Something happened?" Amami asked.

"Nothing... they're tired" - Cloud replied.

"I understand... you can rest as long as you want, I promise you that when everything stabilizes, you will be rewarded in the way you deserve" -Amami said as he left but not before congratulating them one last time.

"You heard the General, you can leave" - ​​Cloud said while the others nodded. When he saw that they were left alone, he looked at the girls and said, "I think we need a break too..."

"Yes..." - Saya nodded as she and the others left.

"Don't worry... they'll be better after a few days..." - Yuriko said. She was also a bit grossed out by the scene but after living so many years as a yakuza, it wasn't the first time she had seen a scene like that.

Cloud just shook his head.

* * * * *

The days continued to advance and now there was only a little more than a day left for the two months to expire.

As Yuriko had said, the girls calmed down over time and were now as if nothing had happened.

[One day left to complete the mission... entering recruitment time...]

"?" -Cloud was surprised when he heard this because he honestly never thought that the recruitment time was one day before the end of the mission.

[This is because the last day, is considered as 'day off' to explain it somehow...]

"I see..." - nodded the blonde - "What do I have to do?"

[Simple... you just have to say the command "Recruit" to the people who have completed the recruitment requirements, they will have some basic information and can decide whether to accept or not, but remember, you only have one day... after this, they will forget your presence in this world even if for some reason you come back]

"Ok..."-Cloud only nodded as he went to talk to the girls, or rather to start the recruitment process so that they would think about his situation a little..

* * * * *

The day passed quickly and now Cloud was looking at the dark starry sky. Next to him was Yuriko, who was sitting with a smile on her face-"Really, you shouldn't worry so much"

"I know... but that doesn't change the fact that I'm nervous" - answered the blonde. He knew that Yuriko was trying to help him but he honestly couldn't stop thinking that maybe they would deny her request.

"I guess I'm not the first"-Saeko said as she walked to the blonde-"It's a surprise to see you here, Yuriko-san"

"In fact, I've been his partner for more than a month"-Yuriko answered with a smile.

Saeko was surprised when she heard this but somehow it explained how quickly their relationship had evolved.

"Later I'll explain the reason..." - added the woman - "Seeing that you're here, I guess you've already reached your answer"

"In fact, I had found her at the very moment that Danna-sama had asked me" - Saeko said calmly - "It's just that I was trying to contact my father so I could talk to him one last time, at least for a good reason." weather..."

She quickly turned to see the blonde and firmly said - "I accept"

[Character Saeko Busujima, has been recruited]

"Ugh..."-the girl could only hold her head in pain as a large amount of information was transmitted to her brain.

"I should have informed him about that…" Yuriko sighed as she shook her head.

"What happened to Saeko-chan~?" - Shizuka asked when she arrived next to Rika.

"She... what are you doing here?" - Cloud asked with surprise when to the purple-haired woman.

"Let's just say I talked too much and she…" Shizuka said as she scratched her cheek. She wasn't an idiot but she was a bit of an airhead.

"Now I have this…" Rika muttered as she showed a screen that marked that she only had a little over 6 days left-"So I came to see if you could help me"

"Deja vu" - denied Yuriko - "I went through the same thing, although I solved it more than a month ago"

". . ." - Rika gave the blond a look, who just shook his head - "I can only help you if you're my recruit and honestly, I don't know how to recruit you"

"I think I know how... but to check..." Rika said as she looked at her blonde friend of hers who nodded-"I agree~!"

[Character Shizuka Marikawa, she has been recruited]

[Requirements completed, Rika Minami can be recruited]

". . ." Cloud frowned when he saw this, so he started reading.

[Requirements]

[1: Recruit Shizuka Marikawa]

[2: "Respected" level relationship]

[3: Show her great potential]

[4: Gain Rika's Interest]

[5: Firearm Skill Lvl 10]

Cloud was surprised to see that in order to recruit Rika, he had to have a skill at a certain level, that broadened the amount of requirements he had to have in order to recruit someone.

"Please, Cloud-chan…" Shizuka said as she took his hands.

"Ok…" the blonde sighed as he shook his head. It wasn't as if he could refuse Shizuka's request, more with her being the girl who understood him the most on an emotional level- "Recruit..."

[Character Rika Minami, has been recruited]

"I feel like we got to the party on time, Kyoko-san"-Miku said as she walked to the place with the beautiful teacher.

"They are all arriving, little by little" - said Yuriko.

"We accept" - said the two girls at the same time.

[Character Miku Yuuki, has been recruited]

[Character Kyoko Hayashi, has been recruited]

"Ugh..." - just like the others, they felt like their heads were about to explode from all the information they were receiving

"Ugh... I think we're the last ones to arrive..." - Saya murmured when she saw that they had all gathered around the blonde - "What's wrong with them?"

"They only received the information after agreeing to be recruited"-Saeko said as she rubbed her forehead-"I have to admit I'm still a little dizzy"

"I see..." - Saya nodded - "This is where you were, Kaasan..."

"I'm sorry, Saya-chan..." - Yuriko sighed - "I had been recruited more than a month ago because of a mistake I made... although I don't regret doing it"

"That calms me down a bit... I was afraid to accept and not be able to see you later..." - Saya sighed as she said this - "I accept"

[Character Saya Takagi, has been recruited]

". . ." -Rei was silent when she heard the words of her best friend.

"Rei..." - Cloud said. He understood what was going through the girl's mind because she was the only one who really had a family to which she felt attached.

Saya was with Yuriko.

Miku didn't talk to her family anymore since she decided to move out of her home.

Kyoko had no one.

Shizuka and Rika only had each other.

But Rei was a separate case because she still had her mother and her father, who had returned to the Amami soldiers. He had been protecting the police station from her with everything he had until help finally arrived.

"I... accept..." - Rei said firmly.

[Character Rei Miyamoto, has been recruited]

Cloud was surprised at this because he never thought she would agree so quickly.

"I accepted for one thing..." - Rei said as she shook her head in annoyance - "And it's because when we leave this world, time will freeze until we return, that means my parents won't know I left And honestly, that was what worried me the most."

She was being sincere about this. While it would be painful not to be able to see them for a long time, that couldn't be compared to the thought that if she left with the boy she loved, when they came back they would be dead from the passage of time.

Source was a system that would practically give them an immortality before age, since it would freeze the deterioration of their bodies when they reached their peak, giving them the ability to live for decades, centuries and even millennia. If time ran normally in this world as in the others, then by the time she decided to return, all the people she once considered dear would be dead. Her mother, her father, Takashi, Airi, Kaede-san, they would all be dead and she would suffer for not being able to be with them.

". . ." - The others fell silent when they heard this. They had not thought about this detail because they did not have anyone close to them or simply that person close to them was in the group.

"I see…" the blond nodded as he mentally noted down this detail, "System… do you think you can move things forward so the mission ends sooner?"

[It is possible since they practically annihilated all the hostile entities in the city, leaving the targets completely safe]

"Now that the System says that... you only rescued us because we were targets?" Saya asked with a frown.

"No...although I think that it will be better to talk about it when we get to my home world" - the blonde sighed. He understood that a situation like this would come, so it was best to set things straight.

"Ok... I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt"-snorted the pink-haired girl, although she honestly knew that there was nothing to worry about.

[Activating Portal... Returning to the original world... Please all Recruits enter with caution]

"Let's see what kind of world it is where you come from" - Saeko said excitedly because she could barely contain herself for what was to come in the future.

"Let's go"-nodded the blond as he watched as the girls entered without even thinking twice, although he still felt strange to see Rika enter..