Rescue II

Bang! Bang!—

Gunshots rang out without pause, every bullet precisely blowing apart a zombie's head as the little girl kept backing away.

Even guns he had never used before could shine brilliantly in Hirono Toda's hands.

Although the sniper position was only about a hundred meters away, the fact that he could keep killing zombies so efficiently revealed a glimpse of Hirono Toda's true skill when he had a gun in hand.

The people in the bedroom were still asleep, their faintly furrowed brows making them look as though they were having nightmares. Kurumi had already accepted the side quest. Just as she had expected, it was merely a mission to increase her rating, but every little bit counted.

Besides, there was also the zombie-hunting mission. It was the perfect chance to raise her kill count!

She pulled on the black Martin boots from her spatial backpack and headed for the balcony. From there... she could reach the destination relatively quickly!

Komuro Takashi, who had a somewhat saintly streak, was in a fairly good mood at the moment. "Hirono, why are you shooting? Didn't we say that, in order to survive, we had to abandon other people?"

"But she's a little girl!" Hirono Toda seemed extremely agitated. Once his shut-in nature took over, he turned to Komuro Takashi with a serious expression. "We can save her, right? I'll cover you from here!"

Just as Komuro Takashi was about to nod, the two saw Kurumi push open the door and step onto the balcony. "Hehe, you won't be needed after all~ Hirono, just cover me~"

"Huh!? Tokisaki Senpai..." Before he could finish, Kurumi planted one foot on the railing. Her long, fair legs gleamed even more brightly beneath the moonlight, and then they watched as she jumped straight down from there...

He hurriedly looked outside. It was only the second floor, so that was not much of a problem, but there was still a perimeter wall below. Crossing such a distance was probably something an ordinary person could not do, right? At least, Komuro Takashi would not dare. He had originally planned to ride there on the motorcycle...

Thump!~

With a roll to dissipate the impact, Kurumi safely landed on the street. She gave Hirono Toda, standing on the apartment's second floor, a faint smile that made his heart race and his face flush. Without wasting any more time, she sprinted away. She would deal with the zombies along the road on her way back!

"Huh?! Tokisaki Senpai didn't bring a weapon, did she? Isn't that dangerous? Hirono! Keep covering her. I'll go find Busujima!" Watching Kurumi's graceful figure dart through the zombies, Komuro Takashi could not help worrying for her.

Getting there was easy, but... what about coming back? Bringing another person along, even if it was just a child, would become a huge problem!

He hurried downstairs and happened to run into Miyamoto Rei, who had been awakened by the noise. "Takashi? What's going on?"

Komuro Takashi threw on a coat and glanced at her, still not fully awake. "A child outside is surrounded by zombies. Tokisaki Senpai has already gone to rescue her. I'm going to help as much as I can!"

"Then I'm coming too!"

"Let him go. Kurumi, a girl, has already rushed to the front lines to fight. As a man, if he does nothing at a time like this, it would be rather pathetic." Busujima Saeko's calm voice came from around the corner.

Komuro Takashi looked deeply at Busujima Saeko. "Don't worry. I'll give it everything I have to bring them back!"

"Likewise, I'll hold this place."

Vroom~ vroom!~

The roar of the motorcycle made the zombies outside turn toward it. Komuro Takashi gripped the handlebars and charged out! Busujima Saeko and Miyamoto Rei swiftly shut the front door behind him.

The furious roar of the motorcycle not only drew away all the zombies, but even woke the sleeping Takagi Saya...

It was hard to imagine a middle school student like Komuro Takashi being able to handle a motorcycle like that. If this were the real world, Kurumi would not believe it even if she were beaten to death. No matter how talented someone was, they should not be capable of such a thing.

Kurumi was already very close to that building. Her mind was abnormally calm as she constantly calculated how to evade them. Like a precision computer, with reaction speed beyond that of ordinary humans, the instant her brain issued an order, her nerves drove her body to make the corresponding movement.

On the balcony, Hirono Toda's sniper rifle kept firing. Not only did it ensure that the little girl was unharmed, but he could even clear a path for Kurumi in the intervals!

The surviving people who heard the gunfire all stayed obediently hidden in their homes, too afraid to move for fear of inviting trouble. Meanwhile, more and more zombies gathered on the street nearby because... a sniper rifle without a suppressor was simply too loud.

Outside the iron gate of that apartment building, the zombies Hirono Toda had shot lay scattered across the ground, blood steadily flowing out. If no one came to rescue the people inside, then even if they had enough food and water, they would probably fall ill and die in the end.

The sickness brought by plague, in this disaster-stricken world, was like it had been in medieval Europe—enough to leave them completely helpless!

Her two ponytails, one long and one short, had long since been flung behind her by her rapid sprint. Even the golden pupils ahead could faintly be seen. An excited smile hung on her face, while the Black Gold Gloves flashed with golden light from time to time, giving off a mysterious air that made one want to uncover their secrets...

Ten meters from the apartment! Kurumi had no intention of entering through the main gate. She aimed for the wall closest to the little girl instead! The shortest distance between two points was a straight line. She had firmly remembered that saying from her math teacher back on Earth!

With a burst of force beneath her feet, the terrifying power of her explosive strength sent Kurumi soaring into the air. Had anyone been watching closely, they would have seen tiny whirlwinds formed by the airflow around her feet! She was simply inhuman!

Although she did not leap directly over the wall, she came very close. Using her arm to push off the wall once more, her gloved palm struck the concrete-cast top of the perimeter wall, sending two spiderweb-like cracks spreading across it!

Though Hirono Toda was doing his best, there were simply too many zombies. Never mind the overheated barrel—even the time needed to reload was more than he could spare!

Just then, three zombies had already forced the little girl into a corner!

The puppy at her feet kept barking at the zombies, as though it wanted to protect her, but it only drew even more zombies over!

Those monsters had no interest in the dog whatsoever, while the little girl beside it was the one suffering. Sitting on the ground, she had tightly shut her eyes, too scared to look any longer. "No, don't come any closer... I've never done anything bad! Daddy... Mommy... sob~"

Her voice was soft, and tears still streamed down her face. If someone with a fondness for little girls saw her, it would probably easily stir their protective instincts. But these zombies... only cared about the human flesh and blood at the source of the sound!

Whoosh! Bang!—

The impact of the rushing air was so strong that even the little girl in the corner could clearly feel it. Shiri Alice opened her eyes, and she swore that she had witnessed a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life!

Controlling her nimble body, Kurumi stepped directly onto a zombie's shoulder. The enormous force from using it as a foothold twice made the zombie drop to its knees!

Before it could even turn its head to bite someone, Kurumi stomped its head straight into the mud!

The remaining two zombies could neither sense the danger beside them nor flee. Before Hirono Toda could shoot them, Kurumi's small hands, clad in the Black Gold Gloves, struck their temples! Brains and blood splattered everywhere as the two bodies slowly collapsed...

"Woof!" The puppy barked once at Kurumi, its tail wagging continuously. It was clearly delighted by her arrival.

The lights throughout the entire building had long been extinguished. Aside from the two small lamps by the entrance, still offering their light and warmth, the silhouette by a second-floor window watched the scene and trembled uncontrollably, too frightened to make a sound.

Kurumi seemed to sense something. She raised her head and gave him a somewhat broken smile...