Breakout

The soft, alluring voice reached her ears. Shiri Alice truly had not expected this beautiful older sister to do such a thing!

Although she deeply hated the enemy who had killed her father, luring those monsters toward someone else's home...

Lying on Kurumi's soft back and breathing in her naturally fragrant scent, a seed was planted in the little girl's young heart...

Kurumi did not consider herself a good person, but she liked applying "a life for a life, a debt repaid" to others. If you killed someone, you had to be prepared to be killed!

Back in the Main God Space, she had always believed in the principle of "strike first and gain the advantage; strike later and suffer." Once she had figured out the situation, no matter what her opponent was like, making several preparations was the only sensible course of action.

Besides, hadn't those people contributed to them as well? They were going to die sooner or later anyway, so they might as well help shoulder some of their burden first.

That was right. She felt no psychological burden whatsoever. If you stepped on and killed a few ants, would you feel guilty over their deaths?

Hearing the miserable screams coming from the apartment behind them, Komuro Takashi felt a chill run through his heart. Looking at Kurumi carrying the little girl ahead of him, cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

She had strength, beauty, and a ruthless way of doing things. Calling her a deadly beauty would not have been an exaggeration. Yet the occasional kindness she revealed made people feel as though they were basking in a spring breeze. She really was impossible to understand...

While Komuro Takashi behind her was still struggling to keep his balance, Kurumi, carrying the little girl, seemed to be taking a stroll. With a steel pipe pulled from a clothes rack in hand, she continuously attacked the dead below.

"Whoosh! Boom!"

Most of her attacks drove straight through the dead's eye sockets or mouths, and the powerful force that followed was enough to kill them completely! A rare few had their heads precisely smashed apart by her superb control of force!

If someone were to take the steel pipe from Kurumi's hand and inspect it closely, they would find two small handprints faintly pressed into the grip at the rear! And Kurumi had not even used her full strength!

Some of the dead had been diverted, but there were still countless of them outside the wall. As they neared the end, Kurumi could not simply escape without considering Shiri Alice, and she still wanted to keep hunting the dead! So she could only move forward slowly.

The steel pipe flashed back and forth in her hand, dazzling Komuro Takashi's eyes. If he had not quickly lowered his head to watch the wall, he would probably have been dizzied before long... and then the dead below would have had their dinner.

At Nanri's residence, everyone was already prepared. But when they saw Hirono Toda dressed as if he were heading into battle, they were all speechless. He was sitting in the car, not going outside. Was that really necessary?

Shizuka Marikawa, an experienced driver, did not disappoint them. Although she had never driven this kind of vehicle before, the moment she got behind the wheel, even military experts would have to give way to her. Hirono Toda vaguely understood why SAT had hired this airhead...

Her hidden talent was maxed out!

Although the vehicle did not look as impressive as the school bus, when it came to horsepower, that old wreck could not compare to this "miniature armored vehicle" even if it performed at its limit and this one merely tapped the gas!

The entire body was made from extremely thick composite steel plates, and the windows were naturally bulletproof. There would definitely be no embarrassing situation like the school bus hitting the dead and nearly having its windows shattered.

Shizuka Marikawa stepped on the accelerator, and the quiet beast that had been sitting still let out a long-overdue savage roar!

An engine supplied to the military truly was extraordinary. Even though the vehicle weighed far more than a standard car, its powerful horsepower was still enough to send this modified Hummer racing wildly!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With its exceptionally tough armor and tremendous speed, every dead body it struck was hurled high into the air, then smashed into pulp upon hitting the ground. Its immense power allowed this beast to rampage through streets packed with the dead!

It stopped two or three meters from the wall. They could not drive any farther in, or the sheer number of the dead would trap the vehicle! Busujima Saeko leaped down directly from the roof and began clearing out the dead on the other side.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and jump over!" Takagi Saya shouted from the roof. At this height, the dead could not reach her at all.

Kurumi adjusted the little girl on her back. Shiri Alice obediently wrapped both arms tightly around Kurumi, while Kurumi threw away the steel pipe in her hand. A distance of two or three meters was effortless for her, even with someone on her back.

With one step, she leaped over the mass of dead. Her Martin boots landed directly on the car roof. After stuffing Shiri Alice into the cabin, she turned to look at Komuro Takashi.

He considered himself fairly athletic. Though he had never placed in any competitions, he was still among the best in his class. But standing atop the wall and jumping a distance of two or three meters still made his heart tremble.

There was no way to get a running start! One slip and he would fall. More and more dead were gathering, and even Shizuka Marikawa inside the car could feel the pressure. If there were any more, they might not be able to charge out safely!

Takagi Saya was clearly growing impatient. "What are you chickening out for? Tokisaki, a girl carrying someone, already jumped over! You're only carrying a dog, and you're still afraid you can't make it?"

"Isn't that asking a little too much?! Tokisaki Senpai is practically inhuman!" Komuro Takashi shouted back, as though trying to lessen the fear in his heart.

"I'll buy you some time." Before Takagi Saya could react, she saw Kurumi jump straight down from the car!

"Huh?! Tokisaki, you..." But the sight that followed made her swallow the rest of her words.

"Boom!"

Aside from stabilizing herself, Kurumi put nearly all her strength into this punch. Under the combined effects of Mastery of Combat and the Black Gold Gloves, it triggered a terrifying chain reaction!

Her fist slammed viciously into the abdomen of the foremost dead body, sending it flying backward into those behind it! This small cluster of dead toppled one after another like dominoes, while a faint gleam flowed across the Golden Silkworm Silk on the Black Gold Gloves...

Kurumi took over the other side of the street, where the dead were thickest, all by herself. Her fists kept lashing out, and one corpse after another fell to the ground.

The contrast between those slender, delicate limbs and the corpses covering the ground delivered an enormous visual shock to Takagi Saya and the others!

Kurumi naturally had her own plans. Since no one behind her needed her attention, it would have been idiotic not to go down and harvest some dead at a time like this. She was still far from her goal of hunting 10,000.

Her fists continuously smashed into the dead's skulls. Fortunately, the Black Gold Gloves absorbed more than half of the recoil. Otherwise, Kurumi's delicate little hands would probably have been badly injured. Even now, she could feel her bones protesting.

Pain from her finger bones reached her brain, constantly stimulating her central nervous system. The high-intensity output was beginning to overwhelm Kurumi as well. This body was still far too weak.

Komuro Takashi's gaze sharpened atop the wall. He knew he could not delay any longer. Even the dead below had nearly been cleared out by Kurumi. If he did not jump now, he probably would not get another chance this good!

Holding the puppy in his arms, he began running directly along the wall before launching himself into the air. It all happened in one fluid motion. Fortunately, he did not slip, and his running start was perfect. He felt that this jump could even qualify him for the school sports meet!

"Smack!" Komuro Takashi nearly jumped right over the car. It seemed that if people did not push themselves, they would never know how much potential they truly had.

"Are you done? Get in the car! We're leaving!"

Hearing Shizuka Marikawa's shout, Kurumi sent the dead in front of her flying with a roundhouse kick. She then pressed a hand against the vehicle and, with a push, sprang onto the roof. Busujima Saeko took the opportunity to enter the cabin as well, and the modified Hummer's engine roared once more!

"Vroom!"

Meanwhile, Blondie and his group, carrying Koichi Shidou on their backs, were being frantically chased by a horde of the dead!