What Should We Do Next?

When Fang Zheng returned to the "base," he appeared perfectly calm, but inwardly, he had been cursing up a storm.

Although Fang Zheng had been somewhat prepared, he had never expected the changes in this world to create such a severe distortion effect. Well, this was just great. The only group of protagonists he knew in this world had vanished without a trace... Hmm, that really did count as good news.

At least Fang Zheng and Little Black had not found the protagonists' corpses at Megurigaoka Private High School.

Of course, looking on the bright side, they might have fled before anything happened, which was why no bodies had been found. Looking on the dark side... they might have all turned into zombies, or been buried beneath piles of earth. Naturally, there would be no sign of them then...

"Mr. Fang Zheng!"

When Chitō Kei saw Fang Zheng and Little Black return, her eyes lit up. But when she saw that no one else was with them, her expression shifted slightly. Still, she hurried over to Fang Zheng and looked up at him as she asked,

"How did it go? Miki..."

"We didn't find anyone in the warehouse."

Fang Zheng did not hesitate much in response to Chitō Kei's question before giving her the answer.

"We searched the warehouse. There were indeed signs that someone had lived there, but by the time we arrived, whoever had been staying there had already left."

"Left?"

Chitō Kei's eyes widened in surprise at Fang Zheng's response, while Little Black nodded beside her.

"Yeah. We don't know what happened, but based on Big Brother and my investigation, the person living there didn't flee suddenly because of an attack. She had clearly made preparations and left of her own accord. As for why she did