The Thing Called a Total Party Wipe...

Before the blonde girl stood a woman with long dark-purple hair, dressed in a tight black outfit and staring coldly at her. There was not the slightest emotion in those eyes, as if she were a puppet being controlled.

Blood dripped from the blade onto the ground, trickling down slowly.

"What's wrong with you, Saeko? Why would you do this?!"

The blonde girl could not believe her eyes as she looked at the woman before her. Saeko had once been a companion who had fought alongside them! They had broken through the zombies' encirclement, escaped the school, and endured so many hardships. But now, she had actually killed one of her own companions? What was going on?

"..."

However, the woman holding the Katana said nothing. She merely tightened her grip and raised it at the blonde girl.

"Urgh..."

Sensing the icy killing intent in her eyes, the blonde girl gritted her teeth. But she did not surrender without a fight. Instead, she grabbed a wooden stick from nearby—as a member of the Marksmanship Club, her skill with a staff was not much inferior to Saeko's swordsmanship. Still, the blonde girl had never imagined that one day, she would face her in a fight to the death.

She was fast, quick to react, and especially formidable in close combat. I have to watch out for her sudden advances, and...

Staring at the upperclassman before her, scenes of her past battles kept surfacing in the blonde girl's mind. She had once considered Saeko someone so dependable, but now... she realized the situation was even more dangerous than she had imagined! Relying only on herself, with only this crude weapon in her hands, would not be enough to deal with the enemy before her!

Swish!!

At that moment, the purple-haired woman suddenly