Nagisa Asahina

"Weren't we friends?"

"Friends? Sorry, I'm not about to risk my life for a friend."

He wasn't some lovesick puppy. He wasn't going to do something thankless just to win Kushida Kikyo's affection.

"What do you want, Yunchuan?"

"I only save my women. Everyone else's life or death has nothing to do with me."

"You want my body?!"

Kushida Kikyo's tone turned cold in an instant.

"Yes!"

Unlike most people, Ye Yunchuan had never bothered to hide what he wanted.

"Um, Yunchuan, if you really like me, we could start as friends. That way, I might be able to accept it more easily... Beep, beep, beep..."

Before Kushida Kikyo could finish, Ye Yunchuan hung up.

He hated haggling with scheming women like her.

Even if she could be useful to him.

He really didn't have time to bargain with her.

"Is it really okay to give up just like that? Don't you still need her help?"

Shiina Hiyori glanced at him, puzzled.

"You don't understand, Hiyori. If you don't bring a schemer like her to heel early, she'll just be a time bomb in the group!"

Ye Yunchuan shook his head. He knew Kushida Kikyo's personality all too well.

He couldn't afford to indulge a two-faced girl like her.

"Um, Yunchuan, could we talk about it? I... Beep, beep..."

Kushida Kikyo called again a moment later, but Ye Yunchuan hung up once more.

"Think you're so great just because you know a lot? What are you so smug about, you loser?"

Kushida Kikyo was furious after Ye Yunchuan hung up on her twice. She kicked the bed in anger.

"Grrr~"

Her kick drew the zombies' attention.

Bang, bang, bang~

The zombies outside immediately converged on her room and pounded furiously on the door.

"Ahh~"

Terrified, Kushida Kikyo climbed onto the bed, crawled beneath the covers, and shivered.

Back to Ye Yunchuan.

He had originally planned to get the contact information of all the pretty girls from Kushida Kikyo.

Then he could use his abilities to gather them together and protect them, preventing too many from getting hurt or killed.

Now it seemed he'd been too naive.

Kushida Kikyo alone was already such a hassle.

If all the problem students in Class D gathered in one place, they'd make his life a living hell.

Thinking it over, he decided he'd have to bring them all to heel.

He'd rather deal with the trouble now than let them tie his hands later.

Then he opened Line.

"Who should I contact?"

Out of everyone in his contacts, only two were worth his time.

One was Sakayanagi Arisu.

The other was Asahina Nazuna, Miyabi Nagumo's childhood friend.

Honestly, he was more interested in the latter.

He was a petty man by nature, after all, and petty men loved nothing more than stealing someone else's girl.

How could someone like Miyabi Nagumo deserve such a beautiful childhood friend?

He had to steal her away.

Asahina Nazuna

"Hey, underclassman, are you there?"

To Ye Yunchuan's surprise, before he could contact Asahina Nazuna, she sent him a message first.

"I'm here. What do you need, senpai?"

"Um, underclassman, there are zombies at school. A few underclassmen and I are trapped in the changing rooms at the mall. Could you possibly..."

As a senior, Asahina Nazuna had her pride.

It was hard for her to ask an underclassman for help out of the blue.

Especially when it was so dangerous.

They weren't related. Why would he help her?

"Shouldn't you be asking your boyfriend for help? Why did you think of me?"

Ye Yunchuan was confused.

But then he realized something.

He knew Miyabi Nagumo. Unlike him, Nagumo was a colder, more thorough scoundrel.

He wouldn't risk his life for something like this, and Nagumo certainly wouldn't either.

As for them being childhood friends, that was meaningless.

He wasn't short on women. Why would he care about childhood friends?

"I don't have a boyfriend. If you mean Miyabi, we're just childhood friends!"

Something must have happened. The moment Asahina Nazuna mentioned Miyabi Nagumo, she sounded furious.

"What happened?"

Seeing how upset she was, Ye Yunchuan wanted to hear the gossip even more.

"I actually messaged Miyabi earlier, but he still hasn't come, even after three hours."

"Do you think I'll come, then, senpai?"

"..."

Asahina Nazuna wasn't some naive girl. She didn't think she had the kind of charm that would make Ye Yunchuan travel all that way to help her.

But she wasn't stupid, either. Trapped in the middle of nowhere with zombies all around, what chance did they have of surviving?

In truth, she'd already asked other people for help.

But she'd overestimated her appeal.

Even though she was the most beautiful girl in her second year.

Once they heard she was trapped in the mall, no one dared come to save her.

"Please, save me, underclassman. If you do, I'll agree to anything!"

Afraid the zombies might hear her, Asahina Nazuna typed each word with trembling hands.

"You know what I'd have to risk to save you, right? So I want all of you—your body and your heart!"

"Okay."

Asahina Nazuna didn't hesitate for a moment.

Being trapped in such a cramped space was unbearable. If there hadn't been a few other people in the changing room next door, she wouldn't have been able to last another moment.

"Then send me your location. I'll be there soon!"

Putting his phone away, Ye Yunchuan glanced at Shiina Hiyori and Karuizawa Kei.

"I'm going to the mall to gather supplies. If you can, stay in the room for now! If you hear a knock, don't open the door until you're sure it's me."

"Okay. Sorry for the trouble, Yunchuan."

"Got it! We'll stay right here!"

Seeing how obedient they were, Ye Yunchuan left for the mall without a worry.

[ Ding~ Killed Zombie *1, gained Strength *1. ]

[ Ding~ Killed Zombie *1, gained Agility *1. ]

[ Ding~ Killed Zombie *1, gained Constitution *1. ]

With the Ajin's immortal body and Xiao Hei's formidable combat strength, Ye Yunchuan cut through the zombies on his way, killing his way to the mall in no time.

In the daytime, even Ye Yunchuan would have had a hard time entering a place like the mall.

Let alone getting someone out.

Fortunately, the zombie outbreak had begun close to midnight, when the mall was nearly empty.

He could manage to take one person with him.

"Senpai Asahina, do you think we're going to die here?"

Perhaps because they'd been trapped in such a cramped space for too long, a girl in the other changing room couldn't help asking.

"Keep your voice down. It'll be trouble if the zombies outside hear you!"

The girl was speaking so loudly that Asahina Nazuna had a bad feeling.

"Mm... I'm sorry."

"Grrr~"

Bang, bang, bang~

Sure enough, her premonition came true.

As if they'd heard the noise inside, the zombies outside surged toward the changing rooms.

They roared as they slammed into the wooden doors.

They were only flimsy changing-room doors. Under the zombies' blows, they soon began to wobble.

"It's over. Am I really going to die here today? I've never even had a boyfriend. I can't believe I'm going to die like this..."

The wooden door was about to give way under the zombies' assault. Asahina Nazuna couldn't help feeling despair.

Just as she thought she was going to die—

Bang!

A loud crash suddenly came from outside.

"Hey, you pieces of trash! Come get me!"

At the same time, a boy's derisive shout rang out.

At the sight of a living person, the zombies abandoned the changing room and all rushed toward Ye Yunchuan.

"It's him! He really came to save me!"