I Like to Do It Myself

[Just tell me, Yunchuan. What exactly do you want?]

[Give yourself to me, body and soul!]

[That's impossible!]

Kushida Kikyo had already rejected Ye Yunchuan once, so there was no way she would give in easily now.

"She's really stubborn!"

He knew Kushida Kikyo was a wild mare, difficult to tame.

But he hadn't expected her to be so stubborn.

After going hungry for a whole day,

Sato Maya and the others would probably have given in long ago.

Yet Kushida was still putting up such a brave front.

That showed just how proud and untamable she was.

"Looks like it'll be a while before she submits."

A person could probably survive for about a week on water alone.

But that was only the limit of what the human body could endure.

Under normal circumstances,

two or three days of hunger would be enough to drive someone mad.

Ye Yunchuan was curious.

When that time came, would Kushida Kikyo still be as defiant as she was now?

In his spare time, Ye Yunchuan couldn't help thinking about what he should do next.

First of all, it was clear that what he needed most was women.

But he wasn't interested in just any woman.

The system required women to have a beauty score of at least 6.

They also had to be characters connected to the story.

The system's requirement might only be a score of 6,

but in the real world, that would eliminate 95 percent of women.

Shinohara Satsuki and Sato Maya had only just managed to meet the minimum requirement.

Otherwise, Ye Yunchuan wouldn't have brought them along, no matter what.

Although the two of them seemed rather unremarkable in Class D, at any other school, they would absolutely have been considered class beauties.

Even though he still had time to plant his seed,

that didn't stop him from continuing to gather more women.

After all, women were fragile creatures.

Especially in an apocalyptic world like this.

The longer he waited to gather them, the more of them would die.

He had to bring them together as soon as possible, before they starved to death.

The easiest group to gather first would obviously be the beautiful girls in Class D.

But the real leader of the Class D group was the social butterfly, Kushida Kikyo.

To bring all the beautiful girls together, he had to win her over first.

"I didn't expect I'd be unable to avoid this woman."

Ye Yunchuan sighed.

No matter how he looked at it, he still had to deal with Kushida first.

Unfortunately, she wasn't easy to tame.

Luckily, Ye Yunchuan was a patient hunter.

He had both the time and the means to wait.

Just as Ye Yunchuan was thinking about how to gather the pretty girls without going through Kushida Kikyo,

a message in the class group, which he'd previously muted, caught his attention.

"Wait, why do I have to get their contact information through Kushida Kikyo? Don't I already have it right here?"

[There are tons of zombies at school, just like in the movies. This might already be the end of the world, so everyone be careful. Don't go out unless you have to.------Yosuke Hirata.]

[We're trapped in the fitting room. Can someone come save us?-----Sato Maya.]

Sato Maya had sent this message, and there were plenty of other messages asking for help, too.

[Ah, I'm so hungry. Does anyone have food they can give me? @Yamauchi Haruki------Kanji Ike.]

[I don't have anything to eat myself. How am I supposed to give you food? Figure something out on your own. Damn it, I'm starving too!-----Yamauchi Haruki.]

Perhaps because they had only just started school,

the group didn't include everyone.

Neither Hasebe Haruka nor Horikita Suzune was in it.

For that matter, Sakura Airi, who Ye Yunchuan was very interested in, wasn't in it either.

One of the names did catch Ye Yunchuan's attention, though.

Wang Meiyu.

She seemed to be from China, just like him.

Perhaps he could look out for her, since they were compatriots.

With that thought, Ye Yunchuan casually sent her a friend request.

"Yunchuan, there's something I'd like your help with."

Wang Meiyu still hadn't replied, while Nazuna-senpai was fast asleep, recovering her strength.

With nothing better to do, Ye Yunchuan went to Karuizawa Kei's room to see if they needed anything.

To his surprise, the moment he stepped inside, Karuizawa Kei took his hand and looked at him with pleading eyes.

"What is it? Just tell me."

"Well, I have a close friend named Matsushita Chiaki. She's hungry too. Could she join us?"

"Matsushita Chiaki?"

Ye Yunchuan frowned slightly.

He vaguely remembered the girl.

If he wasn't mistaken, Matsushita Chiaki was the most mysterious member of the four-girl clique.

She was highly academic, usually ranking somewhere between fourth and seventh in the class.

Her true abilities were probably even greater.

Her manner was also quite distinctive.

Rather than a gyaru, she seemed more like a young lady from a wealthy family.

In fact, she really was a wealthy heiress who had kept her background very well hidden.

As for why she pretended to be a gyaru,

Ye Yunchuan wasn't particularly interested in her, so he hadn't looked into it.

Besides, that had happened ages ago. How could he be expected to remember?

"Did you tell her about the rules here?"

"Well... um..."

Karuizawa Kei blushed.

She couldn't bring herself to tell her friend that she was going to become one of Ye Yunchuan's women alongside the others.

So naturally, she'd caused a misunderstanding.

"Make sure you explain everything to her. Otherwise, it'll cause a lot of trouble for both of us later."

"Oh."

Since Ye Yunchuan had said so, Karuizawa Kei could only obediently follow his instructions.

After who knew how long, Karuizawa Kei suddenly cried out excitedly:

"Yunchuan, Chiaki agreed to your conditions! Go pick her up quickly. She's probably about to pass out from hunger."

"Tell her to send me her location. I'll head over right away."

It wasn't every day a beauty came knocking, so Ye Yunchuan had no reason to refuse.

Chapter 22: I Like to Do It Myself

On the way to Matsushita Chiaki's dormitory,

[ Ding~ Zombie killed *1, gained Beauty *1. ]

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

[ Ding~ Zombie killed *1, gained Comprehension *1. ]

[Name: Ye Yunchuan (Demi-human Bloodline)

Beauty: 7

Spirit: 20

Comprehension: 7

Strength: 16

Agility: 15

Constitution: 17

Beauty: 7

Luck: 4 (Husband-Boosting Strike: A bonus from Karuizawa Kei. As her partner, you have a chance of getting lucky. Virtuous Wife and Good Mother: Your career will go smoothly.)]

"As expected of Corruption of the Childhood Friend. I didn't expect it could also grant Comprehension and Beauty."

Looking at his handsome reflection in the glass, Ye Yunchuan was surprised, too.

People shouldn't underestimate a one-point increase in Beauty.

In the real world, a score of 6 and a score of 7 were separated by a huge gap.

If he'd only been a little good-looking before,

now he was a bona fide handsome guy.

Unfortunately, Corruption of the Childhood Friend was a temporary buff. It disappeared after Ye Yunchuan drew Family Guardian and two special attributes.

"This is so boring. The zombies seem to get weaker and weaker. They can't even get my blood pumping."

Ye Yunchuan walked down the hallway with his hands in his pockets,

ignoring the zombies charging straight at him.

Bang~