I Am the Harem King Across the Multiverse
Chapter 18

Breaking Through the Encirclement / Rika Minami Keeps Her Word

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At that moment, Minami Rika and her partner Tajima were hiding on the second floor of the airport. The main entrance had been sealed shut with all sorts of cargo.

With her assault rifle braced against the second-floor window, Minami Rika continuously pulled the trigger, spraying the zombies trying to climb inside.

"I've been bitten, Rika! Kill... kill me!" Tajima said. There was a bowl-sized wound on his lower leg, fresh red blood flowing from it.

"Don't say that, Tajima. You'll be fine!"

Minami Rika frowned tightly. Impatiently killing zombies while replying, she said, "Only the two of us are left in the whole squad. How could I let you die here too?!"

"It's useless!" The man revealed a forced smile. "Once you've been bitten, you'll become one of them. I can feel it. I don't have much time left!"

"Shut the hell up!" Minami Rika impatiently removed her black goggles. They had lost contact with command, were now completely isolated, and had been driven into a desperate corner by the zombies.

"Rika, before I die, can you help me fulfill one wish?" the exhausted man asked.

After blowing apart a zombie's head, Minami Rika turned to her teammate and said solemnly, "Tell me. What's your wish?"

"Rika... I... I've always wanted to grope your huge boobs. Could... could you let me grope them before I die?" A smile appeared on Tajima's face as he earnestly voiced the wish he had buried in his heart for years.

A trace of embarrassment flashed through Minami Rika's heart, but she still said,

"That's not allowed. Only someone with better marksmanship than me can grope them!"

"Just as I thought!" Tajima said, as though he had expected that answer all along. "Then give me a Cuban cigar."

Hearing that, Minami Rika took out her last cigar and handed it to Tajima.

Just as the two were making their final farewells,

there came a crisp sound of glass shattering.

Following the sound, they saw a black rope descend from the third-floor skylight. Moments later, a young man slid down it!

Minami Rika's body tensed, and her eyes immediately turned cold.

The airport outside was full of zombies. It was impossible for a living person to enter from there.

Yet this man had truly appeared before her.

That made Minami Rika deeply suspicious of his origins.

"Who are you?!" Minami Rika suddenly raised her rifle and pointed its muzzle at Lin Feng. She confidently scrutinized the young man before her, ready to shoot him dead the moment she noticed anything wrong.

"Me?" Lin Feng lightly turned his head and said with a smile, "I'm Kikukawa Shizuka's boyfriend!"

"What?" Minami Rika's eyes widened. This news shocked her even more than his sudden descent from above.

Kikukawa Shizuka was her close girlfriend. How could that airheaded cow of a woman possibly get herself a boyfriend?

"It's true!" Lin Feng gave the dark-skinned, mature beauty in Special Police uniform a glance.

This woman had an incredible figure, with an astonishingly full chest and a seductive slender waist.

Then Lin Feng walked over to Tajima, who had only one breath left. Looking at the horrifying wound on his leg, he said, "You were bitten by them. There's no saving you. I'll help you find release."

As if to prove Lin Feng's words, the instant he finished speaking, Tajima's pupils shrank sharply. His body trembled as he coughed violently, vomiting mouthfuls of blood.

"Tajima!" Worried about her teammate, Minami Rika forgot everything else and moved to check on him.

"Careful!" Lin Feng reached out and forcefully grabbed Minami Rika's arm, warning, "Too late! He's about to turn into a zombie!"

As though confirming Lin Feng's words, Tajima stopped coughing moments later. His head jerked violently, and then he rose from the ground in a twisted posture.

Ugh... ugh... ugh...

Tajima, now a zombie, opened his mouth wide and staggered toward Lin Feng and Minami Rika.

Without another word, Lin Feng pulled out a baseball bat and smashed Tajima's head apart.

"Tajima!" Although she had seen many comrades die over the past few days, Tajima's death still pained Minami Rika's heart. He had been her last remaining teammate.

With Tajima dead, the S.A.T. First Squad was now reduced to her alone.

"Don't cry." Lin Feng reached out and pulled the tear-filled Minami Rika into his arms, comforting her. "Let him go in peace."

Minami Rika was, after all, a sniper from the Special Assault Team. Her mental fortitude was strong, and she knew there were more important matters to handle.

She forcefully pushed herself out of Lin Feng's arms, pointed her gun at him, and carefully observed him, as though trying to find some clue on his face.

But there was nothing. There was no panic in his eyes, only calm. He... truly was not afraid of her.

Minami Rika lowered her gun and asked, "Are you really Shizuka's boyfriend?"

"That's right!" Lin Feng spread his hands, allowing her to remain suspicious. "Anyway, let's leave this place first. I'll take you to Shizuka. How about it?"

"Leave here?" A glimmer appeared in Minami Rika's eyes, but as she listened to the zombies constantly pounding on the doors, it quickly faded. She shook her head with a bitter smile. "It's useless. This place is already surrounded by zombies. There's no way we can leave the airport!"

"Who says?" Lin Feng said with a smile. "Did you forget how I got in just now?"

Pointing at the rope, Lin Feng said, "We just need to climb up the rope. It's tied to the big tree across from us.

Once we climb down from the tree and run another two hundred meters, we'll be safe. Someone will meet us there!"

Breaking Out

After the two climbed down from the tree, Lin Feng picked up his bat and began wildly smashing the zombies approaching them.

Every scattered zombie that lunged at them was knocked down by Lin Feng alone.

As they fled, Minami Rika could not conveniently fire her gun. Gunshots would attract even more zombies.

So Lin Feng swung his bat and knocked every zombie blocking their way to the ground.

"That's amazing!"

Watching Lin Feng take down dozens of zombies by himself, even Minami Rika, an elite sniper, could not help but voice her praise.

Ding! [Minami Rika Affection Points +20]

Once Minami Rika climbed into a military SUV, she saw Busujima Saeko and Miyamoto Rei clearing out the zombies around the vehicle.

Not only that, Takagi Saya was also holding a rifle fitted with a bayonet, using it to stab the zombies.

Saya had... had enough!

Yes, she no longer wanted to hide in the rear and be protected by others.

So when she heard Lin Feng suggest going to the offshore airport, she had come along too.

And their naturally dumb school nurse, Kikukawa Shizuka, was also sitting in the car.

"That's wonderful, Rika! Lin Feng successfully brought you back." Seeing that Minami Rika had been rescued, Kikukawa Shizuka happily stepped forward, about to hug her.

But...

With a crisp smack, Minami Rika directly slapped the cow woman's breasts with force.

"That hurts!" The cow woman let out a coquettish whimper and muttered, "Rika, what are you doing?! Stop squeezing them!"

"Shizuka, I heard you got yourself a boyfriend?" Minami Rika asked angrily. Both hands still kneading Kikukawa Shizuka's breasts, she adopted an attitude of getting to the bottom of things. "What exactly is going on? You weren't scammed, were you?"

"Eh? Rika, listen to me. Lin Feng asked me to have dinner with him, so I agreed! ..." Kikukawa Shizuka answered with the same airheaded expression.

Next, Kikukawa Shizuka began explaining Lin Feng's situation to Minami Rika in her own unique way of thinking.

Words like "so big" and "so hard" kept spilling out, and Shizuka even exaggeratedly gestured with both hands to show how thick and long that thing was.

Lin Feng, who was driving, could only smile faintly upon hearing that. Miyamoto Rei and Busujima Saeko already knew about his relationship with Shizuka anyway, so there was no need to hide it.

After listening to Kikukawa Shizuka's wildly incoherent explanation, Minami Rika was still confused.

How exactly had those two gotten together?

But what Minami Rika cared about more was that her close girlfriend had actually lost her virginity!

Damn it!

This cow woman had betrayed the revolution! She actually had a boyfriend and was living such a blissful life. What was she supposed to do?

But this was not the time for casual conversation.

Ugh... ugh... ugh...

Several hundred zombies had already followed the sounds and were heading their way.

Fortunately, they had brought the Takagi family's military Fuji vehicle. It was sturdy, durable, and powerful.

After all the women returned to the vehicle, Lin Feng, seated in the driver's seat, slammed down on the accelerator.

The zombies blocking the road were directly crushed beneath the military Fuji.

The car sped forward like a gale, sparks flying as it raced along. Every so often, it smashed apart another zombie, their black blood and organs splattering all over the vehicle.

Although the zombies let out bone-chilling roars in an attempt to catch Lin Feng and the others, Corpse Outbreak zombies sometimes could not even outrun ordinary humans. Much less a speeding vehicle. Coupled with the military Fuji's powerful engine, scattered flesh-and-blood bodies could not stop the SUV unless the zombies formed a massive horde.

More than an hour later, the Fuji drove into Second Street. Cherry blossoms filled the streets, their pink petals falling in the wind and lending the place an atmosphere of beauty.

"So beautiful!" Minami Rika stretched her hand out the window and caught a pink petal drifting in the breeze. Unfortunately, she knew that yesterday's beautiful world was gone. That cherished world would never return.

"Officer Minami Rika, don't let your guard down. We haven't seen zombies here because they're gathered near the Takagi residence."

"Takagi's family head used wire fencing to enclose this area. Once we get inside, we'll see plenty of zombies."

The moment Lin Feng finished speaking, zombies that had heard the roar of the engine began gathering around them.

Looking at the densely packed zombies, Lin Feng curled his lips into a smile and said with ease,

"Saya, contact your father's people, now!"

They had made thorough preparations for this trip. Takagi Saya took a walkie-talkie from her backpack, contacted her father's subordinates, and confirmed that the vehicle would enter through the fence on Second Street, telling them to wait in advance.

At the same time, Miyamoto Rei took out a lighter, flicked it on, held the blue flame to the firecracker fuse, then tossed a long string of firecrackers through the car window onto the street.

Crackle! Pop! Crackle!

The firecrackers erupted in a burst of loud noise.

The zombies near the wire fence heard the firecrackers. Some turned around and began walking toward the sound.

As Lin Feng drove the SUV, he had Rei throw out more firecrackers every so often.

Corpse Outbreak zombies had no sight or sense of smell. They could only rely on hearing to find prey, and their low intelligence could not distinguish between sounds made by food and sounds made by traps.

Lin Feng and the others used the sound of the firecrackers.

They drew out as many zombies as possible from near the wire fence and from the streets and alleys.

Following the loudest sounds, the zombies found nothing but crackling firecrackers.

Just like that, Lin Feng and the others easily returned to the Takagi family's grand villa.

"Everyone worked hard. Go take a bath and rest now. I'll have the servants prepare some food."

After Takagi Saya jumped out of the car, she spoke with the servants in the villa for a moment. Only then did she learn that her father was not there; he had gone out to rescue survivors.

"He went out again?"

A forced smile appeared on Saya's lips.

Her father was truly impressive. In a world full of zombies, he maintained order and even personally led teams to rescue survivors outside.

But...

She was clearly his daughter. If she had not made it to Second Street, Saya believed her father would not have sent anyone to rescue his own daughter.

Saya understood her father's thinking. He was the Old Bed Master Clan Lord, the leader of the Patriotic Unity Association, and the grandmaster of the Heavenly Dao Solemn Style!

He had to be responsible for his family and subordinates. He could not let more people lose their lives for the sake of one daughter.

Although Saya knew that great figures who sacrificed a small number of people to save the majority were common throughout history.

Her stubborn father had clearly gone astray. This was not the Warring States period. Survivors who could not unite would only cause trouble in a world ravaged by Corpse Outbreak. The more people there were, the easier it was for things to go wrong. Those useless survivors should simply be left to fend for themselves.

Yes, Saya was only an ordinary young woman. She had no lofty ambitions to save the nation or its people. She only wanted to live safely with the person she loved.

After lunch, everyone began to rest.

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