Letting the Wolf In

Letting the Wolf into the House

"Enough talking." Lin Feng stepped forward, smashed the head of a zombie approaching Takagi Saya, and said, "Takagi and Rei, you girls go first. I'll cover the rear." Lin Feng voluntarily took on the rearguard duty, letting Takagi board the bus first while he charged toward the others tangled up with zombies.

Ladies first—it had been a perfectly normal thing before the apocalypse.

But now, it made Takagi Saya's heart feel warm. Still, her tsundere mouth said, "At a time like this, why are you still trying to play hero... When necessary, some people should just be abandoned..."

A faint smile curled up at Lin Feng's lips.

After losing Hirano, her simp, Takagi Saya had become even more vulnerable. She would instinctively cling to a man she could rely on, and that person was clearly not Komuro Takashi, who had turned everything into a complete mess.

Ugh... ughhh...

The zombies growled and roared, chasing after them with strange, twisted steps.

"Meiling, I'm so scared!"

"Minami, I'm scared too!"

The two girls held hands as they ran toward the parking lot, but a fallen zombie grabbed Minami's arm.

When Busujima Saeko saw that, the corners of her lips lifted slightly. She raised her wooden sword and charged at the zombie.

Dark crimson blood splattered across the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the zombie's head was smashed apart by the wooden sword.

A flush appeared on Busujima Saeko's face—the excitement of slaughter.

She had practiced kendo since childhood, and she always needed an imaginary opponent in her heart. Training that way made her sword practice twice as effective with half the effort.

Over time, Saeko began imagining what would happen if she used those techniques on a real human body. Ever since she had beaten up that pervert four years ago, Saeko had become addicted to violence like a drug.

The addiction she had suppressed for four years erupted today. Four more zombies appeared before Busujima Saeko.

Excitement gleamed in Saeko's eyes. With a light flick of her wrist, the wooden sword traced an arc through the air.

In an instant, all four zombies had their heads smashed apart by the wooden sword!

This was already the limit of what a human could do, wasn't it?!

Miyamoto Rei watched Dokushima Saeko slaughter zombies left and right. Gripping her iron rod, she took the initiative to approach a zombie wearing a teacher's badge that read Slanted Board.

"Don't underestimate the Spearmanship Club!"

Watching Busujima Saeko kill zombies so easily filled her with confidence. She drove the pointed end of the iron rod directly into the Slanted Board zombie's heart.

"I did it!"

It wasn't that difficult after all!

Just as Miyamoto Rei was excited that she had killed a zombie too.

Ughhh...

However, Slanted Board, whose heart she had pierced, was completely unaffected. His hands suddenly seized the rod, as if he wanted to wrestle Miyamoto Rei for it!

"Bu... bullshit... You've got to be kidding me... His heart, his heart was pierced!"

The Slanted Board zombie was incredibly strong! Miyamoto Rei was caught off guard and struck in the stomach by Slanted Board using the iron rod against her.

Just as the Slanted Board zombie moved closer, preparing to bite Miyamoto Rei.

Lin Feng swung his bat and smashed the Slanted Board zombie's head beside Miyamoto Rei.

"Rei, when fighting zombies, only destroying the head can kill them."

Miyamoto Rei had been hurt by the rod, but she still smiled at Lin Feng and said, "Thank you, Lin Feng."

If Lin Feng had not taken care of the Slanted Board zombie for her, she definitely would have been bitten.

By now, more and more zombies were gathering around them. Once there were too many zombies, things could easily go wrong.

At that moment, every survivor present witnessed Lin Feng's terrifying strength firsthand!

He swung his baseball bat and moved with fierce speed, smashing a zombie's head apart with every strike.

Of the dozen or so zombies that attacked one after another, he dealt with most of them by himself.

Facing the bloodthirsty zombies, he swung his bat cleanly and decisively, without the slightest trace of fear.

This guy was so fierce!

Minami and Meiling were both dumbfounded.

Lin Feng put away his baseball bat and asked the two girls, "Are you okay?"

"Minami!"

"Meiling!"

The two girls hugged each other and burst into tears. They had truly been on the verge of death just now. Still, they had survived thanks to Lin Feng stepping in.

The group found a minibus in the parking lot without any further danger.

"This is the brake, this is the accelerator, and this must be the clutch..."

Lin Feng was currently familiarizing himself with the controls in the driver's seat.

Of course, he had even driven armored vehicles before. A minibus was nothing.

In truth, Lin Feng was deliberately stalling as he waited for someone important.

Very soon, Komuro Takashi in the bus saw a group of students running toward them outside.

Lin Feng had just stolen all the spotlight.

Wanting to show off now, Komuro Takashi immediately got out of the bus, stood by the door, and waved at the fleeing students, telling them to get on.

At that moment, Komuro Takashi regained his usual composure.

But he had not expected that among those ten-odd students hid a man as demonic as a devil.

He wore a suit, and his frame looked slender. Though he wore gold-rimmed glasses, he gave off the air of a refined scoundrel.

"Move!"

Like a police officer, he directed the students. He looked like an exceptionally upright teacher.

He was the person Lin Feng had been waiting for—Wisteria Koichi. He was the main culprit behind Miyamoto Rei being held back a year. Because Rei's father had investigated the dirty money of his father, Councilor Shido, Wisteria Koichi had arranged for Rei to repeat a year.

Seeing Komuro Takashi waving ahead of them and the school bus, they all ran toward it.

"I can't go on, Teacher. I twisted my ankle."

A glasses-wearing student was running desperately, with several zombies chasing behind him and quickly closing in.

Because he was too panicked and rarely exercised, he fell down and happened to grab Wisteria's leg.

He was almost crying in terror as the zombies' growls drew closer and closer.

In his eyes, Wisteria Koichi was his hope.

He desperately clutched Wisteria's pant leg.

But at that moment, Wisteria Koichi adjusted his glasses and said coldly, "Is that so? Then an injured person like you can only go this far!"

As he spoke, Wisteria raised his foot and viciously kicked the boy in the face.

The shattered lenses stabbed into the boy's eyes, and the intense pain made him let go.

"The old world has already ended. Weak people have no value in living!"

The boy's screams came from behind him, but Wisteria Koichi merely straightened his clothes and ran toward the bus.

This was Wisteria Koichi, a beast in human clothing.

A sinister smile appeared on Lin Feng's lips. He felt that Wisteria Koichi, this vicious male supporting character, could help him earn plenty of Affection Points.

When Miyamoto Rei saw Wisteria running over, she immediately shouted at Komuro Takashi, "Don't save someone like him! Just let him die!"

"Rei, how can you say that?" Komuro Takashi looked utterly confused. He did not know why Rei hated Teacher Wisteria so much.

He also did not think letting Wisteria Koichi onto the bus would cause any problems. After all, Wisteria Koichi was just an enthusiastic and kind teacher.

That was what Komuro Takashi thought, because he had not noticed Wisteria kicking away the student who begged him for help. He had only seen Wisteria directing the students in an orderly escape, with around a dozen of them surviving.

Takagi Saya, who was already seated in the bus, was also dissatisfied with Komuro Takashi's actions. After their escape all the way here.

She had feelings for Komuro Takashi, but under the intense pressure of surviving in the apocalypse, those feelings were rapidly wearing away.

Her childhood friend was simply too stupid.

It was not just Miyamoto Rei who opposed letting Wisteria aboard. Saya did too.

Although Takagi Saya was a second-year student and had little interaction with third-year Wisteria Koichi, Saya had investigated why her romantic rival, Miyamoto Rei, had been held back a year.

When Saya looked into it, she discovered that Miyamoto Rei had been held back because Wisteria Koichi deliberately made things difficult for her. Wisteria had also used his status as a teacher to coerce and seduce female students.

Why should trash like that in a classroom be saved?

Yet Komuro Takashi had let him onto the bus. That was no different from letting a wolf into the house.

After Wisteria Koichi entered the bus, he briefly questioned everyone. When he learned there was no leader inside, he began to scheme.

"To survive in this chaotic world, a leader is essential!

A leader who shoulders everything is essential!"

Everyone who had entered the bus was seated, but Wisteria remained standing. Like a crane among chickens, Wisteria Koichi held himself upright, his straight posture truly carrying a hint of a teacher's sanctity.

"First, we need to make sure our families are safe... But no matter what we do, we need a leader!"

Wisteria Koichi had not sat down since entering. He kept waving a finger around, excitement written across his face, as if delivering some cult sermon.

"And since you are all students, you will inevitably have shortcomings when considering matters. So now, we need an adult to be the leader."

Since Wisteria was the only teacher there, he began brazenly bewitching the high school students and preaching the doctrines of the Fujiwara Cult.

Most of the students were taken in by Wisteria Koichi's words.

But after witnessing Lin Feng's strength, Yuki Kumi only found Wisteria's speech laughable. What was this nonsense about everyone needing to uphold Fujimi Academy's honor?

The world had already ended. What the hell did the school's honor have to do with her?!

"So teachers really are incredibly boring."

Kumiko's gaze had completely drifted toward Lin Feng. She had already begun imagining how amazing it would feel to take that thick thing into her mouth.

Saya in the front had also stopped listening to Wisteria. Everything Wisteria Koichi said was nothing more than brainwashing the students.

"Busujima, can't you teach Wisteria a lesson?" She extended a finger and lightly poked Busujima Saeko, who was seated beside her with her eyes closed.

In Takagi Saya's eyes, Dokushima Saeko was the daughter of the renowned kendo Busujima Family. Her swordsmanship was outstanding, and she had won the national championship in her second year of high school. She was also the captain of Fujimi Academy's third-year kendo club.

With Busujima Saeko's swordsmanship, she could easily make Wisteria shut up.

However, Busujima Saeko's father seemed to have deliberately raised his daughter to become a gentle and virtuous Yamato Nadeshiko.

"This is a moment for the men." Busujima Saeko looked in Lin Feng's direction. Although they had only known each other for a short time, she believed Lin Feng would not allow Wisteria Koichi to do whatever he pleased.

So she shook her head and said, "We women only need to wait for the outcome."

"Huh?..." Saya clearly could not understand Saeko's train of thought.

In truth, although Busujima Saeko's kendo was formidable and she was exceptionally brave when slaughtering zombies, the Yamato Nadeshiko upbringing she had received taught her deeply how a wife should behave. Unless it was absolutely necessary, she would not steal a man's chance to show off.

Saya looked at Saeko, who avoided her gaze, and could only shake her head.

Then they could only watch Lin Feng's performance. As for Komuro Takashi, he had been the one to open the door and let those students aboard, bringing Wisteria and this huge danger with them.

Saya no longer expected anything good from her idiot childhood friend.

Just as Wisteria Koichi was loudly preaching his crooked logic, Miyamoto Rei suddenly stood up from her seat and pointed the tip of her iron rod at Wisteria Koichi. Her action immediately drew everyone's attention inside the bus!

"Wisteria, you... if you want to be the leader, I absolutely won't agree!..."

Many bad things had happened today, so terrible that Rei was about to cry again. Now that she saw Wisteria Koichi, the wound that had yet to heal was torn open once more.

"Rei!" Komuro Takashi finally realized something was wrong.

He stood up from his seat as well, but instead of dealing with Wisteria Koichi, he reached out and grabbed Miyamoto Rei's iron rod. "Rei, everyone's having a hard time. Put the iron rod down first..."