The campus was enormous.
As they explored, they cleared out zombies one area at a time.
After an entire day, they’d only managed to sweep through about one-fifth of the school.
There wasn’t a single living person left.
And there was no way to leave the campus.
Apparently, the game’s entire map was limited to the school grounds.
After a full day’s worth of fighting, the two returned to the dormitory once again.
The following days passed much the same way.
In the endless, monotonous slaughter of zombies…
Yukino’s courage and mental resilience grew stronger and stronger.
🥶
She moved with speed and confidence.
Whenever she raised her gun, she never hesitated to blow apart a zombie’s head.
Even when blood and brains splattered across her clothes, her expression didn’t change.
She was nothing like the Yukino who had once wet herself in terror at the sight of the Evil Spirit Girl.
At last, the seventh day came to an end.
During those seven days, Yukino had found her own ways to repay him.
Nothing outrageous like offering her body.
Instead, she gave him a massage every day to help him relax.
Who would’ve thought Aikido techniques could be used for massage?
Surprisingly, they felt incredibly good.
Since they only had one change of clothes, every evening after showering she wore the same freshly washed short skirt again, making the whole situation rather… pleasant for him.
She also insisted on taking care of every little thing herself, bringing him water, pouring drinks, and handling all the chores.
Even all of Adrian’s clothes were washed by Yukino personally.
It was obvious she genuinely wanted to repay him.
As for the zombies…
The two of them had slaughtered tens of thousands.
There were an absurd number of zombies in the school.
No matter how many they killed, more seemed to appear.
Adrian alone had earned over 70,000 Apocalypse Points.
He had already spent most of them upgrading his abilities.
📈
[Human]: Adrian
[Points]: 7,000
[Apocalypses]: Cognitive Apocalypse (12★), Abnormal Apocalypse (12★), Uncertainty Apocalypse (12★)
[Abilities]:
B Rank:
Physical Enhancement (Lv.3) Five Thunder Righteous Law: Yin Five Thunders (Lv.3)
S Rank:
Gemstone: Vector Manipulation (Lv.4)
He spent 10,000 points to raise Physical Enhancement to Level 3.
His physique improved even further.
Punching straight through a steel plate had become effortless, and his speed had increased as well.
Then he spent 60,000 points upgrading Vector Manipulation to Level 4.
At the same time, he learned that reaching Level 5 would require a staggering 150,000 Apocalypse Points.
That left him with only 7,000 points.
As for Yukino…
She had killed over three thousand zombies in total.
After deducting the Survival Points she spent on food and water each day, she still had 3,000 points remaining.
[School of the Dead: Survivors Remaining – 2]
[Congratulations! You survived and cleared the game!]
[Returning participants automatically…]
Adrian and Yukino looked at each other before both letting out relieved sighs.
It was finally time to leave.
Their figures disappeared from the dorm room.
When Adrian came back to his senses, he was sitting in the clubroom again.
He pulled out his phone and checked the time.
“…?!”
It was still the same class break!
Time hadn’t advanced at all.
They had spent seven entire days inside the apocalypse game, yet not even a second seemed to have passed here.
🤯
“The game space…”
It even affected the flow of time.
Whatever was behind it, it was far beyond ordinary.
A while later…
Yukino gradually regained consciousness as well.
The moment she recognized the classroom—
Her eyes sharpened, and she instantly drew her pistol.
👁️🗨️
“Yukino, calm down. We’re back.”
Adrian gently pushed the gun downward and held her shoulders, guiding her back into her chair.
That reaction was textbook PTSD.
“…We’re back…”
Yukino quietly put the pistol away.
Adrian naturally reached over and gently massaged her temples, helping her relax.
Once she had completely calmed down, he finally got to the important matter.
“Yukino, what I’m about to tell you is important. Listen carefully.”
“Okay.”
“It’s about the coming apocalypse…”
It took quite a while.
Adrian explained everything to her, from the various apocalypses to the nature of the world they now lived in.
🗣️
Yukino was shocked.
But she accepted it surprisingly quickly.
After all, she’d already experienced the effects of the Abnormal Apocalypse firsthand.
“I understand. I’ll keep all of this a secret.”
Yukino looked down at her hands.
They were still as pale and delicate as before.
Yet somehow, they felt like the hands of someone who had killed countless zombies.
The combat experience from the apocalypse game had become ingrained in her body.
That was definitely something she’d need to adapt to.
“Oh, right.”
Yukino suddenly remembered something important.
She raised her hand toward a nearby glass of water.
A stream of icy white mist flowed from her palm.
The water inside the glass instantly froze solid.
🥶
“Oh?”
Adrian’s eyes widened.
“You gained a superpower?”
He hadn’t expected Yukino to obtain an ice-based ability from clearing the game.
A faint smile appeared on Yukino’s face.
“When the game ended, it told me I could exchange my Survival Points for either an exclusive item or an exclusive ability.”
“So I spent all 3,000 points on an ability.”
“It’s called Ice Power. It lets me control ice.”
After thinking for a moment, Adrian decided to test her abilities.
He closed the classroom’s doors and windows.
Then he had Yukino attack him with everything she had.
After fighting side by side for seven days, Yukino trusted Adrian completely.
She attacked without hesitation.
Her attacks, however, couldn’t hurt him in the slightest.
After a series of tests, they reached a conclusion.
Yukino’s ability was roughly around Level 2.
🧐
She could create ice spikes to attack and release freezing air.
However, she couldn’t yet freeze enemies solid with cold alone or manipulate large quantities of ice over a wide area.
Even so…
It was still a pretty solid ability.
Ring!
Ring!
Ring!
The class bell rang.
Adrian and Yukino returned to their respective classrooms together.
Along the way, he reminded her of a few more things and the two exchanged contact information.
At the stairwell…
A girl watched the two of them walking side by side, her expression filled with confusion.
“Since when… have Adrian and Yukinoshita become this close?” 🤨
“…..”