Everyone had questions, but this wasn’t the place to stand around looking for answers.
Adrian turned to Saeko Busujima.
“Saeko Busujima, do you know where we can find a vehicle? Something big enough for all of us. Let’s get off campus first.” 😏
She gave him a small smile.
“You can just call me Saeko. As for a vehicle…”
She shook her head.
“I don’t know.”
“I do!”
Shizuka Marikawa suddenly shot her hand into the air.
The movement sent her ridiculously ample chest bouncing like rolling waves, nearly dragging Adrian’s eyes along with it.
Thankfully, he had enough self-control to look away.
“I have a car! It’s in the parking lot behind the school.” 🙋♀️
“Good. Lead the way.”
Under Shizuka’s guidance, the group headed for the parking lot.
🚗
Rei Miyamoto stayed silent.
Saya Takagi, meanwhile, kept stealing curious glances at the strange Dark Water Thunder surrounding them.
…
The parking lot wasn’t crawling with many zombies.
After clearing out the few clustered near the entrance, the inside proved relatively safe.
“This is my car!”
Shizuka unlocked her jeep with her keys.
“Since it’s your car, you drive.”
One by one, everyone climbed aboard.
Shizuka started the engine.
Just as the jeep reached the parking lot exit—
“Wait!”
A bespectacled man came running over with a crowd of students behind him.
Shizuka instinctively hit the brakes.
That brief pause was enough for the group to surround the jeep.
The man adjusted his glasses and quickly surveyed everyone inside.
Several female students.
A ditzy school nurse.
A girl dressed like she was cosplaying.
And only one male.
The corner of his mouth lifted ever so slightly.
Pushing up his glasses with one hand, he narrowed his eyes, wearing the refined smile of a cultured gentleman.
“Hello, everyone. I’m Koichi Shido, a teacher here.” 🤨
“Now that the school has been overrun by those… things, we should all work together. Would you like to join us?”
Saya and Rei frowned.
The way Shido’s eyes wandered over them made their skin crawl.
Saeko sat calmly, katana resting in her hand.
Exusiai lounged in her seat, absentmindedly cleaning her gun.
The absentminded Shizuka was just about to agree when she caught Adrian’s cold gaze.
She instantly stiffened.
The words coming out of her mouth changed completely.
“Of course not.”
“Oh?”
Shido had assumed this airheaded woman would be easy to manipulate.
He hadn’t expected her answer to change at the last second.
His sharp eyes immediately picked up that the lone boy was the one calling the shots.
A flicker of annoyance flashed through his heart.
But he had his own methods.
He smiled gently.
“So, Teacher Marikawa and the rest don’t wish to travel with us.”
“However, I’m the senior member here. These students escaped danger under my leadership.”
“I wonder… could you leave the vehicle for us instead?”
After saying that, he turned toward the students behind him.
“What do you all think? Aren’t we the ones who need this vehicle more?”
The students’ eyes lit up.
One after another, they echoed his words.
“That’s right! We need the car more!”
“Teacher Marikawa, leave the jeep with us!”
“Don’t worry! We’ll go find help outside and come back to rescue you!”
…
One after another, they spoke with righteous conviction, as though they were morally justified.
“What a bastard!”
Rei’s eyes burned with anger.
“We found this car! Why should we give it to you?”
She felt nothing but disgust toward Koichi Shido.
After all, he was the one responsible for forcing her to repeat a school year.
“Hm?”
Still smiling, Shido slowly turned toward her.
His eyes, however, were cold and venomous.
“Didn’t you hear them?”
“This is the will of the people.”
“The voice of the majority.” 😒
The meaning couldn’t have been clearer.
He intended to use numbers to bully the few.
Yet he wrapped it in the language of justice, as if that somehow made it noble.
“Ugh… this is how ugly adults can be.”
Exusiai shook her head while watching the show unfold.
“Are you done talking?”
“Hm?”
Shido looked surprised.
He hadn’t expected this kid to open his mouth now.
He was just about to apply even more pressure.
Adrian didn’t give him the chance.
Whoosh!
Bang!
Koichi Shido’s head exploded.
🤯
It all happened in an instant.
No one saw what had happened.
Thud.
His headless body collapsed onto the ground.
Only then did everyone finally react.
The students erupted into panic.
“H-He… he’s dead! Teacher Shido is dead!”
“W-What just happened?!”
“…”
Saeko, Exusiai, and the others had seen it clearly.
Adrian had flicked a single coin.
🤞
The next moment…
Shido’s head had exploded.
“Shizuka. Drive.”
“Ah! O-Okay! Y-Yes!”
Seeing a man’s head explode right in front of her—blood and brain matter spraying everywhere—had completely stunned her.
Only Adrian’s command snapped her back to reality.
The jeep lurched forward once more.
The students finally recovered and rushed to block the way.
“L-Leave the c—”
Bang!
Before he could finish, his head exploded too.
“!!!”
It instantly became clear.
Anyone who blocked the jeep would get their head blown off.
There had to be a sniper!
Every student immediately shrank back in terror, no longer daring to stand in the vehicle’s path.
😱
Meanwhile, Adrian’s Dark Water Thunder continued to envelop most of the jeep, protecting it as it drove away.
“…..”