In the hallway.
Yukino finally snapped out of her daze.
She looked at Adrian’s profile, her expression filled with complicated emotions.
After hesitating for a moment, she gathered her courage and asked,
“That man…”
“He’s dead.”
Before she could finish, Adrian answered.
“…”
She pressed her lips together.
He had killed that man because of her.
She couldn’t let him bear the consequences alone.
Summoning every ounce of courage, Yukino looked at him with unwavering determination.
“Mr. Adrian… I’ll take responsibility for killing him. I won’t let you go to prison because of me.”😰
Thunk!
Adrian flicked her squarely on the forehead.
“Ow!”
Yukino let out a yelp and covered her forehead with one hand.
“Are you stupid? What law are you talking about? This world doesn’t even have one.” 🤦♂️
“Besides, whether he was trash or not, with the way he’d already lost his mind, he’d have ended up zombie food sooner or later. I just put him out of his misery.”
He sounded perfectly matter-of-fact.
Adrian had always been the easygoing type.
He hated wasting time agonizing over complicated moral debates.
No laws.
A complete scumbag.
So what if he killed him?
No point overthinking it.
He stopped walking, raised his right hand, and gestured toward Yukino.
“By the way… could you let go of my hand now?”
“Huh?”
She froze.
Only then did she notice.
Her index finger was still hooked around his.
And she was the one gripping him tightly.
😳
“!!”
She immediately let go and hurriedly hid both hands behind her back.
Out of the corner of his eye, Adrian noticed her ears had turned bright red.
He didn’t say anything.
He simply continued walking.
Yukino pursed her lips and looked down at her right hand.
The warmth she’d felt from his hand…
For some reason, she found herself reluctant to let it go.
Realizing what she was thinking, she quickly shook the distracting thoughts from her head and hurried after him.
…
After they finished searching an entire floor, she finally realized something strange.
There wasn’t a single active zombie anywhere. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Noticing her confusion, Adrian explained with an exasperated sigh.
“I searched three floors looking for you. I already cleared out all the zombies here.” 😎
Fortunately, his Yin Five Thunders technique wasn’t powered purely by Qi.
It also drew on his own life force.
Life energy recovered quickly with rest.
That was probably one of the perks of abilities granted by the Doomsday Roulette.
Yukino followed behind him.
Together, they cleared another entire floor.
She assumed Adrian was searching for the other two survivors.
In reality…
He was just farming points.
😏
Suddenly, something occurred to him.
“Have you killed a zombie yet?”
Yukino shook her head.
“No.”
“Want to give it a try?”
“Me?”
She pointed at herself.
“Yeah. Since this is basically a game, I figure killing monsters should come with rewards.”
That was Adrian’s reasoning.
He wanted to see what someone without access to the Doomsday Chat Group would receive for killing a zombie.
…
It didn’t take long before they found one.
Adrian raised a hand.
Liquid-like Water Yin Lightning shot forward and instantly bound the zombie’s arms and legs.
“…”
Even after seeing him use this mysterious power several times, Yukino still couldn’t hide her amazement.
When she’d asked about it before, he’d only said it was a kind of lightning technique.
“Go ahead.”
He handed her a steel pipe.
“Okay.”
She tightened her grip.
Step by step, she approached the zombie.
“Grrr…”
Its limbs were immobilized, but its head still twisted violently, its mouth opening and closing as it let out savage growls.
Taking a deep breath, Yukino forced down her fear.
Her eyes hardened with determination.
“Hah!”
She thrust the steel pipe straight into the zombie’s open mouth.
Then, using every bit of strength she had, she shoved forward.
Splurt!
The pipe pierced straight through its skull.
😫
She yanked it back out.
The zombie’s head slumped lifelessly.
The Water Yin Lightning dispersed, and the corpse collapsed onto the floor. The source of this chapter is g.com.
The zombie…
Was dead.
She’d actually done it.
Yukino turned around excitedly.
Adrian smiled and gave her a thumbs-up.
The simple praise made an unexpected warmth bloom inside her.
Carrying the steel pipe, she walked back over to him.
Halfway there, her mind wandered for a brief moment.
When she came back to her senses…
A katana had appeared out of thin air in her hand.
After organizing her thoughts, she explained,
“Mr. Adrian… right after I killed that zombie, a voice inside my head notified me that I’d earned one Survival Point,” she explained, holding up the weapon.
“It unlocked a Shop menu right in front of my eyes. The Shop lets me exchange points for items, and right now there are only five choices available: food, water, a katana, a pistol, and pistol ammunition.” 🤩
“Food and water cost one point for three portions. A katana costs one point. A pistol costs five points. And ten rounds of pistol ammo cost one point.”
Adrian rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
So it worked like a typical in-game shop.
“Mr. Adrian…”
“Just call me Adrian.”
“…”
She hesitated briefly before her clear eyes drifted away.
“Okay… then you can just call me Yukino too.”
She cleared her throat before continuing.
“Adrian… you’ve killed so many zombies. Didn’t you get any points?”
Adrian shook his head.
“I’m… a special case.”
That wasn’t exactly a lie.
He did have points.
Just not the Doomsday Game’s Survival Points.
He had Doomsday Points from the Doomsday Chat Group instead.
One point per zombie.
Including the 500 points he’d already had before, he now had a total of 850 points.
Yukino didn’t think much of it.
Adrian already possessed mysterious powers back in the real world.
It wasn’t surprising if the game treated him differently.
She glanced outside.
The sky was gradually growing dark.
“Shouldn’t we find somewhere to rest?” she suggested.
“There are still six days left. We need to stay in good condition.”
Adrian had been thinking the same thing.
As for where to spend the night…
He already had a place in mind.
🤫
“…..”