Neo sat on a desk in the teacher's lounge, looking at the entire group in front of her. They had all decided to go to the teacher's lounge to rest. It seems Takashi was bitten but wasn't showing any signs of turning, much to Saya and Rei's relief. Hisashi hid it well but he wasn't pleased.
~This son of a bitch probably used a system to survive that bite. What the fuck am I gonna do now?~ Hisashi thought about all the ways he could try to kill Takashi stealthily.
The television was on and it showed the infection was worldwide. Everything was going to chaos. The room was tense now, Neo could tell all the girls were scared. The guys looked to be deep in thought when suddenly they all saw Shizuka Marikawa embrace Neopolitan, who was still disguised as Sayo.
"Thank you so much! You were right.. it is a pandemic! Will you please stay with us? I'm the adult here but I.. I'm.." She looked really pitiful now but the boys had an entirely different mood, seeing that Shizuka had embraced her tightly, their breasts were tightly pressed together and Neopolitan looked annoyed.
Getting an idea, Neo joined the embrace, earning the confusion of Neopolitan.
"It's okay.. We'll all make it through this, Shizuka-san. I'll take care of everything" Neo brushed her blonde hair to reassure her, letting the nurse calm down before separating the tri-breast sandwich they ended up in. Consequently, this made both Takashi and Hisashi stare at them in undisguised lust.
Rei frowned at this and Saya was quite annoyed.
~What the Hell.. Hisashi is acting like a creep..~ Rei scoffed. Saya was more used to Takashi's flirty attitude so she wasn't very affected by his look.
Neo put her hand on her chin and observed both reactions the boys failed to notice. The room was still tense and the air was heavy, so she decided to attempt to lift their spirits.
"I realize this looks terrible. It is bad, I won't lie. Things aren't all bad though, there are safe zones. Things won't go back to how they once were but I know living a good life isn't off the table. You'll just need to put in the effort to carve it out yourself. The light of the mind alone cannot burn away all darkness. You're a group now and you need each other, not just to survive, but to stay sane" Neo finished and saw that her words had reinvigorated them a bit but she added one final thing.
"In a world filled with misery and uncertainty it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness. In such times you'll turn to each other. You may not realize it yet but you're family now. You'll come to realize that as we journey along. Well! Sorry I got a little preachy there. I just passed along some knowledge an old man passed down to me a while back" Neo saw them all think.
Takashi looked disinterested. Hisashi was thinking hard as if he were trying to remember something. Saeko looked at Neo with newfound respect. Saya scoffed at the emotional responses she was getting. Rei looked a little more cheered up and finally, Shizuka smiled gently.
Neopolitan tilted her head at her then nodded once, seeing as she said that to get everyone in a better mood.
"So! What do you say we go get in that bus, hm? We'll be crashing at safe location where we can go check on your families from thereon. What do you say?" Neo suggested to them, which they all agreed to.
They all proceeded to head down to the main lobby of the school, which had a few zombies roaming inside. Most of what was there were the limbs of zombies and a completely bloody floor. Saya and Rei held their mouths in disgust at the raw brutality of the decimated zombie corpses.
"What.. who could have done this?" Rei almost gagged.
"Oh that was Sayo and I? Cleared quite a few of them I guess.." Neo casually walked down and said before walking past two zombies, grabbing their heads and crushing them together with a squelching sound.
Neopolitan smirked at this while the rest but Takashi and Saeko cringed. They were silently assessing the woman's strength before joining her. As they tore through the undead horde with ease (due to Neo and Neopolitan) they finally reached the outside. Takashi looked around as if expecting something but was confused when he saw a bunch of female students atop a bus, surrounded by zombies.
~What the shit? I thought they were with that dickhead teacher? Things are changing.. Once I get Hisashi alone I'll use the Mercer virus to consume him~ Takashi plotted and started to bash the Zombie's heads in with the bat. He was doing it a bit 'too' easy now. This was noticed by Saya, Neo and Neopolitan only though.
~He'll be saved for last.. I'll deal with Hisashi first~ Neo decided and killed off the last zombie by axe-kicking its head into the ground.
"All aboard!" Neo shouted to the grateful female students on top of the bus.
As they all boarded it, Takashi and Hisashi kept looking around, waiting for something or more specifically, 'someone'.
"Where's Shido..?" Hisashi glanced around and muttered loud enough for them to hear.
"Sh..Shido-sensei was killed.." Miki Yamamoto, the girl who Neo and Neopolitan found sucking Hisashi's dick spoke up and looked at Neo fearfully.
"Oh the teacher? I killed him. I saw him stomp a student's face in earlier to escape the dead" Neo folded her arms and answered, earning the silence of the bus.
Except for Rei, who ran up to her and hugged her gratefully.
"Thank you! He was such a.. bastard! I hated him so.. so much.." Rei spat out in relief as Neo rubbed her back.
"I can tell.. Well, Shizuka can you graciously drive us out of here?" Neo asked Shizuks, who had strapped in and was getting ready to drive.
"It's a bit different from my little van but.. I'll try! Hold on everybody!" She started to drive the bus fast, swerving away from as many zombies as she could before it became unavoidable and she started hitting them and sending bodies flying.
"They're not human anymore.. They're not human anymore.. They're not human anymore!" She chanted as she ran them down and slammed through the entrance, driving away from the school.
Neopolitan was incredibly giddy and almost bounced in her seat. Neo looked at her with a brow raised. Neopolitan looked at her with a huge smile that said 'AGAIN! AGAIN!'. Neo stifled a laugh and rubbed the top of her head.
"Even better things are coming.. You'll see" Neo wrapped her arm around her shoulder, which Neopolitan responded to by leaning up into her for comfort.
-9pm, Tokonosu City streets-
They were quickly approaching the bridge close to Rika Minami's flat. Running down zombies as they drove by. Neo decided then to approach Miki with a disarming smile. The girls she saved had started to look at her differently and whispered amongst each other. Neo expected to be the target of their hate since she killed Shido in front of them. But the looks she was getting unsettled her for another reason. They all looked at her with fear, yes. But there was something else in there as well that had only risen due to the brutality she displayed along with the fact that she bothered to save them.
"Hello. Miki, right? Do you mind if I ask you a few things?" Neo sat next to her, though she unexpectedly leaned into her and eagerly nodded.
~I think they all have a screw loose..?~ Neo hummed but decided to proceed anyway.
"You know Hisashi, right?" Neo put her hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner.
"Oh yeah.. he's my boyfriend" She nodded and Neo saw Rei's ears perk up. Though Hisashi was too busy looking into space. Likely conversing with his system.
"Wait what? He's my boyfriend! I thought it was weird that he hadn't at least come over to see me but.." One of the other girls mentioned and her best friend sitting next to her nodded.
"Yeah she told me they met up on the roof to make out" The girl's best friend mentioned.
"Just that? I fucked him up there yesterday.. What the fuck, Hisashi!" Miki yelled out to the front of the bus, alarming Hisashi.
Rei stood up and shook her head.
"You're lying! Hisashi would never cheat on me!" She exclaimed passionately but even Neo saw her doubt hidden beneath her words.
Hisashi stood up and prepared to defend himself. Takashi hid a smile at things turning against his competitor and watched.
"Wait I never met up with-" Though Neo interrupted him.
"Tell me, Rei. Doesn't Hisashi seem a little different to you? Like he's not the same as when you started dating?" Neo folded her legs.
"I.. Yes. Hisashi you used to listen to me and comfort me but now you.. All you wanna do is fuck! Are they telling the truth!?" Rei shouted as Hisashi, who put on a placating expression.
"Actually you do seem a bit different, Hisashi. I knew you were flirting with a few girls from other classes but wow.." Takashi added in, which made Hisaahi grind his teeth in anger.
"Oh? Who are you calling different? Didn't YOU change about a year ago? Same as me?" Hisashi tried to shift focus.
"I didn't turn into a fucking asshole though, did I?" Takashi got up in his face as Shizuka stopped the bus suddenly.
"Please! No fighting! I can't focus when you guys are yelling like this!" She looked really pitiful when she turned around and chastised them.
~Perfect..~ Neo thought as she got up, seeing Neopolitan was smirking with a scheming expression while watching her.
"It's clear right now. Mind if I talk to Hisashi real quick outside?" Neo got up and smiled, gently touching Hisashi's arm, making him swallow his saliva.
"Okay.." He nodded and followed Neo outside of the bus, under the street light nearby.
"What's your deal, Lady..? Why did you-" But he stopped as he saw her smile.
~System, buy a recorder~
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Neo turned it on behind her back and spoke.
"I brought you out here because I knew you were a reincarnator. You and Takashi. I want to make you a deal you can't refuse" Neo spoke calmly as Hisashi's eyes widened and he made a fearful expression.
"What do you want? If you know then.. you're one too. Fucking great. Help me kill Takashi and we can 'carve out' a better life together" Hisashi offered her with his 'charming' smile.
"Counter offer! Shut the fuck up. You're using Rei and you have plans for the others I'm sure. They're people, 'Hisashi' you can't just treat them like onaholes" Neo lectured him with a faux helpless shake of her head.
"So what? They need me. Those dumb sluts will be sucking my dick in turns by next week. What do you fucking care anyway?" Hisashi took a defensive posture now.
"Okay then" Neo pulled out her .44 Magnum from her inventory and aimed it at Hisashi's heart, though nobody from the bus could see.
"Break up with Rei and leave, she's too good for you. They all are" Neo threatened him with a chilling calm tone.
"What the fuck... You bitch.. Fine.. I don't give a fuck about those one dimensional thots anyway. All they were good for was being cum dumpsters" Hisashi spat on the ground and walked across the street, near a tunnel.
~I'll have to grind and come back.. I just need power and I'll get them all, easy~ He then opened his system but heard loud honking.
Turning around, he saw a flaming bus heading straight for him. Immediately he tried to run out of the way, but the sound of a loud gunshot was heard by him, almost covered by the frantic honking of the incoming bus. His leg gave out as his right kneecap shattered. He only had time to see Neo putting away the .44 and hearing Rei's screams before the flaming bus turned him into a bloody smear on the street.
As Neo got back on the bus, Rei tried to attack her but her weapon was grabbed by Neopolitan and she was shoved into her seat. Saeko took an attacking stance and Takashi pretended to be ready to fight, but he was celebrating in his head, not knowing he was next.
"Before you attack me or decide I'm the enemy or irredeemable monster.. listen to this. I have something to show and tell. Keep driving, Shizuka. I'll play it in a few minutes" Neo sat back down as she looked at her partner and nodded.
Gradually, her appearance changed completely with a flash of light. She returned to her true appearance with Neopolitan, which had shocked them all but none more than Takashi.
"You have no idea how much of an asshole he was. Oh and nice to meet you.. I'm Neo"