I watched the two monsters interact for a few seconds and then I stroked Scythe's head and the leaves of the Venus to reinforce our bond. Then I look at the former and transmit my orders through the link of the [Tame] skill, so she can better understand it.
"Scythe, I need you to bring a zombie alive to this place."
She looked at me for a few seconds and seeming to understand what I was asking, runs to the streets of the city. Because the people in the Takagi house have taken care of the closest zombies in the area, this may take a few minutes.
I hope she doesn't get lost… well, probably she will manage, my skill can feel where Scythe is located, and she probably has that same feeling for me.
"Is it okay for Scythe-chan to leave like this?"
Saeko speaks somewhat worried, she undoubtedly became a little fond of my ghoul in this short time, to avoid her discomfort I tell her about the connection we have between the two of us, she nods after listening to me and relaxes a little.
"What do you want the zombie for, Alex?"
"It will become good fertilizer for my plant"
I say smiling while looking at Venus, she gets a little confused by my words, but I just ask her to wait for Scythe to come back and see it herself.
After several minutes, we see Scythe coming back, jogging quickly while dragging something with one hand. When she got to where we were, we could clearly see the zombie that she was holding by one foot, preventing him from getting up, and as I asked her, it was alive ... or rather, it was moving, it is confusing to talk about the state of a zombie.
"Well Scythe, now throw it near the Venus"
Finishing my words she does what I asked and throws the zombie a few centimeters from the plant, the zombie being able to put both feet on the ground rises slowly, perhaps not recognizing the plant as an enemy he turns to where we are, but before he could take a step I order the Luciferian Venus.
"That's your food, eat it"
After hearing my voice, the stems of the plant twist a little, the vines move and become entangled in the zombie's feet, then after finding its target, one of the parts that looks like a mouth opens showing sharp spikes that cover it as if it were an eye with inverted eyelashes.
It moves like a carnivore behind its prey and bites the zombie, lifts it and opens and closes its leaves accommodating the zombie until it enters completely. Upon completion of introducing it all inside, it returns to an inactive state, but now you could see the shape of the trapped zombie that is between the leaves of one of its mouths, and also a kind of white smoke and green sap emanating from it.
When the sap touches the asphalt, it generates smoke and the place where it falls is eaten away ... that must be the acid skill that I read in its status, it looks like something very dangerous.
"Alex! The plant ate the zombie!"
"That is something impressive without a doubt"
"It's great, but don't get too close, Scythe you also return. When it eats, its sap becomes acid and looks very dangerous."
Kurisu and Saeko exclaim when seeing the Venus in action, it is certainly something surprising to observe. Scythe curious about what her new friend does, wanted to approach and probably caress the plant again, so I stop her to prevent her from getting hurt by accident.
"Well Scythe, now I need you to constantly feed the Venus, she will be your new sister so take care of her properly"
"Si-st-er"
"Leaving aside their bond with you, you forgot that they are from different races ... Even worse, one is a plant species and the other... you're right, maybe it doesn't matter"
Kurisu gets a little picky, but in the end not knowing how to classify Scythe she accepts my words of them being siblings. We see Scythe run again toward the city streets, in a few minutes she returns with another zombie and the previous process is repeated.
What surprises me a bit is that when the other mouth engulfs the zombie, the one that had already eaten finished digesting its prey, at the rate it digests every couple of minutes it should reopen its jaws.
Now I am a little worried if Scythe can keep up the pace to feed it ... I should be grateful that she is a ghoul who does not need rest or sleep, no doubt the two monsters will be a good team.
After Scythe resumes her quest searching for zombies, we decide to return to the Takagi's house, we leave the two monsters and the three of us go through the fence, the guards just give us a look and continue their work. We walked to the mansion as it is the place where everyone went, but when we got to the door I hear an argument from the other side of the house.
Because one of the voices belongs to Hirano it draws my attention even more, I look at the girls and they nod, then we change course and move to where the argument is coming from. Around the corner of the house I find Hirano kneeling on the floor while holding his gun and a man trying to snatch it.
"No! You can't take it from me... this weapon is my life!!"
"Brat, I told you to drop the gun now!"
Around them were more of Soichiro's men, but I also see Komuro and Rei from my group, they both had an expression that said they didn't know what to do in this situation. Since everyone was focused on Hirano and the guy who he was arguing with, nobody notices us.
Or perhaps instead of an argument, I should say that the man seemed to be intimidating him, because I could only see Hirano holding the gun desperately while crying. I quickly understand what is happening, but to confirm it, I check Komuro and Rei with my eyes again, after that, I grab my Beretta while somewhat angry, aiming at the sky and shooting.
"Alexander-kun!" -Hirano
Everyone's attention changes to us, or rather to me. Hirano, when he sees me rejoices and quickly approaches my side because that man had released his weapon due to the surprise of the gun shot, and when he recovers he puts his annoying eyes on me. He tries to say something, but I speak first addressing Komuro and Rei.
"Where are your weapons?"
"T-that ..." -Komuro
"... They took them" -Rei
"As I said, it is dangerous for children to carry weapons with them, quick, you also give me your weapons."
"Are you idiots? Why the hell did you give up your weapons because someone else tells you to?! "
Komuro stutters trying to find words to say, right away Rei responds with her head down and then they tremble a little from my voice that had risen when I hear their answers. The man was completely ignored by me, he gets more upset and walk towards me, then extends his arm and tries to grab my shoulder.
"Ah! Don't do that ..." -Kurisu
"Did you not hear me?!" -Random guy trying to take the gun
Kurisu tries to warn him off, but he doesn't listen to her and yells while trying to grab me, before he can put a finger on me, I grab his hand and bend it back until its about to break, twist him around and kick him behind one of his knees making him fall in front of me with his back to me, I immediately place my Beretta on his temple.
"Aaaah!!"
"Haaa, that's why I was trying to tell you to stop" -Kurisu
"Give me back my weapons now!" -Alex
Come on man, I don't think it's that hot after a single shot... oh damn, smoke is coming from his skin, it's no surprise that he began to struggle as if I were killing him. The other men from Soichiro's group who were watching the show, seeing the situation change comes closer to me and one of them yelled at me.
"Hey boy, what are you doing, release him fast!"
"Sure, I have no problem with that. Just give me back my weapons."
"You obviouslu didn't hear, it's dangerous for you to carry weapons, you can hurt yourself or someone else, that's why all of you must hand over your weapons and let us the adults protect you."
"I don't want to hear your nonsense, I want my weapons now. Otherwise the only thing you'll receive from me will be the bullets I put in your body."
At the end of my sentence I remove the weapon from the temple of the kneeling guy and aim it at the person who was speaking, when he sees the gun pointed in his direction he steps back in fear. When things get quiet and we reach a stalemate because none of them take out my weapons and I really don't want to shoot as that might make me a target, and I'm not sure I can avoid all the guards weapons, at that moment I heard Soichiro's voice behind me.
"What's going on here?"
I turn my head and see him walking with Yuriko-san and the others who had left with her. They must have heard the shot and came to check what was happening, seeing Soichiro, the one who responds to him, is the kneeling person.
"Takagi-san help me please, this kid is crazy"
Tch, you shouldn't say bad things about me in front of Yuriko-san, what if she believes you? I will put the gun back on his temple if he speaks again ... after his words I explain in my defense.
"He is lying, I just kindly asked them to return my weapons"
Everyone puts their eyes on me, then on the kneeling guy who was in tears because of the pain caused by the burn mark on his temple, and then on the gun in my hands. Kurisu shakes her head while holding her forehead with one hand, Saeko turns her head to the other side so we can't see her, but I can hear that she is trying to suppress her laugher and Hirano swallows a mouthful of saliva while staring at me.
Komuro, Rei and the others have drops of sweat sliding down their face, nobody says anything and everyone is left without knowing how to answer ... well, it is understandable that they doubt my words, then I use my last resort, I smiled innocently in this child's body that I have.
"... For now I just want someone to explain to me what happened" -Soichiro
"That's right, so please put down the weapon Alexander-kun" -Yuriko
Although I didn't get the reaction that I wanted from them, they at least talked ... although it would have been better if they were on my side and scolded those guys. Doesn't everyone stand on the side of a cute boy smiling instead of some guy covered in dirt crying?
"Maybe it was because of the gun?" -Alex
"... well in part that's why, but your smile... more than cute ... it's intimidating, Alex." -Kurisu
Kurisu who is by my side as if reading my thoughts answers my murmurs ... it seems that my smile is not as innocent as I thought, that explains why so many people tremble when I do it. Following Yuriko-san's instructions I put the gun away and step away from the kneeling guy, I look at Soichiro and answer his question.
"I was just trying to recover the weapons that your men took from those in my group"
Soichiro looks at me and passes his eyes to the other men waiting for them to speak, the kneeling guy who rose slowly proceeds to give his opinion of what happened.
"Takagi-san, we just thought it was dangerous for children to carry weapons. So we wanted to confiscate them, everyone was obedient at first, only the boy in glasses refused. Then this crazy boy came and made things worse."
Soichiro listens to everything the guy says, processes his words and nods, he then looks at me and speaks like giving a verdict.
"I think what he says is the right thing, weapons are not toys it's better-"
"Stop right there Soichiro. It looks like you're confusing several things here-"
"P-please Soichiro-san, don't get mad at Alex, weapons are important to him" -Kurisu
I interrupt what Soichiro wanted to say because I had an idea where he was going with this conversation, but before I could explain my point Kurisu stops me and talks when seeing him raise an eyebrow, because he didn't like that I interrupted him
"Wait Kurisu, he needs to hear this, if not, he'll continue to misunderstand things"
"Okay, let him talk. I want to hear what he has to say" -Soichiro
Removing Kurisu's hand from my mouth, I speak to her, preventing her from stopping me again. With Soichiro's words, she gives up and only stays beside me worried because things might have a bad development.
"Well, the first thing you are wrong about is that I did not come here to ask for your protection or that of the others. I will never put my life in the hands of someone else, I will live making my own decisions and die the same way, the only thing I would depend on to survive are my own two hands and the tools that I handle with them, not other people."
"So you are saying you don't trust other people?"
When I say that my [Soul Of the Emperor] aura is activated, Soichiro reacts to the pressure for an instant, but due to his level he recovers quite quickly and passes his eyes on all the people around me. I can notice Kurisu is a little discouraged by my side, so I shake my head and corrected him.
"Trust and dependence are two different things in themselves. I trust Kurisu, Saeko and the others, I can accept their help, but I will not put my life in their hands and ask them to carry it without lifting a hand myself. Although this only corresponds to me, you're asking me to sit back and watch you fight for our lives which I won't allow.
Just take a look around, your house had to become a small fortress because your closest neighbors are trying to eat you. So the only way you will get my weapons is to kill me first, since losing them means dying as well."
Kurisu smiles again and the others also cheer up, even Soichiro's lips rise a little. He nods and talks to his men.
"You have just heard, there are no children here, and these are only people responsible for themselves. Give him back his weapons, since everything is solved, let's go inside to talk."
"Y-yes, Takagi-san"
Some men bring Komuro and Rei's weapons and hand them over, after achieving my goal I nod to Soichiro and we walk inside with everyone. Once we entered and observe the interior of this house, it looked like an old mansion, but I don't mean that it was worn out, only that the facade was a bit rustic.
It was decorated in a refined way, but without any extravagance, it coincides well with the character of the Takagi couple, but although it did not look luxurious you could see that they lived a good life economically, far superior to that of an average person.
"Let's go to the meeting room to talk"
"Sure"
We walk through the corridors until we reach a room with a large table for many people, adorned with paintings on the wall of what should have been Soichiro's ancestors. Everyone starts to take a seat, so I also take a place with Kurisu and Saeko by my side. Although I already knew it, I asked the question that was in everyone's head so that they would also find out.
"Do you know how the general situation is in other parts after the infection?"
"We lost contact with the capital and the government the previous day, but what we could discover before that happened was that things are very bad. What we face is a worldwide pandemic, so it is impossible for any government or organization to send help anywhere.
That means that we are on our own and have to maintain our safety for ourselves. Thanks to our influence, Yuriko and I were able to organize a group between our acquaintances and neighbors to fight and save some other survivors to make this place safe."
With Soichiro's answers, everyone in the place showed serious and worried faces. Well, the atmosphere was not that depressing because the previous night we already had this kind of conversation, they were already somewhat expecting to receive this news. Even so, hearing this confirmation and not just mere speculation had some impact on them.
"Well, we had already known that things could be very bad, we just have to keep doing what have done so far. Survive with our own strength in this world, at least we are not completely alone, we have ourselves to support each other" -Alex
"Alexander-kun is right, don't be discouraged since that won't help at all." -Yuriko
I try to lift everyone's mood and Yuriko-san follows after with her words, the others raise their heads and nod strongly. With the revived atmosphere I talk about the problem that worried me more than anything.
"We need to change the camps location, although you have made an effort trying to reinforce the surroundings, it will not resist if a large group of zombies attack us"
In the anime I remember that this camp is invaded by a large group of zombies, and if the plot continues the same way, it makes no sense to protect a place that is doomed to have its defenses broken.
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Written By:
Jwunder99
Ideas By:
Drack21