Chapter 70 - It Must Be Because Of You, Mahiro!
"If you really turn into a zombie, you know the consequences yourself."
Mahiro let go of the boy's shoulder and said lightly.
In fact, Mahiro wanted to observe the zombies with Mystic Eye of Death Perception and try to find any death lines.
If they have death lines, then what would happen if he cut them?
However, he couldn't do so in front of so many people.
"Thank you so much!"
The boy in the lead was astonished and then hastily bowed to Mahiro.
"What's your name?"
"Yuichi Okada," the boy reported his name.
Mahiro nodded and also said his name.
Afterward, Mahiro decided to move to another place.
"Let's find a safe place!"
"Yes, Toma-sama!" Yuichi said respectfully.
'Toma-sama!?'
Mahiro burst into laughter, not expecting the other person to suddenly use this honorific title.
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Along the way, Mahiro occasionally glanced at Okada and saw that his physique differed slightly from that of ordinary people.
"Have you practiced martial arts or something?"
"My grandfather was a samurai and raised me as one."
Okada replied.
The concept of superiors and subordinates was deeply rooted in martial arts novels he had read before.
And the samurai themselves had the same concept.
The strong get everything, and the weak look up to the strong.
The strength shown by Mahiro, as well as his mysterious ability, had completely convinced Okada.
Coupled with his family's etiquette, he naturally pledged allegiance to Mahiro.
Looking at the respectful boy, Mahiro pondered and smiled slightly.
'No wonder he was able to escape with a team.'
'Strength, decisiveness, awareness of the situation - he possessed all these qualities.'
Such people were indeed capable.
"Mahiro, have you really cured him?"
Rei, now the avid fan of Mahiro, looked at Okada, who had recovered.
She hesitated for a while and asked.
"I don't know."
"After all, this is the first time I have encountered this kind of thing, and I don't know if it can be cured."
"I can only say that it was temporarily suppressed. As for whether it will recur in the future...."
Mahiro sighed and looked at Okada before turning to face Rei.
Although Okada had recovered, Mahiro had no way to judge whether the virus in his body had been eliminated.
"Is that so?"
Rei lowered her head and muttered to herself.
In her view, it was just Mahiro being modest.
Anyway, Mahiro's way of doing things makes him the coolest.
'Argh, what I'm thinkingg!?'
She quickly shook her head to clear her mind of those messy thoughts.
She had observed Okada's wound and symptoms, similar to Hisashi's, but Mahiro managed to cure Okada.
There must be something happening that she didn't know about.
But...
Takashi Komuro.
Thinking of this guy, Rei couldn't help gritting her teeth.
Since Okada could be rescued, if Hisashi had never died, he should have been rescued from the beginning.
However, it was because of Takashi's jealousy that, despite Mahiro's attempt to stop him.
Hisashi was still beaten to death.
Thinking of this, Rei's disgust for Takashi grew stronger. However, there was not much previous hatred of Hisashi being killed by him.
She was even feeling good because of Hisashi's death.
'What am I?'
'Hisashi just died, and now I'm falling for another person.'
It must be because of Mahiro's excellence.
'Yes, it must be because of you, Mahiro!'
Rei stopped suppressing the growing emotions in her heart.
After all, no matter whether Hisashi or Takashi, they were not present when she needed them most.
Just like when she had to repeat the grade.
Takashi was nowhere to be seen...
And the same goes for today!
Hisashi just left her to die.
Only Mahiro...
Yes, only him....
He was the first person to protect her from all harm and bring her the warmth she had never felt before.
'Even if he's just helping me out of goodwill.'
'I'll make him fall in love with me!!'
Rei calmed down and looked at Mahiro, waiting for his next instructions.
"Have you met any other survivors besides yourselves?"
Mahiro ignored Rei's gaze and asked Okada.
He didn't know about Rei's inner monologue.
If he knew, Mahiro might be quite speechless.
"I saw a group of students go to the faculty room before, but I don't know if they are still alive now."
Okada replied.
"The faculty room?"
Mahiro pondered for a while.
In the anime, the protagonist's group also targeted the faculty room.
"Come on, take me there."
"The faculty room is not in this building. If we want to go there, we must cross two buildings."
Okada replied, then pointed to a school building not far away.
These buildings were connected by elevated walkways, and there were also a lot of zombies there.
'Am I going to kill them again?'
Mahiro sighed and decided to go to the faculty room.
"Remember to follow me."
"I will not turn around to save you."
"So, If you want to survive, do your best and don't fall behind."
Although Mahiro had to rescue fifty people, he did not want to compromise because of the main quest.
Only those who were worth saving would be saved.
If they couldn't even follow him for such trivial matters...
Then they could only be left to die!
"Understood, Toma-sama,"
Okada and others hurriedly followed behind Mahiro.
On the way, Mahiro met five more survivors and pulled them into the group.
"Mahiro, the faculty room is up ahead,"
Rei pointed to a large classroom ahead at the corner of the corridor.
They could reach there in five minutes.
However, the faculty room door was tightly closed, and several zombies were sticking to the door, slamming it clumsily with their bodies.
There was only one reason why the zombies dangling wildly would take such actions.
"It looks like there should be survivors inside."
This was good news for Mahiro.
In this way, he could rescue a few more people.
"Huh? Takashi Komuro?"
A familiar figure appeared in Mahiro's line of sight.
It was Takashi Komuro!
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Takashi cautiously came down from another route.
There were only one or two zombies on that route, and he was able to deal with them.
Afterward, he arrived in a corridor and noticed Mahiro and his group.
When he saw Rei, his face looked quite helpless...
'Rei...'
Takashi couldn't help but murmur and raised his head to look at Mahiro's zooming figure.
'Does he want to slap me again?'
Thinking of that hateful slap, Takashi trembled.
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