episode_0053

I had no intention of voting yes out of ignorance just because there was no answer other than this.

If we can’t stop it, shouldn’t we at least delay it?

So he added to Yoko, who was twitching the corners of her mouth in joy.

“It would be nice to have a place where we can relax comfortably when we return from the store.”

“Ah, ah…! Yes…!”

“Now, let’s really go. Mr. Tojo.”

“Um.”

He came up to the second floor of the auditorium with Sakura and Juri hanging behind him.

Then, he removed a curtain hanging from a nearby window, made it into a rope, and connected it to a steel pillar located on the second floor of the auditorium.

” Just in case, after we go down, take the rope back. ”

“Ah, yes.”

“When I return, I will give you a sound signal, so listen carefully and then lower the line again.”

“Yes!”

I decided to go down first.

After spending some time observing, it seemed like there weren’t any zombies near where we were going to land, but you never know.

I still don’t know what’s going on, but I can’t lose a heroine who seems friendly to me in vain.

So, I grabbed the rope and went down first, and a zombie appeared from around the corner of the building, perhaps reacting to the thumping sound I made as I landed on the floor.

Is it big?

As I was feeding iron directly to the head of a zombie that found me and came running towards me, Sakura followed me and got down on the floor.

Unlike me, who got off without any problems, did he lose his footing when landing at the end? Sakura stumbled slightly.

“Oh my, you have to be careful.”

“Ah, um… thank you.”

Aside from her sharp eyes and the cold expression she always wears, as well as her appearance that anyone would find attractive, is it because of these things that she has lived a life with no particular connection to men?

Perhaps because he was not used to this type of contact, a trembling sensation came from the area of his waist where his hand was in contact.

“Are your feet okay?”

“Well, no problem.”

“Then, let’s leave. I’ll leave the rest to you.”

“···Yes.”

Contrary to what I had feared, there were not many zombies around.

The total number of things we encountered on the way to the store barely exceeded ten.

It seems like everyone heard the commotion elsewhere and flocked there.

“Contrary to what I was worried about, there are not as many of them.”

“That’s right.”

Still, you’d better be careful.

Until now, it was outdoors with wide open spaces, but from now on, we are planning to go indoors.

So, after warning Sakura, who was following behind, to be careful just in case, he lightly pushed the store door, which was covered in dark red handprints, with his sword.

Kyaaah!

“I knew it would be like this.”

I don’t know if it’s because their brains have fermented as if they were old, but zombies have very obvious patterns.

I only opened it once to test it out, but when I got hooked, I raised my arm and kicked the zombie popping out from behind the wall in the stomach. Thanks to this, the guy with his back folded in half hit everything around him with his body and flew all the way into the distance.

The sound of something falling over filled the cafeteria.

And things that responded to the sound that resonated began to appear here and there.

“Let’s go in.”

“···Yes.”

Starting with the guy who was crawling towards us dragging his broken leg, and then the zombie lady struggling on the counter. After cleaning up everything from the outside to the inside, I was able to realize it again.

‘This woman…isn’t she formidable?’

Should I say that there is no hesitation in my hands?

Whether it’s because of his hideous appearance, or the fact that he used to be the same person as us, even though he looks like that now, he may show hesitation at least once.

Sakura had none of that.

In addition… as expected from someone who has expertly trained in kendo, his skill in measuring the joints was also exceptional.

Is it because I have seen things like that?

When I came to my senses, I suddenly found myself reciting a hypothesis in my head that started with the word ‘what if…’.

If, I mean, if we were to go head to head with Sakura without Uichunmu’s power, who would win between me and Sakura?

I thought about it seriously, but the result was ‘unknown’.

It was inevitable that I would have the upper hand in terms of physical ability, but there was something sparkling about Sakura’s ‘gap’.

Just like what is commonly said about geniuses.

So, I became curious again.

I wonder why a woman with this much power behaves so obediently.

“Um… Mr. Tojo?”

“You can call me senior. There is no particular point of contact, but we belong to the same organization anyway.”

“Yes, then Tojo-senpai.”

Did you like being called senior? I asked her as she nodded slowly.

Why did you volunteer for such a dangerous role as a farming crew?

Even though he gave permission first, he probably didn’t know that he would be asked explicit questions like that. Sakura, who was holding the collar of the thing that had now reverted to an ordinary corpse and putting it away in a corner, momentarily twitched her eyebrows.

“···Because with power comes responsibility.”

And then he said those words with a sigh.

“Huh? I know that line. Isn’t this the line the main character’s uncle says to the main character in Spider Man?”

“···Hmm.”

“You like that kind of thing…”

The panties with the cute rabbit character that she showed off earlier in the process of proving her innocence were different from what it seemed, so maybe her hobby was something like that?

‘I don’t think this content was even in the setting book…’

Well, the world is wide and tastes are diverse.

Even if you have a cool beauty look, you may like things like characters.

Regardless of my true feelings, was it because I had unintentionally revealed my hobby and was quite embarrassed by this situation?

“Since you asked a question, I guess I can ask one too, right?”

Sakura, who had roughly thrown the corpse she was dragging into a corner, looked straight at me and asked. Since I had no reason to refuse, I chose to nod my head.

“Of course.”

“The women gathered in the auditorium. Oh, of course, including me too.”

“···?”

“You collected it all with the intention of taking it, right?”

···Look at this?

Are you coming in by stabbing me like this?

Honestly, I was a bit surprised.

I thought that anyone with any sense would have had a vague guess, but I never expected that he would reveal it so openly.

So I became more curious.

What is the intention behind attacking me so openly?

“Then what?”

That was why I put aside all pretense and conceptualism and finally brought out something that could be called my true feelings.

And as soon as I revealed my true feelings like that, it came back…

“···Is that so as expected.”

This time too, the response far exceeded expectations.

I thought that if I responded that way, they would react with normal anger or even contempt, but what was that… such a calm reaction?

That may have been a fleeting moment in which I was twitching my lips without realizing it.

Sakura’s mouth opened.

“Did you say Yoon Soo-hyun? I would like to make you a suggestion.”

“Suggestion… you mean?”

“Yes.”

It’s a suggestion,

Are you trying to tell me not to touch you?

Probably something like that.

“If it’s an offer, I don’t necessarily have to accept it.”

“Still, it would be good to listen.”

“Why?”

“Yes, it would be a beneficial offer for you as well.”

It’s a beneficial offer for me too.

All I can think of right now is that I will help him get his hands on other women on the condition that he doesn’t put his hands on her.

You really don’t mean to make such a trite suggestion, do you?

“Hmm, tell me.”

If that was the case, I said that with the intention of rejecting it right away.

What came out of Sakura’s mouth, as she bit her lip for a moment before speaking, was something completely different from what she expected.

“···Don’t touch Eri.”

Eri?

Who is Eri… Ah.

“Are you talking about that senior who was the ace of the volleyball team?”

“···Yes.”

Well, I thought he was going to suggest something like don’t touch me, but I never thought he’d ask for my friend’s safety, not my own.

I had already figured out that they weren’t usually close friends thanks to what I saw in the auditorium earlier, but seeing them do something like this makes it seem like they aren’t usually close friends.

Or maybe you like it? That volleyball girl named Eri?

“I think you said it was a proposal that would definitely be beneficial to me… but looking at the proposal you just made, it doesn’t seem to be the case at all?”

“It is a beneficial offer.”

“Why?”

“If you… promise not to lay a hand on Eri…”

What if you promise?

“I will serve you up to Eri’s share.”

“What if I decline the offer?”

“···I will resist. Using every means available to me.”

Was it not something I just said?

I felt some kind of determination in Sakura’s eyes as she looked at me.

Thanks to you… I was able to think of it.

A hint that would be perfect to engrave on that woman and the woman she is trying to protect by sacrificing her own chastity.

“Good. I will accept that offer.”

“···!”

“Instead… Could you please look at this for a moment?”

“Cell phone? Why is my cell phone suddenly ㅡ”