episode_0048

Do you know what happens when a person panics more than necessary?

My head hardens. When the head that needs to give the command freezes, the body also freezes.

I was like that when I was at the gifted education center when I first stood in front of a monster. And it seemed like Raina was in that state now.

In that sense, what if I wasn’t here?

The future that Raina would have faced would have been a blonde zombie A with a suspiciously good body.

I was so engrossed in the B-grade zombie movie that suddenly started playing in front of me that I pulled Reina’s arm back, not knowing what to do.

“Kyaaa?! Ahhh…!”

As soon as I did that, I heard the sound of someone hitting my ass hard from behind, but I ignored it and focused on the zombie in front of me.

Oh my god, zombies.

I think I’ve heard somewhere that something like that exists because the world is wide and tastes are diverse, but the ‘Hypnosis Academy’ I know of was a work that insisted on human purism.

However, in this world where such a work was created, I was a zombie… Is that really why the worldview was eroded and all?

‘No, but is this a zombie…?’

I think it looks very neat for a zombie,

Oh, is it because it was produced not long ago?

Well, even when it comes to bread, freshly made bread looks much more appetizing. It might take some maturation to become the zombie I know it to be.

“Baby, look at how bloody this is.”

Kyaaa!!

Just as a pig or a sow tastes much better, was I so upset that I couldn’t take a bite of Raina, which looked even more delicate than the one I had just bitten?

My eyes quickly scanned the zombie’s appearance, unable to get up due to my feet resting on its stomach, and only its arms struggling like crazy.

As a result, I was able to discover it. The marks of someone’s teeth clearly remain on my forearm.

These teeth marks are like that, and the behavior he showed when he just appeared is like that. Is the transmission route through saliva as per the rules of zombie dramas?

I quickly engraved the facts I discovered through observation into my mind.

I couldn’t say it was 100% certain because there was a lot more that wasn’t revealed than was revealed, but it still seemed worth remembering.

It was when I was observing the zombies with my eyes so intently.

“What on earth is this…”

I glanced over at the voice coming from the side and saw that Reina was looking at me and the guy at my feet with a confused look on her face.

“Can’t you tell just by looking at it? You’re a zombie, right?”

“Don’t say nonsense! Zombies! There’s no way something like that exists in reality!”

Maybe I don’t want to admit it?

Or maybe it’s just hard to admit.

I don’t know which of the two is closer to her true feelings, but as I was looking at Raina screaming like that, the words ‘Then does it make sense that a hypnosis app exists?’ came up in my throat.

Of course, what I actually said out loud was something completely different from that.

“Then what?”

“···?”

“What does this look like? People?”

At this point, the eyes are so red and bloodshot that I wonder if I should use the word “red masturbation” instead of “white masturbation.”

In addition, there was a body covered in blood and a cry that was practically like that of an animal.

The thing that was now lying beneath my feet was not a person. It’s something that wears a human mask.

As the guy’s resistance gradually became more intense, I roughly threw away the tongs I was holding in my hand, called up my inventory, and took out the sword I had put there.

After seeing the appearance of a zombie that looked like something out of a movie, followed by the sight of a sword popping out of the empty air, I guess I couldn’t keep my sanity.

“Bah, what about that just now…?!”

I was able to make a decision thanks to Raina looking at me with shaking eyes as if there was an earthquake. The ‘concept’ I will bring to this world in the future.

“Why? Is this your first time seeing a psychic?”

A person with superpowers who lives while hiding his identity,

That was the ‘concept’ I would take from now on.

“Still, as he is the heir to something like the Arisukawa family, I thought he would naturally know about the ‘back side’ of this world… but I guess he doesn’t have that much authority as the successor yet?”

That’s why he was spouting nonsense that didn’t really make sense, as if there was something there.

Was it because of the shy smile he made at the same time?

Raina’s face, who was sitting on the floor looking up at me, turned bright red with humiliation and insult.

“Anyway, since the situation has come to this, I think my school volunteer work should end here.”

He said this to Reina, who was biting his lip, and plunged the sword he was holding into the head of the man who was struggling at his feet.

Has the skull become relatively soft due to zombification?

Or maybe it was the influence of the power raised to 11, but even though I didn’t use any internal energy, the sword naturally dug into the guy’s head as if it had pierced some kind of head.

The ending that met the other guy who was doing the popping dance while lying on the floor as if he was going to turn into a zombie at any moment was not much different from that.

It seems that it is not that they have become weaker, but that I have become too strong.

In that way, not only the perpetrator but also the person who was preparing to evolve from the victim to the perpetrator was dealt with cleanly and then they acted as if they were going to leave.

“Then, I assume you agree and I’ll just leaveㅡ”

“···Are you someone dispatched by our family?”

I don’t know how she came to that conclusion, but a word that smelled strongly of illusion flowed from Reina’s mouth.

I was worried when I heard that. I wonder what stance I should take here that will be most beneficial to me.

After mulling over and over again… soon, a smile appeared on his face without saying a word.

Depending on the viewer, the smile is enough to be interpreted as ‘Wow, you’re quick-witted?’

And my smile completely pushed Raina into an illusion.

The more intelligent a person believes he is, the more likely he is to fall into his own illusions.

Even an ordinary person would be like this, but how much worse would it be for Reina, who has lived her whole life being looked up as the successor to Arisugawa, which in Korea is no different from a conglomerate family.

It was difficult at first, but once I fell for the illusion, there was really no end to it from then on.

“Indeed… The way you always behaved like a bully was a disguise to hide your true identity.”

“···.”

“Well, it is not an easy idea to think that the leader of a group of bullies who are said to be the scourge of the school was actually a bodyguard who hid his identity. It’s so outrageous that even I never thought of such a case until you revealed your identity.”

No, you’re already going there…?

“The reason he revealed his hidden identity in this way is probably because the current situation is so dangerous. Am I wrong?”

“···Well, ”

“Is this situation… like some kind of biological terrorism?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Ah… Well, I guess so.”

What on earth is that?

That question rose up in my throat, but I somehow maintained a calm expression and swung my sword to shake off the things that were on it.

As if to say that the mission given to me is to protect you from possible threats and not to think or guess about such things.

Did my bravado work?

“So, what do you plan to do now?”

Whenever I couldn’t get up from my seat, perhaps because my legs were weak, Raina stood up, crossed her arms, and asked me that question.

“Since we don’t know what’s going on outside, shouldn’t we just stay inside the school and wait for outside help?”

“Then I know a good place.”

“It’s a nice place, where is it?”

“Auditorium.”

It’s an auditorium.

Now that I think about it, this school was unique in that it had a cafeteria next to the auditorium.

“If it is an auditorium, you will be able to hold out for some time even if the rescue team from outside is delayed. Instead…”

“The condition would be to secure the concession stand next door.”

“···That’s right.”

To be honest, there was no need to go to the auditorium.

Raina may have chosen the auditorium to secure food, but in reality, food was overflowing.

Nevertheless, the reason I nodded obediently was because I felt like I had to pretend to follow Raina’s words to some extent.

Wouldn’t that make the illusion that is controlling her at this moment even stronger?

“I don’t think it’s bad.”

“Then…?”

“First, let’s aim for the auditorium. If I can afford it, I look for some students along the way.”

“···Wait a minute.”

That’s why I acted like that… Was there an element somewhere in my words that could break the illusion?

Reina let out a slightly subdued voice and stopped me.

So I was a little nervous without realizing it…

“Before we move, let’s call the family or the police and request rescue.”

Reina took out her cell phone from her pocket with a very firm voice, as if she could never give up this much.

It was a cell phone that had an oddly cute feel.

*****

” City, the signal…?”

Raina’s expression, who was holding the phone in her hand, hardened.

“I can’t get a signal!”

As if I had been betrayed by someone I trusted.