"Thank you for the meal," said Saitama, putting his hands together and then rubbing his slightly rounded belly with a carefree smile. "It was delicious, Adam."
"You're welcome," replied Adam, getting up to collect the dishes.
"Sorry about that." Saitama handed over the dish he used.
"Don't worry." Adam said. "I invited you, after all. Actually, this is still not enough compared to the value of those weapons. If you want, I can compensate you more with money."
"Really?" Saitama seemed surprised.
"Yes, actually." Adam said. "I even have trouble putting a price on it. How about I give you 30 thousand now, and after I find out the real value, I'll give you more for the weapons?"
"Haha, no need, no need." Saitama laughed and said, seriously: "Just 20 thousand is fine."
'Were those scraps really worth that much?' Saitama thought. He thought it was cool when they were shining, but after the monster was defeated, the swords lost their shine, looking like mere sword hilts, which made him believe they had no value.
Putting these thoughts aside for now, Saitama asked: "Can I have some tea?"
"Yes." Hearing his request, Adam brought him a cup of tea after placing the dishes in the sink.
After washing the dishes and drying his hands on the apron, he went to Saitama with two 10,000-yen notes.
"Saitama-san." In front of Saitama, who was drinking tea, he sat down and placed the two notes on the table: "Here is the money."
"Mm." Saitama took it and put it in his pants pocket. "By the way, Adam."
"Yes, Saitama-san?"
"Do you like these kinds of weapons?"
"You mean..."
"Well, sometimes I find things like that while fighting monsters. I was wondering if you would be interested in buying them if I got something new."
"Oho." Supporting his elbow on the table and interlacing his fingers, Adam's eyes shone as he looked at him: "Sure, things like that are always welcome."
"Really?" Saitama said: "Then I'll bring them to you next time."
"Mm, thank you."
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After Saitama left, Adam took a bath and lay down on the bed wearing gray pajamas with a V-neck long-sleeve shirt.
Although leveling up had healed him completely, he was mentally exhausted. Now that he lay down, all the muscles in his body relaxed, and a feeling of comfort took over him.
'Thinking now, I still haven't gotten rid of those clothes in my inventory.'
He didn't even know why he thought about it just as he was about to sleep, but once he thought about it, it was hard to sleep, not being able to get it out of his head.
Sighing, he sat up as he uncovered himself.
'Inventory.'
When the inventory slots appeared, he saw the clothes in the separate slots.
Getting up and going to the kitchen area, he grabbed a plastic bag.
'By the way, it was useful to have clothes in my inventory...' He thought.
Putting the plastic bag with the dirty and torn clothes in a corner, he returned to the bedroom area, pulling out the backpack he kept the two swords in from the inventory, he removed them and put them back in the inventory.
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'It would be good to have at least two sets.' With this in mind, he put the clothes in the backpack.
After storing the backpack in the inventory, he thought for a bit, soon finding a simple iron bar that he used to do pull-ups by adapting it to the bedroom door frame.
'Something like this could be useful.' He thought, recalling the fight he had against the tree man, Satoshi.
The fact that the swords only worked using MP could become a disadvantage while his MP remained low. Although it had increased a bit now, it was still low if he had a long fight against someone with high HP.
After that, he relaxed on the bed with a satisfied smile.
Although it was a nuisance to have to get up to do this, if he hadn't, he knew it would be hard for him to fall asleep.
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"Thump-thump-thump!"
The sound of helicopters woke him up.
Adam, who felt like he had barely closed his eyes, tried to pull the blanket but found himself unable to.
When he opened his eyes, he was perplexed.
"What the hell is going on?" he murmured. "A dream?"
A blue sky, in a place high enough to see several buildings around, some even on fire with dark gray smoke rising.
When he pinched his face, he winced in pain.
'Is this not a dream?' he thought, until he heard footsteps and voices.
"Seal the entrance, quickly!"
"Yes!"
When he stood up, Adam noticed he was on top of a building. Possibly a school building. Now, he was on top of a smaller area, just over 2 square meters.
'Am I on the stairway landing?' he rhetorically asked himself, already knowing the answer as he looked around.
Then, he heard someone speak again.
"Why? Why is this happening?"
"There must be a reason behind this. Once we find out, we can come up with a solution."
"Look around to see if you can find a flashlight or matches. We need a light source while it's still daylight. Or we'll end up fighting in the dark—"
The boy who had been talking, after the first person who was a girl, seemed to start vomiting.
Adam, who had finished changing his clothes, went to take a look.
And before he even saw the people who were talking, he saw the barrier they had created and people... or rather, zombies.
His face tensed as he took a step back.
But, immediately after, his mind cleared and the fear was minimized, allowing him to remain calm even in this confusing situation he found himself in.
Going to take another look, he could see more clearly by observing one of them.
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LV2 Kenji Watanabe
HP:[200/200] MP:[5/5]
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"Hisashi! What happened?!"
The female voice echoed once again and, when he heard the name and the voice, and then saw the zombies... a click sounded in his head, putting all the pieces together.
When he went to see who it was and confirm if he was right or not about what he thought it was... Adam looked up at the sky and let out a sigh.
'I can't believe I ended up in the anime world: Highschool of the Dead.' It was confusing enough that he woke up outside his room, now, apparently, he wasn't even in his own world.
"Takashi, the Hisashi is...!"
Adam saw it all, the girl in shock, and the boy who was called Takashi standing not far away equally in shock while the boy named Hisashi was gasping and blood started to pour from his mouth and eyes.
"Why? How?" The girl who was sitting in seiza next to Hisashi asked: "He barely hurt you. How did it end up like this?"
Hisashi, with his head turned to the sky, said: "Seems like movies aren't so fictional after all. You're done for the moment you're bitten."
The girl exclaimed in response: "This can't be true!" She continued: "Movies are just a bunch of—"
Hisashi interrupted: "Look around you."
After a long pause, he looked in a specific direction and said: "Takashi, I need your help."
Holding a baseball bat, Takashi asked: "With what?"
Pointing to a certain direction, protected by a low fence, Hisashi said: "If I fall from there... my head will probably be crushed..."
Both Takashi and the girl looked at him in total shock.
The girl named Rei Miyamoto exclaimed loudly: "What are you saying?!"
Hisashi shouted with all his strength: "I don't want to become one of them!"
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LV2 Hisashi Igou
HP:[23/130] MP:[100/100]
A human bitten by a zombie on the arm with little time left before transforming into one of them.
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'His life is draining really fast, a bit over 10 life points per minute.'
Another thing that made him smile ironically was Hisashi Igou's title.
If that boy knew he was labeled with this title... would he probably cry?
Putting aside this confusing thought, he considered the possibility of curing Hisashi Igou using Basic Healing on him.
"I might have a solution," Adam said out loud.
"Who is it? – Who's there?" the three said in unison.
Jumping down from above, he landed on the ground in front of Hisashi and Rei.
The three looked at Adam, evaluating him.
Approximately 190 cm tall, wearing casual clothes: blue jeans with black sneakers and a black hoodie. His hair almost reached his eyes, silvery blond, and he had blue eyes.
Pointing his thumb at himself, Adam briefly introduced himself: "I am Adam Kitahara. Since I'm in a hurry, that's all I'll say about myself. And, let me try to heal this boy, I might have a solution."
"Y-You can heal him?" The girl looked at him with hope.
Takashi just stood there, gripping the baseball bat tightly, looking at him cautiously.
Hisashi, on the other hand, simply said: "Please!"
They accepted easily. That was a surprise. But maybe the circumstances made them act that way?
"Mm, let me try." Saying this, Adam approached the boy and placed his hand on his shoulder, then activated the healing ability.
The moment the ability was activated, a green light began to shine in his hand.
"What is that?" Takashi murmured with curiosity and a touch of disbelief in his voice.
"Healing?" Rei was the first to link the light to this.
"Yes, a special healing ability. I'm not going to explain much about how I can use something like this, or anything like that. I hope you understand." Adam said, seeing them nod, he continued: "Although I don't know if it will work in this kind of situation, it's worth trying to heal him with my ability."
"Does something so magical really exist in this world?" Takashi asked no one in particular.
On the other hand, Hisashi's face, which had been turning gray, started to return to a healthier color. However, the speed at which the virus was spreading and Adam's healing speed were almost the same.
'If it continues like this, I'll run out of MP before I can heal this boy.' Adam thought, then considered a more effective way.
Deactivating the continuous healing, he chose to heal in stages, thus spending more MP but healing faster.
HP:[91/130]
On the fifth use, Hisashi's face was becoming rosier.
[[Basic Healing]leveled up!]
When this notification appeared, he saw that on the sixth use of healing, there was an increase of 13 HP instead of 10.
"Hisashi!" Rei beside him seemed full of hope.
No wonder, compared to the previous situation, Hisashi's appearance had improved a lot.
Another thing he noticed on the eighth use of the ability. Now it seemed to require 9 MP to use the ability.
Taking a deep breath, he used the ability for the ninth time.
The green light shone from his hand and, soon after, healed Hisashi.
'Observe.' Adam used it on him.
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LV2 Hisashi Igou
HP:[130/130] MP:[100/100]
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The part that mentioned him being turned into a zombie disappeared, and the title underwent a slight change.
Is it because he is no longer at risk of dying and stopped being a stepping stone for the protagonist?
"Sigh, it seems to have worked." Adam stepped back and smiled.
While he was happy to have saved a person's life, he was even happier and more reassured knowing that, in the event of being bitten by a zombie, he could heal himself, preventing him from becoming one of them.