"Once again, Adam-san." Bowing towards Adam, making a perfect arc, Hisashi said, "Thank you for saving my life!"
Seeing him like this, looking so healthy, it was hard to believe that, until a few minutes ago, he was about to die, almost looking like a corpse with how gray his skin was turning.
Rei followed Hisashi's example, saying, "Thank you very much."
When they both looked at Takashi next, he scratched his head and said, "Thanks for saving my friend's life."
"Mm, I already said it's fine," Adam said casually. But he quickly got serious: "By the way, we don't have much time for this. We need to find a way out of here."
At the same time, he thought regretfully: 'I should have stored some food in my inventory when I had the chance.'
Of course, he was already grateful for having stored clothes; otherwise, he would have to walk around in pajamas. And there was no way he could have known that, upon sleeping, he would travel to another world.
"Adam-san is right," Hisashi said. "Earlier, I was injured, and it would have been difficult for us to move, but now that he has healed me, and seeing how chaos is happening out there as well, there's no point in waiting for help. We need to move."
"I have something I need to tell you," Adam drew their attention to him. He spoke slowly, pointing in the direction of the zombies: "While I am happy that my ability can heal someone who was about to turn into a zombie like them."
Looking back at them, Adam continued with a warning tone: "I regret to say that I used a lot of energy, and it will take at least an hour before I can heal another person if necessary. As for what type of energy I'm talking about and how it works, etc., even if you ask me, I won't answer, I hope you understand."
Seeing them nod, he continued: "Moreover, if it's not in a favorable situation for me like now; in a place somewhat protected, I prefer not to use my ability on another person at the risk of being bitten myself."
The three of them were thoughtful and nodded.
Rei said, "It's understandable that you think that way, Adam-san. Your safety comes first."
Hisashi nodded in agreement while Takashi just frowned and opted to remain silent.
Adam didn't care if this made Takashi uncomfortable or not. He had to be realistic. Although he didn't mind helping others, it depended on not putting himself at life risk. He could be kind, but not foolish.
'Besides, I still haven't used 'observe' on these two.'
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LV4 Rei Miyamoto
HP:[220/220] MP:[130/130]
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LV5 Takashi Komuro
HP:[280/280] MP:[80/80]
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Seeing Rei's title, especially Takashi's, although he already expected it after seeing Hisashi's title, it still seemed quite grand...
It made him think of something. If his class was 'The Protagonist Killer', maybe he needed to kill Takashi to return to his world.
He didn't know how he ended up here, but one thing was certain: there was a good chance it was because of the system he inexplicably received. Seeing that he appeared in a place very close to the protagonist of this world, it was quite possible that his theory was correct.
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However, without being sure, he didn't want to kill a person, especially a 17-year-old who did nothing wrong to deserve being killed by him.
Adam thought about the existence of the system and preferred not to reveal much about it. Despite having used Basic Healing to save Hisashi, he was not willing to show other functionalities, such as the inventory, to people he did not fully trust.
He feared that if he ever became an enemy of Takashi, this information could be used against him.
"I found this iron bar," he lied. "If we're going out, I feel safer using this as a weapon to defend myself."
"Yes, any kind of thing that can be used as a weapon will be useful now," Hisashi said, holding an iron pipe.
"The fire hose can be used," Rei said, after searching around as well.
"Okay, we can use the water pressure to attack them and escape from here," Hisashi said, punching his palm.
"Yes," Takashi nodded.
Adam just nodded in agreement before adding, "Wait about 10 minutes. I want to recover a bit first. Meanwhile, you can try to contact your families or something by phone."
"We'll do that," Hisashi agreed.
"I have my cell phone," Takashi said, taking it out of his pocket.
While they kept busy, Adam sat on the floor, thinking about various things with his head down.
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The ten minutes were up. In fact, if everything went as he thought, they wouldn't even need to wait that long. But it was useful to let them find out a bit more about the current situation, especially with Rei being able to call her father, although he couldn't hear her.
At least, knowing that he was alive, there was still hope.
"Hold on to the back, I'm confident in my strength to hold the front," Adam said, holding the end of the hose pointed at the barrier of chairs and desks in the classroom.
"Yes!"
Rei was responsible for turning on the water.
"Ready?"
"Yes!"
On the signal, Rei quickly turned the valve, opening it fully.
Soon, the water pressure slightly pushed Takashi and Hisashi. Even Adam had a bit of difficulty holding on, but it was easier with their help. Soon, the powerful jet of the hose hit the barrier and then the zombies, dragging them down the stairs.
"Bang!!!" "Bang!!!" "Bang!!!"
The loud collision sounds echoed. At the same time, something appeared before him.
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[You Obtained 87 EXP.]
[You Obtained 85 EXP.]
[You Obtained 91 EXP.]
[You Obtained 84 EXP.]
[You Obtained 90 EXP.]
[You leveled up]
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Seeing this, his eyes shone: 'Just as I thought!'
He was happy to have said he would take the front. If he were in the place of Hisashi, Takashi, or, much less, Rei, he might not have gained EXP.
Not two seconds later, a new notification appeared.
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[You obtained
[You obtained
[You obtained 430 yen]
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'So, when I speculated, I was right that by killing, I would gain items and money just like in a game.'
Although the amount of money was quite miserable compared to what he gained before by killing the tree-man, he felt he shouldn't compare a true monster with a zombie (although he felt the tree-man should be a newly transformed monster, hence it wasn't that strong).
It was like in games; if the tree-man was a boss or mini-boss, the zombies were just common monsters.
'I'm curious about the Soul Stone, but not so much about the other item...' He thought: 'For now, I'll put my curiosity aside. I can find out later. My priority is to kill a few more zombies and get out of this school with them.'
Seeing no more need to keep the water running, he shouted, "You can turn off the faucet."
"Yes!" Rei's voice echoed.
It didn't take long for the water pressure to decrease enough to just be dripping.
Afterward, they gathered near the stairs with their weapons.
"I think I don't need to say it, but," Adam said, "from what I've analyzed, to kill these things, you need to attack their heads."
"Do we really need to attack to kill?" Takashi asked. "What if there's a cure later?"
"Listen here," Adam turned to him, "I understand your feelings of not wanting to take an innocent life. However, unfortunately, they are already dead and have become something else. Even if I used my healing ability, it wouldn't bring their sanity back. That's because such a thing no longer exists."
"You don't know until you try," Takashi tried to argue.
"Sigh, you are mistaken. I know it's not possible," Adam explained. "Only if they are at the stage Hisashi-kun was at would it be possible to heal. On the other hand, once they transform into undead, it's already too late because the virus in their body has already killed the person, and now they live only with the instinct to attack and eat human flesh."
Hisashi nodded and said, "I agree. At that point, they've become something worse than a wild animal. No pain, no fear; simply wandering around while attacking anything that makes noise and if it's human... Well, we know very well what they do when they find a human."
After that, Takashi didn't bring up the subject again.
"Now, where should we go?" Rei asked, looking mainly at Adam.
Not only she, but Hisashi and Takashi also looked at him.
"What I said before, find reliable people to help us get out of this school," Adam said. "The longer we stay here, the worse it will get. There are many students who have already been or will be transformed into these things."
"Okay." No one disagreed.
Going down the stairs, as soon as they got out, they already spotted three zombies starting to walk strangely towards them.
"I'll go first," Adam advanced, running at considerable speed.
He had never used an iron bar to attack someone before, but you don't need to be an expert or a genius to aim and strike sideways at someone's head, especially if they're as slow as a zombie.
"Whoosh!"
The sound of the iron bar cutting through the air echoed.
"Bang!" "Bang!"
Soon, the metallic sound of the iron bar forcefully hitting a zombie's head echoed, followed by two sounds like a watermelon falling to the ground and smashing.
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[You Obtained 87 EXP.]
[You Obtained 85 EXP.]
....
[You obtained
[You obtained 181 yen]
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Ignoring the screen that appeared, he moved to the right side, while Takashi, who came right behind him, smashed the head of the third zombie with the baseball bat.
Waiting a bit, they regrouped and continued running.
Shaking the iron bar, Adam held back the urge to vomit as he tried to get rid of the blood.
Looking at the three of them from the corner of his eye, Adam was a little impressed with their mentality. Even though they were still affected, they managed to stay strong at this moment.