Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 9, H.O.T.D 2
This was writen before Yue and his gang took over that city way too quickly.
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High School of the Dead.
It is the name of one of my favorite Manga/Anime. An action, adventure and horror story of a post-apocalyptic world quickly overrun by zombies. The story follows a small group of High School students, along with a school nurse, and little girl and her dog, as they fight their way through the streets of a zombie overrun Japan in search of a way to survive. The zombies are referred to as THEM, a form of mental protection against the cold act of killing former humans who have been turned undead creatures which were once thought as only the things of myths and children's nightmares. Zombies, social collapse, deadly human survivors taking advantage of the situation to commit horrific crimes and above all, and the slow decay of the main cast's personal moral code. It is an amazing work that quickly became popular thanks to its amazing story, art, setting, and characters. Especially the female cast who are more often than not are stacked, having large breast so plentiful that you would have to question if the setting really is in Japan, if you set aside all the other horror and gore. It is a still incomplete work as it has been on hiatus for years, yet it is still something that I would regularly read/watch again, and I regularly curse the author for not continuing this masterpiece.
Takashi Komuro -
The main protagonist of the series. He is a high school second-year and the leader of the main group of survivors from Fujimi Academy. He is a childhood friend of both Saya Takagi and Rei Miyamoto, and while he has strong feelings of love for Rei, he also shares intimate feelings for Saeko Busujima as well. His feelings for Saya appear as just friends for now, mostly due to her harsh nature and him being unaware that she harbors feeling for him. Takashi is a pretty decent melee fighter, also skilled with firearms because of Kohta Hirano's tutoring and the new experience of fighting THEM on a daily basis. He is also shown to have good leadership skills, which often hold his group together in dire situations.
In the time before the Outbreak, Takashi was laid-back and dis not mind skipping class. His casual nature can also make him hesitant, evidenced by the fact that he did not act on his feelings for Rei until it was too late. His passionate feelings are displayed when he is genuinely depressed by Rei choosing his best friend Hisashi over him. Takashi becomes more serious after the Outbreak and begins to exhibit the qualities of a leader. His resolve to protect Rei and his group earns him respect despite his feelings of inadequacy. He is usually kind to the other members of his group, and he does not hesitate to save people who are in serious trouble, such as Alice Maresato when she is attacked by "THEM", yet he would not in danger his own life anf those around him for a lost cause. During the initial Outbreak, Takashi fights strictly for survival, but as time passes he begins to show a willingness to fight for himself and the group rather than just for the need to survive. Saya has also mentioned that he and Kohta Hirano are likely to snap if their situation after the Outbreak continues and they have to keep killing things that look like people.
Rei Miyamoto -
She is the daughter of Kiriko and Tadashi Miyamoto. A classmate, childhood friend and love interest of the main character Takashi Komuro, and along with Saeko Busujima is one of the main heroines of High School of the Dead. Rei is also a member of the Sojutsu (Spear) club, and her combat skills have proven to be a strong asset to the group with her weapon of choice the spear, and is also shown to be skilled with an M1A1 Rifle with a bayonet attached. Despite always harboring a deep affection for Takashi, his constant reluctance caused her to give up on him and date his best friend, Hisashi Igou. Although she was dating Hisashi, she never truly got over Takashi and still holds feelings for him, despite their friendship appearing to be totally ruined to their friends.
Although Rei is supposed to be a senior along with Saeko, she was held back a year because of an incident where her father, the police officer in charge of investigating her teacher's father, Koichi Shido, back lashed on to her. As some sort of revenge for having his father investigated by Rei's father, he forced her to repeat the whole year, and since then she has held a grudge against him. More so then for herself, she hates Shido and his father with a passion because the event lead to her father apologizing to her in tears. Rei harbors enough hate for Mr. Shido and his father that if provoked enough she is more then willing to kill than settle their differences with words. It a good thing he's already dead, but there's still hie father the man responsible for everything.
Saeko Busujima -
A student at Fujimi High School, a member of the survivor group led by Takashi Komuro and the daughter of Master Busujima. Before the apocalypse, she was in her Third year and was also captain of the Kendo Club at Fujimi High School. In the group, Saeko is considered the most reliable of all fighters, and everyone can count on her combat skills to pull them through a tough spot if need be. Like Rei, Saeko is an athletic fighter and talented combat specialist whose forte is in melee attacks. She is one of the reasons why the protagonists have managed to survive as far as they have, but she holds a secret that she has only revealed to Takashi and what other can only expect. She likes to kill and hurt other. Saeko reveals sadistic tendencies while fighting "THEM" and later explains to Takashi that she had been that way for a long time before the apocalyptic chaos ensued. She reveals that she derives pleasure from causing pain and suffering to others. It can be assumed that Saeko's existential conflict manifests itself by cloaking her sadistic, malevolent, and violent nature with the facade of a well-mannered and cultured young woman, but it's unclear if the facade is really a facade. At the beginning of the series, she uses a bokken wooden sword that she used to fight "THEM" with, but she was later given a sword by Souichiro Takagi to fight "THEM".
Saya Takagi -
One of the main characters in High School of the Dead. Saya is a genius, and her high level of intellect is her major contribution to the group, though it often causes her to be stubborn and arrogant. She usually stays out of combat, preferring to think of strategies to help the others fight. However, this changes when the group prepares to leave the police station. Saya tends to be a very mean and somewhat impolite person. Being a genius, Saya always considers herself right and because of this can be considered 'stuck-up'. Despite being this way, Saya has been shown to be a very caring person and looks out for the rest of the group, mostly Takashi. Saya also considers herself to be a mother figure or an older sister figure to Alice and will scold anyone who tries to ruin her innocence. Saya's view of Kohta also changes throughout the series. She goes from thinking of him as a useless gun otaku to a respectful comrade. She also goes from calling him by his family name to his given name, a sign of closeness. Also Saya's view of Takashi has changed. Originally she thought of him as "stupid" and criticized him of cutting class, but the two work well together and he follows her orders without complaining. She may have romantic feelings for him.
Kohta Hirano -
One of the main characters in High School of the Dead. Kohta is an excellent marksman with many different types of guns, but he usually uses the AR-10 Rifle which has been remodeled in the style of a Knight's SR-25 Sniper Rifle. He also collects various weapons and ammunition for the group during their travels. Due to his excessive knowledge about firearms and military training, he serves as the groups primary gunslinger.Before the outbreak, Kohta's demeanor is one that is timid, carefree, and sanguine. Yet, at the same time he was constantly suppressing of his frustration he felt from the frequent bullying he suffered at school; all for the sake of having a "normal" life. As a result, when "they" started to emerge, Kohta was one of the few people who readily accepted to the change needed to ensure his and his comrades' survival, finally being able to unleash all the frustrations that he has accumulated so far. And while normally capable of maintaining a cool and level-headed demeanor (more so than Saya), Kohta has exhibited a sadistic and almost maniacal side of himself, to the point where he actually displays a slasher-style smile that shows whenever he kills "them" in cold blood. Saya once mentioned that Kohta and Takashi are the most likely to snap if things keep going the way they are. He has grown very attached to Alice Maresato and can often be found playing with her. He also seems to have crush on Saya, and is sometimes seen getting jealous when Saya gets close to Takashi.
Shizuka Marikawa -
One of the main characters in High School of the Dead and is the only adult in the group. Shizuka's main contributions to the group are her medical skills and extensive medical knowledge. She also serves as the adult figure and takes care of Alice Maresato and the others whenever she is needed to do so. Being the adult in the group, Shizuka feels it is her responsibility to take care of the kids. Although she is rather ditzy at times and is prone to panicking, she can be very serious when called for. Shizuka is also shown to be very caring towards the members of the group as she sees it as her responsibility as the only grown up among them, and acts as even more of a mother to Alice. She has a very sexually-oriented mind when she is drunk (as seen when she flirted with both Kohta and Takashi) or whenever she misinterprets someone's comments into something sexual in turn causing her to blush.
Alice Maresato -
One of the main characters of High School of the Dead. She is formally introduced in Chapter 8 of the Managa, Episode 7 in the Anime. Due to her young age, she currently doesn't have any weapons at her disposal, although she was given firecrackers by Asami Nakaoka to distract "THEM". Alice is about 7 or 8 years of age. She was saved from being attacked by several undead by Takashi Komuro after her father was killed by members of a household who wouldn't allow them to get inside and stay safe. Innocent and passive, Alice is the only member of the group that maintains a cheerful attitude despite all their troubles and the loss of her father. Alice looks up to everyone in the group as a bigger brother and sister; in particular, Kohta Hirano, whom she has grown very attached, and Saya Takagi, who at times presides over her like a mother. She is unwilling to leave anyone in the group, even if it is for her own safety. Alice is the happy-go-lucky person in the group. She almost always maintains a cheerful attitude, unless in danger. Alice doesn't like it when people are about to sacrifice themselves for her. This is shown when her dad dies trying to protect her, and when Kohta was going to put her on the other side of a wire fence, sacrificing himself for her. She is also scared whenever Takashi is in a bad mood and yells.
Along with Zeke the dog they picked up along the way, they make the cast of High School of the Dead.
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God and Devil World -
While we are still definitely in the world of "H.O.T.D" and have even met up with its main characters, but as the mission would suggest with Cross Series, God has combined the world of "H.O.T.D" with at least one other work that we know of. That's "God and Devil World". Unlike "H.O.T.D" which is a Manga/Anime in Japan, "God and Devil World" is a novel originating from China.
In a nutshell, the story of "God and Devil World" goes like this. It's about how one day a god like being got pissed off at how easy going and weak human were, and this god decided to do something stupid and selfish for the hell of it. This god, acting more like a devil started up that world's apocalypse using the God and Devil System, a RPG Game like system where people can defeat monsters to level up, acquire special items to power themselves up, and learn fictional game powers like sword skills and magic, who are nicknamed Enhancers (Those who evolve obtain great powers faster) and the stronger Evolvers (Those who evolve). Most humans were infected with a virus and turned into Zombies and animals mutated into Mutant Beast, who all now have an evolution factor that defies modern science and the reality which they once knew. A fantasy world with a strong modern and mild game setting.
Gradually over time or through an outside stimulus, Zombies and Mutant Beast evolve and become much stronger, eventually to the point where modern firearms had no effect on them which is the main reason why I believe to be the answer as to why in just a zombie apocalypse the world turns to shit. It would take time but long as the governments of the world retained even a small part of their military might and used modern weapons the tide should eventually return to humans since zombies are slow, only need a headshot and damaged spinal cord to kill and only have numbers to rely on, but evolved zombies and Mutant Beast that go beyond human understanding keep humanity of the side of the defeated.
For example the evolved mutant zombies of "God and Devil World".
◆ The L Power Type evolved zombies - They are the branch of undead evolved zombies who grow larger and more powerful physically as they evolve.
◆ The S Agility Type evolved zombies - They are the branch of undead evolved zombies who are shorter, but acquire speed, reflexes, razor sharp claws as they evolve.
◆ The H Magic Type evolved zombies - They are the branch of undead evolved zombies who can shoot out magic attacks from their mouths as they evolve such as fireballs.
◆ The Hunter Type evolved zombies - They are the branch of undead evolved zombies who grow into savage four-legged beasts with speed comparable to the S types, yet possess combat and survival instincts most of the undead lack as they evolve.
◆ The Z Commander Type evolved zombies - They are the branch of undead evolved zombies who grow smarter and possess the ability to command more and more less intelligent zombies as they evolve. Also capable of attacking others with mental blast to destroy the mind of targets
The main character of "God and Devil World" is Yue Zhong, and before the apocalypse started in this world, he was just your average poor college student getting by with average looks and smarts. On the day the apocalypse began, by luck the first zombie he killed dropped a rare skill book for the beginning stages of the apocalypse they were thrust into. Summon Special Skeleton. A skill similar to my own Demon Summon spell after upgrading Grim Ashes. His skeleton demon started out with stats not much greater than the average adults but had great stamina and power superior to humans from the beginning which came in handy when facing hundreds of zombies on Yue Zhong's first day of the apocalypse within a large school campus. This special Skeleton Demon which he would later name White Bones would then further evolve, strengthen himself through collecting bones and learning skills as well becoming Yue Zhong's strongest partner in battle.
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Yue Zhong used his early advantage and the strength of a few good comrades to survive the early days of the apocalypse and become a powerful Enhancer at an amazing pace. This was due to the survival of the fittest and lone king nature of the God and Devil System. The system is a single player game in nature, so there weren't Parties were people worked together to fight and share EXP or XP depending on what you called it. People could work together, but because only the one to get the last hit receives XP and power leveling others cuts acquired XP in half, so not everyone could grow together equally, so it became more of a pain to help those weaker, or at least in the early stages before one reaches an extremely high level of power like Yue would one day. Once you reached a high enough level, killing zombies or mutant beast lower level than you was not worth the trouble no matter how many you killed, but for those of a low level, these monsters were treasures to gain quick enhancements, so Yue and other would capture these monsters that had no value to them and hand them over to those who still held value for.
Before you reach this high level one would monopolize the XP and even good drops from defeated monsters for the sake of self preservation. That's why armies who knew the value of Evolvers and Evolvers will only have at most a few dozen or at most a hundred or so in the early days of the apocalypse because of how hard it is to raise them up. Also, the down hill learning curve of the new world was so dangerous that if one person didn't become OverPowered extremely quickly at the cost of hindering the growth of comrades then everyone would die, or that was how it was in Yue Zhong's case who could really only help level his best friend and his crush too a barely acceptable level, without hindering his own growth.
Unlike the trials that we are meant to go on where you could use team work or become a lone king to conquer most difficulties, "God and Devil World" only allows a lone king who keeps becoming stronger till he surpasses god and the gods above, which can be seen how overpowered Yue Zhong becomes when compared to everyone else throughout the story. They are either weak, have a gap in their powers, or only specialize in one area. All things which Yue Zhong is not. Even when doing the few quest available in the system only the leader gains rewards. Even if there were people around his level they couldn't hope to beat him 1 on 1, as they didn't have his high-level equipment, stats, and skills. He does face more danger than most, but understanding the nature of the system he does prioritize his growth over others for the most part. This can be seen where he takes control of his groups God and Devil System items with a few exceptions and devour most of the essence beads of the beasts which can raise stats, and only give out the ones with little to no benefits to himself to others.
After the initial days of the apocalypse Yue becomes strong. The first of very few to actually acquire a class, a Hidden Class at that, and set up his own survival camp that grows explosively due to his understanding of the system and choosing to face it rather than hiding behind walls. Of course this rise to power came at a price to his moral code. This degeneration of human values as others rape and pillage takes a toll on his mind as he's forced to confront it on an almost daily basis. He easily kills people if they get in his way or threaten him without batting an eye unless they have something of worth to him even if they are connected to the government. He can even execute both enemies and allies alike without hesitation and sometimes enjoys the suffering of those who opposed him.
There was even a time where he was threatened and almost killed by a physically and sexually abused woman who was slightly crazy due to her husband. Yue made it out of danger without a scratch and threatened the woman to show him a hidden treasure and if she did she could live, and despite keeping her end of the deal Yue cut off one of her arms while laughing and chased her off into a Mutant Beast infested forest where she'll have no hope of surviving. He never felt guilty about bullying a woman who could be called a victim when he really was never in danger as he had his skeleton familiar White Bones was with him, unknown to everyone. Yue was just playing along the whole time because it was an amusing drama. Not even as an example for others to see if they cross him. Yue Zhong still had some good qualities left in him, but to survive the apocalypse with evolving Zombies, evolving Mutant Beast, and humans scrambling for power and resources while decaying into madness, Yue, whether there really was another way or not, became a tyrant warlord who treated his people well and saw all others as either enemies to be put down or people to bring in under his banner. I personally don't think he's justified as he cares more for the act of conquest and taking from others more than ruling, saving people (Only the Chinese, others are an afterthought), and making the world a better place, but that's just my opinion and their are plenty of arguments to justify and excuse his actions. I'm sure if we ask Yue about this he would either just say "You were not there", but more likely see us as a eyesore and kill us for questioning his morality.
In "God and Devil World", I noticed what were either plot holes or something lacking from "God and Devil World". In "God and Devil World", the rate evolution for the zombies stagnated at a certain point of the story. It was a little after Yue Zhong's first major battle against the zombies. And was very obvious in the second book, "Sea of Zombies." In the first major battle against an army of zombies Yue Zhong's forces along with a survival camp fought against the zombie army of 100,000 and suffered losses in a realistic way. The zombies used daring tactics and the strength of the various types of zombies, like the intelligence of Hunter Types to cause chaos within the enemy ranks or the H1 prioritizing the snipers. Yue Zhong barely got through and only survived after risking a lot to kill the Z1 control type Zombie.
After this battle Yue Zhong encountered a Power Type L3 evolved Zombie which gave him a lot of trouble, but then for a long period of time no new types of zombies appeared and when they finally did appear and in large numbers they were taken out by Yue far too easily. In the second zombie army fight of well over 2 million undead the humans suffered and wasted a lot of resources to deal with the never-ending waves of zombies, yet with the best modern weapons they held their ground at first to deal with them, and only received damage when the unity of the human forces broke. This was believable but unsatisfactory. In the third zombie army battle it was a one-sided slaughter by the humans as they fought the 4 million zombie army occupying a city. Yue Zhong certainly took the initiative to prepare and launch an attack, but the zombie's defensive response was sub-par and only sent normal zombies one after the other to die.
Basically, the flaw of the Z types after the first battle was that they began to only rely on human wave tactics for the most part to exhaust their enemies and that there were no new further evolved or variety of zombies to give the humans a hard time. In the third battle, the zombie leader grew scared despite its numerical advantage against Yue Zong's forces and ran without putting up much of a fight, only to be then singled out and killed by Yue Zhong. The most evolved S3 and L3 were held back as a royal guard for the Z2 zombies when they could have been used to deal heavy damage to Yue Zong's forces if used correctly. The deadly magic type zombies didn't evolve or grow in variety and just stayed as fire magic attackers. Basically, despite the intelligence increase of the Z2 the battle tactics of the zombies became simplistic.
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Shin: "I read it, drop it and then pick it up again when I'm bored, so I don't know how it turns out. While I can't say that I like the MC much, but it's a good read no questions ask even if it doesn't have a story. Just going town to town conquering things and people, and meeting so many men and women that a fan can't possibly remember all their names. Even minor characters who appear for half a chapter or paragraph get a first and last name. I doubt even the author can as well since 99% of the cast gets forgotten, replaced, and then forgotten again. Like what happened to the guy who stole Yue Zhong's bus? The children of the fire king he was getting along with? What happened to the mayor's daughter after what happened to her father who was shot! And recently, what happened to his love interest's best friend who went with him to Korea. I've heard rumors, but how did he forget her? Tell me author, or better yet get your story together man!"
Hikari: "Shut the hell up otaku!"
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With a B tier Mana empowered slap from Hikari, Shin's thoughts returned to the real world. He was currently gathered together with his comrades within a large room of Saya's manor. After the battle at the bridge the Walking Dead Unit, or better known to them as the main characters of High School of the Dead invited them into Tokonosu City Survival Camp where they lived. They picked up Komaru, Grim Ashes, and the still unconscious Newbies to the manor following after their Humvee with a borrowed car. Normally new residents had to go through an inspection, but their relationship with the main characters and their new reputation as heroes allowed them through the usual layers of security.
After arriving at the manor Shin and his team got the chance to talk with the main character in depth about what has been going on since they went their separate ways. Shin revealed on his side that Misaki, one of the members of Team Japan back then, didn't make it and as a result the main characters felt more open to talking about has happened to them. Takashi first explained that after going separate ways that night Hisashi was bitten by one of THEM, turned and then he had to take out his best friend. Shin hearing this recalled a thought he had back during his first mission when he went out to save Alice. By saving both Hisashi at the school he created an imbalance within the main cast members which resulted in Alice not being saved by following the plot. That looked to be a pretty good guess since after saving Alice in the end Hisashi who survived his fate to die within the school roof met a similar end that he was supposed to have. He could be wrong here. If Shin had escaped with the main characters that night maybe he could have saved Hisashi, and both he and Alice would have survived, but now no one could no for certain except God.
Takashi and the rest of the main characters then went on to talk about what happened almost right after taking care of Hisashi after he turned. The message from god, no a being claiming to be a Saint who introduced the God and Devil System. Weapons called Novice Sticks appeared in their hands, and a plot that combines elements of "God and Devil World", and the original plot of "H.O.T.D" unfolded. The main characters grasped the importance of the system and the threat the zombies and new mutant beast, and they dived into battle to level up and gain equipment and skill books. Alice, the child of the group was the first to realize that the beginning days of the new system had high drop rates, the treasure boxes that appear sometimes when defeating a monster, and so they put in a lot of effort early on to gain a huge advantage which still supports them to this day. This was a divergence from Yue Zhong's initial party of survivors who were just trying to escape to a shelter and the majority of the group who wanted to avoid the undead monster. The main characters of H.O.T.D were also the first in the city to reach the Newbie Village and acquired an even greater advantage than Yue Zhong's group did in the plot of "God and Devil World". Before the day's end, each member reached level 10 so they could enter the village and gain game Classes which would bolster their power. Especially Takashi, Saeko, Saya and Alice who acquired hidden classes due to the skills they acquired before gaining a class.
◆ Takashi's Hidden Class was Flame Knight, a Hidden Class that uses extreme power and fire magic, and his reward for entering the village was a Level 5 Treasure, a war hammer that can crush anything and he uses a Stinger Pistol that had been upgraded more than once.
◆ Rei gained Solider Class for its practicality and was armed with the Level 3 Devil Spear and an advance rifle similar to the Stinger Pistol with an attached blade.
◆ Saeko's Hidden Class was Lightning Samurai, a Hidden Class with extreme speed and cutting power skills with the lightning element.
◆ Hirano's an Engineer who makes advanced weaponry like guns twenty years into the future and modifies their vehicles for the team. He had also acquired the Sniper skill to enhance his combat ability. He was the one who developed Rei's rifle based on Takashi's weapon.
◆ Saya is a Full Elemental, a Hidden Class that bestows extra power and control with elemental magic of Fire, Earth, Water and Air (Kinda like Avatar).
◆ Shizuka's a Doctor, a class that can't heal as fast as priest who have spells for rapid healing, but can make medicine that can be saved and stored for later use, use skills without using Spirit (Energy for spells), and also has the Small healing spell level up thrice to its second order variant.
◆ Alice's Hidden Class is Beast Tamer, and she uses Zeke to fight who has become part mutant beast and buff spells to increase its combat ability.
After leaving the Newbie Village, the plot was close to the original plot of "H.O.T.D" that Shin knew. They traveled to Saya's home, but only temporarily not wanting to be absorbed into Saya's father group and left. The EMP incident which forced them to flee didn't occur though. This either meant that mankind was doing better than those in the original plot, or worse without the chance to shoot the EMP missiles over Japan. A popular theory with zombie apocalypses is that long as the government retains some shape or form of its power they won't fall to mindless zombies, but since there's been no word of any governments like America doing well... it was more likely that the zombies did more damage than in the original "H.O.T.D" and those like the American President never had a chance to shoot missiles at their enemies. The main characters then set out on a series of adventures which last for about six months where they rescued family, friends, and strangers and moved them to the Tokonosu City Survival camp set up by Saya's parents, Souichiro Takagi and Yuriko Takagi.
The main characters also had to deal with many villains and tyrants trying to gain power and abuse those below them over the course of their adventures, and despite not wishing to interfere with such groups they were swept up in big battles one after the other. Finally Takashi lead his team to victory without losing one comrade since the day Hisashi died. It was around this time that his group was giving a badass name like the Walking Dead Unit and there was a call for Takashi to rise up to power due to his popularity and military might, but he and his comrades were satisfied to leave a troublesome thing like leadership to Saya's parents. When Shin thought about it, Yue Zhong was the same in the beginning as he didn't want the responsibility of leadership and only did so out of necessity, but without an adult in power to trust he had to do things himself and eventually he grew to like his dictatorship rule with extremely strict rules and leaving most of the day to day governing responsibility to his best friend and others, while he went out to conquer and level up. He did sometimes do his job well, but he was not cut out for desk work and politics, so he settled things with force.
The Walking Dead Unit that they were called, lead by Takashi, were largely a independent organization despite popular belief that they were Souichiro Takagi's subordinates due to their good relationship with him and that his daughter Saya was a member of the Walking Dead Unit. There was even a rumor that she was given to Takashi as a bride to show that he'll be next in line to rule, but of course this wasn't remotely true. Though they did still consider Tokonosu City Survival Camp their home territory. They normally spend their days not inside the survival camp where it was safe or alongside fellow soldiers, but out hunting zombies and mutant beast independently while also looking for survivors of the apocalypse needing rescue and pinpointing potential risk to the city (I wish I could watch these adventures as an Anime). That's why it wasn't strange for them to be gone for weeks and months at a time, but recently they've been unable to explore due to a approaching threat to Tokonosu City.
A 3 million strong legion of Zombies!
Two weeks ago a drone sent out from the city was shot as it was exploring Japan for the first time to estimate the state of damage in the far off areas. At first the leaders of the city thought that it was a human organization suspicious of the drone shot it down and in response they sent three more to scout the area the first drone was shot down, but the three drone were shot down as well, but not before relaying video of what shot them down. A large legion of zombies steady approach. At this point they only had 1.9 million zombies in their ranks, but as they traveled through cities and small towns their forces grew as they absorbed the scattered undead without leadership and the living who were slaughtered and turned into zombies as well. They also seemed to have crushed a few survival camps like Tokonosu City and absorbed the residents into their ranks as well, finally growing into a fearsome legion of over 3 million zombies. This was a threat too big for the Walking Dead Unit to ignore, so they've stopped exploring temporary and are helping Tokonosu City prepare for the immediate threat.
Aqua: "Hey, have you snapped out of your delusions yet? I asked about the plots, but that didn't mean I signed up for a in-depth lecture."
Shin: "Fine fine, So I've now explained the plots of "H.O.T.D" and "God and Devil World" since we didn't have a chance at the start of the mission. Also over dinner we also know what have the main characters been doing and what going on in Tokonosu City and about the invasion that's about to take place. The zombie legion has taken control of the zombies in the vicinity of the city and had them attack the city a few times, but Takashi warned us that the main body of the main body of 3 million zombie legion will arrive ten days from now, and since today is basically over we have only nine days left to prepare. That's also when Team Kenya are scheduled to arrive, so I think we can agree with this estimate. That means we have to survive five days against the zombies and another team till the fifteenth day of the mission."
Aqua: "What a complicated situation God has thrown us in. Even after becoming allies he still wants to see us squirm for his experiments and amusement. Anyways we need to decide on a course of action. To face the zombie army and the other team head on, or hide out till the battle is over. The latter is impossible if we do nothing. God won't give us an objective like protect someone or a place if they can manage on their own."
Shuai: "Perhaps Team Kenya's main mission, or at least one of their objectives are to kill the leaders of the city we're supposed to protect... or even the main characters. Both will definitely be involved in this large battle, so we can't just do nothing."
Kisara: "I recommend a direct fight. We almost failed the last team battle because we ran way, or at least because we ran away without a method to avoid the other team from beginning to end. Maybe we could have, but not understanding all the rules for Team Battles messed us over in the end and forced us into a confrontation were we had to provok Team Germany first. That's why I'll only agree to run long as we have a solid plan. If not its just better to take our chances in battle."
Drake: "I suggest fighting. We're a team with all unlocked members and could possibly gain the support of a large army of soldiers and super soldiers called Enhancers. Our chances of victory are certainly not as low as that Danganronpa mission/Guide Test.
Sachi: "The pervert priest is right. They have the power of modern weapons, so long as we take care of the evolved zombies that are beyond conventional means to handle I think we will do just fine. That's why God put us on the side of the humans and not THEM. Long as we can exterminate the evolved zombies the army can handle the rest just fine."
Drake: "Hey, do you have to insult me here and now?"
Sachi: "...If you can honestly say your strike zone are women above eighteen, I'll go down on my hands and knees and apologize to you."
Drake: "..."
Drake looked over to his human creation, a girl no older than fifteen with brown braids and glasses. She had a common face, but she was certainly too young for him if they were in the real world, so Drake didn't open his mouth again for the rest of the night after that.
Hikari: "Stop fooling around you two. We're all tired from fighting in Unlocked Mode for so long, so let's just think of a general direction to go in for now and go to bed."
Connor: "Hey, can we trust that this place is secure?"
Hikari: "Yeah. For some reason the zombie with Psyche Force and its influence can't extend deep into Tokonosu City Survival Camp. They did make those tunnels under the city earlier, but he couldn't even mask them. If you told me you suspected something and asked me to check underground I would have found them, so long as I'm awake I can scan anywhere within the city with ease. Also Saya's manor is more so heavily guarded and the security is on high alert. I don't know why, but I think we can go to sleep in peace and wake up in time in case something happens."
Shin: "Then I guess we can rest in peace then. I've read about night attacks by humans in "God and Devil World", but they mainly only succeeded when there are few personnel or if ones guard is down. If anyone is worried I can have Ash patrol around at night since he doesn't need to sleep."
Jin: "That's overkill Shin and also a waste of his potential. Unlike everyone else in this team who has to sleep, only your summons has the ability to operate independently without requiring energy or being awake. He's not OP as you would say, but is extremely reliable. Shin, have your demon skeleton just go out of the city at night and kill zombies. That way we can gain points and lower the number of zombies we have to deal with when the main battle begins."
Shin: "And it also doesn't matter if he gets killed, right? I can just protect Komaru myself till I can re-summon him in twenty-four hours. I'll tell someone to not mind the skeleton coming in and out of the city. Ash should also be able to grow more powerful by absorbing the bones of the defeated into itself as well, so this is an opportunity. As for us... what will our approach be for this mission?"
Aqua: "Stay in the shadows or take a starring lead, is it? We're already famous and have to protect those fighting upfront, so the former is impossible."
Jin: "Yes! We'll take an active role here. This is the safest way to protect out interest and to defend against, and possibly wipe the other team. I suggest before the battle begins we increase our influence within Tokonosu Survival Camp. I have an idea about how to go about it, but we require three things. One, information about the power structure of the city, personnel, resources, and information gathered on the evolved zombies. Two, the trust of the main characters. Lastly three, we eventually, but soon need a meeting with Saya's parents, Souichiro Takagi and Yuriko Takagi. I ran a large guild in an online game, but they weren't made to be as complicated or mundane as real world preparations for war. Online games give you all the information in extreme detail, but real life isn't like that. Large battles are definitely not my specialty, but to come up with the best plan possible I need as much information as possible. So long as you trust me, I'll-"
Shin: "Don't trust you as far as I can throw you, which is far since I once literally threw you off a small mountain, Jin. We'll do your best to support whatever crazy ideas that you have. To survive both the mission and team battle, we will come behind our powers and survive! All of us!"
Not knowing what was in store for their fututre, first day of "H.O.T.D" came to an end.
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