Ugh!
This was Rei Miyamoto vomiting, because the scene was so bloody that she physically couldn't bear it.
What met the eye was dismembered corpses everywhere - some missing feet or legs, others disemboweled or nearly severed at the waist.
However, they almost all shared one common characteristic - their heads were inevitably destroyed, almost all beheaded with head and body separated.
So the corpses scattered everywhere, soaked in thick blood, made it really difficult to distinguish which part belonged to which body.
The entire road had almost no clean place to step - each footfall would sink into shallow, muddy gore.
Now Rei Miyamoto had gotten off the bus to help move corpses to both sides so the bus could drive normally.
Otherwise, with corpses and blood covering the ground, the bus would have difficulty advancing and would slip.
As for the corpses, she naturally didn't dare touch them with her hands - she was using a long spear taken from the school's kyudo club as a weapon to push them aside.
As for the others, Kohta Hirano used a baseball bat, while Saya Takagi and other classmates used the kind of signs that protesters had been carrying.
Blech!
This time it wasn't Rei Miyamoto vomiting - it was classmate Saya Takagi who also couldn't hold it in.
So just what kind of person was he? Killing these living dead was like a skilled butcher slaughtering chickens - easily crushing through them.
He himself felt like a humanoid tyrannosaur, with some living dead literally being sent flying.
That kind of monstrous strength clearly wasn't something a normal human could achieve.
Now he was moving away from here, taking that loudspeaker with him to lure away the remaining living dead.
He hadn't killed them all - it seemed not that he couldn't, but that there was no need to be so foolish.
When everything was mostly dealt with, everyone who returned to the bus instantly collapsed into their seats, some with trembling bodies.
The scenes they'd witnessed today would absolutely never be forgotten for the rest of their lives, and might even become psychological trauma for some.
Hmm? Saeko Busujima and Saya Takagi, who hadn't boarded yet, seemed to be having a conversation.
"Senior Saeko, what exactly is he?"
Saya Takagi couldn't help but ask.
"Would you believe me if I said I don't really know either? Actually, I've only really met him for less than a day."
"Hah? Then why are you helping him? You don't look like you're being threatened."
"Because he might be this world's hope."
This statement left Saya Takagi stunned.
"By the way, even though this world has become like this, Takagi-san doesn't need to think it's related to him. It has nothing to do with him at all. The thing you came into contact with also has nothing to do with this world's fate. On the contrary, it's his appearance and the thing he brought that might prevent this world from becoming even worse."
"Isn't that self-contradictory? Didn't you say you'd known him less than a day? Why would you trust him so much?"
"I said meeting for less than a day, but that doesn't mean not knowing him - like so-called online friends."
Except this online friend spanned an unimaginably vast distance - not between countries, not across oceans, but the unthinkable distance between universes.
So after saying this, Saeko Busujima suddenly performed an elegant spinning slash, beheading a living dead that had wandered back.
Looking at the sword in her hand, Saeko Busujima couldn't help but grip it tighter.
If she could be stronger, she could share more of the burden and let him rest more.
He couldn't stay in this world long - returning meant facing situations even more hellish and perilous than here.
"On-online friends?"
This made Saya Takagi's mouth twitch, and she looked deeply at Senior Saeko.
The senior knew more intelligence about him, but due to trust relationships - currently she wasn't at a level of trust worthy of being told more.
However, the senior's words somehow echoed with what the fat guy had said.
From the future - that would naturally have nothing to do with the current world.
As for online friends, communication between current networks and future networks?
Since in Terminator plots, the future could travel to the past, it would be quite reasonable for future networks to connect with present networks.
So he knew past intelligence, knew Teacher Shizuka Marikawa's information, and seemed to know about her too.
Oh, if that was the case, hmph hmph, it seemed Saya Takagi played quite an important role in the future - she was the protagonist... as if!
Don't be so naive, be rational.
These were all speculations - the truth could only be known when Saeko Busujima revealed it.
Like Schrödinger's cat.
Hmm?
There was movement - he was back.
So afterward there were almost no obstacles, and they smoothly arrived at Teacher Shizuka Marikawa's friend's house.
In the garage, they indeed saw the so-called tank-like cars - obviously special vehicles that ordinary people couldn't afford.
Probably the teacher's friend was military or special police.
After entering this house, Saya Takagi subtly observed the gender of the house's owner - female.
"Eh? Aren't we staying overnight? It's getting dark now - it's not good to travel at night, right?"
Teacher Shizuka Marikawa's intention was to let everyone rest and depart tomorrow.
Maybe the nation's armed forces would handle the situation and tomorrow would be better.
However, this mysterious man wanted only a brief rest and food resupply before immediate departure.
He was too urgent.
"Don't hope tomorrow's situation will improve - it'll only get worse. And we should use cars while we still can, otherwise we'll only be able to walk."
"Cars can still be used? What does that mean?"
Saya Takagi couldn't help but ask. His words seemed to imply cars would soon become unusable, as if something would happen to them.
"EMP attack."
The one answering - Ejie - didn't explain further and continued eating.
Although his physical constitution was powerful, his body's energy wasn't unlimited. Replenishing food kept his physical condition at its best.
He also hoped the STC hard drive contained panacea, but could this world's technological level really produce it in such a short time?
After all, this wasn't a complete STC - what he held was equivalent to a computer's motherboard.
To produce anything required manufacturing machines - the computer motherboard needed mechanical equipment assembled to it and raw materials provided.
Could this really be completed in one hundred hours - no, not even one hundred hours now, only eighty-something hours remaining?
If he could really manufacture panacea at any cost before returning, his survival odds would dramatically increase.
"Ah? EMP attack? Bombs specifically targeting electronics - their range is generally small, and they'd target us?"
Kohta Hirano's eyes lit up again. This mysterious person was indeed extraordinary. To stop him, dark forces were tracking him and planning EMP attacks.
That meant he really might be a Terminator, right?
So cool!
Speaking of which, what exactly were that gun's bullets? Definitely not miniaturized white phosphorus rounds - the ammunition was definitely something else. He had seen him blast those living dead at school.
"No, you obviously mean all cars would become unusable, and such large-scale EMP destruction..."
Saya Takagi's face was turning pale.
"Could it be...!"
Kohta Hirano also thought of something, his expression also turning unpleasant.
"High-altitude nuclear explosion!"
The one giving this answer was a second-year glasses-wearing male student named Ishii Kazuo, who also seemed quite rational.
This answer was also what Saya Takagi and Kohta Hirano had been thinking.
"Wait, why would there be high-altitude nuclear explosions?"
"Planning to ignore our lives and directly launch nuclear missiles at this city to eliminate the virus and stop infection spread?"
The other students also panicked.
"Calm down. If it were direct nuclear strikes on this city, he would have immediately left the city."
Saya Takagi's words calmed everyone down - it made a lot of sense.
"Moreover, look at the TV situation - this is a worldwide outbreak. How could they possibly launch nuclear missiles to clean up everywhere? The situation is probably..."
Saya Takagi gave her analysis.
The nuclear strikes that appeared should target places with military value.
Nuclear bombs exploding directly on the ground actually caused damage mainly through blast pressure.
Correction: it should be described as losses. High-altitude nuclear explosions were more valuable.
Direct ground detonation's physical destruction couldn't destroy an entire city.
High-altitude nuclear explosions caused EMP damage over a much wider range, destroying equipment containing electronic components and paralyzing everything.
Then there would be no communication, cars couldn't be used, chaos everywhere, plus the threat of living dead - absolutely terrible.
As for why there would be nuclear attacks, this wasn't hard to understand. This sudden worldwide virus outbreak caused various countries to suspect each other.
Moreover, if the situation became more severe and some countries felt their situation was truly hopeless, they would frantically drag the whole world down with them.
Simply put, they couldn't stand others doing well.
At minimum, they'd pull everyone down to the same level. So once a single nuclear missile was launched, Pandora's box couldn't be closed.
Other nuclear nations couldn't possibly trust that this nuclear missile wouldn't fall on their heads, so they'd also activate theirs.
The result would be global nuclear war!
Thinking this, Saya Takagi's face became even paler.
However, currently this city - Tokonosu City - didn't have direct nuclear strike value, but was probably within EMP attack range.
If that strange hard drive in his hands contained something to counter the current virus, then they really needed to hurry and use electronic equipment to understand the production process inside and create vaccines or similar.
Otherwise, when the EMP attack came, it would be game over.
So they really couldn't stay overnight - they had to hurry on the road.
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