"Run fast!"
"I don't want to die!"
"AAHHHH MY LEG!"
I watched the chaos happening on the first floor as I wondered what villain name I should call myself.
Maybe I got carried away.
After reassuring Chika I moved away from the group a bit with the excuse that I would look for more survivors, I found a couple of students that I took to the safe area, but that is not important.
Along the way, I channeled large amounts of Hamon and put it on corpses which I then threw out the window.
The reason the Huntress was drawn to Chika's group was that under her classroom window there was a pile of corpses with Hamon that I had earlier thrown from the upper floor.
Did I plan it? A little bit, but I didn't think it would be that effective.
When I learned that Hamon decoys not only attract infected but also mutants I had the great idea to see what would happen if I created a beacon of light that would attract large moths.
The result was that those infected in the streets near the school went berserk as they ran to invade the building.
The area was invaded by a wave of infected that included mutants. Now I know that Hunters are not the only type of infected, there was a disgusting creature with tumors on the side of its face while a kind of long tongue hung from its mouth.
In order not to face an unknown enemy, I took a piece of glass, covered it with Ki, and threw it at him.
When the crystal pierced his skull, the mutant died instantly exploding in a cloud of humor. I don't know if that humor can spread the infection so I'll have to be careful with that thing, I'll call it Smoker for now.
The third type of infected is a short male humanoid creature that seems like the middle ground between a human and a monkey.
He is so strange that he looks funny, because of his short stature he reminds me of horse riders so I thought of calling him Jockey.
Hunters, Smokers, and Jockeys joined the infected. The wave consisted of more than 200 common infected with 20 mutants, not even half a day has passed since the infection, so the appearance of several mutants in such a short time is a bad sign.
The school was about to become a dangerous battlefield so I made my group stay in the classroom. There is no classroom without windows so I put a lot of Hamon decoys away from this classroom to prevent an infected from arriving.
Just in case I put Ki on the perks and the door to support them so they can take a few hits from the Hunter. When Ki is put into an object it will dissipate over time so this method will only last one hour.
Hirano will be in charge of protecting the area. Navi will stay to inform me if a problem arises.
Takashi and Saeko will accompany me to join us with group 1. Rei also insisted on following us, she can fight and has plot armor thanks to being the heroine so she is not weak, the problem is that her mental state is not quite good.
I accepted Rei to come as it would be an opportunity to make her fall in love with me while I helping her overcome some of her trauma as it would be a waste if a good warrior becomes unable to fight.
Takashi has the plot armor on her side as I seek to enhance Saeko's combat experience while showing her my strength so that she sees me as her ideal master.
Chika and some survivors of her group wanted to come, but I convinced them that they should rest. I must make Chika willing to leave her problems to me so that she begins to develop trust towards me, that trust turns into dependency, and then she believes that dependency is love for what she will be mine.
With everything ready, we moved to confront the infected and I must say that I have the potential to be a terrorist.
When we arrived with group 1 I yelled towards Takashi, Rei and Saeko to attract the infected.
- "Quick we have to help them!" - The three nodded and we went to fight.
Saeko and Rei fought together after my suggestion, Rei was in charge of hitting the infected to throw them off balance while Saeko finished them off by hitting their heads. By moving together they were able to eliminate infected quickly and efficiently.
Takashi had a duty to protect the students after rescuing them. It was a practically useless role since Saeko, Rei and I took care of the infected.
Takashi was happy to protect others even if he didn't fight. I'm glad that this guy is like Kenichi with a hero complex so it's easy to give him orders if they are according to his ideals.
Group 1 saw that we were clearing a safe space for the students so the silver-haired girl was able to focus on fighting.
The brown-haired boy and the violet-haired girl were too focused on taking down the infected so they neglected to protect the students.
Looking at the attitude and movements of those three I can assure, they are professional assassins with years of training.
While the silver-haired girl may focus on attacking and defending, the other two seem like assassins focused on taking down the enemy rather than helping those around them, I personally prefer that mindset.
All three are quite strong, but I can tell that they cannot use their full strength due to space and weapon limitations. Only the silver-haired girl has a firearm, although it is only a short-barreled revolver normally used for self-defense so it lacks offensive power.
This girl's shooting skills are even better than fat Hirano's, although the fat one seems to be better as a long-range sniper so I'll train him to be a useful soldier.
I killed a couple of infected while approaching the silver-haired girl.
"Thanks for the help! We must retreat to a corridor or those things will overwhelm us! " - The girl spoke when she saw me.
That is a good idea in other circumstances, it would limit the movement of the infected and we could deal with a few of them at a time similar to the tactic used by the Spartans in the Thermopylae pass.
The problem is that we do not have adequate training and the infected could enter through the windows leaving us defenseless.
"No, we have to take this fight outside or we will be surrounded and we will not be able to fight, besides ..." - I pointed to the survivors who were being protected by Saeko, Rei, and Takashi. - "We will not be able to defend them for long if they begin to appear infected mutated"
The girl frowned as she realized that the situation was getting worse. She looked confused when I mentioned mutants as she hasn't seen one so far which is normal, mutants seem to have a certain level of intelligence so they sought to attack weaker enemies before strong ones.
At that moment I moved the ax in front of the girl, she seemed tense as if I wanted to attack her, but she quickly saw what she meant by mutants.
"That thing is a mutant, be careful they are stronger than the normal infected" - My ax deflected the tongue blow of a Smoker who was aiming at the girl.
That punch is on the level of a heavyweight boxer so these things must be like frogs that catch their prey and then lure it in for other infected to finish off.
"What the hell is that thing ?!" - The girl looked annoyed while she shot the head of the Smoker.
After a bullet went through the Smoker's eyes, the Smoker started to turn gray. I quickly kicked the tongue that was on the ground and grabbed the girl by the waist to pull away. - "What are you doing?!" - She screamed in anger and shame.
Another tsundere? You must be screwing me, I hope to be wrong.
I didn't answer as the Smoker's body turned into a cloud of gray smoke, the tongue that was near us also turned into smoke so it would have affected us if we didn't move.
That thing is really troublesome.
"The long tongues turn to smoke when they die from what I called them Smokers, I don't know if the smoke is toxic so be careful" - I lowered the girl who was looking at the place where we had been finally understanding my actions.
"There is another type of mutant that for some strange reason always wears a hoodie, uses ambushes and stalking, their claws can dig into concrete and they are fast, I call them Hunters"
Then I pointed to a Jockey who entered through the main door and hid among the group of infected. - "That thing is fast, I don't know what abilities it has, but they are the fastest infected I've seen so far so be careful"
The girl had an annoyed face as if she found all this troublesome, I share the sentiment.
"And what do you call those? Lilliputians? " - The girl she spoke with an ironic tone to try to calm down, humor helps to overcome stressful situations.
"I call them Jockeys" - I also smiled wryly, my naming sense is not the best.
"How the horse riders?" - She smiled in amusement when I nodded.
"Putting that aside we have to take this fight to the patio or they will start to surround us" - I spoke seriously.
Although I can escape if I use all my strength I will not be able to protect the group of women that I have been gathering.
I have been using large amounts of energy since I came to this world and I have not had time to rest. Using only Ki is too exhausting and although my body is strong I am still at the Expert level, only a Super Master level can afford to abuse their Ki without falling from exhaustion.
In a critical situation, I could use Hamon to replenish my Ki, but that will only delay my depletion while attracting a tide of infected that I won't be able to deal with.
The numbers are important, even a person with Hayato's strength can be defeated if he faces an entire army fully armed with heavy artillery, that is why even if I get ridiculously strong I must build a disciplined army.
The silver-haired girl nodded at my words. She turned her gaze to the brown-haired boy and the violet-haired girl who kept killing everything that came near. - "Arashi, Chikage, we must take this fight outside or we will be surrounded!" - The boy named Arashi and the girl Chikage nodded and left the school while attracting several infected.
"By the way, you can call me Luis" - I smiled kindly as if we were lifelong friends.
"Kiba Mikoto, tell me Mikoto, nice to meet you" - Mikoto nodded and we headed for the entrance to keep the infected away from the group of students.
Despite being Japanese and a possible tsundere still allows me to call her by her name which shows the impact of camaraderie in crisis situations.
Soldiers on a battlefield create sibling-like bonds because they face life and death situations together. Many times they can be closer than siblings related by blood.
Dealing with danger together helps to establish a bond based on trust and cooperation, fighting with another person is one of the most effective ways to create a sincere friendship or solid love. If I play my cards right, I can attract Mikoto and Chikage.
Saeko already has the look of a warrior who has found her lord so I can assure her loyalty, that won't assure me of her romantic affection but I can work on that later.
"Saeko protects the students!" - I yelled at Saeko as I headed to the entrance of the school and used a bit of Hamon to lure the infected in my direction.
I can't let something unforeseen happen where Takashi can save Saeko, Rei, or any of the students by making them fall in love with him.
This is going to be fucking exhausting and I will end up with a hellish hunger, but everything is to get beautiful women… I mean, everything is for the greater good, yes, the greater good.
"Muahahaha catch those women and desecrate them in front of the stupid protagonists!" - Navi sent me a message, we shared a link so he can feel part of my thoughts.
Shut the fuck up, Navi! It's your fault I've started acting like a fucking villain!
I will have to start training a method to protect myself from mind-reading or it will be problematic if someone other than Navi sees through my act due to mind magic or psychic power.
That would certainly be problematic and with my luck, I may be able to find someone like that soon.
Shit, I'll have to start countermeasures for supernatural beings since this world is moving away from a simple concept of a zombie apocalypse.
Everything is so troublesome.