A little bit complicated

N: 'One moment Layla'

Nozomu see someone that he didn't want to have anything to do this early in the morning. That person is non-other than Koichi Shido. By now he was trying to live a low-key life, it seems that he can't escape some things.

FLASHBACK

It all started on his last day of gambling in horse racing where he got bored and came with his guardian to the race. From what he had gathered, the father of Shido lost a few hundreds of thousands in the race where the horse of Nozomu won. The money was supposed to be used for the campaign but he lost a big portion of it.

Sure, he could gain it again by using some connections but he will increase the favors for them and it will lower his status in his circle. So he came with the plan on acquiring that horse.

With its history of non-defeat, just a couple of bets and he would regain what he has lost with some increase. So he tried to negotiate but he was rejected. He was furious and one thing led to another.

He can't move the guardian but he can indirectly interfere with the boy he was with so he bid his time and when the boy was in the same school as his son Shido to subtly undermine Nozomu. After a few failed attempts, Shido's father gave up because some cop was being nosy about some of his activities but he still give Shido the task to interfere with one "Miyamoto Rei" because she is the daughter of the cop.

But even with his father backing off regarding Nozomu, he continue to harass our mc because he got humiliated when the mc fought back so he indirectly did some things that made him an outcast of the whole school.

Nozomu balances it out with some achievements from some competitions but Shido is very painful in the neck and he wants to just kill the guy so no more problems will pop but Layla told him that it will increase the difficulty of this world if he prematurely erases Shido from the plot.

Some events need to happen, he can only kill him when they are both in the Takagi Estate because that place will be the start of the gradual increase in difficulty until the whole original crew up to the Shintoko Third Elementary School. So if he doesn't want to face the zombie apocalypse in nightmare mode then he just has to endure whatever plans Shido does.

It's a good thing that some students and faculty are on his side but they are still afraid of what could Shido do so they distance themselves and just cheer for him in the side. But a few students didn't care what others think. They are his wife(girlfriend) Saeko and Takagi Saya (so-called rival because he beat her in some competitions).

Shido can't touch them because of who their parents are. One Hirano Khota, very own resident military otaku, because he was already bullied by the others and our mc help him when he sees that he was being bullied and joins him with his hobbies. They even go to one of his guardian's "friends" that has a secret firing range and can try some guns that were illegally imported. Just by that gesture, he won the loyalty of Khota.

They're also Rei, Komuro Takashi, and Igou Hisashi. Our mc have been close to Rei because she found out that they have similar circumstances and he helps her get back at Shido which started of him being an outcast because of some rumors that he is a leader of a gang in the city.

This is true, that is why the fighting of gangs disappeared completely before his 2nd year in high school because he needs additional manpower and where better way to gain them than some punks that were lost in life and needed a good purpose in living but they would know later on. Saeko already knows.

Takashi and Hisashi are only with him at first

because of Rei but eventually, they became close enough to call each other friends. Rei looked up to our mc because not only helped her with her "Shido" problem, he also helps with her studies so that Shido can not undermine her again and her club activities. They even spar often with the help of Saeko and sometimes with Rei's mother when she was not busy and has been a leader of a gang in the past puts their spar to a new level so when the zombies come, the mother-daughter duo can last longer in a fight.

CURRENT

Nozomu didn't want to start an argument with Shido so he just right past him and continue going into class.

Shido smirked at this because that increase his ego when our mc stopped fighting back after he succeeded in making him an outcast to the school.

While Shido was internally monologuing. Nozomu is currently waiting for the start of the class. He also let Layla continue to what she was about to say earlier.

Layla: [There has been an update on the zombie virus and there is good news and a few bad news. Which one do you want to hear?]

N: "After all the silence got something now. So what is the bad news and just tell the good news after. Are we still on the clock two days after? Will it affect the evacuation process because the last time I check where almost 90% complete?"

Layla:[Well the bad news certainly answer most of your question. Which is I found a residue of the virus in the water you drink after your morning]

N: WHAT!!! *stands up in haste*

Teacher: "Mister Museigen-san, is my lecture that boring that you need to create a commotion?" *some of his classmates are looking at him*

N: "No... I'm sorry it is not. I just remembered something very important. Can I be excused to make a quick phone call?"

Teacher: "Go, you might disturb the class again if I don't let you."

N: "Thank you" *quickly get his phone from his bag and dash off from the class*

N: 'Continue...'