DaisukiDayoSenpai

Bronze WINNER of WPC#322: Male Lead: Zombie Invasion

Takemi Kazuichi might very well be the luckiest and unluckiest person in the world. He was an orphan, and he was severely bullied in school. Because of that, he became a hikikomori, a shut-in. When he turned sixteen, he was adopted by a rich couple who loved him as if he was their own son. Unfortunately, they died in a plane crash, and Kazuichi never overcame his bad habits of being a shut-in, largely because of his preying relatives.

Fast forward to four years later, Takemi Kazuichi still stayed in the house left by his late parents. He never bothered going to work or going out to socialize with people. For the lack of a better term, he was a rich hikikomori. He never even bothered to check the news or log in on any social media. All he did was live his life in solitude, devoid of any human interaction.

One day, as he came out of the shower, he heard a strange thumping sound by the doorway. "That's weird, I didn't order any delivery today." He told himself before absent-mindedly opening the door.

And what stared back didn't resemble a human at all. It was a zombie— or so that's what the first thing that came into Kazuichi's mind. Unbeknownst to him, the world had drastically changed, and he was the last one to know.

Shut-In Of The 'Dead'

What Kazuichi feared the most was an inevitable event in the apocalypse. And no matter how diligent he worked to suppress that inevitable, ultimately there was nothing he could do about it.


The appearance of the Aberrants was one thing, and Kazuichi realized that these Aberrants were bound to evolve further.


Thus he went on missions, destroying every Aberrant's nest he could find while he made his way back home.


Nevertheless, that gesture wasn't enough. Despite his hard work and zealousness to rid the world of the infected, there was only so much he could do.


Besides, later on, Kazuichi learned that the entire world was suffering from the apocalypse. When Japan was infected, it had already been a couple of weeks since the zombie apocalypse had commenced.


The only reason why the masses didn't know anything about it was because the governments tried to keep it under wraps.


Scent For The Uninfected