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'

Once they reached the other edge of the forest, the group found themselves on the outskirts of a city, or rather, the remnants of what it once was. Compared to the other city they'd been to, this city was even more destroyed, as if a full-blown war had taken place.


Fortunately, there weren't any dead bodies around... just a couple of lifeless infected who were already rotting. It was a normal sight everywhere so no one felt nauseated even when they saw


"What happened here?" Kazuichi muttered to himself, contemplating whether he should cover Amaya's eyes or not.


Then again, Amaya had been through multiple scouting missions during his stay in the stronghold. She wasn't a foreigner when it comes to gory scenes like this. Heck, she might've already seen a dead body or two while she was out there.


Ghost Town