CHAPTER 8 - Green Zombies?

CHAPTER 8 - Green Zombies?

(Pov - Zei.)

So sleepy… I'm really sleepy… This is bad.

I need to prepare to sleep. I'll definitely lose my mind when I fall asleep. Kiasan will be safe since she's a zombie girl, but I don't want to hurt Mary or her son. The power of friendship won't work on my zombie self—my full zombie self is a savage who only wants to eat.

"Kiasan, I can't control my body. I can't stay awake. Whatever happens, don't hesitate to do what I told you. I won't attack you because you're a zombie, but I might try to attack Mary and Sato."

"Y-Yes."

"Good night."

I opened the trunk of a car and climbed inside.

It'll be uncomfortable, but it's the best option. I hope my zombie self doesn't know how to open it.

Well, considering my zombie self is an idiot who chased a rabbit without success, yeah, my full zombie self is an idiot. I don't think it can open it.

I'm worried about my superhuman strength, but that's where Plan B comes in: Kiasan cuts off my arms and legs with the sword. We've already confirmed that regular zombies regenerate even their arms—we tested it on some zombies. My arms will grow back in minutes, but that's why I have Kiasan, to keep me from fully regenerating.

Yeah, I can go to bed without worries… I want to masturbate.

Ugh, this abstinence is getting to me. Did I become addicted to sex? And to think I complained so much about my nympho ex-girlfriend, and now I've turned into someone like her.

But Kiasan might hear me, b-better not.

"Ah, Hori, are you still alive?"

Our relationship wasn't the best—we mostly just had sex instead of going on dates or doing romantic couple stuff, and you probably cheated on me with other guys, but… But…

"Mmm… I don't think I miss her."

You just used me as a sex toy. Did you even consider me a boyfriend? Did you even like me?

Ugh, the only memories I have of you are in bed. Your cute butt, your big breasts, your beautiful smile… Arghhh! I want to masturbate!

B-Better stop thinking about her. Time to sleep!

I closed the trunk and fell asleep instantly.

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A few minutes later, soft thumps started coming from the trunk. Gentle taps, like slaps.

Zei had gone fully savage and was trying to get out, but he wasn't using much force, as if he wasn't in a hurry.

"Zei's fully turned," Kiasan thought.

Her inner voice, unlike her usual one, sounds like a teenage girl's, confirming her true age.

She's basically a teenager trapped in a little girl's body, which bothers her a lot, but she tries to get used to it because she knows this is her body from now on.

Being a little girl again is a weird and uncomfortable experience, but it's better than being a ghost stuck in the place where she died.

She gripped the sword tightly and approached the trunk, fully aware of Zei's superhuman strength. It wouldn't be hard for him to destroy the trunk from the inside to escape.

"I need to stay alert," she thought.

While waiting by the trunk, she started thinking about her current situation, about Zei, and the zombie apocalypse in general.

"I'm a special zombie because I'm a ghost controlling a little girl's zombie body, but why is Zei a special zombie too? We haven't seen other zombies like him, except for that one-eyed zombie. Are mutations or special zombies that rare? There has to be a logical explanation behind this zombie apocalypse. Did some scientific experiment go wrong…?" Kiasan thought, before being interrupted by laughter.

Yes, laughter. Malicious laughter with dark intentions.

Laughter echoed, and Kiasan felt chills hearing it.

From the trees and bushes by the roadside, strange small creatures started emerging.

They were the size of a child, green, with pointed ears. Their appearances were hideous, and they stank. Large green noses with warts, big yellow eyes with completely black reptilian pupils, bald, and with huge claws on their hands.

Kiasan noticed them and grew worried. These weren't zombies—they were something else… Goblins.

Real goblins. The infamous woman-raping creatures from fantasy stories. One of the weakest fantasy beings, but in groups, they're a major threat to anyone, especially to women… including Kiasan.

"W-What… are they?"

And the goblins weren't the only threat.

A huge number of zombies started emerging from the forest, and Kiasan immediately woke Mary, knowing that while the zombies wouldn't harm her, they would harm Mary.

"Z-Zombies!"

Mary woke instantly at the word and grabbed her weapon.

She stepped out and, without hesitating too much, started shooting.

Her aim was bad, but at least it slowed the zombies, giving Kiasan time to kill them.

Kiasan approached the zombies to kill them, thinking she'd be fine and safe as a zombie herself, but one of the goblins tried to attack her with a knife.

Kiasan managed to dodge and backed away, confused. She thought the goblins were mutated zombies, but the reality was entirely different.

"They're not zombies?" she thought, worried.

Before she could process what was happening, the goblins grabbed her, holding her by her arms and legs.

She tried to attack them, but she lacked sword-fighting experience, and her swings were too wide and predictable for the goblins.

They took her sword and kicked her legs, causing her to collapse to the ground, defeated.

"Kiasan!"

The goblins grabbed Mary too and started tearing her clothes. Why? To sexually assault her, no doubt.

She was groped on her breasts and butt, unable to do anything to stop them. Goblins are savage creatures driven purely by instinct—reasoning with them or negotiating would never work.

"No!"

The zombies tried to attack her, but the goblins protected her.

With grunts and shrill screams, the goblins made the zombies back off.

Why don't the zombies attack the goblins? It's a mystery.

"What are these things?!" Mary said, terrified.

The zombies, unable to eat Mary, tried breaking the window to attack Sato.

"Leave the kid alone!" Kiasan said, full of fear.

One of the goblins tore Kiasan's clothes without mercy, not caring that she was a little girl. They planned to do the same to her as they would to Mary.

"N-No!! Please, no!!" Mary screamed, filled with desperation and helplessness.

She started trembling and crying as she watched the window slowly break.

"Why does this feel familiar…? I don't want to feel this!" Kiasan thought, scared.

The goblins started touching Kiasan's undeveloped breasts and destroyed her underwear.

"N-No… D-Don't do it… S-Someone… Please, someone help us!!" Kiasan screamed, crying desperately.

Zei burst through the trunk, sending it flying, and leaped out, landing on the car's roof, drawing the attention of all the goblins.

"Ruaaaaaaaaajjjjjjj!!!" Zei roared, full of rage.

With a furious scream, he drew the goblins' attention. If he'd taken five seconds longer to emerge, Mary would've been raped, but he prevented it by coming out in time.

Kiasan and Mary were safe, as were their bodies, but the same couldn't be said for the goblins' bodies—they'd awakened the fury of a merciless monster.

Oh, and the trunk that went flying landed on one goblin's head. Seeing this, Zei jumped and landed on the trunk, completely crushing the goblin beneath it, killing it.

Zei approached the goblins… He'd lost control of his body. This wasn't normal Zei; this was full zombie Zei. He acted on pure instinct. In other words… he had no human principles. Simply put, he was a monster that wanted to harm and eat.

The goblins tried the same tactic as before, screaming at Zei.

Zei ignored them and grabbed one by the throat.

"Food…"

He bit its arm, tearing off a large chunk with a single bite.

The other goblins let go of the girls and tried to attack Zei.

He started pummeling them with his fists while the zombies managed to break the window.

They tried to eat Sato, but Kiasan, who'd recovered her sword because the goblin who took it couldn't lift it, started killing them with it.

Mary got up from the ground and grabbed another weapon.

She started shooting at the zombies, which finally woke Sato.

"Mom?!" Sato said, scared and confused, seeing his mother naked and firing a gun.

"Close your eyes, Sato!"

Zei was crushing the heads of the goblins still breathing, killing them all.

With just his fists, he killed them all. He didn't care about the damage they were doing to him because Zei doesn't feel pain. He has deep knife wounds across most of his body but acts like nothing happened.

"Uwaaah!!"

He looked at Mary and tried to attack her—because this was full zombie Zei, not Zei himself… or was it?

Kiasan, having finished killing the zombies, stood in front of Mary and spread her arms.

"Stop, please!!"

Kiasan was straining to speak loudly without stuttering.

Zei tried to attack her but noticed she was crying.

Her face remained serious, but tears streamed down.

Zei stopped his fist in front of Kiasan's face. Seeing her tears snapped him back for a few seconds, bringing him to his senses. Even as a full zombie, he was still Zei.

"P-Plea… P-Plea… Please."

Zei punched himself hard in the face and collapsed unconscious.

"Huh? He hit himself?"

"H-He… d-did… i-it… t-to… p-protect us."

And so, without knowing it, Zei prevented a rape and the death of a child.

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(Pov - Zei.)

Ah, a new day has begun. The sun's rays woke me up.

I climbed out of the trunk and stretched my arms. Phew. I feel alive… well, in a way.

I needed a good rest after all the surprises and emotions of yesterday.

The sun's rays are strong. It's too hot. I need a good bath and a delicious breakfast.

I closed the trunk. Huh?

I realized I was in a different car. Am I colorblind? No, it's not just the color—the model's different too. What?

"Huh?"

A delicious smell hit my nose… Eggs? Well, I'll figure it out later. First things first: fill my stomach with food.

I approached the source of the smell.

They're cooking by the roadside… A campfire? How'd they start it? I don't know how to do that… Did Kiasan know? Maybe Mary.

Whatever.

Mary brought the pans and stuff with her. Very convenient.

"Good morning. Smells delicious."

Both turned to look at me, and Mary hugged me immediately when she saw me.

Well… How do I put this? Mary's breasts are big, and feeling them against me is turning me on. I hope she doesn't feel my little…! I mean, my huge friend waking up! I don't want to make her uncomfortable…! Wait, should I be embarrassed? I'm a healthy teenager; it's inevitable to get an erection when a sexy MILF hugs me!

An older woman with big breasts and a cute butt is hugging me… Is today my lucky day?

"Thank you…! Huh?"

Uwaaah! I felt her body touch my crotch! She noticed my erection!

"S-Sorry! I-It's just that I just woke up, and, well…"

"N-No need to explain, I get it!"

Phew. Thank goodness. I thought she'd be mad… Huh? Wait. Thank you?

"Why are you thanking me?"

My head started hurting… Uwaaah! That damn shitty pain! Why can't it…?! Oh… The memories came back… Ah… No wonder…

"Wha?!"

I backed away from her and looked at the corpses of those shitty little green zombies. Arghhh!

"Another mutation?! And this time, rapist zombies?! What the hell?! And not just rapists—pedophiles! They tried to rape Kiasan?! Damn them!!"

I started kicking one of their corpses. They deserve this fate, bastards!

"Damn sickos! Why don't they eat human flesh like normal zombies?!"

"T-Those… a-aren't… z-zombies."

"They're not…? That's right… In my memories, I think I saw you kill zombies no problem… But these green things attacked you… What are they?"

They used weapons… My clothes are proof. They're torn. They used knives… What are these things?

"…Kiasan, Mary… Were you…?"

"No," they both said immediately.

I sighed in relief. I saved them in time.

"Good. At least I managed to keep control and hit myself… Kiasan, you wield that sword well. Isn't it heavy? It feels light to me, but I think it's heavy."

"N-No… I-I… s-strong… N-New… a-ability."

"You awakened an ability? Wow… Awesome!"

Well… I prevented my friends from being raped and got a hug from a MILF. This day's going well.

"We'd better keep moving. In a few hours, we'll get there. I hope the info is true."

"First, you need to bathe. There's a river nearby."

"Do I stink?"

"…You ate those green things. Your mouth's dirty."

"Sorry!"

I ran off toward the river. Arghhh! She smelled my breath and thought it was gross! Damn it!

"I acted like a lunatic and ate those things! I'm gonna get diarrhea! What…!"

I stopped and rubbed my stomach… Wait… Since I became a zombie, I haven't felt the need to use the bathroom… Why?

[Response: Waste is converted into magical energy.]

…Figured.

Yeah… I knew that.

A cyclops and those green things.

…Rapist goblins.

…I see.

Yeah, yeah.

Very logical.

Yes… Very realistic.

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"What the hell is going on in this place?!"