My name is Levi, and I work in anime.

Just as he was struggling with his decision, screams suddenly erupted from the school, followed by a cacophony of footsteps and chaotic disorder, as if the outside world was in complete disarray.

Li Wei and Hiratsuka, who immediately sat up, exchanged a glance and simultaneously entered battle mode.

Chapter 7 Where's Dave? Dave, please save him!

Because Hiratsuka Shizuka's office window happened to face the playground, Li Wei rushed to the window immediately, pulled back the curtains, and looked in the direction from which the noise was coming.

A considerable number of slow-moving but strangely behaving "people" (?) appeared from all directions and launched indiscriminate attacks on the students and faculty on the playground. The sound just now was made by the people who were attacked.

These strange "people" did not use common weapons, nor did they use fists and kicks, nor did they have firearms like those used by Abe no Kijiro.

Instead, like the middle-aged man I met in the supermarket yesterday, he was like a beast that had lost its humanity, tearing apart its prey with its claws and teeth.

What's even more chilling is that they seem to have truly transformed into some kind of wild beast, starting to eat after pouncing on and attacking their prey.

Aside from some victims who were torn to pieces, others who were bitten also lost their minds for an extreme period of time, joining their ranks and becoming bloodthirsty monsters that hunted humans.

The peaceful atmosphere in the school was shattered in an instant. The students, who had never seen such a bloody scene before, scattered and fled in fear, only to be quickly defeated one by one, either becoming prey or one of them.

The few students who mustered their courage were quickly overwhelmed by the overwhelming numerical superiority of the enemy. After all, they didn't even have weapons, and they couldn't defeat these mindless and painless monsters with their bare hands.

"What is this?"

Clearly, there are no supernatural powers in this timeline, and even the concept of zombies doesn't exist. Hiratsuka Shizuka stared blankly at the scene before her: "Was I reading your erotic novels on the campus forum too late last night, and that's why I'm hallucinating?"

Hiratsuka-nee, did you accidentally say something important? Also, is there such a forum here?

"I can't really say what these are, but they're definitely dangerous. Be careful not to get hurt by them, or you'll become one of the monsters." Li Wei's expression remained calm; he showed no surprise, but rather became even more composed.

I knew I wouldn't be placed in a peaceful, ordinary timeline where I could enjoy school life and cheerful daily routines; I had to be ruthless at least a little.

It was just a zombie siege, nothing compared to the monster city incident.

However, he couldn't maintain this calm attitude for long, as he immediately thought of something else: "Oh no, Kazusa is still in the classroom!"

Thinking of this, the boy disregarded everything else, summoned the Sword of Light, grabbed Hiratsuka Shizuka's hand, and rushed out of the office.

The teachers' office building was no different from the playground at this moment. A large number of bloodthirsty zombies had already swarmed up and launched an attack without regard for anything after seeing the two living beings.

For students without practical experience, zombies are still too overpowered, but for teenagers, these zombies that act on instinct alone can't pose much of a threat, and their strength is not as high as when they train with Scáthach.

A zombie had already leaped into the air impatiently, ready to tear off fresh flesh. Judging from his clothes, he seemed to be the teacher from before, but there was no time to care about teacher-student relationships at this point.

Li Wei was even faster. Even without magic, the sharpness of his sword of light far surpassed that of any ordinary iron. In Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes, the boy she had known since childhood pulled out a glowing weapon over a meter long from somewhere and sliced ​​through every zombie blocking her path like a hot knife through butter.

Every strike he made was perfectly timed, without wasting a single ounce of energy. He moved with effortless grace, his footwork perfectly steady. Each strike delivered devastating damage without causing him to overexert himself; killing was like a beautiful work of art in his hands.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Hey, hey, hey, Avi, what's wrong with you? Doesn't this kind of bloody scene affect you at all? Why are you so skilled at it?"

Li Wei raised his hand and chopped a man who seemed to have been named Ze Naga Taisuke in two: "I don't know, maybe I was born with superhuman strength."

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "This has nothing to do with strength or anything like that. And where did this sword come from? I've never seen it before."

The boy swung his hand and cleaved a purple-haired kelp-headed zombie that looked somewhat familiar but he couldn't quite place in the image in two: "Hiratsuka-nee, didn't you know that it used to be popular to pull swords out of girls' bodies? It's normal for me to pull a sword out of my own body, right?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "It's really normal... what the hell? What's going on today? Am I still dreaming?"

Li Wei slashed down a row of zombies with one sword. One of them, wearing a white coat, was Hirasaka Ryuji, who had come to apply for the school doctor position today. It seemed he wouldn't be getting the job: "Hypnotizing yourself when you're in danger is suicidal, Hiratsuka Shizuka. You'd be better off using that time to keep an eye on my 72-degree blind spot."

The human eye's field of vision is about 75 degrees, plus peripheral vision it's about 120 degrees, and with the left and right head movements it's 288 degrees. Only the 72 degrees behind the head are blind spots that are completely invisible without twisting the upper body.

Of course, this excludes some ruthless individuals who possess the keen insight to see through danger.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Don't just brush this off like that, you brat. Do you think I'm stupid?"

Li Wei: "Actually, I am a visitor from another timeline. In that timeline, strong people can fire beam cannons as easily as drinking water, and everyone can dismantle Gundams with their bare hands. You are also someone who can unleash killing intent waves and release Instant Hell Kill."

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "You might as well be lying to me. Only a fool would believe such a lie."

Li Wei: "..."

Confucius once said that women and petty men are difficult to deal with; if you get close to them, they will resent you, and if you get involved with them, they will become unruly. Today, I have seen this in Hiratsuka-nee.

When I tell the truth, nobody believes me, but when I lie, many people are eager to believe me. I feel helpless about it.

"Never mind, I'll explain later." Seeing that this wasn't a good time to talk, Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't press the matter further.

She's not the kind of girl who just cries and hugs her legs when she's in danger. Even in this world without supernatural powers, she can still smash a zombie's skull with a single punch.

They fought their way through, encountering almost no force that could resist them. Before returning to the classroom, the two met up with an acquaintance they wanted to see.

Touma Kazusa and her class president Hanekawa Tsubasa each carried a broken bench leg as they followed behind Busujima Saeko.

Seeing this, Li Wei's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled back into his stomach.

"Kazusa, I'm so glad you're alright."

The boy hugged his sister tightly and carefully checked her over. He finally breathed a sigh of relief after finding her unharmed.

Their intimate posture didn't seem like a typical sibling relationship, making the other girls at the scene look at them with unusual curiosity.

Chapter 8: Obtain Shizuka Marikawa

"It's great, it's great."

If you ignore the gushing blood and pungent smell of blood all around, the scene of the siblings' reunion would surely bring tears to your eyes.

Unfortunately, this wasn't the place to talk, so after a brief moment of relief and joy, Li Wei began to think about what to do next.

It's hard to say what the situation is like in the outside world right now, but at least the entire city of Chiba has been completely overrun. It's better to consider gangsters than to rely on those civil servants and self-defense forces.

"So, what should we do next?"

At this point, there was no need to consider the demeanor of a teacher. Hiratsuka Shizuka lit a cigarette to calm her nerves, and the taste of nicotine gradually calmed her mind.

Clearly, at this moment, all the girls were watching Li Wei, with him at the center, waiting for orders.

"It's clear that we can no longer stay at the school."

After thinking for a moment, Li Wei made a judgment: "This place is densely populated, a place with a very high concentration of zombies, and it's located in the city center. Even if we can clear it out temporarily, zombies from other places will keep coming in."

Moreover, as a school, this place lacks essential living supplies. The convenience store does have some food and daily necessities, but there's no possibility of restocking. There's also a lack of medicine and other supplies. Staying here will only lead to running out of resources; we have to fight our way out.”

Everyone here is intelligent. Even though the concept of zombies doesn't exist in this world, they immediately understood the meaning behind the word after the boy uttered it.

"So, Li Wei, where do we go after we break out?" the class monitor with braided hair asked, pushing up his glasses.

"First, we'll pick up everyone's families, then find a suitable refuge location and make some adjustments. We'll need to discuss the specifics further."

The intelligence is far too scarce; even the scale of this zombie siege is unclear. If it's just an outbreak in Chiba City, it's manageable; we can simply hold our ground and wait for reinforcements. At worst, we can fight our way out. But if it's a global crisis, that's a different story.

At this point, Li Wei suddenly realized that he had never met the squad leader's family.

In the past, Yu Chuan's parents' seat was always empty during parent-teacher meetings, which made him curious about what kind of parents could raise such an outstanding child as Yu Chuan.

"My family?" The squad leader with the braided hair thought for a moment. "They are all very busy. I don't see them every day. I don't know where they are now."

"And what about the others?"

“My parents are in Tokyo right now, so we don’t need to worry about that for the time being.” Hiratsuka took a deep breath and then stubbed out her cigarette with her high heels. “Saeko’s parents are abroad right now, so they can’t help her either.”

In this way, only Yaozi needs to answer the call.

Today was the day she bought her plane ticket to go abroad, and she should still be stuck at the airport, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

I just dialed the phone number, and unsurprisingly, it was busy. Modern communication devices have become useless.

“The target has been identified. After we break out of the school, we’ll head to the airport,” Li Wei declared decisively.

With their objective determined, everyone perked up considerably. As the only male and the strongest fighter, Li Wei naturally led the way, while Hiratsuka, who could still crack open a zombie's skull with her iron fists even without extraordinary strength, walked at the rear. Saeko continued to lead the two girls in the protected center, ready to eliminate any who might slip through the net.

The group worked quickly, and after dealing with the zombies for a while, they understood their weaknesses and flaws, and soon they reached the first floor.

Then, as he passed the infirmary, the boy keenly heard faint sobbing coming from inside.

"What's wrong?" Kazusa asked Li Wei curiously.

"There sounds like survivors coming from the infirmary." Li Wei carefully pressed his ear against the door and listened, confirming that there was indeed human breathing inside. He then knocked on the door: "Survivors in the house, the zombies here have been cleared out. Do you want to come with us?"

If we don't encounter it, that's a different story; but since we have, there's no reason to stand by and watch someone die.

Soon, the sobbing inside the room stopped abruptly. Then, the door was slowly opened a crack, and a pair of eyes timidly peeked outside. Upon discovering that the person knocking was Li Wei, an excited expression immediately appeared on their face.

The moment the door opened, Li Wei was attacked.

A pair of front-mounted armors, no less impressive than those of Ruri, slammed directly into Li Wei's face. The intense pressure and friction from wearing them, along with the familiar feeling of being embraced and suffocated, made the boy feel as if he had returned to more than ten years ago, to the day when Hiratsuka took him to St. Juliana Hospital for his first check-up.

"This milky scent, this feel, this posture... it's Kikukawa-nee."

The fact that they could identify each other based solely on their familiarity with the game without even seeing each other's faces demonstrates that the two had a very good relationship.

"Waaaaah, thank goodness it's Avi! Avi's come to save me! Everyone outside has gone crazy, I'm so scared~"

Sure enough, the voice that came after the other person spoke proved that Li Wei's guess was completely correct, and at the same time, the girls behind her looked at her with hostility.

In terms of sheer power, even Saeko would have to give way, and Hanekawa would feel inferior.

Everyone liked the "breast groping" segment and other similar segments, but doing it in front of everyone was a bit too arrogant.

"Alright, alright, everything will be fine."

After spending a little time calming down the extremely stressed-out Juchuan, who was crying so hard her chest was soaked with tears, the group went into the infirmary to start preparing, washing off the bloodstains, and collecting medicine, medical alcohol, and bandages—all precious resources in the apocalypse.

Because the zombie outbreak occurred in the morning, there were few people in the infirmary. When the school doctor realized something was wrong, he immediately locked the door and hid under the bed, thus escaping the zombie attack.

"It was terrifying! I saw them eat their own classmate!"

Shizuka Marikawa, who was deeply shocked while in Li Wei's arms, had no intention of taking advantage this time. She was genuinely frightened and cried as sadly as could be.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm here, nothing will happen."

Sitting on the hospital bed comforting the school doctor, Li Wei's gaze lingered on the television screen not far away.

Since the wireless communication equipment is no longer working, will the cable TV still work? Yu Chuan, as if on cue, turned on the switch and turned the volume down to the lowest setting.

Just as he envisioned, televisions that use line-transmitted signals are still working, which is probably the only humane thing that these door-to-door toll-collecting bandits from NHK have done.

All eyes were drawn to the television screen, to the host's face, who was trying to appear calm.

P.S.: Well, some bad news. Because this book isn't doing very well right now, I'll be speeding up the plot and wrapping it up over the next few days. It's better than just finishing with an outline and ending it poorly. I'm going to start working on my new book.

I'm so sorry, dear readers, OTL.

Chapter 9: The future looks bleak~

Judging from the station logo on the microphone, this host is from TV Tokyo.

Even TV Tokyo, for the first time ever, started broadcasting emergency news instead of anime. Even the most oblivious person could sense just how urgent the situation had become.

Judging from the television footage at this moment, the reporter should be in front of the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, with a serious expression in front of the live camera.

"According to reliable sources, this strange infectious disease has spread worldwide, and the number of dead and injured is incalculable. This strange disease is highly contagious, so all citizens are urged to stay home, remain calm, and absolutely avoid being scratched by infected individuals... Wait, what's that?"

Halfway through the live broadcast, a helicopter suddenly flew out from the Prime Minister's residence behind the reporter. The camera immediately focused on the vehicle that was moving away from the scene, and the excellent zoom allowed the audience to clearly see the faces of the passengers inside the helicopter.

Is this guy with the stupid look the Japanese prime minister of this timeline? He seems kind of familiar.

Li Wei suddenly remembered that it was him who had called for the abolition of the Demon Extermination Group to save money some time ago. Apart from being born into a prestigious family, he had no ability at all. He was all talk and no action and was hated by everyone. I never thought he would become the prime minister here.

It seems Japan's future looks bleak.

Oh, no need to look to the future, the present is already dark and profound.

"Isn't that His Excellency the Prime Minister? Where is he going?" The host asked, his tone a mixture of surprise and indignation. "This direction looks like a US military base. Is he going to abandon his post and seek refuge at a US military base?"

As expected, this spoiled brat is completely unreliable. It's better to hope that Mei Li won't become a madwoman than to rely on Japanese bureaucrats.

It was at this moment that chaos erupted in the previously peaceful helicopter cockpit as a grotesque creature, seemingly without skin, suddenly appeared inside. This thing possessed strong limbs and sharp claws, with a long, powerful tongue protruding from its mouth. It appeared unable to walk upright, but it crawled and jumped with incredible speed, killing the bodyguards before they could even fire.

"What is that?" the reporter asked, voicing the question everyone wanted to ask, but no one could provide an answer.

The sudden appearance of this monster threw the helicopter into chaos. The man who had risen to the prime minister's throne was struck in the neck by the monster's elbow and fell from the helicopter like an Afghan flying man. Given that there are no supernatural powers in this world and everything is under Sir Isaac Newton's jurisdiction, he should indeed be dead.

Not long after, the helicopter, which had been completely annihilated, also lost control and crashed to the ground, bursting into a dazzling fire.

"Okay, now at least we know one thing: no government or army will come to rescue us."

Li Wei looked out the window; thick smoke and flames rose from the city, clearly indicating chaos: "We can only rely on ourselves. Let's prepare for the end of the world."

Everyone except the boy felt heavy-hearted, even Saeko and Hiratsuka-nee.