Zongman: Evolution Paradise Chapter 004

Amidst his thoughts, someone else rushed into the infirmary.

The newcomer had long purple hair and azure eyes, her expression solemn yet calm. Dressed in a green school uniform, she held a wooden katana stained with some blood, indicating she had fought her way through.

Judging by her size, she was probably a protagonist.

Xu Lun estimated, a sudden thought striking him, as the biggest characteristic of this anime in his memory was how “big” everything was.

“Who are you?”

Saeko Busujima stared intently at Xu Lun, the several zombies with blown-out heads in the infirmary proving that this guy wasn’t just for show.

“He’s Xu Lun, a student from our school.”

Shizuka Marikawa explained, tapping her chin with a finger, then asked curiously, “Busujima-san, what’s the situation like outside?”

“There are zombies everywhere, and people who get bitten become infected. We can’t reach the police station either; everything outside is completely paralyzed.”

“How troublesome. Dying and turning into biting monsters, it’s just like those gore-filled movies.”

Shizuka Marikawa was putting some medicines from the cabinet into a first-aid kit.

“Just a moment, I want to bring more things.”

Saeko Busujima glanced at Xu Lun. How could Fujimi High School have a student of this build? Nearly two meters tall was extremely rare, or rather, unheard of, in all of Japan.

But she didn’t expose him. Instead, she thanked Xu Lun: “Thank you, Xu Lun-kun, for protecting Marikawa-sensei. I am Saeko Busujima from the Kendo Club, Class 3-A.”

“Busujima-san, did you specifically come to rescue Marikawa-sensei?”

Xu Lun asked curiously. It was the end of the world; why would she specifically run to save a school nurse? Was she here to collect medicines?

“I happen to know Marikawa-sensei, and I was worried her personality might put her in danger.”

Is she warning me not to harm Shizuka Marikawa?

Do I look that much like a bad guy?

Xu Lun thought carefully about his physique. Well, he did not really look like a good person.

“We need to leave quickly.”

Xu Lun told Saeko Busujima.

This was the initial period of the virus outbreak, a time of explosive zombie growth. If they didn’t leave now, once everyone in the school died, the outside would probably be swarming with zombies.

And he couldn’t stay in this school forever. Since the mission evaluation could be improved, he had to explore the specific methods.

“Let’s go to the parking lot first. Finding a vehicle would be much more convenient.”

Shizuka Marikawa also pondered, “If we’re going to drive, we’ll need to go to the office for the keys.”

Xu Lun looked at Shizuka Marikawa. She had already packed the first-aid kit and hung it on her back.

“Marikawa-sensei, isn’t your skirt a bit inconvenient?”

Xu Lun looked at Shizuka Marikawa’s tight-fitting pencil skirt that hugged her thighs. Such clothing made it impossible to run; it would be disastrous if she tripped in a horde of zombies.

“I’ll do it.” Saeko Busujima made a decisive move, crouching down and unhesitatingly tearing open the pencil skirt on one side of Shizuka Marikawa’s thigh.

“Ah, this was a designer brand!” Shizuka Marikawa waved her arms, a displeased expression on her face, protesting softly.

“Which is more important, clothes or life?” Saeko Busujima looked up, her eyes firm and calm, asking Shizuka Marikawa.

“Both are important!” Shizuka Marikawa puffed out her cheeks, stubbornly replying.

Saeko Busujima sighed helplessly. This was why she worried about Shizuka Marikawa.

“Also, Xu Lun, stop looking.” Shizuka Marikawa suddenly turned her head, glaring at Xu Lun, her cheeks puffed out.

Xu Lun averted his gaze, muttering to himself.

It was purple…

“Then let’s go.”

Pushing open the door, the corridor still bore traces of blood and limbs, emitting a strong smell of gore. Wandering zombies were quickly attracted, drooling foul saliva as they lunged forward.

“Roar!”

Then their heads were easily blown apart by Xu Lun.

Leaving Saeko Busujima behind him with an expression of disbelief.

As a national kendo champion, she considered her strength to be considerable, yet she could only shatter a zombie’s head. She couldn’t imagine how much strength Xu Lun possessed to be able to instantly blow a zombie’s head apart with a casual strike.

Unable to contain her inner surprise, Saeko Busujima couldn’t help but ask Xu Lun, “Who exactly are you?”

Xu Lun casually blew apart two more zombies, then waved his bandaged right hand.

“Me?”

“Fourth place in the Neon Province Youth Karate Tournament, three-time consecutive champion.”

???

Saeko Busujima’s mind was filled with question marks.

Where was Neon Province?

Why was it a youth karate tournament?

And fourth place?

Three-time consecutive?

Has karate become so terrifying now?

Shizuka Marikawa, however, clapped her hands enthusiastically, which attracted zombie attacks. She hurriedly moved closer to Xu Lun.

“These zombies seem to be more sensitive to sound.”

Xu Lun noticed this and motioned for them to be quiet.

Sure enough, the zombies seemed unable to see their prey and stopped attacking, wandering in the corridor.

Completely lost their sight, relying on hearing to find prey?

Although he wasn’t afraid of these zombies, it was good to have less trouble. Suddenly becoming a “reserve player” as the Paradise mentioned, and encountering so many things, Xu Lun still had many thoughts to sort out. Since he had to survive for seven days, there was no rush to “farm points” now.

He and the two women successfully passed through the corridor and crossed the skybridge between the school buildings towards the office. There were far fewer zombies here, possibly attracted away by people in other areas.

Xu Lun also saw Saeko Busujima’s strength. He didn’t understand kendo, but from her power and speed, Saeko Busujima’s strength was incredibly abnormal compared to ordinary people. She was a very good combat asset.

Suddenly, a scream echoed, followed by the roar of a chainsaw that reverberated throughout the school building.

“Someone?”

Saeko Busujima slowed her pace and said.

“Let’s go check it out.”

Xu Lun remembered this seemed to be a famous scene.

The sound was near the office. When Xu Lun arrived at the classroom, he witnessed a pink-haired girl attacking a zombie with a drill. The zombie was caught in the drill, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

“The pinker the hair, the fiercer the fight.”

Xu Lun was somewhat amazed. Fortunately, Ms. Kirisu didn’t have such a violent personality.

There were already several people present: a male high school student who looked like a protagonist, a terrified fat man holding a nail gun, a brown-haired girl, plus the blonde and purple-haired girls beside Xu Lun. It felt like the classic survival team from a movie was complete.

The pink-haired girl had already stopped her drill under the persuasion of the brown-haired girl. She was now trembling and collapsed on the ground, crying while hugging the brown-haired girl.

“The drill is so loud, this place should be surrounded by zombies very soon.”

Xu Lun couldn’t help but warn them. He absolutely hated crying; hearing such sounds was like suffering from noise pollution.

And in this situation, why weren’t they running? Were they waiting for the protagonist’s halo to activate? Fortunately, this wasn’t some dark and grim anime, otherwise, they’d probably have to sacrifice the brown-haired girl’s head to proceed to the next plot point.

“This student is right, we need to leave quickly, Rei.”

The black-haired high school student spoke, stepping forward to help the pink-haired girl up.

This must be the protagonist, Xu Lun thought. He was a little curious if killing the original protagonist would increase the so-called trial score.

There were many people present, and most of them had combat abilities. Xu Lun simply stayed by Shizuka Marikawa’s side, acting like a patient and slacking off, while observing the group.

“You’re Saeko Busujima, the national kendo champion from last year, right?”

The brown-haired girl’s eyes sparkled as she watched Saeko Busujima dispatch a zombie with each swing of her sword.

Her name was Rei Miyamoto, a member of the spear club, and she had an intimate relationship with the male protagonist, Takashi Komuro, possibly the main love interest.

“Your spear skills are also excellent, Miyamoto-san.”

The spear skills here referred to the use of a long spear. The chubby boy named Kohta Hirano, on the other hand, had fashioned a nail gun that hit its target every time, reportedly learned from a summer camp. Xu Lun felt that this kind of talent had the potential to appear in an episode set in Tokyo’s Beika City.

Shizuka Marikawa pondered beside Xu Lun why Saeko Busujima, the kendo champion, didn’t seem as formidable as Xu Lun, the karate fourth-place finisher.

“By the way, is this student from our school?”

Takashi Komuro looked at Xu Lun suspiciously, especially the bandage on his hand. In this situation, one couldn’t help but make certain associations.

“Due to some special circumstances, I usually didn’t come to school. It just so happened that I came to process my withdrawal today and encountered this.”

“The injury on my hand, well, I fell.”

Xu Lun casually made up an excuse, filling the gap in his identity. The teachers were probably mostly dead by now, so no one should be able to refute him.

Such words clearly wouldn’t earn their trust, but Xu Lun didn’t care about their attitude either; he was only staying here for seven days.

Now, they had reached the office.