The situation on the First floor was not good. It was simply too spacious, and there were many zombies gathered there.
Even if each strike took out several zombies, the commotion would attract other zombies.
Advancing little by little, it was not so simple to close the iron gate of the school building, because a lot of zombies had already gathered at the main entrance.
If these zombies couldn't be dealt with this time, then at least something had to be found to block the First floor staircase, which would prevent the zombies from going upstairs.
"Kurumi, quickly find a cabinet to block the First floor staircase! I'll cover you!"
"Oh? Okay! Okay! I understand!"
Nodding, Kurumi looked left and right, searching for something that could block the path upstairs.
Soon, she found a cabinet nearly two meters tall. This cabinet could basically block the way up, unless these zombies could climb over it, or the cabinet was completely destroyed, otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to go up.
Under Inaba Tsukiyo's cover, Kurumi, with her slender body, pushed the cabinet little by little to the staircase, wanting to completely block the staircase.
The two-meter-tall cabinet was too big for Kurumi, but Kurumi didn't know where she got the strength from, as she slowly pushed the cabinet towards the staircase.
However, the sound of Kurumi pushing the cabinet was too loud. Besides the zombies at the entrance, even the zombies in other classrooms on the First floor came out.
The First floor hall was gradually filled with zombies, densely packed, slowly approaching Inaba Tsukiyo.
Just as Kurumi was about to push the cabinet in, Inaba Tsukiyo suddenly turned and came to Kurumi's side. Before Kurumi could react, she grabbed her and threw her to the staircase.
"Tsukiyo-chan!"
Kurumi stood up from the stairs, just about to go over, but Inaba Tsukiyo had already blocked the stairs completely a step ahead, giving Kurumi no chance to come over.
"What are you doing! Tsukiyo-chan! This is too dangerous! Those guys are coming over right now!"
Kurumi said nervously. She tried to climb onto the cabinet, and through the cabinet, she found that while she was pushing it, the number of zombies gathered in the First floor hall was simply too great.
Protected by this tall two-meter-high cabinet, Kurumi was not in any danger, but Inaba Tsukiyo had to face so many zombies.
"Dangerous? Yes, facing so many enemies at once, even I find it very troublesome."
Nodding, the floor was already covered in zombie blood, and there were many corpses nearby.
But Inaba Tsukiyo didn't care about these. She cared about Kurumi's safety. From the very beginning, she had no intention of letting Kurumi face the zombie horde on the First floor with her.
The previous battles downstairs were her goal. She didn't think Kurumi had the same combat power as her, and her shovel's combat power was not enough either.
"Don't come over, Kurumi. Although it's a bit troublesome, I'm not without a way to deal with these zombies. I've seen worse scenes than this."
Yes, it's not like she hasn't seen worse situations than now. Inaba Tsukiyo was not flustered at all, or rather, she wasn't without a way to deal with these guys.
Her ring, since yesterday, she had felt changes within it. Although she didn't know what alaya had done to her important ring, she now needed the power to resolve this situation.
'Please, give me the power to save everyone. I don't want to watch the most important people die in front of me like in the past. Please protect me, Little Vi.'
Kissing the ring on her right ring finger, Inaba Tsukiyo prayed. She needed the power to save everyone; she had to eliminate these zombies.
"Although I'm a bit envious, I'll lend you my strength, master."
As if to respond to Inaba Tsukiyo, she actually saw a girl with cherry-colored short hair, an antenna-like ahoge standing straight up, and that pink kimono.
She didn't know why she could see the other party, but this girl was really beautiful, and... she seemed a little angry? She looked like she was jealous.
Although she was jealous, the girl still gently kissed Inaba Tsukiyo's forehead.
Her consciousness began to change. Inaba Tsukiyo could feel her body becoming a little different.
Raising her head, feeling the zombies less than ten meters away from her, Inaba Tsukiyo slightly drew her sword, and her body vanished from its original spot.
[Shukuchi]
A technique that instantly closes the distance with an opponent, the ultimate footwork pursued by many martial arts and martial ways. It is not simply swift agility, but a technique completed by closely combining footwork, body movement, breathing, blind spots, and many other phenomena.
[Shukuchi] was a more advanced movement technique than her previously mastered [Cloud Brilliance: Gale], or rather, it was the ultimate in movement techniques.
Before, when she moved, her body might still be discovered by those with superb martial arts, but now it was different; this already had elements of instant movement.
Inaba Tsukiyo instantly moved near the closest zombies, drawing her sword and eliminating all the nearby zombies.
As she was about to perform the next [Shukuchi], a sense of crisis came. This sense of crisis made Inaba Tsukiyo step aside, dodging the zombie's attack.
[Mind's Eye]
The ability to avoid danger by intuition and a sixth sense. Inaba Tsukiyo, who was born blind, due to her excellent sensory abilities, made her originally [Pseudo] ability advance further.
Facing hundreds of zombies alone? If it was difficult before, now Inaba Tsukiyo was confident she could do it.
"Let me see, to what extent can Elder Sister's sword technique achieve."
[Shukuchi]
[Cloud Radiance: Swift Thunder]
Accompanied by a huge thunderclap, Inaba Tsukiyo's attack seemed to carry lightning, killing a group of zombies.
This was one of the ultimate moves of Inaba Tsukiyo's Elder Sister, Narukami Koharu, known as the [Thunder God], [Swift Thunder]. These were all powerful moves that could end a battle in an instant.
But by changing this move from a single-target, immensely powerful attack into an area-of-effect technique, it could cause huge damage. The current Inaba Tsukiyo could achieve this.
Constantly moving back and forth among the zombie horde, allowing blood to splash on her body, Inaba Tsukiyo now opened her eyes. Her crimson pupils and the blood on her body made people fearful.
Kurumi's eyes widened, staring blankly at everything before her.
Originally, she was still worried about Inaba Tsukiyo, fearing that she might be in danger dealing with these zombies, and was preparing to reach out and pull Inaba Tsukiyo up when she couldn't hold on anymore.
But now, looking at it, there was no need to run at all. Even facing hundreds of zombies, Inaba Tsukiyo remained calm, even fighting more fiercely as she went on.
She even saw a rabbit behind Inaba Tsukiyo, a rabbit that could only be called a demon, as if a single glance would take one's life.
Soon, the zombies on the First floor were almost cleared. Inaba did not stop. She went directly to the main entrance, where she saw her target, the security guard who had turned into a zombie.
After easily dealing with the security guard, Inaba Tsukiyo found the key she needed on him.
Rather than a key, it was a keyring. The large number of keys made Inaba Tsukiyo unsure which one was for the iron gate.
It was at this moment that hundreds of zombies on the playground heard the commotion from the school building and all walked towards it.
The situation was a bit critical. Inaba Tsukiyo didn't know how long she could maintain this state, but the arrival of the zombies didn't allow her to try each key one by one to find the one that could open the iron gate.
The chain on the iron gate was locked, and if the key to open it wasn't found, the effectiveness of the iron gate would be reduced, which was not what they wanted.
"Let me do it, Tsukiyo-chan!"
At this moment, Kurumi rushed over. When she saw Inaba Tsukiyo finding the keys, she noticed the key on the keyring.
It was too difficult for Inaba Tsukiyo, who couldn't see anything, to find which key could close the iron gate.
Although each key had a mark, Inaba Tsukiyo couldn't see it, so only Kurumi could do this.
Without answering, Inaba Tsukiyo just nodded, handed the keys to Kurumi, and walked out of the teaching building to buy Kurumi some time.
Although the keys were marked, it would still take some time to find the iron gate key among dozens of keys.
To prevent the zombie remains from obstructing the closing of the iron gate, Inaba Tsukiyo specifically walked to a spot a little distance from the main entrance.
"Is that… Classmate Inaba! Why is she going out?! It's too dangerous!?"
Sakura Megumi and the others, who were anxiously waiting upstairs for Inaba Tsukiyo and Kurumi to return, spotted Inaba Tsukiyo running outside the teaching building and said with a panicked expression.
The plan was clearly to close the iron gate on the First floor, so why go outside? That was far too dangerous!
"Calm down, Sister Megumi. Classmate Inaba wouldn't do something like this without a reason. Think about it, she hasn't left that spot, it seems like she's blocking them to prevent those zombies from entering the teaching building."
Wakasa Yuri calmly analyzed the situation, and just as she thought, Inaba Tsukiyo chose to block the zombies there to prevent them from approaching the teaching building.
It was just that this scene was too terrifying; in their eyes, even a single zombie was enough to scare them to death, but Inaba Tsukiyo had to face hundreds at once.
Licking her dry lips, Sakura Megumi and the others tightly gripped the Rooftop railing. They watched Inaba Tsukiyo, observing her fighting stance.
Every zombie that approached Inaba Tsukiyo was dealt with; they didn't even have time to get close to her.
"You can do it, Classmate Inaba."
They could do nothing but hide in a safe place, praying for Inaba Tsukiyo's safe return.
Soon, Kurumi found the iron gate key and unlocked the chain binding the iron gate.
"It's done! Tsukiyo-chan! Hurry over here!"
Solving the nearest zombie with a single strike, Inaba Tsukiyo quickly retreated into the teaching building. Together with Kurumi, she pulled one side of the iron gate, bringing it crashing shut.