Inside a dark room with a large monitor displaying everything Siren had seen before.
A beautiful girl with bluish-black hair sat in a wheelchair. She was wearing a high school uniform, many people except her subordinates did not know her appearance was just a front to hide her other identity.
She was the leader of the Syringe organization— Reika Azuma.
Currently, her expression looked cold and and her sharp gaze kept on Shiryu's figure that she saw on the screen.
"Find out that man's identity."
Siren's death did not sadden her, instead she was upset at her inability to bring Shiryu to her organization's headquarters.
She even failed to get his name. Because of that, Reika ordered her other subordinates to search for information on Shiryu.
She was curious about him, especially the kind of power he used to kill zombies and super soldiers like Siren.
If the people in her organization including herself could possess something similar (Taima Particles)...
Wouldn't that be great?
Ah, Shiryu's extremely handsome appearance also fascinated Reika a little.
She wanted to make him her dog to help her defeat the people of Black Label or anyone else who tried to get in the way of her plans.
The woman standing not far behind her said, "Alright, princess."
On the other side.
Shiryu still hadn't left the Takagi family residence. He was still killing zombies in the courtyard, he was doing so to improve his skills in manipulating Taima Particles.
With the blade of the sword glowing with a faint blue light, he cut down every zombie that attacked him and made them into ice sculptures.
The scene was witnessed by the surviving soldiers and refugees, and hid inside the villa.
They were watching Shiryu from the window.
"H-How can he freeze those zombies?"
"His sword is glowing too!"
"Did you forget? Before, he was emitting a green aura from his body."
"He's so strong! With him around, we'll all survive, right?"
That's what they said.
Shirogane, Ishigami, Junichiro and Kohta were among them. Although they could not find Kaguya and the other girls, they also hoped that Shiryu could save them.
However, the number of zombies entering the shelter continued to grow. Shiryu did not think he would kill them all.
Under everyone's gaze, he suddenly sheathed his katana.
"Half an hour is my limit. More than that, I'll run out of Taima Particles to strengthen my attack..."
"Well, it's time to leave this place and catch up with my women"
He glanced at the people in the villa with a smile before waving one of his hands and running to the back door.
His speed was no less than that of a Siren who had been injected with the D99 virus.
[Host, are you really leaving?]
Of course, you think I'm Captain America? I have his powers, but not his hero complex.
Shiryu frowned at the thought of having to kill an endless number of zombies throughout the night.
Just to protect the protagonists and people he didn't know?
Sorry, that's not possible.
His stamina was limited and protecting his women was his priority.
System-chan was speechless.
Her host really wasn't a hero.
However, he might be called a protagonist?
"....." Everyone in the villa.
Because Shiryu ran as if he was running away, there was no longer anyone to hold back the zombies that kept coming to the shelter.
"Where did he go?"
"He... He ran away and left us?"
"W-We're all going to die!"
The remaining survivors were panicking. Right now, they could even hear the zombies trying to break down the door.
Shirogane and the boys in his group were dumbfounded.
"Did Shiryu really leave us?"
Junichi was about to answer Shirogane's question, but Ishigami interrupted him with a shout.
"That bastard! Just like Takashi said, he's evil! All this time he pretended to be nice to seduce Shinomiya-senpai and the other girls! It's over! President, what should we do!? I-I don't want to die!"
The boy cried while clutching one of Shirogane's arms.
Shirogane's face became grim, he remembered what Takashi had said. But more than that and regretted not believing it more.
Imagining Shiryu hugging Kaguya and even his younger sister, Kei...
No, I can't let that happen!
Protagonist Shirogane clenched his fists, but he did not realize that he was already too late.
Even if he managed to survive this situation, Kei had already marked Shiryu and Kaguya had also been mesmerized by him.
"Ishigami, calm down! For now, we should also escape from this place!"
"B-But president... We have to break through the crowd of zombies to do that."
Ishigami was desperate, he still didn't dare to fight the infected people.
He was too cowardly.
"Ishigami, we have no other choice!" Shirogane felt his head spin, he scolded Ishigami.
Just then, Kohta raised his voice. "Everyone! Don't be so anxious, don't you see what's in my hand?"
In his hand, there was the firearm he had taken from one of the dead soldiers at the entrance of the villa.
He confidently said, "With a firearm, our chances of winning against those zombies are increased. At the very least, I believe we can leave this place alive. Only, you must also have the courage to kill those creatures with me. Shirogane, Ishigami, Junichi. You can also pick up the weapons the soldiers dropped. We must hurry!"
Shirogane, Ishigami and Junichi looked at the fat boy with glasses in awe.
Hadn't he somehow looked depressed and become so quiet since the afternoon? They didn't know what he had even been crying over.
In this situation, he suddenly spoke words that gave them courage and confidence.
If Shiryu was here, he would wonder if Takashi's protagonist halo had transferred to Kohta?
Just kidding.
That's not possible.
What happened to Kohta was more accurately called character development. Probably after he saw her screwing the girl he liked, Saya. In other words, experiencing the same feelings as NTR's victim.
In a desperate situation, he was driven to change. Still, I don't know what his motivation is.
Soon, they all ran from that place. Shirogane and the others followed Kohta.
[Host, I detected a heroine's presence. Her location is not far from you.]
"You have such a feature? Don't tell me those gunshots..."
[Yes and maybe.]
Shiryu's lips twitched. Could this woman give him a convincing answer?
"How about you make this into another rescue quest?"
[Sorry, but no. Quests can only be triggered randomly.]
System-chan is stingy.
But since it was another heroine, Shiryu was reluctant to pass up this opportunity. I mean the chance to do a heroine rescue.
...
Meanwhile.
Right after hearing of her father's death, Saya was of course sad and tried to refrain from crying. She wondered if she should tell her mother now?
She did not blame Shiryu for killing her infected father. Actually, she was more worried about him when she heard her father attacked him.
If Souichiro knew what his daughter was thinking, he might vomit blood.
Your father became a zombie, but Saya... You're more worried about your boyfriend?!
Saya and the other girls were now on the school bus. Moments ago, Yuriko picked them up using the school bus and explained what happened during the trip.
For example about Shiryu telling her to leave and him trying to help defend the sanctuary.
Without Shiryu realizing it, it made girls like Kaguya moved and their fondness for him again increased.
They thought what he wrote in his diary earlier was true. He was willing to risk his life for them.
Because of that, Kei did not even blame him for escaping from the shelter without bringing her older brother.
"Is this the right direction?" Yuriko asked.
As far as she knew, they were now heading towards Shiryu's house.
She hadn't noticed the change in atmosphere after Shiryu updated the contents of his diary.
Her daughter even hid her sadness so that she would not worry for now.
"This is the right direction, Yuriko-san. But... We should take another road." The one who answered her question was Saeko.
"Why should we... Ah, you're right." Yuriko suddenly realized the reason why they should take another road.
It was because not far ahead of them, the highway was filled with many abandoned cars. Many of their owners must have fled or turned into zombies wandering there.
There were also many fires burning many vehicles and some buildings. Vehicles like buses would find it difficult to pass through that road.
At night, the scene also looked even scarier.
For safety's sake, Yuriko tried to find a safer route.
A traffic jam filled with wrecked cars. A purple-haired woman had just run out of ammunition in her sniper rifle and was forced to use a spare pistol while running backwards.
She was none other than Rika. Her mission on the airport tarmac had failed and her teammate, Tajima had been bitten by a zombie moments ago.
He was among the zombies that were chasing her now.
"Damn... they're endless! Die, you rotting corpses!"
The sound of Rika's ragged breathing was followed by the rhythmic sound of pistol shots. Her own shots attracted the attention of the other zombies in the city, but she had no other choice to protect herself.
*Bang! Bang!*
She shot two approaching zombies, but another horde appeared from behind the overturned bus.
Rika paused to reload. "I told you it was a bad idea to go this way. Tajima, you bastard! Take this!"
She cursed Tajima who had become a zombie because if it wasn't for him, they weren't in a territory that seemed to be infested with zombies.
With a click, the gun jammed. Rika's expression frozen for a moment, she immediately looked around her and ran to the entrance of a shop.
However, she couldn't open it because it was locked. At that moment, a group of zombies including Tajima surrounded her
"Ah, come on... not now. I don't want to die in this ridiculous way!"
She panicked and couldn't help but think of the owner of the diary.
If only he were here to help her like he did with the heroines.
Just when Rika was thinking that. Suddenly and coincidentally, Shiryu's voice rang out.
"Bow your head!"
Blue light shone on the backs of the zombies swarming her, Rika reflexively ducked as she sensed a much greater danger was coming.
And sure enough, the heads of the zombies including Tajima were severed by Shiryu's slash and their bodies turned into ice sculptures.
His slash also cut through the door and the store front that was behind Rika at this time. If she hadn't crouched down...
Rika gulped, she too would have lost her head.
What was that? Superpower like Shiryu often mentioned in his diary?
Wait, is the man in front of her...
"Are you Shiryu?"
"Oh? Am I so famous that many beautiful women recognize me at a glance?"
Shiryu sheathed his katana, he walked up to Rika and extended one of his hands to her.
Rika took his hand and stood up while pulling her body to his. In her mind, she was surprised that the owner of the diary she had always read didn't look like a high school student at all.
Or rather, he looked the same age as her and was very handsome! His figure was also much better than the well-trained soldiers like Tajima and other men she had seen.
"Not satisfied with just my friend, Shizuka. You also tried to seduce me? Still, thank you. You came right on time."
"As I expected, you also have a copy of my diary, Rika Minami."
Shiryu glanced down. Don't misunderstand, he did that as if looking at the copy of his diary that was on the woman in front of him.
However, he couldn't help but glance at Rika's large breasts that were now drenched in sweat. Hmm... she looked even more beautiful and sexy than he thought.
He had already decided, she would also be his future wife.
Rika didn't know what Shiryu was thinking, but she knew what the look he was giving her meant. Instead of displeasure or disgust, women with personalities like hers were amused.
"You also know me in one glance. Let me guess, I'm also the heroine in the original work?"
"Yes, you're just like Shizuka and the other women in my group."
"Oh, did you like what you saw?"
"I liked it."
Shiryu answered honestly and still did not let go of her hand.
Rika was surprised and giggled, "You're an honest guy. Not bad, I'll consider letting you taste them."
"Them? You mean..."
Shiryu again glanced at the pair of beautiful brown breasts in front of him.
Once again, he was happy to have a figure like Captain America.
Otherwise, would Rika have seduced him with her body just because he had saved her?
"....." Tajima.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, but it's in a frozen state. His eyes were fixed on the two people flirting with each other before his eyes.
When he was human, Rika had always refused to let him do perverted things to her.
But now? Rika was being proactive and seducing the other man with her body.
Tajima would feel green and very jealous of Shiryu.
"What you think might be true~ But, I have to take a shower first. My house is nearby, do you want to stop by first?"
Rika pointed in a certain direction.
Shiryu grinned and immediately picked her up. "Alright, hold on tight. I'll get us there quickly."
"How brave. A woman like Shizuka would have ended up in bed with you long ago."
Rika did not resist being carried, or rather she was relieved because to be honest, she was very tired after running for hours.
She wrapped her arms around the neck of the man much younger than her and looked at him flirtatiously.
Shiryu didn't answer, he ran straight towards Rika's house and didn't let the surrounding zombies catch up with them.
After this, he also had to update the contents of his diary and tell his women that he might not be coming home tonight.