Chapter 65

Lin Yifan slowly parked his motorcycle in front of the gas station. It was already late, and the street was unusually quiet, with not a single zombie in sight.

After stopping the bike, Lin Yifan turned to look at Komatsu Rei. Only then did he begin to take a closer look at the first female lead of *High School of the Dead*.

To be honest, Komatsu Rei was quite pretty, but she didn't have the stunning aura that Takashima Sae possessed, nor the cute and tsundere demeanor of Saeko.

She just seemed like an ordinary high school girl, a typical neighbor.

From the moment he entered, Lin Yifan had never intended to seek out Komatsu Rei.

She was childhood friends with the male protagonist, Koushaku Takashi, and was dating his best friend, Naoe Gou. The relationship was too complicated, and Lin Yifan didn't want to waste his energy getting entangled in it.

After all, he was here to kidnap the most powerful character, Takashima Sae, and complete his mission to earn some money.

Standing at the gas station, Lin Yifan couldn't help but feel a bit melancholic.

A simple mission would have been much easier if those cycle hunters hadn't come to stir things up.

Once he returned to the Infinite City, he would need to thoroughly understand the situation there.

Hunters, chases, group grudges, and interests—there were too many complex issues, and Lin Yifan planned to start from the bottom to understand them.

He patted his head, feeling that it was too early to think about these things now. He needed to focus on how to catch the berserk zombie first.

"You stay here. I'll go inside to get some money to refuel the motorcycle."

Lin Yifan found an excuse to let Komatsu Rei stay outside while he walked into the empty service station.

In the current situation, someone unfamiliar with the original story might not think of it.

This was a very risky move. If the plot progressed as it did, Komatsu Rei would encounter a crazy survivor, who might turn into a berserk zombie.

Lin Yifan was using Komatsu Rei as bait to lure out the fish.

He wanted to see if the crazy survivor could mutate into a berserk zombie. This was the only way he could think of to quickly find a berserk zombie.

If he searched all over Japan for a berserk zombie, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Inside the service station, Lin Yifan pried open the cash register, pretending to search while observing the street.

Night had fallen, and the streetlights flickered on the empty street. All the windows of the surrounding buildings were dark, except for the lights in the gas station and the advertisements.

Standing in front of the cash register, Lin Yifan observed Komatsu Rei, who looked uneasy, tightly hugging her bayonet-equipped rifle and constantly looking around, afraid of being ambushed by zombies.

Komatsu Rei stood alone in the gas station, with only a motorcycle beside her. She felt very uneasy and silently pleaded for Lin Yifan to quickly get the money and return.

However, after five minutes, Lin Yifan didn't see the crazy survivor who might become a berserk zombie, and Komatsu Rei became increasingly anxious.

Feeling scared, Komatsu Rei walked inside and called out softly, "Lin-kun? Lin-kun, where are you? Don't scare me..."

Lin Yifan, standing in the dark corner of the service station, remained silent, hoping someone would come.

Komatsu Rei's heart raced. She was afraid that Lin Yifan would abandon her. She had no feelings for him, but her survival instinct told her that staying with Lin Yifan was the only way to survive.

After seeing Lin Yifan's magic trick today and listening to the conversation between Takashima Sae and Saeko, Komatsu Rei didn't know what kind of world they had gone to, but she believed that Lin Yifan could take her away from this apocalypse.

"Lin-kun, please don't scare me. I really can't stay alone outside. Please."

Komatsu Rei's voice was filled with pleading. One by one, the familiar people around her had died, and she didn't know who to rely on anymore.

Hiding in the dark, Lin Yifan suddenly found this feeling quite enjoyable, a bit like pranking someone. Especially seeing Komatsu Rei shivering, he felt a twisted sense of satisfaction.

Just as he was observing Komatsu Rei with a mocking gaze, several figures appeared on the street, and Lin Yifan instinctively gripped his rifle.

Zombies?

When the figures ran into the light from the darkness, Lin Yifan saw that they were ordinary survivors, including blue-collar workers, white-collar women, and otakus.

They ran over hurriedly and, seeing Komatsu Rei standing there, shouted, "Run! Run!"

"Run?" Komatsu Rei, holding her gun, was stunned for a moment and raised her gun at them. "Don't come closer!"

"She has a gun!"

The ordinary survivors didn't care about Komatsu Rei's raised gun, even though the bayonet was clearly pointing at them.

Their first reaction was to take Komatsu Rei's rifle!

"Kid, hand over the gun, quickly!"

Komatsu Rei took a few steps back, terrified by the survivors' sudden aggression. Her voice caught in her throat, and she finally managed to shout, "Lin... Lin-kun!"

Hiding in the dark, Lin Yifan couldn't stay still anymore. Not only did the survivors want to take her gun, but they also wanted to ride off on his motorcycle.

Seeing one of the survivors mount the motorcycle, Lin Yifan, holding his phone, lightly pressed a button, and the motorcycle, which had already started, suddenly stalled.

Lock the bike!

"What the hell? This damn motorcycle, how can this be!" The survivor kicked the motorcycle, but it wouldn't start because Lin Yifan had locked it with his phone.

As several survivors surrounded Komatsu Rei, they greedily eyed her rifle and her beauty.

"Little girl, hand over the gun and come with us. Leave here quickly; there are many zombies behind us."

A middle-aged pervert approached her with a sinister smile.

"Who will... who will save me." Her eyes trembling, Komatsu Rei kept backing up until she was against the gas pump, with nowhere to go.

Just as the survivors thought they had her cornered, a figure pushed open the glass door and walked out, drawing a short knife and stabbing one of them without a word.

"He..."

The survivors were stunned, watching Lin Yifan stab someone without hesitation. The survivors, still holding onto the morning's civilized mindset, felt like they were in a dream.

Stabbing and pulling out, he stabbed a few more times, and the intestines spilled out from the wound under the terrified gaze of the middle-aged pervert.

Leaning close to the middle-aged man's face, Lin Yifan wiped the blood-stained knife on his white shirt and gently pushed him, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.

"Ah!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream broke the night's silence, accompanied by the screams and curses of the survivors. Lin Yifan raised his gun and fired several shots without hesitation.

Apart from the middle-aged pervert who had been stabbed to death, Lin Yifan's shots were just to scare them and drive the annoying survivors away.

Putting down his gun, Lin Yifan reached out and pulled Komatsu Rei's delicate hand, leading her away from the gas pump.

Held tightly by Lin Yifan's large hand, Komatsu Rei, still trembling, let him lead her away.

Looking at his back with a complex expression, Komatsu Rei didn't know whether to be grateful or resentful.

But... the sense of security he gave her was enough, and there was nothing to complain about.

Lin Yifan, unaware of Komatsu Rei's thoughts, added, "Those scum just thought you were an easy target. You're too weak, so I didn't choose you."

"Too weak?" Komatsu Rei didn't fully understand what Lin Yifan meant. She didn't know his purpose for coming to this world, which was simply to kidnap the strongest fighter.

"You need to learn to be like me. When facing those vicious people, stab them with a knife, hard and fast! They only fear those who are crazy and don't care about their lives. Understand?"

Komatsu Rei, only half-understanding, nodded dumbly. She didn't have Saeko's high IQ and found it hard to understand what Lin Yifan was saying, especially why he didn't choose her.

Pulling Komatsu Rei, Lin Yifan felt a bit frustrated. He hadn't caught the thug he was waiting for, but instead, he had encountered a group of survivors and the horde of zombies they attracted.

"Get on the bike. We'll take it one step at a time. I'll take you to Nara Rika's apartment."

Lin Yifan, with no clear plan, didn't know what to do next. The gas station was about to be surrounded by the approaching horde, and everything was not going according to the plot. From the beginning, everything had been different from the original story.

If he couldn't catch the berserk zombie, wouldn't he be stuck in this world forever?

With a heavy heart, Lin Yifan started the motorcycle and drove away from the gas station with Komatsu Rei.

However, he didn't notice that in the distant horde, a smiling zombie was staring at the departing motorcycle, his lips slightly moving, "I found you."

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