Chapter 92: Gathering
"We’ll be best friends forever, right, Misuzu?" A gorgeous young woman, looking no older than 19 or 20, with shoulder-length black hair tied back in a ponytail asked, slightly out of breath as she ran next to another woman, "We’ll make it out of this!"
The two women, one of whom was Misuzu Ichijou and the other who was Toshimi Niki, were running through a hallway in Fujimi Academy, heading to the school’s entrance. Behind them, a horde of undead was walking toward their voices, intent on devouring the duo.
"Of course, Toshimi!" The girl running next to her, who was holding Toshimi’s hand and had shoulder-length brunette hair, nodded with a bright smile on her face, "We’re going to get out of here alive!"
Then, as if on cue, a hand suddenly lashed out as the duo ran past a staircase. A zombie was slumped on the ground, crawling up the staircase as it was out of view until the two girls reached it. It’s hand clamped around Toshimi’s ankle, and the girl let out a yelp as she was yanked down onto the stairs. She fell flat on her stomach, reaching upward towards Misuzu, who stood at the top.
"H-Help me, Misuzu! Pull me up!" Toshimi called, not letting go of her best friend’s hand even as the zombie started to drag her down the staircase.
"Let go!"
"W-What?" Toshimi asked blankly, her face dropping as, instead of trying to help her, it looked like Misuzu was actually trying to pull away from Toshimi’s grip.
"I said let go, bitch!" That image was proven to be accurate as Misuzu raised her foot, promptly slamming the bottom of her shoe into Toshimi’s face and sending her tumbling down the stairs into a trio of zombies waiting at the bottom.
"M-Misuzu! W-Why-" Her sentence cut off into a horrified scream as one of the zombies bent down, opening his mouth as he aimed for her neck, "D-Don’t! Don’t touch me!"
His teeth got closer, and his jaw started to close as he bit down - and then, I blandly swung my sword, lobbing off both his and the other two zombies’ heads as I glanced up at Misuzu.
"That was cold," I said bluntly, watching as the woman’s eyes went wide as her friend didn’t get eaten.