"What? You're from another world?!"
After listening to Lily and Kevin's self-introductions, Minami Rika couldn't help but exclaim.
"Keep your voice down."
Kevin casually shot out a few laser beams, piercing the heads of several zombies on the roadside.
"You should know that noise attracts these guys."
The zombies in Apocalypse are called "dead bodies."
This is a type of zombie that quickly loses all senses except hearing after being infected.
They rely on their remaining hearing to hunt.
If you accidentally make a loud noise,
these zombies will swarm in like a school of piranhas smelling blood.
"Sorry, sorry... I didn't mean to do that."
Minami Rika said in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed.
But she was indeed very shocked at this moment—after the apocalypse, she suddenly ran into two travelers from another world, and anyone who encountered them would be confused.
In comparison, the fact that she was able to accept this fact showed that she had strong mental fortitude.
Of course, this was also influenced by the contract signed with Kevin.
Thinking of this, Minami Rika couldn't help but look at Lily curiously.
In her opinion, this little girl, who was less than 1.2 meters tall, was at most an elementary school student.
"No wonder... In our world, if you attack an elementary school student, you will be arrested."
"Don't you have such laws in your world?"
Faced with this question, Kevin's mind raced for a moment before he realized that Minami Rika was talking about employing child labor.
"… What are you thinking about?"
Kevin replied with a slight smile and was about to explain.
Lily took the initiative to stand up and retorted with dissatisfaction.
"Lily is already 15 years old, which is considered an adult in Orario!"
"Height and the like... are just characteristics of us little people."
"And I'm the first person to sign a contract with the master. I'm your 'predecessor'!"
It was clear that she cared a lot about the order of who came first.
However, the information revealed in her words made Minami Rika realize something.
"Lily... So you're not human?"
"To be precise, they are a subhuman race."
Kevin interrupted the topic, which had gone slightly off course.
"This place is probably quite a distance from the city center. We need to find a means of transportation."
"You might not be able to reach the villa you mentioned before dark just on foot."
The international airport was located in a relatively remote corner of the city.
On weekdays, there was a well-developed transportation system to bring guests in and out continuously.
But at this time, the traffic in Tokyo had been paralyzed, and the streets were full of broken-down cars and zombies.
"This is easy."
Minami Rika looked around the street for a while, found a motorcycle that had stalled and fallen to the ground, and walked over to pick it up.
The owner of this motorcycle seemed to have wanted to use it to break through the encirclement of zombies, but unfortunately... he had failed.
Judging from the tragic state of the corpses left on the ground, the process of him being bitten by zombies was quite inappropriate for children.
"Yes, the key is right there."
"We still have a lot of gas left... It won't last long, but it's enough to get us to the river."
Minami Rika got on the bike with ease and turned the key.
Lily was startled by the thunderous roar coming from the motorcycle's engine.
"Boss, and 'senior'... get on."
Minami Rika waved to the two of them.
"Otherwise, those guys will surround us."
The roar of the engine attracted almost all the zombies in the nearby streets!
If they didn't break out soon, there would likely be a tough battle ahead.
"Next time, before you act on your own, I hope you can tell me."
As he spoke, Kevin sat astride the back seat of the motorcycle while holding Lily in his arms.
"Master, what is this?"
Lily's little hand tightly grasped Kevin's arm, and it was obvious that she was very nervous.
"Why is it making such a loud noise? Is it going to explode?!"
"Young senior, you can't say that casually."
Minami Rika's voice came from the front.
"Are you sitting tight? Then I'm leaving—Boss, don't touch anything with your hands, or I'll flip the bike over and show you."
Although the motorcycle seat wasn't designed for three people,
Lily was small and didn't take up much space, so it didn't affect the speed of the vehicle.
Minami Rika's driving skills were quite amazing.
Kevin felt like he was riding an untamed horse, his perspective constantly shaking and turning.
However, Minami Rika was able to maneuver the motorcycle over obstacles or pass through the horde of zombies unscathed every time.
This made Lily, who was experiencing modern transportation for the first time, nervous but also full of curiosity.
In other words, everything in this city was very new to her.
Even the doomsday street scene heading towards destruction had a unique "other world" feel to it.
"We're here."
After speeding around the city of Tokyo for about two hours, Minami Rika brought the two of them to a villa area on the riverside.
"This is where I live."
"Tsk... As expected, it has also been occupied by zombies."
Minami Rika looked at the zombies wandering near the river with a worried look on her face.
"I hope Shizuka is okay... but knowing her, it's really hard not to worry."
As a good friend, Minami Rika was naturally aware of Shizuka Marikawa's quirky and naive personality.
Normally, this would just be called "cute."
But if you're running for your life, you'll probably just be a burden.
"There's still hope, isn't there?"
Kevin glanced around and noticed some details.
"Look carefully, there are quite a few zombie corpses here, which means someone has cleared them out."
"Your friend may be very safe."
"… I hope so."
Minami Rika thought Kevin was just comforting her and said helplessly.
"My home is in this direction. I'll lead the way."
Entering the street fighting environment, Kevin switched his weapon to the grass sword.
Although the superthermal ion cannon was very useful, it was easy to miss when encountering enemies at close range.
The grass sword didn't have this problem, and Kevin could use it to easily chop off the zombies' heads.
In addition, his entire body was protected by jungle armor, so no matter how much the zombies bit him, they couldn't penetrate his defense.
Compared with the monsters in the Terraria world, these zombies were simply too weak.
After all, they were just transformed humans, and they were weak to begin with, so they wouldn't be strengthened much after death.
Unless the blood moon came a week later, Kevin could walk around Tokyo without much trouble.
"There is no one in the villa."
After arriving at the villa, Minami Rika carefully checked every room and made some discoveries.
"But there are signs that someone has stayed here, and there's more than one person."
"The ATV in the garage is gone, damn... I spent a lot of money on it."
"Don't worry, your friend must have driven it away."
Kevin's words made Minami Rika stunned.
"How did you guess that?"
"I didn't guess."
Kevin, who had walked around the living room, raised the phone in his hand.
The phone's photo album appeared on the screen, containing a recently taken photo—taken this morning.
This was a group photo, with a hot blonde school doctor, a calm swordsman girl, and two other high school girls...
But what puzzled Kevin was that the two male characters from the original protagonist group didn't seem to be included here.