I’m In A World Infested By Zombies… But I Have Special Perks As A Formerly Isekai’d Person! - Chapter 6: Kumakura Hayato and Shiraishi Yui

Chapter 6: Kumakura Hayato and Shiraishi Yui

“If we assume that the virus can be removed before zombification, and I were the one to carry it out—would the adult Yui be willing to pay the price?”

Hayato, who had taken out a spear from his spatial storage and shown it to Yui, asked her again.

He had emphasized her being an adult because when he said, “So, Yui-chan is” Yui had responded, “18, an adult!” and asked to be treated as an adult.

This time, Yui, who had been in a state of complete disbelief, moved to a state of half-belief, leaning more towards believing Hayato, and asked him.

“I was summoned to another world three years ago.”

Yui closed her mouth and looked at Hayato, urging him to continue.

“When you cross dimensions, you gain special powers.”

The people who summoned Hayato were from a human nation in another world with a civilization level equivalent to the Middle Ages.

The purpose of the summons was to seek power to defeat the Demon King of the demons.

As for how they summoned him, Hayato wasn’t quite sure.

One thing he could imagine was the existence of a super civilization that far surpassed the Earth.

—Perhaps a super civilization from the past installed a transfer device.

– Physical enhancement was automatically performed by the device to ensure the user could withstand the transfer.

– Sacred magic was performed when using the device, involving genetic modification and the implantation of nanomachines.

– Spatial storage was an embedded terminal created by the super civilization, which digitized objects. There was a capacity limit for the amount of data the terminal could hold, and the safety mechanism prevented living beings from being stored.

– Conversations with people from the other world were automatically translated by the embedded terminal.

– People from the other world didn’t use the device themselves because there was none on the Earth side, and they lacked an understanding of the device.

– The transfer period opening up was because the super civilization wasn’t managing it, and energy was being accumulated.

– In the past, when a transferer was killed and the device couldn’t be used, it was simply because the device was broken.

– The similarity in the planetary environment between Earth and the other world was due to the super civilization’s terraforming.

– The similarity in culture between Earth and the other world was due to the transferers bringing materials and knowledge.

Those reasons were understandable to Hayato.

Whether they were true or not was uncertain.

In any case, Hayato had gained power through his summons to the other world.

“After being summoned, I was told to fight against the demons, and I was worked like a dog.”

“……Yeah.”

“And when the battle was over, I was sent back because it was dangerous to have a wild beast like me around.”

Understanding flashed in Yui’s eyes, along with pity and sympathy.

“So I think I can remove the virus. Because there were zombies in the other world, and I could cure them with sacred magic.”

“Could it be that the virus flowed in when you were summoned?”

“……It’s possible.”

Not only was it possible, but the timing was too suspicious.

“I can’t tell anyone about my powers. I don’t want to be locked up as a vaccine, and I don’t want to be blamed for the virus flowing in. It’s not my fault.”

“But if you have that power, can’t you escape?”

Hayato thought for a moment and then shook his head.

“It’s probably impossible. Even with the strength of a bear, I can’t beat a machine gun from the Self-Defense Forces.”

Hayato had no desire to wander through black nations.

“I can’t join a large community. But you, Yui, who was expelled after being infected, might be a good fit as my partner. If I help someone on the brink of death, I become their savior.”

Yui’s expression tightened for a moment as Hayato explained.

But Yui quickly found a way to counterattack and went on the offensive.

“……The cause of the virus!”

“I already said it’s not my fault!”

Hayato sighed, considering the situation on Earth and his own position.

The people of the other world, with their medieval-level civilization, probably didn’t even have the concept of a virus.

As for the super civilization he imagined had installed the transfer device, he had no idea where they were.

Even if Hayato spread his theory on Earth, it wouldn’t reach them, and he would only be blamed.

“So, I’m looking for a partner to help me live with the benefits of my transfer. What do you think?”

Yui fell silent, her expression pensive.

Various emotions could be seen in her eyes.

After a while, Yui spoke quietly.

“Don’t you think I might sell you to someone else?”

Hayato showed a moment of surprise, but quickly regained his composure.

“If it’s known that you’ve been cured of the zombie virus, you might be locked up for life to have your immunity checked.”

“Ugh…”

Yui groaned at Hayato’s point.

If she didn’t receive Hayato’s sacred magic, she would turn into a zombie as she was.

But if she was helped, she would be bound to him.

“It’ll be easier if we work together. What do you say, junior?”

Hayato, remembering that Yui had claimed to be his junior, also pointed out the cooperation between a senior and a junior.

Yui showed hesitation, but considering there was no other way, she eventually nodded.

“By the way, I’m a graduate of Kirigaoka North Middle School, so I’m your senior anyway.”

Hayato, who was emphasizing his point, saw Yui’s mouth twist.

“But Yui is a proper high school student!”

Perhaps Yui was a middle school student who would have been able to enter high school if civilization hadn’t collapsed.

So, in her rebellion against the unreasonable world filled with zombies, she was claiming to be a high school student.

Hayato, imagining Yui getting angry at such a thing, nodded back.

“But I feel like the compensation I’ll give you might not be enough.”

As the general negotiation reached a tentative agreement, Yui showed a slight hint of concern.

Anxiety could be seen in her eyes.

Hayato, observing her, considered his and Yui’s positions reversed.

Hayato was infected and expelled from the evacuation center where he was with his family.

As he was about to die in a few hours, a girl who looked around 6th grade elementary school age, estimated to be a middle school student, appeared and scattered the zombies that were knocking on his house’s door.

Then, she offered to treat Hayato and provide him with water, food, and safety from now on.

The only thing Hayato could provide was information about the three years when the girl was absent.

Anyone could do it, and a cooperator didn’t have to be Hayato.

If it were Hayato, he might become anxious that the compensation he could offer was too little and that he might be discarded when a better cooperator appeared.

Perhaps the only thing Hayato could offer was his labor power for miscellaneous tasks in a safe zone.

“…..body.”

Hayato might be able to provide physical labor.

Rather, that was all he could do.

As Hayato considered this and looked at Yui, she had a complex expression on her face.

When their eyes met, Yui looked at him with contempt and asked, 

“Hayato, are you a lolicon?”

“What… the…?”

Hayato pondered how this had come about.

Then, he realized the situation: he had said “body” in response to Yui’s concern that the compensation might not be enough.

“I thought it might be that way, uwahhh, you’re a lolicon.”

“Oi, weren’t you 18?”

Hayato’s sudden objection caused Yui to sigh in exasperation.

“That’s right. But, make yourself a bit more useful and raise your favorability rating first, okay? Now then, go ahead and heal me.”

“Ugh…”

Hayato wanted to protest that it was a misunderstanding.

But in a state of being misunderstood, he was troubled by the fact that he was told, “Make yourself a bit more useful and raise your favorability rating first, okay?”

Hayato hadn’t had a girlfriend in high school.

He had enjoyed fooling around with his friends.

And during the three years in the other world, he had worked like a packhorse, with no women around. In that state, if a carrot was dangled in front of him, what would happen?

“Alright, I’ll heal you.”

Hayato, without clearing up the misunderstanding, healed Yui with his sacred magic.