My Reality Became a Zombie Game World, but Only I Can Use the Game System - Chapter 19: Our Graduation Ceremony

Chapter 19: Our Graduation Ceremony

The swarm of zombies was mostly made up of students from the academy. The student zombies scattered around the academy were probably drawn by the sound of the helicopter explosion.

I frown as I check the front of the swarm.

There is a girl I met just yesterday. Uchida-senpai, Yume-nee’s classmate.

She has been bitten all over, and she is running with her intestines dragging behind her.

“Aaaaaaahhhhhh, I, Iiiii, It hurtsssssssss!”

She couldn’t be saved.

I feel a little disappointed, but I take aim with my M4 carbine assault rifle. I can’t make a delicate girl like Yume-nee shoot her acquaintances, so cruel.

Along with a gun sound that is much lighter than I imagined, a hole opens in Uchida Senpai’s head. Multiple bullets are fired into her face, and the zombie without a brain collapses.

–Huh? I haven’t shot yet though?

I look at Yume-nee next to me, and she is holding her assault rifle in a very natural stance.

“M4 carbine. Not only the U.S. military, but also the militaries of many countries around the world are equipped with it, it’s a weapon you often see in movies.”

“Yume-nee…?”

“It’s strange. I’ve never touched it before, but I know how to shoot and reload. This must be the installation of combat techniques… Yeah, it’s kind of fun.”

“Um, you just blew off your classmate’s head, but are you okay?”

In response to my question, Yume-nee shoots down the zombies while answering.

Even with the sound of the gunfire and her voice overlapping, our physical abilities have increased, so we can talk without any problems.

“Natsumi is my classmate and an important friend. It was fun when we went to the amusement park together… But it’s a different thing if she attacks Ritsu-kun. If it’s come to this, the only thing I can do is stop her.”

It seems she’s really okay.

She’s more reliable than me, who vomited when I first killed a zombie.

“Oh, I’ll reload.”

Yume-nee takes out the empty magazine and replaces it, pulling the handle to load a bullet into the chamber.

The reloading action of replacing the bullets inevitably creates a gap, but since we are a team, we can cover for each other.

While Yume-nee is reloading, I fire bullets at the front of the zombies.

It’s honestly fun to blow away a large number of zombies with bullets.

“Hahaha! It’s fun…”

Yume-nee points to a corner of the swarm.

“Ritsu-kun, can you let me take care of that area? It’s my classmates.”

“Shouldn’t I be the one to do it?”

“You don’t get it. You see, school is a place of meeting and parting. We have to say a proper goodbye.”

Yume-nee mercilessly fires lead bullets at the zombies she knows, and the zombies fall down cheerfully.

“It’s time to say goodbye. So today is Yume-nee’s graduation ceremony.”

“No, it’s not.”

Yume-nee shakes her head and laughs.

“Our graduation ceremony.”

“That’s good.”

That’s good. That’s very good.

In “DL4”, you can enhance the magazine size of your gun, but for now, it’s still in its default state.

With a magazine that can only fire 20 shots, there are inevitably some common zombies that are missed when processing them. We are not at all flustered, even though we are being pushed by the zombies.

“This is our moment of glory. Let’s go cheerfully.”

At the same time, Yume-nee and I threw alarm bombs. One to the left front, one to the right front.

Beep, beep, beep, beeeeeep!

The alarm bombs rang out, and the swarm of zombies split to the left and right, drawn by the sound and swarming around the bombs.

Alarm bombs are still convenient for processing densely packed swarms of zombies. When zombies come in large numbers, we can process them with alarm bombs, so it’s actually more troublesome when they come continuously and sporadically.

The explosion shook the ground, and a large number of zombies were blown away.

The zombie blood and body parts created an arch, coloring our graduation.

We laughed as we scattered bullets and walked towards the main gate.

“So this is graduation. School was fun.”

“Maybe for Yume-nee. I had some bad memories too… Ohh, speak of the devil.”

One of the members of the group that bullied me, is running towards us as a zombie. There are also zombies of my classmates around him. Among them are those who cooperated with Kokuso-kun’s tyranny. Maybe they were all attacked by zombies during class.

Kokuso-kun is not there. He’s probably survived stubbornly.

“(By the way, Ai, just to let you know, what I’m about to do is a goodbye greeting, not shooting out of personal grudges or anything, right?)”

“What kind of excuse are you starting?”

“I mean, I don’t want to be seen as the type to hold grudges…”

I exchange magazines and fire small-caliber high-speed bullets at the bully and his friends to my heart’s content.

“Hahahahaha! Goodbye, dieeeeee!”

“100% pure personal grudge…”

It was refreshing to see my former bully zombies fall one after another from the bullets. I, who was unable to do such things until recently, can now do them.

Huh, it’s surprisingly refreshing. I didn’t hate them that much, but as Yume-nee said, I had built up a lot of stress.

So much has happened since the day before yesterday.

I lost my precious family, became friends with Kenzaki-san, helped Yume-nee by defeating zombies, and then killed a person.

I feel that my experiences, which were so intense that they made my humble life seem ridiculous, have changed something in me decisively.

“I feel like I’ve been reborn. Yume-nee, you know, I used to be uncomfortable walking with you. When I walked next to the beautiful Yume-nee, I felt miserable. But I’m going to stop living that way.”

“I think that’s good. It’s a graduation from that, too.”

“Yeah, it’s a graduation.”

I walk the return journey with Yume-nee, my chest held high and proudly.

Even the men who usually only pay attention to Yume-nee are looking at me today.

As I fire bullets at the lowly men who approach Yume-nee, I check if there’s anything left undone at the academy.

“Is there anything else we need to do for the graduation ceremony?”

“Maybe a valedictory address from the graduates?”

“Then let’s say a word of thanks and farewell together, representing the graduates.”

Together with Yume-nee, we take aim with our assault rifles and scatter bullets to say our farewells. The zombies, moved by our farewells, collapse in tears.

“Yume-nee, is there anything else?”

“Um, well, maybe, cry a little…”

“…”

Yume-nee was tearful. A single tear ran down her cheek.

She has her own life, and I don’t know who she is shooting at now, what kind of relationship they had with Yume-nee.

The only thing I can do is keep repeating headshots to take down as many zombies as possible.

I notice that the number of zombies around me has decreased.

It seems they are ignoring us and gathering at the back of the school building. The fire alarm in the building where the helicopter crashed is ringing, attracting the zombies.

Yume-nee and I safely reach the main gate.

Without turning around, we throw alarm bombs at the zombies who are still chasing us from behind. We can sense that the zombies are drawn by the alarm sound and are moving away from us.

“So this is our graduation too. It’s hard to leave.”

“Fufuh, you’re not thinking that at all.”

The alarm bomb detonates.

With the explosion behind us, we leave the academy that has served us well.

“Yume-nee, have you decided on your career path after graduation?”

“Hmm, well, maybe living with the person I love?”

“That’s nice. Do you want to look for a room together? And consult with each other about the furnitures.”

“I’d be happy with a big bed. One that we can sleep in together.”

“So… does that mean I can expect some sexy times?”

Yume-nee smiles charmingly, saying, “I wonder…”

I imagine living with Yume-nee and my heart swells with anticipation. After all, feelings of loneliness at graduation and expectations for a new life must go hand in hand.

“Hey, Ritsu-san, don’t forget that I’m here too. It’s three-person room, you know?”

“(I mean, you’re someone whose face I can’t even see…)”

“Oh? You just said something you shouldn’t have, didn’t you? When your info value accumulates enough for you to see my face, I won’t be responsible if you go into cardiac arrest from how ridiculously beautiful I am, you know?”

“(If I buy sexy costume skins from the store, do you think Yume-nee will wear them)?”

“Are you ignoring me and fantasizing about a sexy life with Yume-oneechan?”

I soothe the sulking Ai and wonder which to choose, the Chinese dress or the nurse outfit.

In reality, the decadent life I imagine will soon come to an end, and I will be drawn into further encounters and battles, but at that time, I didn’t know that, and I was just having fun and laughing.

Looking back, I see the school building that I will never visit again.

I think this is a graduation ceremony from the academy, the end of our daily lives so far, a parting from my humble self, and a ritual of farewell to the world as it was.

The students who were supported by their parents are no longer there. It’s time to stand on our own.

“Yume-nee, congratulations on your graduation.”

“Ritsu-kun, congratulations to you too.”

We laugh together and take a step into a new life, or a new world.