When Roy entered the vehicle, Shizuka Marikawa floored the accelerator, and the bus crashed through the zombies, heading out of the school.
On the streets cleared by Roy, there were very few zombies, and the journey could be described as unobstructed.
However, the mood of the people on the bus was not very good.
As Roy boarded, the bus fell silent, the girls looked terrified, shrinking into corners, their bodies trembling slightly, not daring to look at Roy at all.
The yellow-haired punk who had been clamoring earlier didn't dare to utter a single sound, drawing contempt from everyone.
Having killed hundreds of zombies, Roy was inevitably covered in zombie blood, looking like a man made of blood, and the strong smell of blood made one's scalp tingle.
Only a very few could remain unafraid with such a terrifying fiend by their side.
Saeko Busujima was one of them; she observed Roy's medieval attire, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"What is your name?"
"Roy."
Saeko Busujima and Roy conversed.
Just then, a man wearing glasses, impeccably clean, and with a feminine appearance walked over, interrupting them, and excitedly said, "What incredible swordsmanship! Are you a student from a kendo dojo?"
On the other side, Rei Miyamoto watched this scene coldly.
Roy's gaze swept across the entire bus compartment, which could be divided into two factions: the team formed by Takashi Komuro, Saeko Busujima, and others, and Kouichi Shido's teacher-student group.
Facing the incessantly chattering Kouichi Shido, Roy merely glanced at him, and said in a cold tone, "You are very skilled at grasping human psychology."
Upon entering the Instance World, his words automatically converted to the local language, and he could understand the other party's language; Roy had discovered this in the previous Giant World, so communication was not an issue.
Kouichi Shido showed an innocent expression.
But this little trick could not fool Roy; as a financial corporate slave in his previous life, dealing with people was commonplace, with his social skills maxed out.
In a situation where everyone else was terrified, he walked over without a hint of disdain, and his first step immediately made people feel favorably towards him; first, praising the other party to gain goodwill, expressing friendliness, and then deliberately inquiring about his background.
Even though he clearly saw his superhuman physique and swordsmanship, he described him as a kendo dojo student; a normal person would feel annoyed and retort, and then he could continue the conversation based on that topic.
If he didn't know this person's background, Roy would instinctively raise the other party's favorability to 10%.
Realizing that the young man in front of him was not easily fooled, Kouichi Shido slightly lowered his head, his glasses reflecting the light, "In this chaotic world, there must be a strong leader to lead everyone to survive."
"Become our leader!"
Kouichi Shido performed a very standard Japanese bow, bending his body ninety degrees, bowing his head in front of Roy.
However, Kouichi Shido, with his head bowed, did not see Roy's face growing colder and colder; he was still showing off his petty cleverness, thinking that by disguising himself as harmless, he could use Roy's power to seek benefits in this chaotic world?
"I don't have time to waste with you."
Roy swung Village Good Sword, a sharp sword light flashed, the blade slicing across Kouichi Shido's neck, blood splattering onto the car window, still steaming.
Clang!
A round head fell to the ground, Kouichi Shido's eyes wide, unable to believe until his death that a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy would kill so easily.
Roy was expressionless; what a joke, he had lived in the Orario World for over a decade, seeing more dead people each year than living ones!
Monsters that escaped from the Underground City a thousand years ago, bandits from all directions, Adventurers with ill intentions, eccentric Gods, the Black Dragon, a symbol of the end...
Friends who were laughing and talking yesterday might become cold corpses today.
He had no psychological barrier to killing!
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah——"
Roy's actions were undoubtedly a strong stimulus to these hothouse flowers, and the students in the bus burst into super high-decibel screams.
Even Takashi Komuro and others, who advocated bringing Roy onto the bus, changed their expressions and looked at Roy warily.
The girls' sharp screams almost shattered Roy's eardrums; his face devoid of emotion, he said indifferently, "If you make any more noise, I'll kill all of you!"
The bus immediately fell silent.
Everyone's eyes were filled with fear; they knew this young man truly dared to do it, and could do it!
"Does this city have an America military base?" Roy asked, this was his true objective.
Killing zombies one by one was too inefficient; it would take at least three or four days to complete the Instance quest, and he would miss the situation in Orario.
He wanted to flatten the zombies with heavy weapons in one go!
No one in the bus answered; just as Roy was about to become impatient, Saeko Busujima stepped forward, "Yes."
"Take me there!"
Roy said in an undeniable tone; a map or verbal directions would not fool him.
"Okay, but it can only be me alone, you cannot harm anyone else!" Saeko Busujima said.
"Senior!"
Takashi Komuro and the others looked worried and pained; Saeko Busujima's action was to protect them.
Roy agreed; he wasn't some psychopathic killer.
Shizuka Marikawa parked the bus in front of a convenience store, and Roy and Saeko Busujima jumped out.
Saeko Busujima bid farewell to everyone with her eyes.
Roy casually killed two zombies and entered the convenience store to find food, tearing open a package and swallowing an unexpired bread in one bite to replenish energy, "You eat something too, it should be several hours of travel ahead."
Saeko Busujima did not refuse; since zombies appeared in the school, she had only drunk a little water.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they found a truck at the street corner; the driver had turned into a zombie, and the car key was still in the ignition.
Roy got into the driver's seat; the driver's seat in Japan was on the right, which made him a bit unaccustomed, but at this time, where else could they find a car? If you dislike it, I dislike it too.
Roy started the car and, guided by Saeko Busujima, drove towards the military base.
After a long silence, Saeko Busujima spoke first, "Do you know the truth about this disaster?"
Saeko Busujima looked surprised; the young man's extraordinary combat prowess, medieval attire, and longsword made her feel that something was unusual.
"I don't know, probably air or water pollution," Roy said casually; with modern thermal weapons, if zombies infected others by biting, it would be impossible for widespread chaos to occur.
If those major powers were truly pushed, a single nuclear bomb could level a city.
Only a virus spread through air or water could cause world-level chaos.
But he wasn't interested in these things; he was only here to hunt zombies and obtain Instance rewards.
As for the extra quest "Save the World," Roy didn't even look at it; didn't he know his own limits? A single hand grenade could severely injure him!