Before the two women arrived, Shiryu and his group had fortunately returned to his home.
"Saeko-senpai, let me help you."
"Alright, help me cut the vegetables."
"Senpai, I want to help too!"
"Yukana, you can cut vegetables too."
"A-Ano... Can I help?"
The other girls took the initiative to help Saeko cook dinner, Nene felt uncomfortable if she just kept quiet.
Saeko certainly didn't mind that many people wanted to help her.
And as the number of people living in the Shiryu house became larger, the portion of food she had to make also increased.
While they were busy in the kitchen.
In the living room.
Shiryu couldn't help asking, "Don't any of you also want to help Saeko cook in the kitchen?"
Saya, Yuuki, Yui and Ranko looked at each other.
By the way, they were now playing PS 5 Disc Version.
Electricity problem? Should I say it again? Shiryu has a personal power generator.
In the original work, Highschool of The Dead to be exact. There's a scene where the electricity in the whole town goes out. It happened in this life too, and it was caused by an explosion of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP).
The main cause was several nuclear missiles launched by submarines and detonated in the upper layer of the atmosphere (stratosphere) above the country's territory.
The effect is that the high-altitude nuclear explosion generates powerful electromagnetic waves that instantly paralyze all electronic devices and electrical circuits within a very wide radius.
The purpose of this EMP is described as a government or military attempt to stop the spread of information or as a side effect of a global conflict occurring due to a zombie pandemic.
In fact, personal power generators wouldn't survive an EMP blast either. However, Shiryu is already on guard in case such a thing happens.
He had certainly made preparations!
His personal power generator was equipped with an EMP defense mechanism. He used an analog type of generator or an older model that had a high chance of surviving an EMP. Not only that, he kept the generator in a sealed metal building underground so that he could survive the electromagnetic waves.
Before the EMP explosion occurred, Shiryu also deliberately turned off all the electricity in his house. On the internet, he had read that generators connected to long home power lines were more at risk of massive current surges coming through those lines when an EMP explosion occurred.
That was why he only activated his personal power generator when the government had used tricks to keep their face from other countries.
This was his advantage as someone who knew the plot/story in the original work.
"Hmph! I can't cook. And it would be more efficient to let them cook without me."
Saya said that proudly.
No, why are you proud of not being able to cook?
"Sorry Shiryu-kun, but my cooking skills are inversely proportional to my bed skills~"
If it's you, Yuuki. That's not surprising.
Shiryu turned his gaze to the brown-skinned gyaru who had just joined his group.
"How about you, Ranko?"
He didn't hesitate to call her by her first name.
Ranko glanced at him coquettishly, "I can't cook either. Are you disappointed, Shiryu?"
"No, I just asked out of curiosity and understanding that not everyone can cook."
"Geez, you're not only very handsome and strong. You're also very understanding. No wonder Yukana likes you."
"Yukana likes me?"
Shiryu tilted his head in confusion.
Just kidding.
He certainly knew the girl was in love with him after he saved her from a villain like Shido.
But in this situation, it was better to act like he didn't know. After all, it wasn't just Ranko. Saya and the other girls in the living room were staring at him!
"Oh, you didn't know?" Ranko narrowed her eyes.
[Ranko, is it just me or do you suspect I'm playing with your best friend Yukana's feelings?]
The brown-skinned gyaru froze and widened her eyes as she read what he had written in his diary.
[Looks like my guess was right. But that's natural, I remember in the original work, you were very protective of Yukana.]
[When you found out Yukana was dating the protagonist Junichi. Your first reaction was to pretend to be happy for Yukana, but secretly antagonize Junichi and try to seduce him to prove that he doesn't deserve Yukana.]
Ranko was surprised that Shiryu seemed to know her so well.
She shuddered because now, she felt that the boy's deep gaze was somewhat frightening. In front of him, she didn't have any secrets to hide!
Actually, she had an idea to do what he wrote about her. But now... she hesitated.
"I don't know." Shiryu closed his diary and smiled faintly.
Ranko's lips twitched, even if she didn't believe it, she now didn't dare say it.
She bit her lip and looked away from the game screen in frustration.
A few seconds passed.
However, a black-haired girl was upset that Shiryu hadn't asked her!
"Cough, cough!" She pretended to cough to get his attention.
Shiryu glanced at her, "Yui, what's wrong with you? Are you choking?"
"I'm not!"
Yui folded her hands under her breasts and snorted.
She was not satisfied.
With her personality, there was no way she would say that she wanted Shiryu to ask her too.
Then, she would answer that she could not cook like the others.
Shiryu was amused.
He wanted to tease the girl, but his gate bell suddenly rang.
"Sou-kun, I'll check who's coming~!"
From the other room, Shizuka looked as excited as a child.
Although her body wasn't small at all and since she was wearing a nightgown, her sexy curves especially her chest stood out.
Shiryu looked at her for a few seconds before feeling a stinging sensation in his waist.
Yui pinched her.
What's wrong? Are you jealous? What about protagonist Junichi? You don't like him anymore?
That was a good news for him.
"Sensei, there's no need. Let me do it."
"Ehh... why?"
Shizuka pouted.
Do you really want to go out and check who's coming?
Shiryu walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. Gosh, it's soft.
Rei was the same. Are these women's bodies made of mochi?
[Host, what you're thinking makes me laugh.]
System-chan, don't laugh at your host. That's not a good thing.
"Sensei, the people who came might be zombies or bad guys. I don't want anything bad to happen to you. So... I'll check it out myself."
"Mou... Sou-kun, stop wooing me. Alright, do it yourself."
Shizuka puffed up her cheeks before turning around and going back to reading his novels with Kyoko.
Shiryu sometimes wondered if Shizuka was pretending to be silly?
She did!
Otherwise, she wouldn't be so sensitive and realize that he was wooing her.
Even so, her reaction wasn't bad.
Did that mean he had a chance?
In front of the gate of the house.
"What took you so long? Maybe the boy isn't home?" Sayo wondered in annoyance.
Yuko's gaze fell on the lights in Shiryu's house. "He and his group are inside. Sayo, you have to be patient."
As she said that, she pressed the gate bell in front of her again.
A few seconds passed and there was still no response from the other side.
"Patience? We've been standing here for almost half an hour. Since they're inside, I'm going to break down this gate."
Yuko wanted to stop Sayo, but it was too late.
The woman was ready to swing her fist covered in iron gloves. For your information, her punch was strong enough to shatter a concrete wall.
At the same time, the gate of the house finally opened.
Sayo panicked slightly, unable to retract her punch.
Whoever was standing on the other side of the gate was bound to be seriously injured or dead.
Boom!!
The muffled sound of an explosion rang out.
A strong wind blew around him, but Shiryu only frowned as he caught Sayo's fist with his bare hand.
"Shiryu-kun, are you okay? It's amazing." Yuko praised him.
Sayo froze.
Her fist was caught by a bare hand?
Was this the power of the diary owner? She admired him a little.
By the way, that's right. Just like Yuko, Sayo also had a copy of the diary.
She knew Shiryu, but this was the first time she saw him in person. His figure made her doubt if he was really a high school boy?
Not only that, he was very handsome!
"Yuko-sensei, what is this? You and Sayo want to rob my house or something?" Shiryu withdrew the hand he had used to block Sayo's fist.
He wasn't badly hurt, but he still felt a little sore and his palm was red.
Even so, the Blood Pointer made his regenerate very quickly. In the next second, the color of one of his palms returned to normal and the pain disappeared.
"You know me!?" Sayo was surprised that her name was immediately recognized.
Shiryu did not answer immediately and glanced at Yuko for an explanation.
In the process, he observed her appearance because currently, her hair color had become silver!
In this mode, Yuko had undoubtedly become more beautiful. He wanted to be her future husband.
[Host, calm down.]
I'm very calm.
Yuko felt guilty and said, "Sorry Shiryu-kun, Sayo didn't mean anything bad, she just has thin patience. We also certainly didn't come to your house with bad intentions."
"I believe in you."
"That relieves me."
She sighed.
In fact, Shiryu knew Yuko hadn't come with bad intentions.
At least with what he had written in his diary so far, he did not believe she would become his enemy.
[But Sayo... Well, I know this woman has a tough personality.]
[In the original work entitled Triage X, I remember she also had a brutal and sadistic side when wearing her demon mask. In this mode, the criminals or targets of her organization would suffer greatly.]
[Sometimes, she would also go berserk and become unstable to the point of attacking her allies. If Yuko doesn't come to the scene, her condition will be very troublesome.]
[Since I know Yuko, I also naturally know Sayo and even the other Black Label members including the protagonist.]
Not just Sayo, Yuko also didn't expect Shiryu to know that much about their organization.
Still, who was the protagonist in the same series as them?
It made them rather curious.
"Now you know why I know you, Sayo Hitsugi."
Shiryu's style was different from the other diary protagonists.
He answered Sayo's questions while increasing the number of words in his diary, and he did not hide the fact that he knew the heroines had copies of his diary.
Sayo blinked her eyes a few times, "So I can also be called a heroine?"
"Yes, you are."
"Who's the protagonist?"
"I forgot his name, but he's the same age as me and is a high school boy."
Shiryu answered honestly about that.
As far as he remembered, the protagonist of Triage X also had a somewhat similar appearance to Takashi.
After all, both series were made by the same author.
"High school boy in our organization!? Yuko, do you know who that is?"
"There's no high school boy in our organization, or he probably hasn't joined yet."
Yuko remembered who the members of the Black Label organization were, and she was sure there was no high school boy among them.
Now it was Shiryu's turn to be surprised. The protagonist didn't seem to have joined his future organization yet.
He smiled in his heart.
In that case, he could use this opportunity to...
Needless to say.
"Leave aside the protagonist. You two, come in."
Shiryu allowed the two beauties to enter of course.
When entering his house, Yuko and Sayo were stunned for a moment because there were many beautiful women there.
There was not a single man except Shiryu.
Yuko realized something.
In the living room.
The girls who were previously playing PS 5 had moved to another room.
"Shiryu-kun, you seem really determined to make a harem." Yuko said casually.
"Ehem!" Shiryu gave a fake cough before saying, "Aren't you curious why my house still has electricity?"
"Now I'm curious. How does your house still have electricity, Shiryu?"
The one who asked was Sayo.
Yuko was also curious although she had a guess.
Before Shiryu answered and showed off at the same time. Saya suddenly poked her head out from behind the wall, "The day before the zombie pandemic happened, that man had bought an analog power generator and stored it in a room made of metal underground. That's why the EMP explosion that affected the entire city did not affect the electricity in this house."
"Ohh...!" Sayo exclaimed.
Yuko giggled because right now, Shiryu's face looked rather grim.
[Saya, I know you're a genius. But can you not interrupt and ruin my moment to show off in front of beautiful women?]
[Wait for me in your bedroom tonight. I'll punish you.]
Seeing what Shiryu wrote in his diary, Saya panicked.
"I-I'm going to lock my bedroom tonight. Pervert, you can't do anything to me!"
"Really? Let's see."
Shiryu looked at her with a wolf-like gaze.
Saya blushed, but she snorted before running towards her bedroom. I don't know what she's doing, maybe she's going to increase her bedroom defenses?
Although she is a genius, she is not a genius like Lala in To Love Ru. What she can do is limited.
Shiryu wasn't worried.
"The atmosphere in this house is nice." Yuko said while drinking the juice Rei gave her.
She and Sayo thanked her.
Rei nodded before returning to the kitchen to help Saeko.
"If you want, you and Sayo can stay here. Incidentally, my house still has many bedrooms left."
"Really?" Sayo was tempted by Shiryu's offer. After all, it wasn't like at his house. The hospital that was their base didn't even have electricity.
Yuko's lips twitched.
Shiryu-kun, you're a greedy young man. You still want to add me and Sayo to your harem?
You dare.
She complained in her heart and said, "Let's discuss that later. For now, I want to talk about how to end the zombie pandemic in this country."
Not only Shiryu, but the women in the other room who were eavesdropping on the conversation fell silent.
"Yuko-sensei, have you found a way to do that?" Shiryu asked curiously.
Yuko shook her head, "Unfortunately not, I've been trying to create a vaccine or antibodies against the Rage virus and it always fails. But, I have an idea."
"What is it?"
"Shiryu-kun, you have the ability to see the future, right?"
Hearing this, Shiryu simply replied. "That's right."
"In your vision, do you know who or where the scientist who created the Rage virus is?"
Just from Yuko's question, Shiryu knew what the woman was trying to do.
She needed information from the scientists who researched the Rage virus for the first time!
That way, she would know more about what the Rage virus was and possibly create a vaccine or antibodies.
This reminds him of the storyline in some zombie movies. The protagonist and his group are trying to figure out how to find a drug that can make humans immune to what can turn them into zombies.
However, we are talking about the Rage virus from a movie called "28 Days Later".
In the ending of that movie, no one has found a cure to make humans immune to the Rage virus, or even make infected humans return to normal.
The latter was almost impossible.
Even so, Shiryu didn't underestimate Yuko's ability as a doctor. If it was her, she might be able to create a vaccine for the Rage virus.
"Hmm..." He held his chin as if trying to remember the things he saw in his vision before. "I don't know the identities of those scientists and where their labs are located. However, there was something strange about the activists releasing animals infected with the Rage virus."
"Strange?"
Yuko was disappointed that Shiryu didn't know anything about the scientists she was looking for, but he seemed to have another clue.
"Yeah, I feel like those people are acting."
Shiryu then explained the details. For example, a female activist who was shouting to save the caged chimpanzees.
His clairvoyance allowed him to choose his point of view to a certain extent. So, he could clearly see the expression and look in the eyes of everyone in his vision.
And from the woman's activities, she did not see a look of worry or pity for the caged chimpanzees.
Instead, she saw disgust.
The woman didn't seem to like the chimpanzees, she seemed to be posing as an activist. When she and the other activists die, she drops a communication device with a lit screen and a blood-red syringe logo.
From the device, there was a female voice trying to contact her. "What's going on? I heard a lot of commotion. Hey, did you make it? Hello? Tsk, they seem to be dead."
There was also another female voice from the device.
"It's okay. After all, they're just new members to the organization and they seem to have successfully completed the mission. The chimpanzees affected by the virus must have infected everyone in the laboratory by now and... Wait, are you still turning on your communication device? Turn it off, idiot!"
Beep beep beep.
The communication call was immediately cut off.
Shiryu originally didn't think much of those people's conversations. Because to him, none of it was something familiar to him.
However, he didn't know why Yuko and Sayo's expressions became cold?
"Did you guys find a clue from everything I've said so far?"