In a house, or rather a villa. Before coming here, Shiryu had killed the zombies walking around the luxury housing complex.
Instead of entering through the front door, Rika walked to the other side of the villa and opened the car garage of her house.
She threw the key onto the wooden table before turning around and saying to him. "Welcome to my home, Shiryu. But sorry, the inside might be dusty because usually, I only come back here once or twice a year."
"That's fine, in the worst case, I'll just sleep in your car. The inside should be clean enough."
Shiryu jokingly pointed at the black Jeep in the garage.
Rika chuckled, "Just kidding, I've hired a housekeeper to clean up once a month. This month and before the pandemic starts, she should have already done her job."
She said that while gesturing for him to follow her.
Shiryu walked behind Rika while looking around the room. In the living room, she told her to sit down and relax as if it was his own home.
Then, she threw a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator at him.
Shiryu easily caught it.
"Drink up. If you want to drink something else, you can get it yourself from the fridge. The bathroom is on the left, clean towels are in the closet. Ah... I'll use the bathroom first."
Rika pinched the sports bra she was wearing with a slight frown.
Not only sweat, her clothes were also dirty with dust and blood from the zombies she had killed.
She felt uncomfortable.
"Sure, I'm in no hurry to shower." Shiryu opened the bottle of water in his hand and drank it.
Compared to Rika, she looked relaxed and not tired at all. Although earlier he had been somewhat exhausted after killing many zombies using the Taima Particle. On the way here, he had recovered his stamina.
Rika looked at the boy sitting in her living room with a strange look. "Come to think of it... Shiryu, you seem to be just a little sweaty after running while carrying me and killing so many zombies."
"Your body is very..."
"Strong?" Shiryu smiled amusedly, he stretched his arms on the sofa and folded his legs. "That's not all, I can show you how strong I am in the bedroom."
[Host, you really look like a bastard now.]
System-chan, I'm saying this only because the woman I'm talking to is Rika.
From the original work, I remember her being open about this kind of topic.
Sure enough, Rika didn't look upset, she just looked at him flirtatiously. "Someone seems to have gotten impatient. Still, you still have to wait for me to finish bathing. And after that, you should also take a bath, Shiryu~"
She left those words before going to the bathroom.
Shiryu wanted to argue. Who would be impatient? He was a patient man. Otherwise— women like Hayasaka, Kaguya, Osaragi and Miko had already been fucked by him when they were still in Souichiro's shelter.
He had their bodies, but not their hearts.
Unfortunately, he was very greedy.
Not only the women's bodies, he also wanted their hearts. The same was true for Rika.
But in her case, she seduced him and did not seem to mind doing those things with him.
Even though they had only seen each other for over two hours. Shiryu-kun certainly did not refuse.
Even so, he did not expect it after Rika finished bathing and he had just come out of the bathroom.
On the long sofa in the living room, he saw Rika had fallen asleep in just a new sports bra and shorts. On the table, there was a bottle of whiskey.
She seemed to be planning on getting drunk after everything that happened. However, she was too tired and became the way she is now.
"Rika, you're kidding, right? After provoking me so far... Are you asleep?"
"....." Rika didn't answer, she was fast asleep and didn't seem worried about the man she lived with attacking her.
Either she trusted Shiryu or she was testing him.
Shiryu's lips twitched.
[What are you waiting for, host? You don't want to eat her?]
System-chan, you think I'm the kind of person who would do that kind of thing to an unconscious woman?
[You still have such high morals? That surprised me for a week.]
Oi.
Ignoring the taunts from his system, Shiryu walked over to Rika and picked her up.
By the way, he was wearing a military-style T-shirt and trousers that she had prepared for him.
Perhaps because Rika was a tomboy who worked in the police force, she had no trouble picking out a change of clothes for him.
And don't misunderstand, Shiryu simply took Rika to a bedroom and laid her down on the bed. He didn't even forget to cover her before walking out.
He didn't do anything perverted to her.
System-chan exclaimed:
[My host is a real man!]
Shut up, System-chan.
Shiryu was actually trying to restrain himself and reluctantly lay down on the sofa. While looking at the ceiling, he muttered.
"With this, I should pass and make her like me more, right?"
In the bedroom.
Rika opened her eyes, the corners of her lips raised quite high.
"That boy didn't seize this opportunity? That was unexpected. I thought he wouldn't be able to resist screwing me like other men."
Actually, this was not the first time she had used a trick like this to test a man.
Before this, she would at least wake up before she could be touched. But even if Shiryu could not resist, she did not plan on stopping him.
She was just a little disappointed but since Shizuka had become part of his harem, she herself knew there was no way she could escape him. After all, the main reason she came back was to reunite with her friend. It would be a bit awkward if she stayed with her and the other women in Shiryu's harem without having the same status as them.
Sooner or later, Rika knew she would become a member of Shiryu's harem. That's why when Tajima asked if she was returning to meet her boyfriend, she didn't deny.
But unlike the other women, she doesn't mind having sex with Shiryu right away.
The appearance and power he had shown earlier had made her heart beat a little faster.
Just then, a copy of Shiryu's diary suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Oh? What did that boy write? Is he complaining about me?"
Rika's guess was correct and she tried to hold back her laughter at that moment.
[Shizuka, your best friend is a cruel woman! She provoked your husband (me), but took no responsibility and fell asleep before him.]
The heroines who hadn't slept that night fell silent.
Shiryu, are you talking about yourself?
And the woman you're referring to...
Shizuka: Is it Rika? Sou-kun, you're with her right now?
Shizuka was excited because what she thought was most likely true. She wasn't worried about her husband's infidelity at all.
Wait, when did she and Shiryu get married?
[By the way, I almost forgot to tell my women. I'm not going home tonight. Shortly after I left Souichiro's shelter, I found Rika who was being chased by zombies and saved her.]
[Because of that, I'm now at her house and decided to stay here until tomorrow.]
[You can all sleep and don't have to wait for me.]
So, that's what happened.
Saeko and many other women who had arrived at Shiryu's house understood. Still, there were also some of them who pouted because that man seemed to have seduced another woman out there.
Rika was dumbfounded.
'Who provoked you?!'
Well, she did it to test him.
But could he choose good words? Shizuka and the other women clearly knew what she had done now.
She was a little embarrassed.
After all, they also seemed to have a copy of Shiryu's diary just like her.
In the living room.
Shiryu closed his diary and decided to sleep. Although he was not that tired, he still wanted to have sweet dreams that night.
As for the zombies outside?
Don't worry, his keen hearing would make him wake up if he heard something wrong.
That's what he thought before System-chan told him the good news that made him unable to sleep.
[Ding! Congratulations host, the number of words you wrote in your diary has reached 5,021/5,000 words.]
[You have gotten a random reward. Do you want to check it now?]
Shiryu's eyes lit up, he sat back down and opened his diary. "Check it now."
[You have obtained the super ability: Hate Perception.]
[Description: You can intuitively sense the presence of an entity that harbors ill will towards you. Those entities can be humans, ghosts/spirits and demons. This allows you to see them and react one second before they harm you.]
[Note: When you see those who are invisible, those who are invisible can also see you. Except for spirits, those who previously died while holding a grudge against you can likely see you. Even if you don't activate your vision.]
"Huh? This..."
Shiryu didn't know whether he should be happy or sad about the reward he got this time.
Right now, his new ability seemed to have been integrated into him. He felt the hatred directed at him.
It was coming from the window!
He turned his head and saw a familiar figure. The other party also seemed surprised that he could see him.
An ordinary person would have been frightened and shouted 'ghost!'
But Shiryu? He suddenly smiled, or rather he grinned.
"System-chan, are the ghosts/vengeful spirits who have hatred for me only able to see me? What about the other people around me?"
[In the eyes of such entities, they are not clearly visible and are blurry. However, their voices can still be heard quite clearly.]
"What about my diary?"
[Don't worry, your diary and its copies are also impossible for non-human entities to see. Only those who have permission like the heroines can do so.]
"Hehe... I see."
[Host, is it just me or do you have evil ideas?]
"System-chan, it's probably just your feelings."
Outside the window that Shiryu saw for a while.
A ghostly figure in the form of a boy with a hole in his forehead looked surprised. He was none other than the protagonist Takashi!
He turned into a vengeful spirit that had been following Shiryu since he killed him at the supermarket.
Although he could no longer see Rei and the other women clearly. In his eyes, their figures looked like black humanoid shadows. He could not even touch them including Shiryu. Otherwise, he would have strangled him to death.
However, as System-chan said. Takashi could hear what the humans around him were saying. So, he also knew how Shiryu made herself innocent when he never returned to Souichiro's shelter.
He killed him, but he naturally lied that he never met him while searching for food and water supplies.
That bastard has a very thick face!
Still, what makes Takashi hurt and more angry is Rei... When he eavesdropped on her and Shiryu's conversation, he found that she only cared about the boy.
She didn't even mourn the death of her childhood friend and cursed him! Takashi vomited blood at that moment.
Even though he's a ghost, he can still react that violently. There's also that NTR victim feeling Takashi feels when he sees how Shiryu teases each other with those women.
Especially when Shiryu was fucking them, although Takashi couldn't see clearly and in that situation, Shiryu even looked a bit blurry.
Takashi could hear their voices and it tormented him. Even so, his curiosity made him unable to resist eavesdropping time and time again.
The protagonist doesn't realize he has become a voyeour.
"Was it just a coincidence?" Takashi wondered.
"That bastard, Shiryu seemed to look at me for a moment. He never did before."
He felt a chill down his spine.
"No, there's no way he could have seen me. Now I've become a ghost! Even so, I will continue to follow him as I search for a way to kill him."
"The ghosts in movies can kill living people, I'm sure I can do it too!"
Takashi looked at Shiryu who was sitting and talking alone with hatred in his eyes.
Still, he was suddenly curious.
"I've been watching him for a while, but who is he talking to? He often does that... at that time, I somehow couldn't understand what was said as if he didn't speak human language."
"Shiryu, you must be hiding a secret!"
"Someday, I will definitely expose your every secret including your hypocrisy and make those women leave you!"
Not only hatred, Takashi was also still jealous of seeing Shiryu surrounded by so many beautiful women.
...
The next day.
Sunlight shone into almost every room in Rika's villa.
After a simple breakfast, Rika took him to the basement of her house. As for what happened last night?
She had apologized for falling asleep first.
Shiryu forgave her. How could he not? He was not a narrow-hearted man and thinking in time, he could still taste her.
Ahem, this is part of his love operation.
And about Takashi, calm down. There's no way he'll let him keep following him. He obliterated him easily with the Taima Particles, but he still wanted to torture him a little longer.
"Rika, you said before we left for my house. You want to bring your supplies... Are those illegal firearms you're hiding?"
Rika who was entering codes on the digital keypad was stunned for a moment and glanced at the man beside her in surprise.
"Shiryu, you even know about that?
"Yes, after all you're one of my favorite characters in the original work."
Shiryu used the opportunity to throw a straight ball.
Rika rolled her eyes, "I understand, I'll let you taste them later."
"Hmm, Rika. You seem to think I'm a desperate pervert."
"You're not?"
"Of course not."
Shiryu denied, he was a man who knew how to go back and forth when wooing women. As proof, last night he didn't do anything to Rika.
However, he seemed to have forgotten how perverted he was during the debauchery at the Takagi family home a few days ago.
Rika was incredulous, but didn't pursue the topic and opened the large vault in front of them.
Just then, they saw rows of M1A sniper rifles and assault rifles neatly organized behind the soundproof walls.
Shiryu whistled.
"These are my favorite 'toys'. Before we leave, we should pack and take them all with us. In the world that has now changed, they will definitely help us including the women in your harem."
"By the way, do you know how to use them? I can teach you."
"Sure." Shiryu pretended not to know how to use the rifle. Rika taught him and that required them to make physical contact.
He felt her large breasts pressing against his back while he was aiming at the shooting targets in the room.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
And I don't know if it was intentional, but Rika rubbed his chest and stomach muscles many times in the process.
Shiryu was enjoying it.
The two clearly seemed to be teasing each other and doing skinship in the morning. Takashi who had become a ghost clicked his tongue, there was jealousy on his pale face.
"Rei, Saeko, Shizuka-sensei and the others are obviously blind! If they were here, they would know that you're a bastard, Shiryu!"
Protagonist, I can hear you cursing me.
Should I kill you a second time?
In the end, Shiryu decided to be patient. He was still entertained by Takashi's reaction and the jealousy he showed in this situation.
He wondered what else he should do to torment him?
A short while later.
While he and Rika were on their way to his house.
At his house, two certain women had come to visit.
...
A/N: Don't worry, Takashi won't make any waves and will soon die again for good. I'm only doing this to prove Shiryu's new ability.