After dismissing Komuro Takashi and the two women, Sephiroth didn't bother with them anymore. Instead, he jumped to the rooftop entrance to retrieve his hidden Masamune.
Removing the cloth wrapping, he carefully inspected the sword, confirming it was perfectly fine before returning to the three of them.
"You... You left this on the rooftop?" Takagi Saya was about to complain when she saw Sephiroth holding the clearly unsightly Masamune.
"Yes. At times like this, I can't be without a weapon. Rei, what about Komuro?" Sephiroth looked at Miyamoto Rei with some concern.
"I won't bother him for now." Miyamoto Rei turned her face away, seemingly still resentful of Komuro Takashi, but temporarily suppressing it.
"...Rei..." Komuro Takashi looked at Miyamoto Rei with anguish.
Sephiroth also had feelings for Miyamoto Rei, but because he prioritized her, Igou Hisashi got the upper hand. Now that Igou Hisashi was dead, Sephiroth naturally wouldn't give Miyamoto Rei to Komuro Takashi, so he had no intention of helping.
"Just now, I observed the situation below. Most people in the school have turned into those zombies. At least, there are no living people left in the square." Sephiroth steered the conversation to the current situation.
"What?!" The other three were terrified. Hundreds of people in the entire school had all turned into zombies...
"No matter what, we must leave the school. The longer we delay, the worse the situation will become." Sephiroth stared intently at the three of them.
"Sephiroth is right. Bringing them down won't improve the situation; it will only become more troublesome with the appearance of more zombies." Takagi Saya also echoed Sephiroth's judgment.
"Hiss... then let's go quickly." Miyamoto Rei finally looked at Igou Hisashi, took a deep breath, and agreed.
"Then let's go quickly!" Komuro Takashi also shouted, following Miyamoto Rei's lead.
"Now only Komuro and I have weapons, so I'll lead the way, Komuro will cover the rear, okay?" Sephiroth said, looking at the round stick in Komuro Takashi's hand. He didn't want anyone else to steal the points.
"Leave it to me!" Komuro Takashi seemed a little more confident after just killing Igou Hisashi.
"You two come down in a minute." After moving the storage door aside, Sephiroth returned to the teaching building and gave instructions to the three of them.
"Understood, be careful yourself." Takagi Saya looked at Sephiroth with some concern.
"Sephiroth, be careful." Miyamoto Rei still didn't dare look at Sephiroth, but couldn't hide her worry as she reminded him.
"Be careful." Komuro Takashi, seeing Miyamoto Rei's reaction, added somewhat helplessly.
Sephiroth just smiled, then pulled open the rooftop door.
A zombie that had just run out the door was kicked back by Sephiroth, who was hiding beside it. It lost its footing on the stairs and tumbled down, knocking several other zombies on the steps down as well, all writhing on the ground.
Seeing an opportunity, Sephiroth leaped directly from the top of the entrance platform, using a move he'd learned from the 100,000-point data he'd obtained from the Supreme God.
"Prison Gate!" With the force of gravity, Sephiroth fell from mid-air, his blade precisely striking the heads of four Undead creatures, killing them all.
Sephiroth jumped away before the Undead could grab him, then delivered three consecutive stabs, piercing through the remaining three Undead's heads and finishing them off.
"Tsk! If only I could learn the Prison Gate from those few creatures, that would have been enough." Sephiroth grumbled.
"You're lucky you learned Prison Gate using only your physical strength. But for now, don't expect to learn it." The Supreme God, unwilling to remain silent, appeared.
"1000W points exchanged for the simplest energy unlocking method, this is robbery! I'd better honestly upgrade my bloodline and then copy other people's genes."
Sephiroth's mouth twitched as he heard the system's point exchange system.
"Keep trying! Upgrading your bloodline costs 1 million points. If you use 500,000 system points to upgrade first, it can be reduced to 500,000."
"...Are you planning to make me massacre the city?"
"Check your Main Quest."
Hearing the Main God's words, Sephiroth, who had been busy all along, checked his Main Quest with a hint of surprise. He found it had changed to: "Main Quest One: Guarantee the safety of Miyamoto Rei and Takagi Saya today. Reward: 25,000 points."
"How did it increase so much?" "
"That Komuro Takashi is the "Son of Destiny" of this world. Miyamoto Rei is the person who has the greatest influence on him, so the rewards for missions related to her are also the most."
"That Komuro Takashi is the Son of Destiny... What will happen if I kill him?"
"But he's your classmate?"
"The kind of person who doesn't even dare to confess, doesn't try at all, and only talks about childhood promises?"
"Understood. But be careful, once the "Son of Destiny" dies, the world will hunt you down."
"So the difficulty has increased, right? I'll pay attention. Besides, there will always be times when this kind of situation arises, so it's better to have experience early on." "
"Then I declare the mission."
"Branch mission two: Kill Komuro Takashi and steal his destiny. Reward: 500,000 points."
"This time the upgrade points are enough."
"Be careful yourself."
"Ah, don't worry."
While Sephiroth was communicating with the Main God, a minute quickly passed, and no more moving Undead were visible near the staircase.
Dealing with these Undead that only ran back and forth, even with his mind multitasking, Sephiroth could easily pierce the head of every Undead nearby.
"Wow... amazing..." Miyamoto Rei and the other two descended from the platform, startled to see at least 20 Undead running around the staircase.
"There's no time for talk, we must leave this place quickly." Sephiroth said, then began moving downstairs.
Sephiroth led the way, the two women and Komuro Takashi brought up the rear. The four moved quickly, but they heard a strange sound near the storage room.
"What's that sound?" Miyamoto Rei asked, frowning.
"It sounds like a nail gun, coming from the storage room over there." As an assassin, Sephiroth easily identified the source of the sound.
"Let's go take a look. Maybe we can be helpful." Takagi Saya suggested.
"Then let's go." Sephiroth led the way towards the storage room.
When the four arrived at the storage room, they saw the scene of the chubby Kohta Hirano, from the military academy, shooting zombies with a modified gas nail gun.
Miyamoto Rei and the other two entered the storage room to explain the situation to Kohta Hirano and search for useful items, while Sephiroth guarded the entrance alone.
To the other four, this seemed like a display of courageous responsibility, but for Sephiroth, it was simply a matter of not wanting his points stolen.
"Sephiroth, we can go!" Miyamoto Rei's confident voice rang out from behind Sephiroth.
Having pierced the fifth Undead's head, Sephiroth turned to look towards the storage room.
Miyamoto Rei held an aluminum handle, seemingly salvaged from a mop. Takagi Saya also held a power drill, at least offering some self-defense.
Komuro Takashi and Kohta Hirano followed behind the two women, each carrying their own weapons.
"Hirano, the nail gunner, is a long-range marksman. You and Komuro should cover the rear, okay?" Sephiroth nodded slightly towards Miyamoto Rei and Takagi Saya, then narrowed his eyes at Kohta Hirano, who kept glancing at Takagi Saya.
"Yes, please leave it to me. I'm quite skilled at marksmanship!" Kohta Hirano replied excitedly.
"Then let's continue!" Sephiroth swung his Masamune and began clearing the way (scoring points) again.