Daily life in Zongman

While Fujiwara Haru was resting, more and more survivors gathered on the playground, until all the survivors came to the playground and borrowed each other's phones to report their safety to their families.

Futaba Rio also borrowed a cell phone and began to quickly collect data and organize information.

First, the news from this world. Major news outlets confirmed a global zombie crisis. The outbreak was also very concentrated, with most of the news coming today. Yesterday, there were only a few scattered reports of people rising from the dead and attacking others, and the day before yesterday, there was no related news at all.

Futaba Rio frowned slightly. This feeling of a global outbreak was completely unlike a normal infectious disease. Perhaps it was a large-scale organized man-made disaster.

If you establish a base in the future, you need to be careful that there may be a mastermind behind the global doomsday.

Looking at the survivors on the playground who were still borrowing each other's cell phones to send text messages to report their safety, Futaba Rio checked the time. There were still three minutes left before the ten-minute limit agreed upon.

After returning the phone and continuing to wait, she recalled a memory from the past.

As a child, she watched zombies in movies and wondered if a zombie crisis would really break out in her own world. If a virus that could turn people into zombies really appeared, would it really spread widely?

At that time, out of curiosity, she explored, researched, and learned relevant knowledge. After reading many books, she was certain that if the disease had spread naturally without human intervention, a global zombie crisis would never have occurred.

In fact, there is already a zombie-like virus for humans.

Rabies.

It is transmitted through bites and scratches. If there is no timely medical intervention after being infected, once the patient becomes ill, he or she can basically be pronounced dead. In addition, manic patients will frantically try to attack others and spread the virus.

The behavior, results, and transmission methods are so similar to the zombie virus.

However, in modern civilization, under organized and large-scale control, it is extremely difficult for it to spread. After all, the efficiency of spreading through biting and scratching alone is extremely low, or even non-existent.

Therefore, Futaba Rio also made one thing clear: if a global zombie crisis is to break out, there is only one possibility: man-made.

It is impossible to say that there is such a new virus that can be transmitted through multiple channels such as air, water, blood, animals, etc., and has an extremely long incubation period. While incubating, it is highly contagious and does not cause any complications during the incubation period.

Once this new virus infects most of the world's organisms, it will instantly mutate and become fully zombified, unleashing a massive zombie wave. This will quickly destabilize the government and military, making it impossible to maintain organized and large-scale operations or effectively organize defenses against the spread of the zombie virus.

This kind of extremely low probability, close to zero, is far less likely to be caused by human intervention. Therefore, Futaba Rio is inclined to believe that there is a dark organization behind this global zombie crisis.

The time for silent calculation arrived, and Futaba Rio looked at everyone on the playground: "Time is up, now keep quiet, no more talking."

After reminding each other, everyone on the playground gradually quieted down and looked at her.

"Everyone just saw it. The dead rose up and attacked the surviving humans, and the attacked humans became one of them. The scenes in these games and movies are actually happening right next to us. This isn't a dream or a fantasy; this is reality."

"For the sake of name and understanding, we now call these creatures that crawl back to attack humans after death zombies."

"Perhaps some idiots still don't understand what's going on, so let me cut to the chase. Now, immediately, check each other for any wounds. If anyone has any, leave the crowd and go to the right side of the playground."

"For those with wounds, if you still haven't turned into a zombie after dark, you will be given the most basic survival supplies. We will only treat you normally once we confirm that you are not infected and will not turn into a zombie."

Fujiwara Haru had just killed all the zombies, but the survivors who might be infected still needed special attention. After Futaba Rio had gathered information and sorted it out for ten minutes, her first action was to identify the potential infected.

Normally, this step would require personnel to check and confirm, but Futaba currently had no subordinates, and the only people she knew who could be used were Hidenori and Yoshitake. There were over two hundred survivors on the playground, and having three of them check was far too slow, so this was the only method left for now.

After she finished speaking, Futaba fell silent and looked at the people on the playground. After she finished saying to check each other's wounds, the playground suddenly became noisy and noisy. The survivors who had just experienced the zombie attack did not dare to neglect any of them and quickly checked each other for wounds.

Among the more than 15 people, 13 had wounds on their bodies. Thirteen of them walked to the right side of the playground one after another, hoping for a miracle in order not to drag down others, or being driven away by their old friends.

There were two more people who frantically refused to leave the crowd, and kept shouting: "I was scratched by an iron rod! Not by a zombie! I'm not infected, I'm not, I won't go!"

"I'm not infected either! Hey, hey, you have to believe me! Aren't we best friends?! If I go to the right and they turn into zombies and bite me, I'll really become a zombie! I won't go! I won't go!"

The two men kept making a lot of noise, and the survivors moved away from them.

Futaba frowned: "Are you idiots? Go to the right quickly and don't waste time!"

Both refused. One of the men with dyed hair waved his arms and said, "Why should I listen to you? I'm not infected. You can't do this to me. Why are you putting me with the infected?"

Another person echoed: "I won't go there. I'm not infected. I absolutely don't want to be around infected people. It's too dangerous."

These two people were obviously looking for trouble, and Futaba was very angry, but she couldn't think of a good way to deal with it for the time being.

In the past, she had always communicated with people who were polite and law-abiding. When she encountered unreasonable people, she would just leave and never force herself to communicate with unreasonable people. She knew very well that it was a futile effort.

But now she couldn't, she needed to do her best to arrange for these survivors. Just like a scholar meeting a soldier, she had wisdom but couldn't convince those stubborn people.

At this moment, Xiusuke, Yoshitake and the other two, who were standing not far away, exchanged glances before quickly rushing over. A purple-haired girl in the crowd retracted her steps, about to offer help, but it seemed unnecessary to intervene for now.

Xiu Ze, Ji Zhu and the other two rushed over and each kicked the most arrogant one to the ground.

Xiu Ze gave him a punch: "You won't leave?"

Ji Zhu kicked him again: "Can't go through?"

Zhongbang added a punch and a kick: "Are you not leaving yet?"

The man who was beaten groaned a few times and then suddenly howled. Xiu Ze and the other two were so scared that they stopped immediately. They didn't use any heavy hands.

Then the man lay on the ground, spitting blood and gasping for breath.

"Ahahaha... This is, this is turning into a zombie, right? We didn't kick it, did we?"

"He must be turning into a zombie. Look at his bulging eyes."

"So, what should we do?"

"Huh? You ask me?"

The three of them looked left and right. The one who had just spoken of fighting the zombies was now staring at the infected man howling on the ground. Its eyes bulged, its mouth brimming with crimson blood, and its hideous fingers constantly scratching at its skin, a scene filled with inhuman terror.

The three people who lived in their daily lives subconsciously took a few steps back when they saw the horrific scene of corpse transformation. It was the body's instinctive protection that kept them away from the source of danger.

On the other side, another person who hadn't crossed to the right side of the playground also began to spit out blood and cough continuously. At the same time, three of the 13 people on the right side of the playground also began to cough and spit out blood, scaring the other ten people so much that they ran away.

The remaining survivors on the playground began to scream, and some of them fled outside the playground.

Futaba took a deep breath and said, "Stay calm! It's just a few zombies. We can just work together to eliminate them!"

However, the panicked crowd couldn't hear her. More accurately, most people didn't want to face the zombies. If they got scratched, they'd be dead. They began shoving and pushing each other, trying to leave the playground.

Xiu Ze, who was closest to the infected person, looked around, then took a deep breath and looked at his friend: "Ji Zhu, give me the stick."

He knew very well that he had to stand up at this time, otherwise the situation would become more and more chaotic.

Ji Zhu looked at him: "You want to go?"

"In this situation, we have to go!"

Ji Zhu looked at the straight wooden stick he had just picked up, took a deep breath, and then clenched it: "What nonsense are you talking about! The first head must be mine!"

"Let me do it!"

“Hahaha!”

He shouted loudly, venting the fear in his heart. Without saying much to Xiu Ze, he rushed forward quickly, then raised his stick and hit the dyed-haired man who had turned into a zombie on the head.

Yoshitake knew exactly how to kill zombies. After playing so many games and reading so many comics, it would be stupid not to hit the zombies in the head.

He hit his head, and then blood splattered everywhere, staining his clothes.

The zombie lay on the ground, motionless. Its hideous face remained motionless, like a dead human lying on the ground.

After confirming the zombie's death, Yoshitake felt the blood splattered on his body and the warm blood in his palms. He sat down on the ground and looked at Xiu Ze: "Ah...ha...ha...I got the first head, haha..."

They were called zombies, but their appearance was human. Killing zombies was like killing humans. This huge similarity had a great impact on Ji Zhu, who lived his daily life. He sat on the ground for a long time to relax.

On the other side, a girl with long purple hair stood up with a wooden sword in her hand. After confirming that help was needed, she quickly killed the remaining zombies and walked to Futaba.

She said in a clear voice: "Silence!"

The crowd that was screaming in panic slowly stopped where they were after the zombies died and stopped running away. Many of the survivors knew the purple-haired girl.

"It's Busujima-senpai!"

"Bujima-senpai killed all the zombies in an instant. It seemed so easy for her."

"That's not something to be taken for granted. I remember Busujima-senpai was the ace of the Kendo Club, and she even won the National Kendo Tournament last year. That's great news! We'll be much safer with her around!"

Because they knew her well and recognized her fighting ability, the survivors seemed to have found their backbone and gathered together again.

The purple-haired girl's full name is Saeko Busujima, a third-year student at Fujimi Private Academy. After confirming that all the survivors had regrouped, she looked at Rio Futaba beside her.

"The team needs a leader. Please continue to arrange the next plan."

Futaba breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue making plans.

She was very clever, having quickly devised a follow-up plan. The plan for checking each other's wounds and identifying infected individuals was flawless. However, she wasn't very good at leading others, so the plan didn't proceed smoothly, causing some unrest.

Being smart and being a good leader are two different things. Especially when a scholar with poor eloquence encounters an unreasonable and unreasonable soldier and cannot suppress him by force, his efforts are futile.

Futaba Rio is ready to take the next step: "Now everyone first"

"Wait!"

A man's voice interrupted Futaba's words.

The man who interrupted walked out of the crowd, adjusted his glasses, and questioned: "Why did you order those people to be killed? They were just infected with the virus, and maybe they could be saved. You ordered them to be killed, which is murder!"

There was some discussion in the crowd, and some people who knew the man with glasses revealed his identity: the third-grade Chinese teacher - Shido Koichi.

Futaba was furious. She instantly realized the man in front of her wasn't stupid; he was just trying to seize leadership. It was clearly the end of the world, and the school had just stabilized, but he was already eager to jump into internal strife. This was truly ugly.

This made her very angry and she became very sharp-tongued.

"Did the zombies eat your brain? Are you going to wait for them to attack us instead of killing them?"

"I said."

Shido Koichi's lips curled up slightly, and he looked at the angry Futaba Rio, his heart filled with joy: "All your arguments just now were deduced based on the information given in the game and movie, right?"

"Have you really studied this virus? Why are you so sure? Did you develop this virus?"

"Besides, do you have solid evidence to prove that these people cannot be saved?"

"Have it?"

After asking, Shido Koichi looked at the remaining ten people on the right side of the playground: "Don't worry, I will save you. I believe in modern medicine. No matter what the disease is, there is a chance of recovery!"

The ten people instantly developed a favorable impression of Shido Koichi. They really didn't want to turn into zombies and die, and they held onto the hope that even if they turned into zombies, they might have a chance to turn back again in the future.

Futaba felt somewhat powerless, as she knew very well what she was good at and what she was not good at. She knew a lot of knowledge and could come up with many plans, but when she was alone, she did not have enough means and force to carry out her plans.

In the past, she always chose to stay away from such people to avoid being fooled. But now, she had to face such people temporarily and try to gain their trust and support through positive eloquence speeches.

She looked at Busujima Saeko beside her, but Busujima didn't make any move. Busujima Saeko was very rational. She was disgusted by Shido Koichi's behavior of trying to seize power, but he was a teacher and naturally had the identity of leading students. As a student, if she taught him a lesson without a proper reason, it would easily lead to Futaba being boycotted by the group.

At that time, he would have completely lost the support of the people, which would be equivalent to handing over the leadership.

Futaba Rio knew there was another way to break the impasse, but she didn't want to use that method. He had said he needed to rest, so she would do her best to ensure he could rest peacefully until evening.

Even if it means doing something I'm not good at, to face the idiot in front of me.

The playground was silent for a few seconds. Futaba took a deep breath and began to refute the person in front of her in the style of a debate to prove her point.

"Based on the facts that have happened so far, the virus..."

Shido Koichi's mouth curled up, his heart filled with pride. When Futaba started to debate with him, she had already fallen into his trap.

Will he debate normally? No, he will use leading questions, the burden of proof, the slippery slope fallacy and many other logical fallacies commonly used in sophistry to win.

He interrupted Futaba and spoke again: "Then it's obvious that you are just applying the false information you saw in games and movies to reality. You just ordered the killing of those patients for your own safety. Those people were just sick, not completely hopeless, but you ordered them to be killed!"

After saying this, he looked at Busujima Saeko and said, "Bukujima-san, I know you were just misled by her. She is the murderer. You were deceived by her because you cared too much about everyone."

Finally, he looked at all the surviving students: “In this deteriorating world, who can guarantee that they won’t get sick? We should unite and help those who are sick. That will also help ourselves.”

"Now, Oikawa Hayata, Shimamoto Kazuto, and Kuroda Yuto, go collect the extra coats of those present and temporarily tie up the ten patients who might be sick. If they do end up being sick, we must also work hard to find a way to save them!"

The three students whose names were called were from Shido Hiroshi's class. After being called, they subconsciously followed the order and went to collect clothes to tie up the ten people on the right side of the playground.

Shido Koichi looked at the students on the playground who had agreed to have their clothes collected, and felt very proud after confirming that everyone had begun to follow his arrangements.

Seize the leadership and succeed!

He is very cunning, very, very cunning when it comes to climbing up the social ladder.

He had just interrupted her, provoking her anger and causing her to lose her temper and become aggressive. Even as a teacher, he, being verbally attacked, would be seen as the weaker party. Everyone would think that Futaba was too strong and unreasonable, and would subconsciously side with him.

This step allowed him to step onto the stage.

The second step is to attack the rationality of Futaba's behavior, making her the murderer and him the savior.

This step put him on the moral high ground.

The third step, he specifically asked the students to tie up the ten people, was his most proud step. He knew that if he asked who could help, no one would come to help, just like when Futaba just yelled for everyone to work together to kill the zombies, everyone would subconsciously think of asking others to help instead of doing it themselves.

But if he calls out names, it will be difficult for the people named to refuse, and they will follow his orders.

The ten people who were tied up at the same time were so grateful to him for having a chance to be rescued that they let themselves be tied up obediently. The other survivors would also feel safe when they saw the ten potential infected people being tied up, and thus would be more convinced of him.

After completing these three steps, he will become the most prestigious person on the scene.