The car driven by Butei-senpai enters the highway and is relieved to be able to shake off the hordes of black zombies for the moment. However, at the same time, I also feel uneasy.
　That black zombie's legs and movements are slow, and they don't have the speed to catch up with the car...much less us on the highway.
　

　Perhaps they are thinking the same thing as I am, Arisa and the others are carefully watching their surroundings, and they also have weapons in their hands so that they can move quickly.

''Huh!　I think they're following us.

　We heard Kaze's voice from the back seat and as we all looked at the back of the car we saw a group of black zombies riding motorcycles and coming towards us.

What the hell is a zombie using the tools of civilization? No, I don't know if they're technically zombies, but they're enemies who don't know what a zombie movie is.

　Well, sure, when a zombie chases you on a motorcycle in a zombie movie, it's kind of weird... but this hypothetical black zombie in the virtual world seems to have a knack for using the tools of civilization.
　Impressions aside, escaping a large motorcycle in a one-box car with seven people on board is pretty tough.

''We will intercept them. Butei, please open the sunroof.
I understand.

　Liddy-senpai stood up with an archery bow and arrows to intercept the black zombies that were chasing him.

''Liddy-senpai, you have a rifle too?''
'I'm not as handy as you are, so this one I'm used to using is better.

　Refusing the large rifle offered by Arisa, Liddy-senpai leaned out of the sunroof to stand on the back of the seat and fired arrows in a flowing motion.
　Despite the precarious state of affairs, the arrows shot out one after another precisely catch the heads of the black zombies riding the motorcycle and repel them one by one.

It's a good job. This one will clear up without any problems.........................but there's something strange about it.
An accident?　Not.

　Arisa notices something while handing Liddy-senpai more arrows, and Erina also has a suspicious look on her face. Out of the corner of our eyes looking behind us, a motorcycle with a black zombie on it was moving in a strange way.
　The three motorcycles collided with each other, and the three black zombies that were riding on them mingled together and turned into a black tiger-like figure and started running down the road.

'Are they going to combine or something!　Really, anything is possible!
The first thing that comes to mind is that this virtual world might be like a game. Those black zombies don't have much capacity (resources), so they are weak, but they can change their capacity (resources) by combining with each other, right?

　While speaking in a laid-back tone, Fay operates the laptop at a tremendous speed. Unlike the laid-back tone, she typed at a tremendous speed with the force of a squall.


Mr. Wind?　What are you doing?
'Hmm?　Well, I'm just going to clean it up once and for all... okay, 'launch'.

　Kaze answered my question in the same loose tone as always............................launch?　What?
　At the same time as these questions came into my head, I heard something... yes, a sound like something flying at high speed.

"........Um, Kaze?　What did you launch?
Yeah?　"Tactical Tomahawk.
Tomahawk!

　I mean, it's a thing, right?　In this case, the tomahawk is not an axe or something........but a missile!
　Immediately after that, a tremendous roar was heard from behind and the car shook violently. After the shaking stopped, I looked backwards fearfully........let alone a group of black zombies, a part of the highway had been blown away.

'Wha.........................Why the missile!　I mean, were the missiles on campus too!
''You're well prepared - you even prepared a special high-performance laptop for me. Anyway, this world will disappear after the ordeal is over, and there's no need to worry about physical damage~

　I'm stunned by what happened. I mean, what is White really up to?　Do you want me to go to war with a missile or do you want me to go to war with it?









　The interception by the missiles was a surprise, but after that things went very well. With the destruction of part of the highway, the number of black zombies that were obviously chasing us decreased, and the black zombies that were coming sporadically were also advancing as Arisa and the others intercepted them.
　At this pace, they would be able to get to the outskirts of the city in about 10 minutes. If that happens, our destination cemetery will be soon.
　But what's this bewildering feeling........I feel like things are going too well.

The actuality of this is that it's a bit too loose to attack, isn't it?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
"...a trap?　...or ...some ...preparation?

　

''Huh?　Ladies and gentlemen, look to your right!

　Hearing Butei-senpai's shout, we all turned our attention to the view from the window on the right........................and were speechless.

　In terms of distance, it's quite far away.........near the center of the city, the largest twin building in the world. Right now, there was a huge black sphere that seemed to be engulfing it, and the sphere seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.
　As we looked at it, what passed through our minds was the scene from before - three black zombies merged together and grew into a giant tiger...or rather, evolved.

''This is bad........''
'Yes, Kaze. It's the worst... if the number of humans existing in this virtual world is the same as the original Earth from which it came... if you consider Japan alone, it's about 120 million... ...If we had all these zombies from all over the world, over seven billion... how much more than an order of magnitude in capacity (resources) would it be if they were all here--!

　With an impatient look on her face, Arisa tells us, and immediately afterwards the black sphere that swallowed the huge twin building begins to pulsate and change shape.
　Perhaps because it has condensed the gathered capacity (resources) and increased its density, its color is even more miserable and darker than the black zombies.
The jet-black wings that emit a sense of presence even under the black sky, and the huge body that emits a tremendous sense of intimidation while still having no eyes or nose.

I'm sorry, Kaito-san.

　Yes, it was ... a huge - a jet-black dragon that could easily be several hundred meters long.