Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 10, H.O.T.D 2

There were some interesting comments from the editor, but due to standing out to much I used a number to show where it was and placed the original comment in the author's note. I'll do another chapter in 12 hours or so.

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The morning of Day 2 of the mission.

Team Japan's objective for the day was for help Jin formulate a plan to deal with the approaching zombie legion, as well as Team Kenya once they arrive at Tokonosu City Survival Camp. They discussed the possibility of going out themselves to handle to army of zombies before they reach the city. Using their powerful sci-fi and magic weapons to cut down the enemy numbers, but this plan was shut down almost immediately. Just the 9 members of Team Japan couldn't wipe and truly harm an army of the scale of 3 million by themselves. There were too many reasons to count why this was not a good idea. Hit and run tactics still had some merit, but without a large force to ultimately crush the core of the legion of zombies, this tactic would just result in Team Japan's exhaustion and death.

There was the military might of the city to factor in, but without a clear understanding of their forces, unity, and the lack of trust between Team Japan and the city this tactic was impossible to carry out. Team Japan were heros, but only to the people and a few hundred soldiers, so they couldn't influence the military to move in cooperation with just their current fame even if they relied on the main characters. Only after a team of God's Dimension acquired the highest level of enhancements and each member owned at least a C-B tier sci-fi weapon could they combat 3 million zombies alone, so they chose the path of gathering influence which was safer and more efficient. This meant gathering information around the Survival Camp and deepening their relationship with the main characters, so the team decided to split up.

Shin, Hikari, and Aqua who had the best relationship with main characters were to meet up with them at the personal barracks of the Walking Dead Unit.

Shuai, Connor, and Drake were to explore the city to gather information from the refugees who would mostly likely hear the best secrets.

Jin planned to hang around the Takagi manor to think up plans. Kisara will stay with him to keep him safe and protect the human creations, alongside Grim Ash who returned from a night of hunting zombies alone just as the sun rose.

The three newbies woke up early in the morning, freaked out again, and put asleep curtsy of drugs from Sachi. Sachi then volunteered (Without discussion) said she would head out alone to spy. Some were worried about her moving alone, but as an assassin she worked best alone and could escape alone if she ran into any troubles without worry, and after changing out of her nurse outfit that stood out like a thumb she set off first without waiting for Shin's permission.

Shin: "... Let's ignore her. She was originally a top assassin before entering the realm and now she has enhancements and gear rivaling well enhanced Players. She'll be fine on her own. Anyways, we've made about one hundred or so points in our sleep thanks to Ash. I thought the number would be bigger, but yesterday we might have wiped out most of the zombies in the vicinity of the survival camp. We all have our objectives and the faster we can complete them the better our position will be during the mission. Hikari will keep us in constant contact with Soul Link. Okay, let's give it our all today!"

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Afterward the team split up to complete their objectives. Shin, Hikari, and Aqua arrived at the barracks of the Walking Dead Unit. It was only a short twenty minute walk on foot, so they arrived in no time. Yesterday, when Shin had asked about them having their own barracks Saya who was nearby frowned. Apparently it was set up by her parents who wanted her nearby (Saya rarely liked to use her room in the manor) even when she goes out on adventures for when she comes back. Her mother even provided for her group subordinates to take care of the barracks for when they were away, and they could use them even as soldiers no questions asked. Shin and the others arrived at the barracks and saw men and woman of all ages wearing normal office wear running around in a hurry. They shouldn't have been a part of the main forces of Tokonosu City, but it really looked like no one was allowed to sit still when 3 million zombies were due to arrive in little over a week. They asked someone who looked the least busy to see where Takashi's group was. The man for but a moment glared at each one of them with furious fighting spirit, yet immediately recalling everyone were just told friends were coming by to see the Walking Dead Unit, he preceded to show Shin's group the way. Shin, Aqua, and Hikari followed behind him, yet they were no longer so carefree and watched their surroundings and noticed several eyes on them.

Shin: (I thought they were just staff Says's mother hired, but they are real hidden tigers and dragons pretending to be sheep. The look like white collar workers, but each of them moves and looks around with caution. Just like us. Before we knew it we walked a certain way in case of sudden attacks and look at their surroundings to see where they are most vulnerable to attack and where they will have an advantage. I bet they think we came here with the wrong intentions approaching their heroes out of the blue. I bet someone with ill intent who came here not knowing better would disappear without a chance to meet the main characters, never to be seen again.)

The member of the Walking Dead Unit's staff lead the three to a garage and inside were the main characters. Takashi was lifting weights, bench pressing weights that should weigh almost as much as two car engine. Rei was in the middle of dissembling and reassembling her gun (While taking glances at Takashi from time to time. Die protagonist! (1)). Saeko was cleaning a katana reflecting a strange light with a handkerchief with extreme care (While taking glances at Takashi from time to time. Die protagonist... Ah, is this how others feel when they see me, huh? (2)). Saya was in a sitting position and was actually levitating while apparently meditating. Near a line of three black armored Humvees Kohta was immersed checking under the hood with a wrench in his hand and covered in oil. Shizuka-sensei with the aura of an air head was organizing a desk covered in medical tools. Lastly, Alice was playing together with the dog that was missing last time around when Shin and others first appeared in "H.O.T.D", Zeke, as she chased after him on a small mountain bike... with bloodstains on the tires.

Staff Member: "Captain Komuro! Your guest have arrived."

Takashi: "Shin, Aqua, and Hikari! Thanks for coming. Also, you, I told you that Takashi is just fine. I'm younger than you and I'm not even a part of the regular army. Just borrowing this space through connections to Saya's parents, so-"

Staff Member: "Nonesense! I could never do such a thing Captain! Your Tokonosu City's hero! You also personally saved my five-year-old niece from becoming the plaything of that venomous Snake King Hattori of Kyoto. You traveled all the way there for my families sake. I could never call my family's savor disrespectfully! I rather commit "kyodo senpaku"!"

Takashi: "........."

Not wanting to argue any further Takashi stopped his training and dismissed the officer. Apparently he was used to such treatment. He then walked over to Shin, Hikari, and Aqua. Takashi excitedly greeted them since even after seeing each other the previous day, finding friends that you didn't know were alive or dead was a blessing in this apocalyptic world more than ever. The other main characters stopped what they were doing as well and joined in excitedly. Takashi and the others had their own share of partings and they traveled Japan, so they were genuinely happy to meet again despite only knowing each other for about two days. Shin, Hikari, and even Aqua oddly felt the same. The main characters of "H.O.T.D" were just supposed to be NPC to them, but after fighting together and running away together they saw Takashi and the others as true friends and comrades. Especially with the way when the main characters heard about the death of Misaki and genuinely felt sad. Shin knew that even his own parents didn't feel sad at his passing, so this meant a lot to him.

Takashi: "So what brings you here to Tokonosu City again? Did you come to help out when word of the zombie legion spread? If so we'll welcome you. We saw you all fight and I have to say that I'm impressed. Shin, you're firepower as a Spirit based Evolver may even be more powerful than my own."

Shin: "Spirit base Evolver? Ah, yeah, I guess that I'm so so confident with my firepower with magic (Can't tell the truth just yet), but I have more confidence in my close combat ability. I also just learned that spell recently, so-"

Saya: "You've just learned that spell!? Fire Bolt, was it? Never heard of it. The scale of damage aren't too different. Just a difference of natural elemental affinity, but the speed far surpassed Takashi's Devil Flame which he has leveled up more than once. I'm a full elemental with a variety of attack spells, but I don't have anything as fast as that lightning shaped flame spell of yours. Just where did-"

Saeko: "Saya, before or after the apocalypse, it isn't proper to ask how another raises his power so easy. These secrets may be worth killing for. Just like how famous swordsmiths won't share their secrets of tempering steel. Even we have powers we don't want to explain to others, right! Especially if it leaks to those who will be our enemies."

Saya: "Yeah, your right. Sorry for prying."

Shin: "It's fine. So-"

Aqua: "So don't worry about it. We exactly don't want to tell others, but if you seriously ask and are prepared to answer our own questions, we'll be more than happy to share our information. It's probably something we had to talk about since we can't go hiding our true powers when THEM get here."

Rei: "What kind of things do you want to know from us?"

Hikari: "Quite a few things, but we also want your assistance. Isn't that right Shin."

Shin: "That's correct. For reasons we can't explain yet, but we want to help you all fend off the 3 million legion of THEM. To do so we need influence and want your assistance, but before we get any deeper into this I want to say we won't be staying here more than fourteen more days. We don't wish to take over or anything of the sort. That's just troublesome. I'm sure you've seen others try to make use of you, so you may not like the fact were trying to use your influence to strengthen our own, but if you allow us to help we can not just strength Tokonosu City's military power, but other issues you must be facing. Well, at the very least I can look you all in the face and say we're sincere."

After discussing it with Jin before we departed this was one of the methods we thought of to gain influence. An exchange of items. Like what was repeatedly explained in the world of "God and Devil World" there were severe lacks of resources. Weapons and food being the most wanted items, and in God's Dimension such things were as plentiful as sea water when you had a house on the beach. It may cost some penalties for spoilers, but it was worth it to gain the influence we needed before the legion arrives with Team Kenya.

Kohta: "Honest or not, honestly after the apocalypse sounds just like lies."

Alice: "Uh, Alice heads hurt, but they're good guys right. Shin saved me too! If they want to help..."

Saya: "Alice, these are adult matters and so you can't be so naive. Even when dealing with your own best friend or family, you must consider the pros and cons, and whether the other party has a hidden agenda. Especially after the apocalypse... although I still want to believe in people too."

Rei: "I feel the same, so both Alice or Saya are not wrong. The ones in the wrong are those who purposely manipulate people when they are desperate."

Takashi: "...Shin, we're comrades. I still think so. It was only for two days, yet those two days were the beginning of this apocalypse, so I'll give you the chance to prove that it's still true, but if you're playing at something, for the sake of friendship... I'll let you walk away just this once. I don't take to liars and betrayals all that well!"

Takashi's eyes flashed with murderous intent for a brief second, but we all caught it and felt a cold sweat down out backs. I honestly believe my Team Japan could take Takashi's Walking Dead Unit in a fight, but there would certainly be casualties on our side if we were not careful. I noticed it when Takashi was fearlessly fighting the zombies yesterday, but his mentality if nothing else was far stronger than any member of Team Japan. Our actual war potential was higher, but he and possibly his comrades had developed a fighting spirit tempered through an untold number of battles without rest, unlike us who receive guaranteed ten days of peace after each mission and could even go on vacation for weeks and months if we so desired to. Possibly, in a one on one fight with Takashi, if I don't resort to using my full power and go in with the intent to kill... I would be killed before I could do anything.

Shin: "Don't worry. I think more of my friends and comrades than to pull one other on them. That includes all of you all. To start with... Here. You can have these!"

Shin called out for his hidden dimensional item and as a light appeared around his waist and the normal plain belt he was wearing was replaced with his Dimensional Belt. This gained the attention of all the main characters, especially when he took out two items from a subspace. It looked similar to the subspace of Takashi's own subspace ring, but Shin's dimensional item looked far more cutting edge, especially with an ability to hide or replace itself with a everyday item. Takashi and Kohta were the ones who picked up the two items Shin took out. In Takashi's hands were two glass bottles and Kohta with zeal took a shotgun.

Takashi: "What are in the bottles. Pills? Medicine?"

Kohta: "And what is so special about this shotgun? Don't get me wrong it's a great model. An A.H. Fox HE Grade Shotgun. But if you're just selling weapons, I don't think you can tempt anyone unless you have a few thousand of-"

Shin: "Inside the bottles are pills of compressed food and solidified water. Take one of each and you'll be full. I can supply you with enough to solve your food problems for the next ten years."

Saya: "Oh my..."

Saya losing her composure ripped the bottles from Takashi's hands and hasty tested the pills. There was a slight taste of food left in her mouth. She had forgotten to eat breakfast today, yet now she no longer felt hungry or thirsty anymore. It was a miracle item that couldn't be given enough value even before the apocalypse. Such an item could cure world hunger! The pills were also small and compact and wouldn't take up too much space, making it excellent rations for the soldiers on the move as well. If Shin's group could produce ten years worth of these pills for the 100,000 refuges of Tokonosu City, no just three years worth, so many of their problems would be solved in a instant.

Shin: "I can't teach the manufacturing method, but I can supply you with ten years worth of these in the next few days."

Saya: "Shin.. just... just who are you!"

Shin: "Just a friend helping a friend out. Now as for the shotgun... Kohta, do you remember Aqua's gun that you just went crazy with back when we first met?"

Kohta: "Of course! The Barreta Auto 9! The same model used by Robo Cop! It also had infinite ammo and... it couldn't be..."

Shin: "Yes! That shotgun is infinite ammo. Also, the ammunition themselves are low grade magic bullets which can kill zombies even without head shots. I don't have a lot of these, but I can supply everyone here of the Walking Dead Until with-"

Kohta: "Infinite ammo magic bullets!!!"

Without giving anyone a chance to stop him, at the speed of light Kohta ran off with the shotgun over to a target practice post just outside the garage. He raised the shotgun at the target and fired the gun. He repeated the process again and again, yet even after five minutes of continuous fire he didn't have to reload the gun once, proving Shin's claim as true.

Shin: "You can keep at it all day, but you won't run out of bullets, but I would be careful of overheating. The metal and plastic parts will deform and explode if you keep firing without rest just like any other gun."

Kohta: "Takashi! Saya! Do everything that they say! Even if they ask us to burn down a city or two we should-"

Saya: "Shut up! You've been completely bought with that gun, so you can't be objective. Also, just how does an infinite ammo gun even work? Even Takashi's Stringer Pistol can only produce a few bullets per day. I've been curious since I saw Aqua's Auto 9 when the apocalypse began. Before the God and Devil System began."

Saya was the smart type and was obviously suspicious as she should have been, but Takashi stopped her from inquiring deeply into the matter. As the leader Takashi made the decision that the benefits of what Shin was offering weighed far more than the mysteries surrounding Shin's group. Also, there was no guarantee that Shin or anyone else in his group would reveal anything through interrogation. He saw that each one of them had been in Unlocked Mode when they were fighting the zombies the previous day, and so would be difficult to break those with strong spirits, especially in time before the legion of zombies arrive.

Shin: "We're also willing to teach the method of crafting magic bullets. With magic bullets you can deal additional damage to magic and supernatural creatures, including zombies and mutant beast (The latter is uncertain, but they don't need to know that). With normal zombies if you don't destroy the brain or sever the spinal cord, it could take over a hundred bullets to down one of THEM if you're not a skilled sharp shooter, but it's different from magic bullets. No more than 5-10 would kill one of THEM and their remains would burn to ashes. Its impressive and eco-friendly! With magic bullets the skill requirements for gunner to wipe out the THEM would be lowered. You could even arm a group of kids with handguns if the situation because dire enough to instantly create a fighting force that could stop their advance."

Takashi: "Wait wait wait! We get it already! We agree to help you. I actually don't even want you to leave now after the battle is over, but I'll take what I can get. What do you need for us to see all of these benefits you're offering?"

Shin: "Great, but for the moment we don't have any dire demands. First we need information about Tokonosu City's resources, manpower and power structure. Our strategist, the one with the wrinkled blue jacket and magic staff on his back, he needs this information to come up with a plan to deal with the legion of zombies. Second, we'll like to fight alongside you guys, the Walking Dead Unit when the upcoming battle begins. We'll reveal our reasons in the end, but it isn't wrong to say that we just want to fight with our comrades again rather than mix in with the regular army. Lastly, we want to meet Saya's father and mother, the leaders of Tokonosu City Survival Camp. It'll be inconvenient for us if we start making large moves within the city without consulting him. I'll rather get rid of the suspicions as soon as possible."

Saya: "Yeah, that's the right course of action. If we're doing this we'll need his permission and support. At the very least modifying our ammunition into magic bullets will mean shuffling around resources for the upcoming invasion. I'll talk to Mama and Papa later and have you and them meet to discuss the details. Takashi should probably sit in as well. I'll try to have you meet them tonight."

Shin: "Anytime soon is fine. I'm just glad for the meeting. Oh, I'll give you all infinite ammo guns with magic bullets as well. Even if we can't make this deal work I want to arm you. Even if it just increases your chances of survival just a bit."

Without hesitation I took out all the spare infinite ammo guns modified by Jin on a nearby table gaining the awe and amazement of the main characters. The guns that his team uses in battle and some spares were still kept in the Dimensional Belt, but Jin and I had bought so many from God that the team had extras that we weren't using. Jin was the one who suggested offering these weapons to the main characters as a sign of trust and cooperation, but for me it was definitely more than that. While the main characters were suspicious of us at first, I saw in their eyes hesitation. That they wanted to believe us, their comrades during the early days of the apocalypse, that we weren't out to trick them in a grab of power. This meant a lot for me to know we still had comrades out there after the deaths of so many good members of Team Japan like Zero, Saki, Kampa, Renji and Misaki. I probably should have acted with more caution and emotional distance from the main characters, but I couldn't help it.

Shin: "I'm glad that we can work together... Kohta. Do you want to try firing a sci-fi weapon? A Gauss Sniper Rifle."

Kohta: "hgshhsnsjjsggggaaaaaaaaa (Spasming out of control)!!! A real Gauss Sniper Rifle!!!"

Shin: "Infinite ammo. Sorry, but it doesn't have magic-"

Kohta: "Oh my god and goddess! I... We have a few modified Humvees in the corner of the garage. We've smelt the scales a few Type 3 Mutant Beast over the metal exterior and tires! Even the fireball of an H1 Zombie or the special attack of an L2 couldn't hope to leave a dent in its armor. I've even added a optional Gatling gun attachment to the hood of the Humvee, but it has to be manned by a living person. I'll give you one, our two spare modified Humvees. Just let me have, no borrow it. Just let me try it out even once!"

Rei: "He's just taking liberties here, isn't he? His eyes are also scary."

Alice: "Um, is this what they call selling one's body?"

Saya: "No exactly, but you're not too far off. Objectively we were just bought off with food and weapons. Also, don't talk about selling your body, brat!"

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A little later.

Shin and Takashi began taking about a few of their experiences since the apocalypse. Shin couldn't talk about God's Dimension and had to be more vague than he liked to have been, but the struggles that he's endured could still be felt as Takashi listened. Then as Takashi spoke of some of his experiences, he revealed that he was now in a relationship with both Rei and Saeko. In the end he couldn't choose one over the other and just choosing one would create an atmosphere that could break up the team, so he had to confess to both.

Takashi: "It's rough I tell you, man. You can't call it a real harem with just two women, but it wears you down all the same. Especially when random women keep hitting on me and offering their bodies. It happens all the time because I'm powerful, decent looking, and kind (Go to hell protagonist). Even little girls go after me. Rei and Saeko, especially Rei run them off and get mad at me for no reason! The relationship does have its good points, but it's definitely tiring. Especially when they silently stare at each other or indirectly provoke the other."

Shin: "...I understand. I also built up a harem of my own. Hikari, Aqua and two other women. The swordsman Kisara and the normal looking girl who draws you in the more you look at her, Komaru. They get along great, but... Hey, you have only two women, so maybe you can help me out here. How do you... go about asking your woman to sleep all together? It's fine if you can only tell me how to start with threesomes and I can handle the rest from there."

Takashi: "...Sorry BROTHER. I've barely been allowed to just have sex with one of them at a time. I got cut off for a month for even lightly suggesting it... and two slaps in the face from women who can bench press 500 pounds with ease! BROTHER! How can I gain the respect from multiple women!"

Shin: "... MY COMRADE... I... that's what I want to ask as well! Damn it all! My love has definitely reached them, so why?! I even read that book I picked up from before, but... Fuck! It looks so easy in books and visual novels, but why don't they show just how harms work out!? I want to punch the me of the past who thought making a harem was easy!"

Takashi: "Maybe its just a illusion, BROTHER. I've done my research as well... but I think Managa, Anime, Games and the like... as impossible as it seems... have been lying to us."

With those words said, both Shin and Takashi both fell to the floor with a cloud of despair over their heads. Their women looked over the scene and could only sigh. It was just all too sad that in both a closed space environment and post-apocalypse, the two of them were the best choices among the available men.

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Proofread by Deltoren.

1. (ED: Hey asshole you are a fucking protagonist.)

2. (ED: Yep fucker and you are worse with fucking 4 chicks than your cousin back home)

The magic enchantment in the gun diferr from the what one writes on bullets and is more complex. That's why they can't be copy and pasted without deeper knowledge that Jin has,