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Neo Hope (II)... [Chapter 58]
🕑 Added 2022-06-02 17:14:34 +0000 UTCThis time Daichi decided to take the Humvee instead the Hummer, the back of the Hummer was open so Daichi couldn’t ask anyone to sit there, while the back of the Humvee was covered so there was more space inside the Humvee when compared to the Hummer. Even though Anthony’s Skill allowed him to use Super Strength, he could still get infected by the Zombies if he gets scratched. Unlike Dylan Carver and Kabato Ran, he couldn’t harden his skin to defend himself.
That is why Daichi thought that it would be better for Anthony to use guns to kill enemies for the time being and Kohta could only use guns, and Roberta could use both guns and knives to fight, but guns were her primary weapon, but Daichi didn’t want Roberta killing Zombies with a pair of knives, so Daichi decided to a lot of ammo with them, just in case. Even if they ended up never using all of that ammo, it was better to be safe than sorry.
For Kanae, Daichi asked Saeko to provide the black-haired girl with a Katana from her collection. Just like Saeko, Kanae was a Katana enthusiast, so Daichi was quite sure that Kanae was going to get along with Saeko quite nicely, and finally, Bella was Bella, so there was nothing to say. Then finally, Daichi glanced toward the nervous-looking girl sitting in the front passenger seat. Among the whole team, only Daichi and Gisele knew how to drive, and Gisele looked really nervous and there was a chance that she might end up crashing the Humvee.
That is why Daichi decided to drive the car…
“Gisele, can you show me your Status Window?” Daichi asked the nervous girl, who frantically nodded her head in agreement without wasting any time.
“Yeah, sure, no problem, though you will find nothing impressive in my Status Window” Gisele said with an embarrassed look on her face, but when she saw that Daichi still wanted to see her Status Window, she could only agree with him even though she was embarrassed. After that, Gisele kept staring at Daichi, and that is when she realized that she didn’t know how to show her Status Window to someone else.
“How can I show you my Status Window?” Gisele asked nervously, she thought that it was probably common knowledge, which is why she looked quite nervous. To be honest, she didn’t want to anger Daichi and she thought that she might end up annoying Daichi with her stupidity, but much to her surprise, Daichi didn’t look annoyed or irritated in the least.
“Just grab my hand and open your Status Window” Daichi answered as he extended his arm toward Gisele. The nervous girl accepted the offered limb and then she opened her Status Window. Moments later, a small translucent screen appeared in front of Daichi’s eyes. Even though Daichi was driving the car, the screen wasn’t big enough to obstruct his vision…
[Gisele Lark
Status Points- 0
Level- 0
Race- Human
Job- None
Strength- 8
Agility- 9
Health- 10
Stamina- 9
Mana- 15
Magic- 10]
‘Fuck!! She is even weaker than an average human’ Daichi cursed inside his mind. Kyoko’s Status Window was somewhat like Gisele at the beginning. ‘Let’s see if she can even work under pressure or not… If she can do her job perfectly then I will help her Level up’ Daichi internally mused as he lets go of her hand. It wasn’t like Daichi couldn’t manage his Mana Archive Account on his own, but he quickly realized that he won’t have much time to reply to all the comments and stuff like that, and Mana Archive App is the only form of communication at this moment.
Gisele said that she is good at managing a social account, which is why he decided to leave that responsibility to her. Though he wanted to see if she could hold the phone during Live Streams or not, after all, he wasn’t planning to ask someone else to just hold his phone during the Live Streaming. He wasn’t planning to allow more than one person to handle his account. If Gisele ends up proving not fit for the job, then he would look for someone else…
‘I wanted to hunt Mutant Beasts, but I don’t think Anthony or Ran could handle that. Even Roberta, Kohta, and Kanae are yet to hunt Mutated Beasts, so it would be quite risky for them, especially at the night. So, I think hunting Zombies would be the best’ Daichi concluded inside his mind. After the incident on the bridge, the Zombies on this side of the bridge have decreased quite a lot, so Daichi decided to travel to the other side of the bridge and look for the horde. He just hoped that the horde hasn’t left the city.
“Yozora-senpai, are going to the other side of the bridge?” Kohta was the first one who realized that Daichi was taking them to the other side of the bridge.
“Yes, we will be hunting Zombies. The Zombies are the ones who are causing the chaos, if people see us destroying the Zombies, then people will be able to see us as the strongest by default, and don’t forget that we are going to be the first ones who are going to Live Stream on this server, so we already have a huge advantage over the other groups” Daichi explained and even though Kohta understood what Daichi was trying to say, several new questions popped inside his head after hearing Daichi’s answer.
“Other groups? I didn’t know that we would be competing with other groups” Kanae asked with a confused look on her face.
“Well, no, at least not directly. You see, by Live Streaming, we are going to be advertising the power of our group, I know by doing this we will also be attracting the negative types of attention, but it is a small matter when the advantages are considered. We are going to be the first people to use the function of Live Streaming, which is good publicity. Even the people who have realized how the App works would know that we are stronger because we are the first ones to achieve the feat. So, naturally, people will come looking for us, wanting to join our group” Daichi explained with a grin as he continued to drive.
“Hmm, but we are already having problems managing the numbers of survivors we currently have… Are you sure that we will be able to manage more? If what you are saying is right, then people will come to join our group in droves” Saeko questioned with an unsure look on her face. She wasn’t doubting Daichi’s decision, but she simply wanted to be sure about his decision.
“Yes, I am sure. I have been thinking about this for quite some time… What do you think people are?” Daichi asked as he looked back at everyone, only to find that everyone seemed to be confused. Since Anthony and Gisele weren’t able to understand anything, he quickly asked them the question in English. They also looked confused just like the others and Bella was Bella, so even though she was listening to every word Daichi was saying, she didn’t care about answering his question. She was simply listening to his words with a fanatical look on her face.
When Daichi realized that nobody would be able to answer his question, he decided to reveal the answer. “People are a resource and in a world like this, people are the most important resource” Daichi answered with a grin, but when he saw that everyone except for Bella still looked confused, he decided to elaborate his answer.
“We have collected a lot of food and gas, how long do you think they are going to last? Right now, we have electricity, but just a single Zombie stumbling into the wrong place could cause a blackout and I am sure that the workers are also gone, so there is no way to fix it. With the electricity gone, we will have to run everything on generators, but the food is still going to go bad. It won’t last for eternity, we need farmers, not only them, we would need manual labor and whatnot… That is why we need more people if we want to survive” Daichi explained, he could have gone into more details, but he simply wanted them to understand his point.
After hearing Daichi’s explanation, everyone nodded their head in understanding. They finally understood why they needed more people and the Apocalypse has just started, bigger groups are yet to be established so people could easily migrate to their group. It would have been a problem if they have already settled down, this was the best time to get as many as survivors possible. Daichi knew that it was going to be hard, but they needed to do this or they were going to have problems after the other groups are established.
For Anthony and Gisele, Daichi repeated his explanation in English, but this time he was much briefer. The two of them easily understood what Daichi wanted to say. Even after crossing the bridge, the number of Zombies didn’t increase, Daichi knew that the Zombies were attracted to sound and he knew one such place on this side of the bridge. So, without wasting any time, he started to head toward the Takagi mansion and he wasn’t disappointed in the least. He didn’t find a massive horde or anything, but he did find a respectable size of horde.
Gisele, Anthony, Kanae, and Ran paled at the size of the horde, but Daichi, Saeko, Kohta, and Bella found that the horde was perfect for their little show. So, without wasting any more time, Daichi parked the car at the other end of the street… “Ok, this is it!!” Daichi exclaimed with an excited grin and he jumped out of the car…
