"DIE!" Someone cried, smashing their bat on a zombie's skull.

Seeing him raise, all the same, weakly his hand towards him, Takuzo struck him a second blow which ended up killing him. Breathing heavily, the boy stepped back as his opponent's blood began to spurt all over the place. Behind him, clutching her broom in her hands, Naomi watched him do it with horrified eyes.

Ever since they had been separated from Takashi and the others, being carried away by the crowd of high school students, the couple had survived by going from hiding to hiding, in order to hide. However, most of the time, their attackers very quickly noticed their presence, and it became radical for them to run away while killing those who blocked their way. At this very moment, Takuzo had just killed two who stood in their way. Now he could access the stairs to the second floor, hoping the number of zombies would be less up there.

" Let's go. " Cried Takuzo.

But as he left, he saw Naomi stay where he was.

" Hey, are you coming? " Asked the boy. " What are you doing ? "

" I… I… I… "

The young girl suddenly fell to her knees before starting to sob.

" I can't take it anymore, Takuzo! I've had enough of it all! I am scared ! I don't want to continue living in this hell. "

" We will get by. " The boy promised him. " We must not give up now! I promise I will… "

" I want to die. " Suddenly muttered the girl.

" Huh? "

" I don't want to live with these monsters! If it's to be their prey, I just want to die. "

The boy suddenly took her by the shoulders before he started to scream.

" No, but it's not okay to say something like that? What's wrong ? There is no way I will let you get killed! As long as I was alive I would never let them attack! They won't even touch you. "

" But ... but … " Sobbed the young girl. " They are everywhere ! And they just want to devour us! I don't want to become like them. "

" You will never become. " Her boyfriend assured her, hugging her.

" Ta … Takuzo. " She cried, looking up at him.

Her eyes suddenly widened as she opened her mouth wide.

" What's wrong ? " The high school student asked him.

Falling on her buttocks, the young girl began to point her finger at something.

" Be ... Behind you. "

At that moment, a hand rested on Takuzo's shoulder. Paralyzed, the boy glanced at that hand. To his surprise, the latter had no trace of skin or even flesh. It was a hand that seemed to belong to that of a skeleton.

" But that … ? " The boy wondered, turning slowly.

What he saw first were two gaping holes that were the empty eye sockets of a skull. The latter was topped by a huge afro cut, while the rest of her body was dressed in clothes resembling those of a music star. Yet what stood behind him was indeed a skeleton.

Frightened by her presence, the boy threw the end of his bat at her between her teeth. The effect was radical. The skeleton's upper jaw was dislocated as the rest of the skull rolled to the side so hard that its head made a 180 °. Suffice to say that his neck had just broken.

" It is… What was it? " Naomi wanted to know, seeing him stand still.

" I ... I don't know. " Confessed the boy. " But better get out of here before he… "

" Wait. " Someone suddenly begged them.

To their surprise, the skeleton's hands began to move and ended up resting on his skull. Turning the latter with force, he ends up putting his head back in place. He then hit his jaw with the palm of his hand, which had the effect of locking it into his other jaw.

" My god, we can say that you, you do not spend a lot of time to think when you attack. " Cried the skeleton. " You hurt me like hell. "

" He ... He speaks. " Naomi scared.

" What the hell are you? "

Seeing Takuzo aim his bat back at him, the skeleton began to step back before asserting.

"Slowly, I don't mean any harm to you! I just want information."

"Information?"

"Yes, don't worry! I am on your side."

"What proves it to us?"

Starting to laugh happily, the skeleton presented its body stripped of all traces of flesh.

"Do I really look like these things?"

"You scare us as much as they do." Naomi retorted.

"You see me sorry! But far from me the idea of wanting to attack you."

Suddenly spinning a cane he had in his hand, the skeleton approached the couple and ended up crouching in front of the young girl. Seeing him up close scared the girl even more.

"What do you want?"

"An answer."

"An answer to what?"

"Could I see your panties?" The skeleton asked him.

Takuzo's bat with him was enough to knock him out for good.

"FIRST HACHIS!"

Taking a multitude of kicks, several zombies found themselves thrown away. Turning his gaze then, other corpses saw Sanji standing in front of a door he had just opened. Now with a clear plan of the school in mind, he had decided to leave his hiding place so that he could find the rest of the crew, if they were here.

Behind him, Yuuki and Kurokami started to follow him. On the one hand, the two high school students were not reassured to have to leave the classroom where they were safe. Still, they could admit one thing: if they wanted to leave this place, Sanji was their one and only hope. Indeed, the latter had already managed to get rid in an instant of all the zombies that had piled up in front of the door. Most now had their faces smashed against the opposite wall.

" Too ... Too strong. " Kurokami cried, carrying a broom in his hand.

For his part, Yuuki began to look at the cook with admiration.

"He's really impressive. "

" Let's run towards the cafeteria! the latter decided! We will take the food and water we need! This will surely be useful for us later. "

In fact, his argument was just an excuse. He actually wanted to go there, hoping to find Luffy there. If his captain was in that high school, he must have been there. Nodding approval, the two high school students followed him without hesitation. Running in the lead, Sanji suddenly began to do a handstand before twisting his legs all over the place. The zombies who had the misfortune to approach it found themselves propelled away. Right after getting up, the cook was about to continue his carnage when a new zombie approached him. The man was about to fight him, when his body froze. Finally, he took a step back, rather than fighting it.

" What ... What are you doing? " Yuuki asked him.

" I… I can't attack him. " Sanji cried, examining the clothes the zombie was wearing.

So far, the pirate had noticed two kinds of zombies. The first were those who wore the same uniform as Kurokami. Before they died, they were all boys. As for the second group, their uniforms were the same as Yuuki's. So they were girls. Until now, Sanji had made sure to hit only former high school students and had sent their bodies on those of the old high school girls in order to repel the latter. However, they had not launched the slightest direct attack on the zombie "women".

" I can't hit women. " Sanji explained to them, turning around to clear another path.

" The women ? " Kurokami wondered, looking at the zombie he had just spared. " Do you consider this monster to be a woman? "

" Even if it is a woman, it is our enemy. " Yuuki adds. " Why can't you…? "

"Since I was little, I took an oath. " Cried the cook, sending a new zombie waltz. " I would never hit any woman in my life. "

He then stopped when he saw the two high school students staring at him in amazement.

" I know it sounds stupid, but I wouldn't go back on my word! Whether they are alive or dead, I would never take it out on women! It's a promise I want to keep. "

Turning around to continue fighting, the cook thought he had lowered his esteem in the eyes of the two high school students. Yet Yuuki's cheeks began to blush again as he listened to his promise. Now she was sure of it. This man was totally different from anyone she had known.

"He's really too cool. "

" Are you a pirate? " Morita repeated. " And you ended up here because of an injured man who came to you on a flying boat? "

" Exactly! Zoro approved! Now I have to hurry to find my friends. "

" Your story is still quite strange. " Saeko remarked.

Ever since he had met the two high school students, Zoro had briefly explained his presence here to them, while running through the halls of the school, in search of survivors. As for the reactions of the two high school students, they were totally different. Saeko had remained more or less calm. On the contrary, Morita kept staring at the swordsman with anguish and suspicion.

" You are wanted? In this case, you are a criminal. "

" You could say that ! approved the man! Besides, you have seen what happens to those who try to attack me! Against my enemies, I never hesitate to use my sabers. "

" And with us? Saeko asked him! Why didn't you attack us? "

" Let's say that killing you would bring me nothing! In addition, I need you to guide me. "

He suddenly grabbed two of his sabers before targeting a zombie in front of them.

" GAZAMI DORI ! "

The zombie's head was separated from its body as the man used his weapons like a pair of giant scissors. Running, meanwhile, towards another zombie, Saeko sliced open her skull, as with those she had already met.

Seeing them do, Morita began to swallow as she saw them kill these undead without any problem. He felt they weren't human. For their part, Zoro and Saeko simultaneously glanced at each other, before smiling at the other. The two had found each other well.

Resuming their race, Saeko took the lead and asked Morita who was following her behind her:

" Are you sure we can find something to run away from, in the teachers' room? "

" Yes ! The keys to their cars must be there! With them, we can get out of here. "

" First. " Saeko nodded, turning left. " In that case, let's go. "

But then glancing behind his back, Morita stopped screaming.

" No, not over there. "

" Huh ? " Saeko said, turning around.

She then saw Zoro running in the opposite direction.

" Where are you going ? "

" Huh? " Said the swordsman, stopping.

He then turned around before joining them.

" Thank you for showing me the wrong way. " He raged.

" Huh? " Morita wondered. " But you just had to follow us! How did you manage to get lost? "

" Shut up ! It is you who did not correctly indicate the way to me. "

Listening to them, Saeko chuckled lightly. The man they had just met was very strange, but he was starting to like him.

" It's here. " Mizusu said, pointing to a door.

At once, Chopper finally slowed down and stopped in front of the latter. Descending from his back, Toshimi and Mizusu opened the latter before entering the room. But as soon as they arrived, they put their hands in front of their mouths, seeing several bodies on the ground. All of them had their skulls destroyed.

Entering the room in turn, Chopper turned his gaze to the windows of the room which were sprayed as well as the wounds of the bodies.

" From what I see, the zombies tried to take possession of this place but they were greeted by survivors, ended up leaving. "

Examining the bodies, the attention of the two girls fell on the corpse of a young woman with blond hair.

" Marikawa-sensei ! " Toshimi horrified, falling close to his body.

" Who is it ? " Wanted to know Chopper, seeing her start to sob

" The school nurse. " Mizusu told him, who also had tears in her eyes. " She was always kind and smiling! We often came here to give him a hand. "

'' She… She didn't deserve to die. " Toshimi declared. " She didn't deserve to be turned into a monster. "

" Nobody deserves it. " Chopper then declared.

" A ... Are we going to end up like this? " The young girl asked him.

" This is out of the question. " The reindeer assured him. " They won't get us! I refuse to let it go. "

Starting to smell the air, he told them:

" On the other hand, there are zombies in the area! We better hurry! "

He changed shape once again, turning into a kind of yeti.

" But you can transform yourself into how many shapes? " Mizusu asked him.

" I have more than seven transformations. " The doctor told him, starting to examine the vials.

" I prefer when you are very small. " Toshimi told him. " You are much cuter. "

Preferring to ignore his comment, the animal was trying somehow to look for drugs he knew. But none of the names on the bottles meant anything to him.

" What is that ? All these drugs don't mean anything to me. "

" A problem ? " Mizusu asked him.

" Uh, no, nothing. " The doctor assured him.

Seeing a bag lying around, he picked it up before putting most of the drugs inside as well as bandages.

" We will take this with us! Then we'll leave here to try and find a safe place! Okay with you ? "

" Of course. " Toshimi assured him.

Mizusu, meanwhile, remained silent. Truth be told, she seemed petrified.

Seeing her do this, her friend was about to ask her the reason for her behavior when the second girl pointed to one of the windows of the infirmary. Passing not far from the latter, his two comrades saw, in turn, several zombies walking along the room before going in the same direction.

Stooping immediately to avoid being spotted, Chopper and the two girls hid themselves in the room, so as not to be spotted.

" Why are they going in the same direction? " Toshimi asked, in a low voice.

" Maybe they spotted someone. " Mizusu suggested.

It was then that they heard a female voice screaming in the distance.