" Phew! Finished ! " Exclaimed Takashi.

After they got to know everyone who made up their group of survivors, the four teams decided to come together before heading to the teachers' room to find car keys. Arriving in the room, they must have killed a few zombies there (more precisely, Luffy took care of them in two seconds), before barricading the entrance so that other creatures did not erupt. So it was that several boys began to build a barrier in front of the door in order to prevent the slightest risk.

At the end of our chore, Hisashi then let himself fall back, while shouting.

" Its good ! We are safe! Honestly, I wouldn't say no to rest, me. "

" We all need to breathe a bit. " Agreed Morita, who was rummaging through the personal belongings of our former teachers.

Hearing a familiar metal clatter, he smirked as he pulled out keys from a purse.

" Tadam! I have keys. "

" It remains only to know if these keys are those of a mini car or of a car that can accommodate us all! Saeko remarked, looking one by one at the survivors present in the room! We are no longer two but more than ten now! Not just any car will be able to take us all on board! In addition, we have with us a kind of robot, which risks destroying the roof of the car, once installed. "

As she spoke, she pointed to Franky, who just like the rest of her companions were listening to Nami talking in a den-den mushi. Considering the tone she was taking, now was not the time to piss him off.

" No, but what did you do, Zoro? How come you got lost again ?

" These are those who were to guide me who have gone astray. " He retorted. " Not the contrary ! "

" That's it ! Say instead that your sense of direction is even worse than usual! Where are you there ? "

" I think I'm on the roof. "

" In this case, you do not move. " She ordered him. " We will come and get you. "

" Huh? Do you take me for a child or what? I can manage very well if you tell me which room you are . "

A vein appeared on Nami's forehead who then threatened the swordsman.

" Zoro, if you ever move and get lost again, I promise you that I will double every debt you owe me. "

" What ? HEY, you don't have the… "

" Don't move. " The young woman simply repeated to him, then hanging up.

" So, what should we do now ? " Chopper questioned, while wrapping Usopp's arm in bandages.

" We now know where Zoro is, but not Sanji, Robin and Brook. " Franky remarked.

" I will contact them to tell them where to find us. " She assured them. " I just wanted to get my nerves on someone first. "

Glancing around the room then, she noticed that a few of the high school students who were with them were watching them suspiciously. Despite the hackers coming to their aid, they found it hard not to believe that they weren't involved in this sudden end of the world. For the others, it was their extraordinary strength that bothered them. However, they did not all behave the same towards them. Toshimi, for example, seemed to have grown deeply attached to Chopper, while Tsunoda preferred to get away from them, giving them little trust.

" Is there a problem ? "

Then advancing towards them, Miura finally asks them.

" I have ... I heard that you were pirates! It is true ? "

" What if it was? " Asked Franky. " Do you have something to reproach us with ? "

" Not at all ! " The boy immediately exclaimed. " Thank you even for helping us! It's just that I wanted to know what was the reason for your presence here. "

" We were attacked by a man who was flying on a boat… " Luffy began.

Before he had time to finish, Nami had the gumption to put her hand in front of his mouth so that he wouldn't say more. Considering the reaction of these people, it was best not to cite advantages of things that might disturb them further.

" Say we were forced to go here and the attack of these monsters surprised us as much as you. "

" Me, what amazes me is to see pirates so far from the ocean. " Saya noticed. " Moreover, it is not common to come across them around here! Where is your ship? "

" They had to part with them when a man they wanted to help sent them here. " Saeko then told him.

Seeing that the crew were looking back at her, Morita explained to them.

" It's your friend with three sabers who explained all that to us. "

'' He couldn't have been silent, that one ? " The redhead wondered.

" Someone really forced you to leave your ship to come here ? " Takashi wondered. " Is there someone stronger than you ? "

" Speaking of strength, can you tell us more about these fruits ... I don't know how you say. " Hisashi began.

" Fruits of the devil. " Takashi finished, remembering that he had mentioned two words to him earlier.

" These are mythical fruits capable of bringing extraordinary powers to those who have the luck, or the misfortune, to eat them. " Usopp explained to them.

" Why '' the misfortune ''? " Kohta asked them.

" Whoever eats one can never swim again. " Chopper explained to him.

" How is it possible ? " Asked Saya. " It doesn't mean anything. "

Nami sighed before shrugging her shoulders.

" Nobody knows ! All I can tell you is that these fruits have the particularity of being cursed by the oceans! So it's the same for whoever eats one. "

" But then, what fruit did you eat ? " Yamada wanted to know.

" That of rubber. " Luffy told him, then stretching his fingers. " So I became an elastic man. "

" I get it. " Mizusu suddenly exclaimed, turning to Chopper. " In the end, you are a human who ate the fruit of the reindeer! That's it ? "

" No, it's the opposite ! I am a reindeer who ate the human fruit! But, even if I can regain my reindeer aspect, it is impossible for me to be able to transform myself into a real human! My transformation that everyone compares to a gorilla is the one that comes closest to it. "

" So, does this also work on animals ? " Rei wondered.

" Let's admit. " Cried Tsunoda. " If you are hackers, then that means you are wanted, right? "

" Yes. " Luffy approved. " My head is worth 500 million berrys. "

" Berrys? " Hisashi repeated. " How much is that in yen? "

" You don't use berries on this island ? " Nami wondered. " Yet it is a common currency around the world. "

" In our world, it is rather the dollar and the euro that occupy this place. " Takashi retorted. " And are you wanted for looting? "

" Hum, not really. " Usopp retorted.

" We are wanted for beating Crocodile! Set the flag of the world government on fire! Hit a Heavenly Dragon! Getting away from Impel Down! Have participated in the Marineford War! And for having kicked Doflamingo's buttocks. " Luffy listed.

His friends instantly glared at him, while the high school students looked at him without saying a word. To tell the truth, he hadn't really understood why they were wanted. However, the words "war" and "world government" were more than enough to make them understand that they were not unimportant little pirates.

'' And ... And you are all equally powerful in your crew? " Mizusu wanted to know, looking at Franky, Nami and Usopp. " Have you also eaten devil fruit? "

" No, I just use gadgets of my own design. " Usopp retorted.

" And what was your funny shell? " Asked Miura. " The one you created an explosion with. "

" It's a dial impact. " Replied the sniper, preferring to avoid talking about anything related to the celestial islands. " Put simply, it's a tool that can absorb the impact of an attack and turn it into energy that it can store or release, in due course. "

" Is there this kind of weapon? " Kohta wondered.

" And you, do you use some kind of taser? " Yamada wanted to know, addressing Nami.

" A taser? " Repeated the young woman.

" No, it can't be. " Tsunoda retorted. " Don't forget that it created a violent draft earlier, before doing the same with black clouds! Looks like this stick controls the weather. "

" It is more or less that. " Nami declared.

" Nearly ? " Takashi wondered. " Wait, you have a technology superior to that of our armies and you don't even know what a cell phone is? But where are you from at the end? "

" From Red Line. " Replied the five pirates.

Faced with this answer, Takashi preferred to abandon any other question. His head hurt enough already.

" Forget ! Instead, let's rest and find a way out of this place. "

" Hey, Kashi ! " Suddenly called Luffy.

" Hum ? " Takashi wondered. " Kashi ? "

" No matter that we are pirates, we have no intention of going after you! You have my word. "

While speaking, he then displayed a broad smile, which disconcerted the high school student. Really, he didn't really know what to make of Mugiwara and the rest of his friends anymore.

Moments later, her head tilted over a sink, Saya was soaking her face in order to dehydrate. As a result, she hoped to be able to change her mind a little as well as to remove the traces of blood she had on her. However, even after several minutes, she continued to rub her skin to the point of removing it:

"The smell won't go away." She lamented, continuing to spray herself with water. " I must smell the smell of blood for miles! "

" Uh ... Saya. " She suddenly heard.

" Hum? " Said the girl, seeing Kohta's figure appear in the door frame."

" What do you want ? "

" In fact, … " Began the boy. " I… I wanted to apologize to you for earlier. "

" Why ? "

" When the numbers of zombies increased, I couldn't get rid of them! If these pirates hadn't intervened, we would surely have been bitten! I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you like he… "

He stopped suddenly, seeing the young girl putting a pair of glasses on her nose.

" Glasses ? " The boy wondered.

" So what ? " Asked the young girl, passing in front of him. " I lost one of my contact lenses from running around! And who is ashamed of wearing glasses? You got it, right ? "

" No, that's not it ! It's just that it gives you a little cute side. " The boy confessed to him.

In his place, the other boys would have preferred to keep that remark to themselves, given Saya's temper tantrum.

" What do you mean by that ? That I'm ugly without glasses, right? You can talk yourself, with his prominent belly. "

" No, I didn't mean to say that you were ugly! Just that … "

Listening to them, Morita, sat next to Takashi, couldn't help but smile before asserting.

" Well, it seems to me to form a funny duo! Saya doesn't seem to want to let herself be walked on. "

" You say that when you had made your request, before you take a monumental wind. "

" Don't talk to me again, please. "

Then starting to sigh, he ends up turning to his friend before asking him.

" And you ? How is it going with Rei? Ever since we parted, I bet you stuck with her constantly. "

" It's not like it happened much. " Retorted the boy. " After all, I had something else to think about with these undead and those funny pirates. "

" No need to tell me. " He assured. " We have each had our share of horror, to put it back in the day! Instead, let's focus on what we're going to do. "

" You are right. " Rei suddenly nodded, walking towards them.

She suddenly handed them a small bottle of water before saying.

" Drink! You must be thirsty, right? "

" To tell the truth, now that we have stopped running in all directions, it is true that I noticed that I was dying of hunger, thirst and fatigue. " Morita declared, motioning for Takashi to hurry to open the bottle. " I feel like nothing has entered my mouth for ages! As soon as we leave here, it will take imperatively find a place where we can have a bite to eat. "

" It would especially be necessary to find a machine to take us all there. " Nami retorted, listening to them. " Don't you have an idea to get out of here? "

" There is the mini-bus. " Mizusu then declared. " In fact, it would be the only vehicle that could accommodate us all. "

Looking out the window, Saeko couldn't help but frown at the sight of the transportation in the school parking lot.

" I see him, but he is surrounded by ten zombies! Do you think we have a chance to get through without being spotted? "

" According to Saya, these zombies are blind. " Kohta informed him. " However, their hearing is very sensitive. "

" Hearing ? " Repeated Usopp. " Can they only hear us? But did you also find something against their bites ? "

" Apart from the fact that they kill you and turn you into an undead, we don't know more. " Chopper taught him. " To be honest, I still don't understand how such a thing can be possible! I would have to be able to take a closer look at these monsters to understand this mode of operation. "

" That must be some kind of viral parasitism. " Saya told him, standing in front of him.

" Viral ? " Repeated Toshimi. " You mean it's a virus that's the cause of all this? "

" There are great chances, indeed. " Approved the schoolgirl. " In short, I would say that this virus multiplies in a body and part of this population ends up in another individual as soon as the host bites it! The mode of distribution is therefore like that of a venom! Then, after killing it, the virus must take control of the host in order to be able to bite again. "

" It gives cold in the back. " Yamada remarked, starting to swallow. " To say that a simple bite can… "

" Come to see. " Exclaimed Rei who, in front of the television in the room, was following a report which should give us some answers.

" Waouh, what is this thing? " Cried Luffy, Usopp and Chopper, whose eyes lit up at the sight of the little TV.

Preferring to ignore them again, I was paying attention to what a TV host was saying.

'' Faced with these exceptional riots, the government announced that it would, in turn, exceptional measures to control them! ''

" Riots ? " Morita wondered.

" But what is she talking about? " Exclaimed Miura. " It is far from being riots! It is all the same of living dead, there. "

" Chut . " Saeko ordered him.

At that moment, they could see a reporter spinning in front of what looked like a pile-up. One would have thought that the cars had driven on it without holding back before forming a huge heap of junk. Around them, firefighters, as well as armed police, hurried to place the bodies of the wounded and dead on stretchers.

'' For some reason currently unknown, we are assisting to a wave of suicides which pushes people to throw themselves on the roads of the region of Saitama! The death toll is around ten thousand dead! But this figure only ... ''

A gunshot was suddenly heard from behind the woman, who could not jump in surprise.

" What's happening ? "

She noticed very quickly, the police officers pointing their weapons at the stretchers, while the firefighters began to move away from them. Straightening up, the men on it were coming to life, when their hearts had long stopped beating.

" Pull ! " Someone ordered, starting to dump their magazine on one of the bodies.

However, these shots may have hit the chest of the man several times, the latter continued to stand up, as if nothing had happened.

" But that is not possible ! Bullets have no effect or what? "

" Continue to shoot instead of talking! We will eventually shoot them. "

'' But these men are already dead, so how can they still move ? "

Frightened by what was happening, the journalist fell to her knees, in front of the camera, while the cameraman fled, seeing the bodies leaving the stretchers. Not far from them, figures appeared at the end of the road and walked in the direction of the police, who panicked every second.

" There are others who happen. "

" Shoot them. "

" To do what ? Let's run away. "

Immediately, some of the police took a tangent as the firefighters surrounding the stretchers began to be bitten by their former occupants. Seeing the situation get out of hand, the rest of the rescuers fled, as the other zombies reached the first police car.

Finding herself very quickly alone, as well as surrounded, the journalist began to cry.

" No, don't approach me! Don't approach me… "

A zombie suddenly tilted the camera forward, bumping into it, and the camera lens made contact with the asphalt on the road. The high school students therefore could not see the end of the scene. However, given the cries of the journalist, it was better to thank the living dead who had just jostled the camera, by mistake.

"If they still claim that they are suicides or simple riots, then we have just reached the peak of human stupidity!" Takashi thought.

" It was horrible. " Toshimi frightened, sticking to Mizusu. " So all of Japan is affected by this scourge. "

" What do you mean? " Wanted to know Usopp. " That these monsters are all over your island? But in this case, there must be thousands. "

A woman's face suddenly reappeared on the screen and seeing her face, she seemed to have turned pale, seeing the reporter being killed.

" It ... It seems that ... that ... an incident has occurred ! We ... we take back therefore this program by advising you to remain cloistered, sheltered, at home, as long as the riots have not subsided! Although it will soon be under control, the situation could still be very dangerous! While waiting for further information,… "

To everyone's surprise, Takashi smashed my fist against a table and startled most of his friends.

" Hey ! " Cried Saya. " What's the matter with you? "

" How can they say such nonsense ? " He wanted to know. " It is precisely by stifling the truth that people do not make people beware of danger! The situation is such that I barely have a chance on I don't know how many for us to survive for just three days! Everyone must be aware to have a chance to get away. "

'' That wouldn't be a very good idea, Takashi. " Saeko told him, who seemed to have kept all his cool. " If we started telling the whole world the truth, it sure would end in total anarchy! It's best to avoid this, when you know what kinds of monsters are roaming around outside looking for food! The authorities are obliged to maintain order in order to be able to fight effectively against the enemy. "

" I don't understand everything, but doesn't your island have an organization to defend you? Like the navy? "

" Navy ? " Kohta wondered. " No, the army must be called in. "

" Even they will not be able to do anything. " Retorted Saya. " If it had only been our town that had been hit, there the army could have done something! However, since the whole country is affected, they won't stand a chance! Yet another country may use nuclear weapons, but we don't even know if the radiation will have any effect on these death tubes. "

"According to our information… " Continued the television viewer. " This phenomenon would also have affected the United States! The American president would have abandoned the White House and took refuge aboard an aircraft carrier whose destination has remained secret. ''

" Even the United States is afraid ? " Morita wondered. " Yet, it is they who have the most powerful military force in the world. "

" Apparently, that's not enough. " Tsunoda growled.

" We have also lost all contact with Rome and Paris! We also know that Beijing is all in flames! The United Kingdom seems to have succeeded in maintaining order, unlike Tokyo, which has recorded numerous looting and accidents! In addition, we have… ''

Rei chooses this moment to press the remote control, in order to turn off the TV.

" No need to listen to the rest. " She mumbled.

" In the end, what was said ? " Luffy wanted to know, a little lost.

" That the invasion is global, that no one will come looking for us and that the government tries to hide the whole truth from us. " Hisashi said, raising his fingers one by one.

" In addition, given the number of deaths, there seems to be no cure. " Yamada adds. " Otherwise, the number of victims would not be so high. "

" No matter where it happens, we will die when we get bitten. " Saya approved. " We are therefore dealing with a pandemic. "

" You mean a virulent disease ? " Kohta asked him.

" It's more for a disease such as the flu. " Chopper retorted. " No, this is a deadly disease spreading in fourth gear! Like the Quetaro, which hit South-Blue four hundred years ago. "

" Compare that rather to the plague. " Saya suggested, before the others were lost. " At the time, a third of Europeans died from this disease! But there have been others, like the Spanish flu, which killed fifty million people! The question I ask myself is rather how this disease appeared. "

" Perhaps like in video games. " Takashi remarked, shrugging his shoulders. " A group of scientists are trying to develop a new bacterium, which quickly turns into a deadly virus! The latter manages to escape from the laboratory, after having contaminated everything and begins to do the same with the rest of the planet. "

" The worst is that you can be right. " The young girl told me. " As long as we do not know what it is, all the assumptions are good to take. "

" But is there a way that this pandemic will go away, besides using a cure or a vaccine? " Wanted to know Franky. " If I am not mistaken, in the past, against this kind of disease there was no qualified doctor to treat it, right? So how did they get away with it? "

" It seems that it is thanks to our organization. " Chopper informed him. " When there are too many deaths, it would be able to secrete antibodies that allow us to defend ourselves against disease! For other people, it is the disease itself, which weakens as it takes its toll. "

" Perhaps, but the zombies outside don't seem to be really weak. " Kohta remarked, looking at them out the window. " If there was a list of the most dangerous virus in history, I'm sure it would be the winner. "

" The epidemic will not be able to stop by itself. " Saeko understood. " At least, as long as these corpses can still move. "

" But they will not be able to stay alive forever. " Noted Chopper. "Considering the state in which they are, it is certain that they will soon pass in front of decomposition! It takes about three weeks for a body for the flesh to disappear! If we can survive during this time, then we'll have a chance to make it, right? "

" A dead person is not able to get up and walk alone. " Nami reminded him. " So who doesn't tell us that they are also immune to decomposition? "

This question threw a chill throughout the room. This morning again, each of us wandered about our personal occupations, as every day before. Yet at this hour it was not the same at all. Death was everywhere, and the slightest misstep was enough for us to be killed.

" It is clear that we will not be able to survive in this place, without water or food! Saeko remarked! So, we have to take the mini-bus in order to reach our families! For the rest, we will have to see once we are safe. "

Looking at Luffy then, she asked.

'' What do you think, Mugiwara-san? Do you and your friends agree to cooperate with us ? "

The boy suddenly tilted his head to the side before asking.

" Why are you asking me ? "

" I just thought that… "

" We're already a team, right ? " Luffy remarked, snorting.

He stood up then before declaring.

" For me, you help do not bother me but… " We must first find the rest of my friends. "

" For that, I'll take care of it. " Nami assured, pulling out her den-den mushi. " You will see, soon, we will be numerous and strong enough to be able to defeat all these monsters. "