the end for zombie hunting

Thanks to the efforts of Kaoru, Saeko, and Kohta, the city was beginning to clear out from the zombies.

At the Takagi residence, when Kaoru shared the news, everyone was overjoyed.

They realized that with the reduction of zombies, there was a possibility that law and order might soon be restored.

"But, Kaoru-kun, how did the three of you manage to eliminate so many zombies?" Takagi Yuriko, Saya's mother, felt something was off and asked Kaoru.

She had fought against zombies before and knew that their sheer numbers posed a significant and dangerous threat.

Killing 20 zombies without exhaustion was impressive for an ordinary person.

Here, Kaoru, Saeko, and Kohta claimed to have killed over 5000 zombies in just a few hours.

Fortunately, Yuriko was very intelligent, and even in her confusion and happiness, she could still think critically.

As a reward, Kaoru explained a bit about how the three of them managed to wipe out the zombies.

Saeko focused on the front lines, and when she started to get tired, Kaoru backed her up.

Kohta provided support from behind with specially modified weapons that were almost silent.

For the mini-mart incident, Kaoru used the excuse of gathering zombies with a loudspeaker and then blowing up the entire building.

Although Yuriko felt something was still not right, Kaoru's explanation made sense, and she couldn't think of any other way to eliminate large numbers of zombies without using explosives.

On the other hand, Soichiro, Yuriko's husband, who overheard the idea, decided to imitate it.

He believed that sacrificing a few buildings to eliminate dozens to hundreds of zombies was worth it.

"Hmmm, if we use Kaoru-kun's trick on the tallest building in the city, we might be able to eliminate more than half of the zombies in the city," he said.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang supported Kaoru's lie, which made Yuriko unable to say anything, and she finally chose to ignore her instincts.

Soichiro then ordered one of his subordinates to find a city map.

They began planning a mission for extermination. Zhuge Liang demonstrated his true capabilities as a strategist.

Knowing that their enemy was the walking dead brought out Zhuge Liang's dark side.

He couldn't sacrifice comrades, but total annihilation was permitted.

Without much thought, Zhuge Liang provided the most viable strategy.

However, there was one thing those people didn't know: Zhuge Liang secretly sent a message to Kaoru.

Reading the message, Kaoru realized he had forgotten he could use that trick.

Physically and in strength, he was a true Herrscher because he had a core, not just a gem.

Using the trick shouldn't have overwhelmed Kaoru at all, maybe.

But he had forgotten, and when reminded by Zhuge Liang, he felt this was what a true guild was.

He realized he wasn't perfect; the other members could help cover his shortcomings, allowing their mission to be completed perfectly.

After organizing the plan, they all began preparing for their respective tasks.

Kaoru started moving to finish everything in one strike.

After resting for a day, Kaoru found all the preparations had been completed.

The most surprising thing was that some civilians had decided to join and form a fisher team.

This team was responsible for luring zombies towards their mission target.

They claimed they wanted to help and participate but couldn't use weapons or fight.

So, reluctantly, Soichiro chose those with good stamina who could run or drive well and knew the city's ins and outs.

Before leaving for the mission, Soichiro gave a speech to strengthen their resolve.

Erina also decided to help by cooking delicious dishes for everyone participating in this battle.

With Shidou not causing trouble, Kaoru wasn't worried about any significant issues.

He even avoided the nuclear explosion incident thanks to Zhuge Liang's reminder last night.

Although there was still a sense of despair, after hearing Soichiro's rousing speech and enjoying Erina's warm dishes, the soldiers became more enthusiastic.

When everything was ready, Kaoru revealed his haul: various functioning and well-maintained vehicles that would be given to the fisher team.

There were also various firearms given to the support team, tasked with protecting the fisher team if the zombies got too close.

Part of the guerrilla team would eliminate leftover zombies with close-combat weapons.

Lastly, the logistics and medical team was assigned to help the wounded who could still be saved.

Surprisingly, Soichiro gave Zhuge Liang the opportunity to lead the entire army, as he felt unworthy compared to a man with the name of a famous strategist.

"So, where will you use it, Kaoru-kun?" Zhuge Liang whispered to Kaoru. In response, Kaoru gave a sly smile and pointed to the sky.

Seeing that, Zhuge Liang realized something, and several wild theories popped into his head, all quite crazy.

But since it was Kaoru, Zhuge Liang could only shake his head.

"Yare yare... I hope people on this world don't see anything strange wherever your target is, Kaoru-kun!" They then took their positions and prepared to move.

With Zhuge Liang's signal, the entire army spread out across the city to lure the zombies out and towards the city center, where the largest and tallest building stood.

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*Slash!!!

In a corner of the city, Saeko Bushujima slashed one unlucky zombie she encountered.

"Ahhhhh... A very sharp sword, no matter how many I cut, this sword never dulls. And Kaoru said this is just a low-class weapon in the guild shop," Saeko continued to eliminate the remaining zombies.

Fortunately, no one saw the aroused expression she showed.

Meanwhile, the bait team struggled to lure the zombies to follow them.

Although there were occasional problems, there were no casualties among the bait team.

All thanks to Soichiro's troops and Kohta's shooting skills, which surprised everyone.

Initially, they doubted Kohta due to his physique, but after he demonstrated his abilities, the soldiers could only stay silent and acknowledge him.

Yuriko, watching this, even felt slightly disappointed with her daughter Saya for ignoring a useful boy like Kohta in this chaotic world and choosing Takashi, who was utterly useless.

After some time, the fisher team managed to herd the zombies to the detonation point.

They hurried to the top floor, where several helicopters were waiting for them.

As everyone prepared to eliminate the zombies in one strike, Kaoru secretly moved and disappeared without anyone noticing.

With Zhuge Liang's signal, the soldiers assigned to activate the bombs simultaneously pressed the buttons, triggering the explosives.

*BOOOOMMMMM

The loud explosion instantly destroyed the building's foundation.

Large cracks appeared along the building's walls, and slowly but surely, the building began to tremble and collapse, burying everything inside.

At the same time, Kaoru snapped his fingers, and suddenly, it seemed as if the whole world fell into silence, covered by the night sky.

The event happened so quickly, and simultaneously, a supermassive explosion occurred in outer space.

More precisely, on a red planet known as Mars.

Thanks to Kaoru's abilities, he threw the zombies from all over the earth to Mars, then detonated all the nuclear bombs he had stolen from various countries right above the gathering of zombies.

The nuclear explosion incinerated all the zombies without a trace, even changing Mars's topography.

Fortunately, Kaoru contained all the radioactive energy and isolated the space around Mars so no radiation escaped, and the planet itself didn't leave its orbit due to the kinetic energy from the explosion.

Now Mars officially became a dangerous planet but with beautiful scenery. Various energies, atoms, and substances in the Mars atmosphere blended into a harmony, creating a permanent aurora.

Back on Earth, Kaoru, exhausted from using so much energy, sat beside Zhuge Liang.

"Hohoho, the ability to manipulate space on a planetary scale, as expected of the guild master." Zhuge Liang watched the phenomenon on Mars with a special drone connected to a television.

"If the one praising me like that were Ichika, another beautiful girl, or a middle-aged man in a pinstripe red suit, I might not protest," Kaoru responded, feeling a bit insulted despite the praise.

He realized that merely holding a planet made him exhausted, while there were ordinary man out there who could solo Herrschers even as humans.

This realization made Kaoru vow to train harder to master his abilities. After thinking of various training methods, Kaoru checked their mission progress.

[Kill zombies (completed): 5,234,782,389/1,000,000]

"Wow, more than half the world's population became zombies," Kaoru was shocked that in such a short time, the world where Saeko and Kohta lived, which had a similar population to his own, could lose over half its population to the zombie virus.

Considering that in his world, there was also the Umbrella Corporation based in Raccoon City, America, and Gentek Corporation which is equally dangerous, Kaoru realized he couldn't break the chain of fate for now.

No matter what he did, significant events involving both companies would still happen, even if he eliminated key people there.

Even if he took over both companies, there would be second Umbrella and Gentek companies starting similar experiments.

With Honkai energy and chakra slowly merging with the atmosphere, it would surely create monsters stronger than their original versions, though Kaoru had yet to realize this.

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After successfully completing the zombie extermination, Kaoru and the others held a party to celebrate their success.

"Ehhh?? Only human zombies were exterminated? What about animal zombies?" Kohta became hysterical upon learning that their world was still not safe.

But Kaoru calmed him down, explaining that slowly but surely, humans in this world would naturally develop immunity to the zombie virus.

Besides, if Kaoru exterminated all zombies without exception, humans would start looking for new enemies among themselves.

Therefore, he deliberately let animal zombies roam freely, becoming a natural enemy for humans in this world.

Hearing this, Kohta and other guild members who didn't understand Kaoru's purpose became somewhat calm.

Ignoring what might happen next, the guild members continued their celebration and joined the refugee group before returning to their respective worlds.