Chapter #31

Zeno left the menial works to Souichirou after he was sure that he wouldn't go behind his back.

It's not that Zeno was worried, his senses assured him that Souichirou was now trustable and with Silverlight preventing any betrayals Zeno didn't have to worry.

So, while Souichirou was explaining things to Yuriko in a slow manner. Zeno was working on his plans.

He had sixteen years or so without any clue to how this outbreak was going to start.

He must prepare for the worst possibility, that being the whole world gunning for Japan since they'd be suspicious after seeing Japan being relatively fine after the matter.

Zeno expected countries like the US, Russia and others to throw whatever missiles they had towards Japan as a one last middle finger.

'I must go all out with Ceph Technology. I can't neglect the SDF either. After all we won't be just fighting other countries nor the zombies but troublemakers as well.' Zeno thought.

Right then Souichirou came back with Yuriko following behind obediently. Her eyes widened as she saw the aged up Zeno but she stayed calm.

The things that are happening were not logical but Yuriko trusted her husband to make the correct decisions, she can always advise him if she notices something amiss.

"Yo!" Zeno greeted them.

Souichirou's eyebrows twitched, this wasn't the scary mind controlling dragon he faced hours ago.

"He seems cheerful." Yuriko commented.

"Well, we got over the serious stuff, there's more of that in the future. Why brood now?" Zeno asked.

Seeing them looking at him weirdly, Zeno brought out his plans on the table, he never got involved with the government in his past lives except his previous life.

Then again that unfortunately didn't help him here, so Zeno got help from Souichirou and Yuriko when building the plan to conquer(crossed over) save the world.

'It is kind of unrealistic...' Zeno thought to himself.

[My friend, we are in an Anime world, an echhi one at that. Even the laws of the world are different here, did you think that what happened at CCG was coincidence?] System explained.

Thinking that this world was Echhi Anime, anything that is not echhi and unrelated to the main characters not making sense was normal.

By the end of the night they had a solid foundation for their plans. Also Yuriko and Souichirou decided to keep Saya in the dark about her elder brother in the future.

'I am sure that won't blow up in their faces.' Zeno nodded sagely but didn't warn them. They would probably think he had some ulterior motive.

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Zeno might not know anything about governments and how to take over one but he knew how to run a business.

In a single year Yuriko started up a tech company and started rolling out products. With Zeno designing them, they were naturally a great hit.

The products ranged from cellphones to televisions to security cameras and computers with their own OS that was much better than the current best.

Naturally they sold like hotcakes. Actually they sold a bit too well, that other companies took a big hit and had to fire some people.

That was expected, Zeno would rather take over the country peacefully but he just doesn't have that kind of time.

'I can always steal...' He suddenly remembered.

[Right we can disguise and go to other countries to win their lotteries to get some quick cash.] System offered his opinion.

{Then why didn't we do this beforehand?} Ouryuu asked.

'Do you even know how many people we're currently infecting at this point. Our mental facilities isn't exactly optimum.' Zeno retorted.

He certainly didn't expect it would be this hard, he was tempted to just release the Goldlight on a global scale but even the weakest version gave immortality.

Since he had a tech company up and running. Zeno didn't hesitate to set up a supercomputer similar to the Machine from Person of Interest.

The whole of Japan was under his surveillance, Zeno used the information he got from there to eliminate Souichirou's rivals.

Naturally the two didn't know anything about that, they were too busy being a parent while running business. Yuriko was not busy as seen from the outside since she was just signing documents.

Zeno was going to make himself another identity for the company but they stopped him from that decision, hence it fell on Yuriko's shoulders.

The money earned from the tech company was used to purchase land and build apocalypse bunkers under them.

Zeno had enough technology to turn Japan into a self-sustaining county inside the given time. All he lacked was funds.

Some time later Zeno decided that he could launch his pharmaceutical company as well. They were just selling the better versions of the drugs in the market.

'I have to take it a little slow, otherwise country's economy will crash. The tech company put enough strain on it already.' Zeno sighed.

Truly, it was bothersome to not be able to enslave the whole country with a snap. Zeno could only infect important people over long periods of time with his current capabilities.

He had been slowly corrupting the current government officials and such. Even if he just focused on the people at the top it was still too much.

Despite his Origin being somewhat OP it was still limited by him and his mind is not limitless, he just doesn't get tired.

[This is good as well, at least we get to test Silverlight in a safe ground. It would have sucked if we were in an emergency and get fucked over.] System consoled him.

Zeno could feel the strain in its voice. All of this effort just to keep the infected look human and remain obedient had allowed Zeno to realize he doesn't want to bother with such things in his later years.

'Yeah, I am better off without such things.' Zeno sighed again.

He knew he would probably have to do something like this in the future but he decided to shelve Silverlight as soon as possible.

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"Zeno-nii! Look what I made." A little girl with pink hair ran towards Zeno.

Her pink hair was made into twin tails, her orange eyes filled with joy and shyness. She was holding up an origami dragon.

This little girl was naturally Zeno's little sister Saya who just started kindergarten. She had just come back from school eager to show her brother what she made in class.

"It's awesome Saya! Is it for me?" Zeno patted her head while looking at the origami.

Saya was smart as the wiki said, she wasn't just smart but she also picked up skills rather easily.

Though she gets bored of them rather easily due to lack of difficulty.

"Un!" Saya bobbed her head up and down and gave the origami to Zeno before running off.

Her cheeks were a little red due to her embarrassment. Zeno could see her hiding behind the corner spying on his reaction.

Zeno and Saya didn't have the usual sibling relationship due to Zeno generally not being present.

Whenever he is at the estate he does the bare minimum as her brother. After all, it would be bad if he ended up traumatizing the poor girl.

'I don't want to deal with her during her rebellious stage.' Zeno truly felt old at moments like this.

Thus, Saya was shy around her brother who just seemed awesome and mysterious to her. Her brother was a genius and didn't even need to go to school due to how smart he is.

He helps her parents with their work, everyone she meets praises him. Saya wanted to know more about her brother but she was too embarrassed.

'It would be great if Zeno-nii could join my class! I really wanted him to meet my friends. Too bad he already finished school.' Saya thought as she watched Zeno playing with the origami.

'He really liked it!' Saya was overjoyed, not knowing her cover was blown long ago.

Meanwhile Zeno was criticizing the dragon in his hand, compared to his form there were many inconsistencies with the dragon.

Since Zeno always had a gentle smile on his face ever since he learned compassion, it looked like he was happy with the gift.

'I will just put it in my room, somewhere easy to see to make her happy.' Zeno inwardly nodded before going back to his work.