Chapter 2: HOTD 1
[Haven, wake up.]
Haven: (mumbling in his sleep) Mrgmhm.
[Sigh.]
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I was technically seeing things in his perspective. His eyes were my eyes and his body was mine, only difference was that I couldn't control any part of it. Sometimes I really do hate being a disembodied soul.
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[Haven. Get up. We are in danger.]
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With those words, he finally started to show some response. His eyes opened as he drank in the scene in front of him.
A classroom, people on the floor, sleeping?
There was a man standing, smoking a cigarette. A sword was strapped across his back, in a scabbard seemingly ready to be pulled out at a moments notice. He was leaning against a pillar, chairs and tables were scattered around him.
I could tell that we wouldn't really hold much of a candle to this guy. He exuded a faint sense of pressure that seemed slightly overbearing. When our eyes met with his, I felt that he would dismantle us as easy as he would snap his finger.
Haven couldn't sense this but he knew to be wary. Only someone who has experienced death like me would be able to tell with a glance.
The dangerous man broke his gaze away from from ours and started staring at his watch. Haven seemed to realize what he was doing and did the same to his own.
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[God's Mission]
High School of the Dead, 10 Man Mission
Altered Story plot.
Main Quest: 1000 Points.
[Objective: Survive for 3 days]
Main Characters:
Takashi Komuro - Negative 1000
Rei Miyamoto - Negative 100
Saeko Busujima - Negative 100
Saya Takagi - Negative 100
Kohta Hirano - Negative 100
Shizuka Marikawa - Negative 100
[Side Quest: Bonus Points.]
1. Kill Zombies - 1 Point = 10 Zombies.
2. Kill Runner Zombies - 10 points = 1 Runner Zombie
3. Kill Evolved Zombies - 100 points = 1 Evolved Zombie
4. Kill Rioters - 5 Points = 1 Rioter.
5. Orientation - The first player to explain to the New Players the inner workings of Missions, Exchanges and how to return home. 100 Points. ]
[Penalties: Negative Points/Death.]
1. New Players - Negative 1000 points for killing a New Player.
2. Spoiler - Negative 10 points per Sentence.
3. Main Character Deaths - The death of main characters reduce points.
[Total Score: Pending...]
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Haven: ...Well... this is a problem.
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???: You're awake. Good. You seem quite calm in this situation and that's quite a good attitude to have. I'll explain everything after the rest of these newbies wake up.
Haven: (slightly panicked) Explain everything huh. Erin, what should we do?"
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He was worried that we would perish in the first mission itself. In all honesty, we were probably F*cked.
Thinking about it for a moment, I did my best to calm him down.
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[Haven. You need to listen to me very very carefully. This guy has, at the very least experienced a singular world in God's dimension. His abilities may are most indefinitely vastly superior to our own. Tread lightly. In the original novel, the main character's strength stagnated by a huge margin until he met his clone. If we don't want the same fate of multiple team wipes, we have to become very, very strong.]
Haven: (apprehensive) Y-you're joking right? Seriously?"
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My knowledge of the novel had been partially imparted onto him. He knew the risks and problems that the original protagonist had to go through in order to gain power and was very apprehensive about committing to the same ideals of strength.
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[Haven. I am here with you. No matter what happens, no matter who it is we face, we will defeat them. Do you understand what im trying to say?]
Haven: (muttering) I hope you're right, Erin.
[Calm down. It isn't as bad as you might think. You deal with the mission as you see fit. I'll compile a list of tasks that we need to accomplish within this mission.]
Haven: Sigh. Alright. I understand."
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Erin knew what he was doing. He who had been in a multitude of lives had enough experience to get them out of this shitty situation. Or at least, make it less shitty.
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???: Listen up!
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The man called out, interrupting Haven's inner conversation with me. Looking around, we noticed that the other people were already awake.
All of those who were awake were slightly panicked and some seemed a little angry at where they ended up in.
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Businessman: Who are you? What's going on?!
Tattooed man: What the f*ck? Who are you people?
High school girl: W-where are we? Who are you people? Oh my god, you... you kidnapped me?"
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She seemed to be trying to hide her body from view.
I doubt they would survive long if their attitudes are like this.
I doesn't matter anyway. Strength is all that Haven needs to work towards. I, will naturally help him overcome any odds and tribulations that he goes through.
Two minds are better than one, or so they say.
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Tattooed man: (pulling out a switchblade) You guys are looking to die huh?!
???: (amused) What?
Tattooed man: Im from the Jimmy Gang! You wanna pick a fight with me. Ill bring all my boys here to rip you a new one!
???: Hehe, Hahahahah!"
Tattooed man: HUH! You wanna fight too?!"
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The man with the buster sword merely took out a pistol from his back pocket and pointed its muzzle at the tattooed man.
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Tattooed man: Y-you... gun!
???: You wanna try me punk?
Tattooed man: You! Wait till I get out of here-
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Bang!
A gunshot rang out. The tattooed man fell down in a heap, his head sporting a new hole.
Everyone held their breath in fear.
"The next f*cker who speaks, I'll shoot your goddamn brains out as well. You understand?"
Everyone nodded in fear.
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Haven: (Sighing) He had it coming.
[Indeed.]
Haven: This guy isn't very stable either. No patience, shooting him in the head, killing him rather than the foot or something. Should we avoid him?
[I wouldn't recommend that action. At the very least, these people seem much more willing to comply. This is the beauty of power.]
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The man walked over to the guy's dead body and picked it up with a single hand. He threw it to the back of the classroom where it landed with a thud.
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???: This is not a game. No one kidnapped anyone and no one is going to f*cking rape you." The last comment was directed at the highschool girl.
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She could only whimper in fear.
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???: Take a look at your watches. They are the missions that God had sent us to complete. Each of you received some sort of prompt right? The "want to know the meaning of life" bullshit? Yeah. That will bring you into parallel dimensions, creating scenarios and objectives for you to complete.
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The man let that sink in for a while before continuing.
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???: As you can see, each mission will award you 1,000 points and side missions will grant you extra points if you continue. This is a relatively easy setting compared to the ones that I have been in before. It would be in your best interests to wrack in some points for your survival."
Pig tailed girl: These points, what are they used for? They can't just be for decoration right?"
???: Points are important for upgrading yourself. When a mission is complete, the survivors will be transported into god's dimension. There, the points can be exchanged for superhuman abilities like flight, speed, strength etc. Anything is possible if you have enough points and ranked rewards.
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A fat man holding a briefcase scoffed at his explanation.
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The dangerous man glanced at him and smirked.
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???: You are welcome not believe the bullshit spouting from my mouth. I don't f*cking care, just know this. If you survive the mission, ill let you become my comrade. So try not to die.
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He glanced over at someone trying to open the classroom door.
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???: Don't bother. It wont open until the actual mission starts. There's some sort of protection field over the entire classroom. Unbreakable.
Unkempt Youth: Interesting... hey tough guy, I'm curious, if we complete this mission will we get the chance to go back into the real world?"
???: Yes, you do. It costs 50,000 points to go back. Before you even think about it, its going to be very hard for you to save up that much points.
Unkempt Youth: Hmm, why?
???: Simple. The more points you choose to save, the less likely you are to survive a harder mission. Points are built to upgrade you. God doesn't want you to escape. He wants you to evolve.
Unkempt Youth: Evolve? What do you mean?
Oops, I spoke too much. Survive this mission and I'll explain more."
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The dangerous man shrugged.
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???: (slapping his forehead) Haha, I completely forgot! My name is Yukio.
Haven: I'm Haven.
Unkempt Youth: Jax.
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The blond biker waved. He looked to be around 24 years old?
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Izumi: My name is Izumi Touka.
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Came a voice from behind us. We turned and noticed it was the pig-tailed girl.
Yukio: Haha. You guys seem like a fine bunch. Tell you what, as of now, you are all prime candidates for joining my team. What skills can you contribute?
Haven: I have knowledge of this plot and I've learnt a little martial arts.
Jax: Im an engineer/mechanic. I've got some fighting skills that might be useful. Not sure HOW useful I'll be but at the very least I wont die so easy.
Izumi: I've been studying medicine under my uncle and I know how to treat wounds and the like. Im not too bad at operating technology as well...
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Hm... she was insecure about how she could contribute huh?
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Yukio: Eh, usefulness can be developed. Haven, you have knowledge of the plot right? Give me rundown about what'll happen. I've never seen this... High school of the dead. It's something to do with zombies right?
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Haven: Yes. The whole premise is based off on zombies. There is one thing which worries me though. The mission on the watch says altered story plot. In addition to Runner zombies and Evolved zombies? There were none of that in High School of the Dead. Which probably means that my knowledge might be screwed over.
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Yukio taps his chin for a moment.
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Yukio: It doesn't matter. At least we'll have a slight template to go over in case shit hits the fan.
Haven: (shrugging) Alright, here's how it goes. The story starts with a disturbance during class time. A person tries forcing their way into school grounds through the front gate. Well, I say forcing but all the person was doing, was sort of just banging his head on the gate. You can probably guess, that person was a zombie.
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The three of them nodded to show they understood.
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Haven: A few teachers noticed this and one of them goes to grab the guy to push him off the gate, or to scold him, I don't really remember exact details. Anyway, he gets bitten by the zombie and screams out in pain or something. I think, within the span of 15-20 minutes, he turns and starts biting others. This starts off a chain reaction within the school.
Jax: I see... then what'll happen to the main characters?
Haven: Takashi Komuro along with Rei Miyamoto and Hisashi Igou will try to escape towards the roof of a building, im not too sure which one it'll be though."
Izumi: Hisashi Igou? He's not listed as a main character?
Haven: That's because he'll die off quite early on. He'll get bitten by a teacher while saving Rei Miyamoto. Later on, Takashi will kill him when he transforms.
Yukio: I see. What about the rest of the characters then?
Haven: Hirano Kohta and Saya Takagi will be trapped in a classroom where Kohta and Saya will find a gas operated nail gun. Kohta will add some modifications to it and then start his killing spree with the makeshift gun. I should probably mention that he's some sort of gun fanatic.
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They each nodded once again, listening to every word my host is saying. Damn, I would have really loved this reincarnation if it wasn't for the Gods dimension part.
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Haven: Saeko Busujima, a kendo practitioner will save the seemingly airhead nurse from being killed by the zombies in the nurse room. They'll all meet in a hallway of some sort and then, Takashi will act as bait, where they'll find that the zombies only react to noise. I don't really remember but I think the zombies are all blind.
Yukio: (Muttering) Blind zombies... it will make the mission much simpler to complete.
Izumi: Not necessarily. We don't know how strong the runner zombies and the Evolved ones are. Seeing how they're worth a lot more points, I'd wager they are gonna be a problem. You're probably the only one who can take them on, Yukio, assuming of course that you have special powers?
Yukio: Hm... we will worry about them when the time comes. Haven, what happens next?
Haven: The main characters will find a bus to get on. They'll escape the school with another teacher. I don't really remember but he was supposed to be some sort of bastard. Rei hated him and the rest of the cast will too, sooner or later.
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A countdown had begun.
Jax: It's starting huh?
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The countdown, in no time at all ended. The moment it did, a few of the people in the classroom rushed out.
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Jax: Did they just...?
Yukio: Leave them. Those idiots didn't believe me. It's expected that they'll die before even realizing what I've been trying to say.
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He glances at each of us before stopping at Haven and Jax.
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You both have some skills in fighting so I'm going to give you weapons to protect yourself.
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Yukio points towards his ring.
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Yukio: This is a hammer space. It can store objects and the like.
Izumi: Wow. This God's dimension is really that amazing huh?
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Yukio nods before pulling out two double edged long-swords. He hands them to Jax and Haven and looks over to Izumi.
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Yukio: You don't have the muscle mass to handle the swords. You might f*ck up pretty badly. I would like to give you my gun, but I need to see your potential first.
Izumi: (slightly angered) What? But... wouldn't it be better if I had a weapon to at least defend myself?"
Yukio: Like I said. Prove your potential.
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She glared at him but relented when he wouldn't budge.
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[Haven.]
Haven: Erin? What's up?
[I have an idea of what we could accomplish to become stronger.]
Haven: Okay. What's the plan?
[We are going to follow what the protagonist of Side B did. Save Hisashi.]
Haven: (frowning) Wait. Side B? That was a fan-fiction. It might not be the same way the dimension operates.
[No. The dimension WILL operate very close to what Side B's was.]
Haven: How do you know?
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I smiled.
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[Anime was added.]
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Erinies
Erinies I really admire Terror Infinity Side B. I just read it and I thought. Hey! Im gonna follow its format. From here baby the story changes!
HAHAHA
Harem seems interesting but maybe later. When he's strong enough.
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