Bab 25: Rules
We all went downstairs and met in the living room where everyone else was. The area was dominated by an atmosphere of uncertainty and restlessness. Everyone was sad about the loss of their friends or the despair of not knowing anything about their acquaintances.
I look at each one of them, which makes them tremble with fear or show faces of envy seeing the weapons that we all carried. Then I break the silence and make myself heard with a firm voice that reaches their ears clearly.
"It is time for everyone to accept the situation that we are in. All of you have to change your current mentality in order to survive."
"W-we just have to wait for help to come and everything will be fine"
From the group of ten, a girl manages to convey her thoughts, with her words various others nod in agreement. The hope of waiting for someone could be seen in their eyes and it wasn't just them, even people in my group had that thought too.
"It's good to have hope, but that's a very naïve way of thinking"
"W-why?"
"In my opinion there are three probable cases of what is happening out there. The first is that an isolated event only happening in this small area... but I can easily rule that out as a possibility."
While speaking, I grab the TV remote and turn on the device. The screen only shows a loss of signal, I start to change the channels, but I cannot find a live transmission. As I moved from one channel to another, I continued with what I was saying.
"If it were the first case, help wouldn't have taken that long to arrive in the first place, but hours have passed since all this started and not even one message has been issued from the government. When we were on our way here I did not see any helicopters flying over the area, nor any media, police or military.
That leads us to assume that this is probably the second case, which is, this is not only happening in this area, but that it is a national problem. If this is the case, then help can not only take days, but it could be weeks of waiting or even months.
In addition, other countries may think that it is dangerous for this disease or virus or whatever it is that's causing this, to spread across the sea to their countries and instead of helping us, they would isolate us or even worse, try to eradicate the outbreak in an extreme way, like using nukes."
Only my words are heard in the room and everyone only watched the constant change of channels on the television while they swallow and tremble. Some had a stronger mentality and only sank into their thoughts.
"N-no, that can't be ..."
"S-someone will come to help us, I'm sure!!"
"What is the third case?"
While most evade reality and try to hold on to their hope, Komuro's voice sounds and asks as he looks at me. With my eyes on him I answer.
"If you expect it to be something better than the previous cases, I'm sorry to tell you, but it only gets worse. The third case is that the whole world is just like this area, zombies attacking people everywhere.
Everyone will find themselves too busy surviving on their own to even try to help anyone else. You only have yourself and those around you to help you survive. "
"Those are just your assumptions! You can't know what's going on everywhere else!"
As they passed the point of stress that they could bear, one of the guys stands up and walks towards me trying to grab me, but when his hand tries to take my armor I move to the side and grab his wrist while sweeping his leg. He falls to the floor, groaning from the impact.
"You are right, these are only my guesses, but at least I am trying to think about how to survive. I am not sitting around doing nothing, waiting for help that will probably never come."
I put my foot on his neck while speaking and then look up from him to everyone else watching the show, then take out my Beretta so that the impact is greater and proceed to inform them what I came down to the living room to inform them in the first place.
"From now on, if you want me to keep you safe, you must follow and respect certain rules, and it is better that you keep them well in your head because otherwise you will end up with a bullet between your eyes."
"Hiiii!!"
"Kyaaa"
While saying that I extend my [Soul of The Emperor] skill, affecting everyone in the room, some people cry as a result of my action. Some of the weaker ones fall to the ground, not being able to keep their feet stable. Those who have a little bit of bravery only shake a little under the pressure of my domain.
"The first and most important rule, you will abide by my words to the letter, I will not accept excuses or reasons for doing otherwise. If I say go to the left you walk to the left, if I say jump then jump"
With their full attention on me, I continue with what I was saying, the first thing I must achieve is to be able to maintain control of the whole group. I can't have someone acting however they want and then end up doing something stupid that leads to all our deaths.
"The second rule is, everyone will be separated by gender and you will not be able to have contact with the opposite sex unless I indicate otherwise. To make it fully clear, you cannot be intimate with each other"
I do not want to have to deal with cases in which a man takes advantage of a woman because they think that there is no more order in the world, nor do I wish to deal with any pregnant hormonal chick's right now either. I don't need a second Rei running around.
"Third, you will be provided with enough food to survive, but don't expect too much. You will be given portions, just enough to support yourself and have enough energy to be active."
The food will be one of the first problems that we will have to solve, I cannot waste it and simply give it away to those not doing anything.
"Fourth rule ... well, more than a rule is a benefit for those who fight against zombies or have some work in the group, they will be exempt from the second and third rule in certain aspects. They can approach the other gender and be intimate whenever the other side agrees and they will have enough food to fill their stomachs completely"
I had to offer an advantage for those who fight against zombies and who are useful. They had to be motivated to fight, if everyone has the same rights, then why would anyone want to take the risk of fighting the zombies.
"T-that's not fair, there can't be favoritism"
Someone complains in a low voice, from the tone it was obviously a woman, but being a murmur I cannot locate who it was. But she manages to make the others agree with her words.
"Fair? The world has never worked that way. There are talks of equality and impartiality everywhere, but that is something that has never been achieved. You could see different degrees of inequality in people even before all this happened.
Some are born in wealth, not needing to work a single in their entire lives, not having to strive for anything. They have many things that you may want but can never have. You could complain about it and not like it, but it was just their luck to be born in that situation and you can't change it.
There are people who are born intelligent or more talented, not having to put in as much work to achieve what others in their fields may struggle everyday to achieve. But that is something they were born with, can you deny or take their intelligence from them? Can you take a singers talent? I guess you could but you'd just be damaging their bodies out of spite.
Personal connections are also an unbalancing factor, someone with a friend, family member or sometimes even being a mere acquaintance can obtain a position that someone may have busted their ass for years to achieve.
Finally, beauty is an unbalancing factor in the world. Who can criticize someone for being beautiful or attractive? If you do criticize them it's because of the envy that you feel for not being beautiful yourself.
So tell me where is the fairness that you said? People from birth are different, so it is difficult for them to be equal when they grow up. If there can be no equality in the world before the zombies appeared, do not expect there to be now"
Nobody refutes my words and they just lower their heads, when I thought everything was going well, Shisuka speaks to me while pointing at my feet.
"Alex-kun ... if you continue you may kill him"
I lower my gaze and the guy who had attacked me was flailing his legs and turning purple due to hypoxia. Damn it, I had completely forgotten about him, I take my foot off him and in doing so he takes a big breath and then starts coughing.
I withdraw my domain and the pressure they felt eases, I hear several people sigh in relief. With no more rules to implement, I end this conversation by giving them 2 options to choose from.
"I won't force anybody to follow me, you can choose to take separate paths from us, and no one will stop you. Or you can stay and we will protect you, but those who do must abide by those rules."
I pass my eyes through everyone to see if someone gets up to leave, but none has the courage to go out on their own. When I see that there is no one who wants to abandon the group, then I continue.
"Well, for now there are 2 positions available to be able to have the advantages that I mentioned before, Komuro give me your bat and your spear ... or whatever it is you brought before with you Rei"
After grabbing them from the second floor since they had left them upstairs, they deliver them to me, I wait for someone to step forward to take them, but no one seems to want to do it. Maybe it's too fast? Should I force them? No, I will only gain more dissatisfaction from them than they already have towards me.
"I-I'll do it! They're just zombies. I can do it."
A girl gets up and walks towards me and takes the homemade spear from my hand, it seems that women here are more valuable than men ... in the group I originally created there are twice as many women as men, although I can't really complain about that.
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"Nobody else? You should stop filling your mind with thoughts of what the future may hold or how your loved ones are. It will not change your situation or theirs, no matter how much you think about it, only actions will change things. "
"Damn it! I'll do it, give me the bat, it can't be so hard to bust their heads"
A guy gets up, pulling himself out of his pessimistic state and shouts to motivate himself. As he asks, I threw the bat and he holds it, and then begins to make practice swings in the place. With this we now have 2 new recruits, but they will still be in the testing phase.
"Your names"
"Yuki Miku"
"Yamada"
"For now you will remain the same as the others, until you actually play an active role then you will have the advantages that I said"
The girl looked like the classic female criminal type, but she had a pretty figure with orange hair up to her shoulders. The boy was quite normal with nothing that makes him stand out ... or maybe that is just my point of view since I haven't paid much attention to them.
The two nod their heads with their new weapons in hand and sit back with the other 8, with everything settled, we should eat, we have been moving a lot, Kurisu and I haven't eaten since back on Gaia before even coming here.
"Then let's eat, first we will give something to the 10 of them and then we will eat. When we come to call you, go upstairs for your food"
All of us return to the second floor, I go straight to the room and observe the things they bought from the store. Now, how much should I give them to have enough energy to move? I'm not a nutritionist, so I have no idea.
"Does anyone know what is the minimum amount of food a person needs to survive without putting his life at risk?"
I turn to the others, but soon they shake their heads. Well, if they have something in their stomach they will survive for a few days even if they get hungry, I will only give them what I think is right until I find someone who knows.
"A man needs 1500 minimum calories to survive and a woman 1200, although they probably would lose weight with that amount"
When I was about to proceed with my thoughts, Shisuka intervenes, everyone's vision focuses on her and the distrust or doubt about how she knows is shown in everyone's eyes. Did she receive a divine revelation or something?
"How do you know Shisuka? Did you receive some divine revelation ... do those big breasts of yours work like heavenly antennae?"
"Moo, Alex-kun is bad! My breasts are normal, besides, did you forget that I'm a nurse?"
Everyone directs their eyes to Shisuka's breasts because of what I said, feeling those looks, she covers her breasts with her hands ... but that only makes them stand out more and causes Kurisu to raise her voice.
"Those breasts are definitely not normal!"
I can testify that Kurisu's are not small, but being surrounded by all these voluptuous girls overshadows her. As a man, this is when I should say something to her, that she is fine and that the size of the breasts does not matter, but the words do not make it out of my mouth ... it is sad that my instincts are to dominant.
"Well, Shisuka will take care of distributing the food. Mizusu and Niki accompany her in case there is a problem."
"Okay"
""Sure""
"Others can get familiar with their weapon or find something to do."
After saying that I throw myself on the bed and take out a bag of chips to eat, it's not like it has been that long since I last ate something like this. I mean, it has only been about a week since I was reincarnated, but it feels so nostalgic. Shisuka and the other two girls begin to organize the food to deliver downstairs, while the others approach Hirano to give them advice on their weapons.
Watching everyone move to their respective positions, Saeko and Kurisu approach me, the first takes my chips and tells me when I try to get them again.
"It's bad for your body to eat only this junk food, wait a bit and I'll prepare something for you" -Saeko
"I'll help you" -Kurisu
"Thank you Saeko-chan. Hmm? Do you know how to cook Kurisu?" -Alex
"That's why I just said I'll help! I'm sure I can cut and peel vegetables or something." -Kurisu
"You're welcome, you just have to wait a bit" -Saeko
"Ooh, you two will be great wives someday" -Alex
"Fufufu" -Saeko
"I-Idiot!" -Kurisu
[Affection Kurisu and Saeko +5]
With the system notification the two leave and go downstairs, I intended to sleep, but Saya approaches and when I look at her, she speaks.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure"
"Why did you create those rules"
Her face does not seem to be complaining about all the rules that I implement, it is rather out of curiosity to know my thoughts. I didn't have to hide my motives so I give a brief explanation.
"The first is to maintain order in the group, the second to prevent the men from taking advantage of a girl, the third to prevent us from running out of food and the latter simply to motivate them to fight against zombies"
"Mmm…"
"Do you think I was wrong or I was too hard on them?"
"No, I think those rules work for now"
Not that I was going to change the rules just because she didn't like them, I just wanted to converse until the food arrived. It was nice to talk to her, she was a very intelligent and self-confident girl.
I see some people coming up and Shisuka gave them some packages of food, they didn't have a happy expression when receive them, but there were no complaints and they only returned grumpily. I continue talking about other things with Saya until Saeko and Kurisu returned carrying a pot and plates.
With the arrival of the two the others also stop what they were doing, Shisuka and the other two girls had already finished distributing the food to those downstairs, so everyone comes forward with interest when seeing the pot of food. When we are all together, everyone begins to eat.
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Written by:
Jwunder99
Ideas by:
Drack21
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