~ P.O.V Kazuki ~

[Name: Kazuki Mendes Kurosawa
Age: 18

Mutation: The Fool

Level: 01

- Attributes –

Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Mental: 4
Constitution: 5
Charisma: 10

- Passive Skills –

Adaptation
Language Pack
Computer Acumen [7]
Bedroom Arts [2]
Aim [0]
Close Combat [3]
Sword: Katana [0]
Polearm: Warhammer [1]
Polearm: Lance [0]
Crossbow [0]
Bow [0]

- Active Skills –

NONE

- Party 0/2 –

• Eligible to be invited: 01

- Relationships –

• Click to view
]

After thinking of the word "Status" in my mind, a blue window with a scrolling bar appeared in my field of vision. Looking at the window in front of me, I could see a series of information that left me with more questions. Mutation? If that's what I'm thinking, one of my doubts about the effects of the virus on humans who didn't turn is answered, and with it, a range of possibilities opens up that can be very good or very bad.

The Fool... By my poor knowledge of tarot, this card has to do with infinite potential. And according to Persona, it means that I can have various different powers, hehe. But one thing I noticed is that even when I click on the mutation name, no explanatory text appears... I clicked on the attributes, strength, agility, constitution, mental, charisma... Nothing happens, darn it.

On the skills tab, the system didn't explain anything to me either. At this point, I finally understood the situation, my system doesn't come with support AI.

The only thing I discovered is that I KNOW what these skills and numbers mean, as if in my mind I always knew what each of these skills meant. For example, Bedroom Arts, are my skills in bed, but not just that, with them at level 2, I can last longer before ejaculating and understand better the erogenous points of my partners, it sort of gives me heightened senses during sex.

And this is at level 2. I have the impression that leveling it up will provide me with interesting effects; for now, it doesn't give me anything supernatural, it's just something that comes with experience, but who guarantees that it will remain the same if I level it up to 10?

Besides, my skills carry things from my past life too, like Computer Acumen, a skill with a strange name, but representing my overall computer skills and knowledge, all my knowledge about computers and systems is accounted for in this skill, that's why it's level 7, I just don't know if there's a level limit.

Regarding the other skills, they all make sense, the fact that they are registered in the system is already an advantage, my Aim is level 0 because I haven't shot much in my previous life, at most a slingshot as a child or throwing balls at school and here I tested the crossbow when I bought it. Close combat level 3 combining two lives is kind of low, but as I told Tsunoda the other day, nobody was dumb enough to be constantly fighting at school or on the street back in Brazil just to get shot the next day. Her being level 3 already makes me very happy, because it must count the experience of the original Kazuki.

The WarHammer skill I'm sure I only gained today, I killed 17 zombies until we left the school. Probably the experience given by each zombie is much greater than training normally. I need to do some tests, and even with 17 zombies on my account, I'm still level 1, I can count this as my system not being OP or me needing much more experience to level up, in almost every story with a system that I've read, from 5 to 10 zombies would have been enough to level up to 2. The fact that it takes so long worries me because it means that there must be things that will give me much more XP than the blind and slow zombies from school.

Taking into consideration everything I've seen so far, I'm at least 80% sure that there will be some special zombies, the problem is how long it will take for them to start appearing, and what types they will be. If they are runners like the ones in WWZ, I think putting a bullet in my head might be a good idea, remembering them climbing the wall of Jerusalem in that movie still gives me chills.

Now about the skills that don't have levels, I know that Adaptation is literally that, I adapt faster, and my body is more compatible, I just don't know the extent of this compatibility, I'll find out over time... Language Pack is just that, fluency in different languages. I wonder if it works for ancient Egyptian. It would be awesome to find a Millennium Relic... Imagine, a tanker coming towards me and I just go: "I SUMMON, THE DARK MAGICIAN"! That would be cool as hell, but are there "Yu-Gi-Oh!" cards in this world? Hmm, maybe I should have checked before...

...

Okay, where was I?
...
AH, RIGHT! System check!
From what I've noticed so far, there's no handholding. While other transmigrated people get systems that even become waifus, mine is an RPG character sheet.

Seriously, I tried, several different keywords, and none of them worked...

Continuing, I clicked to see who was eligible to be invited to the party, and I can't say I'm surprised to find out that the only eligible person is Kyoko. After seeing those affinity notifications, I already imagined something like this would be the case. I won't add her to the party now; I don't know what the effects would be, if it's possible to remove the person later, or if the person will see the system. I don't want to have to talk about it now.

Clicking to view the relationships, the following list appeared:

- RELATIONSHIPS -

1. Kyoko Hayashi, affinity: 188
   - Mark: Yes -
2. Shizuka Marikawa, affinity: 99
   - Mark: No -
3. Saeko Busujima, affinity: 83
   - Mark: No -
4. Kasumi Miwa, affinity: 78
   - Mark: No -
5. Shura Kirigakure, affinity: 96
   - Mark: No -
6. Saya Takagi, affinity: 65
   - Mark: No -
7. Rei Miyamoto, affinity: 69
   - Mark: No -
8. Miku Yuuki, affinity: 92
   - Mark: No -
9. Fumiko Taniuchi, affinity: 101
   - Mark: No -
10. Momo Kawamoto, affinity: 99
   - Mark: No -
11. Naomi Shishido, affinity: 50
   - Mark: No -

Okay, what's going on here? Only the affinity with women appeared, and even with women that I have no intention of pursuing... And looking at this list, I start to wonder, maybe 12 women is a bit excessive, isn't it? Oh, I still have the clear intention to get Yuriko and Rika.

By the way, are these affinities high or low? If I take into account Kyoko's value as high, do these values make sense? Of course, I never imagined that Taniuchi and Kawamoto would be so easy. Miwa is a serious girl, so it makes sense for her to have a higher guard. Saeko's will double when I solve her problem. And I'm sure she's interested in me, if in the original she already showed interest in Takashi from this moment on, it makes sense.

Shura doesn't lie indeed, that leaves me relieved because I could never tell if she was serious. My affinity with Rei being higher than with Saya worries me a bit, I don't want to get involved in teenage drama.

And what does that mark mean? I have the impression that I know what it is, but at the same time, the information disappears from my mind.

I have at least an initial understanding of what I'm working with.

After checking the system, I looked outside the bus, and all I could see was smoke on the horizon, one or two abandoned cars on the road, and ahead on the road, I noticed a convenience store.

The people on the bus were talking quietly at the moment, but they were surprised when I exclaimed, "Shizuka! Stop at that convenience store, let's grab everything we can."
I remember this place, but we're at least an hour later than canon, there might be more zombies around here than expected. Time to earn XP.

~ End of POV ~

The group moved upon hearing Kazuki's voice. They recognized the need to seize the moment to collect supplies. Although some felt a little uncomfortable that Kazuki could speak of raiding a place so easily, they thanked in their hearts that they had a leader who knew what needed to be done.

"Marikawa-sensei, please stop at least about 100 meters away from the place, so we can have an idea of how many of them are inside. And not be caught off guard as soon as the noise of the bus catches their attention," Saya said as she scanned the surroundings for places where zombies could be hiding. Shizuka, upon realizing that it was a good idea, parked the bus at the distance and waited for the order to open the door.

Meanwhile, Kazuki went to the back of the bus where the boxes were and started grabbing the equipment. First, he picked up a black carbon steel spear disassembled in three parts and handed it to Rei, who accepted it with a smile and began to assemble it. He also took the second pair of pro-biker armor he had bought and handed one to Rei and one to Saeko. And as he looked around and saw the strange way everyone looked at him, he began to explain.

"I was going to buy a motorcycle with Kyoko today after school, so I bought 4 sets of these protections, never thought they would be useful today."

"I understand, but what about this crossbow and compound bow here? And this machete?" Shura asked, curious.

"As you know, I arrived in Japan less than a week ago, and I heard a lot about how people like to camp here, and combining that with me wanting to start practicing a lot of things that I didn't have a chance to do when I was in Brazil, like archery... I ended up overdoing it and bought several hunting equipment and outdoor gear because I expected to travel with Kyoko on vacation, I took advantage of having money and bought everything at once." Kazuki said, scratching his head with a slight redness on his face that everyone noticed as embarrassment for exposing his actions that looked more like an overexcited child who got too much money on New Year's from his grandparents and didn't know what to spend it on, exposed.

But they would never know that he was blushing because he was ashamed of the amount of bullshit he just said. He never liked lying, so having to lie to so many people at the same time made him quite embarrassed.

Everyone looked at him with strange smiles on their faces.

[Affinity with all the girls around +2]

Clearing his throat to break the atmosphere and divert the focus, he started talking to the group.

"Let's split into two groups, the first group will be me, Saeko, Rei, and Kohta. We'll go in small numbers to observe the place, if it's full we'll call you, otherwise we'll clean the area and then call you. The second group will consist of Takashi, Shura, Kasumi, and Takuso, you'll rescue us if the situation calls for it, and the rest keep the bus. Under no circumstances let anyone else on the bus, in such an extreme situation we don't know who we can trust besides our group, any objections?" Kazuki said to everyone before focusing on Saya to confirm if there was any problem with his idea, receiving a nod as confirmation Kazuki smiled at her which made her blush and panic turning her face away.

Although Takashi wanted to go in the first group because of Rei, he understood that after his attitude at school, he would have to gain the group's trust first.

"Be careful," he said, looking at Rei, who nodded in thanks although still uncomfortable with him.

"Shizuka, open the door."

After giving the order, the group then quietly descended from the bus and began to walk towards the Seventh Station not only with confidence but mainly caution.

Kanmuru

Eai pessoal!

Author here again, this time a necessary pov for clearing a bit of our doubts.

I'm sorry for the delay, those kinds of chapters are a bit harder to do because I need to check my numbers everywhere lmao.

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