"Alright... so this isn't a smartphone?"
Staring at the button phone handed to him, Aslan fell silent.
Had he misjudged the era?
By the way, what year did High School of the Dead take place?
Was it the 2000s?
In the 2000s, touchscreen smartphones probably weren't popular yet?
"Why isn't it a smartphone? This one's super smart, you know!"
Hearing Aslan's words, Shizuka puffed her cheeks in anger and snatched her beloved phone back from Aslan's hand.
"I spent two months of my salary on this phone. It's the latest Sony Ericsson!"
"It can even play videos, you know."
Aslan gave up arguing with Shizuka and silently pulled out an ordinary smartphone, handing it to her.
"Wow, Aslan-chan, what's this? Such a fancy phone—it even has a touchscreen..."
Hearing Shizuka's surprised exclamation, Aslan nodded in satisfaction.
Saeko, standing beside Aslan, also understood his intention.
"Aslan-kun wants to use the internet to investigate some information?"
Though phrased as a question, Saeko said it with confident certainty.
"Actually, Aslan-kun could just ask me."
Saeko said with slight annoyance. As a kendo athlete and daughter of a warrior family, she had confidence in her abilities.
Especially in a crisis like this zombie outbreak.
But it wasn't because she wasn't trying hard enough or wasn't strong enough.
It was simply that her sword-wielding self couldn't possibly compare to Aslan's superpowered speed!
How could they be compared? There was no comparison at all!
So she could only play a role in other areas.
For example, information?
Since her father ran a dojo in America, she was quite familiar with news and various domestic and international issues.
"By the way, are there any famous biotech companies around here?"
Aslan asked curiously. After all, to uncover the mastermind behind this crisis, he needed to understand the world's situation.
But him? He'd almost forgotten the entire plot, let alone the world's background.
Although his Divinity-enhanced memory had recovered many details, if he didn't focus on recalling them, they wouldn't surface.
In any work involving biological crises, there was usually a behind-the-scenes villain—a famous biotech company and a group of wealthy elites trying to become gods of a new world.
These stories often took place in America.
As a great figure once said: if you find a terrible event on Earth but can't identify the culprit, you can safely conclude it was America's doing.
So... it's definitely America's doing!!
"If you mean the most famous biotech company, are you talking about Umbrella Corporation?"
Saeko answered without hesitation. In her memory, no biotech company was bigger than Umbrella Corporation.
Hearing that name, Aslan couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Sure enough, it was Umbrella?
Were Resident Evil and Umbrella Corporation really inseparable?
"So it really is Umbrella Corporation."
"So, are you two willing to come with me to save the world?"
After obtaining information about the mastermind, the next operation was simple.
Or rather, extremely simple for someone with Divinity and Five-Digit power.
After all, in Little Garden, a Five-Digit could only destroy a city.
But outside Little Garden, such a being could easily sink an entire continent.
Not to mention Aslan's ability—versatile dimensional power: spatial manipulation.
Thanks to his near-maximal space-time affinity granted by his Planeswalker status,
He could wield this ability with exceptional skill.
With this setup, even destroying Earth wouldn't take him more than a few days.
So saving a single world—how much trouble could there be?
"Yay! Aslan-chan is taking us to save the world!"
Shizuka said excitedly. As a careless person, she easily believed Aslan's words.
She even enthusiastically hugged him, giving Aslan indescribable pleasure with her large chest.
Faced with such pleasure, Aslan naturally couldn't resist.
His will was weak, and he couldn't withstand any softness.
Seeing Shizuka so excited, Saeko said nothing.
To her, Shizuka might still think Aslan was just inviting her for a game.
"But Aslan-kun, do you have a plan?"
"A plan? Of course. Go to Umbrella Corporation's Tokyo headquarters, take all the virus data, hand it to China, and we're done."
Aslan was confident the Chinese government could develop a cure for the living dead virus using the data and samples, then save the world.
As for achievements, achievements weren't the same as actual merit. Achievements weren't earned by what you did—they were recorded in history and measured by influence.
As long as others believed it was your doing, and history recorded it as your achievement, then the achievement belonged to you.
As long as this world believed he was the savior, and he truly contributed to saving it, then the savior achievement was his.
Even if Chinese researchers found the cure, since he was the one who provided the data and samples, no matter what, he'd get the largest share of the achievement.
As for himself... he really wasn't an expert in virology, was he?
Better to leave professional work to professionals.
"So, do you two have any other questions?"
Seeing Saeko and Shizuka had none, Aslan waved his hand.
"Then, World Salvation Team, let's move out!!"
As for why Aslan brought Saeko and Shizuka as "accessories"?
The reason was very simple—he simply couldn't refuse Saeko, the cool and gentle upperclassman.
And the clumsy Shizuka.
Aslan admitted it—he wanted to collect cards. Turn them into his own creature cards.
Of course, though he said "creature cards" the real name was "companion cards."
Turning them into companion cards wouldn't harm them at all. And if anything happened to them, they could be revived through their companion cards—not just once.
One could even say, as long as the companion card existed, they could be revived indefinitely.
As for growth issues?
Why did Aslan bring them as accessories?
Of course, to get a share of the achievements!!!
World-saving achievements. As long as they gained even a tiny fraction, they'd almost certainly reach Five-Digit strength.
This could also solve Aslan and No-Name's shortage of personnel.
Saeko could be trained as a main attacker, while Shizuka could become medical staff.
He wasn't hiding his intentions.
He'd already crossed worlds—wasn't collecting cards allowed?
Whether it was beautiful girls, rare treasures, or valuable experiences—
These were all things he wanted to collect after starting his journey as a Planeswalker!!!
Achievements were only similar to merit, not actual merit.
In Little Garden, achievement completion could easily be stolen.
For example, Izayoi defeated the Absolute Evil Azi Dahaka, but because he used Brahma Shakti.
Indra could claim that without Brahma Shakti, Izayoi couldn't have won, then use that excuse to take a share of Izayoi's achievement.
Even though the Brahma Shakti Izayoi used was a replica Divinity simulated by Kurousagi.
Achievement completion only depended on how it was recorded in history books—only on human history's records.
It didn't depend on actual merit or what you truly did.
And it was this kind of achievement completion system that allowed gods and buddhas to continuously drain the blood of human history.
For example, you do something and gain achievement. Then an ancestor appears and says, "If not for me, you couldn't have done it" and takes a share of your achievement.