Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 10 - 1, H.O.T.D Intermission

Shin: Am I dead?

I laid there on the floor with my eyes out of focus and felling dizzy. I remembered the in previous moment when the nightmarish silver wolf monster that came right out of a nightmare jumped at me. Those huge claws, sharp fangs, and cruel golden eyes were right before in front of me. It was only an instant - just an instant away the monster wolf was from ripping me to shreds.

Shin: Then... am I dead or am I alive? Heaven? Hell? Which is it?

Aqua: You're alive, at least for the moment, and this is still the hell God sent us to. You and I cut it quite close there.

Only now did I realize that Aqua was right in front of me. She had me pinned down to the floor. Not in a sexual way, but like a predator that was about to take a bite out of its prey, me, yet also in a nonsexual way. Aqua looked completely exhausted. Her usual strong, confident self was long gone and in its place was a tired and mentally exhausted woman. As she was getting off me, I noticed her eyes. It was only for a split second before they were back to normal, but her eyes were a yellow color. The same golden eyes filled with cruelty that the silver wolf held. It, it couldn't be true. I am just over thinking this, right? I knew it had to be, but...

Shin: Aqua, are you the one who saved me back there? That, that...

Aqua: Yeah, I was that silver wolf that you saw. Along with the Wolverine mutation enhancement, I also possess a Werewolf mutation as well. What you saw back there was my full wolf transformation.

Shin: Aqua is a Werewolf... that, that, that is so...

Aqua: ...Scary?

Shin: Awesome! Do you also have a half human half wolf form like Kotarou and Kito from the Akamatsuverse?

Aqua: Fool! I almost killed you and look. What was I worried about?

With an ever so slight smile Aqua walked away, which gave me the room to get up and look around as I stood there in a daze. I still had no idea where the hell I was. Aqua said that this was in fact hell, so we must not be back in the real world, but still trapped in God's Dimension. According to Aqua, once a mission comes to an end we would be transported somewhere, so this must be the Terminal Lobby.

From what I could see, I was standing on an open platform with a huge sphere of light in the center. It lit up the whole platform like the very sun. Beyond the edge of the platform was darkness. Just pure darkness. A kind of darkness where not a hint of light or life could be found. Was this really the so called Terminal Lobby? Just looking at it for a few seconds made my head dizzy.

It was as I was looking around that I saw the others. Hikari, Misaki and Aqua... and also a fourth person was here. An elderly man in a butler suit came out from one of the rooms on the edge. He looked familiar. Too familiar, but if I were to reveal his identity then a certain Dark Knight might come looking for me with a copyright complaint.

The so far nameless butler walked over and picked up the exhausted Aqua. Aqua was a beautiful women and her current weak appearance looked very attractive, yet he didn't even bat an eyelash at her. Is this what you call professional service level of a legendary butler? Still, I was slightly (very) envious of him as he was carrying her away.

Aqua: If you have any questions, just ask God over there. Communicate to him using your mind. As for Shin, quickly go over to God and have him fix up your body. You can still turn into an undead in your current state. Just coming here won't fix what is wrong with you, remember? Also, other than creating your own person, don’t exchange anything. Wait until tomorrow for me to explain everything. Oh right, to choose a room just imagine how you want the room to look like and it will be done to your specifications.

The butler then carried Aqua away to her room to rest. Shin and the others stood there looking at each other, then they fell on the floor. They were all exhausted, but quickly scanned the room around them. Hikari looked at me and ran over. Without waiting for me to even stand she tackled me into a hug.

Hikari: Shin! Shin, I am glad that you are alive. It was my fault, yet, yet...

Shin: It is fine, but could you get off me? I am still technically dying, and... You're heavy.

Hikari: What!?

Hikari was actually a petite girl and I only said that because of my condition, but she didn't get that and grew upset. Then a painful right slap came into contact with the side my cheek. Hikari was furious, but then seeing one of my teeth fall to the floor and blood staining her hands, she remembered that she just hit a dying man who was slowly rotting away into an undead, and apologized. Then it was Misaki's turn to come over.

Misaki: Yo! You're still alive?

Shin: Well, for the moment. How was it on your end?

Misaki: Other than that girl constantly trying to leave the roof to go back for you and hitting me when I stopped her, everything was A-Okay.

Shin: Looks like you had it rough.

Misaki: That sounds sarcastic coming from a man who is infected with some zombie virus and looks like he is about to die any minute. Are you really okay?

Shin: I am not and I am still infected, but for certain reasons I'll get I'll get to later, I am sort of in a temporary remission at the moment. Give me an hour and I might still turn into one of THEM.

Hikari: Then hurry up and get yourself healed! Also, sorry for that slap. Did I hit you so hard that a tooth was knocked out?

Shin: No, but in my current state even someone with half your strength could have done it. Also, you don't have to keep apologizing for every little thing. The tooth and the bite. The mission is over and done with, so it's all in the past now. I am just thankful that it ended when it did.

Misaki: Yeah, and did you see that silver wolf, Shin? It came out of nowhere, bulldozed the undead in the surrounding area, and went into the apartment building. I thought that it was going to kill us all.

Shin: She nearly did. That was Aqua.

Hikari: It was?!

Shin: Yeah, according to her, Aqua has a Werewolf mutation that she exchanged from God. What we saw was her full wolf form.

Misaki: So not just Wolverine, but Werewolf as well. What else? Can she sprout wings out of her...

Hikari: Misaki! Aqua has already reserved one beating for you calling her a bitch. Do you want a second one from her? The woman with the Wolverine mutation, Werewolf Bloodline, with an infinite ammo gun?

Misaki: ...Never mind.

For an instant, Misaki was as pale looking as me. If only he could have seen her up close in as a large wolf that was pulsating death and destruction, he wouldn't have even dared to bad mouth her out loud.

Hikari: Well she is strong. Not just her inhuman powers, but just about everything. All of that happens and she can coolly give out instructions like that. I was so scared, just thinking about everything now that it is over... I can't even move my hands and legs. Shin, I am glad you - no all of us are still alive. You should do as Aqua said and... Shin?

Shin: A woman... can she be an anime character?

Misaki: No no no no! You have to choose a super model, right? It's only the logical thing to do. Not some silly anime character.

Shin: Don't say anime heroines are less than your lousy models who pretend to be pure, but are probably spreading their legs for the cameraman!

Misaki: Oh, what did you say!? Do you want to die otaku bastered!? I won't go easily on you just because you are dying!

Shin: Bring it swimsuit idiot! A man who doesn't know the true worth of anime heroines can go to hell!

Hikari: Two freaking idiots! Men are all idiots! We lived through that and experienced, so much terror, yet the first thing they think about is sex, sex and more sex!

Shin: You know, that just now was pretty hot just now, Hikari. Say sex again ama also keep that TSUN voice and add some DERE at the...

Hikari: Shup up, otaku!! Shin! Just hurry up and get your repairs done! Morons!

Hikari ran toward a room in anger, and closed the door with a loud bang. It awoke the two of us from our foolishness. We laughed with embarrassment then closed our eyes. Misaki was probably designing his ideal women right now, yet kidding and making fun of Hikari aside, I moved over to God for my repairs. "This is a wonderful feeling," is what I thought when I made contact.

As I closed my eyes under the sphere of light, I felt as though I fused with it. A screen appeared in front of me, it’s similar to a computer program or video game Main Menu. There were four categories of items, and the six stats of enhancements. It also showed the amount of points and rewards I had gained as of to date. My stats were the following and looking over at them, I couldn't help but feel that all the terror and near death experiences were all worth it, but I could only say as much after the fact:

Stats

Intelligence - 111

Mental Capacity - 120

Cell Vitality - 129

Reaction Speed - 137

Muscle Density - 147

Immunization Strength - 155

Exchange Categories

1. Sci-fi Weapons - None.

2. Magical items - None.

3. Support items - Communicator Phone×1 and Upgrade Certificate.

4. Entertainment - None.

Missions Survived: 1.

Exchange Points: 10,088.

Rank Rewards: S=0, A=0, B=2B, C=0, D=0

I had 10,088 points total!

1000 from the basic mission, 2500 from the hidden quest for saving Hisashi from his fate to die, 2000 for a second hidden quest for saving Alice in place of the main character, 1500 for breaking the three realm limits, 3000 for God's Quest for breaking the three limits as a newbie player of his world and 88 Points for various kills. I asked god to repair my injuries, specifically whatever was currently in my body at this very moment trying to kill me, rotting me from the inside and slowly turning me into one of the walking dead. Also, I added in the resulting injuries from it all remembering that I threw up a lot of blood maybe even some internal organs.

I also asked God to keep the scar from the healed bullet wound. Like Aqua's scar on her neck, I planned for it to be another reminder that this world wasn't all wasn't fun and games. That I could die here, and I really nearly did. I want a visual reminder whenever I look in the mirror with my without my shirt, so that in the future I will never wake up and forget those days in H.O.T.D and believe they weren't dangerous.

Once I told God my request, I was floating in a beam of light shot from the sphere. Orange light particles then entered my body and thirty second later a dark brown particle would exit my body a disintegrate into oblivion. The orange particle most have been the repair and the brown particle that was destroyed was the unknown virus that causes the apocalypse in High School of the Dead.

The whole process took 10-15 minutes and once the beam let me down to the ground I checked myself over. I was perfectly healthy as I ever was. Maybe even better than ever since after gaining all of my stat increases this was the first time I was in 100% condition. Not exhausted from battling THEM, recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder or nearly dying to a fatal and supernatural disease that could cause the apocalypse in less than twenty-four hours if it was let out into the real world.

God had took 69 of my points for the repairs to my body, so now I had a total of 10,019 Points. I don't feel that 69 points is a lot when you still have over ten thousand, but now I was healed and better than ever so there was no use sweating over 60 or so points. I mean, 60 points could only raise a single stat by 6. Now it was time to focus on the most important matter at hand now that I have arrived to the Terminal Lobby after healing my life threatening wounds.

Shin: So... creating a woman, huh. Create a woman... who should I choose! Hahahahha!

I was not planning to use my points yet. I recognize the importance of it after experiencing life and death over and over again. Even though I have quite a lot of points, I still wanted to consult with Aqua first, but since it was free points, I only had one thing on my mind. Making my ideal women!

Hestia - The goddess who descended to earth and started a clan with the white haired speedy main character Bell Cranel. She is small, which isn't bad, and she has a great chest. 9/10.

Lala Satalin Deviduke - The ailan princess who moved in with the king of awkward falls Yuki Rito. Lala is a 10/10 in every aspect, but her inventions will get me in trouble.

Saber - The heroic spirit and legendary king of Britain, the King of Knights Arturia Pendragon. Her physique stopped growing at the age of 14, but she is such a legendary figure that it would be a crime to not have that swordswomen around. She could even teach me some things. 9/10.

Kato Megumi - The underground main heroine who goes unnoticed, but will at times show the cutest expressions. 9/10.

Mio Naruse - The red head little sister and with the demon lord's power. She is a 10/10 and is erotic enough to push her score up by 5.

Shiki Ryougi - The kimono/jacket wearing killer with a knife and eyes that can perceive death. She is scary, but a good looking women with a certain look that draws others. 8/10.

Misaki Mikoto - Last but not least the LEVEL 5 electric tusndere middle school girl. Still underdeveloped, but has a lot of potential if you have ever seen her mother, and she is an Esper to boot. 9/10 all the way.

Now... which who I choose? I ended up giving them all high scores and there are still characters I haven't thought up yet. Like A grown up Tina Sprout, or any of the main heroines of Date A Live and The Breaker: New Waves. Too many choices, too many choices, too many choices and only one free human creation. I have over 10,000 points so that is twenty additional human creations... I can't, right? No no no no no! I... I won't fall into depravity, I mean temptation. Ahh, it is that. This is God's last punch to the face to show that my hard work isn't enough.

Shin: Why... the humanity of it all. This really is hell!

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The next day.

In the end, I couldn't choose on an ideal women. Having infinite choices in life... is not as great as other people make it out to be.

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Sorry to disappoint those who were expecting Shin to create a cool anime heroine, but it won't happen yet.