Comic strip: Survival on a deserted island, surrounded by heroines

Aoyama stared at the three lines of text on the panel, his gaze sweeping over them one by one. After a moment of silence, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

“We need four more,” he muttered to himself.

"What four heads?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was cutting another piece of bear paw meat when she heard his muttering and turned to look at him.

Aoyama turned off the control panel and took the piece of meat she handed him: "This giant bear has brought me one step closer to being inhuman."

Kasumigaoka Utaha put the meat in her mouth and chewed it, then raised an eyebrow slightly: "If... eating four heads will give you some special ability, then this deal is worthwhile."

"This bear paw is really delicious."

"I wonder how many giant bears like this are left on this island." Qingshan put the second piece of bear paw meat into his mouth, feeling the rich, oily aroma melt in his mouth.

Izumi Sagiri held the bear paw-shaped piece of meat, which was bigger than her face, and carefully took a bite. Then, as if her whole body had been illuminated, she exclaimed, "Mmm...it's really...so good!"

She mumbled something indistinctly and took another big bite.

Although no seasoning was added, the bear paw was simply grilled and tasted even better than if seasoning had been added.

"Eat slowly." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at her eating and curved her red lips slightly.

She handed another piece of sliced ​​bear paw meat to Qingshan's mouth, her movements as natural as if she were doing something extremely ordinary.

Qingshan glanced at her, then opened his mouth and caught the piece of meat.

With a piece of meat in her mouth, Izumi Sagiri's gaze flickered between the two of them before she quickly lowered her head, pretending to concentrate on the food in her hand.

However, Sagiri, who was secretly observing, saw that Kasumigaoka Utaha did not stop immediately after handing over the meat.

Her fingertips lightly brushed against the edge of Qingshan's chin, as if unintentionally, or as if she deliberately slowed down.

"Could it be... a way of hinting at a kiss?" Thinking this, Izumi Sagiri felt her ears burning again.

The moonlight outside the cave shone on the black bear carcass, and the fire flickered with orange-red light, casting the shadows of the three people onto the stone wall.

The night breeze swept through the forest, carrying lingering fragrance and a slightly cool scent, causing the flames to flicker gently.

"That feels so good!"

Qingshan leaned against the stone wall, slowly chewing the last piece of bear paw meat in his mouth, his gaze falling on the edge of the forest outside the cave, illuminated by the moonlight.

Occasionally, a bird's call would drift through the woods late at night, distant and indistinct, as if it came from another world.

He looked down at his hands.

These hands had just killed a giant beast weighing nearly a thousand pounds.

"Eat everything, and then become a hexagonal numerical monster!"

Qingshan is becoming increasingly clear about how to proceed in the future.

Values ​​are everything.

"Go and look around the area tomorrow to see if there are any other bear tracks."

"However, the most urgent task is to gather all the dragonflies."

"A 360-degree field of vision, plus the far-sightedness of eagles... wouldn't that mean the entire map is open?"

Thinking about it, Qingshan was still a little excited!

Chapter 36: I didn't see anything...

The fire burned for most of the night.

The bear carcass at the cave entrance, after being simply cut up by Qingshan, was piled next to the smoked meat rack, and the stench of blood was mostly dissipated by the night wind.

The three of them lay their straw mats close together deep inside the shelter. Izumi Sagiri, wrapped in a coat she had brought back from the shipwreck, was curled up on the innermost side, her breathing long and even.

Qingshan leaned against the outside, his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

Only Kasumigaoka Utaha remains, toiling away in the silent darkness.

"Hoo~!"

A night wind swept in, causing the embers in the fire to flicker.

Izumi Sagiri turned over in her sleep, her long silver-white hair cascading down her side, and her light blue eyes drowsily opening a crack.

She had only intended to change her position to continue sleeping, but when her gaze inadvertently swept over a spot not far away, she stopped moving.

"That's... Sister Shiyu?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha sat up at some point.

She was facing away from Izumi Sagiri, her long black hair falling behind her, her body swaying gently with each movement.

To Izumi Sagiri, her posture seemed a little strange.

She sat above Brother Qingshan, her skirt bunched up and hanging around her waist.

Izumi Sagiri's mind was not yet fully clear.

She squinted, watching the undulating figure with curiosity for a while, and wondered groggily, "What is Sister Shiyu doing? Is she giving Brother Qingshan a massage?"

"But the frequency of that movement... doesn't seem like a massage?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha leaned back slightly, her hair brushing against Aoyama's knees.

Her soft breathing became clearly audible in the quiet night, carrying a muffled groan that Izumi Sagiri had never heard before.

"Why does it feel like... Sister Shiyu is in a lot of pain???"

Izumi Sagiri blinked, her drowsiness dissipating slightly, and her gaze gradually focused.

Until she saw that there was almost no gap between Kasumigaoka Utaha and Aoyama.

Then her pupils suddenly shrank to two tiny dots.

"This is... um~!"

A complete picture slowly pieced together in her dull mind.

Position... Action

The sound escaping from Kasumigaoka Utaha's slightly parted lips was like a breath that was half blocked by something.

"That was in..."

Izumi Sagiri felt as if all the blood in her body had been instantly drained and then rushed back in, leaving her ears ringing.

Her cheeks flushed red from her neck to her ears at a visible speed.

Startled, Izumi Sagiri abruptly closed her eyes.

"...They're a couple, that's perfectly normal, isn't it?"

"Hmm... I didn't see anything..."

Her heart was pounding wildly in her chest, making her tremble slightly.

Izumi Sagiri curled herself up into a ball, burying her face in her arms, and even her breathing was suppressed to the lightest possible level, as if she was afraid that the two people on the other side who were concentrating on their work would find out that she had woken up.

But the sound still got into her ears.

It made a soft, hissing sound, as if something was moist and mushy, emitting a faint echo.

Even so, Kasumigaoka Utaha occasionally let out a soft hum that was suppressed in her throat, indistinct and unclear, yet it sent a shiver down Izumi Sagiri's spine all the way to the back of her head.

“…”

She kept her eyes tightly shut, desperately repeating in her mind, "I was asleep. I didn't see anything. I didn't hear anything..."

But those sounds, like an all-pervasive wind, seeped into her ears, making her ears burn as if they were on fire.

A few seconds later, she couldn't help but open one eye.

She peeked through the gap between her arm and coat.

"How is that possible..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha leaned forward slightly, her black hair slipping down her shoulders and obscuring most of her profile.

Izumi Sagiri's gaze lingered on the point of connection, then abruptly averted as if she had been scalded.

She buried her face in her arms again, this time even covering her ears with her coat, but the image was already imprinted in her mind, and she couldn't get rid of it no matter what she did.

She felt herself becoming strange.

That unfamiliar feeling startled her, and she hurriedly pulled her knees together, shrinking herself even more.

"Why is this happening... I only peeked once, why is my body...?"

Izumi Sagiri pressed her face tightly into her coat, desperately trying to think of other things to distract herself.

"Bear meat...hmm...the bear meat is delicious today..."

"There are still lots of strips of meat hanging on the grill...we can grill them for breakfast tomorrow..."

"Brother Qingshan said he would bring me lots of delicious food..."

But the next second, a very low groan drifted over from that direction, like a feather brushing against her tense nerves.

Izumi Sagiri shuddered, her knees clenching even tighter.

She didn't know what that feeling was like, but she couldn't stop thinking about it.

If... if she were there right now, with Qingshan's hand supporting her waist, and that deep, breathy voice close to her ear...

Her cheeks were burning hot, almost steaming.

"What am I thinking...?"

Izumi Sagiri let out a silent wail in her heart, burying her head in her coat, her long silver hair falling down to cover her bright red ears.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Maybe five minutes, maybe ten minutes, maybe longer.

The commotion over there gradually subsided.

She heard Kasumigaoka Utaha's breathing gradually calm down, and heard Aoyama say something softly, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

Then came the sound of footsteps tiptoeing away, seemingly to get water from the bottle to wash themselves.

"Luckily, we weren't discovered..."

Thinking of this, Izumi Sagiri breathed a sigh of relief.

The shelter fell silent again, with only the occasional soft crackling of the fire.

Izumi Sagiri remained curled up, not daring to move an inch, even her breathing was extremely shallow.

She could feel her cheeks were still burning, and her heartbeat hadn't fully returned to normal.

After a while, she slowly opened one eye.

The moonlight outside the cave was still bright. On the grass mat by the campfire, Kasumigaoka Utaha had already lay down again, her back to her, her long hair spread out on the grass mat, her breathing even and slow.

Aoyama leaned back in his original spot, his eyes closed, looking as if he had fallen asleep.

But Izumi Sagiri noticed that it was still ferocious...

Izumi Sagiri quickly closed her eyes and buried her face back into her coat.

The heat in her ears made her feel like a boiling kettle, but she forced herself to stay still, pretending that she had been asleep the whole time.

But those light blue eyes hid behind the darkness, and even after blinking several times, they couldn't completely calm their panicked and chaotic heartbeat.

She recalled the scene she had just witnessed, her throat involuntarily moved slightly, and then she bit her lip hard.

"I can't think about it anymore... Fall asleep quickly, fall asleep quickly..."

She kept repeating this sentence to herself, squeezing her eyes shut.

But that image lingers like a shadow etched into my retina, and just as it's about to fade, it's reactivated by a soft hum from my memory.

I don't know how much time passed before sleepiness finally came back.

Her eyelashes slowly drooped, her breathing gradually became longer, and her curled-up body slowly stretched out.

The images and sounds that had made her blush gradually faded as she drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 37: As expected of a veteran, all-around vision and bouncing!