Daily life in Zongman

The feeling of being recognized is more joyful and delightful than simply venting violence.

She didn't show any expression, but just cleaned up her inner home and left a room for the young man.

She didn't mind having him stay.

The treetops in the courtyard made a rustling sound, just like Busujima Saeko's heart, beating frequently, violently and quickly.

Chapter 274 A meteor streaked across the sky, bringing light and hope.

Fujiwara Haru spent the morning busy, arranging personnel to clean up the school and cremate the bodies, collecting the school supplies for inventory and sorting, forming an exploration team to let them get familiar with the external environment, checking that there were no problems with the school base walls, and reinforcing the dormitory buildings.

On the morning of the second day of the zombie crisis, the main focus was on stabilizing the base. The survivors were initially divided into several operational units and put into operation, rather than letting them sit around idle, discussing family, reminiscing about the past, and fearing the future, which was of no benefit to survival.

At lunchtime in the cafeteria, I ran into the twin-tailed girl waiting at the window and was offered a special meal. It wasn't some exclusive, luxurious feast; the food was similar to what the cafeteria provided, but this one must have been cooked by the girl herself. It tasted much better than breakfast, almost as good as what you'd find at Gourmet Tablecloth.

I didn’t expect the girl’s cooking skills were so good that she could rank third.

Fujiwara Haru doesn't like to be hungry, she likes the feeling of being full, and she also has her own ranking opinions on food.

Among all the dishes I have tried, Yukino Shinto is undoubtedly the number one in terms of cooking skills. I can just ignore the occasional failures when learning new dishes.

The subsequent rankings are Gourmet Tablecloth > Front Table Girl > Nishimiya Glass > Koizumi-san's Selected Ramen Shop > Futaba Rio > Ordinary Restaurant > Hoshino Ai.

Well, except for curry rice, most of Ai-chan’s dishes are hard to describe.

After eating at Ai-chan's house once, Fujiwara Haru always ran back to his own house to eat and never stayed.

"Good afternoon, Fujiwara-kun~"

The tone is relaxed and natural, soft and has the mature aura of a mature woman.

He looked up and the first thing he noticed was still her soft body on the table. He confirmed that it was Teacher Marikawa Shizuka and responded to her: "Good afternoon, Teacher Marikawa."

After saying hello, he lowered his head and continued eating, not intending to chat while eating.

"Fujiwara-kun also ate alone at noon..."

There was a hint of worry in Marikawa Shizuka's words.

Fujiwara Haru chewed the food in his mouth carefully, swallowed it, and then looked at the person in front of him. He had to admit that being a natural person was indeed a bit silly and cute at times.

"I say, Mr. Juchuan came to have dinner with me. Could it be that he thought I had no friends and had to eat alone, and that he was worried about me, so he came?"

"Eh? No, that's not it! The teacher didn't think so. Um, the teacher said... that is..."

Shizuka Marikawa fell into a panic and began to try to find an excuse.

It seems that his guess was right. The silly and cute teacher saw him eating alone and ran over to eat with him. The next step would probably be for the two of them to exchange dishes.

In the entire private Fujimi Academy, probably only this innocent teacher would feel that he was lonely and do something like this to come and have dinner with him.

Fujiwara Haru could understand the practical reasons why she did this.

Unlike the memories that gradually returned to me, in Japanese schools, most students would eat together in groups of two or three, sharing the food they brought home. Even if it wasn't a bento, but just bread they'd bought, they would sit together and chat while eating.

It is a common idea that you should fit in and not be alone. If you really don’t have any friends to eat with, you may even sneak into the bathroom stall to eat alone for fear of being discovered as a loner.

The naive teacher in front of him probably saw him as a friendless, lonely kid and wanted to take care of him. She probably didn't have the idea of keeping a distance from or respecting the leader in mind. For her, it was more important to care for the students' health, both physically and mentally.

I didn't dislike this kind of silly kindness, but I still had to explain it clearly if I was misunderstood. So I interrupted her panicked excuse-making and explained, "I'm not lonely. I have friends. And I don't think there's anything wrong with eating alone. You don't have to take care of me. But Mr. Juchuan, next time if no one wants to eat with you, you can come and find them."

"Ah... um... that... lying is wrong. It's okay. The teacher will come with you next time!"

It seemed that she didn't believe this statement until she saw Fujiwara Haru eating with others.

He lowered his head and continued eating without saying anything else.

Marikawa Shizuka breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't much of a liar, and she hadn't wanted to hurt the boy's pride, so she'd been struggling for a good excuse. Now that he didn't mind the truth, she felt relieved, no longer having to think of excuses. She ate lunch with him.

As Fujiwara Haru ate, she thought, maybe next time she should ask the twin-tailed girl to come over for dinner. No, she probably wouldn't be noticed. She should still call Futaba or Shiyu-senpai, or maybe even Busujima-senpai. Busujima-senpai had been sweating a lot and had to go back to the dorm to shower and change clothes, so she didn't wait for her. It was a bit of a mistake.

He didn't want to be treated like a lonely kid by the cute school nurse. He was already a teenager, and he didn't want to be treated like a child anymore. Furthermore, the teacher in front of him, Ju Chuan, had a milky scent that made him a little restless after smelling it too much. It would be best to stay away from her.

After lunch, I went to the laboratory and found Futaba still doing research, so I knocked on the door to remind her.

"Futaba, I've basically finished my work. Let's go have lunch and then go to Tokyo."

Rio Futaba stopped the experiment, cleaned up, then took off the protective gear she was wearing and walked out of the laboratory.

"Come over now, and just help me find some bread on the way."

Fujiwara Haru nodded and said, "Okay."

Then open your arms.

Futaba didn't hug her directly, but asked: "Can't you hold my hand and take me there?"

"I'm just fast, not teleporting. Holding your hand will just pull you away like a kite. Even though you won't be in any danger if you're enveloped in spiritual energy, that experience wouldn't be bad."

Futaba's usually calm face wrinkled slightly. Looking at the arms stretched out in front of her, she sighed softly, revealing an expression that said, "There's nothing else to do. This is the only way."

"Well, Pig-headed Fujiwara can't mess around."

Even though he often hugged her and rubbed her belly, Futaba still looked a little shy when he opened his arms to wait for her.

Could it be considered the reserved nature of a young girl? He didn't take it too seriously and didn't take the opportunity to tease her. Instead, he indulged her and responded, "Don't worry, I won't do anything rash."

Futaba stood in front of him, buried her face in her chest, not looking at him, just waiting quietly.

He reached out and picked her up, then placed one hand on her hips and let her sit on his arm. This would be more comfortable, and his other hand would be free to hold a weapon, so he could use it directly if he encountered any emergency on the road.

When he was about to leave, he glanced at Futaba in his arms and found that she was biting her lower lip lightly, as if to suppress her moans.

I reminded her: "Five leaves, hug your neck, it will be more comfortable."

"Stupid Fujiwara, I know that without you telling me."

She cursed him as an idiot, then hooked her hands around her neck, and her earlobes turned slightly red.

Spiritual power covered the two of them, and the next moment, they appeared on the top floor of the water tower.

After determining the direction based on the map he had seen before, Fujiwara Haru began to leap from the rooftop, quickly leaving the city of Chuangzhu and speeding towards the Tokyo area.

He didn't know what to do there for the time being, and was too lazy to think about it. Since Futaba said to take her there, then he might as well go and take a look. He would know the reason after he got there.

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"Is everyone full?"

"I'm full~"

"You can talk to me later if you're not full. Luckily, we have a rooftop vegetable garden, so you don't have to worry too much about vegetables. Everyone can eat as much as they want."

"Great! I want a tomato and egg rice bowl too!"

"Okay, okay~ Come on, take it~"

In the student union office on campus, several people were having lunch.

The female teacher, who asked if everyone had eaten, looked at the few surviving students with a gentle smile on her face. She tried to appear calm, showing her reliability, without showing any panic.

After everyone had lunch together, she went to a deserted place, took out her cell phone again and tried to call her mother.

There was still a busy tone on the other end of the phone, and no one answered.

She opened the text messages and found the last message from her mother.

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Sender: Mother.

Recipient: Ci.

Title: Good morning.

Content: Good morning, Tzu. Are you a qualified teacher?

I'm still a little worried about you. You've always been easygoing, rarely angry, and rarely argue with others. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, I'm concerned about whether you can be a role model for your students at a critical moment.

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The teacher, whose full name was Sakura Ji, closed her texting app and turned off her phone. She stared out the window at the sky, which was no longer a vibrant blue, but now a gray hue filled with plumes of smoke. Unseen by her students, her expression lost its composure, now revealed in a look of worry and fear.

She was very worried about her mother and was filled with sorrow for the future.

Yesterday afternoon, the apocalypse arrived, and the school was instantly engulfed in a sea of zombies. She and a few of the surviving students survived on the rooftop, slowly clearing the top floor and securing a small, safe place to live.

But when she saw the playground outside the teaching building and the many zombies gathered there, she was filled with fear and terror.

People started eating each other, and those who were eaten would get up and join them. The scale became bigger and bigger, and the situation became worse and worse.

Why have people become irrational monsters? Why are calls to the police going unanswered? Why has the world become like this?

She didn't know, she was full of confusion and fear, but with a sense of responsibility as a teacher, she tried her best to help several students survive the first night.

As for the future, she didn't know what would happen or what to do.

"I can do it. Believe in yourself. Even if it's the end of the world and zombies are everywhere, I will definitely be able to lead everyone to survive. I will fulfill my responsibilities as a teacher and take good care of everyone!"

She kept repeating these words in her heart, constantly strengthening her faith.

Sakura Ji only wants one thing now, which is to take good care of the few remaining students and try his best to protect them.

After lunch, try using the ping-pong balls to create noises and lure out the scattered zombies in the building. Then, use the desks to create a defense in the stairwell, expanding your area of activity and ensuring the students' safety.

Sakura Ji was thinking hard about the next arrangements and plans. She wanted to do her best to lead her students to survive in this broken world!

If I remember correctly, there's a lot of canned food, rice, and flour stored in the warehouse. With all that, we shouldn't have to worry about food for the next six months.

[It will be half a year later...]

She looked out the window at the playground, where a thousand zombies had gathered. That had been this morning, as they had been streaming in from outside the school. They were all wearing the uniforms of Xunzhiaoka High School and had been students there.

Perhaps everyone turned into zombies when they were returning home yesterday evening. If only she had noticed the abnormality earlier, if only she had let everyone stay...

Sakura Ji shook her head, her long pink hair swaying. She decided not to think about meaningless things anymore, but to try to think about information that would be useful for the future.

First of all, why did everyone return to school this morning?... Are they still stuck with some old habits?

She didn't know the real reason, nor did she dare to dissect and study them directly. She could only guess through behavioral observations, which was not accurate.

But she was certain of one thing, one very obvious thing: the zombies wandering the playground were something they could never deal with.

There was food in the warehouse, clean water through the water purification equipment, and electricity through the solar power generation equipment. In the short term, they would not have any problems. But the equipment would break down, the food would run out, and people could not stay in school forever. When looking at the long term, Sakura Ji could only see darkness.

No rescue calls were heard on the radio, smoke rose from the distant city, and the world became apocalyptic. Do they really have a future?

The sky is gray, which is the smoke from the burning in the city and is filled with toxic and harmful substances.

Sakura Ji thought that if this continued, acid rain might occur and the vegetable garden on the rooftop might be destroyed, so he had to make protective preparations in advance.

She took one last look at the zombies on the playground and prepared to return to the student union office to lead the students after lunch break to lure the zombies in the teaching building to the playground.

A reddish flash lit up in the sky, flickering and approaching.

Sakura Ji stopped and thought she was dazzled, so she looked again carefully.

It was a real red flash. In just a few seconds, it darted from the sky to within a short distance of the city, streaking across the sky like a meteor. As it flew past, it scattered numerous red fireballs, which crashed into the city with a loud explosion.

Explosions, flames, and smoke appeared simultaneously at the moment the fireballs disappeared.

The meteor, which changed from reddish in the distance to crimson near, streaked across the sky and disappeared from her sight.

As she disappeared, she looked at the sky and saw a falling red fireball.

It landed on the playground.

Accompanied by explosions and flames.

They disappeared.

The zombies in the teaching building heard the loud noise and staggered out of the house, moving closer to the source of the sound. The moment they passed by, the flames remaining at the edge of the giant pit engulfed them all.

The zombie swarm of Xunzhiaoka High School was completely wiped out.

Sakura Ji couldn't tell if she was dazzled or hallucinating. She had just seen two figures in the meteor. A tall, muscular man was holding a petite woman. They crossed the sky, leaving behind a fireball, bringing eternal peace to those "students."

A miracle? A miracle? Or perhaps... a deity descending to earth?

Listening to the noise coming from the student union office next door, Sakura Ji returned to the students and reassured them not to worry too much, as she was there.

She didn't know why the apocalypse broke out, why people turned into zombies, and what that dazzling meteor was.

But she was very clear about one thing.

It was that "meteor" that saved them.