A youth story of a passerby at the end of the world

Well, the back seat can fit four people if you squeeze in, one person can sit in the front, and one or two people can lie down in the trunk. It can still accommodate a lot.

Looking back now, it's fortunate that Uesugi was given an Aston Martin, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough room. An Aston Martin is a two-seater car, and since Uesugi was only picking up his girlfriend, a two-seater car should have been more than enough.

She put her car keys into her pocket for later use, saying, "Let's go then."

"Please, Hayama."

"Yes, Hiratsuka-sensei."

Chapter Fourteen: Surrounded by the Sea

It was 2:58 a.m. The spring sun was shining brightly in the center of the sky, and the gentle breeze was so soft it made you want to fall asleep.

As Uesugi Genshin changed his shoes and walked out of the school building, the bright sunlight indicated that there was still time, which reassured him.

It's safer during the day than at night; chaos begins as night falls.

The brightness of the light creates a sense of openness, making everything in the shadows impossible to hide.

Then he saw that the zombie at the exit was dead, not from natural causes, but from a broken neck.

From the moment he saw the zombies appear at the door until he came out, in that short half hour, the only person who could be so ruthless as to come out and kill the zombies... is probably Mr. Hiratsuka. He is such a gentle adult.

He could tell that she seemed perfectly normal. Maybe it was just Hiratsuka-sensei alone, or maybe she was with a few others. Who knows? Maybe he was wrong.

Uesugi Genshin walked around the corpses in the open space, out of the school gate, and could see several cars parked in front of him through the fence across the road.

However, these are dedicated parking spaces, not public parking lots, and each space is reserved for an owner.

It's still working hours, so the residential buildings across the street are quiet. If this were the end of the world, the silence would be eerily quiet.

Ah, so this is the end of the world? Well, never mind.

If there are still people in the building, they are most likely housewives.

Young people today face immense pressure in their lives, and the number of young full-time housewives is far less than in the last century; this model was likely more common in the previous generation.

However, even in the past, housewives would take odd jobs when there was a shortage of work at home, but now a proper job is more important than staying at home.

Therefore, Hachiman's dream of becoming a stay-at-home husband is a long and arduous journey, and the first step is to marry a rich woman.

He thought Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei was pretty good; she had a house and a car, and the teacher-student relationship sounded nice, with a kind of beauty reminiscent of the Manyoshu.

Once, at this time of year, you still asked, "Have the lespedeza flowers bloomed yet?"

Uesugi Genshin left the school gate, turned right, and started running. The parking lot was located south of the school, with the sea to the west.

After running across the intersection, you can see the right-angled green belt formed by dense trees on the other side of the road. Behind the green belt is the parking lot, but the green belt itself is surrounded by a fence, so you have to run a big circle to get in.

Even before getting close, one could see the human figure standing in the distance, looking somewhat dumbfounded.

Upon closer inspection, the man in the tie had essentially turned into a zombie; his grotesque whites and protruding eyeballs gave him a terrifying appearance.

"Hey, are you still alive?" Just in case, Uesugi Genshin called out to him.

Upon hearing the sound, it walked shakily toward its source, uttering a hoarse groan: "Ah~~".

It's beyond saving.

He hasn't completed the final transformation yet, which can be seen from his very slow movements and the fact that he has no injuries.

Since the muscles are not damaged, the movement should not be restricted. If it is really stiff, then it should not be a zombie, but a corpse.

Uesugi Genshin decided to free him.

He tripped the zombie's left foot, pushed it hard with his left hand, and the zombie fell to the ground. As it struggled to get up, Uesugi Genshin kicked it in the neck.

"..."

Even though there were quite a few cars parked in the parking lot, he still spotted the red Aston Martin at a glance.

Its flowing red color resembles flames, and its sports car appearance makes it stand out among a group of family sedans.

No wonder Ms. Hiratsuka parked it outside and drove it into the school. It was indeed too ostentatious and did not resemble a teacher at all. It was extravagant and wasteful.

He took out his car keys from his pocket, pressed the button, and the red sports car responded; it was indeed the right car.

Upon opening the car door, I discovered it was a two-seater. After all, Ms. Hiratsuka usually drives this car alone and doesn't need that many seats.

The engine started, and the roar of the sports car echoed in the empty parking lot.

I gripped the steering wheel, pressed the accelerator, and the car slowly started moving away from the parking space.

Even without a driver's license, you can still drive, but you might not be able to control your sense of distance and the pressure on your feet.

After leaving the parking lot, we drove around the Sobu High-Speed ​​Railway and onto the coastal waterfront road, heading towards Tokyo.

This is a coastal highway that encircles Tokyo Bay. It's a good road, at least away from the city center. I didn't see any other vehicles on the road, let alone crowds.

At least within Chiba Prefecture, this road is called the Seaside Road. However, once you enter Tokyo, it merges into other roads, but you can't go wrong if you keep driving around the sea.

With one hand on the steering wheel, Uesugi Genshin unlocked his phone, opened the navigation, and searched for the private Toyonosaki Academy.

The car didn't have a built-in navigation system, so he could only use his phone to look things up.

Toyonosaki Gakuen is a private school located in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, which is the very center of Tokyo. Together with Minato Ward and Chuo Ward, it is known as one of the three central wards of the city, and it is home to various capital functions. It is the political, administrative and judicial center of the country.

It's no wonder that the daughter of a British diplomat would attend this school, although the private Toyonosaki Academy is not a well-known high school there.

Shuchiin Academy, a private school located in the neighboring Minato Ward, is the top high school in the heart of Tokyo, a place where the children of Japan's top celebrities study.

Children from ordinary families can get in based on their grades, but very few can. Most of them go straight from kindergarten to high school through the affiliated school.

At the time, Uesugi Genshin had also considered this school, but in the end he didn't want to be so tired. Rather than going to the private Shuchiin Academy, he thought it would be more interesting to go to the Advanced Education High School built on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay.

Moreover, since tuition was waived for other students, he ultimately chose a more relaxed college life due to the influence of reality.

...Who knew it wouldn't be easy at all! Wasn't this supposed to be a slice-of-life anime?! How did it suddenly turn into a Resident Evil scenario?!

As he drove, Uesugi Genshin grew angrier and angrier. He slammed his hand on the steering wheel. He had finally arrived in a peaceful era, and he had already made up his mind about what to do with his life.

I want to date Kasumigaoka Utaha, get into the same university in the same city, get married after graduation, buy a house in Tokyo, work from home together, have two adorable babies, a boy and a girl, then leave the human babies with my parents in the countryside and travel the world together. Ah, the first stop is my hometown: Namiya.

As the crowd gradually came into view in front of the car, Uesugi Genshin stopped his indignant reverie. "I'm sorry, Hiratsuka-sensei..."

Although he didn't want it to be this way, but...

"Your car is probably beyond saving."

Turning the steering wheel, I weaved through the gaps in the zombie-like crowd. The hum of the sports car constantly drew the crowd to sway, and gradually their pace quickened.

They chased after the car relentlessly through its exhaust fumes, continuing until the red sports car disappeared from sight.

Chapter Fifteen: Toyonosaki Academy

"Nishimura, you get ready to lock the door. Maeno, you and Mishima, find someone to move the basketball hoop over and knock it down. And you, classmate, I'm talking to you, find someone to go to the warehouse and get some weapons."

Mr. Ishikawa was sitting on his high referee's chair, ordering the students hiding in the tennis court around. The word "high and mighty" was indeed a fitting description.

Several teachers led the students to hide on the playground, and among them, Mr. Ishikawa, with his seniority far exceeding that of the others, obtained the command.

He then had the students hide in the fenced tennis courts. The crowd filled the tennis courts, so Mr. Ishikawa had a two-meter-high referee's chair brought in. He sat on it and directed the students' actions, while the crowd below surged.

Now, I see a few people going out to move the basketball hoop that Ishikawa mentioned, and a few others going to the sports storage room behind the teaching building to look for something.

When they returned, they planned to lock the only entrance to the tennis court with chains and padlocks, creating a scene reminiscent of a concentration camp, except they were locking themselves inside.

The people who moved the tennis racks returned safely, making the tennis court feel smaller and smaller, while those who went to the warehouse were followed by a few "cute little ones".

"Help!"

"Help!"

The zombies behind them were running at a pace that was comparable to a normal person's jog; they were really not slow.

However, the sheer size of the group startled Ishikawa-sensei. "Lock the door," he said.

"But, teacher..."

"Hurry up, we have to take responsibility for the rest of the students," he said.

Nishimura slowly closed the door, using the chain to completely lock it shut according to his previous design. He glanced up at the students in the distance who were waving and shouting "Hey, wait!" before locking the door.

"Tell them to leave quickly, don't let those monsters come here."

"Get out of here! Don't come any closer!"

"Don't come over here!"

"Open the door! Open it now!" Several students wielding baseball bats had already run towards the tennis court, but they "couldn't hear" what the people inside were shouting.

The hand holding the baseball bat braced against the mesh fence, while the other hand slapped it repeatedly, causing the fence to shake loudly, looking quite sturdy.

"What are you doing! It's locked, get out of here!" Mr. Ishikawa shouted angrily from his seat.

The students outside still "couldn't hear" until they saw for themselves the intricate chains on the door, resembling tree roots, and the basketball hoop braced against the back of the door.

"Let's go!" one of them said, pulling at his companion who was still banging on the fence.

The group realized that no matter how hard they pounded on the door, it wouldn't open, or rather, it was too late.

They started running around the tennis court. One of them had just turned around when he was tackled by a dark figure behind him, letting out a terrible scream as blood splattered on the ground and the fence.

"Ah!" This caused those inside the fence who were splashed to retreat, stepping on each other, but fortunately no one was pushed over or trampled.

The bitten man gripped the fence tightly with his fingers, his eyes bloodshot. He didn't know why; he had just been called by a friend to go out and find something, and when he came back, he was like this.

The others started running around the playground, playing hide-and-seek with the zombies, moving left and right but managing not to get caught.

One of them, seized by a sudden impulse, grabbed a baseball bat and slammed it behind him, knocking the nearest zombie to the ground.

But when the other zombies saw him being pulled to the back, they all pounced on him, piling him on top of each other like a human pyramid, and his grip on the baseball bat finally loosened.

"Yoshida!" a student inside the fence called out, but his voice was too soft to penetrate the fence.

"So you know him," people around them thought.

The few survivors disappeared around the corner of the teaching building, but soon reappeared, followed by a new wave of zombies.

The zombies that were devouring the fallen Yoshida were then drawn to the attack and swarmed towards them, attacking them from both sides.

Yoshida, whose face had been gnawed beyond recognition, whimpered incoherently, then rolled over on the ground, her fingernails digging into the earth, struggling to stand up.

When they looked again, the students in the distance had been attacked and bitten, and several of them had turned into zombies.

The people inside the fence watched silently as the cannibalistic scene unfolded outside.

"Hey, Kasumigaoka Utaha, are you just going to let this guy give orders like that?"

“Eri Sawamura, before that, could you please stop calling me by my full name?”

"But..." The girl who had been shouting in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha lowered her head slightly and pointed in the direction of the tennis court entrance.

Her exquisite blonde hair, porcelain-like skin, and pitiful appearance would instantly attract the attention of any man meeting her for the first time.

A classmate who grew up in Japan and has an English father and a Japanese mother.

Eriri Sawamura, Spencer.

She is considered one of the two great beauties of Toyonosaki Private Academy, along with Kasumigaoka Utaha.

However, Eriri unexpectedly harbored some hostility towards Kasumigaoka Utaha. Only Eriri herself knew that although she usually acted like a pampered young lady and was recognized as a beautiful girl by the whole school, she always felt inferior when standing in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha because of her petite figure, which was the reason for her embarrassment and annoyance.

Moreover, once the disguise is torn away, a ferocious, passionate, and fanatical (anime/manga) nature lies dormant beneath, unlike Kasumigaoka Utaha's consistent dignified elegance.

At this moment, watching Ishikawa-sensei gradually seal off the only entrance, the anxiety of being completely "trapped" inside made her somewhat resentful of Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had initially led everyone to the playground.

She had just called her mother. Her father was temporarily confined to the embassy. Although her mother was at home, she couldn't drive, so she could only wait for news from her father. She was still fantasizing that her father would come to pick her up soon, but she didn't expect that she would be unable to get out first! This situation seemed like a desperate attempt to find a solution.

Instead of feeling safe, the suffocating feeling of being in a crowded place and the panic of human-to-human transmission made her breathless.

But in fact, Kasumigaoka Utaha was also helpless. She originally wanted to take the others to the school auditorium, but when she arrived first, she found that the auditorium was locked!

While the students were being led to the playground, several teachers arrived with their own classes and took over the command.

When Ms. Ishikawa planned to lock everyone in the tennis court, she found a Japanese language teacher she knew, Mr. Tsushima, and asked her: How do we get out?

The other party hesitated and said to wait for rescue first, and then call the police.

It's been so long, hasn't anyone called?

It's not that there isn't one, it's just that you can't get through!

He locked himself in the tennis court, but there was only one door, and the door was locked. Not to mention what might happen outside, if something happened inside, he wouldn't even have anywhere to run!