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

"...No." The Type 89 magazine has openings on both sides for observing the remaining ammunition. Thinking that he might have miscounted, Uesugi Genshin took a special look.

"It must be the magazine." He even had time to check it and found that the magazine's opening design made it easier for sand and other foreign objects to enter the magazine, causing the feeding malfunction.

My gloves were covered in blood and ash, and the magazine was unusable. I replaced it with a new one, and sure enough, I fired smoothly from start to finish without any mishaps.

When the shooting stopped, the gunfire continued; they could still hear the gunfire from a distance, even with silencers installed.

Looking at Yukino's reddened ears from behind, Genshin Uesugi thought that her ears must be hurting a lot while she was riding her bike ahead...

Honestly, I really want to take a bite.

My ears are so itchy.

"Sorry." Uesugi Genshin moved a little distance away.

"It was me riding the bike."

"Uh-huh."

"Wow... such a perfunctory tone."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Moving forward became much more difficult, as the path ahead was completely blocked by the surging zombies, leaving no space even for a bicycle to pass.

Forcing your way through would probably be very difficult.

Yukino stopped her bicycle and, without prior arrangement, looked back with Uesugi Genshin. As far as they could see, the zombies chasing them were still relentlessly approaching.

Uesugi Genshin fired several more shots, killing a few more zombies that approached them. "What do we do?"

Yukinoshita Haruno chose to contact Murai and the others. They agreed that Uesugi Genshin and Yukinoshita Haruno would go around from the side, and the Airborne Brigade would provide them with assistance.

"Let's go." Yukinoshita tossed her bicycle aside on the grass, straightened her clothes, and gripped the iron bar tightly with a flick of her wrist.

"Stay close to me." It was Uesugi Genshin who led the way, as they planned to quickly pass through from the side.

They kept shooting at the zombies that saw them and chose to attack them. They didn't see the airborne troops in front of them directly. After hearing a louder sound, the zombies quickly changed their targets.

Now there wasn't even time to put the empty magazine back in his chest; Uesugi Genshin could only throw it carelessly on the ground.

Yukino stepped on the magazine without bending down to pick it up.

Several explosions were heard; they were from the Airborne Regiment's grenades. As the gunfire grew closer, Uesugi Genshin and Yukinoshita Haruno clearly felt that the density of zombies had decreased significantly.

The situation became much easier immediately, probably because the airborne brigade focused their firepower on this side after receiving the contact.

Soon, Uesugi Genshin and Yukinoshita Haruno rejoined the main force, allowing them to take a short break.

The group that had received the two men retreated from the intersection back to the warehouse entrance to stand guard.

“No wonder you said it would be great if we could get a gun.” Carefully stepping over the zombie corpses, Hachiman looked at Genshin, whom he had reunited with, and the gun hanging on his body.

“Yes, I can teach you.” Uesugi Genshin nodded, referring not to the revolver of the policeman who died on the roadside, but to a proper rifle.

"That depends on the outcome of this operation," Yukino Yukinoshita said with a smile, her words implying that she could share the spoils with them without any hesitation.

In terms of contributions, Uesugi Genshin is undoubtedly a top contributor, and no one doubts Hachiman's achievements in battle.

Distribute some of the found weapons and ammunition to them; at least those who were working together had no objections.

Once it's a fait accompli, all that's needed is to submit a report, and even the rest of the committee can't do anything about it.

"I hope everything goes well." At this moment, there was no contact from SIT, and Uesugi Genshin was unsure whether they could actually find the gun.

The idea that the gun and the people were his was such a wonderful vision that he couldn't even imagine it.

Those who weren't armed could have cleared the road a bit, moved the bodies to make a passable path, making it much easier to walk and less of a choke point.

Because there's a fear that the corpses at your feet aren't quite dead yet.

However, those men were busy filling their magazines and had no time to assist in the battle.

They fought their way back across a short distance, retreating as they went, until they finally returned to the warehouse door. By then, hundreds or even thousands of zombies had already died on the road ahead.

Uesugi Genshin had no doubt that there were several thousand zombies in this garrison.

Touching the still-warm gun barrel, Uesugi Genshin returned to the underground warehouse to reload his ammunition belt and chatted with the members of the Nakatsu Brigade who had not participated in the battle.

He finally woke up from his unconsciousness, sat on the ground, and with a press of his finger, the bullet in the bridge was smoothly loaded into the magazine.

In military resupply, there are ammunition bridges to assist in rapid loading, so that ammunition doesn't have to be stuffed in one by one.

Uesugi Genshin told him about the gun jamming, then pointed to the magazine and said it was faulty.

"What a disaster." He looked at Uesugi Genshin with sympathy, feeling deeply for Uesugi Genshin's plight. He knew very well how troublesome it was when such a situation occurred in a life-threatening situation. "Indeed, even the M4 used by the Maritime Self-Defense Force is better than ours."

I've used it before during joint land and sea military exercises, and it's really quite good compared to others.

"Hey, isn't the equipment different?" Uesugi Genshin asked, turning his head as he was leaving.

"After all, they have to coordinate with the US Navy." The airborne brigade member casually handed a grenade from a nearby box to Uesugi Genshin, then waved him off to fight.

Back on the ground, Uesugi Genshin did not join the firepower in the middle of the road, but instead chose the furthest side to deal with the stragglers.

As it happened, Murai, who was in charge of directing, was right next to him.

"How do I use this?" Uesugi Genshin asked, not understanding the question.

"Hmm?" Murai glanced at it sideways. "Just pull it open and throw it out."

It's very simple.

"Do I need to bump into it?" he asked, making a quick check.

"Pfft, what era is this grenade from?" Murai laughed heartily.

"Looks like you're not good at everything." Yukinoshita Haruno walked up from behind and teased.

He threw out a grenade with the pin pulled, heard a bang, and then turned around and rolled his eyes at her. "That's true. If you can't do something, you can't do it. There are things I'm not good at too."

“For example…” Yukinoshita Haruno also gave him an even more charming eye roll, and then questioned him.

“For example…” After firing a few shots, Uesugi Genshin lowered his voice, so low that only Yukinoshita Haruno and Hachiman, who was guarding the surroundings against the wall, could hear him. Hachiman also curiously came closer.

"For example, if I throw away my knife, my combat power drops by more than half. I'm very weak when I'm unarmed."

"Hehehe, then you should be able to beat me."

"..." Yukinoshita Haruno seems to have learned Aikido for self-defense. He probably doesn't know as much about swordsmanship as she does. She has also seen blood, and she has no shortage of combat experience and courage. This made Uesugi Genshin hesitate a little when answering.

He stopped shooting and asked, "What are you good at?"

"Let's sleep."

"......Eh?"

This is definitely flirting with him, right?

Chapter 211: Fear and Love

No, she shouldn't know about the misinterpretation in Chinese. Could it be that he misunderstood?

Ground techniques are a Japanese term for judo, referring to all judo and jujitsu techniques used on the ground.

The grappling techniques of Uesugi Genshin-kai actually include some moves that could be called ground techniques, but since it is not judo, it cannot be called that.

He craned his neck, looking intently at Yukinoshita, facing her flawless Smile.

"That really suits your style." Hachiman clicked his tongue in admiration.

"?" As expected, he misunderstood. Of course, Yukinoshita Haruno shouldn't be able to speak Chinese.

Uesugi Genshin gave up thinking and continued shooting at the zombies, casually saying, "If you say you're good at it, you must be really good."

"How about we have a hand-to-hand match sometime?" Yukinoshita Haruno suggested.

"Where?" Without turning his head, Uesugi Genshin looked at the horde of corpses ahead, his square crosshair aimed at the heads of the zombies.

"Go to your place or mine," Yukinoshita Haruno said casually.

"..."

Oh? !

A loud bang woke him up; it was probably a grenade thrown by someone nearby.

The battle lasted for 20 minutes, until the zombies had to climb over the corpses of their own kind to get close to them.

The gunfire gradually subsided. There were probably still a few scattered ones in the distance, but it didn't matter anymore.

Uesugi Genshin returned the gun to its original owner, a member of the airborne brigade, saying, "Here you go, thank you. This gun has been a great help to me."

At least when facing corpses, it would be better if everyone was slow-moving.

"No." The other person shook their head, then immediately stopped, hissed, and touched their throbbing head. "I only woke up on the way, and I didn't participate in the fighting or the rescue."

The regret of missing out was evident on his face; he was upset that he hadn't been able to play a role.

"You didn't just blow the door open, that already helped a lot."

If Uesugi Genshin were to do it himself, he would either have to use a sledgehammer or a sword to cut through iron, which would be a bit too much for his sword.

"You mean that explosives? Actually, other people can do it too, it doesn't necessarily have to be me." He smiled wryly, "It almost didn't go off, it scared me to death."

"Thankfully, everything went smoothly." Uesugi Genshin shrugged.

"Well, thankfully."

The two ended their conversation, and now Uesugi Genshin has returned to using cold weapons, just like Hachiman.

"Are you alright?" Uesugi Genshin asked.

"Shouldn't you have asked that when we first met?" Hachiman scratched the back of his head and snorted.

“I’m not injured.” Uesugi Genshin spread his arms to show the other person.

"I didn't ask!" But it's good this way, none of them were caught by the zombies, and as for the others, it's none of his business. "This is really a disaster."

Watching the road being cleared little by little across the street, Uesugi Genshin sighed, "Yes."

"Weren't we here to help? Why are we being treated as the main force...?" Hachiman complained, unable to understand.

"Isn't it enough that the people are ours?"

"Are you sure the person is yours?" Putting aside the relationship, Hachiman tugged at his collar and buried his chin in his clothes. "Yukinoshita's sister is really something, even though we were also used by her."

"What are you talking about?" Uesugi Genshin asked.

“I asked around, and actually there aren’t many direct descendants of the Yukinoshita family here besides Mimori, they’re just her company employees. Besides Mimori, there are only two other people, those two over there.” Hachiman gestured with his head to the people cleaning up the bodies.

In other words, it would be heartbreaking if everyone in the team died, but it wouldn't affect the power of the Yukinoshita family. So how many unstable factors are there in this composition?

"No wonder she said the most important thing is just to protect her." That's roughly the gist of it.

"Originally, when used in other contexts, 'insider techniques' implies using underhanded methods or dirty tricks." In other words, it means working underhandedly.

"Is that so?" Uesugi Genshin clicked his tongue in amazement. "Wow, such obscure knowledge, where did you learn that?"

“From the magazine.” Knowing full well that this was all useless knowledge, Hachiman spread his hands and said, “But Yukinoshita Haruno’s methods of putting herself in danger are beyond words.”

"Speaking of Hachiman, you know..."

"Wait a minute." Hachiman stopped him with his hand. "You look like you're about to tell a dirty joke again."

"What expression should I make?" Uesugi Genshin asked, gesturing with his lips slightly open.

"It's about casually saying something really shocking." Hachiman looked at him with an expression that said, "You know exactly what I mean."

"Do you want to hear it?" Uesugi Genshin asked, turning his head slightly.

“…You say it,” Hachiman whispered.

"Actually, in Chinese, 'bedroom technique' is..." Uesugi Genshin, his gaze fixed on Yukino Yukinoshita in the distance, didn't want her to know.

"Huh? Bedtime techniques?" Hachiman's mouth dropped open in surprise. "Do you think Yukinoshita Haruno also understands what that means?"

No wonder Genshin's expression was strange before. Thinking about it carefully, Yukinoshita Haruno's fake smile at that time was also a bit eerie.

"No way, Chinese is really hard to learn," Uesugi Genshin said, tilting his head.

“That’s true.” Who would bother learning another language for no reason? Hachiman glanced at him sideways. “...Be careful.”