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

At this moment, she did resemble Isshiki somewhat, even with that little devil's smile.

Chapter 280: When the Lion Begins to Be Cunning

"Yes, yes." Uesugi Genshin nodded in response to Amasawa's assurance.

The two then got out of the car, tidied themselves up, and headed towards the beach.

Since the keys were left in the car, Yukino Yukinoshita, who is a decent driver, sat in the driver's seat in case she needed to drive.

Meanwhile, Kiryuin Fuka changed her position and sat in the passenger seat, reclining the seat to find a more comfortable posture.

She stretched out her tall body lazily, resting her arms behind her head, and said, "Ah, I'm going to take a nap. Please keep an eye on our surroundings."

"Didn't you sleep well last night?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked curiously. There was nothing wrong with sleeping, and there was no need for so many people to watch over them.

But do people still stay up late these days? They go to sleep as soon as it's almost time.

"Well, I went to bed a little late last night," Kiryuin Fuka said vaguely, waving one hand in the air.

"What?" asked Masumi Kamuro.

"It's a secret." With a smirk, Kiryuin Kaede raised a finger to her lips, grinning mischievously.

"..." Kamuro Masumi was a little speechless, but she didn't ask anything. She quietly watched the sea churning outside the window because of the strong wind, passing the time.

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"Just put the clothes in the bags." After handing one of the plastic bags to Amasawa, Uesugi Genshin took off his shirt.

"Ugh, Uesugi-senpai, did you undress that fast?" Amasawa Ichika covered her face with her hands, but her eyes were still partially visible.

"You can go back now," he advised again, but Uesugi Genshin didn't think it would be comfortable to swim to the other side fully clothed, especially since his clothes were soaked.

"No! If you can take it off, so can I." Tianze Yixia lifted the dress from top to bottom and took it off.

When Uesugi Genshin looked in her direction, he saw Amasawa's ambiguous gaze, which made him feel as if his heart had been seized.

The girl's body was youthful and toned, with a slender waist, ample breasts, and round, perky buttocks that were captivating, not to mention her adorable pink lingerie.

...It's pink again.

However, Uesugi Genshin felt that the other person was very suitable for pink.

"Senior, do I have to take off my underwear too?" Tianze Yixia blinked playfully and asked in a teasing tone.

"If I swim there, I'll probably get soaked." Even though he was planning to take his clothes off.

"Ah, senior, you're so lewd." Tianze Yixia moved her hands behind her back, as if to take them off.

Uesugi Genshin silently turned in a different direction.

"He's surprisingly gentlemanly."

"Accidents are superfluous."

"Eh~" Tianze Yixia's thoughtful voice came, and after a while, she called out, "Then I'll go into the water first."

The sound of splashing water could be heard, but it was inaudible from a distance. The sound of the ocean was so loud that it could easily drown out the insignificant sound of splashing.

So he quickened his pace, put his shirt and pants in a bag, and entered the sea to swim towards the other side.

In the shallow water, he met Tianze. In the somewhat turbulent sea, Uesugi Genshin could not see the other person very clearly. "Follow me."

After saying that, he started swimming towards Haneda Airport.

The seawater was very cold, much colder than standing naked in the wind. Swimming would be a wonderful thing in the summer, but now it was torture.

Fine raindrops kept dripping onto my face, making me squint. The rain was even colder than the seawater.

"Huff..." As he sped up and his body gradually adapted to the cold, Uesugi Genshin raised his head to confirm the direction and immediately swam toward the location Horikita Manabu had mentioned.

After swimming for about ten minutes, we could see the wave-breaking rocks right up close.

This kind of thing is basically found on the coast of Japan. It looks like a large barbed wire fence, but without sharp points. Its purpose is to prevent waves from crashing against the seawall or the coast.

"It should be around here." Uesugi Genshin went ashore first, took a few steps inland, and started putting on his clothes. Although they would soon be soaked by the rain, at least they were dry at first.

"Tianze, would you like to use my clothes to dry yourself?"

You can dry yourself off with your coat first, and then put on your clothes. It will feel very uncomfortable if there is still seawater on your body.

"Oh, thank you." Without any hesitation, Tianze Yixia reached out and took the clothes, then quickly wiped her body with them. The sound of the clothes rubbing against her body rang out, and after a dozen seconds she returned the clothes to him.

After quickly wiping the seawater off his body, Uesugi Genshin put on all his clothes and looked at the somewhat high seawall.

That's Haneda Airport, the runway in front of Terminal 2.

At that moment, Tianze's mocking voice came from behind.

"Hehehe, senior, the gun is in my hands."

"Oh." Uesugi Genshin turned around, only to find the other man pointing a gun at him. He blinked slightly, looked at Amasawa, and asked, "Why?"

"Of course it's for Ayanokouji-senpai," Amazawa Ichika said matter-of-factly, her free hand flicking her wet red ponytail.

"That's why I asked why?" Faced with her sudden hostility, Uesugi Genshin turned to face her. Ayanokoji's interests were now aligned with his own.

"It's because you, Senpai, made Ayanokouji Senpai imperfect," Amazawa Ichika said with a grin, her eyes narrowing and revealing her pearly teeth.

No one is truly perfect. He doesn't have as many expressions as you.

To outsiders, Ayanokouji doesn't seem like an ordinary person. Ordinary people wouldn't be so expressionless; they'd either have a poker face or be expressionless.

He always felt that he would laugh when necessary, but there was absolutely nothing worth laughing about, so Ayanokouji has never laughed once, and he doesn't even bother to make an expression.

"Is that so? Are these your last words, senior?" Tianze Yixia playfully raised the hand holding the revolver. "So, in this desperate situation, senior, what do you plan to do?"

“Then I’ll have to use my sword to cut through the bullets.” Uesugi Genshin shrugged, gripping his wakizashi tightly at his waist.

"Huh? Isn't that something only a Sword Saint can do?" Tianze Yixia stared wide-eyed in surprise.

Swordsmanship, through training, can indeed cut through bullets, specifically BBs with a muzzle velocity of 300. This muzzle velocity is similar to that of a pistol, while the muzzle velocity of a rifle is about four times higher, but the difficulty is more than four times greater.

“Yes. So, should we fire?” Uesugi Genshin asked, raising his head.

"Ha... As expected of a senior, you remain so calm even in this situation, despite being on the verge of death." Tianze Yixia tilted her head, turning her face away expressionlessly as if she had lost interest.

"Because I'm used to it." Tianze, of course, didn't understand the deeper meaning behind his words.

"It's said that people experience a revolving lantern before they die. Did you have any regrets, senior?" she started chatting.

"Regret?" Uesugi Genshin's eyes gradually sharpened, even turning cold, as he stared directly at Amasawa. "What is that?"

"......" It's true, isn't it? How carefree, or perhaps rational? Beneath that exterior lies a rational monster.

"You're just like Ayanokouji-senpai, senpai." Amazawa Ichika couldn't help but sigh, while pulling down the hammer. It's difficult to pull the trigger of a revolver directly; pulling down the hammer first and then firing is more stable.

She also studied at the White House.

"Where?" Even though they share some similar traits, he and Ayanokouji are two different people.

"In some places... Senior, is there anything else you'd like to say?" Tianze Yixia tilted her head as if she were showing great mercy.

"Tianze, have you ever regretted entering the White House?" Uesugi Genshin asked a question.

"Do you regret it?" This question caused Tianze Yixia to remain silent for a long time. After a while, she slowly said, "If I had to do it again, I would never go in, but I don't regret it."

The White House gave her power, power now strong enough to control her own destiny.

"Ah. Goodbye, senpai." Without a reply, Amaze Ichika raised the revolver and pointed it at his chest.

Uesugi Genshin kept his eyes fixed on the gun in her hand, waiting for the moment she would pull the trigger.

"..."

"..."

Time passed second by second. If Tianze Yixia had planned to fire immediately, things would have been fine, as her attention was most focused at the beginning.

As time went by, my eyes involuntarily wanted to close and began to feel sore.

The distance between the two was 5 meters. Although some say it was within 7 steps, it was clearly more than 7 steps.

"boom"

The sound came, and the revolver in Amaze's hand wobbled, but Uesugi Genshin stood still, because the sound only came from Amaze's mouth.

"Be careful not to accidentally discharge the gas." He almost rolled his eyes as he muttered.

“Yes.” With his finger pressed against the front of the hammer, Tianze Yixia pulled the trigger. The hammer struck his finger and then slowly returned to its original position.

She walked over in small steps, turned the revolver halfway around, and handed it back to him. "Uesugi-senpai is really fearless. I'm growing to like you more and more."

"Is that so?" Releasing his hand from the wakizashi, Uesugi Genshin took the revolver from her hand.

"Did you not waver at all, senior?"

"No, I said I trusted you." As he spoke, he flicked the safety lock with his thumb.

Then Tianze Yixia watched as he opened the revolver's cylinder, took out the first bullet, put it into his own pocket, closed it, and handed it to her.

Having already figured it out, Tianze Yixia cried out with a long face, "What about trust?!"

She punched Uesugi Genshin in the chest. "Uesugi-senpai, you're so despicable! You toyed with my girlish heart! I was such an idiot for thinking you were so handsome."

They tampered with the bullets from the very beginning, and they even pretended to be so convincing just now.

"You really are a little fool." Despite the weak punch to his chest, Uesugi Genshin maintained his posture, his words sharp and unforgiving. "A wise man does not stand under a crumbling wall, and... what I just said was the truth."

"Hmm. Senior, did you think I would do something like this from the beginning? Is that why you're testing me?" Tianze Yixia gently tiptoed up and looked into his eyes, the closest distance between them was less than 1 centimeter.

"I just find it a little strange that you've suddenly become so close to me." If she were to say that he or she had fallen for him, that wouldn't be like someone from the White House at all.

"That's because you defeated Ayanokouji-senpai, of course!"

"A temporary victory or defeat means nothing; the one who wins in the end is the victor." Uesugi Genshin spoke of a truth of the world.

He and Ayanokouji are completely different people. Ayanokouji would never build his own power unless he felt it was necessary, unlike Koenji. That's why he can now "drive" Ayanokouji to a certain extent.

"Besides, didn't you just say you were going to kill me for Ayanokouji's sake?" Uesugi Genshin joked.

"That was just a joke, and you're not bad either, are you? You're really mean." Tianze Yixia put her hands on her waist, leaned forward, and then pointed at his chest with her finger.

"Actually, I was just joking." He took the bullets out of his pocket, put them back in the magazine, and then handed them to Tianze. "I told you I would trust you."

"..." Tianze Yixia silently took it back, put it back in her pocket, then covered her head with her hands and sighed softly, "Which of Uesugi-senpai's words were true?"

"Guess? Didn't you just say I had a bad heart?"

"That's really malicious." Taking a half step back, the distance between them widened again. Tianze Yixia patted her shoulder. "Ugh, I'm almost soaked."

"Whose fault is this?" With a forced smile, Uesugi Genshin and Amasawa walked to the seawall.

“Actually, you can get up there by yourself,” he said.

"Yes."

With his feet planted on the wall for support, he grabbed the edge with both hands, pushed himself up, and popped his head out first to observe the airport ground.

The area was completely empty, with not a soul in sight on either side, but the runway in front of it was now occupied by a long stretch of makeshift camps.

The tent-like dwellings made of cloth and metal resemble slums in impoverished areas, making it hard to believe that such buildings would appear on an airplane runway.

“No one is watching us, let’s go up first.” After saying that, Uesugi Genshin climbed up.

“Okay.” Tianze Yixia followed closely behind.

The two stepped back onto the ground, because it would be strange if others saw them standing there, so they headed towards the camp.

"Uesugi-senpai, why do you think this is happening?"

"Hmm?" Uesugi Genshin turned to look at Amasawa, who had asked the question. "Is it because there are too many people here, so they were forced to move outside? Or perhaps the Self-Defense Forces have occupied the building, forcing the evacuees to live outside?"

“That’s what I think too,” Tianze Yixia agreed with his opinion.

"Then we'll have to gather some information."

As they spoke, the two entered the camp. The path, which could barely be called a road, was densely packed with people.

A middle-aged man with a beard, who was standing on the outside and had taken off all his clothes and was about to wash himself, glanced at the two of them, and then fixed his gaze on Tianze.

His beard had probably grown long naturally because he didn't have a razor. His face was also sunken around the eyes, his cheeks were shrunken, and he looked malnourished, even more so than the students from advanced higher education institutions.

"What's wrong?" Uesugi Genshin asked the man, shielding Tensawa with his arm.