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

"No, so when you say ABC, are you referring to Sakuta Azusagawa?"

“It seems he really is referring to Azusagawa.” Rio Futaba nodded in understanding.

"This is... about me and Ms. Shoko?" Sakuta Azusagawa was somewhat confused, as if watching a suspense movie.

"That's right, Alphabet."

"How did you know about Azusagawa? And the story is so absurd," Rio Futaba asked suspiciously.

“I saw it with my own eyes, with these eyes of mine. You can understand, right, Sakuta Azusagawa?” Genshin Uesugi moved closer to Sakuta Azusagawa and looked into his eyes.

His sister developed injuries out of nowhere due to cyberbullying, and he himself developed a scar on his chest one day for a future heart transplant.

"So, Miss Shoko is from the future?"

"Yes."

"She came to save me?"

"Yes, and she likes you, and may even marry you in the future."

"......"marry......

“Then Azusagawa’s scar has disappeared.” Rio Futaba glanced at the silent Sakuta Azusagawa.

"So the future has changed. Sakuta Azusagawa won't get hit by a car on Enoshima on Christmas Eve, because probably no one will be able to drive a car into him that day," Genshin Uesugi told a hellish joke.

"What will happen to Miss Shoko?" Sakuta Azusagawa grabbed Genshin Uesugi's shoulder excitedly.

"The future has been changed, and the source of Makinohara Shoko's, or rather Azusagawa Shoko's, heart has also changed. It will not be you and your girlfriend whom you have never met."

"That......"

“So she probably won’t have a future either…” Uesugi Genshin cruelly voiced his guess.

"Ah...ah..." After releasing Uesugi Genshin's shoulders, Azusagawa Sakuta groaned in meaningless pain.

Shoko Makinohara probably held a much heavier place in his heart than Genshin Uesugi imagined.

"Wait, does this mean that the future Shoko will no longer appear in front of Azusagawa, while the present Shoko is still alive?"

"Yes, as long as she doesn't turn into a zombie, she's alive."

"Where is she?" A hope ignited in Sakuta Azusagawa.

"I don't know, this is the apocalypse, the story takes place in a peaceful future."

"...Is there really no other way? Please think of something, please, please..." As if grasping at the last straw, Sakuta Azusagawa didn't want his savior, the beacon of his life, to disappear like this, even if she was from the future.

"Speaking of which, when you first met Makinohara Shoko, she was in middle school. I remember she was wearing a white sailor uniform and a black and blue pleated skirt."

"A middle school where students wear white sailor uniforms?" Rio Futaba started scrolling through her phone, but the range was too broad.

"Furthermore, the hospital where you met her is the same hospital where you would take your sister for checkups, so we can deduce which hospitals she frequents."

"That's how it is." It's the hospital Feng frequents.

"And if your first encounter was because you owned a cat, then her home or the place you would go on your way home would be a possibility. If all these conditions are met, Makinohara Shoko's location would be at school or a hospital, or, less likely, at home." If she is still alive.

"I understand, thank you very much." Sakuta Azusagawa breathed a sigh of relief and made his decision.

"I... I'm going to save Miss Xiangzi."

Kunimi Yuuma, who had been silent beside him, spoke up: "Ah, I'll go with you."

Sakuta Azusagawa hesitated; he didn't want his friend to be in danger because of him. "Kunimi..."

Kunimi Yuuma smiled brightly: "Sakuta, we're friends."

But Kunimi Yuuma's girlfriend, Kamiri Saki, couldn't stand it anymore. "Wait, Yuuma."

"Saki, I'm sorry, but I have to do this." Kunimi Yuuma stopped her from continuing. He also had his own responsibilities; he couldn't bear to stand by and watch his brother suffer.

Seeing this, Uesugi Genshin could only hand over the baseball bat in his hand. "Here, baseball bat, my gift. Only a headshot can cause a fatal wound to a zombie. I also have another one."

With a weapon in hand, he wouldn't be afraid of a few zombies, and he couldn't care less about the rest.

"Thank you so much for everything," Sakuta Azusagawa said, bowing.

"You're welcome. After all, it's a tragic love story. Unfortunately, I'm also looking for someone and can't help you."

"No, I'm already very grateful that you told me. No matter what the final result is, I will never regret knowing the truth."

"I see." Uesugi Genshin added with a blessing, "If you can find Azusagawa Shoko, remember to make her happy."

"Yes!" Sakuta Azusagawa vowed to protect his Shoko.

I hope I can find it.

Sakuta Azusagawa gripped the handle of the stick with all five fingers and said to his best friend beside him, "Let's go, Kunimi."

"Yeah, Sakuta."

The two looked at each other with determined expressions and walked out, while Saki Uesugi followed, their words unknown.

"Wait..." Rio Futaba couldn't stop her in time and could only turn her head to ask, "Was what you just said true?"

"fake."

"!!!"

However, seeing Uesugi Genshin's teasing expression, she knew she had been tricked.

"I forgot some details; the story was just something I made up from memory," he said, simply to make the story easier to tell.

"So, what exactly are the fakes and what are the real ones?" This is something she absolutely has to figure out.

"Things like coming from the future, saving Sakuta Azusagawa, heart disease, Christmas car accident, and possibly getting married in the future are all true."

"There's something I'm curious about. In the story you just told, Azusagawa A also encountered Makinohara Shoko, who came to save his future. So, in the Azusagawa world before A, who did Makinohara Shoko save?"

“Good question, I don’t know. If spacetime is like a closed loop, then who was the first to be created out of thin air? I don’t know, but now the loop has broken, and that’s the key point.”

It seems that Uesugi Genshin's explanation convinced Futaba Rio.

"Another thing, about Azusagawa's future girlfriend."

"Do you really want to know?" Uesugi Genshin smiled. "If you ask me, I'll tell you."

"So, they haven't met yet?"

"Yes, and there's a high probability we won't meet again."

"...I see, I understand. I won't ask anymore." Seeing that Futaba Rio seemed to understand something, Uesugi Genshin shrugged and said nothing more.

"Thank you so much. I wish you all the best."

"I'm very grateful that you came to tell Azusagawa, although I don't know if it's a bad thing for him." Rio Futaba knew very well the place that Shoko Makinohara held in Azusagawa's heart; she was the light in his heart!

"Ha... You're welcome. I'm just a kind passerby."

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Not Here

"You bastard!" Coming to her senses, she saw that it was Yuuma Kunimi's girlfriend, Saki Kamiri, who had returned. "It's all your fault for telling such nonsense. Yuuma and that guy are gone."

Uesugi Genshin stood with his hands in his pockets, his posture upright. Even standing casually, his sharp features resembled a black longsword. He lazily asked, "You didn't come along?"

"If I were here, I would become a problem for Yuma."

She has a clear understanding of this, and her unwillingness to be a burden on her boyfriend proves that she is indeed quite rational.

"That's it."

"it was all your fault!"

She could only gain the upper hand verbally, since she couldn't actually stop her boyfriend from leaving.

However, Uesugi Genshin told him the truth out of consideration for Azusagawa Sakuta, and Kunimi Yuuma leaving with him was also a consequence. He would praise this courage for his friend.

This doesn't mean he'll shut up and obediently endure the chatter of this acquaintance's friend's girlfriend.

"That's the kind of person Kunimi Yuuma is."

"You should have just kept quiet from the beginning."

"..."

This person is very protective of her own; Uesugi Genshin saw through the woman in front of him.

Saki Kamisato knows her boyfriend very well. She knows he is a kind-hearted person and likes that about him, but she also hopes that his kindness is only for her.

She only has eyes for herself and the other person. Just like when Sakuta Azusagawa's reputation was damaged, she felt that Yuuma Kunimi shouldn't be friends with him because people would say bad things about Yuuma Kunimi.

Through restraint, a world for two is created.

"Since you are his girlfriend, you should understand him."

"Heh, I hope Yuzuru can come back safely. If not..." She stared sharply at Uesugi Genshin, as if looking at some enemy.

“That’s what male friendship is all about,” Uesugi Genshin said, not intending to argue with her.

In this situation, only men will empathize with each other.

Just then, the bespectacled student who was in charge here walked over, "Um..."

"Hmph!" Saki Kamari crossed her arms, turned her head away, and stopped talking.

"what happened?"

"Those two people just now?"

"They have an emergency," Uesugi Genshin casually offered a reason.

"is that so."

"Well, that's right."

"that......"

"I'm leaving." These words were spoken to Rio Futaba.

"Hey, are you leaving already?" The boy was the first to speak.

"I understand." Rio Futaba took out her phone. "Let's exchange contact information."

"I don't even know how much longer the phone will last." Despite saying that, Uesugi Genshin took out his phone, unlocked it, and handed it to the other person.

“Generally speaking, these are the facilities that the government prioritizes protecting.” In the dimly lit room, the light from her phone shone on Rio Futaba’s glasses.

"Communication, power, water?" Uesugi Genshin listed them off.

With electricity and water available, people can stay at home for a while longer, and it's estimated that the government will soon have a narrative about waiting for rescue at home.

Ah, I wish there was a rescue.

With the current electoral system paralyzed, the elected prime minister is essentially a dictator who can represent the country.

In a situation where voters are helpless, there will be no punishment if they leave it alone, and there will be no loss if they can't deliver on their promises.

"Yeah, I just don't know how long it will last." After finishing the operation, Rio Futaba handed the phone back to Genshin Uesugi.

"I hope it takes a little longer." Uesugi Genshin took the phone. "Then I'm off."

"Okay, goodbye." Rio Futaba said goodbye with an air of wisdom, more like indifference than coldness.

"Goodbye."

Uesugi Genshin left without hesitation, and the students in charge didn't say anything more. To say that they simply thought it was better to rely on themselves than on others was pure nonsense. They also thought that Uesugi Genshin was not much older than them, and even if they could help, it might not be of much help.

I can already see the sunset outside. It's the time of year when demons appear. I'm afraid it will be a scene of a hundred demons walking around at night.

He waved to the herdsman's horse and then walked over.

"How is it?" Toyohama Kazuka had already anticipated this when Uesugi Genshin came out alone, but she still asked.

"Miss Mai isn't here." Just as expected.

"Haha, who were those two boys who came out just now?" Seeing that Xiaohe was a little disappointed, Hirokawa Uzuki changed the subject.

"He went to save his lover."

"That's very brave," Anon Yae said, clasping her hands together in admiration.

"How romantic!" Nakago Ranko had no resistance to such romantic things.