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

Uesugi Genshin turned to look at her, scratched the back of his head, and said helplessly, "Are you scared?"

"what?"

"It's better to get used to it sooner rather than later. You can't expect someone to come and save you every time. Or do you think Hayama will always protect you?"

"What does this have to do with Hayato?" She got a little agitated when Hayato Hayama was mentioned.

"Isn't that right?" He spread his arms wide, showing them to Miura Yumiko, revealing his muscular chest.

"My arms are only this big when I spread them out. Even with the movement of my feet, I can only cover a distance of 3 meters. If I have a weapon, it's only about 5 meters."

"What do you want to say?" Yumiko Miura's face was filled with astonishment and speechlessness.

"It means I've already done everything I could to protect the two of you from harm, but I'm still afraid something might happen." He leaned against the shelf, crossing his arms. "So just get used to the apocalypse."

"We're just hanging out together for now. Once we get back to school, we won't have much contact anymore. And Ye Shan can't always get there on time." Rather, it's more accurate to say that this guy was dragged down by the people around him. This is the price of his saintly heart.

Hayato Hayama is different from people like them; he is a perfectionist because he hopes everyone can have a good outcome. However, the results always show that someone in this world will always get hurt.

This includes Uesugi Genshin's appreciation of his ability to manage interpersonal relationships; as long as everyone sets aside a little bit of self-interest, a beautiful illusion of harmonious coexistence can be created.

Beautiful illusions are hope, and a person's life is a process of constantly pursuing hope. And those in the end times yearn for hope more than anyone else.

So there's nothing wrong with Hayato Hayama. A team always needs a few people who radiate humanity to show everyone that they are human, a group, and social animals.

"Hayato, Hayato, he..." She couldn't bring herself to say that Hayato would definitely protect her.

"I...I understand, I'll do it." Miura Yumiko accepted it with a sense of resignation, her expression somewhat reluctant, her face pale, even her usual arrogance hidden.

However, everyone has to go through this process. When parents send their children to kindergarten, they are picked up every two or three days, or even just a few hours later. There is always a psychological adjustment period to prepare for.

In this life in Hokkaido, he was the perfect child, with his parents having no worries whatsoever, which led them to believe that raising a child was an easy task.

Before he left home, he even considered having another child.

Even when he chose to spend the New Year in Chiba during his first year and visited the shrine with Utaha, they immediately said there was no need to go back when they heard that he was with a girl.

But... the truly fun babies are always other people's babies.

Even if you tease him/her until he/she cries, you can just return him/her to his/her parents and don't have to worry about the trouble of taking care of him/her afterwards.

Pups are cute, but they can also be a hassle; the same goes for pets.

"No need to force yourself." Uesugi Genshin smiled as he looked at Yui Yuigahama, who was fidgeting with her fingers and looking timid.

"Um, that..." She felt a little ashamed of her own timidity.

"Just letting you know, go on." He turned and walked back the way he came.

"Huh? Where are we going?" Miura Yumiko stared wide-eyed at the emerald green eyes, even though it was right in front of her.

"Let me take you to get masks and gloves so you can wear them before you come back. That way you won't be so resistant to them."

"Huh! Is that really necessary?" Yui Yuigahama exclaimed in surprise.

She was surprised, thinking the blood and its smell had gotten that bad.

Actually, what she thought wasn't entirely wrong, but there wasn't any strange smell at the moment.

Wounds take several days to fester, not to mention the stench of corpses, and they've only been zombies for a short time.

He had previously seen some basic medical supplies on the shelf next to the checkout counter, and there should have been some over-the-counter drugs for sale.

When they got down to the first floor, they immediately saw the places they hadn't noticed yesterday: a large number of corpses in a corner in the distance, and thick, sticky blood flowing all over the ground.

Because I kept thinking that if the second floor needed to be moved, the first floor should also need to be moved, and then I saw this scene.

With that expectation in mind, one pays more attention to what's in sight than usual, and the sight of corpses strewn across the distance makes one hesitate to approach.

Following closely behind Uesugi Genshin, they bypassed that area.

Yui Yuigahama breathed a sigh of relief when she could no longer see that place, and then she tripped over something under her feet.

What almost tripped her was a leg!

"Eee!" She jumped up and tried to grab Yumiko next to her, but missed.

"Don't get distracted while you're walking." Uesugi Genshin looked helplessly at Yui Yuigahama, who had strayed off course.

Yui Yuigahama quickly stepped forward, bending over and anxiously placing her arm around his shoulder, "But I can't feel at ease at all!"

"Just a dead person." Uesugi Genshin waved his hand dismissively and continued walking forward, letting her tug at his clothes, probably feeling safer holding on to them.

Yumiko Miura followed quietly behind, watching the two people ahead without saying a word, "..."

The morning sunlight didn't shine directly into the supermarket, leaving the first floor dark and quiet, with no one around. The eerie atmosphere was like a crime scene in a horror game.

"No way~, Xiao Xuan, you're too calm!"

"It's okay, you'll get used to it soon."

"Huh?!" Yui Yuigahama hurriedly tugged at Genshin Uesugi's clothes, causing his body to sway back and forth.

"Ha... Don't shake it."

The obedient child didn't make any further moves, but their clothes were gripped even tighter.

As she passed by the corpses of zombies, Yui Yuigahama stared intently at the back of Genshin Uesugi's head, showing no intention of looking away.

As I walked out of that area and was almost at the supermarket exit, I finally loosened my grip on my clothes a little.

Uesugi Genshin looked around. "I think it's around here."

“There it is.” Yui Yuigahama stood beside her and pointed to the shelf to her right.

"Hmm." Uesugi Genshin also saw it, pulled Yui Yuigahama's hand away, and walked over there.

"what......"

"Yui, let's go." Miura Yumiko came to Yui's side and said to her, who was still in a daze.

"Uh-huh."

Erythromycin, digestive tablets, hangover cures, glycerin suppositories, and...

Uesugi Genshin spotted something indescribable on the side of the shelf, casually opened and left there, seemingly sold in bulk.

He picked up a bag of chewing gum and examined it. He was somewhat surprised. Would anyone buy it if it were just left out like this?

"Miura," he called to the side, then tossed the box he had picked up to her. "Here you go."

"Why did you give me this? It's rubbish." After seeing what it was, Miura Yumiko's tone became somewhat sharp.

Uesugi Genshin replied sincerely, "I was thinking that among us, you might be the only one in ten thousand who would still need to use this."

One in ten thousand?

"What, do you want to start a fight?" Miura Yumiko was even angrier, her anger flaring up even more, and it even seemed to produce a booming sound effect.

"Safety is the most important thing during this period."

"This, this is!" Yui Yuigahama approached Yumiko and saw clearly what she was holding in her hand.

Yui Yuigahama blushed, her innocent and naive appearance making even Yumiko Miura unable to bear it.

In contrast, Yumiko Miura did not throw it on the ground, but seriously considered whether the so-called one in ten thousand probability was really useful.

However, the number of 10,000 was enormous and despairing. But in the end, it was only that guy's side of the story, so she was extremely hesitant.

"Eh... Xiao Xuan, were you just saying that I can't find a lover?" Yui Yuigahama asked in surprise after realizing what had happened.

"Uh... after all, you have a kind of beauty that comes from a mind that hasn't been polluted by knowledge."

Later, when facing the prospect of high school, Yumiko Miura would complain that her parents, who started sending her to cram school as early as April, were too noisy.

Hina Ebina would say, with a hint of shrewdness, "I was also told off, but all I need are study guides and practice exams."

Yui Yuigahama, on the other hand, would say in an unusually innocent and cute way, "Eh? I wasn't told anything."

"Really? Hehe~" Yui Yuigahama smiled shyly, feeling praised.

"Pfft..." Miura Yumiko couldn't help but chuckle, making eye contact with Yui at the same time, and then laughed loudly and arrogantly.

She then covered her mouth, trying to suppress it, but her long golden hair spread out loosely as her shoulders shook, every detail showing that she really couldn't help herself.

"Ah...ah! You weren't just praising me, were you?" Yui Yuigahama said coquettishly, suddenly realizing something was wrong.

"No, I was just saying that you seem very naive, and I'm afraid you'll be tricked by a bad man one day."

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Yui," Miura Yumiko replied after laughing.

"That's really reliable."

Chapter 49: Keep Up

“There are also students from the seaside high school who stay there.” Hiratsuka Shizuka sat by the window of the student council room, looking troubled. Her current unseemly posture of smoking was something Yukino Yukinoshita didn’t even try to stop her from doing.

She clearly has a charming, slender figure and a competitive personality that rivals any man's; she should be a very popular and well-liked type.

So why haven't you gotten married yet...?

As for smoking, Hachiman Hikigaya can understand it; when under pressure, alcohol and cigarettes are "good medicines" to relieve stress.

During wartime, there were even instances where military logistics were allocated quotas of spirits.

“Yes, and it seems there are quite a few.” Yukino Yukinoshita frowned as well.

"Can't they think of a solution?" Hiratsuka Shizuka turned to look out the window, where the blue sky presented a sense of tranquility, as if she were isolated from the world.

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed and rubbed her forehead. "We had no other choice but to turn to them for help."

"Uesugi-kun has been a great help. The food problem is temporarily solved, and we can last for another day or two." She praised the person who wasn't there without any reservation.

As long as they can eat and not starve, that's all that matters. Plus, the food itself is really delicious, so people don't complain much.

At the crack of dawn, he and Hayama went to the seafood market again. After clearing away the zombies that had swarmed out of the buildings, they had Hayama Hayato lead a group to move the seafood from the first house, while Hiratsuka-sensei was responsible for ensuring the safety and smooth passage along the way.

During this time, he encountered a girl who struck up a conversation with him. The girl was as lovely as an angel and came to thank him, making him almost think it was an illusion.

Oh no, oh no, I almost got carried away back then. I need to remember my past mistakes!

She is petite with slender arms, waist, and legs, and has very fair skin. She has a cute face and voice, and her appearance and demeanor are very adorable.

Her name is Totsuka Ayaka. Speaking of which, why does she know me?

After working for about two or three hours, everyone gathered in the student council room to discuss the issues left over from yesterday.

Besides the mascot, Chairman Shiromaru, the only other people in the room were Yukinoshita, Hayama, one of Hayama's orange-haired followers, Kawasaki Saki who had appeared for some unknown reason, Isshiki Iroha, a first-year student, Hiratsuka-sensei, and himself.

"Then let's find a bus," Hayato Hayama suggested from the side.

"It seems this is the only way." Yukino Yukinoshita took out a piece of paper. "This is the list of people who have requested help so far."

Then she took out an administrative map of Chiba, which she had found in a corner of the archives. The special building was filled with classrooms of various functions.

“I have roughly marked the locations on it, radiating outwards from Mihama Ward. The closest one is Chiba University next door.”

There are many schools close to Soubu High School on the map, but there are also some that are far away, as well as school groups like Seaside Comprehensive High School.

However, since Haibin Comprehensive High School often collaborates with Soubu High School on some community activities, they can be considered sister schools.

"Huh? Why don't you just run over here?" Tobe Sho said casually, standing behind Hayama Hayato.

No one around him paid him any attention. Hayama Hayato said to him, "Household Department."

"Ah~, if we attract those guys here, things will get bad." Tobe Sho belatedly tapped his head, indicating that he was just talking nonsense.

"Quiet down," Yukino Yukinoshita commanded sternly.

"Yes!"

"Let's start with the closest ones. Tell them to wait at the seaside high school; it's inconvenient here, we need to find transportation." Hiratsuka Shizuka tapped the map with her finger holding a cigarette.

"But... they said there's no more water to drink." The student council president, who hadn't spoken until now, said with a forced, bitter smile, tapping her fingertips together repeatedly.

"..." People will die if they don't drink water, Hachiman Hikigaya firmly believes this, so where exactly are they hiding?

"The students who went out to find water almost attracted zombies, and as a result..." Shirokumi added with some annoyance.

Even Hachiman Hikigaya himself couldn't stand what he was saying. Were those guys at Seaside High School really so irresponsible?